244 research outputs found
Measurement of the J/Ï pair production cross-section in pp collisions at TeV
The production cross-section of J/Ï pairs is measured using a data sample of pp collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 279 ±11 pb. The measurement is performed for J/Ï mesons with a transverse momentum of less than 10 GeV/c in the rapidity range 2.0 < y < 4.5. The production cross-section is measured to be 15.2 ± 1.0 ± 0.9 nb. The first uncertainty is statistical, and the second is systematic. The differential cross-sections as functions of several kinematic variables of the J/Ï pair are measured and compared to theoretical predictions.The production cross-section of pairs is measured using a data sample of collisions collected by the LHCb experiment at a centre-of-mass energy of , corresponding to an integrated luminosity of . The measurement is performed for mesons with a transverse momentum of less than in the rapidity range . The production cross-section is measured to be . The first uncertainty is statistical, and the second is systematic. The differential cross-sections as functions of several kinematic variables of the pair are measured and compared to theoretical predictions
Measurement of the B0sâÎŒ+ÎŒâ Branching Fraction and Effective Lifetime and Search for B0âÎŒ+ÎŒâ Decays
A search for the rare decays Bs0âÎŒ+ÎŒ- and B0âÎŒ+ÎŒ- is performed at the LHCb experiment using data collected in pp collisions corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 4.4ââfb-1. An excess of Bs0âÎŒ+ÎŒ- decays is observed with a significance of 7.8 standard deviations, representing the first observation of this decay in a single experiment. The branching fraction is measured to be B(Bs0âÎŒ+ÎŒ-)=(3.0±0.6-0.2+0.3)Ă10-9, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The first measurement of the Bs0âÎŒ+ÎŒ- effective lifetime, Ï(Bs0âÎŒ+ÎŒ-)=2.04±0.44±0.05ââps, is reported. No significant excess of B0âÎŒ+ÎŒ- decays is found, and a 95% confidence level upper limit, B(B0âÎŒ+ÎŒ-)<3.4Ă10-10, is determined. All results are in agreement with the standard model expectations.A search for the rare decays and is performed at the LHCb experiment using data collected in collisions corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 4.4 fb. An excess of decays is observed with a significance of 7.8 standard deviations, representing the first observation of this decay in a single experiment. The branching fraction is measured to be , where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The first measurement of the effective lifetime, ps, is reported. No significant excess of decays is found and a 95 % confidence level upper limit, , is determined. All results are in agreement with the Standard Model expectations
Fisioterapia respiratória no pré e pós-operatório de cirurgia de revascularização do miocårdio Respiratory physiotherapy in the pre and postoperative myocardial revascularization surgery
As doenças cardiovasculares estĂŁo entre as principais causas de morte no mundo desenvolvido, e sua ocorrĂȘncia tem aumentado de forma epidĂȘmica nos paĂses em desenvolvimento. Apesar das inĂșmeras alternativas para o tratamento da doença arterial coronariana; a cirurgia de revascularização do miocĂĄrdio Ă© uma opção com indicaçÔes precisas de mĂ©dio e longo prazo, com bons resultados. Pode proporcionar a remissĂŁo dos sintomas de angina e, tambĂ©m, contribui para o aumento da expectativa e melhora da qualidade de vida. Pacientes submetidos Ă cirurgia de revascularização do miocĂĄrdio desenvolvem, em sua maioria, disfunção pulmonar pĂłs-operatĂłria com redução importante dos volumes pulmonares, prejuĂzos na mecĂąnica respiratĂłria, diminuição na complacĂȘncia pulmonar e aumento do trabalho respiratĂłrio. A redução dos volumes e capacidades pulmonares contribui para alteraçÔes nas trocas gasosas, resultando em hipoxemia e diminuição na capacidade de difusĂŁo. Dentro deste contexto, a Fisioterapia tem sido cada vez mais requisitada tanto no prĂ© quanto no pĂłs-operatĂłrio deste tipo de cirurgia. Este estudo teve como objetivo atualizar os conhecimentos em relação Ă atuação da Fisioterapia respiratĂłria no prĂ© e pĂłs-operatĂłrio de cirurgia de revascularização do miocĂĄrdio, com ĂȘnfase na prevenção de complicaçÔes pulmonares. A Fisioterapia no perĂodo prĂ©-operatĂłrio atua por meio de inĂșmeras tĂ©cnicas, entre as quais, pode-se destacar: a espirometria de incentivo, exercĂcios de respiração profunda, tosse, treinamento muscular inspiratĂłrio, deambulação precoce e orientaçÔes fisioterapĂȘuticas. Enquanto que no pĂłs-operatĂłrio, tem como objetivo o tratamento das complicaçÔes pulmonares instaladas, realizado por meio de manobras fisioterapĂȘuticas e dispositivos respiratĂłrios nĂŁo invasivos, visando melhorar a mecĂąnica respiratĂłria, a reexpansĂŁo pulmonar e a higiene brĂŽnquica. A Fisioterapia respiratĂłria Ă© parte integrante na gestĂŁo dos cuidados do paciente cardiopata, tanto no prĂ© quanto no pĂłs-operatĂłrio, pois contribui significativamente para um melhor prognĂłstico desses pacientes por meio de tĂ©cnicas especĂficas.<br>The cardiovascular diseases are among the main death causes in the developed world. They have been increasing epidemically in the developing countries. In spite of several alternatives for the treatment of the coronary artery disease; the surgery of the myocardial revascularization is an option with proper indications of medium and long-term with good results. It provides the remission of the angina symptoms contributing to the increase of the expectation and improvement of the life quality. Most of patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgery develop postoperative lung dysfunction with important reduction of the lung volumes, damages in the respiratory mechanism, decrease in the lung indulgence and increase of the respiratory work. The reduction of volumes and lung capacities can contribute to alterations in the gas exchanges, resulting in hypoxemia and decrease in the diffusion capacity. Taking this into account, the Physiotherapy has been requested more and more to perform in the pre as well as in the postoperative period of this surgery. This study aimed at updating the knowledge regarding the respiratory physiotherapy performance in the pre and postoperative period of the myocardial revascularization surgery enhancing the prevention of lung complications. The Physiotherapy uses several techniques in the preoperative period; such as: the incentive spirometry, exercises of deep breathing, cough, inspiratory muscle training, earlier ambulation and physiotherapeutic orientations. While in the postoperative period, the objective is the treatment after lung complications took place, performed by means of physiotherapeutic maneuvers and noninvasive respiratory devices, aiming at improving the respiratory mechanism, the lung reexpansion and the bronchial hygiene. Respiratory physiotherapy is an integral part in the care management of the patient with cardiopathy, either in the pre or in the postoperative period, since it contributes significantly to a better prognosis of these patients with the use of specific techniques
Hipermobilidade articular em pacientes com prolapso da valva mitral Hipermovilidad articular en pacientes con prolapso de la vĂĄlvula mitral Joint hypermobility in patients with mitral valve prolapse
Estudos sobre hipermobilidade tĂȘm despertado grande interesse, nas Ășltimas dĂ©cadas, por estarem associados a disfunçÔes mĂșsculo-esquelĂ©ticas, bem como a anormalidades em vĂĄrios sistemas orgĂąnicos - como, por exemplo, o prolapso da valva mitral. Neste contexto, buscou-se agrupar e atualizar os conhecimentos da relação entre a hipermobilidade articular e o prolapso da valva mitral. Segundo a literatura, estudos mostram que alteraçÔes genĂ©ticas na composição do colĂĄgeno parecem ser a principal causa desta relação.<br>Studies on hypermobility have aroused great interest in the last decades, as they are associated to musculoskeletal disorders, as well as abnormalities in several organic systems, such as the mitral valve prolapse. Therefore, in this study, data on the association between joint hypermobility and the mitral valve prolapse were investigated and reviewed. Studies in the literature have shown that genetic alterations in the collagen composition seem to be the main cause of this association
Observation of a new resonance
International audienceFrom samples of pp collision data collected by the LHCb experiment at s=7, 8 and 13 TeV, corresponding to integrated luminosities of 1.0, 2.0 and 1.5ââfb-1, respectively, a peak in both the Îb0K- and Îb0Ï- invariant mass spectra is observed. In the quark model, radially and orbitally excited Îb- resonances with quark content bds are expected. Referring to this peak as Îb(6227)-, the mass and natural width are measured to be mÎb(6227)-=6226.9±2.0±0.3±0.2ââMeV/c2 and ÎÎb(6227)-=18.1±5.4±1.8ââMeV/c2, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third, on mÎb(6227)-, is due to the knowledge of the Îb0 baryon mass. Relative production rates of the Îb(6227)-âÎb0K- and Îb(6227)-âÎb0Ï- decays are also reported
Observation of the decay
International audienceThe first observation of the Bs0âDÂŻ0K+K- decay is reported, together with the most precise branching fraction measurement of the mode B0âDÂŻ0K+K-. The results are obtained from an analysis of pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0ââfb-1. The data were collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The branching fraction of the B0âDÂŻ0K+K- decay is measured relative to that of the decay B0âDÂŻ0Ï+Ï- to be B(B0âDÂŻ0K+K-)B(B0âDÂŻ0Ï+Ï-)=(6.9±0.4±0.3)%, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. The measured branching fraction of the Bs0âDÂŻ0K+K- decay mode relative to that of the corresponding B0 decay is B(Bs0âDÂŻ0K+K-)B(B0âDÂŻ0K+K-)=(93.0±8.9±6.9)%. Using the known branching fraction of B0âDÂŻ0Ï+Ï-, the values of B(B0âDÂŻ0K+K-)=(6.1±0.4±0.3±0.3)Ă10-5 and B(Bs0âDÂŻ0K+K-)=(5.7±0.5±0.4±0.5)Ă10-5 are obtained, where the third uncertainties arise from the branching fraction of the decay modes B0âDÂŻ0Ï+Ï- and B0âDÂŻ0K+K-, respectively
Observation of and search for decays
International audienceThe first observation of the Bs0âDÂŻ*0Ï decay is reported, with a significance of more than seven standard deviations, from an analysis of pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3ââfb-1, collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The branching fraction is measured relative to that of the topologically similar decay B0âDÂŻ0Ï+Ï- and is found to be B(Bs0âDÂŻ*0Ï)=(3.7±0.5±0.3±0.2)Ă10-5, where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third from the branching fraction of the B0âDÂŻ0Ï+Ï- decay. The fraction of longitudinal polarization in this decay is measured to be fL=(73±15±4)%. The most precise determination of the branching fraction for the Bs0âDÂŻ0Ï decay is also obtained, B(Bs0âDÂŻ0Ï)=(3.0±0.3±0.2±0.2)Ă10-5. An upper limit, B(B0âDÂŻ0Ï)<2.0 (2.3)Ă10-6 at 90% (95%) confidence level is set. A constraint on the Ï-Ï mixing angle ÎŽ is set at |ÎŽ|<5.2° (5.5°) at 90% (95%) confidence level
Observation of and search for decays
The first observation of the decay is reported, with a significance of more than seven standard deviations, from an analysis of pp collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3ââfb, collected with the LHCb detector at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV. The branching fraction is measured relative to that of the topologically similar decay and is found to be , where the first uncertainty is statistical, the second systematic, and the third from the branching fraction of the decay. The fraction of longitudinal polarization in this decay is measured to be . The most precise determination of the branching fraction for the decay is also obtained, . An upper limit, at 90% (95%) confidence level is set. A constraint on the mixing angle is set at (5.5°) at 90% (95%) confidence level
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