TY - JOUR A1 - Abdalla, Hassan E. A1 - Abramowski, Attila A1 - Aharonian, Felix A. A1 - Benkhali, Faiçal Ait A1 - Akhperjanian, A. G. A1 - Angüner, Ekrem Oǧuzhan A1 - Arrieta, M. A1 - Aubert, Pierre A1 - Backes, Michael A1 - Balzer, Arnim A1 - Barnard, Michelle A1 - Becherini, Yvonne A1 - Tjus, Julia Becker A1 - Berge, David A1 - Bernhard, Sabrina A1 - Bernlöhr, K. A1 - Birsin, E. A1 - Blackwell, R. A1 - Bottcher, Markus A1 - Boisson, Catherine A1 - Bolmont, J. A1 - Bordas, Pol A1 - Bregeon, Johan A1 - Brun, Francois A1 - Brun, Pierre A1 - Bryan, Mark A1 - Bulik, Tomasz A1 - Capasso, M. A1 - Carr, John A1 - Casanova, Sabrina A1 - Chakraborty, N. A1 - Chalme-Calvet, R. A1 - Chaves, Ryan C. G. A1 - Chen, Andrew A1 - Chevalier, J. A1 - Chretien, M. A1 - Colafrancesco, Sergio A1 - Cologna, Gabriele A1 - Condon, B. A1 - Conrad, Jan A1 - Couturier, C. A1 - Cui, Y. A1 - Davids, I. D. A1 - Degrange, B. A1 - Deil, Christoph A1 - deWilt, P. A1 - Djannati-Atai, Arache A1 - Domainko, Wilfried A1 - Donath, Axel A1 - Dubus, Guillaume A1 - Dutson, Kate A1 - Dyks, J. A1 - Dyrda, M. A1 - Edwards, T. A1 - Egberts, Kathrin A1 - Eger, P. A1 - Ernenwein, J. -P. A1 - Eschbach, S. A1 - Farnier, C. A1 - Fegan, Stuart A1 - Fernandes, M. V. A1 - Fiasson, A. A1 - Fontaine, G. A1 - Foerster, A. A1 - Funk, S. A1 - Füßling, Matthias A1 - Gabici, Stefano A1 - Gajdus, M. A1 - Gallant, Y. A. A1 - Garrigoux, T. A1 - Giavitto, Gianluca A1 - Giebels, B. A1 - Glicenstein, J. F. A1 - Gottschall, Daniel A1 - Goyal, A. A1 - Grondin, M. -H. A1 - Grudzinska, M. A1 - Hadasch, Daniela A1 - Hahn, J. A1 - Hawkes, J. A1 - Heinzelmann, G. A1 - Henri, Gilles A1 - Hermann, G. A1 - Hervet, Olivier A1 - Hillert, A. A1 - Hinton, James Anthony A1 - Hofmann, Werner A1 - Hoischen, Clemens A1 - Holler, M. A1 - Horns, D. A1 - Ivascenko, Alex A1 - Jacholkowska, A. A1 - Jamrozy, Marek A1 - Janiak, M. A1 - Jankowsky, D. A1 - Jankowsky, Felix A1 - Jingo, M. A1 - Jogler, Tobias A1 - Jouvin, Lea A1 - Jung-Richardt, Ira A1 - Kastendieck, M. A. A1 - Katarzynski, Krzysztof A1 - Katz, Uli A1 - Kerszberg, D. A1 - Khelifi, B. A1 - Kieffer, M. A1 - King, J. A1 - Klepser, S. A1 - Klochkov, Dmitry A1 - Kluzniak, W. A1 - Kolitzus, D. A1 - Komin, Nu. A1 - Kosack, K. A1 - Krakau, S. A1 - Kraus, Michael A1 - Krayzel, F. A1 - Kruger, P. P. A1 - Laffon, H. A1 - Lamanna, G. A1 - Lau, Jeanie A1 - Lees, J. -P. A1 - Lefaucheur, J. A1 - Lefranc, V. A1 - Lemiere, A. A1 - Lemoine-Goumard, M. A1 - Lenain, J. -P. A1 - Leser, Eva A1 - Lohse, Thomas A1 - Lorentz, M. A1 - Lui, R. A1 - Lypova, Iryna A1 - Marandon, Vincent A1 - Marcowith, Alexandre A1 - Mariaud, C. A1 - Marx, R. A1 - Maurin, G. A1 - Maxted, N. A1 - Mayer, Michael A1 - Meintjes, Petrus Johannes A1 - Menzler, U. A1 - Meyer, Manuel A1 - Mitchell, A. M. W. A1 - Moderski, R. A1 - Mohamed, M. A1 - Mora, K. A1 - Moulin, Emmanuel A1 - Murach, T. A1 - de Naurois, Mathieu A1 - Niederwanger, F. A1 - Niemiec, J. A1 - Oakes, L. A1 - Odaka, Hirokazu A1 - Ohm, Stefan A1 - Oettl, S. A1 - Ostrowski, M. A1 - Oya, I. A1 - Padovani, Marco A1 - Panter, M. A1 - Parsons, R. D. A1 - Arribas, M. Paz A1 - Pekeur, N. W. A1 - Pelletier, G. A1 - Petrucci, P. -O. A1 - Peyaud, B. A1 - Pita, S. A1 - Poon, Helen A1 - Prokhorov, Dmitry A1 - Prokoph, Heike A1 - Puehlhofer, Gerd A1 - Punch, Michael A1 - Quirrenbach, Andreas A1 - Raab, S. A1 - Reimer, Anita A1 - Reimer, Olaf A1 - Renaud, M. A1 - de los Reyes, R. A1 - Rieger, Frank A1 - Romoli, Carlo A1 - Rosier-Lees, S. A1 - Rowell, G. A1 - Rudak, B. A1 - Rulten, C. B. A1 - Sahakian, V. A1 - Salek, David A1 - Sanchez, David A. A1 - Santangelo, Andrea A1 - Sasaki, Manami A1 - Schlickeiser, Reinhard A1 - Schussler, F. A1 - Schulz, Andreas A1 - Schwanke, U. A1 - Schwemmer, S. A1 - Seyffert, A. S. A1 - Shafi, N. A1 - Simoni, R. A1 - Sol, H. A1 - Spanier, Felix A1 - Spengler, G. A1 - Spiess, F. A1 - Stawarz, Lukasz A1 - Steenkamp, R. A1 - Stegmann, Christian A1 - Stinzing, F. A1 - Stycz, K. A1 - Sushch, Iurii A1 - Tavernet, J. -P. A1 - Tavernier, T. A1 - Taylor, A. M. A1 - Terrier, R. A1 - Tluczykont, Martin A1 - Trichard, C. A1 - Tuffs, R. A1 - van der Walt, Johan A1 - van Eldik, Christopher A1 - van Soelen, Brian A1 - Vasileiadis, Georges A1 - Veh, J. A1 - Venter, C. A1 - Viana, A. A1 - Vincent, P. A1 - Vink, Jacco A1 - Voisin, F. A1 - Voelk, Heinrich J. A1 - Vuillaume, Thomas A1 - Wadiasingh, Z. A1 - Wagner, Stefan J. A1 - Wagner, P. A1 - Wagner, R. M. A1 - White, R. A1 - Wierzcholska, Alicja A1 - Willmann, P. A1 - Woernlein, A. A1 - Wouters, Denis A1 - Yang, R. A1 - Zabalza, Victor A1 - Zaborov, D. A1 - Zacharias, M. A1 - Zdziarski, A. A. A1 - Zech, Andreas A1 - Zefi, F. A1 - Ziegler, A. A1 - Zywucka, Natalia T1 - Search for Dark Matter Annihilations towards the Inner Galactic Halo from 10 Years of Observations with HESS JF - Physical review letters N2 - The inner region of the Milky Way halo harbors a large amount of dark matter (DM). Given its proximity, it is one of the most promising targets to look for DM. We report on a search for the annihilations of DM particles using gamma-ray observations towards the inner 300 pc of the Milky Way, with the H.E.S.S. array of ground-based Cherenkov telescopes. The analysis is based on a 2D maximum likelihood method using Galactic Center (GC) data accumulated by H.E.S.S. over the last 10 years (2004-2014), and does not show any significant gamma-ray signal above background. Assuming Einasto and Navarro-Frenk-White DM density profiles at the GC, we derive upper limits on the annihilation cross section . These constraints are the strongest obtained so far in the TeV DM mass range and improve upon previous limits by a factor 5. For the Einasto profile, the constraints reach values of 6 x 10(-26) cm(3) s(-1) in the W+W- channel for a DM particle mass of 1.5 TeV, and 2 x 10(-26) cm(3) s(-1) in the tau(+)tau(-) channel for a 1 TeV mass. For the first time, ground-based gamma-ray observations have reached sufficient sensitivity to probe values expected from the thermal relic density for TeV DM particles. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.111301 SN - 0031-9007 SN - 1079-7114 VL - 117 PB - American Physical Society CY - College Park ER - TY - GEN A1 - Abramowski, Attila A1 - Aharonian, Felix A. A1 - Benkhali, Faical Ait A1 - Akhperjanian, A. G. A1 - Angüner, Ekrem Oǧuzhan A1 - Backes, Michael A1 - Balenderan, Shangkari A1 - Balzer, Arnim A1 - Barnacka, Anna A1 - Becherini, Yvonne A1 - Tjus, Julia Becker A1 - Berge, David A1 - Bernhard, Sabrina A1 - Bernlöhr, Konrad A1 - Birsin, E. A1 - Biteau, Jonathan A1 - Böttcher, Markus A1 - Boisson, Catherine A1 - Bolmont, J. A1 - Bordas, Pol A1 - Bregeon, Johan A1 - Brun, Francois A1 - Brun, Pierre A1 - Bryan, Mark A1 - Bulik, Tomasz A1 - Carrigan, Svenja A1 - Casanova, Sabrina A1 - Chadwick, Paula M. A1 - Chakraborty, Nachiketa A1 - Chalme-Calvet, R. A1 - Chaves, Ryan C. G. A1 - Chretien, M. A1 - Colafrancesco, Sergio A1 - Cologna, Gabriele A1 - Conrad, Jan A1 - Couturier, Claire A1 - Cui, Yudong A1 - Davids, Isak Delberth A1 - Degrange, Bernhard A1 - Deil, Christoph A1 - deWilt, P. A1 - Djannati-Ataï, A. A1 - Domainko, Wilfried A1 - Donath, Axel A1 - Dubus, G. A1 - Dutson, K. A1 - Dyks, J. A1 - Dyrda, M. A1 - Edwards, Tanya A1 - Egberts, Kathrin A1 - Eger, Peter A1 - Espigat, P. A1 - Farnier, C. A1 - Fegan, Stephen A1 - Feinstein, Fabrice A1 - Fernandes, Milton Virgilio A1 - Fernandez, Diane A1 - Fiasson, A. A1 - Fontaine, Gerard A1 - Förster, Andreas A1 - Fuessling, M. A1 - Gabici, S. A1 - Gajdus, M. A1 - Gallant, Yves A. A1 - Garrigoux, Tania A1 - Giavitto, G. A1 - Giebels, Berrie A1 - Glicenstein, Jean-Francois A1 - Gottschall, Daniel A1 - Grondin, M. -H. A1 - Grudzinska, M. A1 - Hadasch, Daniela A1 - Haeffner, S. A1 - Hahn, Joachim A1 - Harris, Jonathan A1 - Heinzelmann, Götz A1 - Henri, G. A1 - Hermann, German A1 - Hervet, O. A1 - Hillert, Andreas A1 - Hinton, James Anthony A1 - Hofmann, Werner A1 - Hofverberg, Petter A1 - Holler, Markus A1 - Horns, Dieter A1 - Ivascenko, Alex A1 - Jacholkowska, A. A1 - Jahn, C. A1 - Jamrozy, Marek A1 - Janiak, M. A1 - Jankowsky, F. A1 - Jung-Richardt, I. A1 - Kastendieck, Max Anton A1 - Katarzynski, K. A1 - Katz, U. A1 - Kaufmann, S. A1 - Khelifi, B. A1 - Kieffer, Michel A1 - Klepser, S. A1 - Klochkov, Dmitry A1 - Kluzniak, W. A1 - Kolitzus, David A1 - Komin, Nu A1 - Kosack, Karl A1 - Krakau, Steffen A1 - Krayzel, F. A1 - Krueger, Pat P. A1 - Laffon, H. A1 - Lamanna, G. A1 - Lefaucheur, J. A1 - Lefranc, Valentin A1 - Lemiere, A. A1 - Lemoine-Goumard, M. A1 - Lenain, J. -P. A1 - Lohse, Thomas A1 - Lopatin, A. A1 - Lu, Chia-Chun A1 - Marandon, Vincent A1 - Marcowith, Alexandre A1 - Marx, Ramin A1 - Maurin, G. A1 - Maxted, Nigel A1 - Mayer, Michael A1 - McComb, T. J. Lowry A1 - Mehault, J. A1 - Meintjes, P. J. A1 - Menzler, Ulf A1 - Meyer, M. A1 - Mitchell, Alison M. W. A1 - Moderski, R. A1 - Mohamed, M. A1 - Mora, K. A1 - Moulin, Emmanuel A1 - Murach, Thomas A1 - de Naurois, Mathieu A1 - Niemiec, J. A1 - Nolan, Sam J. A1 - Oakes, Louise A1 - Odaka, Hirokazu A1 - Ohm, S. A1 - Optiz, Björn A1 - Ostrowski, Michal A1 - Oya, I. A1 - Panter, Michael A1 - Parsons, R. Daniel A1 - Arribas, M. Paz A1 - Pekeur, Nikki W. A1 - Pelletier, G. A1 - Petrucci, P. -O. A1 - Peyaud, B. A1 - Pita, S. A1 - Poon, Helen A1 - Pühlhofer, Gerd A1 - Punch, M. A1 - Quirrenbach, A. A1 - Raab, S. A1 - Reichardt, I. A1 - Reimer, Anita A1 - Reimer, Olaf A1 - Renaud, Metz A1 - de los Reyes, Raquel A1 - Rieger, Frank A1 - Romoli, C. A1 - Rosier-Lees, S. A1 - Rowell, G. A1 - Rudak, B. A1 - Rulten, C. B. A1 - Sahakian, Vardan A1 - Salek, D. A1 - Sanchez, David M. A1 - Santangelo, Andrea A1 - Schlickeiser, Reinhard A1 - Schuessler, F. A1 - Schulz, A. A1 - Schwanke, Ullrich A1 - Schwarzburg, S. A1 - Schwemmer, S. A1 - Sol, H. A1 - Spanier, Felix A1 - Spengler, G. A1 - Spies, Franziska A1 - Stawarz, Lukasz A1 - Steenkamp, Riaan A1 - Stegmann, Christian A1 - Stinzing, F. A1 - Stycz, K. A1 - Sushch, Iurii A1 - Tavernet, J. -P. A1 - Tavernier, T. A1 - Taylor, A. M. A1 - Terrier, R. A1 - Tluczykont, Martin A1 - Trichard, C. A1 - Valerius, K. A1 - van Eldik, C. A1 - van Soelen, B. A1 - Vasileiadis, Georges A1 - Veh, J. A1 - Venter, Christo A1 - Viana, Aion A1 - Vincent, P. A1 - Vink, Jacco A1 - Völk, Heinrich J. A1 - Volpe, Francesca A1 - Vorster, Martine A1 - Vuillaume, T. A1 - Wagner, S. J. A1 - Wagner, P. A1 - Wagner, R. M. A1 - Ward, Martin A1 - Weidinger, Matthias A1 - Weitzel, Quirin A1 - White, R. A1 - Wierzcholska, A. A1 - Willmann, P. A1 - Woernlein, A. A1 - Wouters, D. A1 - Yang, Ruizhi A1 - Zabalza, Victor A1 - Zaborov, Dmitry A1 - Zacharias, M. A1 - Zdziarski, A. A. A1 - Zech, Alraune A1 - Zechlin, Hannes -S. T1 - H.E.S.S. detection of TeV emission from the interaction region between the supernova remnant G349.7+0.2 and a molecular cloud (vol 574, A100, 2015) T2 - Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal KW - gamma rays: general KW - ISM: supernova remnants KW - ISM: clouds KW - errata, addenda Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425070e SN - 1432-0746 VL - 580 PB - EDP Sciences CY - Les Ulis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koehler, Friedrich A1 - Koehler, Kerstin A1 - Deckwart, Oliver A1 - Prescher, Sandra A1 - Wegscheider, Karl A1 - Winkler, Sebastian A1 - Vettorazzi, Eik A1 - Polze, Andreas A1 - Stangl, Karl A1 - Hartmann, Oliver A1 - Marx, Almuth A1 - Neuhaus, Petra A1 - Scherf, Michael A1 - Kirwan, Bridget-Anne A1 - Anker, Stefan D. T1 - Telemedical Interventional Management in Heart Failure II (TIM-HF2), a randomised, controlled trial investigating the impact of telemedicine on unplanned cardiovascular hospitalisations and mortality in heart failure patients BT - study design and description of the intervention JF - European Journal of Heart Failure N2 - Background Heart failure (HF) is a complex, chronic condition that is associated with debilitating symptoms, all of which necessitate close follow-up by health care providers. Lack of disease monitoring may result in increased mortality and more frequent hospital readmissions for decompensated HF. Remote patient management (RPM) in this patient population may help to detect early signs and symptoms of cardiac decompensation, thus enabling a prompt initiation of the appropriate treatment and care before a manifestation of HF decompensation. Objective The objective of the present article is to describe the design of a new trial investigating the impact of RPM on unplanned cardiovascular hospitalisations and mortality in HF patients. Methods The TIM-HF2 trial is designed as a prospective, randomised, controlled, parallel group, open (with randomisation concealment), multicentre trial with pragmatic elements introduced for data collection. Eligible patients with HF are randomised (1:1) to either RPM + usual care or to usual care only and are followed for 12 months. The primary outcome is the percentage of days lost due to unplanned cardiovascular hospitalisations or all-cause death. The main secondary outcomes are all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. Conclusion The TIM-HF2 trial will provide important prospective data on the potential beneficial effect of telemedical monitoring and RPM on unplanned cardiovascular hospitalisations and mortality in HF patients. KW - Chronic heart failure KW - Telemonitoring KW - Remote patient management KW - Hospitalisation Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.1300 SN - 1388-9842 SN - 1879-0844 VL - 20 IS - 10 SP - 1485 EP - 1493 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - de Brito, Mariana Madruga A1 - Kuhlicke, Christian A1 - Marx, Andreas T1 - Near-real-time drought impact assessment BT - a text mining approach on the 2018/19 drought in Germany JF - Environmental research letters N2 - Contemporary drought impact assessments have been constrained due to data availability, leading to an incomplete representation of impact trends. To address this, we present a novel method for the comprehensive and near-real-time monitoring of drought socio-economic impacts based on media reports. We tested its application using the case of the exceptional 2018/19 German drought. By employing text mining techniques, 4839 impact statements were identified, relating to livestock, agriculture, forestry, fires, recreation, energy and transport sectors. An accuracy of 95.6% was obtained for their automatic classification. Furthermore, high levels of performance in terms of spatial and temporal precision were found when validating our results against independent data (e.g. soil moisture, average precipitation, population interest in droughts, crop yield and forest fire statistics). The findings highlight the applicability of media data for rapidly and accurately monitoring the propagation of drought consequences over time and space. We anticipate our method to be used as a starting point for an impact-based early warning system. KW - drought impacts KW - Germany KW - text analytics KW - newspaper KW - validation Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aba4ca SN - 1748-9326 VL - 15 IS - 10 PB - IOP Publ. CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schildknecht, Stefan A1 - Pape, Regina A1 - Meiser, Johannes A1 - Karreman, Christiaan A1 - Strittmatter, Tobias A1 - Odermatt, Meike A1 - Cirri, Erica A1 - Friemel, Anke A1 - Ringwald, Markus A1 - Pasquarelli, Noemi A1 - Ferger, Boris A1 - Brunner, Thomas A1 - Marx, Andreas A1 - Moeller, Heiko M. A1 - Hiller, Karsten A1 - Leist, Marcel T1 - Preferential Extracellular Generation of the Active Parkinsonian Toxin MPP+ by Transporter-Independent Export of the Intermediate MPDP+ JF - Antioxidants & redox signaling N2 - Aims: 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) is among the most widely used neurotoxins for inducing experimental parkinsonism. MPTP causes parkinsonian symptoms in mice, primates, and humans by killing a subpopulation of dopaminergic neurons. Extrapolations of data obtained using MPTP-based parkinsonism models to human disease are common; however, the precise mechanism by which MPTP is converted into its active neurotoxic metabolite, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-pyridinium (MPP+), has not been fully elucidated. In this study, we aimed to address two unanswered questions related to MPTP toxicology: (1) Why are MPTP-converting astrocytes largely spared from toxicity? (2) How does MPP+ reach the extracellular space? Results: In MPTP-treated astrocytes, we discovered that the membrane-impermeable MPP+, which is generally assumed to be formed inside astrocytes, is almost exclusively detected outside of these cells. Instead of a transporter-mediated export, we found that the intermediate, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-2,3-dihydropyridinium (MPDP+), and/or its uncharged conjugate base passively diffused across cell membranes and that MPP+ was formed predominately by the extracellular oxidation of MPDP+ into MPP+. This nonenzymatic extracellular conversion of MPDP+ was promoted by O-2, a more alkaline pH, and dopamine autoxidation products. Innovation and Conclusion: Our data indicate that MPTP metabolism is compartmentalized between intracellular and extracellular environments, explain the absence of toxicity in MPTP-converting astrocytes, and provide a rationale for the preferential formation of MPP+ in the extracellular space. The mechanism of transporter-independent extracellular MPP+ formation described here indicates that extracellular genesis of MPP+ from MPDP is a necessary prerequisite for the selective uptake of this toxin by catecholaminergic neurons. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2015.6297 SN - 1523-0864 SN - 1557-7716 VL - 23 IS - 13 SP - 1001 EP - 1016 PB - Liebert CY - New Rochelle ER -