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    Комментарий к статье «Классификации дефектов вертлужной впадины: дают ли они объективную картину сложности ревизионного эндопротезирования тазобедренного сустава? (критический обзор литературы и собственных наблюдений)»

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    .Комментарий к статье Тихилов Р.М., Шубняков И.И., Денисов А.О. Классификации дефектов вертлужной впадины: дают ли они объективную картину сложности ревизионного эндопротезирования тазобедренного сустава? (критический обзор литературы и собственных наблюдений). Травматология и ортопедия России. 2019;25(1):122-141. Doi: 10.21823/2311-2905-2019-25-1-122-141

    Phenomenological discussion of BPVB\to P V decays in QCD improved factorization approach

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    Trying a global fit of the experimental branching ratios and CP-asymmetries of the charmless BPVB\to PV decays according to QCD factorization, we find it impossible to reach a satisfactory agreement, the confidence level (CL) of the best fit is smaller than .1 %. This failure reflects the difficulty to accommodate several large experimental branching ratios of the strange channels. Furthermore, experiment was not able to exclude a large direct CP asymmetry in Bˉ0ρ+π\bar {B}^0\to\rho^+ \pi^-, which is predicted very small by QCD factorization. Proposing a fit with QCD factorization complemented by a charming-penguin inspired model we reach a best fit which is not excluded by experiment (CL of about 8 %) but is not fully convincing. These negative results must be tempered by the remark that some of the experimental data used are recent and might still evolve significantly.Comment: 8 pages, 2 figures (requires epsfig, psfrag),talk presented at the XXXVIIIth Rencontres de Moriond: Electroweak Interactions and Unified Theories,Les Arcs, France, March 15-22, 2003. To be published in the Proceeding

    Primary solitary retro-clival amyloidoma.

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    Amyloidosis encompasses a group of disorders sharing the common feature of intercellular deposition of amyloid protein by several different pathogenetic mechanisms. Primary solitary amyloidosis, or amyloidoma, is a rare subset of amyloidosis in which amyloid deposition is focal and not secondary to a systemic process or plasma cell dyscrasia.This 84-year-old female presented with history of multiple syncopal episodes, dysphagia, and ataxia. Motor strength was 3+/5 in the right upper extremity. Rheumatoid factor, cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP), and anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) were normal. Serum and urine immune-electrophoresis detected no abnormal bands. Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a non-enhancing soft-tissue mass extending from the retro-clivus to C2 posteriorly, eccentric to the right with severe mass effect on the upper cervical medullary junction. Endoscopic trans-nasal debulking of the retro-clival mass was performed with occiput to C5 posterior instrumentation for spinal stabilization.Primary solitary amyloidosis, unlike other forms of amyloidosis, has an excellent prognosis with local resection. Diagnosis requires special stains and a degree of suspicion for the disease. This is the first report to document an endoscopic trans-nasal approach for removal of a primary solitary amyloidosis of the retro-clivus. Management of vertebral amyloidoma involves aggressive local resection of the tumor when feasible and spine stabilization as the degree of tumor involvement mandates. Complete evaluation for the diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis is essential for the management and prognostication. Surgeons encountering such lesions must maintain high suspicion for this rare disease and advise pathologists accordingly to establish the correct diagnosis

    Testing QCD factorisation and charming penguins in charmless BPV{\boldsymbol{B\to PV}}

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    We try a global fit of the experimental branching ratios and CP-asymmetries of the charmless BPVB\to PV decays according to QCD factorisation. We find it impossible to reach a satisfactory agreement, the confidence level (CL) of the best fit is smaller than .1 %. The main reason for this failure is the difficulty to accomodate several large experimental branching ratios of the strange channels. Furthermore, experiment was not able to exclude a large direct CP asymmetry in B0ˉρ+π\bar {B^0}\to\rho^+ \pi^-, which is predicted very small by QCD factorisation. Trying a fit with QCD factorisation complemented by a charming-penguin inspired model we reach a best fit which is not excluded by experiment (CL of about 8 %) but is not fully convincing. These negative results must be tempered by the remark that some of the experimental data used are recent and might still evolve significantly.Comment: 21 pages, 4 figures; several typos corrected, added one footnote and two references, comments added about PQCD. To appear in Phys.Rev.

    Direct CP Violation, Branching Ratios and Form Factors BπB \to \pi, BKB \to K in BB Decays

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    The BπB \to \pi and BKB \to K transitions involved in hadronic B decays are investigated in a phenomenological way through the framework of QCD factorization. By comparing our results with experimental branching ratios from the BELLE, BABAR and CLEO Collaborations for all the B decays including either a pion or a kaon, we propose boundaries for the transition form factors BπB \to \pi and BKB \to K depending on the CKM matrix element parameters ρ\rho and η\eta. From this analysis, the form factors required to reproduce the experimental data for branching ratios are FBπ=0.31±0.12F^{B \to \pi}= 0.31 \pm 0.12 and FBK=0.37±0.13F^{B \to K}= 0.37\pm 0.13. We calculate the direct CP violating asymmetry parameter, aCPa_{CP}, for Bπ+ππB \to \pi^{+} \pi^{-} \pi and Bπ+πKB \to \pi^{+} \pi^{-} K decays, in the case where ρω\rho-\omega mixing effects are taken into account. Based on these results, we find that the direct CP asymmetry for Bπ+ππB^{-} \to \pi^{+} \pi^{-} \pi^{-}, Bˉ0π+ππ0\bar{B}^{0} \to \pi^{+} \pi^{-} \pi^{0}, Bπ+πKB^{-} \to \pi^{+} \pi^{-} K^{-}, and Bˉ0π+πKˉ0\bar{B}^{0} \to \pi^{+} \pi^{-} \bar{K}^{0}, reaches its maximum when the invariant mass π+π\pi^{+} \pi^{-} is in the vicinity of the ω\omega meson mass. The inclusion of ρω\rho-\omega mixing provides an opportunity to erase, without ambiguity, the phase uncertainty mod(π)(\pi) in the determination of the CKM angles α\alpha in case of bub\to u and γ\gamma in case of bsb \to s.Comment: 74 pages, 15 figures, 8 tables. A few misprints corrected, two references adde

    Radiative B Meson Decays into K pi gamma and K pi pi gamma Final States

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    We report observations of radiative B meson decays into the K+pi-gamma and K+pi-pi+gamma final states. In the B0 -> K+pi-gamma channel, we present evidence for decays via an intermediate tensor meson state with a branching fraction of B(B0 -> K2*(1430)0gamma) = (1.3 +-0.5 (stat.) +- 0.1 (syst.)) X 10^{-5}. We measure the branching fraction B(B+ -> K+pi-pi+gamma) = (2.4 +- 0.5 (stat.) +0.4-0.2 (syst.)) X 10^{-5}, in which the B+ -> K*0pi+gamma and B+ -> K+rho0gamma channels dominate. The analysis is based on a dataset of 29.4 /fb recorded by the Belle experiment at the KEKB collider.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figures. Revised to match the PRL version, including several correction

    Global and regional burden of chronic respiratory disease in 2016 arising from non-infectious airborne occupational exposures: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

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    OBJECTIVES: This paper presents detailed analysis of the global and regional burden of chronic respiratory disease arising from occupational airborne exposures, as estimated in the Global Burden of Disease 2016 study. METHODS: The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to occupational exposure to particulate matter, gases and fumes, and secondhand smoke, and the burden of asthma resulting from occupational exposure to asthmagens, was estimated using the population attributable fraction (PAF), calculated using exposure prevalence and relative risks from the literature. PAFs were applied to the number of deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for COPD and asthma. Pneumoconioses were estimated directly from cause of death data. Age-standardised rates were based only on persons aged 15 years and above. RESULTS: The estimated PAFs (based on DALYs) were 17% (95% uncertainty interval (UI) 14%-20%) for COPD and 10% (95% UI 9%-11%) for asthma. There were estimated to be 519 000 (95% UI 441,000-609,000) deaths from chronic respiratory disease in 2016 due to occupational airborne risk factors (COPD: 460,100 [95% UI 382,000-551,000]; asthma: 37,600 [95% UI 28,400-47,900]; pneumoconioses: 21,500 [95% UI 17,900-25,400]. The equivalent overall burden estimate was 13.6 million (95% UI 11.9-15.5 million); DALYs (COPD: 10.7 [95% UI 9.0-12.5] million; asthma: 2.3 [95% UI 1.9-2.9] million; pneumoconioses: 0.58 [95% UI 0.46-0.67] million). Rates were highest in males; older persons and mainly in Oceania, Asia and sub-Saharan Africa; and decreased from 1990 to 2016. CONCLUSIONS: Workplace exposures resulting in COPD, asthma and pneumoconiosis continue to be important contributors to the burden of disease in all regions of the world. This should be reducible through improved prevention and control of relevant exposures

    Measurement of Branching Fractions for B0 ->K*2(1430)0 gamma and B+ -> K*2(1430)+ gamma

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    We have investigated the exclusive, radiative B-meson decay to K_2^*(1430) in 88.5 * 10^6 BBbar events. We present a preliminary measurement of the branching fractions BR(B->K^*_2(1430)^0 gamma) = (1.22+-0.25+-0.11) * 10^{-5} and BR(B->K^*_2(1430)^+ gamma) = (1.44+-0.40+-0.13) * 10^{-5}.Comment: 17 pages, 7 postscript figures, contributed to the 21st International Symposium on Lepton and Photon Interactions at High Energies, 8/11-8/16/2003, Fermilab, Illinois US
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