A First Search for coincident Gravitational Waves and High Energy Neutrinos using LIGO, Virgo and ANTARES data from 2007

We present the results of the first search for gravitational wave bursts associated with high energy neutrinos. Together, these messengers could reveal new, hidden sources that are not observed by conventional photon astronomy, particularly at high energy. Our search uses neutrinos detected by the underwater neutrino telescope ANTARES in its 5 line configuration during the period January - September 2007, which coincided with the fifth and first science runs of LIGO and Virgo, respectively. The LIGO-Virgo data were analysed for candidate gravitational-wave signals coincident in time and direction with the neutrino events. No significant coincident events were observed. We place limits on the density of joint high energy neutrino - gravitational wave emission events in the local universe, and compare them with densities of merger and core-collapse events.Comment: 19 pages, 8 figures, science summary page at http://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-S5LV_ANTARES/index.php. Public access area to figures, tables at https://dcc.ligo.org/cgi-bin/DocDB/ShowDocument?docid=p120000

Laboratórios de análises e patologia clínica em Belo Horizonte, MG (Brasil): classificação quanto ao atendimento e exames realizados Clinical pathology laboratories in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: classification according to service and tests carried out

Foi efetuada uma classificação, quanto ao atendimento e exames realizados, dos laboratórios de análises e patologia clínica operando na região metropolitana de Belo Horizonte, MG (Brasil), em 1978. Foram comparadas as 3 categorias de laboratórios (particulares, institucionais e hospitalares), segundo tipos de exames realizados, clientela atendida e pessoal técnico responsável pelos laboratórios. Com base nos resultados obtidos na análise, foi composto um "perfil" típico para cada categoria de laboratório estudado.<br>An assessment of the Clinical Pathology Laboratories in Belo Horizonte, MG, was carried out in 1978, and the 3 categories identified (Private, Institutional and Hospital) were compared in relation to the types of exams performed, to the clientele and to the Laboratories' personnel. Based on the results obtained, a typical "profile" for each category studied was drawn up

Characterization of the LIGO detectors during their sixth science run

In 2009-2010, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) operated together with international partners Virgo and GEO600 as a network to search for gravitational waves (GWs) of astrophysical origin. The sensitivity of these detectors was limited by a combination of noise sources inherent to the instrumental design and its environment, often localized in time or frequency, that couple into the GW readout. Here we review the performance of the LIGO instruments during this epoch, the work done to characterize the detectors and their data, and the effect that transient and continuous noise artefacts have on the sensitivity of LIGO to a variety of astrophysical sources