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Instrument On-chip: All-Silicon Polarimetric Detectors in the Submillimeter Domain
Characterization of the magnetic fields at different scales in the Universe is a new frontier for submillimeter astronomy. Polarimetric measurements between 50 and 500 µm are the golden path for this research....
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Tuneable Spectrometer for Submillimeter Astronomy Based on Silicon Fabry–Perot, Preliminary Results
We are studying and develo** high-performance spectroscopy solutions in silicon technology in the framework of instrumental developments around the B-BOP bolometer arrays and in the continuation of the forme...
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Open AccessGeneration of a bank of clinical-grade, HLA-homozygous iPSC lines with high coverage of the Spanish population
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cell therapies are an interesting new area in the field of regenerative medicine. One of the approaches to decrease the costs of iPSC-derived therapies is the use o...
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Carriage of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli: duration and risk factors
Identification of risk factors influencing the duration of carriage of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacilli (MDR-GNB) may be useful for infection control. The aim of this study is to estimate the impact o...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Ultra-high-resolution observations of persistent null-point reconnection in the solar corona
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Open AccessUltra-high-resolution observations of persistent null-point reconnection in the solar corona
Magnetic reconnection is a key mechanism involved in solar eruptions and is also a prime possibility to heat the low corona to millions of degrees. Here, we present ultra-high-resolution extreme ultraviolet ob...
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The Eruption of 22 April 2021 as Observed by Solar Orbiter: Continuous Magnetic Reconnection and Heating After the Impulsive Phase
We report on one of the first solar-eruptive events that was simultaneously observed by three of the remote-sensing instruments onboard Solar Orbiter during the cruise phase. The Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EU...
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High-Impedance Surfaces for Above-IC Integration of Cooled Bolometer Arrays at the 350-μm Wavelength
High-impedance surfaces (HIS) are investigated here for the above-IC integration of sub-millimeter-wave (350 µm here) detectors on CMOS electronics using standard thin film manufacturing processes and material...
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Optical Characterizations of Polarization-Sensitive Millimeter-Wave Silicon Bolometers
In this paper, we investigate two bolometer detectors with a pixel size of 500 µm and 1200 µm to address, respectively, the 0.6 mm and 1.5 mm wavelengths in order to study the temperature and polarization of c...
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A Study of Solutions of Some Nonlinear Integral Equations in the Space of Functions of Bounded Second Variation in the Sense of Shiba
In this paper, we study the existence and uniqueness of solutions for nonlinear Hammerstein, Volterra–Hammerstein, and Volterra equations in the space of functions of bounded second variation in the sense of S...
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Comparing the Heliospheric Cataloging, Analysis, and Techniques Service (HELCATS) Manual and Automatic Catalogues of Coronal Mass Ejections Using Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory/Heliospheric Imager (STEREO/HI) Data
We present the results of a comparative study between automatic and manually compiled coronal mass ejection (CME) catalogues based on observations from the Heliospheric Imagers (HIs) onboard NASA’s Solar Terrestr...
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Open AccessCMEs in the Heliosphere: III. A Statistical Analysis of the Kinematic Properties Derived from Stereoscopic Geometrical Modelling Techniques Applied to CMEs Detected in the Heliosphere from 2008 to 2014 by STEREO/HI-1
We present an analysis of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed by the Heliospheric Imagers (HIs) onboard NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft. Between August 2008 and April 2014 we...
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Design, Simulation and Fabrication of Highly Sensitive Cooled Silicon Bolometers for Millimeter-Wave Detection
This paper reports our results on the electrothermal modeling of cryogenic silicon bolometers with pixel pitches of 500 and 1200 µm designed for cosmic microwave background polarimetric observation in 0.6 mm a...
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Inflight performance of the PILOT balloon-borne experiment
The Polarized Instrument for Long-wavelength Observation of the Tenuous interstellar medium (PILOT) is a balloon-borne experiment that aims to measure the polarized emission of thermal dust at a wavelength of 240...
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Pretreatment neutrophil/lymphocyte, platelet/lymphocyte, lymphocyte/monocyte, and neutrophil/monocyte ratios and outcome in elderly breast cancer patients
Several studies have found an association between peripheral inflammatory cells and outcome. However, no study has explored their impact specifically in elderly patients. We have retrospectively examined pretr...
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Open AccessCMEs in the Heliosphere: II. A Statistical Analysis of the Kinematic Properties Derived from Single-Spacecraft Geometrical Modelling Techniques Applied to CMEs Detected in the Heliosphere from 2007 to 2017 by STEREO/HI-1
Recent observations with the Heliospheric Imagers (HIs) onboard the twin NASA Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have provided unprecedented observations of a large number of coronal mass...
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Hydrological and hydrochemical behavior of a riparian zone in a high-order flatland stream
Hydrological and hydrochemical processes occurring within riparian zones in temperate mid-latitudes flatland areas have significant implications for water management by controlling nutrient transfer between th...
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Superconducting Ti/TiN Thin Films for mm-Wave Absorption
Polarization-sensitive detectors at 120–500 GHz are required for the observation of the cosmic microwave background radiation. In this paper, superconducting thin films based on Ti/TiN bilayers are developed t...
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AFOMP policy number 6: code of ethics for medical physicists in AFOMP Countries
This policy statement, which is the sixth of a series of documents prepared by the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (AFOMP) Professional Development Committee, gives guidance on how...
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Electromagnetic Simulations of Newly Designed Semiconductor Bolometers for Submillimeter Observations
In the frame of the SPICA mission, new semiconductor bolometers have been designed for the POL instrument which is directly part of the HERSCHEL/PACS legacy. These detectors are cooled down to 50 mK and are se...
