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View article: Elevated expression of inflammation and wound healing pathways in recurrent BV 3988
Elevated expression of inflammation and wound healing pathways in recurrent BV 3988 Open
Description Metronidazole (MET) treatment for Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is effective for initial symptom resolution, but 40% of women experience recurrent BV within 6 months and the underlying immune factors that contribute to BV recurrence…
View article: Advancements in Silicon Carbide-based detectors for high-performance radiation dosimetry and beam monitoring: from simulations to test phase
Advancements in Silicon Carbide-based detectors for high-performance radiation dosimetry and beam monitoring: from simulations to test phase Open
Silicon Carbide (SiC) based detectors have been appointed as possible candidates for new-generation detectors for both radiation and charged particles. SiC is in fact a material characterized by a high radiation hardness, a strong mechanic…
View article: Common cervicovaginal sequencing methods result in discordant molecular diagnoses of bacterial vaginosis and reveal strain level effects of Gardnerella vaginalis
Common cervicovaginal sequencing methods result in discordant molecular diagnoses of bacterial vaginosis and reveal strain level effects of Gardnerella vaginalis Open
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is associated with HIV transmission and pre-term birth, yet the etiology of BV remains unknown. Our analysis addressed that knowledge gap by comparing diagnostic techniques and using Bayesian inference to find spec…
View article: Advancements in the characterization of SiC devices within the SAMOTHRACE ecosystem
Advancements in the characterization of SiC devices within the SAMOTHRACE ecosystem Open
This contribution presents a selection of results obtained within the SAMOTHRACE ecosystem, specifically aimed at advancing the development of Silicon Carbide (SiC) detectors for applications in energy and timing measurements with radioact…
View article: Silicon carbide detectors for particle therapy within the SAMOTHRACE ecosystem
Silicon carbide detectors for particle therapy within the SAMOTHRACE ecosystem Open
A goal of the nowadays cancer radiotherapy treatment would be to reduce the healthy tissue damage, while maximizing the cancer disruption. Among the different possibilities, X-rays have been widely used during the irradiation for tumor cel…
View article: Holographic Consequences of Heterotic String Theory beyond its Supergravity Approximation
Holographic Consequences of Heterotic String Theory beyond its Supergravity Approximation Open
In this work, we study the effects of stringy corrections on the low energy effective action derived from heterotic string theory beyond its supergravity approximation. Compactifying the ten dimensional theory with these stringy correction…
View article: Direct measurement of the 19F(p,$$\alpha $$)16O reaction using the LHASA detector array
Direct measurement of the 19F(p,$$\alpha $$)16O reaction using the LHASA detector array Open
The low-energy 19 F(p, $$\alpha $$ ) 16 O reaction has significant implications for nuclear astrophysics. The 19 F(p, $$\alpha $$ ) 16 O reaction occurs via three channels: (p, $$\alpha _0$$ ), (p, $$\alpha _\pi $$ ), and (p, $…
View article: The multichannel approach within the NUMEN project: The <sup>18</sup>O + <sup>40</sup>Ca at 275 MeV case
The multichannel approach within the NUMEN project: The <sup>18</sup>O + <sup>40</sup>Ca at 275 MeV case Open
Different reactions channels induced by the 18O + 40Ca collisions at 275 MeV incident energy are analysed within a a multichannel approach. Experimental data from many reactions are simultaneously measured and a consistent analysis is perf…
View article: Evaluating the possible degradation of extremely thin silicon detectors within a gas jet target environment
Evaluating the possible degradation of extremely thin silicon detectors within a gas jet target environment Open
The SUGAR system (SUpersoni GAs jet-taRget) is a device which may reach an ultrathin and pure gas target. The main idea of SUGAR is to use a particle detection array inside its scattering chamber in order to study interesting reactions at …
View article: Status of the NUMEN Construction
Status of the NUMEN Construction Open
The NUMEN (NUclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay) project at INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud aims to extract quantitative information on the Nuclear Matrix Elements relevant to neutrinoless double beta decay, a key p…
View article: Elastic scattering of 8B+90Zr at sub-barrier energies
Elastic scattering of 8B+90Zr at sub-barrier energies Open
Elastic scattering measurements for the reaction 8B+90Zr at the sub-barrier energy of 26.5 MeV (~ 0.9 VC.B.) were carried out in a recent experiment, realized at the TriSol radioactive beam facility of the University of Notre Dame. This ex…
View article: Recent results in the study of the 20Ne + 130Te collision within the NUMEN project and future perspectives
Recent results in the study of the 20Ne + 130Te collision within the NUMEN project and future perspectives Open
The NUMEN (Nuclear Matrix Elements for Neutrinoless double beta decay) project aims to investigate specific heavy–ion double charge exchange reactions to provide experimentally data driven information about nuclear matrix elements of inter…
View article: Observation and spectroscopy of proton-unbound nucleus $^{21}$Al
Observation and spectroscopy of proton-unbound nucleus $^{21}$Al Open
We report on the observation of previously-unknown isotope $^{21}$Al, the first unbound aluminum isotope located beyond the proton dripline. The $^{21}$Al nucleus decays by one-proton (1p) emission, and its in-flight decays were detected b…
View article: Comparison of the H <sub>2</sub> O, HDO and <i>δ</i> D stratospheric climatologies between the MIPAS-ESA V8, MIPAS-IMK V5 and ACE-FTS V4.1/4.2 satellite datasets
Comparison of the H <sub>2</sub> O, HDO and <i>δ</i> D stratospheric climatologies between the MIPAS-ESA V8, MIPAS-IMK V5 and ACE-FTS V4.1/4.2 satellite datasets Open
Variations in the isotopologic composition of water vapour are fundamental for understanding the relative importance of different mechanisms of water vapour transport from the tropical upper troposphere to the lower stratosphere. Previous …
View article: Isospin Dynamics and Dipolar degrees of freedom in Heavy Ion collisions
Isospin Dynamics and Dipolar degrees of freedom in Heavy Ion collisions Open
In this contribution the connection between the Dipolar degree of freedom excited in Heavy Ion Collisions through pre-equilibrium dipolar modes and the Isospin-equilibration processes is discussed. The connection leads to the definition of…
View article: Clustering in <sup>13</sup>C
Clustering in <sup>13</sup>C Open
Measurement was conducted at the INFN-LNL, employing a Tandem accelerator to achieve a 95 MeV 14 N beam focused on 10 B target (201 µg/cm²) with the aim to explore the cluster structures of light carbon isotopes. The main focus of this rep…
View article: Clustering in \({}^{11,12,13}\)C
Clustering in \({}^{11,12,13}\)C Open
Characterization of the excited states of 11C, 12C, 13C isotopes was performed using experimental data collected at the INFN-LNL in Italy. The study employed a 95 MeV 14N beam on 10B targets to probe clustering phenomena in carbon isotopes…
View article: Experimental study of <sup>6</sup>He Coulomb breakup as an indirect measurement of <sup>4</sup>He(2n,<i>γ</i>)<sup>6</sup>He reaction rate for the astrophysical r-process
Experimental study of <sup>6</sup>He Coulomb breakup as an indirect measurement of <sup>4</sup>He(2n,<i>γ</i>)<sup>6</sup>He reaction rate for the astrophysical r-process Open
In this work, we report the measurement of elastic and Coulomb break-up channels in 6 He+ 208 Pb collisions at E lab = 19.3 MeV, close to the Coulomb barrier of this system ∼ 19 MeV. In the context of the astrophysical r-process, the react…
View article: Breakup of <sup>8</sup>B+<i><sup>nat</sup></i>Zr at the sub-barrier energy of 26.5 MeV
Breakup of <sup>8</sup>B+<i><sup>nat</sup></i>Zr at the sub-barrier energy of 26.5 MeV Open
In our systematic research on reactions with weakly bound nuclei at suband nearbarrier energies, we have studied the system 8 B+ nat Zr at the sub-barrier energy of 26.5 MeV. Our measurements, performed at the TriSol radioactive beam facil…
View article: Neutron-rich clustering investigation at LNS with FARCOS detectors
Neutron-rich clustering investigation at LNS with FARCOS detectors Open
The physics of clusters in heavy neutron-rich ions is a topic of constant interest in the worldwide scientific community. In recent times, many interesting phenomena have been investigated especially thanks to the development of new radioa…
View article: Clustering states in neutron-rich nuclei
Clustering states in neutron-rich nuclei Open
The study of clustering states in neutron-rich nuclei is an important subject of research in the field of nuclear physics, steadily growing in interest in the international scientific community. In this context, break-up reactions play an …
View article: Monoisotopic targets production from atomic and molecular positive ion implantation in a tandem accelerator at low energies
Monoisotopic targets production from atomic and molecular positive ion implantation in a tandem accelerator at low energies Open
We produced monoisotopic targets of 13 C and 28,29 Si with 10 15−16 atoms/cm 2 areal density by ion implantation in different matrices at the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) facility in Mexico. The tandem accelerator terminal voltage w…
View article: A multi–channel study of the <sup>20</sup>Ne + <sup>130</sup>Te system within the NUMEN project
A multi–channel study of the <sup>20</sup>Ne + <sup>130</sup>Te system within the NUMEN project Open
The NUMEN project aims to measure specific reaction cross sections to provide experimentally driven information about nuclear matrix elements of interest in the context of neutrinoless double beta decay (0 νββ ). In particular, it was prop…
View article: Probing the Elastic Scattering Differential Cross Section for Al + p at Backward Angles in a Low Energy Regime
Probing the Elastic Scattering Differential Cross Section for Al + p at Backward Angles in a Low Energy Regime Open
We report on the absolute differential cross section for proton elastic scattering on aluminum in the energy range of 0.8 MeV to 2.1 MeV. In the literature we have found previously published data that follow similar trends but are not cons…
View article: Experimental and theoretical multi-channel study of direct nuclear reactions: a tool to provide data driven information on the <sup>76</sup>Ge neutrino-less double-beta decay
Experimental and theoretical multi-channel study of direct nuclear reactions: a tool to provide data driven information on the <sup>76</sup>Ge neutrino-less double-beta decay Open
The study of heavy-ions induced double charge-exchange (HI-DCE) nuclear reactions is a promising way to access data-driven information on neutrino-less double-beta decay nuclear matrix elements. In the following, particular attention is gi…
View article: New high intensity Heavy - Ion beams @ INFN-LNS: NUMEN project status and perspective
New high intensity Heavy - Ion beams @ INFN-LNS: NUMEN project status and perspective Open
The upgrade project POTLNS to produce high-intensity beams has already started at INFN- Laboratori Nazionali del Sud in Catania (Italy). The POTLNS project was triggered by the NUMEN physics case that aims to provide experimental informati…
View article: Proton halo effects in the <sup>8</sup>B+<sup>64</sup>Zn collision around the Coulomb barrier
Proton halo effects in the <sup>8</sup>B+<sup>64</sup>Zn collision around the Coulomb barrier Open
The 8 B+ 64 Zn reaction at 38.5 MeV has been studied at HIE-ISOLDE CERN to investigate proton halo effect on the reaction dynamics. For the first time it was used the only existing post-accelerated 8 B beam. The measured elastic scattering…