Publications by authors named "Gesue R"

Despite perinatal damage to the cerebellum being one of the highest risk factors for later being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), it is not yet clear how the cerebellum might influence the development of cerebral cortex and whether this co-developmental process is distinct between neurotypical and ASD children. Leveraging a large structural brain MRI dataset of neurotypical children and those diagnosed with ASD, we examined whether structural variation in cerebellar tissue across individuals was correlated with neocortical variation during development, including the thalamus as a coupling factor. We found that the thalamus plays a distinct role in moderating cerebro-cerebellar structural coordination in ASD.

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  • The CNO cycle is a key nuclear energy process in stars, particularly significant in hydrostatic hydrogen burning at temperatures between 20 to 80 MK.
  • This study reports the first direct measurements of the resonance strength of the ^{17}O(p,γ)^{18}F reaction, revealing a strength about twice as high as previously documented.
  • The findings enhance our comprehension of oxygen isotopic ratios observed in red giant stars and in O-rich presolar grains, confirming consistency with earlier results from different reaction channels.
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  • The ^{12}C/^{13}C ratio is crucial for understanding how hydrogen burning occurs in stars and is influenced by specific nuclear reactions.
  • Research conducted at LUNA in Italy has measured these reactions at previously unexplored low energy levels, contributing to our understanding of nucleosynthesis in giant stars.
  • The team's findings indicate that their reaction rate results are significantly lower than most existing literature, providing a new, more precise estimate for the ^{12}C/^{13}C ratio during hydrogen burning.
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