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    Fermi Large Area Telescope Constraints on the Gamma-ray Opacity of the Universe

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    The Extragalactic Background Light (EBL) includes photons with wavelengths from ultraviolet to infrared, which are effective at attenuating gamma rays with energy above ~10 GeV during propagation from sources at cosmological distances. This results in a redshift- and energy-dependent attenuation of the gamma-ray flux of extragalactic sources such as blazars and Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs). The Large Area Telescope onboard Fermi detects a sample of gamma-ray blazars with redshift up to z~3, and GRBs with redshift up to z~4.3. Using photons above 10 GeV collected by Fermi over more than one year of observations for these sources, we investigate the effect of gamma-ray flux attenuation by the EBL. We place upper limits on the gamma-ray opacity of the Universe at various energies and redshifts, and compare this with predictions from well-known EBL models. We find that an EBL intensity in the optical-ultraviolet wavelengths as great as predicted by the "baseline" model of Stecker et al. (2006) can be ruled out with high confidence.Comment: 42 pages, 12 figures, accepted version (24 Aug.2010) for publication in ApJ; Contact authors: A. Bouvier, A. Chen, S. Raino, S. Razzaque, A. Reimer, L.C. Reye

    Quiste tímico cervical en un niño

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    Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 7 años de edad con antecedentes de buena salud, quien fue ingresado a los 5 años en el Hospital Infantil Sur de Santiago de Cuba por presentar aumento de volumen en la región lateral izquierda del cuello, doloroso, sobre todo al ingerir alimentos, y fiebre de 38 °C. Luego del tratamiento indicado egresó a los 10 días, pero con seguimiento por consulta externa. Al cabo de los 2 años y medio acudió a la consulta de Cirugía con aumento de volumen en la región lateral derecha del cuello. Se realizó la exéresis del tumor y los resultados del estudio anatomopatológico confirmaron que se trataba de un quiste tímico cervica

    Drug-induced ocular side effects

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