Population of neutron-rich nuclei around 48ca with deep inelastic collisions

The deep inelastic reaction 48Ca+64Ni at 6 MeV/A has been studied using the CLARA–PRISMA setup. Angular distributions for pure elastic scattering and total cross-sections of the most relevant transfer channels have been measured. The experimental results are compared with predictions from a semiclassical model, showing good agreement for the presently analyzed few neutrons transfer channels. The decay of the most intense reaction products has also been studied, giving indications of the population of states with very short lifetimes.Gadea Raga, Andrés, [email protected]

Highlights lecture EANM 2015: the search for nuclear medicine’s superheroes

The EANM 2015 Annual Congress, held from October 10th to 14th in Hamburg, Germany, was outstanding in many respects. With 5550 participants, this was by far the largest European congress concerning nuclear medicine. More than 1750 scientific presentations were submitted, with more than 250 abstracts from young scientists, indicating that the future success of our discipline is fuelled by a high number of young individuals becoming involved in a multitude of scientific activities. Significant improvements have been made in molecular imaging of cancer, particularly in prostate cancer. PSMA-directed PET/CT appears to become a new gold standard for staging and restaging purposes. Novel tumour specific compounds have shown their potential for target identification also in other solid neoplasms and further our understanding of tumour biology and heterogeneity. In addition, a variety of nuclear imaging techniques guiding surgical interventions have been introduced. A particular focus of the congress was put on targeted, radionuclide based therapies. Novel theranostic concepts addressing also tumour entities with high incidence rates such as prostate cancer, melanoma, and lymphoma, have shown effective anti-tumour activity. Strategies have been presented to improve further already established therapeutic regimens such as somatostatin receptor based radio receptor therapy for treating advanced neuroendocrine tumours. Significant contributions were presented also in the neurosciences track. An increasing number of target structures of high interest in neurology and psychiatry are now available for PET and SPECT imaging, facilitating specific imaging of different subtypes of dementia and movement disorders as well as neuroinflammation. Major contributions in the cardiovascular track focused on further optimization of cardiac perfusion imaging by reducing radiation exposure, reducing scanning time, and improving motion correction. Besides coronary artery disease, many contributions focused on cardiac inflammation, cardiac sarcoidosis, and specific imaging of large vessel vasculitis. The physics and instrumentation track included many highlights such as novel, high resolution scanners. The most noteworthy news and developments of this meeting were summarized in the highlights lecture. Only 55 scientific contributions were mentioned, and hence they represent only a brief summary, which is outlined in this article. For a more detailed view, all presentations can be accessed by the online version of the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (Volume 42, Supplement 1)

A Numerical Methodology to Assess the Rollover Risk of a Generic Car- Caravan System in Different Driving Conditions

This research proposes a numerical methodology to assess the behavior of a car towing a generic caravan in crosswind conditions. Driving with crosswind can lead to dangerous situations. The vehicle can have stability issues and eventually crash. Different crosswind and vehicle velocities have been analysed using a car-caravan dynamic model with accurate aerodynamic loads. The forces generated by the action of the wind are calculated with CFD simulations and applied to the vehicle to perform dynamic simulations. Results show that also non-extreme crosswind condition could lead to dangerous situations

Preliminary measurements and survey of snowdrift at the Seehore avalanche test site - Aosta Valley (IT)

International audienceIn high elevation areas drifting snow influences the snowpack spatial distribution and consequently its stability. The amount of snow drifted from the windward side and accumulated on the leeward side is not only a function of wind conditions but it also depends on the snowpack characteristic. One of the aim of the project MAP3 "Monitoring for the Avalanche Prevision, Prediction and Protection" - P.O. ALCOTRA Italy/France (Alps) 2007-2013 is to better understand the influence of snowdrift on the snow spatial distribution in the leeward side of a ridge, where avalanches naturally or artificially occur. To achieve this aim, in Summer 2012 the Seehore avalanche test site in Aosta Valley (Italy) was implemented with a snow and weather station installed on the ridge at 2570m asl in order to measure wind speed and direction, snow depth and drifted snow at different heights above the ground. In case of avalanche release, snowpack properties and release features are recorded by field surveys. Laser scan measurements and photogrammetry are also performed to get information about the spatial distribution of the snowpack, with a special focus on the release zone. This paper presents the design and the installation of the system and the first results of the measurements. As the experimental device was fully operational only for four months during winter 2012- 2013, in this paper we focus on two specific events: 1) snowdrift event without snowfall, 2) snowdrift event with concurrent snowfall before an artificially released avalanche in the study site. More work is planned for the future, in particular concerning the avalanche release and snowpack features in respect to snowdrift conditions. This new experimental test site presents a great potentiality to advance in this research topic, due to its small size and relatively easy logistic in the data recording

Role of adrenal gland scintigraphy in patients with subclinical hypercortisolism and incidentally discovered adrenal mass

The role of adrenal scintigraphy (AS) in the diagnosis of subclinical hypercortisolism (SH) in adrenal incidentaloma (AI) is debated