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Relevant results from the NA48 experiment
We report relevant results from NA48 experiment at CERN SPS. NA48 was
proposed in 1990 \cite{proposal} to study direct CP violation in
to a level of accuracy sufficient to resolve the inconclusive status left by
the previous measurements performed by NA31 \cite{NA31} and E731 \cite{E731}.
In 2002 NA48 published the final result \cite{NA48epsoeps}. Small modification
to the experimental setup have allowed NA48 to go forward with an extensive
investigation of rare decays and hyperon decays. Some results are already
available and reported here together with the final CP violation measurement.Comment: 3 pages, 1 eps figure, XXIII Physics in collisio
New precise measurements of radiative charged kaon and hyperon decays
New results in the radiative decay of charged kaons sector are presented by the NA48/2 experiment at CERN: the first measurement of the DE and INT contribution to the decay in the region Mev and the first observation of decay. Also new results in the radiative decay of hyperons are presented by NA48/1: the measurement of decay asymmetry and the first observation of the decay
Maternal-foetal complications in pregnancy: a retrospective comparison between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Background: The aim of the study was a retrospective comparison of the differences in maternal-foetal outcomes between women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T1DM and T2DM).
Methods: A cohort of 135 patients with pregestational diabetes, 73 with T1DM (mean age 29 ± 5 years) and 62 with T2DM (mean age 33 ± 6 years), in intensive insulin treatment throughout pregnancy were evaluated. Clinical and metabolic parameters and the prevalence of maternal and foetal complications were assessed.
Results: Women with T1DM showed lower pregestational BMI (p < 0.001), pregestational weight (p < 0.001), weight at delivery (p < 0.001), ∆_total_insulin requirement (IR) at the first, second and third trimesters (all p < 0.001) and higher weight gain during pregnancy (p < 0.001), pregestational HbA1c (p = 0.040), HbA1c in the first (p = 0.004), second (p = 0.020) and third (p = 0.010) trimesters compared to T2DM. Women with T1DM had a higher risk of macrosomia (p = 0.005) than T2DM, while women with T2DM showed higher prevalence of abortion (p = 0.037) than T1DM. At multivariate analysis, pregestational BMI and ∆_total_IR of the first trimester were independently associated with abortion in T2DM, while weight gain during pregnancy was independently associated with macrosomia in T1DM.
Conclusion: Women with T1DM have a higher risk of macrosomia than T2DM due to weight gain throughout pregnancy. By contrast, women with T2DM have a higher risk of spontaneous abortion than T1DM, due to pregestational BMI and ∆_total_IR in the first trimester
Integrated Trigger and Data Acquisition system for the NA62 experiment at CERN
The main goal of the NA62 experiment is to measure the branching ratio of the K+decay, collecting O(100) events in two years of data taking. Efficient online selection of interesting events and loss-less readout at high rate will be key issues for such experiment. An integrated trigger and data acquisition system has been designed. Only the very first trigger stage will be implemented in hardware, in order to reduce the total rate for the software levels on PC farms. Readout uniformity among different subdetectors and scalability were taken into account in the architecture design
Precise mirror alignment and basic performance of the RICH detector of the NA62 experiment at CERN
The Ring Imaging Cherenkov detector is crucial for the identification of
charged particles in the NA62 experiment at the CERN SPS. The detector
commissioning was completed in 2016 by the precise alignment of mirrors using
reconstructed tracks. The alignment procedure and measurement of the basic
performance are described. Ring radius resolution, ring centre resolution,
single hit resolution and mean number of hits per ring are evaluated for
positron tracks. The contribution of the residual mirror misalignment to the
performance is calculated.Comment: 13 pages, 10 figure
The risk stratification of adverse neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes (STRONG) study
Aims: To assess the risk of adverse neonatal outcomes in women with gestational diabetes (GDM) by identifying subgroups of women at higher risk to recognize the characteristics most associated with an excess of risk. Methods: Observational, retrospective, multicenter study involving consecutive women with GDM. To identify distinct and homogeneous subgroups of women at a higher risk, the RECursive Partitioning and AMalgamation (RECPAM) method was used. Overall, 2736 pregnancies complicated by GDM were analyzed. The main outcome measure was the occurrence of adverse neonatal outcomes in pregnancies complicated by GDM. Results: Among study participants (median age 36.8 years, pre-gestational BMI 24.8 kg/m2), six miscarriages, one neonatal death, but no maternal death was recorded. The occurrence of the cumulative adverse outcome (OR 2.48, 95% CI 1.59–3.87), large for gestational age (OR 3.99, 95% CI 2.40–6.63), fetal malformation (OR 2.66, 95% CI 1.00–7.18), and respiratory distress (OR 4.33, 95% CI 1.33–14.12) was associated with previous macrosomia. Large for gestational age was also associated with obesity (OR 1.46, 95% CI 1.00–2.15). Small for gestational age was associated with first trimester glucose levels (OR 1.96, 95% CI 1.04–3.69). Neonatal hypoglycemia was associated with overweight (OR 1.52, 95% CI 1.02–2.27) and obesity (OR 1.62, 95% CI 1.04–2.51). The RECPAM analysis identified high-risk subgroups mainly characterized by high pre-pregnancy BMI (OR 1.68, 95% CI 1.21–2.33 for obese; OR 1.38 95% CI 1.03–1.87 for overweight). Conclusions: A deep investigation on the factors associated with adverse neonatal outcomes requires a risk stratification. In particular, great attention must be paid to the prevention and treatment of obesity
Light Detection System and Time Resolution of the NA62 RICH
A large RICH detector is used in NA62 to suppress the muon contamination in
the charged pion sample by a factor of 100 in the momentum range between 15 and
35 GeV/c. Cherenkov light is collected by 1952 photomultipliers placed at the
upstream end. In this paper the characterization of the photomultipliers and
the dedicated Frontend and Data Acquisition electronics are described, the time
resolution and the light detection efficiency measurement are presented.Comment: 15 pages, 11 figure
Measurement of the branching ratio of the decay
From the 2002 data taking with a neutral kaon beam extracted from the
CERN-SPS, the NA48/1 experiment observed 97 candidates with a background contamination of events.
From this sample, the BR() is measured to be
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