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101. Stability of filter feature selection methods in data pipelines: a simulation study

Author: Bertolini, Roberto and Finch, Stephen J.
Published: 2024
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102. Updated T2K measurements of muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance using 3.6 $\times$ 10$^{21}$ protons on target

Author: Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Alarakia-Charles, H., Ali, A., Hakim, Y. I. Alj, Monsalve, S. Alonso, Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Arihara, T., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Blanchet, A., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bonus, T., Bordoni, S., Boyd, S. B., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Bron, S., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caballero, J. A., Calabria, N. F., Cao, S., Carabadjac, D., Carter, A. J., Cartwright, S. L., Casado, M. P., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chakrani, J., Cherdack, D., Chong, P. S., Christodoulou, G., Chvirova, A., Cicerchia, M., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Cudd, A., Dalmazzone, C., Daret, T., Dasgupta, P., Davydov, Yu. I., De Roeck, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Delogu, C. C., Densham, C., Dergacheva, A., Di Lodovico, F., Dolan, S., Douqa, D., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Dygnarowicz, K., Eguchi, A., Emery-Schrenk, S., Erofeev, G., Ershova, A., Eurin, G., Fedorova, D., Fedotov, S., Feltre, M., Finch, A. J., Aguirre, G. A. Fiorentini, Fiorillo, G., Fitton, M. D., Patiño, J. M. Franco, Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, Y., Furui, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Giannessi, L., Giganti, C., Glagolev, V., Gonin, M., Rosa, J. González, Goodman, E. A. G., Gorin, A., Grassi, M., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Harris, D. A., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hassani, S., Hastings, N. C., Hayato, Y., Henaff, D., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Holin, A., Holvey, T., Van, N. T. Hong, Honjo, T., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishitsuka, M., Israel, H. T., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Izumi, N., Jakkapu, M., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, J. J., Ji, J. Y., Jonsson, P., Joshi, S., Jung, C. K., Jurj, P. B., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katayama, Y., Katori, T., Kawaue, M., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kikutani, H., King, S., Kiseeva, V., Kisiel, J., Kobata, T., Kobayashi, H., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Kodama, S., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kostin, A., Koto, T., Kowalik, K., Kudenko, Y., Kudo, Y., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., La Commara, M., Labarga, L., Lachner, K., Lagoda, J., Lakshmi, S. M., James, M. Lamers, Lamoureux, M., Langella, A., Laporte, J. -F., Last, D., Latham, N., Laveder, M., Lavitola, L., Lawe, M., Lee, Y., Lin, C., Lin, S. -K., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, W., Longhin, A., Long, K. R., Moreno, A. Lopez, Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Mandal, M., Manly, S., Marino, A. D., Marti-Magro, L., Martin, D. G. R., Martini, M., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mauger, C., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCauley, N., McElwee, J., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., McKean, J., Mefodiev, A., Megias, G. D., Mehta, P., Mellet, L., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Miller, E., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, P., Mueller, Th. A., Munford, D., Munteanu, L., Nagai, K., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakagiri, K., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, H., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Naseby, C. E. R., Ngoc, T. V., Nguyen, V. Q., Niewczas, K., Nishimori, S., Nishimura, Y., Nishizaki, K., Nosek, T., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, T., Okada, R., Okinaga, W., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Ospina, N., Osu, L., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Paolone, V., Pari, M., Parlone, J., Parsa, S., Pasternak, J., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pershey, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Yrey, A. J. Portocarrero, Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Prabhu, Y. S., Pupilli, F., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ramírez, M. A., Ratoff, P. N., Reh, M., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Roy, N., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C. A., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Santucci, G., Schefke, T., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Skrobova, N., Skwarczynski, K., Smyczek, D., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Speers, A. J., Spina, R., Suslov, I. A., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tairafune, S., Takayasu, S., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Takifuji, K., Tanaka, H. K., Tanigawa, H., Tanihara, Y., Tani, M., Teklu, A., Tereshchenko, V. V., Teshima, N., Thamm, N., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Towstego, T., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Vagins, M., Vargas, D., Varghese, M., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Villa, E., Vinning, W. G. S., Virginet, U., Vladisavljevic, T., Wachala, T., Wakabayashi, D., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wan, L., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wood, K., Wret, C., Xia, J., Xu, Y. -h., Yamamoto, K., Yamamoto, T., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yershov, N., Yevarouskaya, U., Yokoyama, M., Yoshimoto, Y., Yoshimura, N., Yu, M., Zaki, R., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Zhao, X., Zhu, T., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., and Zsoldos, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Muon neutrino and antineutrino disappearance probabilities are identical in the standard three-flavor neutrino oscillation framework, but CPT violation and non-standard interactions can violate this symmetry. In this work we report the measurements of $\sin^{2} \theta_{23}$ and $\Delta m_{32}^2$ independently for neutrinos and antineutrinos. The aforementioned symmetry violation would manifest as an inconsistency in the neutrino and antineutrino oscillation parameters. The analysis discussed here uses a total of 1.97$\times$10$^{21}$ and 1.63$\times$10$^{21}$ protons on target taken with a neutrino and antineutrino beam respectively, and benefits from improved flux and cross-section models, new near detector samples and more than double the data reducing the overall uncertainty of the result. No significant deviation is observed, consistent with the standard neutrino oscillation picture.
Published: 2023

103. Implications of pulsar timing array observations for LISA detections of massive black hole binaries

Author: Steinle, Nathan, Middleton, Hannah, Moore, Christopher J., Chen, Siyuan, Klein, Antoine, Pratten, Geraint, Buscicchio, Riccardo, Finch, Eliot, and Vecchio, Alberto
Subjects: Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract: Pulsar timing arrays (PTAs) and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will open complementary observational windows on massive black-hole binaries (MBHBs), i.e., with masses in the range $\sim 10^6 - 10^{10}\,$ M$_{\odot}$. While PTAs may detect a stochastic gravitational-wave background from a population of MBHBs, during operation LISA will detect individual merging MBHBs. To demonstrate the profound interplay between LISA and PTAs, we estimate the number of MBHB mergers that one can expect to observe with LISA by extrapolating direct observational constraints on the MBHB merger rate inferred from PTA data. For this, we postulate that the common signal observed by PTAs (and consistent with the increased evidence recently reported) is an astrophysical background sourced by a single MBHB population. We then constrain the LISA detection rate, $\mathcal{R}$, in the mass-redshift space by combining our Bayesian-inferred merger rate with LISA's sensitivity to spin-aligned, inspiral-merger-ringdown waveforms. Using an astrophysically-informed formation model, we predict a 95$\%$ upper limit on the detection rate of $\mathcal{R} < 134\,{\rm yr}^{-1}$ for binaries with total masses in the range $10^7 - 10^8\,$ M$_{\odot}$. For higher masses, i.e., $>10^8\,$ M$_{\odot}$, we find $\mathcal{R} < 2\,(1)\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$ using an astrophysically-informed (agnostic) formation model, rising to $11\,(6)\,\mathrm{yr}^{-1}$ if the LISA sensitivity bandwidth extends down to $10^{-5}$ Hz. Forecasts of LISA science potential with PTA background measurements should improve as PTAs continue their search.
Published: 2023

104. Collision-energy Dependence of Deuteron Cumulants and Proton-deuteron Correlations in Au+Au collisions at RHIC

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adamczyk, L., Adams, J. R., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Aschenauer, E. C., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Bairathi, V., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bellwied, R., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bhosale, S. R., Bielcik, J., Bielcikova, J., Brandenburg, J. D., Broodo, C., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Sánchez, M. Calderónde la Barca, Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chaloupka, P., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Csanád, M., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Deppner, I. M., Dhamija, A., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Gagliardi, C. A., Galatyuk, T., Gao, T., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Guryn, W., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harabasz, S., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Herrmann, N., Holub, L., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Jentsch, A., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Kauder, K., Keane, D., Khanal, A., Khyzhniak, Y. V., Kikoła, D. P., Kincses, D., Kisel, I., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kosarzewski, L. K., Kumar, L., Labonte, M. C., Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lauret, J., Lebedev, A., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, D., Li, H-S., Li, H., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Licenik, R., Lin, T., Lin, Y., Lisa, M. A., Liu, C., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Luo, J., Luo, X. F., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Manikandhan, R., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Matis, H. S., McNamara, G., Mezhanska, O., Mi, K., Mioduszewski, S., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Nigmatkulov, G., Niida, T., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pal, S., Pandav, A., Pani, T., Paul, A., Pawlik, B., Pawlowska, D., Perkins, C., Pluta, J., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Protzman, T., Prozorova, V., Pruthi, N. K., Przybycien, M., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Rana, A., Ray, R. L., Reed, R., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Robotkova, M., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Chowdhury, P. Roy, Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Sato, S., Schaefer, B. C., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seck, F-J., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Smirnov, N., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stefaniak, M., Stewart, D. J., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Suaide, A. A. P., Sumbera, M., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Sweger, Z. W., Tamis, A. C., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Timmins, A. R., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Trentalange, S., Tribedy, P., Tripathy, S. K., Truhlar, T., Trzeciak, B. A., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vanek, J., Vassiliev, I., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, J., Wang, K., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wielanek, D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Witt, R., Wu, J., Wu, X., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zbroszczyk, H., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report the first measurements of cumulants, up to $4^{th}$ order, of deuteron number distributions and proton-deuteron correlations in Au+Au collisions recorded by the STAR experiment in phase-I of Beam Energy Scan (BES) program at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. Deuteron cumulants, their ratios, and proton-deuteron mixed cumulants are presented for different collision centralities covering a range of center-of-mass energy per nucleon pair $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$~=~7.7 to 200~GeV. It is found that the cumulant ratios at lower collision energies favor a canonical ensemble over a grand canonical ensemble in thermal models. An anti-correlation between proton and deuteron multiplicity is observed across all collision energies and centralities, consistent with the expectation from global baryon number conservation. The UrQMD model coupled with a phase-space coalescence mechanism qualitatively reproduces the collision-energy dependence of cumulant ratios and proton-deuteron correlations., Comment: 10 pages, 4 figures; published in Physics Letters B
Published: 2023
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105. Event-by-event correlations between $\Lambda$ ($\bar{\Lambda}$) hyperon global polarization and handedness with charged hadron azimuthal separation in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\text{NN}}} = 27 \text{ GeV}$ from STAR

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adams, J. R., Agakishiev, G., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Aitbaev, A., Alekseev, I., Anderson, D. M., Aparin, A., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Averichev, G. S., Bairathi, V., Baker, W., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bordyuzhin, I. G., Brandenburg, J. D., Brandin, A. V., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Sánchez, M. Calderón de la Barca, Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Daugherity, M., Dedovich, T. G., Deppner, I. M., Derevschikov, A. A., Dhamija, A., Di Carlo, L., Didenko, L., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Ewigleben, A., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isenhower, D., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kabir, M. L., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Keane, D., Kechechyan, A., Kelsey, M., Kimelman, B., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kochenda, L., Korobitsin, A. A., Kravtsov, P., Kumar, L., Kumar, S., Elayavalli, R. Kunnawalkam, Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lebedev, A., Lednicky, R., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Lin, T., Liu, C., Liu, F., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Llope, W. J., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Lukow, N. S., Luo, X. F., Luong, V. B., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Matis, H. S., Mazer, J. A., McNamara, G., Mi, K., Minaev, N. G., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Morozov, D. A., Mudrokh, A., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Nigmatkulov, G., Niida, T., Nishitani, R., Nogach, L. V., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okorokov, V. A., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pan, J., Pandav, A., Pandey, A. K., Panebratsev, Y., Pani, T., Parfenov, P., Paul, A., Perkins, C., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Protzman, T., Pruthi, N. K., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Raha, N., Ray, R. L., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Rogachevsky, O. V., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Samigullin, E., Sato, S., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shahaliev, E., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stewart, D. J., Strikhanov, M., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Svirida, D. N., Sweger, Z. W., Tamis, A., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Taranenko, A., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tokarev, M. V., Tomkiel, C. A., Trentalange, S., Tribble, R. E., Tribedy, P., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vasiliev, A. N., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Vokal, S., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, Y., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, C., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Global polarizations ($P$) of $\Lambda$ ($\bar{\Lambda}$) hyperons have been observed in non-central heavy-ion collisions. The strong magnetic field primarily created by the spectator protons in such collisions would split the $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ global polarizations ($\Delta P = P_{\Lambda} - P_{\bar{\Lambda}} < 0$). Additionally, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) predicts topological charge fluctuations in vacuum, resulting in a chirality imbalance or parity violation in a local domain. This would give rise to an imbalance ($\Delta n = \frac{N_{\text{L}} - N_{\text{R}}}{\langle N_{\text{L}} + N_{\text{R}} \rangle} \neq 0$) between left- and right-handed $\Lambda$ ($\bar{\Lambda}$) as well as a charge separation along the magnetic field, referred to as the chiral magnetic effect (CME). This charge separation can be characterized by the parity-even azimuthal correlator ($\Delta\gamma$) and parity-odd azimuthal harmonic observable ($\Delta a_{1}$). Measurements of $\Delta P$, $\Delta\gamma$, and $\Delta a_{1}$ have not led to definitive conclusions concerning the CME or the magnetic field, and $\Delta n$ has not been measured previously. Correlations among these observables may reveal new insights. This paper reports measurements of correlation between $\Delta n$ and $\Delta a_{1}$, which is sensitive to chirality fluctuations, and correlation between $\Delta P$ and $\Delta\gamma$ sensitive to magnetic field in Au+Au collisions at 27 GeV. For both measurements, no correlations have been observed beyond statistical fluctuations., Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures; paper from the STAR Collaboration
Published: 2023
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106. Observation of the electromagnetic field effect via charge-dependent directed flow in heavy-ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adams, J. R., Agakishiev, G., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Aitbaev, A., Alekseev, I., Alpatov, E., Aparin, A., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Averichev, G. S., Bairathi, V., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bhosale, S. R., Bordyuzhin, I. G., Brandenburg, J. D., Brandin, A. V., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Sánchez, M. Calderón de la Barca, Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Dash, A. P., Daugherity, M., Dedovich, T. G., Deppner, I. M., Derevschikov, A. A., Dhamija, A., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Gao, T., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isenhower, D., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Kauder, K., Keane, D., Kechechyan, A., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kochenda, L., Korobitsin, A. A., Kraeva, A. Yu., Kravtsov, P., Kumar, L., Labonte, M. C., Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lebedev, A., Lednicky, R., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, H-S., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Lin, T., Lin, Y., Liu, C., Liu, F., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Lukow, N. S., Luo, X. F., Luong, V. B., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Matis, H. S., McNamara, G., Mi, K., Minaev, N. G., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Morozov, D. A., Mudrokh, A., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Nedorezov, E., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Nigmatkulov, G., Niida, T., Nogach, L. V., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okorokov, V. A., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pandav, A., Panebratsev, Y., Pani, T., Parfenov, P., Paul, A., Perkins, C., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Povarov, A., Protzman, T., Pruthi, N. K., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Rana, A., Ray, R. L., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Rogachevsky, O. V., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Samigullin, E., Sato, S., Schaefer, B. C., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shahaliev, E., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stewart, D. J., Strikhanov, M., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Svirida, D. N., Sweger, Z. W., Tamis, A. C., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Taranenko, A., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tokarev, M. V., Trentalange, S., Tribedy, P., Tripathy, S. K., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vasiliev, A. N., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Vokal, S., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, J., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Wu, J., Wu, X., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, C., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The deconfined quark-gluon plasma (QGP) created in relativistic heavy-ion collisions enables the exploration of the fundamental properties of matter under extreme conditions. Non-central collisions can produce strong magnetic fields on the order of $10^{18}$ Gauss, which offers a probe into the electrical conductivity of the QGP. In particular, quarks and anti-quarks carry opposite charges and receive contrary electromagnetic forces that alter their momenta. This phenomenon can be manifested in the collective motion of final-state particles, specifically in the rapidity-odd directed flow, denoted as $v_1(\mathsf{y})$. Here we present the charge-dependent measurements of $dv_1/d\mathsf{y}$ near midrapidities for $\pi^{\pm}$, $K^{\pm}$, and $p(\bar{p})$ in Au+Au and isobar ($_{44}^{96}$Ru+$_{44}^{96}$Ru and $_{40}^{96}$Zr+$_{40}^{96}$Zr) collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=$ 200 GeV, and in Au+Au collisions at 27 GeV, recorded by the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider. The combined dependence of the $v_1$ signal on collision system, particle species, and collision centrality can be qualitatively and semi-quantitatively understood as several effects on constituent quarks. While the results in central events can be explained by the $u$ and $d$ quarks transported from initial-state nuclei, those in peripheral events reveal the impacts of the electromagnetic field on the QGP. Our data put valuable constraints on the electrical conductivity of the QGP in theoretical calculations.
Published: 2023

107. First measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions on hydrocarbon without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K

Author: Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Alarakia-Charles, H., Ali, A., Hakim, Y. I. Alj, Monsalve, S. Alonso, Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Arihara, T., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Blanchet, A., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bonus, T., Bordoni, S., Boyd, S. B., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Bron, S., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caballero, J. A., Calabria, N. F., Cao, S., Carabadjac, D., Carter, A. J., Cartwright, S. L., Casado, M. P., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chakrani, J., Cherdack, D., Chong, P. S., Christodoulou, G., Chvirova, A., Cicerchia, M., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Cudd, A., Dalmazzone, C., Daret, T., Dasgupta, P., Davydov, Yu. I., De Roeck, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Delogu, C. C., Densham, C., Dergacheva, A., Di Lodovico, F., Dolan, S., Douqa, D., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Dygnarowicz, K., Eguchi, A., Emery-Schrenk, S., Erofeev, G., Ershova, A., Eurin, G., Fedorova, D., Fedotov, S., Feltre, M., Finch, A. J., Aguirre, G. A. Fiorentini, Fiorillo, G., Fitton, M. D., Patiño, J. M. Franco, Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, Y., Furui, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Giannessi, L., Giganti, C., Glagolev, V., Gonin, M., Rosa, J. González, Goodman, E. A. G., Gorin, A., Grassi, M., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Harris, D. A., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hassani, S., Hastings, N. C., Hayato, Y., Henaff, D., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Holin, A., Holvey, T., Van, N. T. Hong, Honjo, T., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishitsuka, M., Israel, H. T., Izmaylov, A., Izumi, N., Jakkapu, M., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, J. J., Ji, J. Y., Jonsson, P., Joshi, S., Jung, C. K., Jurj, P. B., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katori, T., Kawaue, M., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., King, S., Kiseeva, V., Kisiel, J., Kobata, T., Kobayashi, H., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Kodama, S., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kostin, A., Koto, T., Kowalik, K., Kudenko, Y., Kudo, Y., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., La Commara, M., Labarga, L., Lachner, K., Lagoda, J., Lakshmi, S. M., James, M. Lamers, Lamoureux, M., Langella, A., Laporte, J. -F., Last, D., Latham, N., Laveder, M., Lavitola, L., Lawe, M., Lee, Y., Lin, C., Lin, S. -K., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, W., Longhin, A., Long, K. R., Moreno, A. Lopez, Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Mandal, M., Manly, S., Marino, A. D., Marti-Magro, L., Martin, D. G. R., Martini, M., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mauger, C., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCauley, N., McElwee, J., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., McKean, J., Mefodiev, A., Megias, G. D., Mehta, P., Mellet, L., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Miller, E., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, P., Mueller, Th. A., Munford, D., Munteanu, L., Nagai, K., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakagiri, K., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, H., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Naseby, C. E. R., Ngoc, T. V., Nguyen, V. Q., Niewczas, K., Nishimori, S., Nishimura, Y., Nishizaki, K., Nosek, T., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, T., Okinaga, W., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Ospina, N., Osu, L., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Paolone, V., Pari, M., Parlone, J., Parsa, S., Pasternak, J., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pershey, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Yrey, A. J. Portocarrero, Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Prabhu, Y. S., Pupilli, F., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ramírez, M. A., Ratoff, P. N., Reh, M., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Roy, N., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C. A., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Santucci, G., Schefke, T., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Skrobova, N., Skwarczynski, K., Smyczek, D., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Speers, A. J., Spina, R., Suslov, I. A., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tairafune, S., Takayasu, S., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Takifuji, K., Tanaka, H. K., Tanigawa, H., Tani, M., Teklu, A., Tereshchenko, V. V., Teshima, N., Thamm, N., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Towstego, T., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Vagins, M., Vargas, D., Varghese, M., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Villa, E., Vinning, W. G. S., Virginet, U., Vladisavljevic, T., Wachala, T., Wakabayashi, D., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wan, L., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wood, K., Wret, C., Xia, J., Xu, Y. -h., Yamamoto, K., Yamamoto, T., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yershov, N., Yevarouskaya, U., Yokoyama, M., Yoshimoto, Y., Yoshimura, N., Yu, M., Zaki, R., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Zhao, X., Zhu, T., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., and Zsoldos, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: This paper reports the first measurement of muon neutrino charged-current interactions without pions in the final state using multiple detectors with correlated energy spectra at T2K. The data was collected on hydrocarbon targets using the off-axis T2K near detector (ND280) and the on-axis T2K near detector (INGRID) with neutrino energy spectra peaked at 0.6 GeV and 1.1 GeV respectively. The correlated neutrino flux presents an opportunity to reduce the impact of the flux uncertainty and to study the energy dependence of neutrino interactions. The extracted double-differential cross sections are compared to several Monte Carlo neutrino-nucleus interaction event generators showing the agreement between both detectors individually and with the correlated result., Comment: Updated discussion in Sec. V-A; Updated author list
Published: 2023
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108. Hyperon polarization along the beam direction relative to the second and third harmonic event planes in isobar collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adams, J. R., Agakishiev, G., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Aitbaev, A., Alekseev, I., Anderson, D. M., Aparin, A., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Averichev, G. S., Bairathi, V., Baker, W., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bordyuzhin, I. G., Brandenburg, J. D., Brandin, A. V., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Sánchez, M. Calderón de la Barca, Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Daugherity, M., Dedovich, T. G., Deppner, I. M., Derevschikov, A. A., Dhamija, A., Di Carlo, L., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Ewigleben, A., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Gao, T., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isenhower, D., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kabir, M. L., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Kauder, K., Keane, D., Kechechyan, A., Kelsey, M., Kimelman, B., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kochenda, L., Korobitsin, A. A., Kravtsov, P., Kumar, L., Kumar, S., Elayavalli, R. Kunnawalkam, Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lebedev, A., Lednicky, R., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Lin, T., Liu, C., Liu, F., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Llope, W. J., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Lukow, N. S., Luo, X. F., Luong, V. B., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Matis, H. S., Mazer, J. A., McNamara, G., Mi, K., Minaev, N. G., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Morozov, D. A., Mudrokh, A., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Nigmatkulov, G., Niida, T., Nishitani, R., Nogach, L. V., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okorokov, V. A., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pan, J., Pandav, A., Pandey, A. K., Panebratsev, Y., Pani, T., Parfenov, P., Paul, A., Perkins, C., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Protzman, T., Pruthi, N. K., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Raha, N., Ray, R. L., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Rogachevsky, O. V., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Samigullin, E., Sato, S., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shahaliev, E., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stewart, D. J., Strikhanov, M., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Svirida, D. N., Sweger, Z. W., Tamis, A., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Taranenko, A., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tokarev, M. V., Tomkiel, C. A., Trentalange, S., Tribble, R. E., Tribedy, P., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vasiliev, A. N., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Vokal, S., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, J., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, Y., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, C., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: The polarization of $\Lambda$ and $\bar{\Lambda}$ hyperons along the beam direction has been measured relative to the second and third harmonic event planes in isobar Ru+Ru and Zr+Zr collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}$ = 200 GeV. This is the first experimental evidence of the hyperon polarization by the triangular flow originating from the initial density fluctuations. The amplitudes of the sine modulation for the second and third harmonic results are comparable in magnitude, increase from central to peripheral collisions, and show a mild $p_T$ dependence. The azimuthal angle dependence of the polarization follows the vorticity pattern expected due to elliptic and triangular anisotropic flow, and qualitatively disagree with most hydrodynamic model calculations based on thermal vorticity and shear induced contributions. The model results based on one of existing implementations of the shear contribution lead to a correct azimuthal angle dependence, but predict centrality and $p_T$ dependence that still disagree with experimental measurements. Thus, our results provide stringent constraints on the thermal vorticity and shear-induced contributions to hyperon polarization. Comparison to previous measurements at RHIC and the LHC for the second-order harmonic results shows little dependence on the collision system size and collision energy., Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures, Published in Physical Review Letters
Published: 2023
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109. Measurement of electrons from open heavy-flavor hadron decays in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=200$ GeV with the STAR detector

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adamczyk, L., Adams, J. R., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, D. M., Aschenauer, E. C., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Bairathi, V., Baker, W., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bellwied, R., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bielcik, J., Bielcikova, J., Brandenburg, J. D., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Sánchez, M. Calderón de la Barca, Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chaloupka, P., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Csanád, M., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Daugherity, M., Deppner, I. M., Dhamija, A., Di Carlo, L., Didenko, L., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Ewigleben, A., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Gagliardi, C. A., Galatyuk, T., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Guryn, W., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harabasz, S., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Herrmann, N., Holub, L., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isenhower, D., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Jentsch, A., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kabir, M. L., Kagamaster, S., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Keane, D., Kelsey, M., Khyzhniak, Y. V., Kikoła, D. P., Kimelman, B., Kincses, D., Kisel, I., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kosarzewski, L. K., Kramarik, L., Kumar, L., Kumar, S., Elayavalli, R. Kunnawalkam, Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lauret, J., Lebedev, A., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Licenik, R., Lin, T., Lisa, M. A., Liu, C., Liu, F., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Llope, W. J., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Lukow, N. S., Luo, X. F., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Matis, H. S., Mazer, J. A., McNamara, G., Mi, K., Mioduszewski, S., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Mukherjee, A., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Niida, T., Nishitani, R., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pan, J., Pandav, A., Pandey, A. K., Pani, T., Paul, A., Pawlik, B., Pawlowska, D., Perkins, C., Pluta, J., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Protzman, T., Prozorova, V., Pruthi, N. K., Przybycien, M., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Raha, N., Ray, R. L., Reed, R., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Robotkova, M., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Chowdhury, P. Roy, Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Sato, S., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seck, F-J., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Smirnov, N., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stefaniak, M., Stewart, D. J., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Suaide, A. A. P., Sumbera, M., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Sweger, Z. W., Szymanski, P., Tamis, A., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Timmins, A. R., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tomkiel, C. A., Trentalange, S., Tribble, R. E., Tribedy, P., Truhlar, T., Trzeciak, B. A., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vanek, J., Vassiliev, I., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wielanek, D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Witt, R., Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, Y., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zbroszczyk, H., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, C., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We report a new measurement of the production of electrons from open heavy-flavor hadron decays (HFEs) at mid-rapidity ($|y|<$ 0.7) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}}=200$ GeV. Invariant yields of HFEs are measured for the transverse momentum range of $3.5 < p_{\rm T} < 9$ GeV/$c$ in various configurations of the collision geometry. The HFE yields in head-on Au+Au collisions are suppressed by approximately a factor of 2 compared to that in $p$+$p$ collisions scaled by the average number of binary collisions, indicating strong interactions between heavy quarks and the hot and dense medium created in heavy-ion collisions. Comparison of these results with models provides additional tests of theoretical calculations of heavy quark energy loss in the quark-gluon plasma.
Published: 2023
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110. Elliptic Flow of Heavy-Flavor Decay Electrons in Au+Au Collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}$ = 27 and 54.4 GeV at RHIC

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adamczyk, L., Adams, J. R., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, D. M., Aschenauer, E. C., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Bairathi, V., Baker, W., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bellwied, R., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bielcik, J., Bielcikova, J., Brandenburg, J. D., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Calderón~de~la~Barca~Sánchez, M., Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chaloupka, P., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Csanád, M., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Daugherity, M., Deppner, I. M., Dhamija, A., Di Carlo, L., Didenko, L., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Ewigleben, A., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Gagliardi, C. A., Galatyuk, T., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Guryn, W., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harabasz, S., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Herrmann, N., Holub, L., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isenhower, D., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Jentsch, A., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kabir, M. L., Kagamaster, S., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Keane, D., Kelsey, M., Khyzhniak, Y. V., Kikoła, D. P., Kimelman, B., Kincses, D., Kisel, I., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kosarzewski, L. K., Kramarik, L., Kumar, L., Kumar, S., Elayavalli, R. Kunnawalkam, Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lauret, J., Lebedev, A., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Licenik, R., Lin, T., Lisa, M. A., Liu, C., Liu, F., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Llope, W. J., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Lukow, N. S., Luo, X. F., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Matis, H. S., Mazer, J. A., McNamara, G., Mi, K., Mioduszewski, S., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Mukherjee, A., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Niida, T., Nishitani, R., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pan, J., Pandav, A., Pandey, A. K., Pani, T., Paul, A., Pawlik, B., Pawlowska, D., Perkins, C., Pluta, J., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Protzman, T., Prozorova, V., Pruthi, N. K., Przybycien, M., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Raha, N., Ray, R. L., Reed, R., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Robotkova, M., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Chowdhury, P. Roy, Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Sato, S., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seck, F-J., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Smirnov, N., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stefaniak, M., Stewart, D. J., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Suaide, A. A. P., Sumbera, M., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Sweger, Z. W., Szymanski, P., Tamis, A., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Timmins, A. R., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tomkiel, C. A., Trentalange, S., Tribble, R. E., Tribedy, P., Truhlar, T., Trzeciak, B. A., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vanek, J., Vassiliev, I., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wielanek, D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Witt, R., Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, Y., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zbroszczyk, H., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, C., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We report on new measurements of elliptic flow ($v_2$) of electrons from heavy-flavor hadron decays at mid-rapidity ($|y|<0.8$) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}$ = 27 and 54.4 GeV from the STAR experiment. Heavy-flavor decay electrons ($e^{\rm HF}$) in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}$ = 54.4 GeV exhibit a non-zero $v_2$ in the transverse momentum ($p_{\rm T}$) region of $p_{\rm T}<$ 2 GeV/$c$ with the magnitude comparable to that at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=200$ GeV. The measured $e^{\rm HF}$ $v_2$ at 54.4 GeV is also consistent with the expectation of their parent charm hadron $v_2$ following number-of-constituent-quark scaling as other light and strange flavor hadrons at this energy. These suggest that charm quarks gain significant collectivity through the evolution of the QCD medium and may reach local thermal equilibrium in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=54.4$ GeV. The measured $e^{\rm HF}$ $v_2$ in Au+Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_{_{\rm NN}}}=$ 27 GeV is consistent with zero within large uncertainties. The energy dependence of $v_2$ for different flavor particles ($\pi,\phi,D^{0}/e^{\rm HF}$) shows an indication of quark mass hierarchy in reaching thermalization in high-energy nuclear collisions., Comment: 12 pages, 7 figures, 1 table
Published: 2023
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111. Measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters from the T2K experiment using $3.6\times10^{21}$ protons on target

Author: The T2K Collaboration, Abe, K., Akhlaq, N., Akutsu, R., Ali, A., Monsalve, S. Alonso, Alt, C., Andreopoulos, C., Antonova, M., Aoki, S., Arihara, T., Asada, Y., Ashida, Y., Atkin, E. T., Barbi, M., Barker, G. J., Barr, G., Barrow, D., Batkiewicz-Kwasniak, M., Bench, F., Berardi, V., Berns, L., Bhadra, S., Blanchet, A., Blondel, A., Bolognesi, S., Bonus, T., Bordoni, S., Boyd, S. B., Bravar, A., Bronner, C., Bron, S., Bubak, A., Avanzini, M. Buizza, Caballero, J. A., Calabria, N. F., Cao, S., Carabadjac, D., Carter, A. J., Cartwright, S. L., Catanesi, M. G., Cervera, A., Chakrani, J., Cherdack, D., Chong, P. S., Christodoulou, G., Chvirova, A., Cicerchia, M., Coleman, J., Collazuol, G., Cook, L., Cudd, A., Dalmazzone, C., Daret, T., Davydov, Yu. I., De Roeck, A., De Rosa, G., Dealtry, T., Delogu, C. C., Densham, C., Dergacheva, A., Di Lodovico, F., Dolan, S., Douqa, D., Doyle, T. A., Drapier, O., Dumarchez, J., Dunne, P., Dygnarowicz, K., Eguchi, A., Emery-Schrenk, S., Erofeev, G., Ershova, A., Eurin, G., Fedorova, D., Fedotov, S., Feltre, M., Finch, A. J., Aguirre, G. A. Fiorentini, Fiorillo, G., Fitton, M. D., Patiño, J. M. Franco, Friend, M., Fujii, Y., Fukuda, Y., Fusshoeller, K., Giannessi, L., Giganti, C., Glagolev, V., Gonin, M., Rosa, J. González, Goodman, E. A. G., Gorin, A., Grassi, M., Guigue, M., Hadley, D. R., Haigh, J. T., Hamacher-Baumann, P., Harris, D. A., Hartz, M., Hasegawa, T., Hassani, S., Hastings, N. C., Hayato, Y., Henaff, D., Hiramoto, A., Hogan, M., Holeczek, J., Holin, A., Holvey, T., Van, N. T. Hong, Honjo, T., Iacob, F., Ichikawa, A. K., Ikeda, M., Ishida, T., Ishitsuka, M., Israel, H. T., Iwamoto, K., Izmaylov, A., Izumi, N., Jakkapu, M., Jamieson, B., Jenkins, S. J., Jesús-Valls, C., Jiang, J. J., Jonsson, P., Joshi, S., Jung, C. K., Jurj, P. B., Kabirnezhad, M., Kaboth, A. C., Kajita, T., Kakuno, H., Kameda, J., Kasetti, S. P., Kataoka, Y., Katayama, Y., Katori, T., Kawaue, M., Kearns, E., Khabibullin, M., Khotjantsev, A., Kikawa, T., Kikutani, H., King, S., Kiseeva, V., Kisiel, J., Kobata, T., Kobayashi, H., Kobayashi, T., Koch, L., Kodama, S., Konaka, A., Kormos, L. L., Koshio, Y., Kostin, A., Koto, T., Kowalik, K., Kudenko, Y., Kudo, Y., Kuribayashi, S., Kurjata, R., Kutter, T., Kuze, M., La Commara, M., Labarga, L., Lachner, K., Lagoda, J., Lakshmi, S. M., James, M. Lamers, Lamoureux, M., Langella, A., Laporte, J. -F., Last, D., Latham, N., Laveder, M., Lavitola, L., Lawe, M., Lee, Y., Lin, C., Lin, S. -K., Litchfield, R. P., Liu, S. L., Li, W., Longhin, A., Long, K. R., Moreno, A. Lopez, Ludovici, L., Lu, X., Lux, T., Machado, L. N., Magaletti, L., Mahn, K., Malek, M., Mandal, M., Manly, S., Marino, A. D., Marti-Magro, L., Martin, D. G. R., Martini, M., Martin, J. F., Maruyama, T., Matsubara, T., Matveev, V., Mauger, C., Mavrokoridis, K., Mazzucato, E., McCauley, N., McElwee, J., McFarland, K. S., McGrew, C., McKean, J., Mefodiev, A., Megias, G. D., Mehta, P., Mellet, L., Metelko, C., Mezzetto, M., Miller, E., Minamino, A., Mineev, O., Mine, S., Miura, M., Bueno, L. Molina, Moriyama, S., Morrison, P., Mueller, Th. A., Munford, D., Munteanu, L., Nagai, K., Nagai, Y., Nakadaira, T., Nakagiri, K., Nakahata, M., Nakajima, Y., Nakamura, A., Nakamura, H., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, K. D., Nakano, Y., Nakayama, S., Nakaya, T., Nakayoshi, K., Naseby, C. E. R., Ngoc, T. V., Nguyen, V. Q., Niewczas, K., Nishimori, S., Nishimura, Y., Nishizaki, K., Nosek, T., Nova, F., Novella, P., Nugent, J. C., O'Keeffe, H. M., O'Sullivan, L., Odagawa, T., Ogawa, T., Okada, R., Okinaga, W., Okumura, K., Okusawa, T., Ospina, N., Owen, R. A., Oyama, Y., Palladino, V., Paolone, V., Pari, M., Parlone, J., Parsa, S., Pasternak, J., Pavin, M., Payne, D., Penn, G. C., Pershey, D., Pickering, L., Pidcott, C., Pintaudi, G., Pistillo, C., Popov, B., Porwit, K., Posiadala-Zezula, M., Prabhu, Y. S., Pupilli, F., Quilain, B., Radermacher, T., Radicioni, E., Radics, B., Ramírez, M. A., Ratoff, P. N., Reh, M., Riccio, C., Rondio, E., Roth, S., Roy, N., Rubbia, A., Ruggeri, A. C., Ruggles, C. A., Rychter, A., Sakashita, K., Sánchez, F., Santucci, G., Schloesser, C. M., Scholberg, K., Scott, M., Seiya, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Sekiya, H., Sgalaberna, D., Shaikhiev, A., Shaker, F., Shaykina, A., Shiozawa, M., Shorrock, W., Shvartsman, A., Skrobova, N., Skwarczynski, K., Smyczek, D., Smy, M., Sobczyk, J. T., Sobel, H., Soler, F. J. P., Sonoda, Y., Speers, A. J., Spina, R., Suslov, I. A., Suvorov, S., Suzuki, A., Suzuki, S. Y., Suzuki, Y., Sztuc, A. A., Tada, M., Tairafune, S., Takayasu, S., Takeda, A., Takeuchi, Y., Takifuji, K., Tanaka, H. K., Tanihara, Y., Tani, M., Teklu, A., Tereshchenko, V. V., Teshima, N., Thamm, N., Thompson, L. F., Toki, W., Touramanis, C., Towstego, T., Tsui, K. M., Tsukamoto, T., Tzanov, M., Uchida, Y., Vagins, M., Vargas, D., Varghese, M., Vasseur, G., Vilela, C., Villa, E., Vinning, W. G. S., Virginet, U., Vladisavljevic, T., Wachala, T., Walsh, J. G., Wang, Y., Wan, L., Wark, D., Wascko, M. O., Weber, A., Wendell, R., Wilking, M. J., Wilkinson, C., Wilson, J. R., Wood, K., Wret, C., Xia, J., Xu, Y. -h., Yamamoto, K., Yamamoto, T., Yanagisawa, C., Yang, G., Yano, T., Yasutome, K., Yershov, N., Yevarouskaya, U., Yokoyama, M., Yoshimoto, Y., Yoshimura, N., Yu, M., Zaki, R., Zalewska, A., Zalipska, J., Zaremba, K., Zarnecki, G., Zhao, X., Zhu, T., Ziembicki, M., Zimmerman, E. D., Zito, M., and Zsoldos, S.
Subjects: High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: The T2K experiment presents new measurements of neutrino oscillation parameters using $19.7(16.3)\times10^{20}$ protons on target (POT) in (anti-)neutrino mode at the far detector (FD). Compared to the previous analysis, an additional $4.7\times10^{20}$ POT neutrino data was collected at the FD. Significant improvements were made to the analysis methodology, with the near-detector analysis introducing new selections and using more than double the data. Additionally, this is the first T2K oscillation analysis to use NA61/SHINE data on a replica of the T2K target to tune the neutrino flux model, and the neutrino interaction model was improved to include new nuclear effects and calculations. Frequentist and Bayesian analyses are presented, including results on $\sin^2\theta_{13}$ and the impact of priors on the $\delta_\mathrm{CP}$ measurement. Both analyses prefer the normal mass ordering and upper octant of $\sin^2\theta_{23}$ with a nearly maximally CP-violating phase. Assuming the normal ordering and using the constraint on $\sin^2\theta_{13}$ from reactors, $\sin^2\theta_{23}=0.561^{+0.021}_{-0.032}$ using Feldman--Cousins corrected intervals, and $\Delta{}m^2_{32}=2.494_{-0.058}^{+0.041}\times10^{-3}~\mathrm{eV^2}$ using constant $\Delta\chi^{2}$ intervals. The CP-violating phase is constrained to $\delta_\mathrm{CP}=-1.97_{-0.70}^{+0.97}$ using Feldman--Cousins corrected intervals, and $\delta_\mathrm{CP}=0,\pi$ is excluded at more than 90% confidence level. A Jarlskog invariant of zero is excluded at more than $2\sigma$ credible level using a flat prior in $\delta_\mathrm{CP}$, and just below $2\sigma$ using a flat prior in $\sin\delta_\mathrm{CP}$. When the external constraint on $\sin^2\theta_{13}$ is removed, $\sin^2\theta_{13}=28.0^{+2.8}_{-6.5}\times10^{-3}$, in agreement with measurements from reactor experiments. These results are consistent with previous T2K analyses.
Published: 2023
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112. An Introduction to the Analysis of Ranked Response Data

Author: Finch, Holmes
Abstract: Researchers in many disciplines work with ranking data. This data type is unique in that it is often deterministic in nature (the ranks of items "k"-1 determine the rank of item "k"), and the difference in a pair of rank scores separated by "k" units is equivalent regardless of the actual values of the two ranks in the pair. Given its unique qualities, there are specific statistical analyses and models designed for use with ranking data. The purpose of this manuscript is to demonstrate a strategy for analyzing ranking data from sample description through the modeling of relative ranks and inference regarding differences in ranking patterns between groups. An example dataset of university faculty ratings of job characteristics was used to demonstrate these various methods, and the ways in which they can be tied together to obtain a comprehensive understanding of a ranking dataset. The analyses were carried out using libraries from the R software package, and the code for this purpose is included in the appendix to the manuscript.
Published: 2022

113. Comparison of Methods for Addressing Outliers in Exploratory Factor Analysis and Impact on Accuracy of Determining the Number of Factors

Author: W. Holmes Finch
Subjects: factor analysis, outliers, robust statistics, Statistics, HA1-4737
Abstract: Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is a very common tool used in the social sciences to identify the underlying latent structure for a set of observed measurements. A primary component of EFA practice is determining the number of factors to retain, given the sample data. A variety of methods are available for this purpose, including parallel analysis, minimum average partial, and the Chi-square difference test. Research has shown that the presence of outliers among the indicator variables can have a deleterious impact on the performance of these methods for determining the number of factors to retain. The purpose of the current simulation study was to compare the performance of several methods for dealing with outliers combined with multiple techniques for determining the number of factors to retain. Results showed that using correlation matrices produced by either the percentage bend or heavy-tailed Student’s t-distribution, coupled with either parallel analysis or the minimum average partial yield, were most accurate in terms of identifying the number of factors to retain. Implications of these findings for practice are discussed.
Published: 2024
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114. How is tailored implementation undertaken using a self-guided toolkit? Qualitative study of the ItFits-toolkit in the ImpleMentAll project

Author: Tracy L. Finch, Sebastian Potthoff, Carl R. May, Melissa Girling, Neil Perkins, Christiaan Vis, Leah Bührmann, Anne Etzelmueller, Claire Rosalie van Genugten, Josien Schuurmans, Jordi Piera-Jiménez, Tim Rapley, and on behalf of the ImpleMentAll consortium
Subjects: Implementation strategies, Tailoring, Toolkit, Implementers, Self-guidance, Determinants assessment, Medicine (General), R5-920
Abstract: Abstract Background The process of tailored implementation is ill-defined and under-explored. The ItFits-toolkit was developed and subsequently tested as a self-guided online platform to facilitate implementation of tailored strategies for internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) services. In ImpleMentAll, ItFits-toolkit had a small but positive effect on the primary outcome of iCBT normalisation. This paper investigates, from a qualitative perspective, how implementation teams developed and undertook tailored implementation using the toolkit within the trial. Methods Implementation teams in thirteen sites from nine countries (Europe and Australia) used the ItFits-toolkit for six months minimum, consistent with the trial protocol. A qualitative process evaluation was conducted. Descriptive data regarding goals, barriers, strategies, and implementation plans collected within the toolkit informed qualitative data collection in real time. Qualitative data included remote longitudinal interviews (n = 55) with implementation team members (n = 30) and observations of support calls (n = 19) with study sites. Qualitative data were analysed thematically, using a team-based approach. Results Implementation teams developed and executed tailored implementation projects across all steps in the toolkit process. Working in a structured way but with room for flexibility, decisions were shaped by team members’ ideas and goals, iterative stakeholder engagement, internal and external influences, and the context of the ImpleMentAll project. Although teams reported some positive impacts of their projects, ‘time’, both for undertaking the work, and for seeing project impacts, was described as a key factor in decisions about implementation strategies and assessments of success. Conclusion This study responds directly to McHugh et al.’s (2022) call for empirical description of what implementation tailoring looks like in action, in service settings. Self-guided facilitation of tailored implementation enables implementers in service settings to undertake tailoring within their organisations. Implementation tailoring takes considerable time and involves detailed work but can be supported through the provision of implementation science informed guidance and materials, iterative and ongoing stakeholder engagement, and working reflectively in response to external influencing factors. Directions for advancement of tailored implementation are suggested.
Published: 2024
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115. Climate action and the vantage point of imagined futures: a scenario-based conversation

Author: Matthew Finch, Malka Older, Marie Mahon, and David Robertson
Subjects: Meteorology. Climatology, QC851-999, Environmental sciences, GE1-350
Abstract: This paper is a structured dialogue between its four authors on the question “How might future scenarios nourish our thinking about climate action?” A scenario set for the future of European regional inequality in the year 2048, developed by the Horizon Europe funded IMAJINE programme, is used as the prism for this conversation. Each author has a distinct disciplinary and professional background, and initially approaches the question from their own angle. These individual explorations encompass: the nature of climate change and our understanding of it in each IMAJINE scenario; questions of risk and responsibility now and in times to come; the use of scenarios to identify current blind spots and stimulate creative thinking; and the possibility that scenarios might offer fresh perspectives which allow us to reevaluate our notions of the sustainable “good life” and identify vulnerabilities which are overlooked in the present day. The second part of the paper comprises reflections on these individual contributions, with the authors pairing off so that two authors comment on the inputs by the other two, and vice versa. This exemplifies the polyphonic and discursive nature of scenarios, understood as “the art of strategic conversation”. The concluding comments reflect on the wider ability of readers, writers, and researchers to use scenario processes and structured conversations like those in this paper to sustain open spaces of mutual uncertainty, exploration, and generation.
Published: 2024
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116. Improving emergency medicine resident pediatric lumbar puncture procedural performance through a brief just-in-time video intervention

Author: Sarayna S. McGuire, Alexander S. Finch, Jenna M. Thomas, Octavio Lazaro, Sara A. Hevesi, Aidan F. Mullan, and Jim L. Homme
Subjects: Lumbar puncture, Procedural efficiency, Resident education, Emergency medicine, Pediatric lumbar puncture, Pediatric procedure, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691, Medicine
Abstract: Abstract Background Emergency medicine (EM) trainee comfort level with lumbar puncture (LP) has decreased over time due to changing practice guidelines, particularly amongst pediatric patients. We implemented a “just in time” (JIT) brief educational video based on a previously published LP Performance Scoring Checklist to improve trainee efficiency and competence in LP performance. Methods Our pilot quasi-experimental study took place January-June 2022 within a large, academic Midwestern emergency department (ED) with an established 3-year EM residency program. All 9 interns performed a timed diagnostic LP on an infant LP model in January, scored according to the LP Performance Scoring Checklist. In June, interns repeated the timed LP procedure directly after watching a brief educational video based on major checklist steps. The study was deemed exempt by the Institutional Review Board. Results All interns completed both assessments. At baseline, interns had logged performance of median 2 (IQR 0–5) LPs and spent 12.9 (10.3–14.4) minutes performing the procedure. Post-intervention, interns had logged an additional median 2 (0–5) LPs and completed the procedure faster with an average time of 10.3 (9.7–11.3) minutes (p = 0.004). A median of 5 (4–7) major steps were missed at baseline, compared to 1 (1–2) at time of post-intervention assessment (p = 0.015). Conclusion Development of a brief educational video improved efficiency and competency amongst our intern class in performing an infant LP when viewed Just-In-Time. Similar efforts may improve education and performance of other rare (or decreasing in frequency) procedures within EM training.
Published: 2024
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117. Cosmic kidney disease: an integrated pan-omic, physiological and morphological study into spaceflight-induced renal dysfunction

Author: Keith Siew, Kevin A. Nestler, Charlotte Nelson, Viola D’Ambrosio, Chutong Zhong, Zhongwang Li, Alessandra Grillo, Elizabeth R. Wan, Vaksha Patel, Eliah Overbey, JangKeun Kim, Sanghee Yun, Michael B. Vaughan, Chris Cheshire, Laura Cubitt, Jessica Broni-Tabi, Maneera Yousef Al-Jaber, Valery Boyko, Cem Meydan, Peter Barker, Shehbeel Arif, Fatemeh Afsari, Noah Allen, Mohammed Al-Maadheed, Selin Altinok, Nourdine Bah, Samuel Border, Amanda L. Brown, Keith Burling, Margareth Cheng-Campbell, Lorianna M. Colón, Lovorka Degoricija, Nichola Figg, Rebecca Finch, Jonathan Foox, Pouya Faridi, Alison French, Samrawit Gebre, Peter Gordon, Nadia Houerbi, Hossein Valipour Kahrood, Frederico C. Kiffer, Aleksandra S. Klosinska, Angela Kubik, Han-Chung Lee, Yinghui Li, Nicholas Lucarelli, Anthony L. Marullo, Irina Matei, Colleen M. McCann, Sayat Mimar, Ahmed Naglah, Jérôme Nicod, Kevin M. O’Shaughnessy, Lorraine Christine De Oliveira, Leah Oswalt, Laura Ioana Patras, San-huei Lai Polo, María Rodríguez-Lopez, Candice Roufosse, Omid Sadeghi-Alavijeh, Rebekah Sanchez-Hodge, Anindya S. Paul, Ralf Bernd Schittenhelm, Annalise Schweickart, Ryan T. Scott, Terry Chin Choy Lim Kam Sian, Willian A. da Silveira, Hubert Slawinski, Daniel Snell, Julio Sosa, Amanda M. Saravia-Butler, Marshall Tabetah, Erwin Tanuwidjaya, Simon Walker-Samuel, Xiaoping Yang, Yasmin, Haijian Zhang, Jasminka Godovac-Zimmermann, Pinaki Sarder, Lauren M. Sanders, Sylvain V. Costes, Robert A. A. Campbell, Fathi Karouia, Vidya Mohamed-Alis, Samuel Rodriques, Steven Lynham, Joel Ricky Steele, Sergio Baranzini, Hossein Fazelinia, Zhongquan Dai, Akira Uruno, Dai Shiba, Masayuki Yamamoto, Eduardo A.C.Almeida, Elizabeth Blaber, Jonathan C. Schisler, Amelia J. Eisch, Masafumi Muratani, Sara R. Zwart, Scott M. Smith, Jonathan M. Galazka, Christopher E. Mason, Afshin Beheshti, and Stephen B. Walsh
Subjects: Science
Abstract: Abstract Missions into Deep Space are planned this decade. Yet the health consequences of exposure to microgravity and galactic cosmic radiation (GCR) over years-long missions on indispensable visceral organs such as the kidney are largely unexplored. We performed biomolecular (epigenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, epiproteomic, metabolomic, metagenomic), clinical chemistry (electrolytes, endocrinology, biochemistry) and morphometry (histology, 3D imaging, miRNA-ISH, tissue weights) analyses using samples and datasets available from 11 spaceflight-exposed mouse and 5 human, 1 simulated microgravity rat and 4 simulated GCR-exposed mouse missions. We found that spaceflight induces: 1) renal transporter dephosphorylation which may indicate astronauts’ increased risk of nephrolithiasis is in part a primary renal phenomenon rather than solely a secondary consequence of bone loss; 2) remodelling of the nephron that results in expansion of distal convoluted tubule size but loss of overall tubule density; 3) renal damage and dysfunction when exposed to a Mars roundtrip dose-equivalent of simulated GCR.
Published: 2024
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118. Optimal timing of anticoagulation after acute ischaemic stroke with atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAS): a multicentre, blinded-endpoint, phase 4, randomised controlled trial

Author: Jelley, Benjamin, Hughes, Tom, Evans, Mim, Esteban, Diego Garcia, Knibbs, Lucy, Broad, Lauren, Price, Rebecca, Griebel, Liz Hamer, Hewson, Sian, Thavanesan, Kamy, Mallon, Louise, Smith, Anna, White, Miranda, Zhang, Liqun, Clarke, Brian, Abousleiman, Youssif, Binnie, Lauren, Sim, Cai Hua, Castanheira, Margarida, Humphries, Fiona, Obarey, Sabaa, Feerick, Shez, Lee, Yee Chin, Lewis, Alex, Muhammad, Riham, Francia, Nina, Atang, Ndifreke, Banaras, Azra, Marinescu, Marilena, Ferdinand, Philip, Varquez, Resti, Ponce, Ida, Saxena, Surabhi, O'Brien, Eoin, Reyes, Juliana Delos, Mitchell-Douglas, Jennifer, Francis, Jobbin, Banerjee, Soma, Dave, Vaishali, Mashate, Sheila, Patel, Tulsi, Sekaran, Lakshmanan, Murad, Wahid, Asaipillai, Asokanathan, Sakthivel, Sethuraman, Tate, Margaret, Angus, Jane, Reid, Lisa, Fornolles, Caroline, Sundayi, Saul, Poolon, Lincy, Justin, Francis, Hunte, Sophy, Bhandari, Mohit, Kho, Jules, Cvoro, Vera, Parakramawansha, Ruwan, Couser, Mandy, Hughes, Hannah, Naqvi, Aaizza, Harkness, Kirsty, Richards, Emma, Howe, Jo, Kamara, Chris, Gardner, Jon, Bains, Harjit, Teal, Rachel, Joseph, Jeethu, Benjamin, Jithen, Al-Hussayni, Samer, Thomas, George, Robinson, Faye, Dixon, Lynn, Krishnan, Manju, Slade, Peter, Anjum, Tal, Storton, Sharon, Adie, Katja, Northcott, Keren, Morgan, Katie, Williams, Emilie, Chanashekar, Harinath, Maguire, Holly, Gabriel, Claire, Maren, Deborah, David, Hannah, Clarke, Sheron, Nagaratnam, Kiruba, Nelatur, Varun, Mannava, Neelima, Blasco, Lara, Devine, Joseph, Bathula, Rajaram, Gopi, Parvathy, Mehta, Niharika, Sreedevi Raj, Sreena, Teo, James, Sztriha, Laszio, Mah, Yee, Ankolekar, Sandeep, Sari, Beatrix, Tibajai, Maria, Morgan, Alicia, Recaman, Maria, Bayhonan, Samantha, Belo, Caroline, Finch, Sharon, Keenan, Samantha, Bowring, Angie, Shetty, Ashit, Chan, Siang, Gray, Lucy, Harrison, Thomas, Spooner, Oliver, Kinsella-Perks, Edward, Erumere, Esther, Sanders, Brittany, Sims, Don, Willmot, Mark, Littleton, Edward, Spruce, Elaine, Moody, Lisa, Sheriden, Christopher, Luxmore-Brown, Scott, Neal, Aoife, Beddows, Sophie, Tuna, Maria Assuncao, Misra, Amulya, Penn, Ruth, Mariampillai, Sonia, Anwar, Ijaz, Annamalai, Arunkumar, Whitehouse, Sarah, Shepherd, Lorna, Siddle, Elaine, Chatterjee, Kausik, Leason, Sandra, Davies, Angela, Marigold, Richard James, Frank, Sarah, Baird, Alix, Hannam-Penfold, Tomas, Inacio, Liliana, Smith, Simon, Eveson, David, Musarrat, Kashif, Khan, Shagufta, Harris, Tracy, Chowdhury, Muhibbur, Alam, Sajid, Jamieson, Elena, Anyankpele, Ebitare, Al Shalchi, Farah, Rivers, Vanessa, Bell, Stephanie, Francis, Rebecca, Beeby, Deborah, Finch, Jenny, Macleod, Mary Joan, Guzman-Gutierrez, German, Carter, Karla, Irvine, Janice, Gbadamoshi, Lukuman, Costa, Telma, Heirons, Sarah, Stoney, Hayley, Shaw, Louise, Choulerton, James, Catibog, Darwin, Sattar, Naweed, Myint, Min, Smith, Andy, Serac, Kwin, Emsley, Hedley, Sultan, Sulaiman, Gregary, Bindu, Brown, Allan, Mahmood, Afzal, Chattha, Navraj, Old, William, Pegg, Claire, Davey, Miriam, Page, Michelle, Sandhu, Banher, Phiri, Emily, Rashed, Khalid, Wilson, Elisabeth, Hindley, Esther, Board, Sarah, Antony, Sherly, Tanate, Alfonso, Davis, Michelle, Holland, Beth, Slater, Victoria, Fawcett, Michelle, England, Tim, Scott, James, Beavan, Jessica, Hedstrom, Amanda, Karunatilake, Dumin, Gillmain, Kimberley, Singh, Nishy, Hallows, Tracy, Barber, Mark, Yates, Luke, Micallef, Clayton, Esson, Derek, Meng Yu, Wai, Ming New, Benjamin Jaa, Matos, Alexandre, Burt, Clare, Cabrelli, Louise, Wilkie, Gillian, Meegada, Madana, Kirthivasan, Ramanathan, Fox, Caroline, Mead, Victoria, Lyle, Amanda, Saksena, Rajesh, Bakshi, Aashima, O'Kelly, Alison, Rehan, Jahanzeb, Ebueka, Osaretin, Cooper, Martin, Wynter, Inez, Smith, Susan, Kumar, Senthil, O'Brien, Linda, Parker, Cerrys, Parker, Emma, Khan, Numan, Patterson, Christopher, Maguire, Stuart, Quinn, Outi, Bellfield, Ruth, Behnam, Yousif, Costa, Janet, Padilla-Harris, Cheryl, Moram, Louise, Raza, Syed Abid, Tench, Helen, Sims, Tanya, McGuinness, Heather, Loosley, Ronda, Wolf-Roberts, Rebecca, Buddha, Sandeep, Salt, Irmak, Lewis, Kerry, Mavinamne, Sunanda, Ditchfield, Coleen, Dealing, Sharon, Shah, Alexander, Crossingham, Ginette, Mwadeyi, Memory, Kenton, Anthony, Omoregie, Faith, Abubakar, Saidu, Warwick, Allison, Hector, Gemma, Hassan, Ahamad, Veraque, Emelda, Farman, Michelle, Makawa, Linetty, Byrne, Anthony, Kirkham, Jackie, Blayney, Gareth, Selwyn, Jey, Kakar, Puneet, Al Khaddour, Mohammed, Dhami, Reena, Baker, Emelda, Esisi, Bernard, Clarkson, Emma, Fellowes, Dominic, Kresmir, Jergovic, Guyler, Paul, Ngo, David, Wijenayake, Indunil, Tysoe, Sharon, Galliford, Joanne, Harman, Paula, Garside, Mark, Badanahatti, Madhava, Riddell, Victoria, Gramizadeh, Gita, Dutta, Dipankar, Bajoriene, Milda, Erdogan, Hulya, Ward, Deborah, Doubal, Fergus, Samarasekera, Neshika, Risbridger, Sarah, MacRaild, Allan, Azim, Abul, Wood, Lisa, Tampset, Ruth, Shekhar, Raj, Rai, Umesh, Fuller, Tracy, Joshy, Aricsa, Nadar, Evelyn, Kini, Manohar, Ahmad, Syed, Robinson, Matthew, King, Lucia, Srinivasan, Venkatesan, Karwacka-Cichomska, Magdalena, Moore, Vicki, Smith, Kate, Kariyadil, Bincy, Kong, Kelvin, Hubbard, Kelly, Arif, Sarwat, Hasan, Muhammad, Temple, Natalie, Arcoria, Daniele, Horne, Zoey, Soe, Thandar, Wyllie, Hilary, Hacon, Christian, Sutherland, Helen, Menezes, Brian, Johnson, Venetia, Smyth, Nigel, Mehdi, Zehra, Tone, Ela, Bradley, Arian, Levell, Emma, Ekkert, Aleksandra, Mazzucco, Sara, McCafferty, Laura, Vonoven, Linda, Dewan, Suprita, Sridhar, Pagadala, Thomas, Jayne, Coetzee, Samantha, Icke, Becky, Williams, Jill, Saravanan, Narayanamoorthi, Bradley, Pamela, Gibson, Rebecca Marie, Antony, Jijimol, Ashraf, Imran, Mabuti, Jose, Kamundi, Charlotte, Patiola, Prasanna, Oakley, Naomi, Proeschel, Harold, Kelly, Debs, Longley, Wendy, Cave, Ashleigh, Ambrico, Carla, Black, Toby, Porretta, Elisa, Anthony, Alpha, Ragab, Suzanne, Dube, Judith, Kausar, Shahid, Gujjar, Abdullah, Abdullah, Mohammad, Kaur, Daljit, Gadapa, Naveen, Choudhary, Sumita, Nisar, Nabeela, Fawehinmi, Grace, Dunne, Karen, King, Sam, Kishore, Amit, Lee, Stephanie, Marsden, Tracy, Slaughter, Melanie, Cawley, Kathryn, Perez, Jane, Anderton, Peter, Soussi, Salem, Walstow, Deborah, Pugh, Rebecca, Manoj, Aravind, Fletcher, Glynn, Lopez, Paula, McCormick, Michael, Magee, Michael, Tallon, Grainne, McFarland, Denise, Cosgrove, Denise, Shinh, Naval, Metcalf, Kneale, Kostyuk, Alina, McDonald, Susan, Sayers, Sophie, Sayed, Walee, Abraham, Sam, Szabo, Gemma, Crosbie, Gareth, McIlmoyle, Jim, Fearon, Patricia, Courtney, Kerry, Tauro, Suzanne, Singh, Arun, Nair, Anand, Duberley, Stephen, Philip, Sheeba, Curley, Cath, Goddard, Wendy, Bridge, Luke, Willcoxson, Paul, Wanklyn, Peter, Owen, Jennifer, France, John, Reed, Bryony, Foulds, Angie, Richard, Bella, Parfitt, Louise, Affley, Brendan, Russo, Cristina, Dsouza, Margaret, Cruddas, Elizabeth, Hargroves, David, Rand, James, Shekar, Som, Bhat, Yaqoob, Marshall, Gail, Nash, Maxine, Ahmad, Nasar, Okoko, Blessing Oduh, Evans, Rachel, Taylor, Tegan, Dawson, Jesse, Colquhoun, Elizabeth, James, Christopher, Aguirre, Carlos, MacPhee, Catherine, Phipps, Janet, Ispoglou, Sissi, Hayes, Anne, Werring, David J, Dehbi, Hakim-Moulay, Ahmed, Norin, Arram, Liz, Best, Jonathan G, Balogun, Maryam, Bennett, Kate, Bordea, Ekaterina, Caverly, Emilia, Chau, Marisa, Cohen, Hannah, Cullen, Mairead, Doré, Caroline J, Engelter, Stefan T, Fenner, Robert, Ford, Gary A, Gill, Aneet, Hunter, Rachael, James, Martin, Jayanthi, Archana, Lip, Gregory Y H, Massingham, Sue, Murray, Macey L, Mazurczak, Iwona, Nash, Philip S, Ndoutoumou, Amalia, Norrving, Bo, Sims, Hannah, Sprigg, Nikola, Vanniyasingam, Tishok, and Freemantle, Nick
Published: 2024
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119. The Impact and Detection of Uniform Differential Item Functioning for Continuous Item Response Models

Author: Finch, W. Holmes
Abstract: Psychometricians have devoted much research and attention to categorical item responses, leading to the development and widespread use of item response theory for the estimation of model parameters and identification of items that do not perform in the same way for examinees from different population subgroups (e.g., differential item functioning [DIF]). With the increasing use of computer-based measurement, use of items with a continuous response modality is becoming more common. Models for use with these items have been developed and refined in recent years, but less attention has been devoted to investigating DIF for these continuous response models (CRMs). Therefore, the purpose of this simulation study was to compare the performance of three potential methods for assessing DIF for CRMs, including regression, the MIMIC model, and factor invariance testing. Study results revealed that the MIMIC model provided a combination of Type I error control and relatively high power for detecting DIF. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Published: 2023
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120. Patient attitudes and experiences towards exercise during oncological treatment. A qualitative systematic review

Author: Finch, Alice and Benham, Alex
Published: 2024
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121. Abundant transcriptomic alterations in the human cerebellum of patients with a C9orf72 repeat expansion

Author: Udine, Evan, DeJesus-Hernandez, Mariely, Tian, Shulan, das Neves, Sofia Pereira, Crook, Richard, Finch, NiCole A., Baker, Matthew C., Pottier, Cyril, Graff-Radford, Neill R., Boeve, Bradley F., Petersen, Ronald C., Knopman, David S., Josephs, Keith A., Oskarsson, Björn, Da Mesquita, Sandro, Petrucelli, Leonard, Gendron, Tania F., Dickson, Dennis W., Rademakers, Rosa, and van Blitterswijk, Marka
Published: 2024
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122. Apolipoprotein-ε4 is associated with higher fecundity in a natural fertility population.

Author: Trumble, Benjamin, Charifson, Mia, Kraft, Tom, Garcia, Angela, Cummings, Daniel, Hooper, Paul, Lea, Amanda, Eid Rodriguez, Daniel, Koebele, Stephanie, Buetow, Kenneth, Beheim, Bret, Minocher, Riana, Gutierrez, Maguin, Thomas, Gregory, Gatz, Margaret, Stieglitz, Jonathan, Finch, Caleb, Kaplan, Hillard, and Gurven, Michael
Subjects: Child, Humans, Female, Alzheimer Disease, Apolipoproteins E, Aging, Apolipoproteins, Fertility, Alleles, Genotype, Risk Factors
Abstract: In many populations, the apolipoprotein-ε4 (APOE-ε4) allele increases the risk for several chronic diseases of aging, including dementia and cardiovascular disease; despite these harmful effects at later ages, the APOE-ε4 allele remains prevalent. We assess the impact of APOE-ε4 on fertility and its proximate determinants (age at first reproduction, interbirth interval) among the Tsimane, a natural fertility population of forager-horticulturalists. Among 795 women aged 13 to 90 (20% APOE-ε4 carriers), those with at least one APOE-ε4 allele had 0.3 to 0.5 more children than (ε3/ε3) homozygotes, while those with two APOE-ε4 alleles gave birth to 1.4 to 2.1 more children. APOE-ε4 carriers achieve higher fertility by beginning reproduction 0.8 years earlier and having a 0.23-year shorter interbirth interval. Our findings add to a growing body of literature suggesting a need for studies of populations living in ancestrally relevant environments to assess how alleles that are deleterious in sedentary urban environments may have been maintained by selection throughout human evolutionary history.
Published: 2023

123. Amyloid futures in the expanding pathology of brain aging and dementia

Author: Thorwald, Max A, Silva, Justine, Head, Elizabeth, and Finch, Caleb E
Subjects: Biological Psychology, Psychology, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), Neurosciences, Biomedical Imaging, Neurodegenerative, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Brain Disorders, Aging, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Neurological, Humans, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, Alzheimer's disease, amyloid peptides, APP processing, A beta, Aβ, Clinical Sciences, Geriatrics, Clinical sciences, Biological psychology
Abstract: Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show progressive increases of fibrillar Aβ-amyloid. Because current PET ligands underestimate nonfibrillar forms, we assayed soluble Aβ in AD and controls. To identify the mechanisms responsible for soluble Aβ in AD brains, we examined lipid rafts (LRs), where amyloid precursor protein (APP) is enzymatically processed. Frontal cortex was compared with cerebellum, which has minimal AD pathology. Compared with cognitively normal controls (CTL; Braak 0-1), elevations of soluble Aβ40 and Aβ42 were similar for intermediate- and later-stage AD (Braak 2-3 and 4-6). Clinical-grade AD showed a greater increase in soluble Aβ40 than Aβ42 relative to CTL. LR raft yield per gram AD frontal cortex was 20% below that of controls, whereas cerebellar LR did not differ by Braak score. The extensive overlap of soluble Aβ levels in controls with AD contrasts with the PET findings on fibrillar Aβ. These findings further support fibrillar Aβ as a biomarker for AD treatments and show the need for more detailed postmortem analysis of diverse soluble and insoluble Aβ aggregates in relation to PET.
Published: 2023

124. Using Lego BricQ Motion to Teach Science Concepts in Force and Motion

Author: McAllister, Deborah A., Glidden, Jared L., Moyer, Peggy S., and Finch, Dorothy L.
Abstract: This program focused on exploring science and mathematics content and pedagogy for elementary and middle grades, pre-service teachers, including those students preparing to teach in regular and exceptional education classrooms. A total of 31 individuals participated in one or more workshops. The activities contained within the Lego BricQ Motion Essential kit and the Lego BricQ Motion Prime kit comprised the content of the workshops, and emphasized force and motion concepts. All activities were correlated to kindergarten through eighth-grade Tennessee academic standards for science, mathematics, and English language arts. The program timeline included three spring 2021 Saturday sessions and two spring 2022 Saturday sessions. Participants indicated the need for classroom-based activities to be taught through active methods and to be related to real-world concepts. The program was funded through the Tennessee Space Grant Consortium.
Published: 2022

125. Complexities of Practitioner Research: Seeking Hallmarks of Quality

Author: Finch, Maida
Abstract: The emphasis in Ed.D. programs on professional knowledge and practical research means methodological training in these programs must prepare their candidates for the career demands graduates will likely encounter; practitioner research is well-suited to this task. Yet, the lower status traditionally accorded to practitioner research, along with an absence of clear guidelines for its methodology and quality, challenge its acceptance as a form of knowledge production. The current study analyzes 74 accounts of practitioner research in literacy for evidence of methodological quality. Findings reveal ways practitioner researchers systematically conduct and report their inquiries as well as areas for improvement. The hallmarks of quality identified in this study can be used by research educators to advance practitioner research as a methodology and knowledge generating endeavor.
Published: 2022

126. [Critical] Multilingual and Multicultural Awareness in the Pedagogical Responsiveness of Literacy Educators

Author: Smith, Patriann, Smit, Julie, Nigam, Anita, Finch, Beverly, and Burke, Dawn
Abstract: This study examined the elements of [critical] multicultural awareness ([C]MA) and [critical] multilingual awareness ([C]MLA) identified in the pedagogical responsiveness of five literacy teacher educators (LTEs), the factors that influenced such awareness, and the ways in which these forms of awareness shaped educators' pedagogical responsiveness in literacy. Findings based on data from LTEs' Scholarly Personal Narratives (SPNs) and comprehensive bi-weekly reports showed that educators reflected certain elements of [C]MA and [C]MLA as they worked with teachers to support writing instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse students (CLDs). Factors influencing awareness were assumptions based on otherness and teaching experience, positioning, observations related to literacy expertise, and discipline. Awareness, in turn, influenced educators' pedagogical responsiveness as they developed the ability to capitalize on linguistic and cultural difference. Implications for teacher educators' awareness and responsiveness are highlighted.
Published: 2022

127. Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients in the Emergency Department with Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Author: Finch, Alexander S., Mohseni, Michael M., Simon, Leslie V., Finch, Jennifer G., Gordon-Hackshaw, Lemuel E., Klassen, Aaron B., Mullan, Aiden F., Barbara, David W., and Sandefur, Benjamin J.
Subjects: emergency department, left ventricular assist device, outcomes, resuscitation
Abstract: Introduction: Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) are increasingly common among patients with heart failure. The unique physiologic characteristics of patients with LVADs present a challenge to emergency clinicians making treatment and disposition decisions. Despite the increasing prevalence of LVADs, literature describing emergency department (ED) visits among this population is sparse. We aimed to describe clinical characteristics and outcomes among patients with LVADs seen in two quaternary-care EDs in a ﬁve-year period. Secondarily, we sought to evaluate mortality rates and ED return rates for bridge to transplant (BTT) and destination therapy (DT) patients.Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of adult patients known to have an LVAD who were evaluated in two quaternary-care EDs from 2013–2017. Data were collected from the electronic health record and summarized with descriptive statistics. We assessed patient outcomes with mixed-effects logistic regression models including a random intercept to account for patients with multiple ED visits.Results: During the ﬁve-year study period, 290 ED visits among 107 patients met inclusion criteria. The median patient age was 61 years. The reason for LVAD implantation was BTT in 150 encounters (51.7%) and DT in 140 (48.3%). The most common presenting concerns were dyspnea (21.7%), bleeding (18.6%), and chest pain (11.4%). Visits directly related to the LVAD were infrequent (7.9%). Implantable cardioverter-deﬁbrillator discharge was reported in 3.4% of visits. A majority of patients were dismissed home from the ED (53.8%), and 4.5% required intensive care unit admission. Among all patients, 37.9%returned to the ED within 30 days, with similar rates between DT and BTT patients (32.1 vs 43.3%; P = 0.055). The LVAD was replaced in three cases (1.0%) during hospitalization. No deaths occurred in the ED, and the mortality rate within 30 days was 2.1% among all patients.Conclusion: In this multicenter cohort study of ED visits among patients with an LVAD, dyspnea, bleeding, and chest pain were the most common presenting concerns. Visits directly related to the LVAD were uncommon. Approximately half of patients were dismissed home, although return ED visits were common.
Published: 2023

128. The earliest DT nuclear fusion discoveries

Author: Chadwick, M. B., Hale, G. M., Paris, M. W., Lestone, J. P., Bates, C., Wilhelmy, J. B., Andrews, S. A., Tornow, W., and Finch, S. W.
Subjects: Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We describe the earliest measurements of the DT fusion cross section commissioned by the Manhattan Project, first at Purdue University in 1943 and then at Los Alamos 1945-6 and later, in 1951-2. The Los Alamos measurements led to the realization that a 3/2$^+$ resonance in the DT system enhances the fusion cross section by a factor of one hundred at energies relevant to applications. This was a transformational discovery, making the quest for terrestrial fusion energy possible. The earliest measurements were reasonably accurate given the technology of the time and the scarcity of tritium, and were quickly improved to provide cross section data accurate to just a few percent. We provide a previously-unappreciated insight: that DT fusion was first reported in Ruhlig's 1938 University of Michigan experiment and likely influenced Konopinski in 1942 to suggest its usefulness for thermonuclear technologies. We report on preliminary work to repeat the 1938 measurement, and our simulations of that experiment. We also present some work by Fermi, from his 1945 Los Alamos lectures, showing that he used the S-factor concept about a decade before it was introduced by nuclear astrophysicists., Comment: 10 pages, 8 figures
Published: 2023

129. A survey for variable young stars with small telescopes: VI -- Analysis of the outbursting Be stars NSW284, Gaia19eyy, and VES263

Author: Froebrich, Dirk, Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Herbert, Carys, De, Kishalay, Eislöffel, Jochen, Campbell-White, Justyn, Kahar, Ruhee, Hambsch, Franz-Josef, Urtly, Thomas, Popowicz, Adam, Bernacki, Krzysztof, Malcher, Andrzej, Lasota, Slawomir, Fiolka, Jerzy, Jozwik-Wabik, Piotr, Dubois, Franky, Logie, Ludwig, Rau, Steve, Phillips, Mark, Fleming, George, Farfán, Rafael Gonzalez, Alfaro, Francisco C. Soldán, Nelson, Tim, Futcher, Stephen R. L., Rolfe, Samantha M., Campbell, David A., Vale, Tony, Devine, Pat, Moździerski, Dawid, Mikołajczyk, Przemysław J., Eggenstein, Heinz-Bernd, Rodriguez, Diego, Walton, Ivan L, Vanaverbeke, Siegfried, Merrikin, Barry, Öğmen, Yenal, Perez, Alex Escartin, Aimar, Mario Morales, Piehler, Georg, Dover, Lord, Patel, Aashini L., Miller, Niall, Finch, Jack, Hankins, Matt, Moore, Anna M., Travouillon, Tony, and Szczepanski, Marek
Subjects: Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Abstract: This paper is one in a series reporting results from small telescope observations of variable young stars. Here, we study the repeating outbursts of three likely Be stars based on long-term optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared photometry for all three objects, along with follow-up spectra for two of the three. The sources are characterised as rare, truly regularly outbursting Be stars. We interpret the photometric data within a framework for modelling light curve morphology, and find that the models correctly predict the burst shapes, including their larger amplitudes and later peaks towards longer wavelengths. We are thus able to infer the start and end times of mass loading into the circumstellar disks of these stars. The disk sizes are typically 3-6 times the areas of the central star. The disk temperatures are ~40%, and the disk luminosities are ~10% of those of the central Be star, respectively. The available spectroscopy is consistent with inside-out evolution of the disk. Higher excitation lines have larger velocity widths in their double-horned shaped emission profiles. Our observations and analysis support the decretion disk model for outbursting Be stars., Comment: Accepted for publication by MNRAS. 20 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables
Published: 2023
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130. On the Deepest Cycle of a Random Mapping

Author: Mutafchiev, Ljuben and Finch, Steven
Subjects: Mathematics - Combinatorics, Mathematics - Probability, 60C05, 05C80
Abstract: Let $\mathcal{T}_n$ be the set of all mappings $T:\{1,2,\ldots,n\}\to\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$. The corresponding graph of $T$ is a union of disjoint connected unicyclic components. We assume that each $T\in\mathcal{T}_n$ is chosen uniformly at random (i.e., with probability $n^{-n}$). The cycle of $T$ contained within its largest component is callled the deepest one. For any $T\in\mathcal{T}_n$, let $\nu_n=\nu_n(T)$ denote the length of this cycle. In this paper, we establish the convergence in distribution of $\nu_n/\sqrt{n}$ and find the limits of its expectation and variance as $n\to\infty$. For $n$ large enough, we also show that nearly $55\%$ of all cyclic vertices of a random mapping $T\in\mathcal{T}_n$ lie in the deepest cycle and that a vertex from the longest cycle of $T$ does not belong to its largest component with approximate probability $0.075$., Comment: 14 pages
Published: 2023
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131. Observation of low-lying isomeric states in $^{136}$Cs: a new avenue for dark matter and solar neutrino detection in xenon detectors

Author: Haselschwardt, Scott J., Lenardo, Brian G., Daniels, Timothy, Finch, Sean W., Friesen, Forrest Q. L., Howell, Calvin R., Malone, Collin R., Mancil, Ethan, and Tornow, Werner
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment
Abstract: We report on new measurements establishing the existence of low-lying isomeric states in $^{136}$Cs using $\gamma$ rays produced in $^{136}$Xe(p,n)$^{136}$Cs reactions. Two states with $\mathcal{O}(100)$~ns lifetimes are placed in the decay sequence of the $^{136}$Cs levels that are populated in charged-current interactions of solar neutrinos and fermionic dark matter with $^{136}$Xe. Xenon-based experiments can therefore exploit a delayed-coincidence tag of these interactions, greatly suppressing backgrounds to enable spectroscopic studies of solar neutrinos and dark matter., Comment: Supplemental material available upon request. Version accepted by Phys.Rev.Lett
Published: 2023
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132. Energy Dependence of Intermittency for Charged Hadrons in Au+Au Collisions at RHIC

Author: STAR Collaboration, Abdulhamid, M. I., Aboona, B. E., Adam, J., Adamczyk, L., Adams, J. R., Aggarwal, I., Aggarwal, M. M., Ahammed, Z., Anderson, D. M., Aschenauer, E. C., Aslam, S., Atchison, J., Bairathi, V., Baker, W., Cap, J. G. Ball, Barish, K., Bellwied, R., Bhagat, P., Bhasin, A., Bhatta, S., Bielcik, J., Bielcikova, J., Brandenburg, J. D., Cai, X. Z., Caines, H., Sánchez, M. Calderón de la Barca, Cebra, D., Ceska, J., Chakaberia, I., Chaloupka, P., Chan, B. K., Chang, Z., Chatterjee, A., Chen, D., Chen, J., Chen, J. H., Chen, Z., Cheng, J., Cheng, Y., Choudhury, S., Christie, W., Chu, X., Crawford, H. J., Csanád, M., Dale-Gau, G., Das, A., Daugherity, M., Deppner, I. M., Dhamija, A., Di Carlo, L., Dixit, P., Dong, X., Drachenberg, J. L., Duckworth, E., Dunlop, J. C., Engelage, J., Eppley, G., Esumi, S., Evdokimov, O., Ewigleben, A., Eyser, O., Fatemi, R., Fazio, S., Feng, C. J., Feng, Y., Finch, E., Fisyak, Y., Flor, F. A., Fu, C., Gagliardi, C. A., Galatyuk, T., Gao, T., Geurts, F., Ghimire, N., Gibson, A., Gopal, K., Gou, X., Grosnick, D., Gupta, A., Guryn, W., Hamed, A., Han, Y., Harabasz, S., Harasty, M. D., Harris, J. W., Harrison-Smith, H., He, W., He, X. H., He, Y., Herrmann, N., Holub, L., Hu, C., Hu, Q., Hu, Y., Huang, H., Huang, H. Z., Huang, S. L., Huang, T., Huang, X., Huang, Y., Humanic, T. J., Isenhower, D., Isshiki, M., Jacobs, W. W., Jalotra, A., Jena, C., Jentsch, A., Ji, Y., Jia, J., Jin, C., Ju, X., Judd, E. G., Kabana, S., Kabir, M. L., Kagamaster, S., Kalinkin, D., Kang, K., Kapukchyan, D., Kauder, K., Keane, D., Kelsey, M., Khyzhniak, Y. V., Kikoła, D. P., Kimelman, B., Kincses, D., Kisel, I., Kiselev, A., Knospe, A. G., Ko, H. S., Kosarzewski, L. K., Kramarik, L., Kumar, L., Kumar, S., Elayavalli, R. Kunnawalkam, Lacey, R., Landgraf, J. M., Lauret, J., Lebedev, A., Lee, J. H., Leung, Y. H., Lewis, N., Li, C., Li, W., Li, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Liang, X., Liang, Y., Licenik, R., Lin, T., Lin, Y., Lisa, M. A., Liu, C., Liu, F., Liu, G., Liu, H., Liu, L., Liu, T., Liu, X., Liu, Y., Liu, Z., Ljubicic, T., Llope, W. J., Lomicky, O., Longacre, R. S., Loyd, E. M., Lu, T., Lukow, N. S., Luo, X. F., Ma, L., Ma, R., Ma, Y. G., Magdy, N., Mallick, D., Margetis, S., Markert, C., Matis, H. S., Mazer, J. A., McNamara, G., Mi, K., Mioduszewski, S., Mohanty, B., Mondal, M. M., Mooney, I., Mukherjee, A., Nagy, M. I., Nain, A. S., Nam, J. D., Nasim, M., Neff, D., Nelson, J. M., Nemes, D. B., Nie, M., Nigmatkulov, G., Niida, T., Nishitani, R., Nonaka, T., Odyniec, G., Ogawa, A., Oh, S., Okubo, K., Page, B. S., Pak, R., Pan, J., Pandav, A., Pandey, A. K., Pani, T., Paul, A., Pawlik, B., Pawlowska, D., Perkins, C., Pluta, J., Pokhrel, B. R., Posik, M., Protzman, T., Prozorova, V., Pruthi, N. K., Przybycien, M., Putschke, J., Qin, Z., Qiu, H., Quintero, A., Racz, C., Radhakrishnan, S. K., Raha, N., Ray, R. L., Reed, R., Ritter, H. G., Robertson, C. W., Robotkova, M., Aguilar, M. A. Rosales, Roy, D., Chowdhury, P. Roy, Ruan, L., Sahoo, A. K., Sahoo, N. R., Sako, H., Salur, S., Sato, S., Schmidke, W. B., Schmitz, N., Seck, F-J., Seger, J., Seto, R., Seyboth, P., Shah, N., Shanmuganathan, P. V., Shao, T., Sharma, M., Sharma, N., Sharma, R., Sharma, S. R., Sheikh, A. I., Shen, D., Shen, D. Y., Shen, K., Shi, S. S., Shi, Y., Shou, Q. Y., Si, F., Singh, J., Singha, S., Sinha, P., Skoby, M. J., Smirnov, N., Söhngen, Y., Song, Y., Srivastava, B., Stanislaus, T. D. S., Stefaniak, M., Stewart, D. J., Stringfellow, B., Su, Y., Suaide, A. A. P., Sumbera, M., Sun, C., Sun, X., Sun, Y., Surrow, B., Sweger, Z. W., Szymanski, P., Tamis, A., Tang, A. H., Tang, Z., Tarnowsky, T., Thomas, J. H., Timmins, A. R., Tlusty, D., Todoroki, T., Tomkiel, C. A., Trentalange, S., Tribble, R. E., Tribedy, P., Truhlar, T., Trzeciak, B. A., Tsai, O. D., Tsang, C. Y., Tu, Z., Tyler, J., Ullrich, T., Underwood, D. G., Upsal, I., Van Buren, G., Vanek, J., Vassiliev, I., Verkest, V., Videbæk, F., Voloshin, S. A., Wang, F., Wang, G., Wang, J. S., Wang, J., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Webb, J. C., Weidenkaff, P. C., Westfall, G. D., Wielanek, D., Wieman, H., Wilks, G., Wissink, S. W., Witt, R., Wu, J., Wu, X., Wu, Y., Xi, B., Xiao, Z. G., Xie, G., Xie, W., Xu, H., Xu, N., Xu, Q. H., Xu, Y., Xu, Z., Yan, G., Yan, Z., Yang, C., Yang, Q., Yang, S., Yang, Y., Ye, Z., Yi, L., Yip, K., Yu, Y., Zbroszczyk, H., Zha, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, D., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z. J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, F., Zhao, J., Zhao, M., Zhou, C., Zhou, J., Zhou, S., Zhou, Y., Zhu, X., Zurek, M., and Zyzak, M.
Subjects: Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: Density fluctuations near the QCD critical point can be probed via an intermittency analysis in relativistic heavy-ion collisions. We report the first measurement of intermittency in Au$+$Au collisions at $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{_{NN}}}$ = 7.7-200 GeV measured by the STAR experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The scaled factorial moments of identified charged hadrons are analyzed at mid-rapidity and within the transverse momentum phase space. We observe a power-law behavior of scaled factorial moments in Au$+$Au collisions and a decrease in the extracted scaling exponent ($\nu$) from peripheral to central collisions. The $\nu$ is consistent with a constant for different collisions energies in the mid-central (10-40\%) collisions. Moreover, the $\nu$ in the 0-5\% most central Au$+$Au collisions exhibits a non-monotonic energy dependence that reaches a possible minimum around $\sqrt{s_\mathrm{_{NN}}}$ = 27 GeV. The physics implications on the QCD phase structure are discussed., Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures. Published in Physics Letters B
Published: 2023
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133. Stochastic Reservoir Calculations

Author: Finch, Steven
Subjects: Mathematics - Probability, Computer Science - Discrete Mathematics, Mathematics - History and Overview, 60K30 (Primary) 60-03, 44A10, 60G10, 68Q87, 90B05, 90-03 (Secondary)
Abstract: Prabhu (1958) obtained the stationary distribution of storage level $Z_{t}$ in a reservoir of finite volume $v$, given an inflow $X_{t}$ and an outflow $Y_{t}$. Time $t$ is assumed to be discrete, $X_{t} \sim$ Gamma$(p,\mu)$ are independent and $p$ is a positive integer. The mean inflow is $p/\mu$; the target outflow is $m$ (constant). We attempt to clarify intricate details, often omitted in the literature, by working through several examples. Of special interest are the probabilities of depletion ($Z_{t}=0$) and spillage ($Z_{t}=v$). For prescribed {$v,p,\mu$}, what value of $m$ minimizes both of these?, Comment: 12 pages; 4 figures
Published: 2023

134. Reduced male fertility of an Antarctic mite following extreme heat stress could prompt localized population declines

Author: Benoit, Joshua B., Finch, Geoffrey, Ankrum, Andrea L., Niemantsverdriet, Jennifer, Paul, Bidisha, Kelley, Melissa, Gantz, J. D., Matter, Stephen F., Lee, Richard E., and Denlinger, David L.
Published: 2023

135. Modeling of Nonlinear Growth to Improve the Accuracy of Identification Decision Rules

Author: Finch, W. Holmes, Finch, Maria E. Hernández, and Avery, Brooke
Abstract: Progress monitoring using curriculum-based measures administered to a student at multiple points in time is common in educational settings. Recent research has demonstrated that common approaches to identifying individuals in need of special services, such as the trend line or median techniques, can be negatively impacted by the nonlinear change in scores over time. The purpose of this study was to test and demonstrate a nonlinear regression model for adjusting the linear trend line for the presence of such nonlinearities, thereby improving the accuracy of common methods for identifying students in need of special services. Results demonstrated that use of this nonlinear model improved the accuracy of common methods for identifying students in need of special services.
Published: 2023
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136. Potential distribution of Acerophagus papayae, a parasitoid of the papaya mealybug (Paracoccus marginatus), across Africa

Author: Elizabeth A. Finch, Kris A.G. Wyckhuys, and Ivan Rwomushana
Subjects: Biological control, Species distribution model, MaxEnt, Niche overlap, Temperature, Environmental suitability, Agriculture, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
Abstract: The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus, is a highly polyphagous invasive pest that affects at least 133 economically important crops, and causes economic losses worldwide. Acerophagus papayae (Noyes and Schauff), a parasitic wasp, has proven to be a successful biocontrol agent, but its use in Africa is limited. Here, we use a predictive correlative model to explore the potential distribution of A. papayae and relate it to data showing the potential distribution of P. marginatus, to highlight potentially suitable areas for biological control of P. marginatus, for its current distribution, as well as its potential future distribution.The resulting model performed well with a test AUC of 0.89. Areas that were highly suitable for P. marginatus and were also suitable for A. papayae were highest across West Africa. Whilst there were areas which were suitable for both species in both East Africa and Central Africa, there were large areas of cropping land which were highly suitable for P. marginatus although not suitable for A. papayae. Across Northern and Southern Africa, there were limited cropping areas which were suitable for P. marginatus and where there was suitability, it was only moderate. Across these areas, there was limited suitability for A. papayae.Our results offer refined information on the potential suitability for A. papayae across Africa with the aim to help guide decisions on the areas where use of A. papayae could be used effectively as a part of an integrated pest management programme against P. marginatus.
Published: 2024
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137. A view from the past: 120 years of palaeoscience in South Africa

Author: Jemma M. Finch and Tim Forssman
Subjects: palaeoscience, South Africa, human evolution, Science, Science (General), Q1-390, Social Sciences, Social sciences (General), H1-99
Published: 2024
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138. A person-centred primary care pharmacist-led osteoporosis review for optimising medicines (PHORM): a protocol for the development and co-design of a model consultation intervention

Author: Andrew Sturrock, Robert Horne, Emma Clark, Toby Helliwell, Tracy Finch, Ian Maidment, Zoe Paskins, Shona Haining, Laurna Bullock, Robin Hyde, Meaghan Grabrovaz, Claire Pryor, and Louise Statham
Subjects: Medicine
Abstract: Introduction Adherence to medicines in osteoporosis is poor, with estimated 1 year persistence rates between 16% and 60%. Poor adherence is complex, relating to combinations of fear of side effects, beliefs about medication being unnecessary, doubts about effectiveness and the burden of medication management. This is compounded by an absence of monitoring, as many patients are effectively discharged from ongoing care following the initial prescription. Clinical pharmacists in general practice are a relatively new workforce in the UK NHS; this is an unexplored professional group that could provide person-centred, adherence-focused interventions in an osteoporosis context.A model consultation intervention to be delivered by clinical pharmacists in general practice for patients already prescribed fracture prevention medications will be developed using existing evidence and theory and empirical qualitative work outlined in this protocol.Methods and analysis We will investigate the current practice and barriers and facilitators to a clinical pharmacist-led osteoporosis intervention, including exploring training needs, through focus groups with people living with osteoporosis, pharmacists, general practitioners, osteoporosis specialists and service designers/commissioners. Framework analysis will identify and prioritise salient themes, followed by mapping codes to the theoretical domains framework and normalisation process theory to understand integration and implementation issues.We will further develop the content and model of care for the new consultation intervention through co-design workshops with stakeholder and patient and public involvement and engagement group members. The intervention in practice will be refined in a sequential process with workshops and in-practice testing with people prescribed fracture prevention medication, pharmacists and the multidisciplinary team.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from NHS North West—Greater Manchester South Research Ethics Committee (Ref 23/NW/0199). Dissemination and knowledge mobilisation will be facilitated through a range of national bodies/stakeholders. Impact and implementation plans will accelerate this research towards a future clinical trial to determine cost and clinical effectiveness.
Published: 2024
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139. Kids are not just small adults: An attempt to validate pediatric tablet‐based digits in noise testing

Author: Allyson Dunlap, Morgan McBride, Alison Tuominen, Brianne Roby, Andrew Redmann, Abby Meyer, Hannah Herd, Cassandra Meyer, Sivakumar Chinnadurai, Michael Finch, and Asitha D. L. Jayawardena
Subjects: digits in noise, hearing screening, pediatric audiology, tablet audiometry, technology, Otorhinolaryngology, RF1-547, Surgery, RD1-811
Abstract: Abstract Objective The objective of this study is to investigate whether conductive hearing loss (CHL) can be differentiated from sensorineural hearing loss in children ages 3–18 using a diotic and antiphasic digits‐in‐noise (DIN) tablet‐based test using existing adult cut‐off criteria. Methods A blinded multi‐institutional prospective cohort of 64 children aged 3–18 scheduled for an audiometric soundbooth evaluation with a pediatric audiologist and a same‐day otolaryngologist examination were recruited for the study. Following a conventional audiogram, the subjects underwent diotic (same‐phased stimuli) and antiphasic (out‐of‐phase stimuli) DIN testing on a HearX Samsung Galaxy tablet with over‐the‐ear headphones, for a total of 128 measurements. DIN test results were compared with soundbooth audiometry using known adult “cut off criteria.” Results A logistic regression analysis adjusted for demographics (age, sex) and race was performed to compare CHL determination from DIN testing to CHL determination with soundbooth audiometry. The results showed 50% agreement with a p‐value of .753. The determinations based on combined DIN testing agreed with each other 33% of the time and had a p‐value of .373. Otologic pathology and age were not predictive of outcome. Conclusion This preliminary analysis of DIN testing indicated that DIN and audiometric testing completed in a soundbooth were not significantly predictive of one another in the population of children aged 3–18 when using the adult cut‐off criteria for CHL differentiation. Given these findings, further testing is required in children to determine pediatric specific cut‐off values.
Published: 2024
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140. Learning health systems to implement chronic disease prevention programs: A novel framework and perspectives from an Australian health service

Author: Luke Wolfenden, John Wiggers, Courtney Barnes, Cassandra Lane, Daniel Groombridge, Katie Robertson, Jannah Jones, Sam McCrabb, Rebecca K. Hodder, Adam Shoesmith, Nayerra Hudson, Nicole McCarthy, Melanie Kingsland, Emma Doherty, Emily Princehorn, Meghan Finch, Nicole Nathan, and Rachel Sutherland
Subjects: chronic disease, implementation, learning health system, prevention, public health, Medicine (General), R5-920, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract: Abstract Background Chronic diseases are a considerable burden to health systems, communities, and patients. Much of this burden, however, could be prevented if interventions effective in reducing chronic disease risks were routinely implemented. Aims The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of public health agencies in preventing chronic disease through the application of learning health system (LHS) approaches to improve the implementation of evidence‐based interventions. Materials and Methods We draw on the literature and our experience operating a local LHS in Australia that has achieved rapid improvements in the implementation of chronic disease prevention interventions. Results The proposed LHS framework has been adapted to be both implementation and chronic disease prevention focused. The framework describes both broad improvement processes, and the infrastructure and other support (pillars) recommended to support its core functions. Conclusion The framework serves as a basis for further exploration of the potentially transformative role LHS's may have in addressing the chronic disease health crisis.
Published: 2024
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141. Recommendations for implementing digital alcohol interventions in primary care: lessons learned from a Norwegian feasibility study

Author: Sebastian Potthoff, Håvar Brendryen, Haris Bosnic, Anne Lill Mjølhus Njå, Tracy Finch, and Torgeir Gilje Lid
Subjects: risky drinking, hazardous drinking, alcohol, digital interventions, eHealth, implementation science, Medicine
Abstract: IntroductionExcessive alcohol consumption is a leading global risk factor for ill-health and premature death. Digital alcohol interventions can be effective at reducing alcohol consumption, but their widespread adoption is lagging behind. This study aimed to identify factors promoting or inhibiting the implementation of a digital alcohol intervention in Norwegian primary care, by using Normalization Process Theory (NPT).MethodsA mixed methods feasibility study combining quantitative and qualitative methods. A digital alcohol intervention called “Endre” was implemented across four GP practices in Stavanger and Oslo. Usage of the intervention was logged on the digital platform. General practitioners (GPs) reported their perceived uptake of the intervention via a web-based survey. The Normalization MeAsure Development (NoMAD) survey was used to measure support staff's perceived normalization of the intervention. Qualitative data were analyzed using the NPT framework, with quantitative data analyzed descriptively and using χ2 and Wilcoxon signed-rank test for differences in current and future normalization.ResultsThirty-seven GPs worked in the clinics and could recruit patients for the digital intervention. Thirty-six patients registered for the intervention. Nine patients dropped out early and 25 completed the intervention as intended. Low normalization scores at follow-up (n = 27) indicated that Endre did not become fully embedded in and across practices. Nonetheless, staff felt somewhat confident about their use of Endre and thought it may become a more integral part of their work in the future. Findings from six semi-structured group interviews suggested that limited implementation success may have been due to a lack of tailored implementation support, staff's lack of involvement, their diminished trust in Endre, and a lack of feedback on intervention usage. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic further limited opportunities for GPs to use Endre.ConclusionThis study investigated the real-world challenges of implementing a digital alcohol intervention in routine clinical practice. Future research should involve support staff in both the development and implementation of digital solutions to maximize compatibility with professional workflows and needs. Integration of digital solutions may further be improved by including features such as dashboards that enable clinicians to access and monitor patient progress and self-reported outcomes.
Published: 2024
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142. Workplace violence in trauma centers: an American Trauma Society Position Statement

Author: Kathy Robinson, Glen H Tinkoff, Melissa Anderson, Heather Finch, Heather Sieracki, Andrew Oberle, and Matthew Wells
Subjects: Surgery, RD1-811, Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, RC86-88.9
Abstract: In 1966, the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council published ‘Accidental Death and Disability: the Neglected Disease of Modern Society’ which served as a national call to action to address the apparent public apathy towards the devastating and unnecessary toll that injury was taking on America. This white paper recommended the establishment of a National Trauma Association to drive public demand for injury prevention and mitigation. The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma heeding that call, founded the American Trauma Society (ATS) in 1968. Since its founding and with a mission of ‘Save Lives. Improve Care. Empowering Survivors’, the ATS has had a 56-year legacy of service to improve trauma care by providing professional and public education, advocacy for injury and violence prevention, and attending to the unique needs of trauma survivors and their families.As a focus of the ATS’s advocacy efforts, the ATS’s Legislative and Policy Committee (LPC) formulates the organization’s legislative goals and strategy by reviewing proposed legislation and regulations that may favorably or adversely affect trauma professionals, and disseminating key information as position statements to the membership and public for edification and/or action. In accordance with this effort, the ATS has partnered with the Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open to publish these important collaborative endeavors.For this inaugural publication of an ATS position statement, the topic we chose is workplace violence (WPV) in trauma centers. A work group of the ATS’s LPC reviewed current literature gathered from a variety of organizational and agency sources addressing safety and protection of healthcare providers from WPV including federal and state legislative and regulatory initiatives. Based on the work groups review, we provide eight recommendations regarding the prevention, mitigation, or handling of WPV. We also review and discuss best practices and risk mitigation strategies, providing a listing of them in an accompanying appendix.
Published: 2024
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143. Barriers and facilitators to dissemination of non-communicable diseases research: a mixed studies systematic review

Author: Ana Renda, Heidi Turon, Michelle Lim, Luke Wolfenden, Sam McCrabb, Seán R. O’Connor, Meghan Finch, Natasha Smith, Navdeep Goraya, Cheryce L. Harrison, Shaan Naughton, Alice Grady, Rebecca Hodder, Kathryn Reilly, and Serene Yoong
Subjects: dissemination, public health, non-communicable diseases, implementation science, barriers and facilitators, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract: BackgroundThere is a large number of research studies about the prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCD), with findings taking several years to be translated into practice. One reason for this lack of translation is a limited understanding of how to best disseminate NCD research findings to user-groups in a way that is salient and useful. An understanding of barriers and facilitators to dissemination is key to informing the development of strategies to increase dissemination. Therefore, this review aims to identify and synthesise the barriers and facilitators to dissemination of NCD research findings.MethodsA mixed studies systematic review was performed following JBI (formerly known as Joanna Briggs Institute) methodology. The search included articles from January 2000 until May 2021. We conducted a comprehensive search of bibliographic and grey literature of five databases to identify eligible studies. Studies were included if they involved end-users of public health research that were decision-makers in their setting and examined barriers/facilitators to disseminating research findings. Two pairs of reviewers mapped data from included studies against the Framework of Knowledge Translation (FKT) and used a convergent approach to synthesise the data.ResultsThe database search yielded 27,192 reports. Following screening and full text review, 15 studies (ten qualitative, one quantitative and four mixed methods) were included. Studies were conducted in 12 mostly high-income countries, with a total of 871 participants. We identified 12 barriers and 14 facilitators mapped to five elements of the FKT. Barriers related to: (i) the user-group (n = 3) such as not perceiving health as important and (ii) the dissemination strategies (n = 3) such as lack of understanding of content of guidelines. Several facilitators related to dissemination strategies (n = 5) such as using different channels of communication. Facilitators also related to the user-group (n = 4) such as the user-groups’ interest in health and research.ConclusionResearchers and government organisations should consider these factors when identifying ways to disseminate research findings to decision-maker audiences. Future research should aim to build the evidence base on different strategies to overcome these barriers.Systematic review registrationThe protocol of this review was deposited in Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5QSGD).
Published: 2024
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144. Measurements of charged-particle multiplicity dependence of higher-order net-proton cumulants in p + p collisions at s=200 GeV from STAR at RHIC

Author: M.I. Abdulhamid, B.E. Aboona, J. Adam, L. Adamczyk, J.R. Adams, I. Aggarwal, M.M. Aggarwal, Z. Ahammed, E.C. Aschenauer, S. Aslam, J. Atchison, V. Bairathi, J.G. Ball Cap, K. Barish, R. Bellwied, P. Bhagat, A. Bhasin, S. Bhatta, S.R. Bhosale, J. Bielcik, J. Bielcikova, J.D. Brandenburg, C. Broodo, X.Z. Cai, H. Caines, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez, D. Cebra, J. Ceska, I. Chakaberia, P. Chaloupka, B.K. Chan, Z. Chang, A. Chatterjee, D. Chen, J. Chen, J.H. Chen, Z. Chen, J. Cheng, Y. Cheng, W. Christie, X. Chu, H.J. Crawford, M. Csanád, G. Dale-Gau, A. Das, I.M. Deppner, A. Dhamija, P. Dixit, X. Dong, J.L. Drachenberg, E. Duckworth, J.C. Dunlop, J. Engelage, G. Eppley, S. Esumi, O. Evdokimov, O. Eyser, R. Fatemi, S. Fazio, C.J. Feng, Y. Feng, E. Finch, Y. Fisyak, F.A. Flor, C. Fu, C.A. Gagliardi, T. Galatyuk, T. Gao, F. Geurts, N. Ghimire, A. Gibson, K. Gopal, X. Gou, D. Grosnick, A. Gupta, W. Guryn, A. Hamed, Y. Han, S. Harabasz, M.D. Harasty, J.W. Harris, H. Harrison-Smith, W. He, X.H. He, Y. He, N. Herrmann, L. Holub, C. Hu, Q. Hu, Y. Hu, H. Huang, H.Z. Huang, S.L. Huang, T. Huang, Y. Huang, T.J. Humanic, M. Isshiki, W.W. Jacobs, A. Jalotra, C. Jena, A. Jentsch, Y. Ji, J. Jia, C. Jin, X. Ju, E.G. Judd, S. Kabana, D. Kalinkin, K. Kang, D. Kapukchyan, K. Kauder, D. Keane, A. Khanal, Y.V. Khyzhniak, D.P. Kikoła, D. Kincses, I. Kisel, A. Kiselev, A.G. Knospe, H.S. Ko, J. Kołaś, L.K. Kosarzewski, L. Kumar, M.C. Labonte, R. Lacey, J.M. Landgraf, J. Lauret, A. Lebedev, J.H. Lee, Y.H. Leung, C. Li, D. Li, H-S. Li, H. Li, W. Li, X. Li, Y. Li, Z. Li, X. Liang, Y. Liang, R. Licenik, T. Lin, Y. Lin, M.A. Lisa, C. Liu, G. Liu, H. Liu, L. Liu, T. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Liu, Z. Liu, T. Ljubicic, O. Lomicky, R.S. Longacre, E.M. Loyd, T. Lu, J. Luo, X.F. Luo, L. Ma, R. Ma, Y.G. Ma, N. Magdy, D. Mallick, R. Manikandhan, S. Margetis, C. Markert, O. Matonoha, G. McNamara, O. Mezhanska, K. Mi, S. Mioduszewski, B. Mohanty, B. Mondal, M.M. Mondal, I. Mooney, J. Mrazkova, M.I. Nagy, A.S. Nain, J.D. Nam, M. Nasim, D. Neff, J.M. Nelson, M. Nie, G. Nigmatkulov, T. Niida, R. Nishitani, T. Nonaka, G. Odyniec, A. Ogawa, S. Oh, K. Okubo, B.S. Page, S. Pal, A. Pandav, A. Panday, T. Pani, A. Paul, B. Pawlik, D. Pawlowska, C. Perkins, J. Pluta, B.R. Pokhrel, M. Posik, T. Protzman, V. Prozorova, N.K. Pruthi, M. Przybycien, J. Putschke, Z. Qin, H. Qiu, C. Racz, S.K. Radhakrishnan, A. Rana, R.L. Ray, R. Reed, C.W. Robertson, M. Robotkova, M.A. Rosales Aguilar, D. Roy, P. Roy Chowdhury, L. Ruan, A.K. Sahoo, N.R. Sahoo, H. Sako, S. Salur, S. Sato, B.C. Schaefer, W.B. Schmidke, N. Schmitz, F-J. Seck, J. Seger, R. Seto, P. Seyboth, N. Shah, P.V. Shanmuganathan, T. Shao, M. Sharma, N. Sharma, R. Sharma, S.R. Sharma, A.I. Sheikh, D. Shen, D.Y. Shen, K. Shen, S.S. Shi, Y. Shi, Q.Y. Shou, F. Si, J. Singh, S. Singha, P. Sinha, M.J. Skoby, N. Smirnov, Y. Söhngen, Y. Song, B. Srivastava, T.D.S. Stanislaus, M. Stefaniak, D.J. Stewart, Y. Su, M. Sumbera, C. Sun, X. Sun, Y. Sun, B. Surrow, M. Svoboda, Z.W. Sweger, A.C. Tamis, A.H. Tang, Z. Tang, T. Tarnowsky, J.H. Thomas, A.R. Timmins, D. Tlusty, T. Todoroki, S. Trentalange, P. Tribedy, S.K. Tripathy, T. Truhlar, B.A. Trzeciak, O.D. Tsai, C.Y. Tsang, Z. Tu, J. Tyler, T. Ullrich, D.G. Underwood, I. Upsal, G. Van Buren, J. Vanek, I. Vassiliev, V. Verkest, F. Videbæk, S.A. Voloshin, G. Wang, J.S. Wang, J. Wang, K. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Wang, Z. Wang, J.C. Webb, P.C. Weidenkaff, G.D. Westfall, D. Wielanek, H. Wieman, G. Wilks, S.W. Wissink, R. Witt, J. Wu, X. Wu, B. Xi, Z.G. Xiao, G. Xie, W. Xie, H. Xu, N. Xu, Q.H. Xu, Y. Xu, Z. Xu, G. Yan, Z. Yan, C. Yang, Q. Yang, S. Yang, Y. Yang, Z. Ye, L. Yi, Y. Yu, H. Zbroszczyk, W. Zha, C. Zhang, D. Zhang, J. Zhang, S. Zhang, W. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Z.J. Zhang, Z. Zhang, F. Zhao, J. Zhao, M. Zhao, S. Zhou, Y. Zhou, X. Zhu, M. Zurek, and M. Zyzak
Subjects: QCD phase diagram, Crossover, Event-by-event fluctuation, Higher-order cumulant, Physics, QC1-999
Abstract: We report on the charged-particle multiplicity dependence of net-proton cumulant ratios up to sixth order from s=200 GeV p+p collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The measured ratios C4/C2, C5/C1, and C6/C2 decrease with increased charged-particle multiplicity and rapidity acceptance. Neither the Skellam baselines nor PYTHIA8 calculations account for the observed multiplicity dependence. In addition, the ratios C5/C1 and C6/C2 approach negative values in the highest-multiplicity events, which implies that thermalized QCD matter may be formed in p+p collisions.
Published: 2024
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145. Vascular resection and reconstruction in recurrent granulosa cell tumor

Author: Lindsey Finch, Sharif Ellozy, Jaspreet Sandhu, Tulsi Patel, William P. Tew, and Dennis S. Chi
Subjects: Granulosa cell tumor, Ovarian cancer, Oncovascular surgery, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
Abstract: Introduction: Oncovascular surgery is a rare but important component of radical surgery in gynecologic cancer, requiring interdisciplinary collaboration and coordination. In this case report, we review the case of a patient with recurrent granulosa cell tumor who underwent extensive oncovascular resection and reconstruction. Case presentation: Our patient was initially diagnosed with a stage IC granulosa cell tumor in 1989 following a left salpingo—oophorectomy secondary to ovarian cyst rupture. She subsequently had multiple recurrences requiring 8 surgical procedures from 1989 to 2022. Her most recent recurrence was notable for a 6 x 8 cm left pelvic tumor invading into the inferior vena cava (IVC), encasing the aorta, left common and external iliac vessels, and involving the left ureter. In a combined case with gynecologic surgery, vascular surgery, and urology, extensive oncovascular resection was performed, including an en bloc resection of the recurrent granulosa cell tumor, aorta, bilateral common and left external iliac arteries and veins, with aortal and IVC reconstruction. Despite a complicated postoperative course, she recovered well, received no further oncologic treatment, and remains on surveillance without evidence of disease 26 months later. Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of oncovascular surgery involving aortic and IVC resection and reconstruction for recurrent granulosa cell tumor.
Published: 2024
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146. Stratified analyses refine association between TLR7 rare variants and severe COVID-19

Author: Jannik Boos, Caspar I. van der Made, Gayatri Ramakrishnan, Eamon Coughlan, Rosanna Asselta, Britt-Sabina Löscher, Luca V.C. Valenti, Rafael de Cid, Luis Bujanda, Antonio Julià, Erola Pairo-Castineira, J. Kenneth Baillie, Sandra May, Berina Zametica, Julia Heggemann, Agustín Albillos, Jesus M. Banales, Jordi Barretina, Natalia Blay, Paolo Bonfanti, Maria Buti, Javier Fernandez, Sara Marsal, Daniele Prati, Luisa Ronzoni, Nicoletta Sacchi, Joachim L. Schultze, Olaf Riess, Andre Franke, Konrad Rawlik, David Ellinghaus, Alexander Hoischen, Axel Schmidt, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Valeria Rimoldi, Elvezia M. Paraboschi, Alessandra Bandera, Flora Peyvandi, Giacomo Grasselli, Francesco Blasi, Francesco Malvestiti, Serena Pelusi, Cristiana Bianco, Lorenzo Miano, Angela Lombardi, Pietro Invernizzi, Alessio Gerussi, Giuseppe Citerio, Andrea Biondi, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Marina Elena Cazzaniga, Giuseppe Foti, Ilaria Beretta, Mariella D'Angiò, Laura Rachele Bettini, Xavier Farré, Susana Iraola-Guzmán, Manolis Kogevinas, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Koldo Garcia-Etxebarria, Beatriz Nafria, Mauro D'Amato, Adriana Palom, Colin Begg, Sara Clohisey, Charles Hinds, Peter Horby, Julian Knight, Lowell Ling, David Maslove, Danny McAuley, Johnny Millar, Hugh Montgomery, Alistair Nichol, Peter J.M. Openshaw, Alexandre C. Pereira, Chris P. Ponting, Kathy Rowan, Malcolm G. Semple, Manu Shankar-Hari, Charlotte Summers, Timothy Walsh, Latha Aravindan, Ruth Armstrong, Heather Biggs, Ceilia Boz, Adam Brown, Richard Clark, Audrey Coutts, Judy Coyle, Louise Cullum, Sukamal Das, Nicky Day, Lorna Donnelly, Esther Duncan, Angie Fawkes, Paul Fineran, Max Head Fourman, Anita Furlong, James Furniss, Bernadette Gallagher, Tammy Gilchrist, Ailsa Golightly, Fiona Griffiths, Katarzyna Hafezi, Debbie Hamilton, Ross Hendry, Andy Law, Dawn Law, Rachel Law, Sarah Law, Rebecca Lidstone-Scott, Louise Macgillivray, Alan Maclean, Hanning Mal, Sarah McCafferty, Ellie Mcmaster, Jen Meikle, Shona C. Moore, Kirstie Morrice, Lee Murphy, Sheena Murphy, Mybaya Hellen, Wilna Oosthuyzen, Chenqing Zheng, Jiantao Chen, Nick Parkinson, Trevor Paterson, Katherine Schon, Andrew Stenhouse, Mihaela Das, Maaike Swets, Helen Szoor-McElhinney, Filip Taneski, Lance Turtle, Tony Wackett, Mairi Ward, Jane Weaver, Nicola Wrobel, Marie Zechner, Gill Arbane, Aneta Bociek, Sara Campos, Neus Grau, Tim Owen Jones, Rosario Lim, Martina Marotti, Marlies Ostermann, Christopher Whitton, Zoe Alldis, Raine Astin-Chamberlain, Fatima Bibi, Jack Biddle, Sarah Blow, Matthew Bolton, Catherine Borra, Ruth Bowles, Maudrian Burton, Yasmin Choudhury, David Collier, Amber Cox, Amy Easthope, Patrizia Ebano, Stavros Fotiadis, Jana Gurasashvili, Rosslyn Halls, Pippa Hartridge, Delordson Kallon, Jamila Kassam, Ivone Lancoma-Malcolm, Maninderpal Matharu, Peter May, Oliver Mitchelmore, Tabitha Newman, Mital Patel, Jane Pheby, Irene Pinzuti, Zoe Prime, Oleksandra Prysyazhna, Julian Shiel, Melanie Taylor, Carey Tierney, Suzanne Wood, Anne Zak, Olivier Zongo, Stephen Bonner, Keith Hugill, Jessica Jones, Steven Liggett, Evie Headlam, Nageswar Bandla, Minnie Gellamucho, Michelle Davies, Christopher Thompson, Marwa Abdelrazik, Dhanalakshmi Bakthavatsalam, Munzir Elhassan, Arunkumar Ganesan, Anne Haldeos, Jeronimo Moreno-Cuesta, Dharam Purohit, Rachel Vincent, Kugan Xavier, Kumar Rohit, Frater Alasdair, Malik Saleem, Carter David, Jenkins Samuel, Zoe Lamond, Wall Alanna, Jaime Fernandez-Roman, David O. Hamilton, Emily Johnson, Brian Johnston, Maria Lopez Martinez, Suleman Mulla, David Shaw, Alicia A.C. Waite, Victoria Waugh, Ingeborg D. Welters, Karen Williams, Anna Cavazza, Maeve Cockrell, Eleanor Corcoran, Maria Depante, Clare Finney, Ellen Jerome, Mark McPhail, Monalisa Nayak, Harriet Noble, Kevin O'Reilly, Evita Pappa, Rohit Saha, Sian Saha, John Smith, Abigail Knighton, David Antcliffe, Dorota Banach, Stephen Brett, Phoebe Coghlan, Ziortza Fernandez, Anthony Gordon, Roceld Rojo, Sonia Sousa Arias, Maie Templeton, Megan Meredith, Lucy Morris, Lucy Ryan, Amy Clark, Julia Sampson, Cecilia Peters, Martin Dent, Margaret Langley, Saima Ashraf, Shuying Wei, Angela Andrew, Archana Bashyal, Neil Davidson, Paula Hutton, Stuart McKechnie, Jean Wilson, David Baptista, Rebecca Crowe, Rita Fernandes, Rosaleen Herdman-Grant, Anna Joseph, Denise O'Connor, Meryem Allen, Adam Loveridge, India McKenley, Eriko Morino, Andres Naranjo, Richard Simms, Kathryn Sollesta, Andrew Swain, Harish Venkatesh, Jacyntha Khera, Jonathan Fox, Gillian Andrew, Lucy Barclay, Marie Callaghan, Rachael Campbell, Sarah Clark, Dave Hope, Lucy Marshall, Corrienne McCulloch, Kate Briton, Jo Singleton, Sohphie Birch, Lutece Brimfield, Zoe Daly, David Pogson, Steve Rose, Ceri Battle, Elaine Brinkworth, Rachel Harford, Carl Murphy, Luke Newey, Tabitha Rees, Marie Williams, Sophie Arnold, Petra Polgarova, Katerina Stroud, Eoghan Meaney, Megan Jones, Anthony Ng, Shruti Agrawal, Nazima Pathan, Deborah White, Esther Daubney, Kay Elston, Lina Grauslyte, Musarat Hussain, Mandeep Phull, Tatiana Pogreban, Lace Rosaroso, Erika Salciute, George Franke, Joanna Wong, Aparna George, Laura Ortiz-Ruiz de Gordoa, Emily Peasgood, Claire Phillips, Michelle Bates, Jo Dasgin, Jaspret Gill, Annette Nilsson, James Scriven, Carlos Castro Delgado, Deborah Dawson, Lijun Ding, Georgia Durrant, Obiageri Ezeobu, Sarah Farnell-Ward, Abiola Harrison, Rebecca Kanu, Susannah Leaver, Elena Maccacari, Soumendu Manna, Romina Pepermans Saluzzio, Joana Queiroz, Tinashe Samakomva, Christine Sicat, Joana Texeira, Edna Fernandes Da Gloria, Ana Lisboa, John Rawlins, Jisha 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Krishnamurthy, Lai Lim, Li Lim, Edward Combes, Teishel Joefield, Sonja Monnery, Valerie Beech, Sallyanne Trotman, Christine Almaden-Boyle, Pauline Austin, Louise Cabrelli, Stephen Cole, Matt Casey, Susan Chapman, Clare Whyte, Yolanda Baird, Aaron Butler, Indra Chadbourn, Linda Folkes, Heather Fox, Amy Gardner, Raquel Gomez, Gillian Hobden, Luke Hodgson, Kirsten King, Michael Margarson, Tim Martindale, Emma Meadows, Dana Raynard, Yvette Thirlwall, David Helm, Jordi Margalef, Kristine Criste, Rebecca Cusack, Kim Golder, Hannah Golding, Oliver Jones, Samantha Leggett, Michelle Male, Martyna Marani, Kirsty Prager, Toran Williams, Belinda Roberts, Karen Salmon, Peter Anderson, Katie Archer, Karen Austin, Caroline Davis, Alison Durie, Olivia Kelsall, Jessica Thrush, Charlie Vigurs, Laura Wild, Hannah-Louise Wood, Helen Tranter, Alison Harrison, Nicholas Cowley, Michael McAlindon, Andrew Burtenshaw, Stephen Digby, Emma Low, Aled Morgan, Naiara Cother, Tobias Rankin, Sarah Clayton, Alex McCurdy, Cecilia Ahmed, Balvinder Baines, Sarah Clamp, Julie Colley, Risna Haq, Anne Hayes, Jonathan Hulme, Samia Hussain, Sibet Joseph, Rita Kumar, Zahira Maqsood, Manjit Purewal, Leonie Benham, Zena Bradshaw, Joanna Brown, Melanie Caswell, Jason Cupitt, Sarah Melling, Stephen Preston, Nicola Slawson, Emma Stoddard, Scott Warden, Bethan Deacon, Ceri Lynch, Carla Pothecary, Lisa Roche, Gwenllian Sera Howe, Jayaprakash Singh, Keri Turner, Hannah Ellis, Natalie Stroud, Jodie Hunt, Joy Dearden, Emma Dobson, Andy Drummond, Michelle Mulcahy, Sheila Munt, Grainne O'Connor, Jennifer Philbin, Chloe Rishton, Redmond Tully, Sarah Winnard, Susanne Cathcart, Katharine Duffy, Alex Puxty, Kathryn Puxty, Lynne Turner, Jane Ireland, Gary Semple, Kate Long, Simon Whiteley, Elizabeth Wilby, Bethan Ogg, Amanda Cowton, Andrea Kay, Melanie Kent, Kathryn Potts, Ami Wilkinson, Suzanne Campbell, Ellen Brown, Julie Melville, Jay Naisbitt, Rosane Joseph, Maria Lazo, Olivia Walton, Alan Neal, Peter Alexander, 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Gulati, Carole Hays, K. Webster, Anne Hudson, Andrea Webster, Elaine Stephenson, Louise McCormack, Victoria Slater, Rachel Nixon, Helen Hanson, Maggie Fearby, Sinead Kelly, Victoria Bridgett, Philip Robinson, Julie Camsooksai, Charlotte Humphrey, Sarah Jenkins, Henrik Reschreiter, Beverley Wadams, Yasmin Death, Victoria Bastion, Daphene Clarke, Beena David, Harriet Kent, Rachel Lorusso, Gamu Lubimbi, Sophie Murdoch, Melchizedek Penacerrada, Alastair Thomas, Jennifer Valentine, Ana Vochin, Retno Wulandari, Brice Djeugam, Gillian Bell, Katy English, Amro Katary, Louise Wilcox, Michelle Bruce, Karen Connolly, Tracy Duncan, Helen T-Michael, Gabriella Lindergard, Samuel Hey, Claire Fox, Jordan Alfonso, Laura Jayne Durrans, Jacinta Guerin, Bethan Blackledge, Jade Harris, Martin Hruska, Ayaa Eltayeb, Thomas Lamb, Tracey Hodgkiss, Lisa Cooper, Joanne Rothwell, Angela Allan, Felicity Anderson, Callum Kaye, Jade Liew, Jasmine Medhora, Teresa Scott, Erin Trumper, Adriana Botello, Liana Lankester, Nikitas Nikitas, Colin Wells, Bethan Stowe, Kayleigh Spencer, Craig Brandwood, Lara Smith, Katie Birchall, Laurel Kolakaluri, Deborah Baines, Anila Sukumaran, Elena Apetri, Cathrine Basikolo, Laura Catlow, Bethan Charles, Paul Dark, Reece Doonan, Alice Harvey, Daniel Horner, Karen Knowles, Stephanie Lee, Diane Lomas, Chloe Lyons, Tracy Marsden, Danielle McLaughlan, Liam McMorrow, Jessica Pendlebury, Jane Perez, Maria Poulaka, Nicola Proudfoot, Melanie Slaughter, Kathryn Slevin, Vicky Thomas, Danielle Walker, Angiy Michael, Matthew Collis, Tracey Cosier, Gemma Millen, Neil Richardson, Natasha Schumacher, Heather Weston, James Rand, Nicola Baxter, Steven Henderson, Sophie Kennedy-Hay, Christopher McParland, Laura Rooney, Malcolm Sim, Gordan McCreath, Louise Akeroyd, Shereen Bano, Matt Bromley, Lucy Gurr, Tom Lawton, James Morgan, Kirsten Sellick, Deborah Warren, Brian Wilkinson, Janet McGowan, Camilla Ledgard, Amelia Stacey, Kate Pye, Ruth Bellwood, Michael Bentley, Jeremy Bewley, Zoe Garland, Lisa Grimmer, Bethany Gumbrill, Rebekah Johnson, Katie Sweet, Denise Webster, Georgia Efford, Karen Convery, Deirdre Fottrell-Gould, Lisa Hudig, Jocelyn Keshet-Price, Georgina Randell, Katie Stammers, Maria Bokhari, Vanessa Linnett, Rachael Lucas, Wendy McCormick, Jenny Ritzema, Amanda Sanderson, Helen Wild, Anthony Rostron, Alistair Roy, Lindsey Woods, Sarah Cornell, Fiona Wakinshaw, Kimberley Rogerson, Jordan Jarmain, Robert Parker, Amie Reddy, Ian Turner-Bone, Laura Wilding, Peter Harding, Caroline Abernathy, Louise Foster, Andrew Gratrix, Vicky Martinson, Priyai Parkinson, Elizabeth Stones, Llucia Carbral-Ortega, Georgia Bercades, David Brealey, Ingrid Hass, Niall MacCallum, Gladys Martir, Eamon Raith, Anna Reyes, Deborah Smyth, Letizia Zitter, Sarah Benyon, Suzie Marriott, Linda Park, Samantha Keenan, Elizabeth Gordon, Helen Quinn, Kizzy Baines, Lenka Cagova, Adama Fofano, Lucie Garner, Helen Holcombe, Sue Mepham, Alice Michael Mitchell, Lucy Mwaura, Krithivasan Praman, Alain Vuylsteke, Julie Zamikula, Bally Purewal, Vanessa Rivers, Stephanie Bell, Hayley Blakemore, Borislava Borislavova, Beverley Faulkner, Emma Gendall, Elizabeth Goff, Kati Hayes, Matt Thomas, Ruth Worner, Kerry Smith, Deanna Stephens, Louise Mew, Esther Mwaura, Richard Stewart, Felicity Williams, Lynn Wren, Sara-Beth Sutherland, Emily Bevan, Jane Martin, Dawn Trodd, Geoff Watson, Caroline Wrey Brown, Amy Collins, Waqas Khaliq, Estefania Treus Gude, Olugbenga Akinkugbe, Alasdair Bamford, Emily Beech, Holly Belfield, Michael Bell, Charlene Davies, Gareth A.L. Jones, Tara McHugh, Hamza Meghari, Lauran O'Neill, Mark J. Peters, Samiran Ray, Ana Luisa Tomas, Iona Burn, Geraldine Hambrook, Katarina Manso, Ruth Penn, Pradeep Shanmugasundaram, Julie Tebbutt, Danielle Thornton, Jade Cole, Rhys Davies, Donna Duffin, Helen Hill, Ben Player, Emma Thomas, Angharad Williams, Denise Griffin, Nycola Muchenje, Mcdonald Mupudzi, Richard Partridge, Jo-Anna Conyngham, Rachel Thomas, Mary Wright, Maria Alvarez Corral, Reni Jacob, Cathy Jones, Craig Denmade, Sarah Beavis, Katie Dale, Rachel Gascoyne, Joanne Hawes, Kelly Pritchard, Lesley Stevenson, Amanda Whileman, Patricia Doble, Joanne Hutter, Corinne Pawley, Charmaine Shovelton, Marius Vaida, Deborah Butcher, Susie O'Sullivan, Nicola Butterworth-Cowin, Norfaizan Ahmad, Joann Barker, Kris Bauchmuller, Sarah Bird, Kay Cawthron, Kate Harrington, Yvonne Jackson, Faith Kibutu, Becky Lenagh, Shamiso Masuko, Gary H. Mills, Ajay Raithatha, Matthew Wiles, Jayne Willson, Helen Newell, Alison Lye, Lorenza Nwafor, Claire Jarman, Sarah Rowland-Jones, David Foote, Joby Cole, Roger Thompson, James Watson, Lisa Hesseldon, Irene Macharia, Luke Chetam, Jacqui Smith, Amber Ford, Samantha Anderson, Kathryn Birchall, Kay Housley, Sara Walker, Leanne Milner, Helena Hanratty, Helen Trower, Patrick Phillips, Simon Oxspring, Ben Donne, Catherine Jardine, Dewi Williams, Alasdair Hay, Rebecca Flanagan, Gareth Hughes, Scott Latham, Emma McKenna, Jennifer Anderson, Robert Hull, Kat Rhead, Carina Cruz, Natalie Pattison, Rob Charnock, Denise McFarland, Denise Cosgrove, Ashar Ahmed, Anna Morris, Srinivas Jakkula, Asifa Ali, Megan Brady, Sam Dale, Annalisa Dance, Lisa Gledhill, Jill Greig, Kathryn Hanson, Kelly Holdroyd, Marie Home, Diane Kelly, Ross Kitson, Lear Matapure, Deborah Melia, Samantha Mellor, Tonicha Nortcliffe, Jez Pinnell, Matthew Robinson, Lisa Shaw, Ryan Shaw, Lesley Thomis, Alison Wilson, Tracy Wood, Lee-Ann Bayo, Ekta Merwaha, Tahira Ishaq, Sarah Hanley, Meg Hibbert, Dariusz Tetla, Chrsitopher Woodford, Latha Durga, Gareth Kennard-Holden, Debbie Branney, Jordan Frankham, Sally Pitts, Nigel White, Shondipon Laha, Mark Verlander, Alexandra Williams, Abdelhakim Altabaibeh, Ana Alvaro, Kayleigh Gilbert, Louise Ma, Loreta Mostoles, Chetan Parmar, Kathryn Simpson, Champa Jetha, Lauren Booker, Anezka Pratley, Colene Adams, Anita Agasou, Tracie Arden, Amy Bowes, Pauline Boyle, Mandy Beekes, Heather Button, Nigel Capps, Mandy Carnahan, Anne Carter, Danielle Childs, Denise Donaldson, Kelly Hard, Fran Hurford, Yasmin Hussain, Ayesha Javaid, James Jones, Sanal Jose, Michael Leigh, Terry Martin, Helen Millward, Nichola Motherwell, Rachel Rikunenko, Jo Stickley, Julie Summers, Louise Ting, Helen Tivenan, Louise Tonks, Rebecca Wilcox, Maureen Holland, Natalie Keenan, Marc Lyons, Helen Wassall, Chris Marsh, Mervin Mahenthran, Emma Carter, Thomas Kong, Helen Blackman, Ben Creagh-Brown, Sinead Donlon, Natalia Michalak-Glinska, Sheila Mtuwa, Veronika Pristopan, Armorel Salberg, Eleanor Smith, Sarah Stone, Charles Piercy, Jerik Verula, Dorota Burda, Rugia Montaser, Lesley Harden, Irving Mayangao, Cheryl Marriott, Paul Bradley, Celia Harris, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Andrews, Janine Birch, Emma Collins, Kate Hammerton, Ryan O'Leary, Michele Clark, Sarah Purvis, Russell Barber, Claire Hewitt, Annette Hilldrith, Karen Jackson-Lawrence, Sarah Shepardson, Maryanne Wills, Susan Butler, Silvia Tavares, Amy Cunningham, Julia Hindale, Sarwat Arif, Sarah Bean, Karen Burt, Michael Spivey, Carrie Demetriou, Charlotte Eckbad, Sarah Hierons, Lucy Howie, Sarah Mitchard, Lidia Ramos, Alfredo Serrano-Ruiz, Katie White, Fiona Kelly, Daniele Cristiano, Natalie Dormand, Zohreh Farzad, Mahitha Gummadi, Kamal Liyanage, Brijesh Patel, Sara Salmi, Geraldine Sloane, Vicky Thwaites, Mathew Varghese, Anelise C. Zborowski, John Allan, Tim Geary, Gordon Houston, Alistair Meikle, Peter O'Brien, Miranda Forsey, Agilan Kaliappan, Anne Nicholson, Joanne Riches, Mark Vertue, Elizabeth Allan, Kate Darlington, Ffyon Davies, Jack Easton, Sumit Kumar, Richard Lean, Daniel Menzies, Richard Pugh, Xinyi Qiu, Llinos Davies, Hannah Williams, Jeremy Scanlon, Gwyneth Davies, Callum Mackay, Joannne Lewis, Stephanie Rees, Metod Oblak, Monica Popescu, Mini Thankachen, Andrew Higham, Kerry Simpson, Jayne Craig, Rosie Baruah, Sheila Morris, Susie Ferguson, Amy Shepherd, Luke Stephen Prockter Moore, Marcela Paola Vizcaychipi, Laura Gomes de Almeida Martins, Jaime Carungcong, Inthakab Ali Mohamed Ali, Karen Beaumont, Mark Blunt, Zoe Coton, Hollie Curgenven, Mohamed Elsaadany, Kay Fernandes, Sameena Mohamed Ally, Harini Rangarajan, Varun Sarathy, Sivarupan Selvanayagam, Dave Vedage, Matthew White, Mandy Gill, Paul Paul, Valli Ratnam, Sarah Shelton, Inez Wynter, Siobhain Carmody, Valerie Joan Page, Claire Marie Beith, Karen Black, Suzanne Clements, Alan Morrison, Dominic Strachan, Margaret Taylor, Michelle Clarkson, Stuart D'Sylva, Kathryn Norman, Fiona Auld, Joanne Donnachie, Ian Edmond, Lynn Prentice, Nikole Runciman, Dario Salutous, Lesley Symon, Anne Todd, Patricia Turner, Abigail Short, Laura Sweeney, Euan Murdoch, Dhaneesha Senaratne, Michaela Hill, Thogulava Kannan, Wild Laura, Rikki Crawley, Abigail Crew, Mishell Cunningham, Allison Daniels, Laura Harrison, Susan Hope, Ken Inweregbu, Sian Jones, Nicola Lancaster, Jamie Matthews, Alice Nicholson, Gemma Wray, Helen Langton, Rachel Prout, Malcolm Watters, Catherine Novis, Anthony Barron, Ciara Collins, Sundeep Kaul, Heather Passmore, Claire Prendergast, Anna Reed, Paula Rogers, Rajvinder Shokkar, Meriel Woodruff, Hayley Middleton, Oliver Polgar, Claire Nolan, Kanta Mahay, Dawn Collier, Anil Hormis, Victoria Maynard, Cheryl Graham, Rachel Walker, Ellen Knights, Alicia Price, Alice Thomas, Chris Thorpe, Teresa Behan, Caroline Burnett, Jonathan Hatton, Elaine Heeney, Atideb Mitra, Maria Newton, Rachel Pollard, Rachael Stead, Vishal Amin, Elena Anastasescu, Vikram Anumakonda, Komala Karthik, Rizwana Kausar, Karen Reid, Jacqueline Smith, Janet Imeson-Wood, Denise Skinner, Jane Gaylard, Dee Mullan, Julie Newman, Alison Brown, Vikki Crickmore, Gabor Debreceni, Joy Wilkins, Liz Nicol, Rosie Reece-Anthony, Mark Birt, Alison Ghosh, Emma Williams, Louise Allen, Eva Beranova, Nikki Crisp, Joanne Deery, Tracy Hazelton, Alicia Knight, Carly Price, Sorrell Tilbey, Salah Turki, Sharon Turney, Joshua Cooper, Cheryl Finch, Sarah Liderth, Alison Quinn, Natalia Waddington, Tina Coventry, Susan Fowler, Michael MacMahon, Amanda McGregor, Anne Cowley, Judith Highgate, Jane Gregory, Susan O'Connell, Tim Smith, Luigi Barberis, Shameer Gopal, Nichola Harris, Victoria Lake, Stella Metherell, Elizabeth Radford, Amelia Daniel, Joanne Finn, Rajnish Saha, Nikki White, Phil Donnison, Fiona Trim, Beena Eapen, Jenny Birch, Laura Bough, Josie Goodsell, Rebecca Tutton, Patricia Williams, Sarah Williams, Barbara Winter-Goodwin, Ailstair Nichol, Kathy Brickell, Michelle Smyth, Lorna Murphy, Samantha Coetzee, Alistair Gales, Igor Otahal, Meena Raj, Craig Sell, Paula Hilltout, Jayne Evitts, Amanda Tyler, Joanne Waldron, Kate Beesley, Sarah Board, Agnieszka Kubisz-Pudelko, Alison Lewis, Jess Perry, Lucy Pippard, Di Wood, Clare Buckley, Peter Barry, Neil Flint, Patel Rekha, Dawn Hales, Lara Bunni, Claire Jennings, Monica Latif, Rebecca Marshall, Gayathri Subramanian, Peter J. 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Subjects: SARS-CoV-2, host genetics, toll-like receptor 7, targeted sequencing, rare variants, variant collapsing analysis, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Summary: Despite extensive global research into genetic predisposition for severe COVID-19, knowledge on the role of rare host genetic variants and their relation to other risk factors remains limited. Here, 52 genes with prior etiological evidence were sequenced in 1,772 severe COVID-19 cases and 5,347 population-based controls from Spain/Italy. Rare deleterious TLR7 variants were present in 2.4% of young (
Published: 2024
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147. A Voice-Activated Device Exercise and Social Engagement Program for Older Adult–Care Partner Dyads: Pilot Clinical Trial and Focus Group Study Evaluating the Feasibility, Use, and Estimated Functional Impact of EngAGE

Author: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz, Roscoe F Nicholson III, Saira Shervani, Chelsea Smith, Margaret Danilovich, Laura Finch, Yadira Montoya, and Louise C Hawkley
Subjects: Geriatrics, RC952-954.6
Abstract: BackgroundMaintaining exercise is essential for healthy aging but difficult to sustain. EngAGE is a socially motivated exercise program delivered over a voice-activated device that targets older adult–care partner dyads. ObjectiveThis 10-week pilot study aimed to assess EngAGE feasibility and use, obtain user experience feedback, and estimate potential impact on function. MethodsIn total, 10 older adults aged ≥65 years were recruited from an independent living residence together with their self-identified care partners. EngAGE delivered National Institute on Aging Go4Life exercises to older adults daily, while care partners received progress reports and prompts to send encouraging messages that were read aloud by the device to the older adult. Older adults’ use was tracked, and physical function was assessed at baseline and follow-up. Follow-up focus group data provided qualitative feedback. ResultsOn average, participants completed 393.7 individual exercises over the 10-week intervention period or 39.4 exercises/wk (range 48-492, median 431, IQR 384-481, SD 112.4) without injury and used EngAGE on an average of 41 of 70 days or 4.1 d/wk (range 7-66, median 51, IQR 23-56, and SD 21.2 days). Mean grip strength increased nonsignificantly by 1.3 kg (preintervention mean 26.3 kg, SD 11.0; postintervention mean 27.6 kg, SD 11.6; P=.34), and 4 of 10 participants improved by a minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of 2.5 kg. Further, the time for 5-repeated chair stands significantly reduced by 2.3 seconds (preintervention mean 12, SD 3.6 s; postintervention mean 9.7, SD 2.7 s; P=.02), and 3 of 9 participants improved by an MCID of –2.3 seconds. Furthermore, 3-meter usual walk performance was brisk at baseline (mean 2.1, SD 0.4 s) and decreased by 0.1 seconds (postintervention 2, SD 0.4 s; P=.13), although 5 of 9 participants improved by a MCID of 0.05 m/s. Qualitative results showed perceived benefits, favored program features, and areas for improvement. ConclusionsWe present a pilot study of a new voice-activated device application customized to older adult users that may serve as a guide to other technology development for older adults. Our pilot study served to further refine the application and to inform a larger trial testing EngAGE’s impact on functional outcomes, a necessary step for developing evidence-based technology tools.
Published: 2024
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148. Effects of mobility, immunity and vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the Dominican Republic: a modelling studyResearch in context

Author: Emilie Finch, Eric J. Nilles, Cecilia Then Paulino, Ronald Skewes-Ramm, Colleen L. Lau, Rachel Lowe, and Adam J. Kucharski
Subjects: COVID-19, Vaccination, Serology, Immunity, Transmission dynamics, Population mobility, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract: Summary: Background: COVID-19 dynamics are driven by a complex interplay of factors including population behaviour, new variants, vaccination and immunity from prior infections. We quantify drivers of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the Dominican Republic, an upper-middle income country of 10.8 million people. We then assess the impact of the vaccination campaign implemented in February 2021, primarily using CoronaVac, in saving lives and averting hospitalisations. Methods: We fit an age-structured, multi-variant transmission dynamic model to reported deaths, hospital bed occupancy, and seroprevalence data until December 2021, and simulate epidemic trajectories under different counterfactual scenarios. Findings: We estimate that vaccination averted 7210 hospital admissions (95% credible interval, CrI: 6830–7600), 2180 intensive care unit admissions (95% CrI: 2080–2280) and 766 deaths (95% CrI: 694–859) in the first 6 months of the campaign. If no vaccination had occurred, we estimate that an additional decrease of 10–20% in population mobility would have been required to maintain equivalent death and hospitalisation outcomes. We also found that early vaccination with CoronaVac was preferable to delayed vaccination using a product with higher efficacy. Interpretation: SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics in the Dominican Republic were driven by a substantial accumulation of immunity during the first two years of the pandemic but, despite this, vaccination was essential in enabling a return to pre-pandemic mobility levels without considerable additional morbidity and mortality. Funding: Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, Royal Society, US CDC and Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
Published: 2024
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149. The association between comprehensive medication review and medication adherence among medicare beneficiaries with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Author: Xiangjun Zhang, Yongbo Sim, Chi Chun Steve Tsang, Junling Wang, and Christopher K. Finch
Subjects: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Medication therapy management program, Comprehensive medication review, Medication adherence, Pharmacy and materia medica, RS1-441
Abstract: Background: Medicare Part D plans are required to provide Medication therapy management (MTM) services to eligible beneficiaries to optimize medication utilization. Comprehensive medication review (CMR) is a core element of the MTM program. Despite the availability of advanced medical treatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), medication adherence to maintenance medications poses a continued challenge for patients with COPD. Objective: To examine the effects of CMR on medication adherence among patients with COPD. Methods: Medicare data for 2016–2017 linked to Area Health Resource Files were analyzed. The study population was Medicare beneficiaries with COPD. The intervention group consisted of beneficiaries who received CMR in 2017 but not in 2016. Patients who were eligible for MTM services but did not receive these services in 2016 or 2017 made up the control group. Propensity score matching was used to select an intervention and control group with balanced characteristics. The study outcome was adherence to COPD medications with the proportion of days covered at or above 80%. A difference-in-differences approach was adopted in the logistic regression analyses with an interaction term between the status of CMR receipt and the year 2017. Results: The study sample included 25,564 patients with COPD. The proportions of adherent patients were similar in the control group in both years but increased significantly from 60.08% in 2016 to 69.38% in 2017 in the intervention group (P
Published: 2024
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150. Transforming Slot Schema Induction with Generative Dialogue State Inference.

Author: James D. Finch, Boxin Zhao, and Jinho D. Choi
Published: 2024

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