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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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The PILOT optical alignment for its first flight
PILOT is a balloon-borne astronomy experiment designed to study the polarization of dust emission in the diffuse interstellar medium in our Galaxy at wavelengths 240 and 550 µm with an angular resolution of a...
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The optical performance of the PILOT instrument from ground end-to-end tests
The Polarized Instrument for Long-wavelength Observation of the Tenuous interstellar medium (PILOT) is a balloon-borne astronomy experiment designed to study the linear polarization of thermal dust emission in tw...
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PILOT: a balloon-borne experiment to measure the polarized FIR emission of dust grains in the interstellar medium
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Thoracoscopic treatment for spontaneous hemopneumothorax
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Infiltration of neutrophils following injection of apoptotic cells into the peritoneal cavity
It has been assumed that apoptosis leads to no production of pro-inflammatory cytokines or the production of anti-inflammatory cytokines in vivo, although the response of macrophages following phagocytosis of apo...
