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Properties of Saturn Kilometric Radiation measured within its source region
On 17 October 2008, the Cassini spacecraft crossed the southern sources of
Saturn kilometric radiation (SKR), while flying along high-latitude nightside
magnetic field lines. In situ measurements allowed us to characterize for the
first time the source region of an extra-terrestrial auroral radio emission.
Using radio, magnetic field and particle observations, we show that SKR sources
are surrounded by a hot tenuous plasma, in a region of upward field-aligned
currents. Magnetic field lines supporting radio sources map a continuous,
high-latitude and spiral-shaped auroral oval observed on the dawnside,
consistent with enhanced auroral activity. Investigating the Cyclotron Maser
Instability (CMI) as a mechanism responsible for SKR generation, we find that
observed cutoff frequencies are consistent with radio waves amplified
perpendicular to the magnetic field by hot (6 to 9 keV) resonant electrons,
measured locally
Compliance With Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy in Contemporary Coronary Revascularization Trials
Background: Despite the well-established benefits of secondary cardiovascular prevention, the importance of concurrent medical therapy in clinical trials of coronary revascularization is often overlooked. Objectives: The goal of this study was to assess compliance with guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in clinical trials and its potential impact on the comparison between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and MEDLINE were searched from 2005 to August 2017. Clinical trial registries and reference lists of relevant studies were also searched. Randomized controlled trials comparing PCI with drug-eluting stents versus CABG and reporting medical therapy after revascularization were included. The study outcome was compliance with GDMT, defined as the following: 1) any antiplatelet agent plus beta-blocker plus statin (GDMT1); and 2) any antiplatelet agent plus beta-blocker plus statin plus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin receptor blocker (GDMT2). Data collection and analysis were performed according to the methodological recommendations of The Cochrane Collaboration. Results: From a total of 439 references, 5 trials were included based on our inclusion and exclusion criteria. Overall, compliance with GDMT1 was low and decreased over time from 67% at 1 year to 53% at 5 years. Compliance with GDMT2 was even lower and decreased from 40% at 1 year to 38% at 5 years. Compliance with both GDMT1 and GDMT2 was higher in PCI than in CABG at all time points. Meta-regression suggested an association between lower use of GDMT1 and adverse clinical outcomes in PCI versus CABG at 5 years. Conclusions: Compliance with GDMT in contemporary clinical trials remains suboptimal and is significantly lower after CABG than after PCI, which may influence the comparison of clinical trial endpoints between those study groups
Erratum: The solar orbiter radio and plasma waves (RPW) instrument (Astronomy and Astrophysics (2020) 642 (A12) DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936214)
The erratum concerns Fig. 9 entitled "Antenna radio-electrical properties" for which some of the parameters are not correct. The new figure with new parameters is provided in Fig. 1 of this corrigendum. Fig. 1. Corrected Antenna radio-electrical properties. (Figure Presented)
Five-Year Outcomes after Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary-Artery Bypass Grafting.
BACKGROUND: We previously reported that there was no significant difference at 30 days or at 1 year in the rate of the composite outcome of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, or renal failure between patients who underwent coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) performed with a beating-heart technique (off-pump) and those who underwent CABG performed with cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump). We now report the results at 5 years (the end of the trial). METHODS: A total of 4752 patients (from 19 countries) who had coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to undergo off-pump or on-pump CABG. For this report, we analyzed a composite outcome of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, renal failure, or repeat coronary revascularization (either CABG or percutaneous coronary intervention). The mean follow-up period was 4.8 years. RESULTS: There were no significant differences between the off-pump group and the on-pump group in the rate of the composite outcome (23.1% and 23.6%, respectively; hazard ratio with off-pump CABG, 0.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.87 to 1.10; P=0.72) or in the rates of the components of the outcome, including repeat coronary revascularization, which was performed in 2.8% of the patients in the off-pump group and in 2.3% of the patients in the on-pump group (hazard ratio, 1.21; 95% CI, 0.85 to 1.73; P=0.29). The secondary outcome for the overall period of the trial - the mean cost in U.S. dollars per patient - also did not differ significantly between the off-pump group and the on-pump group (14,992, respectively; between-group difference, 697 to $927). There were no significant between-group differences in quality-of-life measures. CONCLUSIONS: In our trial, the rate of the composite outcome of death, stroke, myocardial infarction, renal failure, or repeat revascularization at 5 years of follow-up was similar among patients who underwent off-pump CABG and those who underwent on-pump CABG. (Funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research; CORONARY ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00463294 .)
Obinutuzumab versus Rituximab in young patients with advanced DLBCL, a PET-guided and randomized phase 3 study by LYSA.
Rituximab plus polychemotherapy is standard of care in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). GAINED trial
compares obinutuzumab to rituximab. GAINED (NCT01659099) is an open-label, randomized phase 3 trial.
Transplant-eligible patients (18-60yrs) with untreated aged-adjusted international prognostic index (aaIPI) ≥1
DLBCL were randomized (1:1) between obinutuzumab or rituximab. Patients were stratified by aaIPI (1; 2-3)
and chemotherapy regimen (ACVBP; CHOP). Consolidation treatment was determined according to response
assessed by centrally reviewed interim semi-quantitative PET. Responders after cycle 2 and 4 (PET2-/PET4-)
received planned immuno-chemotherapy consolidation. Responders only after cycle 4 (PET2+/4-) received highdose methotrexate plus transplantation. The primary objective was an 8% improvement (HR=0.73; 80% power;
alpha risk 2.5%; one-sided) in 2-year event-free survival (EFS) in the obinutuzumab arm. Events included death,
progression, PET 2 or 4 positivity, modification of planned treatment. From September 20, 2012, 670 patients
were enrolled (obinutuzumab n=336; rituximab n=334). 383 (57.2%) were aaIPI 2-3, 339 (50.6%) received
CHOP and 324 (48.4%) received ACVBP. Median follow-up was 38.7 months. The 2-year EFS were similar in
obinutuzumab and rituximab groups (59.8% vs 56.6%; p=0.123; HR=0.88). The 2-year PFS in the whole cohort
was 83.1% (95%CI 80–85.8). PET2-/4- and PET2+/4- had similar 2-year PFS and OS (89.9% vs 83.9%) and
94.8% vs 92.8%). The 2-year PFS and OS for PET4+ patients were 62% and 83.1%. Grade 3-5 infections were
more frequent in the obinutuzumab arm (21% vs 12%). Obinutuzumab is not superior to rituximab in untreated
aaIPI≥1 DLBCL transplant-eligible patients
OSS (Outer Solar System): A fundamental and planetary physics mission to Neptune, Triton and the Kuiper Belt
The present OSS mission continues a long and bright tradition by associating
the communities of fundamental physics and planetary sciences in a single
mission with ambitious goals in both domains. OSS is an M-class mission to
explore the Neptune system almost half a century after flyby of the Voyager 2
spacecraft. Several discoveries were made by Voyager 2, including the Great
Dark Spot (which has now disappeared) and Triton's geysers. Voyager 2 revealed
the dynamics of Neptune's atmosphere and found four rings and evidence of ring
arcs above Neptune. Benefiting from a greatly improved instrumentation, it will
result in a striking advance in the study of the farthest planet of the Solar
System. Furthermore, OSS will provide a unique opportunity to visit a selected
Kuiper Belt object subsequent to the passage of the Neptunian system. It will
consolidate the hypothesis of the origin of Triton as a KBO captured by
Neptune, and improve our knowledge on the formation of the Solar system. The
probe will embark instruments allowing precise tracking of the probe during
cruise. It allows to perform the best controlled experiment for testing, in
deep space, the General Relativity, on which is based all the models of Solar
system formation. OSS is proposed as an international cooperation between ESA
and NASA, giving the capability for ESA to launch an M-class mission towards
the farthest planet of the Solar system, and to a Kuiper Belt object. The
proposed mission profile would allow to deliver a 500 kg class spacecraft. The
design of the probe is mainly constrained by the deep space gravity test in
order to minimise the perturbation of the accelerometer measurement.Comment: 43 pages, 10 figures, Accepted to Experimental Astronomy, Special
Issue Cosmic Vision. Revision according to reviewers comment
Patterns of hepatitis delta virus reinfection and disease in liver transplantation.
Twenty-seven carriers of the hepatitis B surface antigen who underwent liver transplantation in Italy and Belgium for terminal Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) cirrhosis were investigated. In 22 of the patients, HDV infection recurred. Two patients died of coexisting HDV and hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation. Four patients who died of unrelated causes were found to have HDV without signs of HBV reactivation. Five patients (18%) cleared both HBV and HDV after transplantation with no evidence of hepatitis (mean follow-up, 29 months). In many surviving patients. HDV infection recurred early without signs of HBV reactivation. Disease returned in the 11 HDV-infected patients in whom HBV also recurred. Histological hepatitis did not recur during an interim of 12-33 months in the 5 HDV-infected patients in whom HBV did not return. The overall medium-term survival in patients with HDV who underwent transplantation was 77.7%. Liver transplantation offers patients with HDV a hope of cure from disease despite a high risk of reinfection. In the transplantation setting. HDV can cause subclinical infections without any apparent assistance from HBV; these infections become symptomatic only if and when HBV reactivates. Thus, HDV may not be in itself pathogenic but requires cooperation from HBV to cause the appearance of the disease
Quantifying physical structure changes and non-uniform water flow in cattle manure during dry anaerobic digestion process at lab scale: Implication for biogas production
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