TY  - JOUR
A1  - Selsing, Jonatan
A1  - Malesani, D.
A1  - Goldoni, P.
A1  - Fynbo, Johan
A1  - Krühler, T.
A1  - Antonelli, L. A.
A1  - Arabsalmani, M.
A1  - Bolmer, J.
A1  - Cano, Z.
A1  - Christensen, L.
A1  - Covino, S.
A1  - De Cia, A.
A1  - de Ugarte Postigo, A.
A1  - Flores, H.
A1  - Fliis, M.
A1  - Gomboc, A.
A1  - Greiner, J.
A1  - Groot, P.
A1  - Hammer, F.
A1  - Hartoog, O. E.
A1  - Heintz, K. E.
A1  - Hjorth, J.
A1  - Jakobsson, P.
A1  - Japelj, J.
A1  - Kann, D. A.
A1  - Kaper, L.
A1  - Ledoux, C.
A1  - Leloudas, G.
A1  - Levan, A. J.
A1  - Maiorano, E.
A1  - Melandri, A.
A1  - Milvang-Jensen, B.
A1  - Palazzi, E.
A1  - Palmerio, J. T.
A1  - Perley, D. A.
A1  - Pian, E.
A1  - Piranomonte, S.
A1  - Pugliese, G.
A1  - Sanchez-Ramirez, R.
A1  - Savaglio, S.
A1  - Schady, P.
A1  - Schulze, S.
A1  - Sollerman, J.
A1  - Sparre, Martin
A1  - Tagliaferri, G.
A1  - Tanvir, N. R.
A1  - Thone, C. C.
A1  - Vergani, S. D.
A1  - Vreeswijk, P.
A1  - Watson, D.
A1  - Wiersema, K.
A1  - Wijers, R.
A1  - Xu, D.
A1  - Zafar, T.
T1  - The X-shooter GRB afterglow legacy sample (XS-GRB)
JF  - Astronomy and astrophysics : an international weekly journal
N2  - In this work we present spectra of all gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows that have been promptly observed with the X-shooter spectrograph until 31/03/2017. In total, we have obtained spectroscopic observations of 103 individual GRBs observed within 48 hours of the GRB trigger. Redshifts have been measured for 97 per cent of these, covering a redshift range from 0.059 to 7.84. Based on a set of observational selection criteria that minimise biases with regards to intrinsic properties of the GRBs, the follow-up effort has been focused on producing a homogeneously selected sample of 93 afterglow spectra for GRBs discovered by the Swift satellite. We here provide a public release of all the reduced spectra, including continuum estimates and telluric absorption corrections. For completeness, we also provide reductions for the 18 late-time observations of the underlying host galaxies. We provide an assessment of the degree of completeness with respect to the parent GRB population, in terms of the X-ray properties of the bursts in the sample and find that the sample presented here is representative of the full Swift sample. We have constrained the fraction of dark bursts to be <28 per cent and confirm previous results that higher optical darkness is correlated with increased X-ray absorption. For the 42 bursts for which it is possible, we have provided a measurement of the neutral hydrogen column density, increasing the total number of published HI column density measurements by similar to 33 per cent. This dataset provides a unique resource to study the ISM across cosmic time, from the local progenitor surroundings to the intervening Universe.
KW  - gamma-ray burst: general
KW  - galaxies: high-redshift
KW  - ISM: general
KW  - techniques: spectroscopic
KW  - catalogs
KW  - galaxies: star formation
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832835
SN  - 1432-0746
SN  - 0004-6361
VL  - 623
PB  - EDP Sciences
CY  - Les Ulis
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Grahn, R. A.
A1  - Kurushima, J. D.
A1  - Billings, N. C.
A1  - Grahn, J. C.
A1  - Halverson, J. L.
A1  - Hammer, E.
A1  - Ho, C. K.
A1  - Kun, T. J.
A1  - Levy, J. K.
A1  - Lipinski, M. J.
A1  - Mwenda, J. M.
A1  - Ozpinar, H.
A1  - Schuster, R. K.
A1  - Shoorijeh, S. J.
A1  - Tarditi, C. R.
A1  - Waly, N. E.
A1  - Wictum, E. J.
A1  - Lyons, L. A.
T1  - Feline non-repetitive mitochondrial DNA control region database for forensic evidence
JF  - Forensic science international : an international journal dedicated to the applications of genetics in the administration of justice ; Genetics
N2  - The domestic cat is the one of the most popular pets throughout the world. A by-product of owning, interacting with, or being in a household with a cat is the transfer of shed fur to clothing or personal objects. As trace evidence, transferred cat fur is a relatively untapped resource for forensic scientists. Both phenotypic and genotypic characteristics can be obtained from cat fur, but databases for neither aspect exist. Because cats incessantly groom, cat fur may have nucleated cells, not only in the hair bulb, but also as epithelial cells on the hair shaft deposited during the grooming process, thereby generally providing material for DNA profiling. To effectively exploit cat hair as a resource, representative databases must be established. The current study evaluates 402 bp of the mtDNA control region (CR) from 1394 cats, including cats from 25 distinct worldwide populations and 26 breeds. Eighty-three percent of the cats are represented by 12 major mitotypes. An additional 8.0% are clearly derived from the major mitotypes. Unique sequences are found in 7.5% of the cats. The overall genetic diversity for this data set is 0.8813 +/- 0.0046 with a random match probability of 11.8%. This region of the cat mtDNA has discriminatory power suitable for forensic application worldwide.
KW  - Forensic science
KW  - Domestic cat
KW  - mtDNA
KW  - Mitochondria
KW  - d-Loop
KW  - Control region
Y1  - 2011
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsigen.2010.01.013
SN  - 1872-4973
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SP  - 33
EP  - 42
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Clare
ER  -