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- Adcox, K, et al.
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PHENIX detector overview
- 2003
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment. - 0167-5087. ; 499:2-3, s. 469-479
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The PHENIX detector is designed to perform a broad study of A-A, p-A, and p-p collisions to investigate nuclear matter under extreme conditions. A wide variety of probes, sensitive to all timescales, are used to study systematic variations with species and energy as well as to measure the spin structure of the nucleon. Designing for the needs of the heavy-ion and polarized-proton programs has produced a detector with unparalleled capabilities. PHENIX measures electron and muon pairs, photons, and hadrons with excellent energy and momentum resolution. The detector consists of a large number of subsystems that are discussed in other papers in this volume. The overall design parameters of the detector are presented. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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- Hillier, Ladeana W, et al.
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Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution
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Ingår i: Nature. - 0028-0836 .- 1476-4687. ; 432:7018, s. 695-716
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present here a draft genome sequence of the red jungle fowl, Gallus gallus. Because the chicken is a modern descendant of the dinosaurs and the first non-mammalian amniote to have its genome sequenced, the draft sequence of its genome--composed of approximately one billion base pairs of sequence and an estimated 20,000-23,000 genes--provides a new perspective on vertebrate genome evolution, while also improving the annotation of mammalian genomes. For example, the evolutionary distance between chicken and human provides high specificity in detecting functional elements, both non-coding and coding. Notably, many conserved non-coding sequences are far from genes and cannot be assigned to defined functional classes. In coding regions the evolutionary dynamics of protein domains and orthologous groups illustrate processes that distinguish the lineages leading to birds and mammals. The distinctive properties of avian microchromosomes, together with the inferred patterns of conserved synteny, provide additional insights into vertebrate chromosome architecture.
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- Moore, P. R., et al.
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Virtual engineering : an integrated approach to agile manufacturing machinery design and control
- 2003
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Ingår i: Mechatronics (Oxford). - : BioMed Central Ltd.. - 0957-4158 .- 1873-4006. ; 13:10, s. 1105-1121
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A virtual manufacturing approach for designing, programming, testing, verifying and deploying control systems for agile modular manufacturing machinery are proposed in this paper. It introduces the concepts, operations, mechanisms and implementation techniques for integrating simulation environments and distributed control system environments so that the control logic programs that have been programmed and verified in the virtual environment can be seamlessly transferred to the distributed control system environment for controlling the real devices. The approach looks to exploit simulation in a much wider range of applications with great advantages in the design and development of manufacturing machine systems. In particular, it facilitates the verification of the runtime support applications using the simulation model before they are applied to the real system. Mechanisms that allow runtime data to be collected during operation of the real machinery to calibrate the simulation models are also proposed. The system implemented delivers a powerful set of software tools for realising agile modular manufacturing systems.
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- Pellegrino, P., et al.
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Separation of vacancy and interstitial depth profiles in proton- and boron-implanted silicon
- 2002
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Ingår i: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B. - 0168-583X .- 1872-9584. ; 186, s. 334-338
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new experimental method of studying shifts between concentration-versus-depth profiles of vacancy-type and interstitial-type defects in ion-implanted silicon is demonstrated. The concept is based on deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) measurements utilizing the filling pulse variation technique. The vacancy profile. represented by the vacancy-oxygen center and the interstitial profile, represented by the substitutional carbon-interstitial carbon pair, are obtained at the same sample temperature by varying the duration of the filling pulse, Thus the two profiles can be recorded with a high relative depth resolution, Point defects have been introduced in low doped float zone n-type silicon by implantation with 6 MeV boron ions and 1.3 MeV protons at room temperature, using low doses. For each implantation condition the peak of the interstitial profile is shown to be displaced by similar to 0.5 mum towards larger depths compared to that of the vacancy profile. This shift is primarily attributed to the preferential forward momentum of recoiling Si atoms, in accordance with theoretical predictions.
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- Ding, Hao, et al.
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A specific requirement for PDGF-C in palate formation and PDGFR-alpha signaling.
- 2004
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Ingår i: Nat Genet. - 1061-4036. ; 36:10, s. 1111-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PDGF-C is a member of the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) family, which signals through PDGF receptor (PDGFR) alphaalpha and alphabeta dimers. Here we show that Pdgfc(-/-) mice die in the perinatal period owing to feeding and respiratory difficulties associated with a complete cleft of the secondary palate. This phenotype was less severe than that of Pdgfra(-/-) embryos. Pdgfc(-/-) Pdgfa(-/-) embryos developed a cleft face, subepidermal blistering, deficiency of renal cortex mesenchyme, spina bifida and skeletal and vascular defects. Complete loss of function of both ligands, therefore, phenocopied the loss of PDGFR-alpha function, suggesting that both PDGF-A and PDGF-C signal through PDGFR-alpha to regulate the development of craniofacial structures, the neural tube and mesodermal organs. Our results also show that PDGF-C signaling is a new pathway in palatogenesis, different from, and independent of, those previously implicated.
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- Leveque, P., et al.
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Identification of hydrogen related defects in proton implanted float-zone silicon
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Ingår i: European Physical Journal. - : EDP Sciences. - 1286-0042 .- 1286-0050. ; 23:1, s. 5-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Hydrogen related defects in high purity n-type float zone silicon samples have been studied by means of Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy. They were introduced, as well as the characteristic vacancy-oxygen (VO) and divacancy (V-2) centers, by MeV proton implantation. Two hydrogen related defect levels were resolved at 0.32 eV and 0.45 eV below the conduction band edge (E-c). Careful annealing studies indicate strongly that a third hydrogen related level, overlapping with the singly negative charge state level of V-2, is also present in the implanted samples. The annealing behavior of the hydrogen related defects has been compared with literature data leading to a rather firm identification. The E-c-0.32 eV level originates from a VO center partly saturated with hydrogen (a VOH complex) while the E-c-0.45 eV level may be ascribed to a complex involving a monovacancy and a hydrogen atom ( a VH complex). The third hydrogen related defect is tentatively ascribed to a complex involving a hydrogen atom and a divacancy ( a V2H complex).
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- Liu, Jian, et al.
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Toxicity of familial ALS-linked SOD1 mutants from selective recruitment to spinal mitochondria
- 2004
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Ingår i: Neuron. - : Cell Press. - 0896-6273 .- 1097-4199. ; 43:1, s. 5-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- One cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is mutation in ubiquitously expressed copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1), but the mechanism of toxicity to motor neurons is unknown. Multiple disease-causing mutants, but not wild-type SOD1, are now demonstrated to be recruited to mitochondria, but only in affected tissues. This is independent of the copper chaperone for SOD1 and dismutase activity. Highly preferential association with spinal cord mitochondria is seen in human ALS for a mutant SOD1 that accumulates only to trace cytoplasmic levels. Despite variable proportions that are successfully imported, nearly constant amounts of SOD1 mutants and covalently damaged adducts of them accumulate as apparent import intermediates and/or are tightly aggregated or crosslinked onto integral membrane components on the cytoplasmic face of those mitochondria. These findings implicate damage from action of spinal cord-specific factors that recruit mutant SOD1 to spinal mitochondria as the basis for their selective toxicity in ALS.
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