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Open AccessNuclear physics midterm plan at LNS
The next years will see the completion of several new facilities at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – Laboratori Nazionali del Sud (LNS) opening up new possibilities in the fields of nuclear structure, n...
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Open AccessNuclear physics midterm plan in Italy: introduction to the series
In this contribution, the motivations for a Focus Point on the future nuclear physics researches in the Italian laboratories are described. The organization of the preliminary workshops and of the final report...
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Open AccessCancer incidence and mortality trends in France over 1990–2018 for solid tumors: the sex gap is narrowing
To analyze trends in cancer incidence and mortality (France, 1990–2018), with a focus on men-women disparities.
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Nuclear neck-density determination at Fermi energy with CHIMERA detector
Binary collisions of either stable or radioactive heavy ions at Fermi energies allow to study the nuclear reaction mechanisms under dynamical conditions of non-equilibrium and the formation of transient pieces...
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Isospin influence on fragments production in 78Kr + 40Ca and 86Kr + 48Ca collisions at 10 MeV/nucleon
In heavy ion collisions at low energy (E/A < 10–15 MeV/nucleon) the N/Z ratio in the entrance channel is closely related to the isospin degree of freedom and can influence the reaction mechanisms and consequently...
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Validation of Geant4 Nuclear Reaction Models for Hadron Therapy and Preliminary Results with BLOB
Reliable nuclear fragmentation models are of utmost importance in hadron therapy, where Monte Carlo (MC) simulations are used to compute the input parameters of the treatment planning software, to validate the...
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Open AccessAre comorbidities associated with long-term survival of lung cancer? A population-based cohort study from French cancer registries
Survival rates of lung cancer remains poor and the impact of comorbidities on the prognosis is discussed. The objective of this study was to assess if the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) was associated with 8...
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The NUMEN project: NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay
The article describes the main achievements of the NUMEN project together with an updated and detailed overview of the related R&D activities and theoretical developments. NUMEN proposes an innovative techniqu...
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Poly(propylene terephthalate) containing 4,4′-sulfonylbisphenol units: Effect of chemical composition on the physical-chemical properties
Copolyesters containing rigid aromatic units based on 4,4′-sulfonylbisphenol (bisphenol S) have been prepared by melt mixing poly(propylene terephthalate) (PPT) with an ethoxylated bisphenol S (sulfonyldipheno...
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Open AccessCancer prevalence in United States, Nordic Countries, Italy, Australia, and France: an analysis of geographic variability
The objectives of this study were to quantitatively assess the geographic heterogeneity of cancer prevalence in selected Western Countries and to explore the associations between its determinants.
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Estimation du surdiagnostic lié au dépistage du cancer du sein par mammographie : étude en population générale
Le dépistage du cancer du sein par mammographie entraîne une diminution de la mortalité par cancer du sein mais peut présenter certains effets indésirables comme l’inconfort de la mammographie, la présence de ...
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Dissipative processes in peripheral heavy ion collisions at Fermi energies
Peripheral heavy ion reactions are of interest for the production of new isotopes. In this contribution we present an investigation of reactions of light projectiles O and Ne on Be and Ta targets at Fermi ener...
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Association of diagnostic work-up with subsequent attendance in a breast cancer screening program for false-positive cases
The objective of this study is to determine whether the likelihood of returning for routine breast cancer screening differed for false-positive cases depending on the diagnostic work-up. Using the original dat...
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Analysis of the effect of age on the prognosis of breast cancer
To explore the effect of age at diagnosis on relative survival from breast cancer at different cancer stages and grades, using appropriate statistical modeling of time-varying and non-linear effects of that pr...
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Asymmetry of velocity distributions in peripheral reactions with heavy ions at Fermi energies
The asymmetry of velocity distributions of projectile-like fragments produced in heavy ion collisions is considered. The calculations performed in the transport model approach (Vlasov kinetic equation with the...
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Erratum: Association of LILRA2 (ILT1, LIR7) splice site polymorphism with systemic lupus erythematosus and microscopic polyangiitis
Correction to: Genes and Immunity (2008) 9, 214–223; doi:10.1038/gene.2008.5 Since the publication of this paper, the authors have noticed that the legend to the Figure 2 was incorrect; ‘G-allele’ should read ...
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Is it possible to estimate the incidence of breast cancer from medico-administrative databases?
One approach to estimate cancer incidence in the French Départements is to quantify the relationship between data in cancer registries and data obtained from the PMSI (Programme de Médicalisation des Systèmes ...
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Association of LILRA2 (ILT1, LIR7) splice site polymorphism with systemic lupus erythematosus and microscopic polyangiitis
Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptors (LILRs) are inhibitory, stimulatory or soluble receptors encoded within the leukocyte receptor complex. Some LILRs are extensively polymorphic, and exhibit evidence for ...
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Description of deep inelastic transfer reactions at the Fermi energy within transport models
The possibility of studying the dissipative processes near the Fermi energy using the transport equations arising within the Boltzmann-Nordheim-Vlasov approach is discussed. It is shown that this approach make...
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Open AccessThe influence of socio-economic and surveillance characteristics on breast cancer survival: a French population-based study
Survival data on female invasive breast cancer with 9-year follow-up from five French cancer registries were analysed by logistic regression for prognostic factors of cancer stage. The Kaplan–Meier method and ...
