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The inclusive charged particle transverse momentum distribution is measured in proton–proton collisions at s=900 GeV at the LHC using the ALICE detector. The measurement is performed in the central pseudorapidity region (|η|<0.8) over the transverse momentum range 0.15<pT<10 GeV/c. The correlation between transverse momentum and particle multiplicity is also studied. Results are presented for inelastic (INEL) and non-single-diffractive (NSD) events. The average transverse momentum for |η|<0.8 is 〈pT〉INEL=0.483±0.001 (stat.)±0.007 (syst.) GeV/c and 〈pT〉NSD=0.489±0.001 (stat.)±0.007 (syst.) GeV/c, respectively. The data exhibit a slightly larger 〈pT〉 than measurements in wider pseudorapidity intervals. The results are compared to simulations with the Monte Carlo event generators PYTHIA and PHOJET.
Background: Alzheimer's disease is a common debilitating dementia with known heritability, for which 20 late onset susceptibility loci have been identified, but more remain to be discovered. This study sought to identify new susceptibility genes, using an alternative gene-wide analytical approach which tests for patterns of association within genes, in the powerful genome-wide association dataset of the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project Consortium, comprising over 7 m genotypes from 25,580 Alzheimer's cases and 48,466 controls.
Principal findings: In addition to earlier reported genes, we detected genome-wide significant loci on chromosomes 8 (TP53INP1, p = 1.4×10−6) and 14 (IGHV1-67 p = 7.9×10−8) which indexed novel susceptibility loci.
Significance: The additional genes identified in this study, have an array of functions previously implicated in Alzheimer's disease, including aspects of energy metabolism, protein degradation and the immune system and add further weight to these pathways as potential therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease.
Aus dem niedersächsischen Brutgebiet Esterweger Dose wurden von 2003 bis 2006 18 Eier aus nicht oder nur teilweise geschlüpften Gelegen sowie die Lebern eines Embryos und eines Kükens des Goldregenpfeifers auf Rückstände an Umweltchemikalien untersucht. Die Organohalogene (HCB, Σ PCB, Σ HCH, Σ DDT, Σ Chlordane und Nonachlore) sowie das Schwermetall Quecksilber wurden in sehr geringen Konzentrationen nachgewiesen. Nur die Leber des Embryos wies sehr hohe Konzentrationen an DDT und Metaboliten auf. Im Vergleich zur Kontamination der Eier anderer Watvogelarten sind die Konzentrationen der Umweltchemikalien in Goldregenpfeifereiern der Esterweger Dose als gering und den Reproduktionserfolg nicht gefährdend einzustufen.