We report the results of a new Rosenbluth measurement of the proton electromagnetic form factors at Q2 values of 2.64, 3.20, and 4.10 GeV2. Cross sections were determined by detecting the recoiling ...proton, in contrast to previous measurements which detected the scattered electron. Cross sections were determined to 3%, with relative uncertainties below 1%. The ratio mu(p)G(E)/G(M) was determined to 4%-8% and showed mu(p)G(E)/G(M) approximately 1. These results are consistent with, and much more precise than, previous Rosenbluth extractions. They are inconsistent with recent polarization transfer measurements of similar precision, implying a systematic difference between the techniques.
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Most vendors offer scanners capable of dual- or multi-energy computed tomography (CT) imaging. Advantages of multi-energy CT scanning include superior tissue characterization, detection of subtle ...iodine uptake differences, and opportunities to reduce contrast dose. However, utilization of this technology in the emergency department (ED) remains low. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to illustrate the value of multi-energy CT scanning in emergency body imaging.
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Abstract
The analyzing powers for neutron charge exchange
nA
→
pX
reactions on nuclei have been measured on C, CH2 and Cu targets at incident neutron momenta 3.0 - 4.2 GeV/c by detecting one charged ...particle in forward direction. The polarized neutron measurements are the first of their kind. The experiment was performed using the Nuclotron accelerator in JINR Dubna, where polarized neutrons and protons were obtained from breakup of a polarized deuteron beam which has a maximum momentum of 13 GeV/c. The polarimeter ALPOM2 was used to obtain the analyzing power dependence on the transverse momentum of the final-state nucleon. These data have been used to estimate the figure of merit of a proposed experiment at Jefferson Laboratory to measure the recoiling neutron polarization in the quasi-elastic
2
H
(
e
,
e
′
n
) reaction, which yields information on the charge and magnetic elastic form factors of the neutron.
Nucleon electromagnetic form factors Perdrisat, C.F.; Punjabi, V.; Vanderhaeghen, M.
Progress in particle and nuclear physics,
10/2007, Volume:
59, Issue:
2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
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There has been much activity in the measurement of the elastic electromagnetic proton and neutron form factors in the last decade, and the quality of the data has been greatly improved by performing ...double-polarization experiments, in comparison with previous unpolarized data. Here we review the experimental data base in view of the new results for the proton, and neutron, obtained at MIT-Bates, MAMI, and JLab. The rapid evolution of phenomenological models triggered by these high-precision experiments will be discussed, including the recent progress in the determination of the valence quark generalized parton distributions of the nucleon, as well as to the steady rate of improvements made in the lattice QCD calculations.
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Elastic electron-proton scattering (e-p) and the spectroscopy of hydrogen atoms are the two methods traditionally used to determine the proton charge radius, r
. In 2010, a new method using muonic ...hydrogen atoms
found a substantial discrepancy compared with previous results
, which became known as the 'proton radius puzzle'. Despite experimental and theoretical efforts, the puzzle remains unresolved. In fact, there is a discrepancy between the two most recent spectroscopic measurements conducted on ordinary hydrogen
. Here we report on the proton charge radius experiment at Jefferson Laboratory (PRad), a high-precision e-p experiment that was established after the discrepancy was identified. We used a magnetic-spectrometer-free method along with a windowless hydrogen gas target, which overcame several limitations of previous e-p experiments and enabled measurements at very small forward-scattering angles. Our result, r
= 0.831 ± 0.007
± 0.012
femtometres, is smaller than the most recent high-precision e-p measurement
and 2.7 standard deviations smaller than the average of all e-p experimental results
. The smaller r
we have now measured supports the value found by two previous muonic hydrogen experiments
. In addition, our finding agrees with the revised value (announced in 2019) for the Rydberg constant
-one of the most accurately evaluated fundamental constants in physics.
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The treatment of severe frostbite injury has undergone rapid development in the past 30 years with many different diagnostic and treatment options now available. However, there is currently ...no consensus on the best method for management of this disease process. At our institution, we have designed a protocol for severe frostbite injury that includes diagnosis, medical treatment, wound cares, therapy, and surgery. This study assess the efficacy of our treatment since its implementation six years ago. During this time, all patients with severe frostbite injury were included in prospective observational trial of the protocol. We found that this protocol results in significant tissue salvage with over 80.7% of previously ischemic tissue becoming viable and not requiring amputation. We also were able to improve our center’s efficiency over the course of six years and now our current average time from rapid rewarming to delivery of thrombolytics is under six hours.
The reaction p + CH2→ forward charge particle + X is used for this aim traditionally. Analyzing power of this reaction falls off as 1 p, where p is the laboratory momentum. At the proton momenta of ...order 8 GeV c, which are expected at the JLab experiment, the low analyzing power creates problems for off-line analysis of data. On the other hand, it is well known that the reaction p+p → p+p has the much more analyzing power. So, the calorimeter is predestinated for suppression of inelastic events in this reaction. In the report it is shown that the problem is solved quite well.
Assessment of frostbite injury typically relies on computed tomography, angiography, or nuclear medicine studies to detect perfusion deficits prior to thrombolytic therapy. The aim of this study was ...to evaluate the potential of a novel imaging method, microangiography, in the assessment of severe frostbite injury. Patients with severe frostbite were included if they received a post-thrombolytic Technetium 99 (Tc99) bone scan, a Tc99 bone scan without thrombolytic therapy, and/or post-thrombolytic microangiography (MA) study. We included all patients from the years 2006 to 2018 with severe frostbite injury who had received appropriate imaging for diagnosis: Tc99 scan alone (N = 82), microangiography alone (N = 22), and both Tc99 and microangiography (N = 26). The majority of patients received thrombolytic therapy (76.2%), and the average time to thrombolytics was 6.9 hours. Tc99 scans showed strong correlation with amputation level (r = .836, P < .001), and microangiography showed a slightly stronger positive correlation with amputation level (r = .870, P < .001). In the subset who received both Tc99 scan and microangiography (N = 26), we observed significant differences in the mean scores of perfusion deficit (z = 3.20, P < .001). In this subset, a moderate correlation was found between level of perfusion deficit on Tc99 bone scan and amputation level (r = .525, P = .006). A very strong positive correlation was found between the microangiography studies and the amputation level (r = .890, P < .001). These results demonstrate that microangiography is a reliable alternative method of assessing severe frostbite injury and predicting amputation level.
Various forms of blended digital therapy (BDT) have emerged for psychosis treatment overtime. A recent BDT intervention named 'SlowMo' was developed in the United Kingdom for individuals experiencing ...paranoia (IeP's), diagnosed with schizophrenia-spectrum psychosis. Psychologists are at the forefront of delivering these interventions and play an important role in their uptake and dissemination. However, psychologists' subjective experiences of using BDT's with IeP's lack the necessary representation in the evidence base. The current study therefore sits within the wider evidence base examining SlowMo and seeks to present an in-depth idiographic analysis of psychologists' experiences of using BDT with IeP's. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, this research studied eight clinical psychologists' experiences of using BDT with IeP's. Participants were interviewed using semi-structured interviews. The analysis of data revealed three superordinate themes: (1) "Moulded by one's past", (2) "Struggles of co-facilitation with a digital platform", (3) "Achieving respite and enhanced practice". The themes overall portray how psychologists' professional identity and ethos of practice before BDT impacted their initial views and attitudes toward BDT. Psychologists described an initial struggle in adapting to BDT, and with this, came the initial struggle of managing the triadic relationship in BDT. Psychologists continuously experienced the need to negotiate their autonomy over session facilitation with the digital platform. Overtime, psychologists experienced the numerous meaningful benefits of using BDT with IeP's, both for self and for IeP. Psychologists organically reflected on their professional development after BDT, having learnt new, unexpected lessons to take into their own routine practice. Implications for practice, supervision, and training programs are emphasised. Implications for policymakers within the realm of BDT's and digital therapeutics are also highlighted.
In a case control study, we assessed the prevalence of bacterial urinary tract infections (UTI) and renal scarring in 155 consecutive type 1 (
n=102) and type 2 (
n=53) diabetic individuals and 128 ...healthy controls. Subjects who received antibiotics during the past 6 months, pregnant women and those with overt renal failure were excluded. In all subjects, urine culture and 99m Technetium (Tc) dimercapto-succinic acid renal scan was performed. UTI was diagnosed if two consecutive urine cultures grew the same organism with at least 10
5 colony forming unit (cfu)/ml in asymptomatic and at least 10
4 cfu/ml in symptomatic subjects, respectively. Renal scan was considered abnormal if focal or multiple tracer uptake defects and/or break in cortical outline were observed. The prevalence of UTI in diabetes mellitus was higher, when compared to that in controls (9% vs. 0.78%,
P=0.005).
Escherichia coli was the most commonly grown organism (64.3%), followed by
Staphyloccocus aureus (21.4%) and
Klebsiella pneumoniae (14.3%). Prevalence of renal scarring was higher in patients with diabetes (28/155, 18.0%), when compared to that of controls (7/128, 5.4%,
P=0.002). Fifty percent of patients with diabetes and UTI had renal scarring. The prevalence in diabetics with no UTI was also higher, when compared to controls (14.8 vs. 5.5%,
P<0.01). The prevalence of UTI as well as renal scarring was significantly higher in females, when compared to male diabetics. No significant difference in vascular events, hypertension, proteinuria, renal function tests and HbA1 was observed in patients with and without renal scar. Thus, patients with diabetes mellitus have 10- and 3-folds increased risk of UTI and renal scarring, respectively. The results could help prioritize protocols for management of UTI among patients with diabetes mellitus.
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