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Open AccessMagnetically-coupled piston pump for high-purity gas applications
Experiments based on noble elements such as gaseous or liquid argon or xenon utilize the ionization and scintillation properties of the target materials to detect radiation-induced recoils. A requirement for h...
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Open AccessIntrinsic backgrounds from Rn and Kr in the XENON100 experiment
In this paper, we describe the XENON100 data analyses used to assess the target-intrinsic background sources radon ( ), thoron ( ) and kry...
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Open AccessMaterial radioassay and selection for the XENON1T dark matter experiment
The XENON1T dark matter experiment aims to detect weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) through low-energy interactions with xenon atoms. To detect such a rare event necessitates the use of radiopure ma...
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Open AccessThe XENON1T dark matter experiment
The XENON1T experiment at the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (LNGS) is the first WIMP dark matter detector operating with a liquid xenon target mass above the ton-scale. Out of its 3.2 t liquid xenon inve...
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Open AccessOnline \(^{222}\) Rn removal by cryogenic distillation in the XENON100 experiment
We describe the purification of xenon from traces of the radioactive noble gas radon using a cryogenic distillation column. The distillation column was integrated into the gas purification loop of the XENON100...
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Open AccessRemoving krypton from xenon by cryogenic distillation to the ppq level
The XENON1T experiment aims for the direct detection of dark matter in a detector filled with 3.3 tons of liquid xenon. In order to achieve the desired sensitivity, the background induced by radioactive decays...
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Häusliche Gewalt
Bei den Folgen häuslicher Gewalt handelt es sich oft um lebensbedrohliche Verletzungen. Zum Schutz der Geschädigten und für die suffiziente Strafverfolgung sind rechtsmedizinische Begutachtungen mit gerichtsve...
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Open AccessLowering the radioactivity of the photomultiplier tubes for the XENON1T dark matter experiment
The low-background, VUV-sensitive 3-inch diameter photomultiplier tube R11410 has been developed by Hamamatsu for dark matter direct detection experiments using liquid xenon as the target material. We present ...
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Prävention von Verletzungen als ärztliche Aufgabe
Mehr als 9 Mio. Personen erleiden in Deutschland jährlich eine Verletzung und >30.000 sterben an Verletzungen. Nach Schätzungen könnten durch Präventionsmaßnahmen die Hälfte aller Unfälle verhindert und die an...
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Differenzialdiagnostische Aspekte nach sexuellem Kindesmissbrauch
Häufig kann der Verdacht auf einen sexuellen Kindesmissbrauch durch medizinische Befunde nicht bewiesen werden. Der fehlende Nachweis anogenitaler Verletzungen schließt jedoch einen sexuellen Missbrauch nicht ...
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Intracartilaginous haemorrhagic lesions in strangulation?
This case control study was designed to investigate if laryngeal haemorrhages occur in cases of strangulation and whether these lesions are specific to strangulation. In the study 30 larynxes from victims of ...
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Immunohistochemical investigations on the course of astroglial GFAP expression following human brain injury
The course of GFAP expression by astrocytes has been immunohistochemically investigated during the first 30 weeks after human brain injury. In order to provide reliable data for a forensic wound age estimation...
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Body and head position, covering of the head by bedding and risk of sudden infant death (SID)
We examined the position of the body and head, and the covering of the head by bedding on discovery in cases of sudden infant death (SID) in Lower Saxony. Between 1.1.1986 and 31.12.1992 structured, questionn...
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Influence of postmortem changes on immunohistochemical reactions in skin
The influence of postmortem damage of tissues on the immunohistochemical diagnosis of wound age has not as yet been clarified. We utilized antibodies against the proteinase inhibitors α-1-antichymotrypsin and ...
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Immunohistochemical examination of skin wounds with antibodies against alpha-1-antichymotrypsin, alpha-2-macroglobulin and lysozyme
The distribution of the proteinase inhibitors alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (α1-act), alpha-2-macroglobulin ((α-2-m) and lysozyme was analysed immunohistochemically in 27 intravitally acquired wounds, 3 postmortem ...
