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1. An Earth-sized Planet on the Verge of Tidal Disruption

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Dai, Fei, Howard, Andrew W., Halverson, Samuel, Orell-Miquel, Jaume, Palle, Enric, Isaacson, Howard, Fulton, Benjamin, Price, Ellen M., Plotnykov, Mykhaylo, Rogers, Leslie A., Valencia, Diana, Paragas, Kimberly, Greklek-McKeon, Michael, Barrientos, Jonathan Gomez, Knutson, Heather A., Petigura, Erik A., Weiss, Lauren M., Lee, Rena, Brinkman, Casey L., Huber, Daniel, Steffansson, Gudmundur, Masuda, Kento, Giacalone, Steven, Lu, Cicero X., Kite, Edwin S., Hu, Renyu, Gaidos, Eric, Zhang, Michael, Rubenzahl, Ryan A., Winn, Joshua N., Han, Te, Beard, Corey, Holcomb, Rae, Householder, Aaron, Gilbert, Gregory J., Lubin, Jack, Ong, J. M. Joel, Polanski, Alex S., Saunders, Nicholas, Van Zandt, Judah, Yee, Samuel W., Zhang, Jingwen, Zink, Jon, Holden, Bradford, Baker, Ashley, Brodheim, Max, Crossfield, Ian J. M., Deich, William, Edelstein, Jerry, Gibson, Steven R., Hill, Grant M., Jelinsky, Sharon R, Kassis, Marc, Laher, Russ R., Lanclos, Kyle, Lilley, Scott, Payne, Joel N., Rider, Kodi, Robertson, Paul, Roy, Arpita, Schwab, Christian, Shaum, Abby P., Sirk, Martin M., Smith, Chris, Vandenberg, Adam, Walawender, Josh, Wang, Sharon X., Shin-Ywan, Wang, Wishnow, Edward, Wright, Jason T., Yeh, Sherry, Caballero, Jos. A., Morales, Juan C., Murgas, Felipe, Nagel, Evangelos, Reiners, Ansgar, Schweitzer, Andreas, Tabernero, Hugo M., Zechmeister, Mathias, Spencer, Alton, Ciardi, David R., Clark, Catherine A., Lund, Michael B., Caldwell, Douglas A., Collins, Karen A., Schwarz, Richard P., Barkaoui, Khalid, Watkins, Cristilyn N., Shporer, Avi, Narita, Norio, Fukui, Akihiko, Srdoc, Gregor, Latham, David W., Jenkins, Jon M., Ricker, George R., Seager, Sara, and Vanderspek, Roland

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract

TOI-6255~b (GJ 4256) is an Earth-sized planet (1.079$\pm0.065$ $R_\oplus$) with an orbital period of only 5.7 hours. With the newly commissioned Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and CARMENES spectrographs, we determined the planet's mass to be 1.44$\pm$0.14 $M_{\oplus}$. The planet is just outside the Roche limit, with $P_{\rm orb}/P_{\rm Roche}$ = 1.13 $\pm0.10$. The strong tidal force likely deforms the planet into a triaxial ellipsoid with a long axis that is $\sim$10\% longer than the short axis. Assuming a reduced stellar tidal quality factor $Q_\star^\prime \approx10^7$, we predict that tidal orbital decay will cause TOI-6255 to reach the Roche limit in roughly 400 Myr. Such tidal disruptions may produce the possible signatures of planet engulfment that have been on stars with anomalously high refractory elemental abundances compared to its conatal binary companion. TOI-6255 b is also a favorable target for searching for star-planet magnetic interactions, which might cause interior melting and hasten orbital decay. TOI-6255 b is a top target (Emission Spectroscopy Metric of about 24) for phase curve observations with the James Webb Space Telescope., Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures, 5 tables, accepted to AAS Journals. The first RV mass measurement from the Keck Planet Finder

Published
2024

2. Transmission Spectroscopy of the Habitable Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140 b with JWST/NIRISS

Author

Cadieux, Charles, Doyon, René, MacDonald, Ryan J., Turbet, Martin, Artigau, Étienne, Lim, Olivia, Radica, Michael, Fauchez, Thomas J., Salhi, Salma, Dang, Lisa, Albert, Loïc, Coulombe, Louis-Philippe, Cowan, Nicolas B., Lafrenière, David, L'Heureux, Alexandrine, Piaulet, Caroline, Benneke, Björn, Cloutier, Ryan, Charnay, Benjamin, Cook, Neil J., Fournier-Tondreau, Marylou, Plotnykov, Mykhaylo, and Valencia, Diana

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

LHS 1140 b is the second-closest temperate transiting planet to the Earth with an equilibrium temperature low enough to support surface liquid water. At 1.730$\pm$0.025 R$_\oplus$, LHS 1140 b falls within the radius valley separating H$_2$-rich mini-Neptunes from rocky super-Earths. Recent mass and radius revisions indicate a bulk density significantly lower than expected for an Earth-like rocky interior, suggesting that LHS 1140 b could either be a mini-Neptune with a small envelope of hydrogen ($\sim$0.1% by mass) or a water world (9--19% water by mass). Atmospheric characterization through transmission spectroscopy can readily discern between these two scenarios. Here, we present two JWST/NIRISS transit observations of LHS 1140 b, one of which captures a serendipitous transit of LHS 1140 c. The combined transmission spectrum of LHS 1140 b shows a telltale spectral signature of unocculted faculae (5.8 $\sigma$), covering $\sim$20% of the visible stellar surface. Besides faculae, our spectral retrieval analysis reveals tentative evidence of residual spectral features, best-fit by Rayleigh scattering from an N$_2$-dominated atmosphere (2.3 $\sigma$), irrespective of the consideration of atmospheric hazes. We also show through Global Climate Models (GCM) that H$_2$-rich atmospheres of various compositions (100$\times$, 300$\times$, 1000$\times$solar metallicity) are ruled out to $>$10 $\sigma$. The GCM calculations predict that water clouds form below the transit photosphere, limiting their impact on transmission data. Our observations suggest that LHS 1140 b is either airless or, more likely, surrounded by an atmosphere with a high mean molecular weight. Our tentative evidence of an N$_2$-rich atmosphere provides strong motivation for future transmission spectroscopy observations of LHS 1140 b., Comment: 26 pages, 14 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJL

Published
2024

3. NIRPS first light and early science: breaking the 1 m/s RV precision barrier at infrared wavelengths

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Artigau, Étienne, Bouchy, François, Doyon, René, Baron, Frédérique, Malo, Lison, Wildi, François, Pepe, Franceso, Cook, Neil J., Thibault, Simon, Reshetov, Vladimir, Dumusque, Xavier, Lovis, Christophe, Sosnowska, Danuta, Martins, Bruno L. Canto, De Medeiros, Jose Renan, Delfosse, Xavier, Santos, Nuno, Rebolo, Rafael, Abreu, Manuel, Allain, Guillaume, Allart, Romain, Auger, Hugues, Barros, Susana, Bazinet, Luc, Blind, Nicolas, Boisse, Isabelle, Bonfils, Xavier, Bourrier, Vincent, Bovay, Sébastien, Broeg, Christopher, Brousseau, Denis, Bruniquel, Vincent, Cabral, Alexandre, Cadieux, Charles, Carmona, Andres, Carteret, Yann, Challita, Zalpha, Chazelas, Bruno, Cloutier, Ryan, Coelho, João, Cointepas, Marion, Conod, Uriel, Cowan, Nicolas, Cristo, Eduardo, da Silva, João Gomes, Dauplaise, Laurie, Gomes, Roseane de Lima, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Ehrenreich, David, Faria, João, Figueira, Pedro, Forveille, Thierry, Frensch, Yolanda, Gagné, Jonathan, Genest, Frédéric, Genolet, Ludovic, Hernández, Jonay I. González, Témich, Félix Gracia, Grieves, Nolan, Hernandez, Olivier, Hobson, Melissa J., Hoeijmakers, Jens, Kerley, Dan, Krishnamurthy, Vigneshwaran, Lafrenière, David, Lamontagne, Pierrot, Larue, Pierre, Leaf, Henry, Leão, Izan C., Lim, Olivia, Curto, Gaspare Lo, Martins, Allan M., Melo, Claudio, Messias, Yuri S., Mignon, Lucile, Moranta, Leslie, Mordasini, Christoph, Moulla, Khaled Al, Mounzer, Dany, L'Heureux, Alexandrine, Nari, Nicola, Nielsen, Louise, Osborn, Ares, Parc, Léna, Pasquini, Luca, Passegger, Vera M., Pelletier, Stefan, Peroux, Céline, Piaulet, Caroline, Plotnykov, Mykhaylo, Poulin-Girard, Anne-Sophie, Rasilla, José Luis, Saint-Antoine, Jonathan, Sarajlic, Mirsad, Segovia, Alex, Seidel, Julia, Ségransan, Damien, Silva, Ana Rita Costa, Srivastava, Avidaan, Stefanov, Atanas K., Mascareño, Alejandro Suárez, Sordet, Michael, Teixeira, Márcio A., Udry, Stéphane, Valencia, Diana, Vallée, Philippe, Vandal, Thomas, Vaulato, Valentina, Wade, Gregg, Wardenier, Joost P., Wehbé, Bachar, Weisserman, Drew, Wevers, Ivan, and Zins, Gérard

Subjects
Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher or NIRPS is a precision radial velocity spectrograph developed through collaborative efforts among laboratories in Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, France, Portugal and Spain. NIRPS extends to the 0.98-1.8 $\mu$m domain of the pioneering HARPS instrument at the La Silla 3.6-m telescope in Chile and it has achieved unparalleled precision, measuring stellar radial velocities in the infrared with accuracy better than 1 m/s. NIRPS can be used either stand-alone or simultaneously with HARPS. Commissioned in late 2022 and early 2023, NIRPS embarked on a 5-year Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) program in April 2023, spanning 720 observing nights. This program focuses on planetary systems around M dwarfs, encompassing both the immediate solar vicinity and transit follow-ups, alongside transit and emission spectroscopy observations. We highlight NIRPS's current performances and the insights gained during its deployment at the telescope. The lessons learned and successes achieved contribute to the ongoing advancement of precision radial velocity measurements and high spectral fidelity, further solidifying NIRPS' role in the forefront of the field of exoplanets., Comment: Proceeding at the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation conference [Yokohama,Japan; June 2024]

Published
2024

4. The PLATO Mission

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Rauer, Heike, Aerts, Conny, Cabrera, Juan, Deleuil, Magali, Erikson, Anders, Gizon, Laurent, Goupil, Mariejo, Heras, Ana, Lorenzo-Alvarez, Jose, Marliani, Filippo, Martin-Garcia, Cesar, Mas-Hesse, J. Miguel, O'Rourke, Laurence, Osborn, Hugh, Pagano, Isabella, Piotto, Giampaolo, Pollacco, Don, Ragazzoni, Roberto, Ramsay, Gavin, Udry, Stéphane, Appourchaux, Thierry, Benz, Willy, Brandeker, Alexis, Güdel, Manuel, Janot-Pacheco, Eduardo, Kabath, Petr, Kjeldsen, Hans, Min, Michiel, Santos, Nuno, Smith, Alan, Suarez, Juan-Carlos, Werner, Stephanie C., Aboudan, Alessio, Abreu, Manuel, Acuña, Lorena, Adams, Moritz, Adibekyan, Vardan, Affer, Laura, Agneray, François, Agnor, Craig, Børsen-Koch, Victor Aguirre, Ahmed, Saad, Aigrain, Suzanne, Al-Bahlawan, Ashraf, Gil, M de los Angeles Alcacera, Alei, Eleonora, Alencar, Silvia, Alexander, Richard, Alfonso-Garzón, Julia, Alibert, Yann, Prieto, Carlos Allende, Almeida, Leonardo, Sobrino, Roi Alonso, Altavilla, Giuseppe, Althaus, Christian, Trujillo, Luis Alonso Alvarez, Amarsi, Anish, Eiff, Matthias Ammler-von, Amôres, Eduardo, Andrade, Laerte, Antoniadis-Karnavas, Alexandros, António, Carlos, del Moral, Beatriz Aparicio, Appolloni, Matteo, Arena, Claudio, Armstrong, David, Aliaga, Jose Aroca, Asplund, Martin, Audenaert, Jeroen, Auricchio, Natalia, Avelino, Pedro, Baeke, Ann, Baillié, Kevin, Balado, Ana, Balestra, Andrea, Ball, Warrick, Ballans, Herve, Ballot, Jerome, Barban, Caroline, Barbary, Gaële, Barbieri, Mauro, Forteza, Sebastià Barceló, Barker, Adrian, Barklem, Paul, Barnes, Sydney, Navascues, David Barrado, Barragan, Oscar, Baruteau, Clément, Basu, Sarbani, Baudin, Frederic, Baumeister, Philipp, Bayliss, Daniel, Bazot, Michael, Beck, Paul G., Bedding, Tim, Belkacem, Kevin, Bellinger, Earl, Benatti, Serena, Benomar, Othman, Bérard, Diane, Bergemann, Maria, Bergomi, Maria, Bernardo, Pierre, Biazzo, Katia, Bignamini, Andrea, Bigot, Lionel, Billot, Nicolas, Binet, Martin, Biondi, David, Biondi, Federico, Birch, Aaron C., Bitsch, Bertram, Ceballos, Paz Victoria Bluhm, Bódi, Attila, Bognár, Zsófia, Boisse, Isabelle, Bolmont, Emeline, Bonanno, Alfio, Bonavita, Mariangela, Bonfanti, Andrea, Bonfils, Xavier, Bonito, Rosaria, Bonomo, Aldo Stefano, Börner, Anko, Saikia, Sudeshna Boro, Martín, Elisa Borreguero, Borsa, Francesco, Borsato, Luca, Bossini, Diego, Bouchy, Francois, Boué, Gwenaël, Boufleur, Rodrigo, Boumier, Patrick, Bourrier, Vincent, Bowman, Dominic M., Bozzo, Enrico, Bradley, Louisa, Bray, John, Bressan, Alessandro, Breton, Sylvain, Brienza, Daniele, Brito, Ana, Brogi, Matteo, Brown, Beverly, Brown, David, Brun, Allan Sacha, Bruno, Giovanni, Bruns, Michael, Buchhave, Lars A., Bugnet, Lisa, Buldgen, Gaël, Burgess, Patrick, Busatta, Andrea, Busso, Giorgia, Buzasi, Derek, Caballero, José A., Cabral, Alexandre, Calderone, Flavia, Cameron, Robert, Cameron, Andrew, Campante, Tiago, Martins, Bruno Leonardo Canto, Cara, Christophe, Carone, Ludmila, Carrasco, Josep Manel, Casagrande, Luca, Casewell, Sarah L., Cassisi, Santi, Castellani, Marco, Castro, Matthieu, Catala, Claude, Fernández, Irene Catalán, Catelan, Márcio, Cegla, Heather, Cerruti, Chiara, Cessa, Virginie, Chadid, Merieme, Chaplin, William, Charpinet, Stephane, Chiappini, Cristina, Chiarucci, Simone, Chiavassa, Andrea, Chinellato, Simonetta, Chirulli, Giovanni, Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jorgen, Church, Ross, Claret, Antonio, Clarke, Cathie, Claudi, Riccardo, Clermont, Lionel, Coelho, Hugo, Coelho, Joao, Cogato, Fabrizio, Colomé, Josep, Condamin, Mathieu, Conseil, Simon, Corbard, Thierry, Correia, Alexandre C. M., Corsaro, Enrico, Cosentino, Rosario, Costes, Jean, Cottinelli, Andrea, Covone, Giovanni, Creevey, Orlagh L., Crida, Aurelien, Csizmadia, Szilard, Cunha, Margarida, Curry, Patrick, da Costa, Jefferson, da Silva, Francys, Dalal, Shweta, Damasso, Mario, Damiani, Cilia, Damiani, Francesco, Chagas, Maria Liduina das, Davies, Melvyn, Davies, Guy, Davies, Ben, Davison, Gary, de Almeida, Leandro, de Angeli, Francesca, de Barros, Susana Cristina Cabral, Leão, Izan de Castro, de Freitas, Daniel Brito, de Freitas, Marcia Cristina, De Martino, Domitilla, de Medeiros, José Renan, de Paula, Luiz Alberto, de Plaa, Jelle, De Ridder, Joris, Deal, Morgan, Decin, Leen, Deeg, Hans, Degl'Innocenti, Scilla, Deheuvels, Sebastien, del Burgo, Carlos, Del Sordo, Fabio, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, Demangeon, Olivier, Denk, Tilmann, Derekas, Aliz, Desidera, Silvano, Dexet, Marc, Di Criscienzo, Marcella, Di Giorgio, Anna Maria, Di Mauro, Maria Pia, Rial, Federico Jose Diaz, Díaz-García, José-Javier, Dima, Marco, Dinuzzi, Giacomo, Dionatos, Odysseas, Distefano, Elisa, Nascimento Jr., Jose-Dias do, Domingo, Albert, D'Orazi, Valentina, Dorn, Caroline, Doyle, Lauren, Duarte, Elena, Ducellier, Florent, Dumaye, Luc, Dumusque, Xavier, Dupret, Marc-Antoine, Eggenberger, Patrick, Ehrenreich, David, Eigmüller, Philipp, Eising, Johannes, Emilio, Marcelo, Eriksson, Kjell, Ermocida, Marco, Giribaldi, Riano Isidoro Escate, Eschen, Yoshi, Estrela, Inês, Evans, Dafydd Wyn, Fabbian, Damian, Fabrizio, Michele, Faria, João Pedro, Farina, Maria, Farinato, Jacopo, Feliz, Dax, Feltzing, Sofia, Fenouillet, Thomas, Ferrari, Lorenza, Ferraz-Mello, Sylvio, Fialho, Fabio, Fienga, Agnes, Figueira, Pedro, Fiori, Laura, Flaccomio, Ettore, Focardi, Mauro, Foley, Steve, Fontignie, Jean, Ford, Dominic, Fornazier, Karin, Forveille, Thierry, Fossati, Luca, Franca, Rodrigo de Marca, da Silva, Lucas Franco, Frasca, Antonio, Fridlund, Malcolm, Furlan, Marco, Gabler, Sarah-Maria, Gaido, Marco, Gallagher, Andrew, Galli, Emanuele, Garcia, Rafael A., Hernández, Antonio García, Munoz, Antonio Garcia, García-Vázquez, Hugo, Haba, Rafael Garrido, Gaulme, Patrick, Gauthier, Nicolas, Gehan, Charlotte, Gent, Matthew, Georgieva, Iskra, Ghigo, Mauro, Giana, Edoardo, Gill, Samuel, Girardi, Leo, Winter, Silvia Giuliatti, Giusi, Giovanni, da Silva, João Gomes, Zazo, Luis Jorge Gómez, Gomez-Lopez, Juan Manuel, Hernández, Jonay Isai González, Murillo, Kevin Gonzalez, Gorius, Nicolas, Gouel, Pierre-Vincent, Goulty, Duncan, Granata, Valentina, Grenfell, John Lee, Grießbach, Denis, Grolleau, Emmanuel, Grouffal, Salomé, Grziwa, Sascha, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Gueguen, Loïc, Guenther, Eike Wolf, Guilhem, Terrasa, Guillerot, Lucas, Guiot, Pierre, Guterman, Pascal, Gutiérrez, Antonio, Gutiérrez-Canales, Fernando, Hagelberg, Janis, Haldemann, Jonas, Hall, Cassandra, Handberg, Rasmus, Harrison, Ian, Harrison, Diana L., Hasiba, Johann, Haswell, Carole A., Hatalova, Petra, Hatzes, Artie, Haywood, Raphaelle, Hébrard, Guillaume, Heckes, Frank, Heiter, Ulrike, Hekker, Saskia, Heller, René, Helling, Christiane, Helminiak, Krzysztof, Hemsley, Simon, Heng, Kevin, Hermans, Aline, Hermes, JJ, Torres, Nadia Hidalgo, Hinkel, Natalie, Hobbs, David, Hodgkin, Simon, Hofmann, Karl, Hojjatpanah, Saeed, Houdek, Günter, Huber, Daniel, Huesler, Joseph, Hui-Bon-Hoa, Alain, Huygen, Rik, Huynh, Duc-Dat, Iro, Nicolas, Irwin, Jonathan, Irwin, Mike, Izidoro, André, Jacquinod, Sophie, Jannsen, Nicholas Emborg, Janson, Markus, Jeszenszky, Harald, Jiang, Chen, Mancebo, Antonio José Jimenez, Jofre, Paula, Johansen, Anders, Johnston, Cole, Jones, Geraint, Kallinger, Thomas, Kálmán, Szilárd, Kanitz, Thomas, Karjalainen, Marie, Karjalainen, Raine, Karoff, Christoffer, Kawaler, Steven, Kawata, Daisuke, Keereman, Arnoud, Keiderling, David, Kennedy, Tom, Kenworthy, Matthew, Kerschbaum, Franz, Kidger, Mark, Kiefer, Flavien, Kintziger, Christian, Kislyakova, Kristina, Kiss, László, Klagyivik, Peter, Klahr, Hubert, Klevas, Jonas, Kochukhov, Oleg, Köhler, Ulrich, Kolb, Ulrich, Koncz, Alexander, Korth, Judith, Kostogryz, Nadiia, Kovács, Gábor, Kovács, József, Kozhura, Oleg, Krivova, Natalie, Kučinskas, Arunas, Kuhlemann, Ilyas, Kupka, Friedrich, Laauwen, Wouter, Labiano, Alvaro, Lagarde, Nadege, Laget, Philippe, Laky, Gunter, Lam, Kristine Wai Fun, Lambrechts, Michiel, Lammer, Helmut, Lanza, Antonino Francesco, Lanzafame, Alessandro, Martiz, Mariel Lares, Laskar, Jacques, Latter, Henrik, Lavanant, Tony, Lawrenson, Alastair, Lazzoni, Cecilia, Lebre, Agnes, Lebreton, Yveline, Etangs, Alain Lecavelier des, Leinhardt, Zoe, Leleu, Adrien, Lendl, Monika, Leto, Giuseppe, Levillain, Yves, Libert, Anne-Sophie, Lichtenberg, Tim, Ligi, Roxanne, Lignieres, Francois, Lillo-Box, Jorge, Linsky, Jeffrey, Liu, John Scige, Loidolt, Dominik, Longval, Yuying, Lopes, Ilídio, Lorenzani, Andrea, Ludwig, Hans-Guenter, Lund, Mikkel, Lundkvist, Mia Sloth, Luri, Xavier, Maceroni, Carla, Madden, Sean, Madhusudhan, Nikku, Maggio, Antonio, Magliano, Christian, Magrin, Demetrio, Mahy, Laurent, Maibaum, Olaf, Malac-Allain, LeeRoy, Malapert, Jean-Christophe, Malavolta, Luca, Maldonado, Jesus, Mamonova, Elena, Manchon, Louis, Mann, Andrew, Mantovan, Giacomo, Marafatto, Luca, Marconi, Marcella, Mardling, Rosemary, Marigo, Paola, Marinoni, Silvia, Marques, Érico, Marques, Joao Pedro, Marrese, Paola Maria, Marshall, Douglas, Perales, Silvia Martínez, Mary, David, Marzari, Francesco, Masana, Eduard, Mascher, Andrina, Mathis, Stéphane, Mathur, Savita, Figueiredo, Ana Carolina Mattiuci, Maxted, Pierre F. L., Mazeh, Tsevi, Mazevet, Stephane, Mazzei, Francesco, McCormac, James, McMillan, Paul, Menou, Lucas, Merle, Thibault, Meru, Farzana, Mesa, Dino, Messina, Sergio, Mészáros, Szabolcs, Meunier, Nadége, Meunier, Jean-Charles, Micela, Giuseppina, Michaelis, Harald, Michel, Eric, Michielsen, Mathias, Michtchenko, Tatiana, Miglio, Andrea, Miguel, Yamila, Milligan, David, Mirouh, Giovanni, Mitchell, Morgan, Moedas, Nuno, Molendini, Francesca, Molnár, László, Mombarg, Joey, Montalban, Josefina, Montalto, Marco, Monteiro, Mário J. P. F. G., Morales, Juan Carlos, Morales-Calderon, Maria, Morbidelli, Alessandro, Mordasini, Christoph, Moreau, Chrystel, Morel, Thierry, Morello, Guiseppe, Morin, Julien, Mortier, Annelies, Mosser, Benoît, Mourard, Denis, Mousis, Olivier, Moutou, Claire, Mowlavi, Nami, Moya, Andrés, Muehlmann, Prisca, Muirhead, Philip, Munari, Matteo, Musella, Ilaria, Mustill, Alexander James, Nardetto, Nicolas, Nardiello, Domenico, Narita, Norio, Nascimbeni, Valerio, Nash, Anna, Neiner, Coralie, Nelson, Richard P., Nettelmann, Nadine, Nicolini, Gianalfredo, Nielsen, Martin, Niemi, Sami-Matias, Noack, Lena, Noels-Grotsch, Arlette, Noll, Anthony, Norazman, Azib, Norton, Andrew J., Nsamba, Benard, Ofir, Aviv, Ogilvie, Gordon, Olander, Terese, Olivetto, Christian, Olofsson, Göran, Ong, Joel, Ortolani, Sergio, Oshagh, Mahmoudreza, Ottacher, Harald, Ottensamer, Roland, Ouazzani, Rhita-Maria, Paardekooper, Sijme-Jan, Pace, Emanuele, Pajas, Miriam, Palacios, Ana, Palandri, Gaelle, Palle, Enric, Paproth, Carsten, Parro, Vanderlei, Parviainen, Hannu, Granado, Javier Pascual, Passegger, Vera Maria, Pastor-Morales, Carmen, Pätzold, Martin, Pedersen, May Gade, Hidalgo, David Pena, Pepe, Francesco, Pereira, Filipe, Persson, Carina M., Pertenais, Martin, Peter, Gisbert, Petit, Antoine C., Petit, Pascal, Pezzuto, Stefano, Pichierri, Gabriele, Pietrinferni, Adriano, Pinheiro, Fernando, Pinsonneault, Marc, Plachy, Emese, Plasson, Philippe, Plez, Bertrand, Poppenhaeger, Katja, Poretti, Ennio, Portaluri, Elisa, Portell, Jordi, de Mello, Gustavo Frederico Porto, Poyatos, Julien, Pozuelos, Francisco J., Moroni, Pier Giorgio Prada, Pricopi, Dumitru, Prisinzano, Loredana, Quade, Matthias, Quirrenbach160, ndreas, Reina6, Julio Arturo Rabanal, Soares, Maria Cristina Rabello, Raimondo, Gabriella, Rainer, Monica, Rodón, Jose Ramón, Ramón-Ballesta, Alejandro, Zapata, Gonzalo Ramos, Rätz, Stefanie, Rauterberg, Christoph, Redman, Bob, Redmer, Ronald, Reese, Daniel, Regibo, Sara, Reiners, Ansgar, Reinhold, Timo, Renie, Christian, Ribas, Ignasi, Ribeiro, Sergio, Ricciardi, Thiago Pereira, Rice, Ken, Richard, Olivier, Riello, Marco, Rieutord, Michel, Ripepi, Vincenzo, Rixon, Guy, Rockstein, Steve, Rodríguez, María Teresa Rodrigo, Díaz, Luisa Fernanda Rodríguez, Garcia, Juan Pablo Rodriguez, Rodriguez-Gomez, Julio, Roehlly, Yannick, Roig, Fernando, Rojas-Ayala, Bárbara, Rolf, Tobias, Rørsted, Jakob Lysgaard, Rosado, Hugo, Rosotti, Giovanni, Roth, Olivier, Roth, Markus, Rousseau, Alex, Roxburgh, Ian, Roy, Fabrice, Royer, Pierre, Ruane, Kirk, Mastropasqua, Sergio Rufini, de Galarreta, Claudia Ruiz, Russi, Andrea, Saar, Steven, Saillenfest, Melaine, Salaris, Maurizio, Salmon, Sebastien, Saltas, Ippocratis, Samadi, Réza, Samadi, Aunia, Samra, Dominic, da Silva, Tiago Sanches, Carrasco, Miguel Andrés Sánchez, Santerne, Alexandre, Santoli, Francesco, Santos, Ângela R. G., Mesa, Rosario Sanz, Sarro, Luis Manuel, Scandariato, Gaetano, Schäfer, Martin, Schlafly, Edward, Schmider, François-Xavier, Schneider, Jean, Schou, Jesper, Schunker, Hannah, Schwarzkopf, Gabriel Jörg, Serenelli, Aldo, Seynaeve, Dries, Shan, Yutong, Shapiro, Alexander, Shipman, Russel, Sicilia, Daniela, Sanmartin, Maria Angeles Sierra, Sigot, Axelle, Silliman, Kyle, Silvotti, Roberto, Simon, Attila E., Napoli, Ricardo Simoyama, Skarka, Marek, Smalley, Barry, Smiljanic, Rodolfo, Smit, Samuel, Smith, Alexis, Smith, Leigh, Snellen, Ignas, Sódor, Ádám, Sohl, Frank, Solanki, Sami K., Sortino, Francesca, Sousa, Sérgio, Southworth, John, Souto, Diogo, Sozzetti, Alessandro, Stamatellos, Dimitris, Stassun, Keivan, Steller, Manfred, Stello, Dennis, Stelzer, Beate, Stiebeler, Ulrike, Stokholm, Amalie, Storelvmo, Trude, Strassmeier, Klaus, Strøm, Paul Anthony, Strugarek, Antoine, Sulis, Sophia, Švanda, Michal, Szabados, László, Szabó, Róbert, Szabó, Gyula M., Szuszkiewicz, Ewa, Talens, Geert Jan, Teti, Daniele, Theisen, Tom, Thévenin, Frédéric, Thoul, Anne, Tiphene, Didier, Titz-Weider, Ruth, Tkachenko, Andrew, Tomecki, Daniel, Tonfat, Jorge, Tosi, Nicola, Trampedach, Regner, Traven, Gregor, Triaud, Amaury, Trønnes, Reidar, Tsantaki, Maria, Tschentscher, Matthias, Turin, Arnaud, Tvaruzka, Adam, Ulmer, Bernd, Ulmer-Moll, Solène, Ulusoy, Ceren, Umbriaco, Gabriele, Valencia, Diana, Valentini, Marica, Valio, Adriana, Guijarro, Ángel Luis Valverde, Van Eylen, Vincent, Van Grootel, Valerie, van Kempen, Tim A., Van Reeth, Timothy, Van Zelst, Iris, Vandenbussche, Bart, Vasiliou, Konstantinos, Vasilyev, Valeriy, de Mascarenhas, David Vaz, Vazan, Allona, Nunez, Marina Vela, Velloso, Eduardo Nunes, Ventura, Rita, Ventura, Paolo, Venturini, Julia, Trallero, Isabel Vera, Veras, Dimitri, Verdugo, Eva, Verma, Kuldeep, Vibert, Didier, Martinez, Tobias Vicanek, Vida, Krisztián, Vigan, Arthur, Villacorta, Antonio, Villaver, Eva, Aparicio, Marcos Villaverde, Viotto, Valentina, Vorobyov, Eduard, Vorontsov, Sergey, Wagner, Frank W., Walloschek, Thomas, Walton, Nicholas, Walton, Dave, Wang, Haiyang, Waters, Rens, Watson, Christopher, Wedemeyer, Sven, Weeks, Angharad, Weingril, Jörg, Weiss, Annita, Wendler, Belinda, West, Richard, Westerdorff, Karsten, Westphal, Pierre-Amaury, Wheatley, Peter, White, Tim, Whittaker, Amadou, Wickhusen, Kai, Wilson, Thomas, Windsor, James, Winter, Othon, Winther, Mark Lykke, Winton, Alistair, Witteck, Ulrike, Witzke, Veronika, Woitke, Peter, Wolter, David, Wuchterl, Günther, Wyatt, Mark, Yang, Dan, Yu, Jie, Sanchez, Ricardo Zanmar, Osorio, María Rosa Zapatero, Zechmeister, Mathias, Zhou, Yixiao, Ziemke, Claas, and Zwintz, Konstanze

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Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
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PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large number of stars. PLATO will detect small planets (down to <2 R_(Earth)) around bright stars (<11 mag), including terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. With the complement of radial velocity observations from the ground, planets will be characterised for their radius, mass, and age with high accuracy (5 %, 10 %, 10 % for an Earth-Sun combination respectively). PLATO will provide us with a large-scale catalogue of well-characterised small planets up to intermediate orbital periods, relevant for a meaningful comparison to planet formation theories and to better understand planet evolution. It will make possible comparative exoplanetology to place our Solar System planets in a broader context. In parallel, PLATO will study (host) stars using asteroseismology, allowing us to determine the stellar properties with high accuracy, substantially enhancing our knowledge of stellar structure and evolution. The payload instrument consists of 26 cameras with 12cm aperture each. For at least four years, the mission will perform high-precision photometric measurements. Here we review the science objectives, present PLATO's target samples and fields, provide an overview of expected core science performance as well as a description of the instrument and the mission profile at the beginning of the serial production of the flight cameras. PLATO is scheduled for a launch date end 2026. This overview therefore provides a summary of the mission to the community in preparation of the upcoming operational phases.

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2024

5. Puffy Venuses: the Mass-Radius Impact of Carbon-Rich Atmospheres on Lava Worlds

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Peng, Bo and Valencia, Diana

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The recent advancements in exoplanet observations enable the potential detection of exo-Venuses, rocky planets with carbon-rich atmospheres. How extended these atmospheres can be, given high carbon abundances, has not been studied. To answer this, we present a model for a theoretical class of exoplanets - puffy Venuses - characterized by thick, carbon-dominated atmospheres in equilibrium with global magma oceans. Our model accounts for carbon and hydrogen partition between the atmosphere and the magma ocean, as well as the C-H-O equilibrium chemistry throughout a semi-grey, radiative-convective atmosphere. We find that radius inflation by puffy Venus atmospheres is significant on small and irradiated planets: carbon content of 1200 ppm (or that of ordinary chondrites) can generate an atmosphere of ~0.16 - 0.3 $R_{\oplus}$ for an Earth-mass planet with equilibrium temperatures of 1500 to 2000 K. We identify TOI-561 b as an especially promising puffy Venus candidate, whose under-density could be attributed to a thick C-rich atmosphere. We also advocate for a puffy Venus interpretation of 55 Cancri e, where recent JWST observation indicates the presence of a CO/CO2 atmosphere. Puffy Venuses may thus constitute a testable alternative interpretation for the interior structure of underdense low-mass exoplanets., Comment: Accepted by ApJ on Aug. 12th, 2024

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2024

6. Observation uncertainty effects on the precision of interior planetary parameters

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Plotnykov, Mykhaylo and Valencia, Diana

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Determining compositions of low-mass exoplanets is essential in understanding their origins. The certainty by which masses and radius are measured affects our ability to discern planets that are rocky or volatile rich. In this study, we aim to determine sound observational strategies to avoid diminishing returns. We quantify how uncertainties in mass, radius and model assumptions propagate into errors in inferred compositions of rocky and water planets. For a target error in a planet's iron-mass fraction or water content, we calculate the corresponding required accuracies in radius and mass. For instance, a rocky planet with a known radius error of 2% (corresponding to TESS detection best errors) demands mass precision to be at 5-11% to attain a 8 wt% precision in iron-mass fraction, regardless of mass. Similarly, a water world of equal radius precision requires 9-20% mass precision to confine the water content within a 10 wt% margin. Lighter planets are more difficult to constrain, especially water-rich versus water-poor worlds. Studying Earth as an exoplanet, we find a $\sim \pm5$ point "error floor" in iron-mass fraction and $\sim \pm7$ in core-mass fraction from our lack of knowledge on mineralogy. The results presented here can quickly guide observing strategies to maximize insights into small exoplanet compositions while avoiding over-observing., Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, published in MNRAS

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7. Forming Mercury from excited initial conditions

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Scora, Jennifer, Valencia, Diana, Morbidelli, Alessandro, and Jacobson, Seth

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Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

Mercury is notoriously difficult to form in solar system simulations, due to its small mass and iron-rich composition. Smooth particle hydrodynamics simulations of collisions have found that a Mercury-like body could be formed by one or multiple giant impacts, but due to the chaotic nature of collisions it is difficult to create a scenario where such impacts will take place. Recent work has found more success forming Mercury analogues by adding additional embryos near Mercury's orbit. In this work, we aim to form Mercury by simulating the formation of the solar system in the presence of the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn. We test out the effect of an inner disk of embryos added on to the commonly-used narrow annulus of initial material. We form Mercury analogues with core-mass fractions (CMF) $> 0.4$ in $\sim 10\%$ of our simulations, and twice that number of Mercury analogues form during the formation process, but are unstable and do not last to the end of the simulations. Mercury analogues form at similar rates for both disks with and without an inner component, and most of our Mercury analogues have lower CMF than that of Mercury, $\sim 0.7$, due to significant accretion of debris material. We suggest that a more in-depth understanding of the fraction of debris mass that is lost to collisional grinding is necessary to understand Mercury's formation, or some additional mechanism is required to stop this debris from accreting., Comment: 15 pages, accepted for publication in ApJ

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2024

8. High-resolution Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of a Temperate Sub-Neptune

Author

Cabot, Samuel H. C., Madhusudhan, Nikku, Constantinou, Savvas, Valencia, Diana, Vos, Johanna M., Masseron, Thomas, and Cheverall, Connor J.

Subjects
Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Abstract

The study of temperate sub-Neptunes is the new frontier in exoplanetary science. A major development in the past year has been the first detection of carbon-bearing molecules in the atmosphere of a temperate sub-Neptune, K2-18 b, a possible Hycean world, with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The JWST is poised to characterise the atmospheres of several other such planets with important implications for planetary processes in the temperate regime. Meanwhile, ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy has been highly successful in detecting chemical signatures of giant exoplanets, though low-mass planets have remained elusive. In the present work, we report the atmospheric reconnaissance of a temperate sub-Neptune using ground-based high-resolution transmission spectroscopy. The long orbital period and the low systemic velocity results in a low planetary radial velocity during transit, making this system a valuable testbed for high-resolution spectroscopy of temperate sub-Neptunes. We observe high-resolution time-series spectroscopy in the H- and K-bands during the planetary transit with the IGRINS instrument (R$\sim$45,000) on Gemini-South. Using observations from a single transit we find marginal evidence (2.2$\sigma$) for the presence of methane (CH$_4$) in the atmosphere and no evidence for ammonia (NH$_3$) despite its strong detectability for a cloud-free H$_2$-rich atmosphere. We assess our findings using injection tests with different atmospheric scenarios, and find them to be consistent with a high CH$_4$/NH$_3$ ratio and/or the presence of high-altitude clouds. Our results demonstrate the capability of Gemini-S/IGRINS for atmospheric characterization of temperate sub-Neptunes, and the complementarity between space- and ground-based facilities in this planetary regime., Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters

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2024

11. Neurodevelopmental assessment of normocephalic children born to Zika virus exposed and unexposed pregnant people

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Alger, Jackeline, Cafferata, María Luisa, López, Raquel, Wiggins, Lisa D., Callejas, Allison, Castillo, Mario, Fúnes, Jenny, Rico, Fátima, Valencia, Diana, Varela, Douglas, Alvarez, Zulma, Berrueta, Mabel, Bock, Harry, Bustillo, Carolina, Calderón, Alejandra, Ciganda, Alvaro, García-Aguilar, Jorge, García, Kimberly, Gibbons, Luz, Gilboa, Suzanne M., Harville, Emily W., Hernández, Gustavo, López, Wendy, Lorenzana, Ivette, Luque, Marco T., Maldonado, Carlos, Moore, Cynthia, Ochoa, Carlos, Parham, Leda, Pastrana, Karla, Paternina-Caicedo, Angel, Rodríguez, Heriberto, Stella, Candela, Tannis, Ayzsa F., Wesson, Dawn M., Zúniga, Concepción, Tong, Van T., and Buekens, Pierre

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2024
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12. The muscle and neural architecture of Taenia crassiceps cysticerci revisited; implications on head-tail polarization of the larvae

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Calderón-Gallegos, Arturo, primary, Tapia-Rodríguez, Miguel, additional, Estrada, Karel, additional, Rios-Valencia, Diana G., additional, de la Torre, Patricia, additional, Castellanos-de Oteyza, Nicolás, additional, Morales, Miguel A., additional, Bobes, Raúl J., additional, and Laclette, Juan P., additional

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2024
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13. Building a growing genomic data repository for maternal and fetal health through the PING Consortium

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Abdelmalek, Clara, primary, Fasil, Blain, additional, Singh, Shriya, additional, Horvath, Allison, additional, Mulkey, Sarah, additional, Cure, Carlos, additional, Campos, Maribel, additional, Cavalcanti, Denise, additional, Tong, Van, additional, Maria Mercado Reyes, Marcela, additional, Daza, Marcela, additional, Marcela Benavides Ruiz, Monica, additional, Acosta, Jacqueline, additional, Gilboa, Suzanne, additional, Valencia, Diana, additional, Sancken, Christina, additional, Newton, Suzanne, additional, Scalabrin, Deolinda, additional, Mussi-Pinhata, Marisa, additional, Vasconcelos, Zilton, additional, Chakhtoura, Nahida, additional, Moye, Jack, additional, Leslie, Elizabeth, additional, Bulas, Dorothy, additional, Vezina, Gilbert, additional, Marques, Fernanda, additional, Leyser, Marcio, additional, Del Campo, Miguel, additional, Vilain, Eric, additional, Wang, Tongguang, additional, Nath, Avindra, additional, Haydar, Tarik, additional, Muenke, Max, additional, Mansour, Tamer A, additional, du Plessis, Adre, additional, DeBiasi, Roberta L, additional, Murray, Jeffrey C., additional, Cordero, Jose F, additional, and Kousa, Youssef, additional

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2024
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14. Evaluation of Mpox Exposures and Outcomes in Workplaces, 6 Jurisdictions, June 1–August 31, 2022

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de Perio, Marie A., primary, Horter, Libby, additional, Still, William, additional, Meh, Ie, additional, Persson, Nancy, additional, Berns, Abby L., additional, Salinas, Andrea, additional, Murphy, Katherine, additional, Lafferty, Allison G., additional, Daltry, Daniel, additional, Mackey, Skyler, additional, Sockwell, Denise C., additional, Adams, Jeremy, additional, Rivas, Jenniffer, additional, Somerville, Nicholas J., additional, and Valencia, Diana, additional

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2024
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19. Editorial: Good progress has been made with the race wage gap in MN -- The Minnesota Daily

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Ocampo-Valencia, Diana

Subjects
Labor law, Employment discrimination, Disability rights, Gender identity, Age discrimination, News, opinion and commentary, Sports and fitness, University of Minnesota
Abstract

Byline: Diana Ocampo-Valencia content'class='sno-story-body-content sno-no-cap'> I am a student at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. In my Psychology of Women & Gender course, I have been given the [...]

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2024

20. The Entamoeba histolytica Vps26 (EhVps26) retromeric protein is involved in phagocytosis: Bioinformatic and experimental approaches.

Author

Martínez-Valencia, Diana, Bañuelos, Cecilia, García-Rivera, Guillermina, Talamás-Lara, Daniel, and Orozco, Esther

Subjects
*ENTAMOEBA histolytica, *CELL anatomy, *MOLECULAR dynamics, *PROTEIN folding, *TRANSMISSION electron microscopy
Abstract

The retromer is a cellular structure that recruits and recycles proteins inside the cell. In mammalian and yeast, the retromer components have been widely studied, but very little in parasites. In yeast, it is formed by a SNX-BAR membrane remodeling heterodimer and the cargo selecting complex (CSC), composed by three proteins. One of them, the Vps26 protein, possesses a flexible and intrinsically disordered region (IDR), that facilitates interactions with other proteins and contributes to the retromer binding to the endosomal membrane. In Entamoeba histolytica, the protozoan parasite responsible for human amoebiasis, the retromer actively participates during the high mobility and phagocytosis of trophozoites, but the molecular details in these events, are almost unknown. Here, we studied the EhVps26 role in phagocytosis. Bioinformatic analyses of EhVps26 revealed a typical arrestin folding structure of the protein, and a long and charged IDR, as described in other systems. EhVps26 molecular dynamics simulations (MDS) allowed us to predict binding pockets for EhVps35, EhSNX3, and a PX domain-containing protein; these pockets were disorganized in a EhVps26 truncated version lacking the IDR. The AlphaFold2 software predicted the interaction of EhVps26 with EhVps35, EhVps29 and EhSNX3, in a model similar to the reported mammalian crystals. By confocal and transmission electron microscopy, EhVps26 was found in the trophozoites plasma membrane, cytosol, endosomes, and Golgi-like apparatus. During phagocytosis, it followed the erythrocytes pathway, probably participating in cargoes selection and recycling. Ehvps26 gene knocking down evidenced that the EhVps26 protein is necessary for efficient phagocytosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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21. Evaluation of a safety-engineered peripherally inserted intravenous catheter with multiple access blood control: clinician acceptability and ease of use.

Author

Yeh, Jesson, Valencia, Diana, Curtin, Christopher R., Ballek, Susan, Marshall-Hudson, Allyson, Tuley, Michael, and Karpf, Angela

Subjects
*SCALE analysis (Psychology), *RESEARCH funding, *PRODUCT design, *SCIENTIFIC observation, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *PERIPHERALLY inserted central catheters, *MEDICAL equipment safety measures
Abstract

Aim: Acceptability of a new safety-engineered peripherally inserted intravenous catheter (PIVC) with multiple access blood control (MBC) was evaluated in this observational study by experienced volunteer clinicians on healthy volunteers. Methods: Clinicians and healthy volunteers were recruited for this study. Observers documented study procedures, including if there was any blood leakage from the catheter hub at various times during hub connections and disconnections and how many attempts it took a clinician to get a successful stick. Clinicians responded to yes-or-no and Likert-scale questionnaires describing their experiences with PIVC with MBC after each procedure. Questionnaire data were summarized by frequency and percent of responses; analyses were conducted using binomial statistics. Results: Overall, clinicians considered PIVC with MBC to be acceptable (93.6% agreement). Clinicians were able to easily remove the catheter protective cap, insert the catheter, visualize primary and secondary flashbacks, easily remove the needle from the catheter hub and determine if the safety clip was activated after withdrawing the needle. In addition, they were able to connect or disconnect and flush extension sets. Clinicians did not have to change their insertion technique, found the catheter easy to insert, and believed the catheter would protect them from blood exposure during insertion of the catheter and subsequent hub accesses (agreement ranged from 82.3% to 98.9%). Conclusions: No blood leakage was observed from the catheter hub at any time during the procedures. Overall, clinicians found the new PIVC with MBC to be acceptable, easy to use, and functioned properly. HIGHLIGHTS: Acceptability, usability, and ease of use of a new safety-engineered PIVC with MBC was evaluated. PIVC with MBC was >93% acceptable: prevented blood exposure after multiple insertions/removals. Most clinicians (96%) achieved first stick success when using their product. PIVC with MBC was easy to use, worked properly and allowed clinicians to keep their PIVC technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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22. Primary central nervous system tumors survival in children in ten Colombian cities: a VIGICANCER report

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Ramirez, Oscar, primary, Piedrahita, Vivian, additional, Ardila, Jesus, additional, Pardo, Carlos, additional, Cabrera-Bernal, Edgar, additional, Lopera, John, additional, Suarez, Amaranto, additional, Portilla, Carlos Andrés, additional, Narváez, Carlos, additional, Rodriguez, Pamela, additional, Castro, Ximena, additional, Castro, Ángel, additional, Estupinan-Perico, Diego Ivan, additional, Valencia, Diana, additional, Álvarez, María del Rosario, additional, Fox, Javier Enrique, additional, Bravo, Luis Eduardo, additional, and Aristizabal, Paula, additional

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2024
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23. New Mass and Radius Constraints on the LHS 1140 Planets: LHS 1140 b Is either a Temperate Mini-Neptune or a Water World

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Cadieux, Charles, primary, Plotnykov, Mykhaylo, additional, Doyon, René, additional, Valencia, Diana, additional, Jahandar, Farbod, additional, Dang, Lisa, additional, Turbet, Martin, additional, Fauchez, Thomas J., additional, Cloutier, Ryan, additional, Cherubim, Collin, additional, Artigau, Étienne, additional, Cook, Neil J., additional, Edwards, Billy, additional, Hallatt, Tim, additional, Charnay, Benjamin, additional, Bouchy, François, additional, Allart, Romain, additional, Mignon, Lucile, additional, Baron, Frédérique, additional, Barros, Susana C. C., additional, Benneke, Björn, additional, Canto Martins, B. L., additional, Cowan, Nicolas B., additional, De Medeiros, J. R., additional, Delfosse, Xavier, additional, Delgado-Mena, Elisa, additional, Dumusque, Xavier, additional, Ehrenreich, David, additional, Frensch, Yolanda G. C., additional, González Hernández, J. I., additional, Hara, Nathan C., additional, Lafrenière, David, additional, Curto, Gaspare Lo, additional, Malo, Lison, additional, Melo, Claudio, additional, Mounzer, Dany, additional, Passeger, Vera Maria, additional, Pepe, Francesco, additional, Poulin-Girard, Anne-Sophie, additional, Santos, Nuno C., additional, Sosnowska, Danuta, additional, Suárez Mascareño, Alejandro, additional, Thibault, Simon, additional, Vaulato, Valentina, additional, Wade, Gregg A., additional, and Wildi, François, additional

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2024
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24. The muscle and neural architecture of Taenia crassiceps cysticerci revisited; implications on head-tail polarization of the larvae.

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ón-Gallegos, Arturo Calder, Tapia-Rodríguez, Miguel, Estrada, Karel, Rios-Valencia, Diana G., de la Torre, Patricia, Oteyza, Nicol ás Castellanos-de, Morales, Miguel A., Bobes, Ra úl J., and Laclette, Juan P.

Subjects
TAENIA, LIFE cycles (Biology), CYSTICERCOSIS, LARVAE, CONFOCAL microscopy
Abstract

Taenia crassiceps has been used for decades as an experimental model for the study of human and porcine cysticercosis. Even though, its life cycle, tissue organization, ultrastructure and immune response elicited in the host, have been extensively described, there are many other biological questions remaining to be addressed. In the present study we revisited the muscle and neural architecture of cysticerci in two of the most frequently used strains (WFU and ORF), using conventional staining and confocal microscopy imaging, aiming to assemble an updated anatomy. Differences between both strains, including polarization processes during development of the young budding larvae, are emphasized. We also performed a search for genes that have been related to peptidergic neural processes in other related flatworms. These findings can help to understand the anatomical and molecular consequences of the scolex presence or absence in both strains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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25. Effect of Hydroxyurea on Morphology, Proliferation, and Protein Expression on Taenia crassiceps WFU Strain.

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Rios-Valencia, Diana G., Estrada, Karel, Calderón-Gallegos, Arturo, Tirado-Mendoza, Rocío, Bobes, Raúl J., Laclette, Juan P., and Cabrera-Bravo, Margarita

Subjects
*PROTEIN expression, *TAENIA, *HYDROXYUREA, *MORPHOLOGY, *SKELETAL muscle, *DNA damage
Abstract

Flatworms are known for their remarkable regenerative ability, one which depends on totipotent cells known as germinative cells in cestodes. Depletion of germinative cells with hydroxyurea (HU) affects the regeneration of the parasite. Here, we studied the reduction and recovery of germinative cells in T. crassiceps cysticerci after HU treatment (25 mM and 40 mM of HU for 6 days) through in vitro assays. Viability and morphological changes were evaluated. The recovery of cysticerci's mobility and morphology was evaluated at 3 and 6 days, after 6 days of treatment. The number of proliferative cells was evaluated using EdU. Our results show morphological changes in the size, shape, and number of evaginated cysticerci at the 40 mM dose. The mobility of cysticerci was lower after 6 days of HU treatment at both concentrations. On days 3 and 6 of recovery after 25 mM of HU treatment, a partial recovery of the proliferative cells was observed. Proteomic and Gene Ontology analyses identified modifications in protein groups related to DNA binding, DNA damage, glycolytic enzymes, cytoskeleton, skeletal muscle, and RNA binding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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26. International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Global Mapping Programme: Latin American Society of Pediatric Oncology (SLAOP) country‐level report.

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Cappellano, Andrea, Gorostegui, Maite, Gonzalez‐Ramella, Oscar, Filho, Nevicolino Pereira Carvalho, Valencia, Diana, Chantada, Luisa, Sampor, Claudia, Serrano, María J., Macedo, Carla, Ramirez, Oscar, Sardinas, Susan, Lezcano, Eva, Calderón, Patricia, Gamboa, Yessika, Fu, Ligia, Gómez, Wendy, Schelotto, Magdalena, Ugaz, Cecilia, Lobos, Pablo, and Aguiar, Simone Dos Santos

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27. Zika virus prevention behaviors and knowledge among male partners of pregnant people and lack of condom use as a prevention behavior from the Zika en Embarazadas y Niños (ZEN) prospective cohort study, Colombia.

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Sancken, Christina L., Tannis, Ayzsa, Amouzou, Sandra A., Burkel, Veronica, Carlson, Jeffrey M., Newton, Suzanne, Gilboa, Suzanne M., Gonzalez, Maritza, Valencia, Diana, Tong, Van T., and Ospina, Martha

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Objective: Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnancy can cause brain and eye abnormalities and neurodevelopmental sequelae. In the absence of medical countermeasures, behavioral interventions were recommended to prevent mosquito bites and sexual transmission of ZIKV. This report uses data from the Zika en Embarazadas y Niños (ZEN) prospective cohort study in Colombia to describe the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) related to ZIKV prevention in male partners compared to those of their pregnant partners at study enrollment during February 2017–2018. Results: Most male partners reported wearing protective clothing such as long pants (97.6%) and long sleeves (72.8%), as well as covering ankles and feet (89.1%) to prevent ZIKV infection. When comparing the preventive behavior of condom use between male and pregnant partners, 26 pairs (10.0%) both responded that they performed the behavior. Overall, 25.1% of male partners and 18.9% of pregnant people reported any condom use during the three months before enrolling in ZEN. When comparing other preventive behaviors between male and pregnant partners, the behavior which was most frequently reported by both partners was wearing long pants (85.4%), and the least frequently reported by both partners was using condoms after finding out about a partner's pregnancy (3.4%). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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28. International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) Global Mapping Program: Analysis of healthcare centers in countries of the Latin American Society of Pediatric Oncology (SLAOP).

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Gorostegui-Obanos M, Chantada L, Filho NPC, Gonzalez-Ramella O, Serrano B MJ, Valencia D, Sampor C, Macedo C, Ramirez O, Sardinas S, Lezcano E, Calderón P, Gamboa Y, Fu L, Gómez W, Schelotto M, Ugaz C, Lobos P, Moreno K, Palma J, Sánchez G, Moschella F, Gassant PYH, Velasquez T, Quintero K, Forteza M, Villarroel M, Moreno F, Alabi SF, Vasquez L, Lowe J, Cappellano A, Challinor J, and Chantada GL

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Background: The International Society of Paediatric Oncology Society Global Mapping Program aims to describe the local pediatric oncology capacities. Here, we report the data from Latin America., Methods: A 10-question survey was distributed among chairs of pediatric oncology services. Centers were classified according to patient volume into high- (HVC; 100 or more new cases per year), medium- (MVC; 31-99 cases), and low-volume centers (LVC; 30 cases or less), respectively. National referral centers (NRC) were identified., Results: Total 307 centers in 20 countries were identified (271 responded), and 264 responses were evaluable, accounting for 78% of the expected cases (21,359 cases per year). Seventy-seven percent of patients are treated in public centers, including additional support by civil society organizations. We found that 66% of the patients are treated in 70 centers of excellence, including 21 NRC. There was a median of one pediatric oncologist every 21 newly diagnosed patients (44 for NRC), and in 84% of the centers, nurses rotated to other services. A palliative care team was lacking in 25% of the centers. LVC with public funding have significantly lower probability of having a palliative care team or trained pediatric oncology surgeons. Psychosocial, pharmacy, and nutrition services were available in more than 93% of the centers. No radiotherapy facility was available on campus in nine of 21 NRC., Conclusions: Most children with cancer in Latin America are treated in public HVC. There is a scarcity of pediatric oncologists, specialized nurses and surgeons, and palliative care teams, especially in centers with public funding., (© 2024 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)

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2024
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29. Birth Outcomes Related to Prenatal Zika, Dengue, and Other Flavivirus Infections in the Zika en Embarazadas y Niños Prospective Cohort Study in Colombia.

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Tannis A, Newton S, Rico A, Gonzalez M, Benavides M, Ricaldi JN, Rodriguez H, Zambrano LD, Daza M, Godfred-Cato S, Thomas JD, Acosta J, Maniatis P, Daniels JB, Burkel V, Ailes EC, Valencia D, Gilboa SM, Jamieson DJ, Mercado M, Villanueva JM, Honein MA, Ospina ML, and Tong VT

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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection in pregnancy is associated with severe abnormalities of the brain and eye and other adverse outcomes. Zika en Embarazadas y Niños was a prospective cohort study conducted in multiple Colombian cities that enrolled pregnant women in their first trimester. Specimens collected from pregnant women (n = 1,519) during February 2017-September 2018 and their infants (n = 1,080) during June 2017-March 2019 were tested for prenatal ZIKV infection by nucleic acid amplification tests or IgM antibody testing. Zika virus infection in pregnancy was present in 3.2% of pregnant women (incidence rate [IR] per 1,000 person-months = 5.9, 95% CI: 4.3-7.8). Presumptive ZIKV infection was present in 0.8% of infants (IR = 1.6, 95% CI: 0.7-2.9). Five percent of infants with prenatal ZIKV exposure or infection presented with Zika-associated abnormalities; 4.7% were small for gestational age. Understanding the risk of ZIKV infection during pregnancy and associated adverse outcomes can help inform counseling efforts.

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2024
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30. Building a growing genomic data repository for maternal and fetal health through the PING Consortium.

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Abdelmalek CM, Singh S, Fasil B, Horvath AR, Mulkey SB, Curé C, Campos M, Cavalcanti DP, Tong VT, Mercado M, Daza M, Marcela Benavides M, Acosta J, Gilboa S, Valencia D, Sancken CL, Newton S, Scalabrin DMF, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Vasconcelos Z, Chakhtoura N, Moye J, Leslie EJ, Bulas D, Vezina G, Marques FJP, Leyser M, Del Campo M, Vilain E, DeBiasi RL, Wang T, Nath A, Haydar T, Muenke M, Mansour TA, du Plessis AJ, Murray JC, Cordero JF, and Kousa YA

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Background: Prenatally transmitted viruses can cause severe damage to the developing brain. There is unexplained variability in prenatal brain injury and postnatal neurodevelopmental outcomes, suggesting disease modifiers. Discordant outcomes among dizygotic twins could be explained by genetic susceptibly or protection. Among several well-recognized threats to the developing brain, Zika is a mosquito-borne, positive-stranded RNA virus that was originally isolated in Uganda and spread to cause epidemics in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the Americas, the virus caused congenital Zika syndrome and a multitude of neurodevelopmental disorders. As of now, there is no preventative treatment or cure for the adverse outcomes caused by prenatal Zika infection. The Prenatal Infection and Neurodevelopmental Genetics (PING) Consortium was initiated in 2016 to identify factors modulating prenatal brain injury and postnatal neurodevelopmental outcomes for Zika and other prenatal viral infections., Methods: The Consortium has pooled information from eight multi-site studies conducted at 23 research centers in six countries to build a growing clinical and genomic data repository. This repository is being mined to search for modifiers of virally induced brain injury and developmental outcomes. Multilateral partnerships include commitments with Children's National Hospital (USA), Instituto Nacional de Salud (Colombia), the Natural History of Zika Virus Infection in Gestation program (Brazil), and Zika Instituto Fernandes Figueira (Brazil), in addition to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health., Discussion: Our goal in bringing together these sets of patient data was to test the hypothesis that personal and populational genetic differences affect the severity of brain injury after a prenatal viral infection and modify neurodevelopmental outcomes. We have enrolled 4,102 mothers and 3,877 infants with 3,063 biological samples and clinical data covering over 80 phenotypic fields and 5,000 variables. There were several notable challenges in bringing together cohorts enrolled in different studies, including variability in the timepoints evaluated and the collected clinical data and biospecimens. Thus far, we have performed whole exome sequencing on 1,226 participants. Here, we present the Consortium's formation and the overarching study design. We began our investigation with prenatal Zika infection with the goal of applying this knowledge to other prenatal infections and exposures that can affect brain development.

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2024
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