An empirical model to describe rapidity density and transverse momentum distributions

The distribution of rapidity density and transverse momentum is formulated empirically and analytically. It describes the data quite well over the wide energy range of √s = 22.4 – 7000 GeV

Diabetes mellitus itself increases cardio- cerebrovascular risk and renal complications in primary aldosteronism

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism following peer review. The version of record Aya Saiki, Michio Otsuki, Daisuke Tamada, Tetsuhiro Kitamura, Iichiro Shimomura, Isao Kurihara, Takamasa Ichijo, Yoshiyu Takeda, Takuyuki Katabami, Mika Tsuiki, Norio Wada, Toshihiko Yanase, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Junji Kawashima, Masakatsu Sone, Nobuya Inagaki, Takanobu Yoshimoto, Ryuji Okamoto, Katsutoshi Takahashi, Hiroki Kobayashi, Kouichi Tamura, Kohei Kamemura, Koichi Yamamoto, Shoichiro Izawa, Miki Kakutani, Masanobu Yamada, Akiyo Tanabe, Mitsuhide Naruse, Diabetes Mellitus Itself Increases Cardio-Cerebrovascular Risk and Renal Complications in Primary Aldosteronism, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 105, Issue 7, July 2020, Pages e2531–e2537 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa177

Adiabatic expansion of nuclear matter gas to describe violation of Feynman scaling law in multiple particle production

The main features of the rapidity density distribution of the produced hadrons in multiple particle production in nucleon collisions are; (a) the distribution in the forward region (ȳ ≥ 0) has a shape similar to the Fermi distribution, (b) the distribution in the most forward region reaches almost the maximum rapidity ymax = ln(√s/M) (M : nucleon mass), and (c) the shrinkage of the distribution from the maximum rapidity increases with the incident energy (i.e. violation of Feynman scaling law). These features are possible to be described by the assumptions that; (1) a fireball of the gas (made of nuclear matter, with the temperature Ti and with the shape of the incident nucleon with Lorentz contraction) is produced in the collision, (2) the fireball makes the adiabatic expansion, and (3) the constituent particles of the gas obey the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of the temperature Tf in the final state

Emulsion chamber observations of Centauros, aligned events and the long-flying component

The cosmic ray emulsion chamber community has reported several unusual phenomena which are also relevant to experiments at the current high-energy accelerators, in particular the Fermilab Tevatron Collider and the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A summary of the Cosmic Rays at Mountain Altitude workshop held at Plock (Poland, September 2010) is given

An empirical model to describe rapidity density and transverse momentum distributions

The distribution of rapidity density and transverse momentum is formulated empirically and analytically. It describes the data quite well over the wide energy range of √s = 22.4 – 7000 GeV

Supersulphides provide airway protection in viral and chronic lung diseases

Abstract Supersulphides are inorganic and organic sulphides with sulphur catenation with diverse physiological functions. Their synthesis is mainly mediated by mitochondrial cysteinyl-tRNA synthetase (CARS2) that functions as a principal cysteine persulphide synthase (CPERS). Here, we identify protective functions of supersulphides in viral airway infections (influenza and COVID-19), in aged lungs and in chronic lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We develop a method for breath supersulphur-omics and demonstrate that levels of exhaled supersulphides increase in people with COVID-19 infection and in a hamster model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Lung damage and subsequent lethality that result from oxidative stress and inflammation in mouse models of COPD, IPF, and ageing were mitigated by endogenous supersulphides production by CARS2/CPERS or exogenous administration of the supersulphide donor glutathione trisulphide. We revealed a protective role of supersulphides in airways with various viral or chronic insults and demonstrated the potential of targeting supersulphides in lung disease