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    Long-range angular correlations on the near and away side in p–Pb collisions at

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    Evaluation de l'utilisation des anti-inflamamtoires non stéroïdiens comme traitement antipyrétique chez l'enfant

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    REIMS-BU Santé (514542104) / SudocPARIS-BIUM (751062103) / SudocSudocFranceF

    Where Brain, Body and World Collide

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    The production cross section of electrons from semileptonic decays of beauty hadrons was measured at mid-rapidity (|y| < 0.8) in the transverse momentum range 1 < pt < 8 Gev/c with the ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC in pp collisions at a center of mass energy sqrt{s} = 7 TeV using an integrated luminosity of 2.2 nb^{-1}. Electrons from beauty hadron decays were selected based on the displacement of the decay vertex from the collision vertex. A perturbative QCD calculation agrees with the measurement within uncertainties. The data were extrapolated to the full phase space to determine the total cross section for the production of beauty quark-antiquark pairs

    Long-Term Effectiveness, Safety and Tolerability of Fingolimod in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in Real-World Treatment Settings in France: The VIRGILE Study

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    Online ahead of printInternational audienceIntroduction: It is important to confirm the effectiveness and tolerability of disease-modifying treatments for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in real-world treatment settings. This prospective observational cohort study (VIRGILE) was performed at the request of the French health authorities. The primary objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of fingolimod 0.5 mg in reducing the annualised relapse rate (ARR) in patients with RRMS.Methods: Participating neurologists enrolled all adult patients with RRMS starting fingolimod treatment between 2014 and 2016, who were followed for 3 years. Follow-up consultations took place at the investigator's discretion. The primary outcome measure was the change in ARR at month 24 after fingolimod initiation. Relapses and adverse events were documented at each consultation; disability assessment (EDSS) and magnetic resonance imagery were performed at the investigator's discretion.Results: Of 1055 eligible patients, 633 patients were assessable at month 36; 405 (64.0%) were treated continuously with fingolimod for 3 years. The ARR decreased from 0.92 ± 0.92 at inclusion to 0.31 ± 0.51 at month 24, a significant reduction of 0.58 [95% CI - 0.51 to - 0.65] relapses/year (p < 0.001). Since starting fingolimod, 461 patients (60.9%) remained relapse-free at month 24 and 366 patients (55.5%) at month 36. In multivariate analysis, no previous disease-modifying treatment, number of relapses in the previous year and lower EDSS score at inclusion were associated with a greater on-treatment reduction in ARR. The mean EDSS score remained stable over the course of the study. Sixty-one out of 289 (21.1%) patients presented new radiological signs of disease activity. Treatment-related serious adverse events were lymphopenia (N = 21), bradycardia (N = 19), elevated transaminases (N = 9) and macular oedema (N = 9).Conclusions: The effectiveness and tolerability of fingolimod in everyday clinical practice are consistent with findings of previous phase III studies. Our study highlights the utility of fingolimod for the long-term management of patients with multiple sclerosis

    J/ψJ/\psi production and nuclear effects in p-Pb collisions at SNN\sqrt{S_{NN}} = 5.02 TeV

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    Inclusive J/ψ\psi production has been studied with the ALICE detector in p-Pb collisions at sNN\sqrt{s_{NN}} = 5.02 TeV at the CERN LHC, in the rapidity domains 2.03 < ycms_{cms} < 3.53 and −4.46 < ycms_{cms} < −2.96, down to zero transverse momentum. The J/ψ\psi measurement is performed in the Muon Spectrometer through the μ+μ\mu^+\mu^− decay mode. In this Letter, the J/ψ\psi production cross section and the nuclear modification factor RpPb_{pPb} for the rapidities under study are presented. While at forward rapidity a suppression of the J/ψ\psi yield with respect to binary-scaled pp collisions is observed, in the backward region no suppression is present. The ratio of the forward and backward yields is also shown differentially in rapidity and transverse momentum. Theoretical predictions based on nuclear shadowing, as well as on models including, in addition, a contribution from partonic energy loss, are in fair agreement with the experimental results.Inclusive J/ψ\psi production has been studied with the ALICE detector in p-Pb collisions at the nucleon-nucleon center of mass energy sNN\sqrt{s_{\rm NN}} = 5.02 TeV at the CERN LHC. The measurement is performed in the center of mass rapidity domains 2.03<ycms<3.532.03<y_{\rm cms}<3.53 and 4.46<ycms<2.96-4.46<y_{\rm cms}<-2.96, down to zero transverse momentum, studying the μ+μ\mu^+\mu^- decay mode. In this paper, the J/ψ\psi production cross section and the nuclear modification factor RpPbR_{\rm pPb} for the rapidities under study are presented. While at forward rapidity, corresponding to the proton direction, a suppression of the J/ψ\psi yield with respect to binary-scaled pp collisions is observed, in the backward region no suppression is present. The ratio of the forward and backward yields is also measured differentially in rapidity and transverse momentum. Theoretical predictions based on nuclear shadowing, as well as on models including, in addition, a contribution from partonic energy loss, are in fair agreement with the experimental results

    Energy Dependence of the Transverse Momentum Distributions of Charged Particles in pp Collisions Measured by ALICE

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    Differential cross sections of charged particles in inelastic pp collisions as a function of p_T have been measured at s\sqrt{s} = 0.9, 2.76 and 7 TeV at the LHC. The pTp_T spectra are compared to NLO-pQCD calculations. Though the differential cross section for an individual s\sqrt{s} cannot be described by NLO-pQCD, the relative increase of cross section with sqrt(s) is in agreement with NLO-pQCD. Based on these measurements and observations, procedures are discussed to construct pp reference spectra at s\sqrt{s} = 2.76 and 5.02 TeV up to pTp_T = 50 GeV/c as required for the calculation of the nuclear modification factor in nucleus-nucleus and proton-nucleus collisions
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