Age and Sex Distribution of Intestinal Parasitic Infection Among HIV Infected Subjects in Abeokuta, Nigeria

Intestinal parasitic infection has been a major source of disease in tropical countries especially among HIV patients. The distribution of intestinal parasite among two hundred and fifteen (215) subjects with mean age of 32 years, comprising of 35 HIV-seropositive and 180 HIV seronegative patients was carried out using microscopic method to examine their stool specimens for presence of trophozoites, ova, cysts, larvae and oocysts of intestinal parasites. Overall parasitic infection rate was 28.4%. Infection rate among HIV seropositve subjects (42.9%) was statistically higher than that among HIV seronegative subjects (25.6%) (P<0.05). Although helminths infection rate (31.4%) was higher than that of protozoa (20%) among HIV-seropositive subject, the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the parasitic infection between HIV-seropositive males and females and among the various age groups (P>0.05). Adequate treatment, proper health education and good hygiene will help in reducing intestinal parasitic infectio

A survey of the prevalence of Schistosomiasis among pupils in Apata and Laranto areas in Jos, Plateau State

Prevalence of Schistosomiasis in apparently healthy primary school pupils in Apata and Laranto areas of Jos was surveyed using 300 samples of stool and 300 samples of urine. The stool samples were processed using formol ether concentration techniques while the urine samples were processed by ordinary centrifugal sedimentation technique. The overall prevalence of urinary (Schistosoma haematobium) and intestinal (Schistosoma mansoni) schistosomiasis was 0.67%, with three samples (1% prevalence) positive for intestinal (Schistosoma mansoni) and one sample (0.33% prevalence) positive for urinary (Schistosoma haematobium) schistosomiasis respectively. Two of the three cases positive for Schistosoma mansoni were males in the age group of 11–15 years and the one positive for Schistosoma haematobium was a male patient. Prevalence in the studied area is therefore very low and immigration, sex and age dependen

Identified particle elliptic flow in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV

We report first results on elliptic flow of identified particles at midrapidity in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV using the STAR TPC at RHIC. The elliptic flow as a function of transverse momentum and centrality differs significantly for particles of different masses. This dependence can be accounted for in hydrodynamic models, indicating that the system created shows a behavior consistent with collective hydrodynamical flow. The fit to the data with a simple model gives information on the temperature and flow velocities at freeze-out.alle Autoren: C. Adler11, Z. Ahammed23, C. Allgower12, J. Amonett14, B. D. Anderson14, M. Anderson5, G. S. Averichev9, J. Balewski12, O. Barannikova9,23, L. S. Barnby14, J. Baudot13, S. Bekele20, V. V. Belaga9, R. Bellwied30, J. Berger11, H. Bichsel29, L. C. Bland12, C. O. Blyth3, B. E. Bonner24, R. Bossingham15, A. Boucham26, A. Brandin18, R. V. Cadman1, H. Caines20, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez31, A. Cardenas23, J. Carroll15, J. Castillo26, M. Castro30, D. Cebra5, S. Chattopadhyay30, M. L. Chen2, Y. Chen6, S. P. Chernenko9, M. Cherney8, A. Chikanian31, B. Choi27, W. Christie2, J. P. Coffin13, L. Conin26, T. M. Cormier30, J. G. Cramer29, H. J. Crawford4, M. DeMello24, W. S. Deng14, A. A. Derevschikov22, L. Didenko2, J. E. Draper5, V. B. Dunin9, J. C. Dunlop31, V. Eckardt16, L. G. Efimov9, V. Emelianov18, J. Engelage4, G. Eppley24, B. Erazmus26, P. Fachini25, E. Finch31, Y. Fisyak2, D. Flierl11, K. J. Foley2, J. Fu15, N. Gagunashvili9, J. Gans31, L. Gaudichet26, M. Germain13, F. Geurts24, V. Ghazikhanian6, J. Grabski28, O. Grachov30, D. Greiner15, V. Grigoriev18, M. Guedon13, E. Gushin18, T. J. Hallman2, D. Hardtke15, J. W. Harris31, M. Heffner5, S. Heppelmann21, T. Herston23, B. Hippolyte13, A. Hirsch23, E. Hjort15, G. W. Hoffmann27, M. Horsley31, H. Z. Huang6, T. J. Humanic20, H. Hümmler16, G. Igo6, A. Ishihara27, Yu. I. Ivanshin10, P. Jacobs15, W. W. Jacobs12, M. Janik28, I. Johnson15, P. G. Jones3, E. Judd4, M. Kaneta15, M. Kaplan7, D. Keane14, A. Kisiel28, J. Klay5, S. R. Klein15, A. Klyachko12, A. S. Konstantinov22, L. Kotchenda18, A. D. Kovalenko9, M. Kramer19, P. Kravtsov18, K. Krueger1, C. Kuhn13, A. I. Kulikov9, G. J. Kunde31, C. L. Kunz7, R. Kh. Kutuev10, A. A. Kuznetsov9, L. Lakehal-Ayat26, J. Lamas-Valverde24, M. A. C. Lamont3, J. M. Landgraf2, S. Lange11, C. P. Lansdell27, B. Lasiuk31, F. Laue2, A. Lebedev2, T. LeCompte1, R. Lednický9, V. M. Leontiev22, P. Leszczynski28, M. J. LeVine2, Q. Li30, Q. Li15, S. J. Lindenbaum19, M. A. Lisa20, T. Ljubicic2, W. J. Llope24, G. LoCurto16, H. Long6, R. S. Longacre2, M. Lopez-Noriega20, W. A. Love2, D. Lynn2, R. Majka31, A. Maliszewski28, S. Margetis14, L. Martin26, J. Marx15, H. S. Matis15, Yu. A. Matulenko22, T. S. McShane8, F. Meissner15, Yu. Melnick22, A. Meschanin22, M. Messer2, M. L. Miller31, Z. Milosevich7, N. G. Minaev22, J. Mitchell24, V. A. Moiseenko10, D. Moltz15, C. F. Moore27, V. Morozov15, M. M. de Moura30, M. G. Munhoz25, G. S. Mutchler24, J. M. Nelson3, P. Nevski2, V. A. Nikitin10, L. V. Nogach22, B. Norman14, S. B. Nurushev22, G. Odyniec15, A. Ogawa21, V. Okorokov18, M. Oldenburg16, D. Olson15, G. Paic20, S. U. Pandey30, Y. Panebratsev9, S. Y. Panitkin2, A. I. Pavlinov30, T. Pawlak28, V. Perevoztchikov2, W. Peryt28, V. A. Petrov10, W. Pinganaud26, E. Platner24, J. Pluta28, N. Porile23, J. Porter2, A. M. Poskanzer15, E. Potrebenikova9, D. Prindle29, C. Pruneau30, S. Radomski28, G. Rai15, O. Ravel26, R. L. Ray27, S. V. Razin9,12, D. Reichhold8, J. G. Reid29, F. Retiere15, A. Ridiger18, H. G. Ritter15, J. B. Roberts24, O. V. Rogachevski9, J. L. Romero5, C. Roy26, D. Russ7, V. Rykov30, I. Sakrejda15, J. Sandweiss31, A. C. Saulys2, I. Savin10, J. Schambach27, R. P. Scharenberg23, K. Schweda15, N. Schmitz16, L. S. Schroeder15, A. Schüttauf16, J. Seger8, D. Seliverstov18, P. Seyboth16, E. Shahaliev9, K. E. Shestermanov22, S. S. Shimanskii9, V. S. Shvetcov10, G. Skoro9, N. Smirnov31, R. Snellings15, J. Sowinski12, H. M. Spinka1, B. Srivastava23, E. J. Stephenson12, R. Stock11, A. Stolpovsky30, M. Strikhanov18, B. Stringfellow23, H. Stroebele11, C. Struck11, A. A. P. Suaide30, E. Sugarbaker20, C. Suire13, M. Sumbera9, T. J. M. Symons15, A. Szanto de Toledo25, P. Szarwas28, J. Takahashi25, A. H. Tang14, J. H. Thomas15, V. Tikhomirov18, T. A. Trainor29, S. Trentalange6, M. Tokarev9, M. B. Tonjes17, V. Trofimov18, O. Tsai6, K. Turner2, T. Ullrich2, D. G. Underwood1, G. Van Buren2, A. M. VanderMolen17, A. Vanyashin15, I. M. Vasilevski10, A. N. Vasiliev22, S. E. Vigdor12, S. A. Voloshin30, F. Wang23, H. Ward27, J. W. Watson14, R. Wells20, T. Wenaus2, G. D. Westfall17, C. Whitten, Jr.6, H. Wieman15, R. Willson20, S. W. Wissink12, R. Witt14, N. Xu15, Z. Xu31, A. E. Yakutin22, E. Yamamoto6, J. Yang6, P. Yepes24, A. Yokosawa1, V. I. Yurevich9, Y. V. Zanevski9, I. Zborovský9, W. M. Zhang14, R. Zoulkarneev10, and A. N. Zubarev

Pion interferometry of sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV Au+Au collisions at RHIC

Two-pion correlation functions in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV have been measured by the STAR (solenoidal tracker at RHIC) detector. The source size extracted by fitting the correlations grows with event multiplicity and decreases with transverse momentum. Anomalously large sizes or emission durations, which have been suggested as signals of quark-gluon plasma formation and rehadronization, are not observed. The Hanbury Brown-Twiss parameters display a weak energy dependence over a broad range in sqrt[sNN].alle Autoren: C. Adler11, Z. Ahammed23, C. Allgower12, J. Amonett14, B. D. Anderson14, M. Anderson5, G. S. Averichev9, J. Balewski12, O. Barannikova9,23, L. S. Barnby14, J. Baudot13, S. Bekele20, V. V. Belaga9, R. Bellwied30, J. Berger11, H. Bichsel29, L. C. Bland12, C. O. Blyth3, B. E. Bonner24, R. Bossingham15, A. Boucham26, A. Brandin18, R. V. Cadman1, H. Caines20, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez31, A. Cardenas23, J. Carroll15, J. Castillo26, M. Castro30, D. Cebra5, S. Chattopadhyay30, M. L. Chen2, Y. Chen6, S. P. Chernenko9, M. Cherney8, A. Chikanian31, B. Choi27, W. Christie2, J. P. Coffin13, L. Conin26, T. M. Cormier30, J. G. Cramer29, H. J. Crawford4, M. DeMello24, W. S. Deng14, A. A. Derevschikov22, L. Didenko2, J. E. Draper5, V. B. Dunin9, J. C. Dunlop31, V. Eckardt16, L. G. Efimov9, V. Emelianov18, J. Engelage4, G. Eppley24, B. Erazmus26, P. Fachini25, V. Faine2, E. Finch31, Y. Fisyak2, D. Flierl11, K. J. Foley2, J. Fu15, N. Gagunashvili9, J. Gans31, L. Gaudichet26, M. Germain13, F. Geurts24, V. Ghazikhanian6, J. Grabski28, O. Grachov30, D. Greiner15, V. Grigoriev18, M. Guedon13, E. Gushin18, T. J. Hallman2, D. Hardtke15, J. W. Harris31, M. Heffner5, S. Heppelmann21, T. Herston23, B. Hippolyte13, A. Hirsch23, E. Hjort15, G. W. Hoffmann27, M. Horsley31, H. Z. Huang6, T. J. Humanic20, H. Hümmler16, G. Igo6, A. Ishihara27, Yu. I. Ivanshin10, P. Jacobs15, W. W. Jacobs12, M. Janik28, I. Johnson15, P. G. Jones3, E. Judd4, M. Kaneta15, M. Kaplan7, D. Keane14, A. Kisiel28, J. Klay5, S. R. Klein15, A. Klyachko12, A. S. Konstantinov22, L. Kotchenda18, A. D. Kovalenko9, M. Kramer19, P. Kravtsov18, K. Krueger1, C. Kuhn13, A. I. Kulikov9, G. J. Kunde31, C. L. Kunz7, R. Kh. Kutuev10, A. A. Kuznetsov9, L. Lakehal-Ayat26, J. Lamas-Valverde24, M. A. C. Lamont3, J. M. Landgraf2, S. Lange11, C. P. Lansdell27, B. Lasiuk31, F. Laue2, A. Lebedev2, T. LeCompte1, R. Lednický9, V. M. Leontiev22, M. J. LeVine2, Q. Li30, Q. Li15, S. J. Lindenbaum19, M. A. Lisa20, T. Ljubicic2, W. J. Llope24, G. LoCurto16, H. Long6, R. S. Longacre2, M. Lopez-Noriega20, W. A. Love2, D. Lynn2, R. Majka31, S. Margetis14, L. Martin26, J. Marx15, H. S. Matis15, Yu. A. Matulenko22, T. S. McShane8, F. Meissner15, Yu. Melnick22, A. Meschanin22, M. Messer2, M. L. Miller31, Z. Milosevich7, N. G. Minaev22, J. Mitchell24, V. A. Moiseenko10, D. Moltz15, C. F. Moore27, V. Morozov15, M. M. de Moura30, M. G. Munhoz25, G. S. Mutchler24, J. M. Nelson3, P. Nevski2, V. A. Nikitin10, L. V. Nogach22, B. Norman14, S. B. Nurushev22, G. Odyniec15, A. Ogawa21, V. Okorokov18, M. Oldenburg16, D. Olson15, G. Paic20, S. U. Pandey30, Y. Panebratsev9, S. Y. Panitkin2, A. I. Pavlinov30, T. Pawlak28, V. Perevoztchikov2, W. Peryt28, V. A. Petrov10, W. Pinganaud26, E. Platner24, J. Pluta28, N. Porile23, J. Porter2, A. M. Poskanzer15, E. Potrebenikova9, D. Prindle29, C. Pruneau30, S. Radomski28, G. Rai15, O. Ravel26, R. L. Ray27, S. V. Razin9,12, D. Reichhold8, J. G. Reid29, F. Retiere15, A. Ridiger18, H. G. Ritter15, J. B. Roberts24, O. V. Rogachevski9, J. L. Romero5, C. Roy26, D. Russ7, V. Rykov30, I. Sakrejda15, J. Sandweiss31, A. C. Saulys2, I. Savin10, J. Schambach27, R. P. Scharenberg23, K. Schweda15, N. Schmitz16, L. S. Schroeder15, A. Schüttauf16, J. Seger8, D. Seliverstov18, P. Seyboth16, E. Shahaliev9, K. E. Shestermanov22, S. S. Shimanskii9, V. S. Shvetcov10, G. Skoro9, N. Smirnov31, R. Snellings15, J. Sowinski12, H. M. Spinka1, B. Srivastava23, E. J. Stephenson12, R. Stock11, A. Stolpovsky30, M. Strikhanov18, B. Stringfellow23, H. Stroebele11, C. Struck11, A. A. P. Suaide30, E. Sugarbaker20, C. Suire13, M. Sumbera9, T. J. M. Symons15, A. Szanto de Toledo25, P. Szarwas28, J. Takahashi25, A. H. Tang14, J. H. Thomas15, V. Tikhomirov18, T. A. Trainor29, S. Trentalange6, M. Tokarev9, M. B. Tonjes17, V. Trofimov18, O. Tsai6, K. Turner2, T. Ullrich2, D. G. Underwood1, G. Van Buren2, A. M. VanderMolen17, A. Vanyashin15, I. M. Vasilevski10, A. N. Vasiliev22, S. E. Vigdor12, S. A. Voloshin30, F. Wang23, H. Ward27, J. W. Watson14, R. Wells20, T. Wenaus2, G. D. Westfall17, C. Whitten, Jr.6, H. Wieman15, R. Willson20, S. W. Wissink12, R. Witt14, N. Xu15, Z. Xu31, A. E. Yakutin22, E. Yamamoto6, J. Yang6, P. Yepes24, A. Yokosawa1, V. I. Yurevich9, Y. V. Zanevski9, I. Zborovský9, W. M. Zhang14, R. Zoulkarneev10, and A. N. Zubarev

Midrapidity antiproton-to-proton ratio from Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV

We report results on the ratio of midrapidity antiproton-to-proton yields in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV per nucleon pair as measured by the STAR experiment at RHIC. Within the rapidity and transverse momentum range of | y|<0.5 and 0.4<pt<1.0 GeV/c, the ratio is essentially independent of either transverse momentum or rapidity, with an average of 0.65±0.01(stat)±0.07(syst) for minimum bias collisions. Within errors, no strong centrality dependence is observed. The results indicate that at this RHIC energy, although the p-p-bar pair production becomes important at midrapidity, a significant excess of baryons over antibaryons is still present.alle Autoren: C. Adler11, Z. Ahammed25, C. Allgower12, M. Anderson5, G. S. Averichev9, J. Balewski12, O. Barannikova9,25, L. S. Barnby15, J. Baudot13, S. Bekele22, V. V. Belaga9, R. Bellwied32, J. Berger11, H. Bichsel31, L. C. Bland12, C. O. Blyth3, B. E. Bonner26, R. Bossingham16, A. Boucham28, A. Brandin20, H. Caines22, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez33, A. Cardenas25, J. Carroll16, J. Castillo28, M. Castro32, D. Cebra5, S. Chattopadhyay32, M. L. Chen2, Y. Chen6, S. P. Chernenko9, M. Cherney8, A. Chikanian33, B. Choi29, W. Christie2, J. P. Coffin13, L. Conin28, T. M. Cormier32, J. G. Cramer31, H. J. Crawford4, M. DeMello26, W. S. Deng15, A. A. Derevschikov24, L. Didenko2, J. E. Draper5, V. B. Dunin9, J. C. Dunlop33, V. Eckardt18, L. G. Efimov9, V. Emelianov20, J. Engelage4, G. Eppley26, B. Erazmus28, P. Fachini27, M. I. Ferguson6, E. Finch33, Y. Fisyak2, D. Flierl11, K. J. Foley2, N. Gagunashvili9, J. Gans33, M. Germain13, F. Geurts26, V. Ghazikhanian6, J. Grabski30, O. Grachov32, D. Greiner16, V. Grigoriev20, E. Gushin20, T. J. Hallman2, D. Hardtke16, J. W. Harris33, M. Heffner5, S. Heppelmann23, T. Herston25, B. Hippolyte13, A. Hirsch25, E. Hjort25, G. W. Hoffmann29, M. Horsley33, H. Z. Huang6, T. J. Humanic22, H. Hümmler18, G. J. Igo6, A. Ishihara29, Yu. I. Ivanshin10, P. Jacobs16, W. W. Jacobs12, M. Janik30, I. Johnson16, P. G. Jones3, E. Judd4, M. Kaneta16, M. Kaplan7, D. Keane15, A. Khodinov20, A. Kisiel30, J. Klay5, S. R. Klein16, A. Klyachko12, A. S. Konstantinov24, L. Kotchenda20, A. D. Kovalenko9, M. Kramer21, P. Kravtsov20, K. Krueger1, C. Kuhn13, A. I. Kulikov9, G. J. Kunde33, C. L. Kunz7, R. Kh. Kutuev10, A. A. Kuznetsov9, J. Lamas-Valverde26, M. A. C. Lamont3, J. M. Landgraf2, S. Lange11, C. P. Lansdell29, B. Lasiuk33, F. Laue22, A. Lebedev2, T. LeCompte1, V. M. Leontiev24, P. Leszczynski30, M. J. LeVine2, Q. Li32, Q. Li16, S. J. Lindenbaum21, M. A. Lisa22, T. Ljubicic2, W. J. Llope26, G. LoCurto18, H. Long6, R. S. Longacre2, M. Lopez-Noriega22, W. A. Love2, D. Lynn2, L. Madansky14*, R. Majka33, A. Maliszewski30, S. Margetis15, L. Martin28, J. Marx16, H. S. Matis16, Yu. A. Matulenko24, T. S. McShane8, Yu. Melnick24, A. Meschanin24, Z. Milosevich7, N. G. Minaev24, J. Mitchell14, V. A. Moiseenko10, D. Moltz16, C. F. Moore29, V. Morozov16, M. M. de Moura27, M. G. Munhoz27, G. S. Mutchler26, J. M. Nelson3, P. Nevski2, V. A. Nikitin10, L. V. Nogach24, B. Norman15, S. B. Nurushev24, J. Nystrand16, G. Odyniec16, A. Ogawa23, C. A. Ogilvie17, M. Oldenburg18, D. Olson16, G. Paic22, S. U. Pandey32, Y. Panebratsev9, S. Y. Panitkin15, A. I. Pavlinov32, T. Pawlak30, V. Perevoztchikov2, W. Peryt30, V. A. Petrov10, W. Pinganaud28, E. Platner26, J. Pluta30, N. Porile25, J. Porter2, A. M. Poskanzer16, E. Potrebenikova9, D. Prindle31, C. Pruneau32, S. Radomski30, G. Rai16, O. Ravel28, R. L. Ray29, S. V. Razin9,12, D. Reichhold8, J. Reid31, F. Retiere16, A. Ridiger20, H. G. Ritter16, J. B. Roberts26, O. V. Rogachevski9, C. Roy28, D. Russ7, V. Rykov32, I. Sakrejda16, J. Sandweiss33, A. C. Saulys2, I. Savin10, J. Schambach29, R. P. Scharenberg25, N. Schmitz18, L. S. Schroeder16, A. Schüttauf18, J. Seger8, D. Seliverstov20, P. Seyboth18, K. E. Shestermanov24, S. S. Shimanskii9, V. S. Shvetcov10, G. Skoro9, N. Smirnov33, R. Snellings16, J. Sowinski12, H. M. Spinka1, B. Srivastava25, E. J. Stephenson12, R. Stock11, A. Stolpovsky32, M. Strikhanov20, B. Stringfellow25, H. Stroebele11, C. Struck11, A. A. P. Suaide2,7, E. Sugarbaker22, C. Suire13, T. J. M. Symons1,6, A. Szanto de Toledo27, P. Szarwas30, J. Takahashi27, A. H. Tang15, J. H. Thomas16, V. Tikhomirov20, T. Trainor31, S. Trentalange6, M. Tokarev9, M. B. Tonjes19, V. Trofimov20, O. Tsai6, K. Turner2, T. Ullrich33, D. G. Underwood1, G. Van Buren2, A. M. VanderMolen19, A. Vanyashin16, I. M. Vasilevski10, A. N. Vasiliev24, S. E. Vigdor12, S. A. Voloshin32, F. Wang25, H. Ward29, R. Wells22, T. Wenaus2, G. D. Westfall19, C. Whitten, Jr.6, H. Wieman16, R. Willson22, S. W. Wissink12, R. Witt15, N. Xu16, Z. Xu33, A. E. Yakutin24, E. Yamamoto6, J. Yang6, P. Yepes26, A. Yokosawa1, V. I. Yurevich9, Y. V. Zanevski9, J. Zhang16, W. M. Zhang15, R. Zoulkarneev10, and A. N. Zubarev

Multiplicity distribution and spectra of negatively charged hadrons in Au+Au collisions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV

The minimum-bias multiplicity distribution and the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity distributions for central collisions have been measured for negative hadrons ( h-) in Au+Au interactions at sqrt[sNN] = 130 GeV. The multiplicity density at midrapidity for the 5% most central interactions is dNh-/d eta | eta = 0 = 280±1(stat)±20(syst), an increase per participant of 38% relative to pp-bar collisions at the same energy. The mean transverse momentum is 0.508±0.012 GeV/c and is larger than in central Pb+Pb collisions at lower energies. The scaling of the h- yield per participant is a strong function of pperp. The pseudorapidity distribution is almost constant within | eta |<1.alle Autoren: C. Adler11, Z. Ahammed23, C. Allgower12, J. Amonett14, B. D. Anderson14, M. Anderson5, G. S. Averichev9, J. Balewski12, O. Barannikova9,23, L. S. Barnby14, J. Baudot13, S. Bekele20, V. V. Belaga9, R. Bellwied30, J. Berger11, H. Bichsel29, L. C. Bland12, C. O. Blyth3, B. E. Bonner24, R. Bossingham15, A. Boucham26, A. Brandin18, H. Caines20, M. Calderón de la Barca Sánchez31, A. Cardenas23, J. Carroll15, J. Castillo26, M. Castro30, D. Cebra5, S. Chattopadhyay30, M. L. Chen2, Y. Chen6, S. P. Chernenko9, M. Cherney8, A. Chikanian31, B. Choi27, W. Christie2, J. P. Coffin13, L. Conin26, T. M. Cormier30, J. G. Cramer29, H. J. Crawford4, M. DeMello24, W. S. Deng14, A. A. Derevschikov22, L. Didenko2, J. E. Draper5, V. B. Dunin9, J. C. Dunlop31, V. Eckardt16, L. G. Efimov9, V. Emelianov18, J. Engelage4, G. Eppley24, B. Erazmus26, P. Fachini25, E. Finch31, Y. Fisyak2, D. Flierl11, K. J. Foley2, J. Fu15, N. Gagunashvili9, J. Gans31, L. Gaudichet26, M. Germain13, F. Geurts24, V. Ghazikhanian6, J. Grabski28, O. Grachov30, D. Greiner15, V. Grigoriev18, M. Guedon13, E. Gushin18, T. J. Hallman2, D. Hardtke15, J. W. Harris31, M. Heffner5, S. Heppelmann21, T. Herston23, B. Hippolyte13, A. Hirsch23, E. Hjort15, G. W. Hoffmann27, M. Horsley31, H. Z. Huang6, T. J. Humanic20, H. Hümmler16, G. Igo6, A. Ishihara27, Yu. I. Ivanshin10, P. Jacobs15, W. W. Jacobs12, M. Janik28, I. Johnson15, P. G. Jones3, E. Judd4, M. Kaneta15, M. Kaplan7, D. Keane14, A. Kisiel28, J. Klay5, S. R. Klein15, A. Klyachko12, A. S. Konstantinov22, L. Kotchenda18, A. D. Kovalenko9, M. Kramer19, P. Kravtsov18, K. Krueger1, C. Kuhn13, A. I. Kulikov9, G. J. Kunde31, C. L. Kunz7, R. Kh. Kutuev10, A. A. Kuznetsov9, L. Lakehal-Ayat26, J. Lamas-Valverde24, M. A. C. Lamont3, J. M. Landgraf2, S. Lange11, C. P. Lansdell27, B. Lasiuk31, F. Laue2, A. Lebedev2, T. LeCompte1, R. Lednický9, V. M. Leontiev22, P. Leszczynski28, M. J. LeVine2, Q. Li30, Q. Li15, S. J. Lindenbaum19, M. A. Lisa20, T. Ljubicic2, W. J. Llope24, G. LoCurto16, H. Long6, R. S. Longacre2, M. Lopez-Noriega20, W. A. Love2, D. Lynn2, R. Majka31, A. Maliszewski28, S. Margetis14, L. Martin26, J. Marx15, H. S. Matis15, Yu. A. Matulenko22, T. S. McShane8, F. Meissner15, Yu. Melnick22, A. Meschanin22, M. Messer2, M. L. Miller31, Z. Milosevich7, N. G. Minaev22, J. Mitchell24, V. A. Moiseenko10, D. Moltz15, C. F. Moore27, V. Morozov15, M. M. de Moura30, M. G. Munhoz25, G. S. Mutchler24, J. M. Nelson3, P. Nevski2, V. A. Nikitin10, L. V. Nogach22, B. Norman14, S. B. Nurushev22, G. Odyniec15, A. Ogawa21, V. Okorokov18, M. Oldenburg16, D. Olson15, G. Paic20, S. U. Pandey30, Y. Panebratsev9, S. Y. Panitkin2, A. I. Pavlinov30, T. Pawlak28, V. Perevoztchikov2, W. Peryt28, V.A. Petrov10, W. Pinganaud26, E. Platner24, J. Pluta28, N. Porile23, J. Porter2, A. M. Poskanzer15, E. Potrebenikova9, D. Prindle29, C. Pruneau30, S. Radomski28, G. Rai15, O. Ravel26, R. L. Ray27, S. V. Razin9,12, D. Reichhold8, J. G. Reid29, F. Retiere15, A. Ridiger18, H. G. Ritter15, J. B. Roberts24, O. V. Rogachevski9, J. L. Romero5, C. Roy26, D. Russ7, V. Rykov30, I. Sakrejda15, J. Sandweiss31, A. C. Saulys2, I. Savin10, J. Schambach27, R. P. Scharenberg23, K. Schweda15, N. Schmitz16, L. S. Schroeder15, A. Schüttauf16, J. Seger8, D. 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V. Zanevski9, I. Zborovský9, W. M. Zhang14, R. Zoulkarneev10, and A. N. Zubarev

Liaison Preface

The ECI-SUS XIV Conference in Nong Nouch Gardens, Pataya, Thailand had been a very successful one in that - longest running series - for more than four decades. Many thanks to the chairs Matthias Beisler and Preedee Ngarmsantikul and all the presenters as well as to the participants - pretty international again and resprensenting the mix of stake holders. The involvement of ITA - by a greeting message of the past president and former chair Tarcisio Celestino - and the national TUTG-society was most welcome. The main focus of SHOTCRETE with its elements like research, design, materials, equipment etc. were presented and in addition a special session - regarding energy . Personally I also do want to underline the perfect and outstanding overall run of that conference, presenting an insight in Thai-culture - many thanks to the local organizers including the people of Nong Nouch Gardens. Herbert Klapperichliaison ECI, New Yor

Infrared absorption of porous silicon layers and silicon particle films

Using TaC filaments for a hot-wire chemical vapor deposition (HWCVD) compact material (substrate temperatures 220°C) and porous, non-compact or void-rich layers (120°C) were produced in a silane-hydrogen atmosphere in the pressure range from 1 Pa to 30 Pa. For high pressures the adhesion of the layers was weak. In this case the thus pulverized silicon particles could be removed from the substrate by an ultrasonic process in an isopropanol bath. The suspension of these silicon particles was spread to form a continuous film, namely a "particle-film". The infrared (IR) spectra of the compact solid, the original porous layers and a series of temper stages of the particle-films are compared and discussed. The role of H and O atoms in the silicon network is investigated. Thus those structural properties, which may be found out by infrared tools, e.g. the bonding configurations of the Si related bonds of the said materials and some possible chemical reactions are explained