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1. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of antibody SKT05 in complex with Western Equine Encephalitis Virus-Like Particles

Author: MS, Sutton, additional, S, Pletnev, additional, V, Callahan, additional, S, Ko, additional, Y, Tsybovsky, additional, T, Bylund, additional, RG, Casner, additional, G, Cerutti, additional, CL, Gardner, additional, V, Guirguis, additional, R, Verardi, additional, B, Zhang, additional, D, Ambrozak, additional, M, Beddall, additional, H, Lei, additional, ES, Yang, additional, T, Liu, additional, AR, Henry, additional, R, Rawi, additional, A, Schon, additional, CA, Schramm, additional, CH, Shen, additional, W, Shi, additional, T, Stephens, additional, Y, Yang, additional, MB, Florez, additional, JE, Ledgerwood, additional, CW, Burke, additional, L, Shapiro, additional, JM, Fox, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, and M, Roederer, additional
Published: 2024
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2. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of neutralizing antibody 910-30 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: BB, Banach, additional, G, Cerutti, additional, AS, Fahad, additional, CH, Shen, additional, M, Oliveira De Souza, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, Y, Tsybovsky, additional, P, Wang, additional, MS, Nair, additional, Y, Huang, additional, IM, Francino-Urdániz, additional, PJ, Steiner, additional, M, Gutiérrez-González, additional, L, Liu, additional, SN, López Acevedo, additional, AF, Nazzari, additional, JR, Wolfe, additional, Y, Luo, additional, AS, Olia, additional, IT, Teng, additional, J, Yu, additional, T, Zhou, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Bimela, additional, X, Pan, additional, B, Madan, additional, AD, Laflin, additional, R, Nimrania, additional, KY, Yuen, additional, TA, Whitehead, additional, DD, Ho, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, L, Shapiro, additional, and BJ, DeKosky, additional
Published: 2024
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3. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of NTD-directed neutralizing antibody 1-68 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: G, Cerutti, additional, Y, Guo, additional, T, Zhou, additional, J, Gorman, additional, M, Lee, additional, M, Rapp, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Yu, additional, F, Bahna, additional, J, Bimela, additional, Y, Huang, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, L, Liu, additional, MS, Nair, additional, R, Rawi, additional, AS, Olia, additional, P, Wang, additional, B, Zhang, additional, GY, Chuang, additional, DD, Ho, additional, Z, Sheng, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2024
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4. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of neutralizing antibody 910-30 in complex with SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein (disrupted form)

Author: BB, Banach, additional, G, Cerutti, additional, AS, Fahad, additional, CH, Shen, additional, M, Oliveira De Souza, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, Y, Tsybovsky, additional, P, Wang, additional, MS, Nair, additional, Y, Huang, additional, IM, Francino-Urdániz, additional, PJ, Steiner, additional, M, Gutiérrez-González, additional, L, Liu, additional, SN, López Acevedo, additional, AF, Nazzari, additional, JR, Wolfe, additional, Y, Luo, additional, AS, Olia, additional, IT, Teng, additional, J, Yu, additional, T, Zhou, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Bimela, additional, X, Pan, additional, B, Madan, additional, AD, Laflin, additional, R, Nimrania, additional, KY, Yuen, additional, TA, Whitehead, additional, DD, Ho, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, L, Shapiro, additional, and BJ, DeKosky, additional
Published: 2024
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5. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of NTD-directed neutralizing antibody 2-51 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: G, Cerutti, additional, Y, Guo, additional, T, Zhou, additional, J, Gorman, additional, M, Lee, additional, M, Rapp, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Yu, additional, F, Bahna, additional, J, Bimela, additional, Y, Huang, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, L, Liu, additional, MS, Nair, additional, R, Rawi, additional, AS, Olia, additional, P, Wang, additional, B, Zhang, additional, GY, Chuang, additional, DD, Ho, additional, Z, Sheng, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2024
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6. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of NTD-directed neutralizing antibody 5-7 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: G, Cerutti, additional, Y, Guo, additional, P, Wang, additional, MS, Nair, additional, M, Wang, additional, Y, Huang, additional, J, Yu, additional, L, Liu, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, F, Bahna, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, DD, Ho, additional, Z, Sheng, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2024
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7. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of NTD-directed neutralizing antibody 1-87 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: G, Cerutti, additional, Y, Guo, additional, T, Zhou, additional, J, Gorman, additional, M, Lee, additional, M, Rapp, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Yu, additional, F, Bahna, additional, J, Bimela, additional, Y, Huang, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, L, Liu, additional, MS, Nair, additional, R, Rawi, additional, AS, Olia, additional, P, Wang, additional, B, Zhang, additional, GY, Chuang, additional, DD, Ho, additional, Z, Sheng, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2024
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8. Single-particle cryo-EM unaligned micrographs of NTD-directed neutralizing antibody 4-18 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: G, Cerutti, additional, Y, Guo, additional, T, Zhou, additional, J, Gorman, additional, M, Lee, additional, M, Rapp, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Yu, additional, F, Bahna, additional, J, Bimela, additional, Y, Huang, additional, PS, Katsamba, additional, L, Liu, additional, MS, Nair, additional, R, Rawi, additional, AS, Olia, additional, P, Wang, additional, B, Zhang, additional, GY, Chuang, additional, DD, Ho, additional, Z, Sheng, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2024
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9. Cryo-EM structure of neutralizing antibody 1-57 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

Author: G, Cerutti, additional, M, Rapp, additional, Y, Guo, additional, F, Bahna, additional, J, Bimela, additional, ER, Reddem, additional, J, Yu, additional, P, Wang, additional, L, Liu, additional, Y, Huang, additional, DD, Ho, additional, PD, Kwong, additional, Z, Sheng, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2024
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10. International Atomic Energy Agency's Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity network: Experiences and perspectives in the North and Latin America region

Author: Said Hamlat, P Pan, A Ferreira, B Mazzilli, N St-Amant, G Cerutti, I M. F. Gómez, L J Ruiz Esparza, E Quintero Ponce, M Cubero, R Odino, O Pinones, A Pitois, and M Rinker
Subjects: analytical laboratories for the measurement of environmental radioactivity, capacity building, collaboration, environmental radioactivity measurements, networking, Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, QC770-798
Abstract: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Network of Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity (ALMERA) is a worldwide network of laboratories capable of providing reliable and timely analysis of radionuclides in environmental samples during normal or accidental/intentional events that result in the release of radioactivity in the environment. ALMERA is coordinated by the Environment Laboratories of the IAEA and organized into five regional groups, including the North and Latin America region (NLAR), led by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Capacity building in the NLAR for the measurements of environmental radioactivity is achieved through qualitative study that consists of experiences of ALMERA core activities and perspectives of the regional initiatives, respectively. Outcomes' analysis showed that the ALMERA core activities have contributed to the improvements of the analytical capacity and capability, and the regional initiatives assisted in the strengthening of the collaboration and networking, in the NLAR region. The immediate impact of these achievements consisted of gaining technical competence in measuring environmental radioactivity and establishing a network of laboratories. In the long term, sustained efforts between ALMERA and the regional coordination will continue upgrading national and regional competence in the radio analytical services.
Published: 2019
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11. Cryo-EM SPA datasets of broadly neutralizing antibody 2-36 in complex with prefusion SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV spike glycoproteins (K3 movies/.tif files)

Author: RG, Casner, additional, G, Cerutti, additional, and L, Shapiro, additional
Published: 2022
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12. A new digital 4πγ system with a NaI well-type detector at LMR-CNEA

Author: G. Cerutti, M.C. Ferrari, C. Balpardo, Mario Rossi, and P. Arenillas
Subjects: Physics, Radiation, Source code, business.industry, Nuclear engineering, media_common.quotation_subject, Detector, Monte Carlo method, Function (mathematics), Dead time, 010403 inorganic & nuclear chemistry, 01 natural sciences, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, 0104 chemical sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Point (geometry), Nuclear medicine, business, Energy (signal processing), Electronic circuit, media_common
Abstract: A 4πγ integral counting system with a NaI(Tl) well-type detector and a digital interface to acquire measurement data was implemented at LMR-CNEA. The detection efficiency as a function of the energy was computed by Monte Carlo simulations and the total efficiencies for ampoules and point sources were calculated considering all the decay branches. A computer code was developed to analyse data. This program reads the files generated by the digitizer module, corrects for dead time and calculates source activities and their uncertainties. Ampoules with solutions of 113Sn, 192Ir and 131I were measured.
Published: 2018
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13. Space volcano observatory (SVO): a metric resolution system on-board a micro/mini-satellite

Author: Pierre Briole, G. Cerutti-Maori, and Michel Kasser
Subjects: geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Volcano, Observatory, Payload, Continuous monitoring, Radiance, Satellite, Visibility, Image resolution, Remote sensing
Abstract: 1500 volcanoes on the Earth are potentially active, one third of them have been active during this century and about 70 are presently erupting. At the beginning of the third millenium, 10% of the world population will be living in areas directly threatened by volcanoes, without considering the effects of eruptions on climate or air-trafic for example. The understanding of volcanic eruptions, a major challenge in geoscience, demands continuous monitoring of active volcanoes. The only way to provide global, continuous, real time and all-weather information on volcanoes is to set up a Space Volcano Observatory closely connected to the ground observatories. Spaceborne observations are mandatory and implement the ground ones as well as airborne ones that can be implemented on a limited set of volcanoes. SVO goal is to monitor both the deformations and the changes in thermal radiance at optical wavelengths from high temperature surfaces of the active volcanic zones. For that, we propose to map at high resolution (1 to 1,5 m pixel size) the topography (stereoscopic observation) and the thermal anomalies (pixel-integrated temperatures above 450°C) of active volcanic areas in a size of 6 x 6 km to 12 x 12 km, large enough for monitoring most of the target features. A return time of 1 to 3 days will allow to get a monitoring useful for hazard mitigation. The paper will present the concept of the optical payload, compatible with a micro/mini satellite (mass in the range 100 – 400 kg), budget for the use of Proteus platform in the case of minisatellite approach will be given and also in the case of CNES microsat platform family. This kind of design could be used for other applications like high resolution imagery on a limited zone for military purpose, GIS, evolution cadaster…
Published: 2017
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14. Evaluation of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis survival during the manufacturing process of Italian raw milk hard cheeses (Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano)

Author: N. Arrigoni, Elena Dalzini, G. Cammi, Paolo Daminelli, Elena Cosciani-Cunico, C. Garbarino, G. Cerutti, S. Leo, Alessia Galiero, M. Ricchi, M. N. Losio, and R. Savi
Subjects: Bovine milk, food.ingredient, Food Handling, Pasteurization, Paratuberculosis, Food Contamination, Biology, Microbiology, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, food, Cheese, law, Skimmed milk, medicine, Animals, Humans, Food science, 030304 developmental biology, 0303 health sciences, Microbial Viability, 030306 microbiology, Manufacturing process, food and beverages, General Medicine, Raw milk, medicine.disease, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, Creaming, Milk, Italy, Cattle, Female, Food Science
Abstract: Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP), the agent of paratuberculosis in ruminants, is suspected to be involved in the aetiology of some human diseases. Notably, the consumption of milk and dairy products is considered to be the main route of human exposure to MAP because of its ability to survive during pasteurization and manufacturing processes. The aim of this study was to investigate, through a microbiological challenge test, the survival of MAP during the manufacturing and ripening period of two Italian hard cheeses, Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano, made from raw bovine milk. The challenge test was performed in two different phases: the creaming phase and the manufacturing phase. The creaming phase, which is the first step of cheese production, was reproduced in the laboratory employing raw cow's milk spiked with a MAP reference strain at a final concentration of 5.58 log10 CFU/mL. After the creaming at 18 °C and 27 °C for 12 h, a decrease of 0.80 log10 and 0.77 log10 was observed in partially skimmed milk, respectively. In the second phase, two batches of raw cow's milk (1000 L each) were inoculated with MAP reference and wild strains, respectively. Then, the entire manufacturing process for Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano, both of Protective Designation of Origin (PDO), was reproduced in an experimental cheese factory, starting from a concentration in milk of 5.19 ± 0.01 and 5.28 ± 0.08 log10 CFU/mL of MAP reference and wild strains, respectively. Heating the curd at 53 °C for 20 min did not affect MAP survival, however a significant decrease (p Taking into account the poor data availability about MAP survival in hard cheeses, this study may improve the knowledge regarding the effect of the cheese manufacturing process on the MAP dynamics, supporting also the safety of traditional raw milk hard cheeses.
Published: 2019
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15. Retinoic Acid Modulates PTGDR Promoter Activity

Author: G Cerutti-Müller, F. Lorente, Catalina Sanz, Laura Hernandez-Hernandez, Ignacio Dávila, Asunción García-Sánchez, Fernando Marqués-García, Elena Marcos-Vadillo, and M Isidoro-García
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, 5' Flanking Region, Immunology, Response element, Receptors, Prostaglandin, Retinoic acid, Tretinoin, Retinoic acid-inducible orphan G protein-coupled receptor, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, CYP26A1, Cell Line, Tumor, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Humans, Luciferase, Receptors, Immunologic, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Binding Sites, business.industry, Promoter, Retinoic acid receptor, 030104 developmental biology, Real-time polymerase chain reaction, chemistry, Cancer research, business
Abstract: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Vitamin A has been linked to the development of allergic diseases although its role is not fully understood, Retinoic acid (RA), a metabolite of Vitamin A, has been previously associated with the prostaglandin pathway, and PTGDR, a receptor of PGD2, has been proposed as a candidate gene in allergy and asthma. Considering the role of PTGDR in allergy, the goal of this study was to analyze the effect of RA on the activation of the promoter region of the PTGDR gene. METHODS A549 lung epithelial cells were transfected with 4 combinations of genetic variants of the PTGDR promoter and stimulated with all-trans RA (ATRA); luciferase assays were performed using the Dual Luciferase Reporter System, and real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the expression of PTGDR, CYP26A1, RARA, RARB, RARG, and RXRA in basal A549 cell cultures and after ATRA treatment. We also performed an in silico analysis. RESULTS After ATRA treatment increased expression of CYP26A1 (12-fold) and RARB (4-fold) was detected. ATRA activated PTGDR promoter activity in transfected cells (P
Published: 2016

16. International Atomic Energy Agency's Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity network: Experiences and perspectives in the North and Latin America region

Author: E Quintero Ponce, A. Pitois, O Pinones, B Mazzilli, G Cerutti, R Odino, LJ Ruiz Esparza, Said Hamlat, M. Rinker, M Cubero, Nadereh St-Amant, I M. F. Gómez, A Ferreira, and P. Pan
Subjects: Latin Americans, capacity building, Atomic energy, Geography, Planning and Development, networking, Capacity building, analytical laboratories for the measurement of environmental radioactivity, Commission, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, collaboration, environmental radioactivity measurements, Political science, lcsh:QC770-798, Environmental radioactivity, Radiation monitoring, lcsh:Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity, Competence (human resources), Environmental planning, Natural radioactivity
Abstract: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Network of Analytical Laboratories for the Measurement of Environmental Radioactivity (ALMERA) is a worldwide network of laboratories capable of providing reliable and timely analysis of radionuclides in environmental samples during normal or accidental/intentional events that result in the release of radioactivity in the environment. ALMERA is coordinated by the Environment Laboratories of the IAEA and organized into five regional groups, including the North and Latin America region (NLAR), led by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission. Capacity building in the NLAR for the measurements of environmental radioactivity is achieved through qualitative study that consists of experiences of ALMERA core activities and perspectives of the regional initiatives, respectively. Outcomes' analysis showed that the ALMERA core activities have contributed to the improvements of the analytical capacity and capability, and the regional initiatives assisted in the strengthening of the collaboration and networking, in the NLAR region. The immediate impact of these achievements consisted of gaining technical competence in measuring environmental radioactivity and establishing a network of laboratories. In the long term, sustained efforts between ALMERA and the regional coordination will continue upgrading national and regional competence in the radio analytical services.
Published: 2019
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17. DYNAMO: a Mars upper atmosphere package for investigating solar wind interaction and escape processes, and mapping Martian fields

Author: Jean-Claude Gérard, Jean-André Sauvaud, Jacques Porteneuve, Andrew F. Nagy, Fritz Primdahl, Janet G. Luhmann, Mustapha Meftah, François Leblanc, David L. Mitchell, Eric Chassefière, Sándor Szalai, G. Cerutti-Maori, Sue Smrekar, Sho Sasaki, F. Barlier, Michael E. Purucker, M. Mandea, Karoly Szego, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Mario H. Acuña, G. Hulot, Thomas H. Zurbuchen, Doris Breuer, Robert Lin, Stephen W. Bougher, G. M. Keating, Michel Parrot, Eric Quémerais, Jean Lilensten, Jean-Pierre Barriot, H. Waite, John Clarke, Christian Malique, Pierre Rochus, François Forget, Jean-Gabriel Trotignon, Stefano Orsini, Jean-Loup Bertaux, Gérard Chanteur, S. Barabash, Bruce M. Jakosky, Henri Rème, Michel Menvielle, P. Touboul, D. T. Young, Service d'aéronomie (SA), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences [Ann Arbor] (AOSS), University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPG Paris)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Danish Space Research Institute (DSRI), Centre d'étude spatiale des rayonnements (CESR), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley] (SSL), University of California [Berkeley] (UC Berkeley), University of California (UC)-University of California (UC), Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Kiruna] (IRF), Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires (CETP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio] (SwRI), Boston University [Boston] (BU), Laboratoire de physique et chimie de l'environnement (LPCE), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université d'Orléans (UO)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble (LPG), Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Institut für Planetologie [Münster], Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster = University of Münster (WWU), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder] (LASP), University of Colorado [Boulder], The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), The George Washington University (GW), ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon], ONERA-Université Paris Saclay (COmUE), Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique [Liège], Université de Liège, Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-IPG PARIS-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, University of California [Berkeley], University of California-University of California, Université d'Orléans (UO)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-École polytechnique (X)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Météo France-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (WWU), California Institute of Technology (CALTECH)-NASA, and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
Subjects: Atmospheric Science, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Mars, Aerospace Engineering, Magnetosphere, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Astrobiology, 0103 physical sciences, Gravity field, Upper atmosphere, Mercury's magnetic field, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Martian, Atmospheric escape, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Mars Exploration Program, Solar wind, Escape, Magnetic field, Geophysics, [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics], 13. Climate action, Space and Planetary Science, Physics::Space Physics, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Timekeeping on Mars, Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, Thermosphere, Geology
Abstract: International audience; DYNAMO is a small multi-instrument payload aimed at characterizing current atmospheric escape, which is still poorly constrained, and improving gravity and magnetic field representations, in order to better understand the magnetic, geologic and thermal history of Mars. The internal structure and evolution of Mars is thought to have influenced climate evolution. The collapse of the primitive magnetosphere early in Mars history could have enhanced atmospheric escape and favored transition to the present arid climate. These objectives are achieved by using a low periapsis orbit. DYNAMO has been proposed in response to the AO released in February 2002 for instruments to be flown as a complementary payload onboard the CNES Orbiter to Mars (MO-07), foreseen to be launched in 2007 in the framework of the French PREMIER Mars exploration program. MO-07 orbital phase 2b (with an elliptical orbit of periapsis 170 km), and in a lesser extent 2a, offers an unprecedented opportunity to investigate by in situ probing the chemical and dynamical properties of the deep ionosphere, thermosphere, and the interaction between the atmosphere and the solar wind, and therefore the present atmospheric escape rate. Ultraviolet remote sensing is an essential complement to characterize high, tenuous, layers of the atmosphere. One Martian year of operation, with about 5,000 low passes, should allow DYNAMO to map in great detail the residual magnetic field, together with the gravity field. Additional data on the internal structure will be obtained by mapping the electric conductivity, sinergistically with the NETLANDER magnetic data. Three options have been recommended by the International Science and Technical Review Board (ISTRB), who met on July 1st and 2nd, 2002. One of them is centered on DYNAMO. The final choice, which should be made before the end of 2002, will depend on available funding resources at CNES.
Published: 2004
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18. Results from the fifth international comparison of absolute gravimeters, ICAG'97

Author: Martine Amalvict, J. M. Chartier, J. Mäkinen, B. Kibble, I. Marson, J. Liard, D. Stizza, Jacques Hinderer, G. P. Arnautov, G. Cerutti, Alessandro Germak, B. Luck, M. Schnull, E. N. Kalish, Yu. F. Stus, L. Vitushkin, J. M. Delinte, R. Edge, Olivier Francis, James E. Faller, A. Pachuta, Xu Jin Yi, Huang Da Lun, Z. Zabek, J. Friederich, I.A. Robinson, H. Hopewell, T. M. Vandam, Fang Yong Yuan, H. Wilmes, Guo You Guang, F. Rehren, C. Gagnon, D. Ruess, K. Schmidt, Lennart Robertsson, and G. Jeffries
Subjects: Gravity (chemistry), Meteorology, Gravimeter, Value (economics), General Engineering, Standard uncertainty, Mathematics
Abstract: The fifth in the series of International Comparisons of Absolute Gravimeters (ICAG) was held at the Bureau International des Poids et Measures (BIPM) in November 1997. Fifteen absolute gravimeters participated in the comparison. The mean gravity value obtained at station A (0.9 m) at the BIPM was found to be 980 925 707.8 µGal with a standard uncertainty of 2.8 µGal. This is consistent with the results obtained in previous comparisons at this site. Conclusions based on the analysis of the present results and proposals for future activities are presented.
Published: 2001
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19. Accounting for art

Author: Luca Zan, Maestro Carlo Mayer, Anthony Blackstock, and G Cerutti
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Strategy and Management, medicine, Accounting, Sociology, Social science, business, Applied Psychology, Positive accounting
Published: 2000
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20. Influence of clinical history on airways bacterial colonization in subjects with chronic tracheostomy

Author: C G Cerutti, Isabella Gnemmi, S. Zaccaria, Claudio F. Donner, A. Capelli, and Mirco Lusuardi
Subjects: Adult, Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Staphylococcus aureus, Neuromuscular disease, Microbiological culture, medicine.drug_class, immunoglobulins, Antibiotics, neuromuscular disorders, Gastroenterology, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Tracheostomy, kyphoscoliosis, bronchial aspirate, chronic tracheostomy, Internal medicine, Pseudomonas, medicine, Humans, Restrictive lung disease, Lung Diseases, Obstructive, Risk factor, Respiratory system, Respiratory Tract Infections, Serratia marcescens, Aged, COPD, Respiratory tract infections, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Antibodies, Bacterial, Surgery, Chronic Disease, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Female, bacteriology, business, Respiratory Insufficiency
Abstract: Patients with chronic tracheostomy are subject to significant bacterial colonization of the airways, a risk factor for respiratory infections. The aim of our study was to verify whether bacterial colonization and humoral immune response in the airways can be influenced by the disease which led to chronic respiratory failure and tracheostomy. Thirty-nine clinically stable outpatients with chronic tracheostomy were considered: 24 were affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (mean age 66 years, range 54-78, M/F 19/3; months since tracheostomy 23, range 3-62), 15 by restrictive lung disease (RLD) (12 thoracic wall deformities, three neuromuscular disease; age 57 years, range 41-72; M/F 3/12, months since tracheostomy 22, range 2-68). Recent antibiotic or corticosteroid treatments (< 1 month) were among exclusion criteria. Bacterial counts were assessed in tracheobronchial secretions with the method of serial dilutions. Identification of bacterial strains was performed by routine methods. Albumin, IgG, A, and M were measured in airways secretions with an immunoturbidimetric method. No significant differences were found between the two groups as regards either the quantitative bacterial cultures (RLD 81.4, 2.6-4200 x 10(4); COPD 75.9, 1.0-1530 x 10(4) colony forming units (cfu)/ml, geometric mean, range) or the prevalence of the main bacterial strains, (Pseudomonas species: 38 and 37%, Serratia marcescens: 31 and 23%, Staphylococcus aureus: 14 and 6%, Proteus species: 3 and 8%, for RLD and COPD respectively) as a percentage of total strains isolated (RLD = 26, COPD = 48). Immunoglobulin levels did not show significant differences, apart from being higher in underweight subjects. We conclude that in our series of stable outpatients with chronic tracheostomy, bacteria-host interaction in the airways was not influenced by the clinical history.
Published: 2000
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21. Identification of human pulmonary alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes

Author: Carlo G. Cerutti, A. Capelli, Claudio F. Donner, and Mirco Lusuardi
Subjects: Adult, Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Isozyme, Agglutinin, Pulmonary fibrosis, medicine, Humans, Lung, chemistry.chemical_classification, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Smoking, Middle Aged, Alkaline Phosphatase, medicine.disease, Isoenzymes, Bronchoalveolar lavage, Enzyme, chemistry, Biochemistry, Case-Control Studies, Immunoassay, Agarose gel electrophoresis, Alkaline phosphatase, Female, Lung Diseases, Interstitial, business, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Abstract: An increase of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity has been observed in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of patients affected by pulmonary fibrosis in chronic interstitial lung disorders. To characterize the ALP isoenzymes in such cases, we used gel filtration, agarose gel electrophoresis, heat and amino acid inhibition assays, wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA) precipitation, and an immunoassay specific for the bone-isoform of ALP. Only one anodic band representing a high-molecular-weight isoform of ALP (Mr approximately 2,000 kDa) was observed on electrophoresis of BALF. The inhibition assay results were consistent for a tissue-nonspecific isoenzyme sensitive to a temperature of 56 degrees C (71.9 +/- 2.5% inhibition) and to homoarginine (65.7 +/- 1.9%), and resistant to L-phenylalanine and L-leucine. Less than 13% of ALP activity was heat-stable. After incubation of BALF specimens with glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase D plus Nonidet P-40, or with phosphatidylinositol-phospholipase C alone, an electrophoretic cathodic band (Mr approximately 220 kDa) appeared near the bone band of a standard serum. With the WGA assay, 84.4 +/- 3.3% of ALP precipitated and the band disappeared. After immunoassay for the bone isoform, a mean of less than 5% enzyme activity was measured. We conclude that the ALP found in BALF is a pulmonary isoform of a tissue nonspecific isoenzyme.
Published: 1997
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22. Lung alkaline phosphatase as a marker of fibrosis in chronic interstitial disorders

Author: Mirco Lusuardi, Claudio F. Donner, Carlo G. Cerutti, and A. Capelli
Subjects: Adult, Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Silicosis, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary, Fibrosis, Albumins, medicine, Humans, Lung, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Respiratory disease, Clinical Enzyme Tests, Middle Aged, Alkaline Phosphatase, Prognosis, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Bronchoalveolar lavage, Alkaline phosphatase, Female, Sarcoidosis, Lung Diseases, Interstitial, business, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Biomarkers
Abstract: Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in lung lavage fluids is a marker of tissue damage and type II cell proliferation. Type II pneumocytes are extensively involved in fibrosis. The aim of our study was to verify whether local ALP activity can be held as a marker of fibrosis in chronic interstitial lung disorders. ALP was determined in the bronchoalveolar lavage of 140 subjects: 25 control subjects, and 33 patients with silicosis, 38 with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and 18 with Stage I, 16 with Stage II, and 10 with Stage III/IV sarcoidosis. We observed a significant augmentation of ALP activity in patients with IPF, as well as in those with Stages II and III/IV sarcoidosis. Albumin was higher in those with Stages I and II sarcoidosis, but it was normal in the other groups. Therefore, a significant increase in ALP:albumin ratio characterized IPF (median, 10.3; range, 2.4 to 83.2) and Stage III/IV sarcoidosis, (8.9, 4.4 to 103.1) as compared with Stage I (2, 1.1 to 18) and Stage II (4.7, 0.7 to 26.6) sarcoidosis, silicosis (6.5, 0.5 to 42.7), and the nonsmoker (6.1, 2.9 to 12.9) and smoker (6.4, 2 to 15.2) control groups. We conclude that an increase of the ALP: albumin ratio in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from patients with chronic interstitial disorders may reflect a fibrosing progression.
Published: 1997
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23. The inverted CD4:CD8 ratio is associated with cytomegalovirus, poor cognitive and functional states in older adults

Author: Cristina Bonorino, I. Gomes da Silva Filho, R. Pestana Lopes, G. Cerutti Muller, B. Luz Correa, Jos A. Bosch, Moisés Evandro Bauer, Paula Engroff, Ana Paula Ornaghi, and Klinische Psychologie (Psychologie, FMG)
Subjects: Male, Aging, Activities of daily living, Immunology, Congenital cytomegalovirus infection, CD4-CD8 Ratio, Biology, Neuropsychological Tests, Immunophenotyping, Endocrinology, Cognition, medicine, Cytotoxic T cell, Humans, Neuropsychological assessment, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, medicine.diagnostic_test, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Immunosenescence, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Functional Activities Questionnaire, Flow Cytometry, Neurology, Cytomegalovirus Infections, Female, CD8
Abstract: Background: Some premature features of immunosenescence have been associated with persistent viral infections and altered populations of T cells. In particular, the inverted T CD4:CD8 ratio has been correlated with increased morbidity and mortality across different age groups. Objective: Here, we investigated the role of persistent viral infections, cognitive and functional states as predictors of inverted CD4:CD8 ratio of older adults in a developing country. Methods: Three hundred and sixty community-dwelling older adults (aged 60-103 years) were recruited. Cognitive function was evaluated by the Instrument of Brief Neuropsychological Assessment and Mini-Mental State Examination inventory. Functional Activities Questionnaire was used to determine activities of daily living. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) serologies were determined by ELISAs. Peripheral blood was assessed for lymphocyte subsets by flow cytometry (CD4+, CD8+, NK, NKT, B and CD8+CD28-). Results: Fifty-nine individuals were identified with CD4:CD8 ratio 1. The older adults with inverted CD4:CD8 ratio had impairments in some cognitive dimensions and had more functional disability and dependency (p = 0.01) than subjects with CD4:CD8 ratio >1. The lymphocyte subsets did not vary between groups. The increased CMV-IgG titers alone contributed to 8× higher chance to invert CD4:CD8 T cell ratio (OR 8.12, 95% CI 1.74-37.88, p < 0.01). Conclusion: Our data further indicate the role of CMV on circulating T cells, poor cognition and functional disability/dependency during aging.
Published: 2013

24. Fourth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters

Author: C. Gagnon, D. Stizza, Glenn S. Sasagawa, A. Lothhammer, J. Liard, J. Friederich, M. Murakami, Lennart Robertsson, I. Marson, L. Vitushkin, J. M. Chartier, M. Schnull, H. Wilmes, G. Cerutti, James E. Faller, K. Krauterbluth, F. Rehren, J. Mäkinen, P. de Maria, and D. Ruess
Subjects: Correction algorithm, Systematic error, Gravimeter, General Engineering, Current technology, Gravimetry, Geodesy, Mathematics
Abstract: In 1994, from 24 May to 8 June, the fourth International Comparison of Absolute Gravimeters was held at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, S?vres, France. Eleven absolute gravimeters were operated at five sites and then compared by means of a high-precision gravity network which was itself observed throughout the period. The results demonstrate that absolute gravimetry can be carried out to an accuracy of 3 ?Gal to 4 ?Gal, which represents a substantial improvement since the first international comparison (1981, 10 ?Gal). The relatively low rate of improvement, one third of an order of magnitude in fifteen years, is certainly limited by current technology for measuring small time and space intervals. A notable finding of the comparison was an unsuspected source of systematic error which can be eliminated by new hardware or corrected through a correction algorithm.
Published: 1995
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25. Airways inflammation in subjects with chronic bronchitis who have never smoked

Author: E L Spada, A. Capelli, Claudio F. Donner, M Lusuardi, and C G Cerutti
Subjects: Adult, Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Chronic bronchitis, Neutrophils, Leukocyte Count, Humans, Medicine, Bronchitis, Aged, chemistry.chemical_classification, Lung, Pancreatic Elastase, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Macrophages, Respiratory disease, Albumin, Proteins, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Neutrophilia, respiratory tract diseases, Oxidative Stress, medicine.anatomical_structure, Bronchoalveolar lavage, chemistry, Transferrin, Chronic Disease, Immunology, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Research Article
Abstract: BACKGROUND--Smoking is the single most common cause of chronic bronchitis but the disease can also occur in non-smokers. Alterations in the lung responsible for the disease, such as oxidant/antioxidant and protease/antiprotease imbalance, have been investigated in smokers. The aim of our study was to evaluate local cellular and soluble factors (albumin, immunoglobulins, proteases, alpha 1-antitrypsin, and transferrin) that may be involved in the development of chronic bronchitis in subjects who have never smoked. METHODS--Sixteen clinically stable patients with chronic bronchitis who had never been smokers were studied and 17 healthy non-smokers served as controls. All subjects underwent bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Total and differential cell counts and concentrations of the main proteins (albumin, immunoglobulins, complement fractions, alpha 1-antitrypsin, and transferrin) were measured. Elastase-like activity was assessed in cells and supernatants. To estimate the oxidant burden the release of superoxide anion (O2-) from native cell populations was evaluated. RESULTS--Recovery of BAL fluid was reduced in older individuals in both the chronic bronchitis and control groups. There was no difference in total cell count, but neutrophil percentage count was higher in those with chronic bronchitis (median (range) 3.5 (1.6-14.2)) than in controls (1.3 (0.5-3.7)). These differences were most pronounced in the first recovery, representative of the bronchial lavage. There was no difference in bronchial epithelial cells. Total proteins and albumin levels were comparable and IgG, IgA, IgM, C3, C4, transferrin and alpha 1-antitrypsin values standardised to albumin did not show any significant differences. No differences in elastase-like levels in supernatants were detected. In cell lysates elastase-like activity x 10(7) cells (macrophages+neutrophils) was increased in patients with chronic bronchitis (0.25 (0.06-4.3) compared with controls 0.08 (0.03-0.9) micrograms PPEeq). The release of O2- both at baseline and after opsonised zymosan phagocytosis did not show any differences. Correlation analysis between FEV1 and BAL fluid data showed a negative correlation only with neutrophils/ml. CONCLUSIONS--Clinically stable non-smokers with chronic bronchitis show no alterations of local immune components, oxidant burden, and free elastase-like activity in BAL fluids, while the content of elastase-like activity in phagocytic cells is increased. As in smokers, bronchial neutrophilia is the most significant cellular modification which correlates with the degree of airflow obstruction.
Published: 1994
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26. Personality traits in secondary amenorrhea

Author: Ar Genazzani, G. Cerutti, G. Nappi, Fabio Facchinetti, and Loredana Fioroni
Subjects: endocrine system, medicine.medical_specialty, Psychometrics, media_common.quotation_subject, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Neuroticism, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Endocrinology, Reproductive Medicine, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Internal medicine, medicine, Personality, Amenorrhea, medicine.symptom, Big Five personality traits, Luteinizing hormone, Psychology, Pathological, media_common
Abstract: The personality traits in 61 consecutive patients affected by secondary amenorrhea requesting help for menstrual disorders were evaluated. Patients were administered the reduced form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and a semistructured interview. Clinical, instrumental and neuroendocrine examinations were done, including plasma estrogens, luteinizing hormone (LH) pulsatility study, thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) test. Nine patients were excluded because the endocrine evaluation did not show evidence of certain pathological changes. The remaining 52 patients were considered for this study and divided into two groups according to the presence (16 cases) or the absence (36 cases) of an acute life event temporally related to the onset of amenorrhea. MMPI profiles showed high levels in all scales of ‘Neurotic area’ and a reduction in the correction (K) and masculinity—femininity (Mf) scales in the group with a life event. With the neuroendocrine approach 87.5% of these patients s...
Published: 1991
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27. System test of the ATLAS muon spectrometer in the H8 beam at the CERN SPS

Author: Adorisio, C. Aielli, G. Alexopoulos, T. Amaral, P. Amelung, C. Avolio, G. Avramidou, R. Bagnaia, P. Barisonzi, M. Barone, M. Bauer, F. Benhammou, I. Bensinger, J. Beretta, M. Bobbink, G. Borisov, A. Boterenbrood, H. Boyko, I. Braccini, S. Branchini, P. Bressler, S. Canale, V. Caprio, M. Cardarelli, R. Cataldi, G. Cerutti, F. Chapman, J. Chelkov, G. Chiodini, G. Ciapetti, G. Cirilli, M. Dedovich, D. Della Pietra, M. Della Volpe, D. De Asmundis, R. Di Ciaccio, A. Di Domenico, A. Di Simone, A. Dubbert, J. Etzion, E. Fakhrutdinov, R. Falciano, S. Ferrari, R. Formica, A. Fukunaga, C. Gaudio, G. Gazis, E. Giraud, P.F. Gorini, E. Grancagnolo, F. Gregory, J. Groenstege, H. Guyot, C. Harel, A. Hart, R. Hashemi, K. Hassani, S. Horvat, S. Ichimiya, R. Iengo, P. Ikeno, M. Ioannou, P. Iodice, M. Ishino, M. Kataoka, Y. Konig, A. Kortner, O. Kourkoumelis, C. Kozhin, A. Kroha, H. Krumshteyn, Z. Kurashige, H. Lacava, F. Lancon, E. Lanza, A. Laporte, J.F. Lellouch, D. Levin, D. Levinson, L. Lifshitz, R. Linde, F. Luci, C. Lupu, N. Maccarrone, G. Maeno, T. Mair, K. Maltezos, S. Manz, A. Meoni, E. Mikenberg, G. Mockett, P. Mohrdieck-Moeck, S. Nagano, K. Nikolaev, K. Nikolaidou, R. Nisati, A. Nomoto, H. Orestano, D. Palestini, S. Pasqualucci, E. Pastore, F. Perrino, R. Petrucci, F. Polesello, G. Policicchio, A. Pomarede, D. Ponsot, P. Pontecorvo, L. Primavera, M. Rauscher, F. Rebuzzi, D. Richter, R. Rosati, S. Rothberg, J. Sakamoto, H. Santonico, R. Sasaki, O. Schricker, A. Schuler, G. Schune, P. Spagnolo, S. Spiwoks, R. Staude, A. Stavropoulos, G. Sugaya, Y. Tanaka, S. Tarem, S. Thun, R. Trigger, I. Tsipolitis, G. Valderanis, C. Valente, P. Vandelli, W. Vari, R. Veneziano, S. Vermeulen, J. Wengler, T. Werneke, P. Wijnen, T. Wolter, M. Woudstra, M. Yasu, Y. Zema, P.F. Zhao, Z. Zhemchugov, A. Zhou, B. van Eldik, N. van der Graaf, H.
Subjects: Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Nuclear Experiment
Abstract: We describe a system test of the ATLAS muon spectrometer performed at the H8 beam line of the CERN Super-Proton-Synchrotron (SPS) during 2003. The setup includes one barrel tower made of six Monitored Drift Tube chambers equipped with an alignment system and four Resistive Plate Chambers, and one end-cap octant consisting of six end-cap MDT equipped with an alignment system and one triplet and two doublets of Thin Gap Chambers. Many system aspects of the muon spectrometer have been studied with this setup, from the performance of the precision and trigger chambers to the capability to align the precision chambers at the level of a few tens of micrometers and to operate the muon trigger at the crossing frequency of the LHC. © 2008 Elsevier B.V.
Published: 2008

28. Accreditation experience of radioisotope metrology laboratory of Argentina

Author: M. Carballido, A. Iglicki, X. Araya, G. Cerutti, J.C. Furnari, R. Bianchini, M.I. Milá, V. Guillén, and P. Arenillas
Subjects: Engineering, Radiation, Quality Assurance, Health Care, business.industry, Argentina, Radiation Dosage, Atomic energy commission, Metrology, Accreditation, Quality management system, Radiation Protection, Radiation Monitoring, Systems engineering, Calibration, Nuclear Medicine, Radiopharmaceuticals, Quality policy, business, Laboratories, Quality assurance
Abstract: This work presents the experience developed by the Radioisotope Metrology Laboratory (LMR), of the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA), as result of the accreditation process of the Quality System by ISO 17025 Standard. Considering the LMR as a calibration laboratory, services of secondary activity determinations and calibration of activimeters used in Nuclear Medicine were accredited. A peer review of the ( α / β ) - γ coincidence system was also carried out. This work shows in detail the structure of the quality system, the results of the accrediting audit and gives the number of non-conformities detected and of observations made which have all been resolved.
Published: 2006

29. Search for neutral MSSM Higgs bosons at LEP

Author: Schael, S. Barate, R. Bruneliére, R. de Bonis, I. Decamp, D. Goy, C. Jézéquel, S. Lees, J.-P. Martin, F. Merle, E. Minard, M.-N. Pietrzyk, B. Trocmé, B. Bravo, S. Casado, M.P. Chmeissani, M. Crespo, J.M. Fernandez, E. Fernandez-Bosman, M. Garrido, L. Martinez, M. Pacheco, A. Ruiz, H. Colaleo, A. Creanza, D. de Filippis, N. de Palma, M. Iaselli, G. Maggi, G. Maggi, M. Nuzzo, S. Ranieri, A. Raso, G. Ruggieri, F. Selvaggi, G. Silvestris, L. Tempesta, P. Tricomi, A. Zito, G. Huang, X. Lin, J. Ouyang, Q. Wang, T. Xie, Y. Xu, R. Xue, S. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Zhao, W. Abbaneo, D. Barklow, T. Buchmüller, O. Cattaneo, M. Clerbaux, B. Drevermann, H. Forty, R.W. Frank, M. Gianotti, F. Hansen, J.B. Harvey, J. Hutchcroft, D.E. Janot, P. Jost, B. Kado, M. Mato, P. Moutoussi, A. Ranjard, F. Rolandi, L. Schlatter, D. Teubert, F. Valassi, A. Videau, I. Badaud, F. Dessagne, S. Falvard, A. Fayolle, D. Gay, P. Jousset, J. Michel, B. Monteil, S. Pallin, D. Pascolo, J.M. Perret, P. Hansen, J.D. Hansen, J.R. Hansen, P.H. Kraan, A.C. Nilsson, B.S. Kyriakis, A. Markou, C. Simopoulou, E. Vayaki, A. Zachariadou, K. Blondel, A. Brient, J.-C. Machefert, F. Rougé, A. Videau, H. Ciulli, V. Focardi, E. Parrini, G. Antonelli, A. Antonelli, M. Bencivenni, G. Bossi, F. Capon, G. Cerutti, F. Chiarella, V. Mannocchi, G. Laurelli, P. Mannocchi, G. Murtas, G.P. Passalacqua, L. Kennedy, J. Lynch, J.G. Negus, P. O'Shea, V. Thompson, A.S. Wasserbaech, S. Cavanaugh, R. Dhamotharan, S. Geweniger, C. Hanke, P. Hepp, V. Kluge, E.E. Putzer, A. Stenzel, H. Tittel, K. Wunsch, M. Beuselinck, R. Cameron, W. Davies, G. Dornan, P.J. Girone, M. Marinelli, N. Nowell, J. Rutherford, S.A. Sedgbeer, J.K. Thompson, J.C. White, R. Ghete, V.M. Girtler, P. Kneringer, E. Kuhn, D. Rudolph, G. Bouhova-Thacker, E. Bowdery, C.K. Clarke, D.P. Ellis, G. Finch, A.J. Foster, F. Hughes, G. Jones, R.W.L. Pearson, M.R. Robertson, N.A. Smizanska, M. van der Aa, O. Delaere, C. Leibenguth, G. Lemaitre, V. Blumenschein, U. Holldorfer, F. Jakobs, K. Kayser, F. Müller, A.-S. Renk, B. Sander, H.-G. Schmeling, S. Wachsmuth, H. Zeitnitz, C. Ziegler, T. Bonissent, A. Coyle, P. Curtil, C. Ealet, A. Fouchez, D. Payre, P. Tilquin, A. Ragusa, F. David, A. Dietl, H. Ganis, G. Hüttmann, K. Lütjens, G. Männer, W. Moser, H.-G. Settles, R. Villegas, M. Wolf, G. Boucrot, J. Callot, O. Davier, M. Duflot, L. Grivaz, J.-F. Heusse, P. Jacholkowska, A. Serin, L. Veillet, J.-J. Azzurri, P. Bagliesi, G. Boccali, T. Foà, L. Giammanco, A. Giassi, A. Ligabue, F. Messineo, A. Palla, F. Sanguinetti, G. Sciabà, A. Sguazzoni, G. Spagnolo, P. Tenchini, R. Venturi, A. Verdini, P.G. Awunor, O. Blair, G.A. Cowan, G. Garcia-Bellido, A. Green, M.G. Medcalf, T. Misiejuk, A. Strong, J.A. Teixeira-Dias, P. Clifft, R.W. Edgecock, T.R. Norton, P.R. Tomalin, I.R. Ward, J.J. Bloch-Devaux, B. Boumediene, D. Colas, P. Fabbro, B. Lancon, E. Lemaire, M.-C. Locci, E. Perez, P. Rander, J. Tuchming, B. Vallage, B. Litke, A.M. Tayíor, G. Booth, C.N. Cartwright, S. Combley, F. Hodgson, P.N. Lehto, M. Thompson, L.F. Böhrer, A. Brandt, S. Grupen, C. Hess, J. Ngac, A. Prange, G. Borean, C. Giannini, G. He, H. Putz, J. Rothberg, J. Armstrong, S.R. Berkelman, K. Cranmer, K. Ferguson, D.P.S. Gao, Y. González, S. Hayes, O.J. Hu, H. Jin, S. Kile, J. McNamara, P.A. Nielsen, J. Pan, Y.B. von Wimmersperg-Toeller, J.H. Wiedenmann, W. Wu, J. Wu, S.L. Wu, X. Zobernig, G. Dissertori, G. Abdallah, J. Abreu, P. Adam, W. Adzic, P. Albrecht, T. Alderweireld, T. Alemany-Fernandez, R. Allmendinger, T. Allport, P.P. Amaldi, U. Amapane, N. Amato, S. Anashkin, E. Andreazza, A. Andringa, S. Anjos, N. Antilogus, P. Apel, W.-D. Arnoud, Y. Ask, S. Asman, B. Augustin, J.E. Augustinus, A. Baillon, P. Ballestrero, A. Bambade, P. Barbier, R. Bardin, D. Barker, G.J. Baroncelli, A. Battaglia, M. Baubillier, M. Becks, K.-H. Begalli, M. Behrmann, A. Ben-Haim, E. Benekos, N. Benvenuti, A. Berat, C. Berggren, M. Berntzon, L. Bertrand, D. Besancon, M. Besson, N. 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Weiglein, G.
Subjects: High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: The four LEP collaborations, ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, have searched for the neutral Higgs bosons which are predicted by the Minimal Supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). The data of the four collaborations are statistically combined and examined for their consistency with the background hypothesis and with a possible Higgs boson signal. The combined LEP data show no significant excess of events which would indicate the production of Higgs bosons. The search results are used to set upper bounds on the cross-sections of various Higgs-like event topologies. The results are interpreted within the MSSM in a number of "benchmark" models, including CP-conserving and CP-violating scenarios. These interpretations lead in all cases to large exclusions in the MSSM parameter space. Absolute limits are set on the parameter tan β and, in some scenarios, on the masses of neutral Higgs bosons.
Published: 2006

30. Precision electroweak measurements on the Z resonance

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Harvey, J Jacobsen, R Hutchcroft, DE Janot, R Jost, B Knobloch, J Kado, M Lehraus, I and Lazeyras, P Maley, R Mato, P May, J Moutussi, A and Pepe-Altarelli, M Ranjard, F Rolandi, L Schlatter, D and Schmitt, B Schneider, O Tejessy, W Teubert, F Tomalin, IR Tournefier, E Veenhof, R Valassi, A Wiedenmann, W and Wright, AE Ajaltouni, Z Badaud, F Chazelle, G Deschamps, O Dessagne, S Falvard, A Ferdi, C Fayolle, D Gay, P and Guicheney, C Henrard, P Jousset, J Michel, B and Monteil, S Montret, JC Pallin, D Pascolo, JM Perret, P and Podlyski, F Bertelsen, H Fernley, T Hansen, JD and Hansen, JR Hansen, PH Kraan, AC Lindahl, A Mollerud, R and Nilsson, BS Rensch, B Waananen, A Daskalakis, G and Kyriakis, A Markou, C Simopoulou, E Siotis, I Vayaki, A and Zachariadou, K Blondel, A Bonneaud, G Brient, JC and Machefert, E Rouge, A Rumpf, M Swynghedauw, M Tanaka, R and Verderi, M Videau, H Ciulli, V Focardi, E Parrini, G and Zachariadou, K Corden, M Georgiopoulos, C Antonelli, A and Antonelli, M 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S Marchant, TE Maringer, G Markus, C Martin, A Martin, JP and Martinez, G Masetti, G Mashimo, T Matthews, W Maur, U and McDonald, WJ McGowan, RF McKenna, J Mckigney, EA and McMahon, TJ McNab, AI McNutt, J McPherson, AC McPherson, RA Meijers, F Mendez-Lorenzo, P Menges, W Menke, S and Menszner, D Merritt, FS Mes, H Meyer, J Meyer, N and Michelini, A Middleton, RP Mihara, S Mikenberg, G and Mildenberger, J Miller, DJ Milstene, C Mir, R Moed, S and Mohr, W Moisan, C Montanari, A Mori, T Morii, M and Moss, MW Mouthuy, T Muller, U Murphy, PG Mutter, A and Nagai, K Nakamura, I Nanjo, H Neal, HA Nellen, B and Nguyen, HH Nijjhar, B Nisius, R Nozaki, M Oakham, FG and Odorici, F Ogg, M Ogren, HO Oh, A Oh, H Okpara, A and Oldershaw, NJ Omori, T O'Neale, SW O'Neill, BP Oram, CJ Oreglia, MJ Orito, S Pahl, C Palinkas, J and Palmonari, F Pansart, JP Panzer-Steindel, B Paschievici, P and Pasztor, G Pater, JR Patrick, GN Pawley, SJ and Paz-Jaoshvili, N Pearce, MJ Petzold, S Pfeifenschneider, P and Pfister, P Pilcher, JE Pinfold, J Pitman, D Plane, DE Poffenberger, P Poli, B Polok, J Pooth, O and Posthaus, A Pouladdej, A del Poz, LA Prebys, E and Pritchard, TW Przybycien, M Przysiezniak, H Quadt, A and Quast, G Rabbertz, K Raith, B Redmond, MW Rees, DL and Rembser, C Renkel, P Richards, GE Rick, H Rigby, D and Riles, K Robins, SA Robinson, D Rodning, N Rollnik, A and Roney, JM Rooke, A Ros, E Rosati, S Roscoe, K and Rossberg, S Rossi, AM Rosvick, M Routenburg, P Rozen, Y and Runge, K Runolfsson, O Ruppel, U Rust, DR Rylko, R and Sachs, K Saeki, T Sahr, O Sanghera, S Sarkisyan, EKG and Sasaki, M Sbarra, C Schaile, AD Schaile, O and Schappert, W Scharf, F Scharff-Hansen, P Schenk, P and Schieck, J Schmitt, B von der Schmitt, H Schmitt, S and Schorner-Sadenius, T Schreiber, S Schroder, M Schutz, P and Schultz-Coulon, HC Schulz, M Schumacher, M Schwarz, J and Schwick, C Schwiening, J Scott, WG Settles, M Seuster, R and Shears, TG Shen, BC Shepherd-Themistocleous, CH and Sherwood, P Shypit, R Simon, A Singh, P Siroli, GP and Sittler, A Skillman, A Skuja, A Smith, AM Smith, TJ and Snow, GA Sobie, R Soldner-Rembold, S Spagnolo, S Spano, F Springer, RW Sproston, M Stahl, A Starks, M and Steiert, M Stephens, K Steuerer, J Stier, HE and Stockhausen, B Stoll, K Strohmer, R Strom, D Strumia, F and Stumpf, L Surrow, B Szymanski, P Tafirout, R Takeda, H Takeshita, T Talbot, SD Tanaka, S Taras, P Tarem, S Tasevsky, M Taylor, RJ Tecchio, M Teixeira-Dias, P and Tesch, N Teuscher, R Thackray, NJ Thiergen, M Thomas, J and Thomson, MA von Torne, E Torrence, E Towers, S Toya, D Trocsanyi, Z Tran, P Transtromer, G Trefzger, T and Tresilian, NJ Trigger, I Tscheulin, M Tsukamoto, T Tsur, E Turcot, AS Tumer-Watson, MF Tysarczyk-Niemeyer, G and Ueda, I Ujvari, B Utzat, P Vachon, B Van den Plas, D and Van Kooten, R VanDalen, GJ Vannerem, P Vasseur, G and Vertesi, R Verzocchi, M Vikas, P Vincter, M Virtue, CJ and Vokurka, EH Vollmer, CF Voss, H Vossebeld, J and Wackerle, F Wagner, A Wagner, DL Wahl, C Walker, JP and Waller, D Ward, CP Ward, DR Ward, JJ Watkins, PM and Watson, AT Watson, NK Weber, M Weber, P Weisz, S and Wels, PS Wengler, T Wermes, N Wetterling, D Weymann, M and Whalley, MA White, JS Wilkens, B Wilson, JA Wilson, GW Wingerter, I Winterer, VH Wlodek, T Wolf, G Wood, NC Wotton, S Wyatt, TR Yaari, R Yamashita, S Yang, Y and Yeaman, A Yekutieli, G Yurko, M Zacek, V Zacharov, I and Zer-Zion, D Zeuner, W Zivkovic, L Zorn, GT Abe, K and Abe, K Abe, T Abt, I Acton, PD Adam, I Agnew, G and Akagi, T Akimoto, H Allen, NJ Ash, WW Aston, D and Bacchetta, N Baird, KG Baltay, C Band, HR Barakat, MB and Baranko, GJ Bardon, O Barklow, TL Bashindzhagian, GL and Battiston, R Bauer, JM Bazarko, AO Bean, A Bellodi, G and Ben-David, R Benvenuti, AC Berger, R Biasini, M and Bienz, T Bilei, GM Bisello, D Blaylock, G Bogart, J and Bolen, B Bolton, T Bower, GR Brau, JE Breidenbach, M and Bugg, WM Burke, D Burnett, TH Burrows, PN Busza, W and Calcaterra, A Caldwell, DO Camanzi, B Carpinelli, M and Carr, J Cassell, R Castaldi, R Castro, A Cavalli-Sforza, M Chadwick, GB Chou, A Church, E Claus, R Cohn, HO and Coller, JA Convery, MR Cook, V Cotton, R Cowan, RF and Coyle, PA Coyne, DG Crawford, G D'Oliveira, A and Damerell, CJS Daoudi, M Dasu, S de Groot, N de Sangro, R and De Simone, P De Simone, S Dell'Orso, R Dervan, PJ and Dima, M Dong, DN Doser, M Du, PYC Dubois, R Duboscq, JE Eigen, G Eisenstein, BI Elia, R Erdos, E and Erofeeva, I Eschenburg, V Etzion, E Fahey, S Falciai, D and Fan, C Fernandez, JP Fero, MJ Flood, K Frey, R and Friedman, JI Furuno, K Garwin, EL Gillman, T Gladding, G and Gonzalez, S Hallewell, GD Hart, EL Harton, JL Hasan, A Hasegawa, Y Hasuko, K Hedges, S Hertzbach, SS and Hildreth, MD Hitlin, DG Honma, A Huber, JS Huffer, ME and Hughes, EW Huynh, X Hwang, H Iwasaki, M Iwasaki, Y and Izen, JM Jackson, DJ Jacques, P Jaros, JA Jiang, ZY and Johnson, AS Johnson, JR Johnson, RA Junk, T and Kajikawa, R Kalelkar, M Kamyshkov, YA Kang, HJ Karliner, I Kawahara, H Kelsey, MH Kendall, HW Kim, YD King, M and King, R Kofler, R Krishna, NM Kwon, Y Labs, JF and Kroeger, RS Langston, M Lath, A Lauber, JA Leith, DWG and Lia, V Lin, C Liu, MX Loreti, M Lu, A Lynch, HL and Ma, J Mancinelli, G Manly, S Mantovani, G and Markiewicz, TW Maruyama, T Masuda, H Mazzucato, H and McGowan, JF McKemey, AK Meadows, BT Messner, R Mockett, PM Moffeit, KC Moore, TB Morii, M Mours, B Muller, D and Mueller, G Murzin, V Nagamine, T Narita, S and Nauenberg, U Neal, H Nesom, G Nussbaum, M Ohnishi, Y and Oishi, N Onoprienko, D Osborne, LS Panvini, RS Park, CH and Park, H Pavel, TJ Peruzzi, I Pescara, L Piccolo, M and Piemontese, L Pieroni, E Pitts, KT Plano, RJ and Prepost, R Prescott, CY Punkar, G Quigley, J Ratcliff, BN Reeves, K Reeves, TW Reidy, J Reinertsen, PL and Rensing, PE Rochester, LS Rothberg, JE Rowson, PC and Russell, JJ Saxton, OH Schalk, T Schindler, RH and Schneekloth, U Schumm, BA Schwiening, J Seiden, A Sen, S and Serbo, VV Servoli, L Shaevitz, MH Shank, JT Shapiro, G Sherden, DJ Shmakov, KD Simopoulos, C Sinev, NB and Smith, SR Smy, MB Snyder, JA Sokoloff, MD Staengle, H and Stahl, A Starner, P Steiner, H Steiner, R Strauss, MG Su, D Suekane, F Sugiyama, A Suzuki, A Suzuki, S and Swartz, M Szumilo, A Takahashi, T Taylor, FE Thaler, JJ Thom, J Torrence, E Trandafir, AI Turk, JD Usher, T Va'vra, J Vannini, C Vella, E Venuti, JP Verdier, R Verdini, PG Wagner, DL Wagner, SR Waite, AP and Walston, S Wang, J Watts, SJ Weidemann, AW Weiss, ER and Whitaker, JS White, SL Wickens, FJ Williams, DA and Williams, DC Williams, SH Willocq, S Wilson, RJ and Wisniewski, WJ Wittlin, JL Woods, M Word, GB Wright, TR and Wyss, J Yamamoto, RK Yamartino, JM Yang, XQ Yashima, J Yellin, SJ Young, CC Yuta, H Zapalac, G Zdarko, RW and Zeitlin, C Zhou, J ALEPH Collaborat DELPHI Collaborat and L3 Collaborat OPAL Collaborat SLD Collaborat
Subjects: High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: We report on the final electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the Z resonance by the experiments operating at the electron-positron colliders SLC and LEP. The data consist of 17 million Z decays accumulated by the ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL experiments at LEP, and 600 thousand Z decays by the SLID experiment using a polarised beam at SLC. The measurements include cross-sections, forward-backward asymmetries and polarised asymmetries. The mass and width of the Z boson, m(Z) and Gamma(Z), and its couplings to fermions, for example the p parameter and the effective electroweak mixing angle for leptons, are precisely measured: m(Z) = 91.1875 +/- 0.0021 GeV, Gamma(Z) = 2.4952 +/- 0.0023 GeV, rho(l) = 1.0050 +/- 0.0010, sin(2)theta(eff)(lept) = 0.23153 +/- 0.00016. The number of light neutrino species is determined to be 2.9840 +/- 0.0082, in agreement with the three observed generations of fundamental fermions. The results are compared to the predictions of the Standard Model (SM). At the Z-pole, electroweak radiative corrections beyond the running of the QED and QCD coupling constants are observed with a significance of five standard deviations, and in agreement with the Standard Model. Of the many Z-pole measurements, the forward-backward asymmetry in b-quark production shows the largest difference with respect to its SM expectation, at the level of 2.8 standard deviations. Through radiative corrections evaluated in the framework of the Standard Model, the Z-pole data are also used to predict the mass of the top quark, m(t) = 173(+10)(+13) GeV, and the mass of the W boson, m(W) = 80.363 +/- 0.032 GeV. These indirect constraints are compared to the direct measurements, providing a stringent test of the SM. Using in addition the direct measurements of m(t) and m(W), the mass of the as yet unobserved SM Higgs boson is predicted with a relative uncertainty of about 50% and found to be less than 285 GeV at 95% confidence level. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Published: 2006

31. Volatile N-nitrosamines in selected Italian cheeses

Author: Luisa Airoldi, G Cerutti, A Dellisanti, and University of Groningen
Subjects: Chromatography, Gas, Nitrosamines, Food Handling, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, alpha-Tocopherol, Tocopherols, Food Contamination, Toxicology, Antioxidants, chemistry.chemical_compound, Cheese, Vitamin E, FOODSTUFFS, Food science, Food market, Human liver, Chemistry, Dietary intake, General Medicine, Reference Standards, Pollution, Italy, Nitrosamine, Carcinogens, N nitrosamines, %22">Fish , Food contaminant, Nitroso Compounds
Abstract: Volatile N-nitrosamines are a small part of the larger class of nitroso compounds, which are widespread and often carcinogenic food contaminants. Since Freund’s discovery (1937) of human liver damage due to exposure to N-nitrosodimethylamine and Magee and Barnes’ demonstration of the toxic and carcinogenic action of this nitrosamine in animals (1956), many studies have set up to measure environmental contamination with these molecules. Beer and meats were found to be an important exogenous source, but other foods such as fish, vegetables and dairy products also made significant contribution to the total dietary intake of N-nitrosamines (MAFF, 1987 and 1992; Gangolli, 1994). Only few research projects have dealt with the measurement of nitrosamines in cheese (Goodhead et al., 1976; Gough et al., 1977; Sen et al., 1978 ; Elgersma et al., 1978; Stephany et al., 1978; Pedersen et al., 1980, Mavelle et al., 1991). The Italian food market has rarely been studied and no recent data are available about N-nitrosamines in cheeses in Italy (Cantafora et al, 1975; Cerutti et al., 1975).
Published: 1996

32. Activity measurements of the radionuclide99mTc for the CNEA, Argentina and the LNMRI/IRD, Brazil in the ongoing comparison BIPM.RI(II)-K4.Tc-99m

Author: Antonio Eduardo de Oliveira, Regio dos Santos Gomes, Akira Iwahara, P Arenillas, Paulo Alberto Lima da Cruz, Carlos José da Silva, C Michotte, Denise S. Moreira, R. Poledna, José Ubiratan Delgado, M Nonis, G Cerutti, and Ronaldo Lins da Silva
Subjects: Activity measurements, business.industry, General Engineering, Mutual recognition, Nuclear medicine, business, Mathematics
Abstract: In 2012 and 2013, comparisons of activity measurements of 99mTc using the Transfer Instrument of the International Reference System (SIRTI) took place, respectively, at the Comision Nacional de Energia Atomica (CNEA, Argentina) and at the Laboratorio Nacional de Metrologia das Radiacoes Ionizantes, Instituto de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria (LNMRI/IRD, Brazil). Ampoules containing about 21 kBq (CNEA) and 66 kBq (LNMRI/IRD) of a 99mTc solution were measured in the SIRTI for more than two half-lives. The comparison, identifier BIPM.RI(II)-K4.Tc-99m, is linked to the BIPM.RI(II)-K1.Tc-99m comparison and the degrees of equivalence with the key comparison reference value and between the present CNEA and LNMRI/IRD results, the other K4 participants and the six participants in the K1 comparison have been evaluated. Main text. To reach the main text of this paper, click on Final Report. Note that this text is that which appears in Appendix B of the BIPM key comparison database kcdb.bipm.org/. The final report has been peer-reviewed and approved for publication by the CCRI, according to the provisions of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (CIPM MRA).
Published: 2013
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33. Intraluminal inflammation in the airways of patients with chronic bronchitis after treatment with Ambroxol

Author: M, Lusuardi, A, Capelli, M, Salmona, M T, Tacconi, C G, Cerutti, and C F, Donner
Subjects: Inflammation, Male, Ambroxol, Double-Blind Method, Chronic Disease, Humans, Bronchi, Female, Middle Aged, Bronchitis, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Expectorants
Abstract: Ambroxol is a mucus-modifying drug with a known ability to stimulate surfactant secretion and inhibit, in vitro, the production of proinflammatory cytokines, neutrophil chemotaxis, and Na+ absorption by the airway epithelium. In dogs inhaling ozone, bronchial hyperreactivity can be inhibited by aerosolized Ambroxol. To verify the possibility of producing anti-inflammatory effects in a clinically relevant condition, 20 patients with chronic bronchitis, randomly divided into two balanced matched groups, were submitted to a 14 day trial with Ambroxol, 150 mg.day-1, or placebo, according to a double-blind design. A bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed the day before starting treatment (T0) and at the 14th day (T14). The analysis of the cellular and soluble (total proteins, albumin, immunoglobulin G and A (IgG and IgA)) BAL components demonstrated no clear modifications. In particular, neutrophil values from the bronchial aliquot showed a large dispersion, with no significant differences (Ambroxol: T0 = 13.7 +/- 5.2%, T14 = 14.0 +/- 6.8%; placebo: T0 = 3.6 +/- 1.1%, T14 = 5.5 +/- 2.2%). We found a nonsignificant increase of phospholipids in BAL supernatants from Ambroxol-treated patients (2.5 +/- 1.9 vs 3.0 +/- 1.9 micrograms.mg-1 of protein); whilst in the placebo group data before and after treatment were superimposable (2.2 +/- 1.5 vs 2.3 +/- 1.9 micrograms.mg-1 of protein). In conclusion, we have failed to demonstrate that conventional treatment with oral Ambroxol can modify surfactant and BAL cell populations in the airways of patients with chronic bronchitis.
Published: 1995

34. Short term effects of intra-arterial propionyl-l-carnitine on isolated canine hind-limbs

Author: A, Cevese, F, Schena, R, Poltronieri, and G, Cerutti
Subjects: Male, Perfusion, Dogs, Carnitine, Blood Circulation, Hemodynamics, Animals, Blood Vessels, Infusions, Intra-Arterial, Female, In Vitro Techniques, Muscle, Skeletal, Hindlimb
Abstract: Treatment with propionyl-L-carnitine has been shown to increase the walking capacity of patients with peripheral vascular disease, but the mechanisms responsible for the effect are unknown. To study the effects of propionyl-L-carnitine on musculocutaneous vascular beds and the related mechanisms, a preparation of constant-pressure blood-perfused dog hind-limb was used. Since the propionyl-L-carnitine solution had a pH less than 4 the contralateral limb simultaneously received acidified saline. The substances were injected into the perfused arteries in 2 minutes or in 20 minutes, and the cumulative dose of propionyl-L-carnitine was 20 mg/kg for each administration. The preparation was well suited for this study, because there were no major systemic effects of propionyl-L-carnitine, nor signs of cross-circulation between the isolated limbs. Propionyl-L-carnitine increased flow by 130% in 2 minute infusions and by 49% in 20 minute infusions. Acidified saline increased flow by 47% in 2 minute infusions and by 34% in 20 minute infusions. The difference between propionyl-L-carnitine and acidified saline was significant in 2 minute infusions. The 2 minute infusions of propionyl-L-carnitine increased venous PO2 by 34% and PCO2 by 22% while pH decreased by 0.07. The 20 minute infusions of propionyl-L-carnitine increased PO2 by 22% and PCO2 by 24% while pH decreased 0.10 units. Acidified saline increased only venous PO2 in 2 minute infusions (16%). Calculated oxygen consumption of the perfused limbs increased in 2 minute infusions of propionyl-L-carnitine, but not significantly. It was concluded that propionyl-L-carnitine has a direct vasodilator effect in musculocutaneous vascular beds at high doses and probably enhances tissue metabolism.
Published: 1995

35. Intercomparison of IMGC Absolute and GWR Superconducting Gravimeters

Author: P. de Maria, F. Palmonari, G. Casula, G. Cerutti, I. Marson, S. Focardi, Paolo Baldi, G. SUNKEL, I. MARSON, Baldi, P, Casula, G, Focardi, S, Palmonari, F, Cerutti, G, DE MARIA, P, and Marson, Iginio
Subjects: Physics, Gravitation, Superconductivity, Gravity (chemistry), Gravimeter, Absolute gravity, Tidal force, Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Calibration, Metre, Geodesy, Physics::Geophysics
Abstract: In May 1994 a first comparison campaign between a superconducting and the IMGC absolute gravimeter has been performed in Brasimone, near Bologna in Italy. The superconducting gravimeter was previously calibrated by means of a moving ring, the mass of which has been measured with the highest accuracy allowed by the actual technology. During the three days of observation with the absolute gravity meter, a maximum, a complete semidiurnal curve and a minimum of the tidal effect have been observed. These data have been used to compute the calibration factor of the superconducting gravity meter; it agrees in a rather satisfactory way with the results of the calibration with the moving mass.
Published: 1995
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36. THE RING IMAGING CHERENKOV DETECTOR OF DELPHI

Author: W. Adam, E.G. Anassontzis, E. Albrecht, I. Ambec, G. van Apeldoorn, Y. Arnoud, C. Aubret, A. Augustinus, P. Baillon, C. Barnoux, M. Battaglia, M. Berggren, D. Bloch, O. Botner, C. Bourdarios, N. Brümmer, J.M. Brunet, A.P. Budziak, A. Buys, L.P. Caloba, P. Carecchio, P. Carrié, P. Cavalli, R. Cereseto, G. Cerutti, M. Chevry, E. Christophel, E. Dahl-Jensen, B. D'Almagne, Ph. Dam, P. van Dam, G. Damgaard, M. Davenport, J. Dolbeau, M. Dracos, M. Dris, N. de Koning, A.S. de la Vega, N. Dimitriou, L-O. Eek, T. Ekelöf, J. Erikson, J.P. Engel, G. Evers, D. Fassouliotis, T.A. Filippas, A. Florek, B. Florek, E. Fokitis, F. Fontanelli, A. Fontenille, D. Fraissard, K. Galuszka, J. Garcia, E. Gaumann, E. Gazis, B. Goret, V. Gracco, L. Guglielmi, F. Hahn, S. Haider, A. Hallgren, W. Hao, T. Henkes, P.F. Honoré, K. Huet, P. Ioannou, H. Johansson, P. Juillot, G. Kalkanis, E. Karvelas, S. Katsanevas, E. Katsoufis, P. Kindblom, N. Kjaer, W. Klempt, P.M. Kluit, B. Koene, P. Kokkinias, C. Kourkoumelis, C. Lambropoulos, D. Langerveld, G. Lecoeur, G. Lenzen, L-E. Lindqvist, A. López Agúera, D. Loukas, A. Maltezos, S. Maltezos, A. Markou, L. Mattsson, J. Medbo, J. Michalowski, F. Montano, G. Mourgue, B.S. Nielsen, R. Nicolaidou, J.M. Noppe, J.M. Ostler, K. Pakonski, Th.D. Papadopoulou, D. Poutot, A. Petrolini, G. Polok, L.K. Resvanis, E. Rosso, G. Sajot, M. Schaeffer, M. Sannino, E. Saragas, E. Schyns, S. Squarcia, G. Stavropoulos, M. Stodulski, Z. Stopa, R. Strub, J. Thadome, G.E. Theodosiou, D.Z. Toet, L. Traspedini, G. Tristram, A. Tsirou, M. Turala, S. Tzamarias, O. Ullaland, P. Vergezac, G. Voulgaris, A. Wärm, J. Werner, M. Zavrtanik, and E. Zevgolatakos
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Large Hadron Collider, Photon, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, business.industry, Cherenkov detector, Detector, Solid angle, Particle identification, Ring-imaging Cherenkov detector, law.invention, Nuclear physics, Optics, law, High Energy Physics::Experiment, business, Instrumentation, Storage ring
Abstract: The ring imaging Cherenkov detector system in the DELPHI experiment at the Large Electron-Positron storage ring at CERN, is designed to do particle identification over most of the solid angle in the momentum range from ∼2 GeV c to ∼40 sol GeV c . Two radiator media are used to cover the momentum range; (i) a 1 cm layer of liquid C6F14, and (ii) a volume filled with gaseous C5F12 or C4F10. Photosensitive time projection chambers record the conversion points of the ultraviolet photons produced in both radiator systems. The total active area is ∼30 m2 in the barrel region and ∼8 m2 in the two endcaps. The design of the detector systems is described in this paper. We will also report performance figures and compare them to simulation studies.
Published: 1994

37. Effectiveness of Ritanserin on Pain and Depression in Chronic Headache Disorders

Author: Giuseppe Nappi, G. Cerutti, G. C. Manzoni, G. Micieli, Luigi Ruiz, F. Granella, and G. Sandrini
Subjects: Pain disorder, Analgesic, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Ritanserin, medicine.disease, Migraine, Anesthesia, medicine, Anxiety, Antidepressant, Amitriptyline, medicine.symptom, Psychology, medicine.drug
Abstract: Depression is a frequent feature of chronic headache. A complex relationship exists between these two clinical entities. In particular, several antidepressant drugs (e.g. amitriptyline) are effective in the treatment of migraine and other chronic headache disorders. Ritanserin is a new selective 5HT2-antagonist for which antidepressant and analgesic activities have recently been suggested. In a double-blind study we examined the effects of ritanserin (10 mg p.o./day) vs amitriptyline (50 mg p.o./ day) in 38 chronic headache patients with depression (HRSD scores > 18) (30 F, 8 M; 20–50 yrs). A significant improvement of Pain Total Index (PTI), Analgesic Consumption (AC), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) and Anxiety (HRSA) was observed after three months administration of both drugs. In conclusion ritanserin shows evident antidepressant and anticephalalgic properties.
Published: 1990
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38. 20 P Efficacy of citalopram for the treatment of patients with functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain

Author: C. Colla, D. Agresta, Erminio Trespi, L. Magnani, R. Vigoni, M.G. Polino, and G. Cerutti
Subjects: Abdominal pain, Hepatology, business.industry, Anesthesia, Gastroenterology, Medicine, Citalopram, medicine.symptom, business, medicine.drug
Published: 2002
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39. Methods for evaluation of protein components in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids

Author: A Capelli, M Colombo, M Lusuardi, C F Donner, and C G Cerutti
Subjects: Bronchoalveolar lavage, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Immunoassay, Biochemistry (medical), Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology, medicine, business
Published: 1993
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40. Increased MCP-1 and MIP-1β in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of chronic bronchitics

Author: Isabella Gnemmi, Claudio F. Donner, A. Capelli, C G Cerutti, P. Balbo, Mirco Lusuardi, Bruno Balbi, and A. Di Stefano
Subjects: Male, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Chronic bronchitis, Gastroenterology, Pathogenesis, Forced Expiratory Volume, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Bronchitis, Chemokine CCL4, Macrophage inflammatory protein, Chemokine CCL2, Chemokine CCL3, Immunoassay, Lung, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Monocyte, Smoking, Respiratory disease, Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Bronchoalveolar lavage, medicine.anatomical_structure, Chronic Disease, Immunology, Female, business, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, Biomarkers
Abstract: CC-chemokines are chemotactic factors expressed in a wide range of cell types and tissues. The aim of this study was to evaluate the involvement of CC-chemokines in the airways inflammation of patients affected by chronic bronchitis. The study evaluated, with an immunoassay, the concentrations of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta (MIP-1beta), in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 12 smokers affected by chronic bronchitis and 14 smoking, 15 nonsmoking and six exsmoking healthy subjects. MCP-1 was significantly increased in patients with chronic bronchitis ((mean+/-SD) 10.75+/-4.04 pg x mL(-1)) and in the smoker control group (12.39+/-5.87 pg x mL(-1)) compared with healthy exsmokers: (7.12+/-1.60 pg x mL(-1), p=0.035 and p=0.045, respectively) and nonsmokers (6.41+/-3.87 pg x mL(-1), p=0.003 and p=0.006, respectively). MIP-1alpha concentrations were undetectable. A significant difference was observed in MIP-1-beta levels in BALF of chronic bronchitics (8.11+/-5.97 pg x mL(-1)) compared to smoker (3.57+/-2.90 pg x mL(-1), p=0.018), exsmoker (3.43+/-0.68 pg x mL(-1), p=0.025) and nonsmoker (3.39+/-3.73 pg x mL(-1), p=0.008) control groups. A negative correlation was observed between MIP-1beta levels and forced expiratory volume in one second values (p=-0.64, p=0.035) in chronic bronchitics. An increase of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 is related to smoking habit and seems consistent with a lung inflammatory reaction. On the contrary, an increase in macrophage inflammatory protein-1beta levels is restricted to smokers developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. These data suggest a role of CC-chemokines in the pathogenesis of chronic bronchitis.
Published: 1999
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41. Absolute-gravity measurements in Europe

Author: G. Cerutti, I. Marson, and L. Cannizzo
Subjects: Gravity (chemistry), Gravitational field, Absolute gravity, Measuring instrument, Geodesy
Abstract: In 1976 and 1977, 25 absolute-gravity measurements were carried out in 17 stations in Europe with the new transportable apparatus of the Istituto di Metrologia «G. Colonnetti», in order to improve the world gravity standard, to begin the study of the scale linearity along the line Hammerfest-Nairobi in IGSN 71 and to establish new absolute references. The uncertainty of the measurements is of the order of 10 μGal, about 20 times better than the accuracy of IGSN 71.
Published: 1978
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42. Absolute Gravity Acceleration Measurements: Experiences with a Transportable Gravimeter

Author: L. Cannizzo, F. Alasia, G. Cerutti, and I. Marson
Subjects: Physics, Gravimeter, Absolute gravity, General Engineering, Acceleration (differential geometry), Geodesy
Abstract: A brief description is given of the apparatus for absolute gravity acceleration measurements that was constructed by the Istituto di Metrologia "G Colonnetti" - Torino - in cooperation with the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures. The paper supplies information on the use of the gravimeter in the past seven years, during which g measurements were made at 52 stations over the world, and analyses as well the causes of possible errors in the g measurements, while pointing out the methods adopted to eliminate their effects.
Published: 1982
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43. Testing of strain-gauge pressure transducers up to 3.5 MPa at cryogenic temperatures and in magnetic fields up to 6 T

Author: R. Maghenzani, G.F. Molinar, and G. Cerutti
Subjects: Materials science, Acoustics, Full scale, General Physics and Astronomy, Cryogenics, Pressure sensor, Magnetic field, law.invention, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Transducer, Pressure measurement, law, General Materials Science, Strain gauge, Extensometer
Abstract: The characteristics of four commercial strain-gauge pressure transducers suitable for measurements in a temperature range from 4.2 to 293 K were determined in the presence of magnetic fields up to 6 T. The highest pressure measured was 3.5 MPa. Tests showed that if the transducers are used in these conditions and no corrections are made, uncertainties up to 19% of the transducer full scale may be inherent in measurements. When such high error levels are unacceptable, the transducers must be individually calibrated under the working conditions: in this way the uncertainties in pressure measurements can usually be kept below 1 % of the transducer full scale.
Published: 1983
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44. Sur la th orie scalaire des r seaux

Author: R Petit and G Cerutti-Maori
Subjects: Physics, Optics, business.industry, business, Humanities
Published: 1970
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45. Sur Une Nouvelle Methode De Resolution Du Probleme De La Diffraction D'une Onde Plane Par Un Reseau Infiniment Conducteur

Author: M. Neviere, M. Cadilhac, and G. Cerutti-Maori
Subjects: Diffraction, Physics, business.industry, Plane wave, Physics::Optics, Grating, Conductivity, Polarization (waves), Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, business
Abstract: A new formulation of the problem of the diffraction of plane waves by a grating has been given in a previous paper, in the case of an infinite conductivity. We show here that this method is very suited to the numerical determination of diffracted energies, for both polarization cases, even in the vicinity of Wood anomalies. The results are in good agreement with those obtained with other methods.
Published: 1971
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46. Pressure metrology up to 1.2 GPa with manganin gauges

Author: L. Bianchi, G. Cerutti, and G.F. Molinar
Subjects: Hysteresis, Materials science, Temperature and pressure, Transducer, General Engineering, Calibration, Mechanics, Repeatability, Atmospheric temperature range, Manganin, Metrology
Abstract: This study completes an investigation on four similar manganin-coil cells by supplying their metrological characteristics, particularly stability with time. Two of these transducers were extensively tested with different fluids in the −20 to 80°C temperature range; they showed noticeable R0 drift. Nevertheless, their metrological characteristics (calibration equation, repeatability, non linearity and hysteresis, temperature and pressure coefficients,...) remained within well acceptable limits. When used with some precautions and at the appropriate temperature, they can be employed as transfer standards in intercomparisons, with typical ±0.05% uncertainty. All the calibration data (R=f(T,P)) are compared with Czaputowicz's model.
Published: 1986
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47. Lightweight Cold Mirror And Fixation

Author: C. Singer, G. Cerutti-Maori, J. Paseri, and J. Espiard
Subjects: Diffraction, Physics, Wavefront, Cold mirror, Stray light, business.industry, Zerodur, law.invention, Telescope, Root mean square, Optics, law, Thermal, business
Abstract: This paper presents the main results of a feasibility study (ESTEC contract n° 6122/84/NL/GM with AEROSPATIALE and REOSC) of a cold lightweight mirror. This is the pri-mary mirror of a RITCHEY-CHRETIEN telescope for the ISO satellite, diffraction limited at 5 μm ( λ/14 RMS). The following points are the main difficulties which must be taken into account to define the mirror : - Choice of mirror material, based on the best optical suitability, homogeneity of the thermal expansion coefficient and straylight characteristics. The available materials are ZERODUR optical grade and fused silica HERASIL 1 grade. Fused silica seems to be the best material because there is no deformation of a sample under radiations and no hysterisis during temperature cycles, opposite to ZERODUR. - Lightweighting, REOSC know-how with numerical machine tools allows to reach a weight of 20 kg (instead of 57 kg) and in terms of aspherical coefficient, the wave front er-ror is about λ/86 in RMS value at 5 μm. - Mirror fixation device, based on a patented fixation for ambient temperature, does not introduce torque in the mirror and take up the differential thermal expansion between the mirror and the optical support structure. A calculation gives a wave front error of λ/70 RMS at 5 μm. - Mirror cooling, temperature of the mirror in space has to be less than 10° K. It is necessary to bond thermal straps at the rear of the optical surface of the mirror in lightweighting holes. The number of straps necessary to cool down to 10° K the mirror in 48 hours must be over 40. The number of holes in the mirror is 57.
Published: 1986
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48. [Hemispheric specialization in recognition of alphabetic material]

Author: G, Cerutti, V, Cosi, G, Borutti, and E, Magrotti
Subjects: Adult, Male, Reaction Time, Visual Perception, Brain, Humans, Female, Verbal Learning, Dominance, Cerebral, Visual Cortex
Abstract: Choice reaction time with manual response (right and left hand) to alphabetic stimuli (capital letters A-E = positive stimulus, and R-F = negative stimulus) projected at 5 degrees in the nasal and in temporal hemisfield of the right eye (half of the subjects) and of the left eye (the remaining half) was studied in 12 normal subjects (6 males and 6 females). The RT mean values were the result of the mean of the median of each block of trial, repeated in 4 sessions. The percentage of errors was also considered. The mean RT was calculated for each of the possible 4 experimental conditions hand-hemifield, in the males and females separately, and in all the cases. The data obtained, submitted to the statistical analysis, show a significant superiority of the left hemisphere in the recognition of the alphabetic stimuli, both in males and females, despite the prevalence of the right hand.
Published: 1980

49. In Flight Calibration For The Imaging Instrument Of Vegetation Payload (Spot 4)

Author: G. Cerutti-Maori and R. Krawczyk
Subjects: Geography, Pixel, Payload, Equator, Nadir, Satellite, Satellite imagery, Field of view, Vegetation, Geodesy, Remote sensing
Abstract: VEGETATION is one payload on the earth-observation satellite SPOT 4, launch scheduled in 1992. It is developped, assembled and tested by AEROSPATIALE, under CNES contract. Its objectives are : - primarily : an operational world-scale survey of the evolution of VEGETATION (forecasting of agricultural yields and environmental studies); - secondarily : the observation of oceanic areas. Field of view is ± 50.5°C (2 000 km on ground), with observation frequency of less than 2 days at equator. The system, equipped with its own telemetry channels and on-board computer , will send coded data according 2 types of observation : . world wide observation : recording, then time-tagged transmission, with a nadir resolution of 1.165 km x 1.165 km or (in an exclusive sense) 4.66 km x 4.66 km (agglomeration of 16 pixels), . regional observation real-time transmission, with a nadir resolution of 1.165 km.
Published: 1988
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50. The Advanced OCM: An Imaging Spectrometer For The Mapping Of Sea-Surface Chlorophyll Content

Author: G. Cerutti-Maori
Subjects: Chlorophyll content, Geography, Meteorology, Spectrometer, Solar spectra, Multispectral image, Calibration, Imaging spectrometer, Physical oceanography, Sea level, Remote sensing
Abstract: The paper presents the main results of a feasibility study (ESA Contract n° 5234/82 with AEROSPATIALE and Marconi Space Systems) of an 8-channel multispectral push-broom instrument, operating in the earth-reflected solar spectrum, for oceans applications. The objective for this so-called "Advanced OCM" (Ocean Colour Monitoring) is the mapping of sea-surface chlorophyll conteit with an accuracy of 20 %, which calls for exceptional radio-metric accuracy of NEΔ
Published: 1986
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