Enabling planetary science across light-years. Ariel Definition Study Report

Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will study what exoplanets are made of, how they formed and how they evolve, by surveying a diverse sample of about 1000 extrasolar planets, simultaneously in visible and infrared wavelengths. It is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets, enabling planetary science far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. The payload consists of an off-axis Cassegrain telescope (primary mirror 1100 mm x 730 mm ellipse) and two separate instruments (FGS and AIRS) covering simultaneously 0.5-7.8 micron spectral range. The satellite is best placed into an L2 orbit to maximise the thermal stability and the field of regard. The payload module is passively cooled via a series of V-Groove radiators; the detectors for the AIRS are the only items that require active cooling via an active Ne JT cooler. The Ariel payload is developed by a consortium of more than 50 institutes from 16 ESA countries, which include the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and a NASA contribution

Effects of strontium ranelate, an anti-osteoporotic drug, on bone mineral

Le ranélate de strontium, prescrit dans le traitement de l'ostéoporose ménopausique, possède 2 atomes de strontium stable pouvant se fixer au minéral osseux. Le strontium a un effet dissociant sur le remodelage osseux, diminuant la résorption tout en augmentant la formation. Cependant, ses effets osseux ne sont pas complètement élucidés, en particulier ses interactions avec le minéral. Chez le singe, le strontium maintient à un niveau physiologique les propriétés intrinsèques majeures du tissu osseux, que ce soit aux niveaux tissulaire global ou des unités de remodelage. Chez la femme ostéoporotique ménopausée traitée par le ranélate de strontium, les caractéristiques du cristal d'apatite sont maintenues à un niveau physiologique. Par ailleurs, quelle que soit la durée du traitement (2 à 96 mois), le strontium est toujours distribué de façon hétérogène, présent principalement dans l'os récent formé pendant le traitement, les aires osseuses contenant du strontium augmentent progressivement mais de moins en moins avec la durée du traitement. Le contenu osseux focal en strontium est stable de 2 à 60 mois puis augmente de 60 à 96 mois, et la minéralisation secondaire est maintenue à un niveau physiologique. Enfin, après 6 et 12 mois de traitement, le ranélate de strontium maintient normaux les principaux paramètres reflétant la minéralisation secondaire, et ses effets sont similaires à ceux de l’alendronate. En conclusion, le ranélate de strontium maintient une qualité normale de la minéralisation secondaire, que ce soit à court ou à long terme, et quel que soit le modèle étudié. Le ranélate de strontium maintient également la microdureté osseuse, les caractéristiques minérales et organique tissulaires, ainsi que la structure du cristal d'apatiteStrontium ranelate, a treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, contains 2 atoms of stable strontium which interact with bone mineral. Strontium have a dissociating effect on bone remodeling, decreasing resorption while increasing formation. However, its bone effects are not fully clarified, in particular its interactions with mineral. In monkeys, strontium maintains the major intrinsic properties of bone at a physiological level, either at the global tissue or the bone structural units levels. In postmenopausal women treated with strontium ranelate, the characteristics of apatite crystals are maintained at a physiological level. Moreover, whatever the duration of treatment (2 to 96 months), strontium is always heterogeneously distributed, mainly present in recent bone formed during treatment, bone areas containing strontium progressively increase but less and less with the duration of the treatment. Focal bone strontium content remains stable from 2 to 60 months and then increase from 60 to 96 months, and secondary mineralization is maintained at a physiological level. Finally, after 6 and 12 months of treatment, strontium ranelate maintains normal the main parameters reflecting secondary mineralization, and its effects are similar to those of alendronate. To conclude, strontium ranelate maintains a normal quality of secondary mineralization, either after a shortterm or a long-term treatment, and whatever the model studied. Strontium ranelate also maintains bone microhardness, tissular mineral and organic characteristics, as well as the structure of apatite crystal

Bone mineral quality assessed at bone structural unit level in <em>macaca fascicularis</em> monkeys is not modified by a 52-week treatment with strontium ranelate

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Influence of remodeling on the mineralization of bone tissue.

International audienceThe degree of mineralization of bone is a determinant of its mechanical strength and hardness. It is influenced by the level of activity of bone remodeling. Quantitative studies of bone mass, trabecular microarchitecture, bone organic matrix, and the degree of mineralization of bone are required to explain the anti-fracture effect of therapies at the tissue level and associated increases in lumbar bone density

Ariel: Enabling planetary science across light-years

Ariel Definition Study ReportAriel Definition Study Report, 147 pages. Reviewed by ESA Science Advisory Structure in November 2020. Original document available at: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/documents/1783156/3267291/Ariel_RedBook_Nov2020.pdf/Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will study what exoplanets are made of, how they formed and how they evolve, by surveying a diverse sample of about 1000 extrasolar planets, simultaneously in visible and infrared wavelengths. It is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets, enabling planetary science far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. The payload consists of an off-axis Cassegrain telescope (primary mirror 1100 mm x 730 mm ellipse) and two separate instruments (FGS and AIRS) covering simultaneously 0.5-7.8 micron spectral range. The satellite is best placed into an L2 orbit to maximise the thermal stability and the field of regard. The payload module is passively cooled via a series of V-Groove radiators; the detectors for the AIRS are the only items that require active cooling via an active Ne JT cooler. The Ariel payload is developed by a consortium of more than 50 institutes from 16 ESA countries, which include the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and a NASA contribution

Ariel: Enabling planetary science across light-years

Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029. During its 4-year mission, Ariel will study what exoplanets are made of, how they formed and how they evolve, by surveying a diverse sample of about 1000 extrasolar planets, simultaneously in visible and infrared wavelengths. It is the first mission dedicated to measuring the chemical composition and thermal structures of hundreds of transiting exoplanets, enabling planetary science far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. The payload consists of an off-axis Cassegrain telescope (primary mirror 1100 mm x 730 mm ellipse) and two separate instruments (FGS and AIRS) covering simultaneously 0.5-7.8 micron spectral range. The satellite is best placed into an L2 orbit to maximise the thermal stability and the field of regard. The payload module is passively cooled via a series of V-Groove radiators; the detectors for the AIRS are the only items that require active cooling via an active Ne JT cooler. The Ariel payload is developed by a consortium of more than 50 institutes from 16 ESA countries, which include the UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, and a NASA contribution