Enhancing Material Screening at Boulby Underground Laboratory with XIA UltraLo-1800 Alpha Particle Detectors

Autor: Maouloud, Sid El Moctar Ahmed, Nguyen, Anh, Liu, XinRan, Dobson, James Edward Young, Ghag, Chamkaur, Floch, Léna Le, Meehan, Emma, Murphy, Alexander St. John, Paling, Sean Michael, Saakyan, Ruben, Scovell, Paul Robert, Toth, Christopher

The Boulby UnderGround Screening (BUGS) facility, located at the Boulby Underground Laboratory, has significantly advanced its material screening capabilities by installing two XIA UltraLo-1800 alpha particle detectors. This study presents a comprehe

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06925

Demonstration of neutron identification in neutrino interactions in the MicroBooNE liquid argon time projection chamber

Autor: The MicroBooNE Collaboration, P. Abratenko, O. Alterkait, D. Andrade Aldana, L. Arellano, J. Asaadi, A. Ashkenazi, S. Balasubramanian, B. Baller, A. Barnard, G. Barr, D. Barrow, J. Barrow, V. Basque, J. Bateman, O. Benevides Rodrigues, S. Berkman, A. Bhanderi, A. Bhat, M. Bhattacharya, M. Bishai, A. Blake, B. Bogart, T. Bolton, J. Y. Book, M. B. Brunetti, L. Camilleri, Y. Cao, D. Caratelli, F. Cavanna, G. Cerati, A. Chappell, Y. Chen, J. M. Conrad, M. Convery, L. Cooper-Troendle, J. I. Crespo-Anadón, R. Cross, M. Del Tutto, S. R. Dennis, P. Detje, R. Diurba, Z. Djurcic, R. Dorrill, K. Duffy, S. Dytman, B. Eberly, P. Englezos, A. Ereditato, J. J. Evans, R. Fine, W. Foreman, B. T. Fleming, D. Franco, A. P. Furmanski, F. Gao, D. Garcia-Gamez, S. Gardiner, G. Ge, S. Gollapinni, E. Gramellini, P. Green, H. Greenlee, L. Gu, W. Gu, R. Guenette, P. Guzowski, L. Hagaman, M. D. Handley, O. Hen, C. Hilgenberg, G. A. Horton-Smith, Z. Imani, B. Irwin, M. S. Ismail, C. James, X. Ji, J. H. Jo, R. A. Johnson, Y.-J. Jwa, D. Kalra, N. Kamp, G. Karagiorgi, W. Ketchum, M. Kirby, T. Kobilarcik, I. Kreslo, N. Lane, J.-Y. Li, Y. Li, K. Lin, B. R. Littlejohn, H. Liu, W. C. Louis, X. Luo, C. Mariani, D. Marsden, J. Marshall, N. Martinez, D. A. Martinez Caicedo, S. Martynenko, A. Mastbaum, I. Mawby, N. McConkey, V. Meddage, J. Mendez, J. Micallef, K. Miller, A. Mogan, T. Mohayai, M. Mooney, A. F. Moor, C. D. Moore, L. Mora Lepin, M. M. Moudgalya, S. Mulleriababu, D. Naples, A. Navrer-Agasson, N. Nayak, M. Nebot-Guinot, C. Nguyen, J. Nowak, N. Oza, O. Palamara, N. Pallat, V. Paolone, A. Papadopoulou, V. Papavassiliou, H. B. Parkinson, S. F. Pate, N. Patel, Z. Pavlovic, E. Piasetzky, K. Pletcher, I. Pophale, X. Qian, J. L. Raaf, V. Radeka, A. Rafique, M. Reggiani-Guzzo, L. Ren, L. Rochester, J. Rodriguez Rondon, M. Rosenberg, M. Ross-Lonergan, I. Safa, D. W. Schmitz, A. Schukraft, W. Seligman, M. H. Shaevitz, R. Sharankova, J. Shi, E. L. Snider, M. Soderberg, S. Söldner-Rembold, J. Spitz, M. Stancari, J. St. John, T. Strauss, A. M. Szelc, W. Tang, N. Taniuchi, K. Terao, C. Thorpe, D. Torbunov, D. Totani, M. Toups, A. Trettin, Y.-T. Tsai, J. Tyler, M. A. Uchida, T. Usher, B. Viren, J. Wang, M. Weber, H. Wei, A. J. White, S. Wolbers, T. Wongjirad, M. Wospakrik, K. Wresilo, W. Wu, E. Yandel, T. Yang, L. E. Yates, H. W. Yu, G. P. Zeller, J. Zennamo, C. Zhang

Publikováno v: European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields, Vol 84, Iss 10, Pp 1-14 (2024)

Abstract A significant challenge in measurements of neutrino oscillations is reconstructing the incoming neutrino energies. While modern fully-active tracking calorimeters such as liquid argon time projection chambers in principle allow the measureme

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/bf6afd7a640c4d4ab1a8827335c2a915

Use of xylosidase 3C from Segatella baroniae to discriminate xylan non-reducing terminus substitution characteristics

Autor: Franz J. St John, Loreen Bynum, Dante A. Tauscheck, Casey Crooks

Publikováno v: BMC Research Notes, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)

Abstract Objective New characterized carbohydrate-active enzymes are needed for use as tools to discriminate complex carbohydrate structural features. Fungal glycoside hydrolase family 3 (GH3) β-xylosidases have been shown to be useful for the struc

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/c1349611c95e4fe196707e21bcc4ca16

Predictors of mental well-being among family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities during COVID-19

Autor: Olivia Mendoza, Laura St. John, Gabriel Tarzi, Anupam Thakur, Johanna K. Lake, Yona Lunsky

Publikováno v: BJPsych Open, Vol 10 (2024)

Background Internationally, stresses related to the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the mental health of family caregivers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs). Aims This cross-sectional study investigated demograp

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/180b5a2dc22d4850803cbc651ed7fc87

Cannabis use in a Canadian long-term care facility: a case study

Autor: Lynda G. Balneaves, Abeer A. Alraja, Genevieve Thompson, Jamie L. Penner, Philip St. John, Daniella Scerbo, Joanne van Dyck

Publikováno v: BMC Geriatrics, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2024)

Abstract Background Following the legalization of cannabis in Canada in 2018, people aged 65 + years reported a significant increase in cannabis consumption. Despite limited research with older adults regarding the therapeutic benefits of cannabis, t

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/72a8d1c1d3c74888bcb2da67abe7cff5