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Titania-doped tantala/silica coatings for gravitational-wave detection
Reducing thermal noise from optical coatings is crucial to reaching the required sensitivity in next generation interferometric gravitational-wave detectors. Here we show that adding TiO2 to Ta2O5 in Ta2O5/SiO2 coatings reduces the internal friction and in addition present data confirming it reduces thermal noise. We also show that TiO2-doped Ta2O5/SiO2 coatings are close to satisfying the optical absorption requirements of second generation gravitational-wave detectors
Long daytime napping is associated with increased adiposity and type 2 diabetes in an elderly population with metabolic syndrome
Research examining associations between objectively-measured napping time and type
2 diabetes (T2D) is lacking. This study aimed to evaluate daytime napping in relation to T2D and
adiposity measures in elderly individuals from the Mediterranean region. A cross-sectional analysis of
baseline data from 2190 elderly participants with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome, in the
PREDIMED-Plus trial, was carried out. Accelerometer-derived napping was measured. Prevalence
ratios (PR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for T2D were obtained using multivariable-adjusted
Cox regression with constant time. Linear regression models were fitted to examine associations of
napping with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). Participants napping â„90 min
had a higher prevalence of T2D (PR 1.37 (1.06, 1.78)) compared with those napping 5 to <30 min per
day. Significant positive associations with BMI and WC were found in those participants napping
â„30 min as compared to those napping 5 to <30 min per day. The findings of this study suggest that
longer daytime napping is associated with higher T2D prevalence and greater adiposity measures in
an elderly Spanish population at high cardiovascular risk