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Standard Model Higgs Searches at the LHC
An overview of the searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the LHC is presented. The main Higgs production and decay modes that have been studied are introduced, and the analysis techniques and the recent developments done by the ATLAS and CMS experiments are described. Some preliminary results from current studies are included. The discovery potential within the first few years of physics running is evaluated
Novel Biocompatible Thermoresponsive Poly(<i>N</i>‑vinyl Caprolactam)/Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Macroporous Structure and Improved Mechanical Characteristics
PolyÂ(<i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam) (PVCL) hydrogels usually
suffer from the imporous structure and poor mechanical characteristics
as well as the toxicity of cross-linkers, although PVCL itself is
biocompatible. In this paper, novel biocompatible thermoresponsive
polyÂ(<i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam)/clay nanocomposite (PVCL-Clay)
hydrogels with macroporous structure and improved mechanical characteristics
are developed for the first time. The macroporosity in the hydrogel
is introduced by using Pickering emulsions as templates, which contain <i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam (VCL) monomer as dispersed phase and
clay sheets as stabilizers at the interface. After polymerization,
macropores are formed inside the hydrogels with the residual unreacted
VCL droplets as templates. The three-dimensional PVCL polymer networks
are cross-linked by the clay nanosheets. Due to the nanocomposite
structure, the hydrogel exhibits better mechanical characteristics
in comparison to the conventional PVCL hydrogels cross-linked by <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-methylene diacrylamide (BIS).
The prepared PVCL-Clay hydrogel possesses remarkable temperature-responsive
characteristics with a volume phase transition temperature (VPTT)
around 35 °C, and provides a feasible platform for cell culture.
With macroporous structure and good mechanical characteristics as
well as flexible assembly performance, the proposed biocompatible
thermoresponsive PVCL-Clay nanocomposite hydrogels are ideal material
candidates for biomedical, analytical, and other applications such
as entrapment of enzymes, cell culture, tissue engineering, and affinity
and displacement chromatography
Novel Biocompatible Thermoresponsive Poly(<i>N</i>‑vinyl Caprolactam)/Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Macroporous Structure and Improved Mechanical Characteristics
PolyÂ(<i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam) (PVCL) hydrogels usually
suffer from the imporous structure and poor mechanical characteristics
as well as the toxicity of cross-linkers, although PVCL itself is
biocompatible. In this paper, novel biocompatible thermoresponsive
polyÂ(<i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam)/clay nanocomposite (PVCL-Clay)
hydrogels with macroporous structure and improved mechanical characteristics
are developed for the first time. The macroporosity in the hydrogel
is introduced by using Pickering emulsions as templates, which contain <i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam (VCL) monomer as dispersed phase and
clay sheets as stabilizers at the interface. After polymerization,
macropores are formed inside the hydrogels with the residual unreacted
VCL droplets as templates. The three-dimensional PVCL polymer networks
are cross-linked by the clay nanosheets. Due to the nanocomposite
structure, the hydrogel exhibits better mechanical characteristics
in comparison to the conventional PVCL hydrogels cross-linked by <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-methylene diacrylamide (BIS).
The prepared PVCL-Clay hydrogel possesses remarkable temperature-responsive
characteristics with a volume phase transition temperature (VPTT)
around 35 °C, and provides a feasible platform for cell culture.
With macroporous structure and good mechanical characteristics as
well as flexible assembly performance, the proposed biocompatible
thermoresponsive PVCL-Clay nanocomposite hydrogels are ideal material
candidates for biomedical, analytical, and other applications such
as entrapment of enzymes, cell culture, tissue engineering, and affinity
and displacement chromatography
Novel Biocompatible Thermoresponsive Poly(<i>N</i>‑vinyl Caprolactam)/Clay Nanocomposite Hydrogels with Macroporous Structure and Improved Mechanical Characteristics
PolyÂ(<i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam) (PVCL) hydrogels usually
suffer from the imporous structure and poor mechanical characteristics
as well as the toxicity of cross-linkers, although PVCL itself is
biocompatible. In this paper, novel biocompatible thermoresponsive
polyÂ(<i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam)/clay nanocomposite (PVCL-Clay)
hydrogels with macroporous structure and improved mechanical characteristics
are developed for the first time. The macroporosity in the hydrogel
is introduced by using Pickering emulsions as templates, which contain <i>N</i>-vinyl caprolactam (VCL) monomer as dispersed phase and
clay sheets as stabilizers at the interface. After polymerization,
macropores are formed inside the hydrogels with the residual unreacted
VCL droplets as templates. The three-dimensional PVCL polymer networks
are cross-linked by the clay nanosheets. Due to the nanocomposite
structure, the hydrogel exhibits better mechanical characteristics
in comparison to the conventional PVCL hydrogels cross-linked by <i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′-methylene diacrylamide (BIS).
The prepared PVCL-Clay hydrogel possesses remarkable temperature-responsive
characteristics with a volume phase transition temperature (VPTT)
around 35 °C, and provides a feasible platform for cell culture.
With macroporous structure and good mechanical characteristics as
well as flexible assembly performance, the proposed biocompatible
thermoresponsive PVCL-Clay nanocomposite hydrogels are ideal material
candidates for biomedical, analytical, and other applications such
as entrapment of enzymes, cell culture, tissue engineering, and affinity
and displacement chromatography
Additional file 1 of singleCellBase: a high-quality manually curated database of cell markers for single cell annotation across multiple species
Additional file 1: Table S1. The information pertains to the taxonomic classification of species
Discriminant Analysis for the Odor Identification Tests.
<p>Discriminant Analysis for the Odor Identification Tests.</p
Differentiation among HC, iRBD and PD patients by the brief test in validation.
<p>(A) Scatterplots of individual scores with the respective group median and 25th and 75th percentiles for the brief test in validation. (B) Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves showing the relationship between the sensitivity and specificity of the brief test in validation. ***<i>P</i><0.001, **<i>P</i><0.01</p
DATA (Olfactory Test in iRBD and PD).xlsx
<p>Odor identification was evaluated in
iRBD patients (n=54), PD patients (n=54) and healthy controls (n=54) in China. With the
identification data, a brief odor identification test was established and then
validated in other subjects.</p
Patient Demographics in the Validation Test.
<p>Patient Demographics in the Validation Test.</p
Differentiation among HC, iRBD and PD patients by the odor identification tests.
<p>(A) Scatterplots of individual scores with the respective group median and 25th and 75th percentiles for the Sniffin’ Sticks. (B) Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves showing the relationship between sensitivity and specificity of the Sniffin’ Sticks (dotted lines) and the brief test (solid lines). ***<i>P</i><0.001</p