Postexercise muscle glycogen synthesis with glucose, galactose, and combined galactose-glucose ingestion.

Ingested galactose can enhance postexercise liver glycogen repletion when combined with glucose but effects on muscle glycogen synthesis are unknown. In this double-blind randomized study participants [7 men and 2 women; V̇o: 51.1 (8.

Oxidation of independent and combined ingested galactose and glucose during exercise.

Coingestion of glucose and galactose has been shown to enhance splanchnic extraction and metabolism of ingested galactose at rest; effects during exercise are unknown. This study examined whether combined ingestion of galactose and glucose during exercise enhances exogenous galactose oxidation. Fourteen endurance-trained male and female participants [age, 27 (5) yr; V̇o, 58.

Measurement of single-diffractive dijet production in proton-proton collisions at with the CMS and TOTEM experiments.

Measurements are presented of the single-diffractive dijet cross section and the diffractive cross section as a function of the proton fractional momentum loss and the four-momentum transfer squared . Both processes and , i.e.

Studies of Charm Quark Diffusion inside Jets Using Pb-Pb and pp Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV.

The first study of charm quark diffusion with respect to the jet axis in heavy ion collisions is presented. The measurement is performed using jets with p_{T}^{jet}>60  GeV/c and D^{0} mesons with p_{T}^{D}>4  GeV/c in lead-lead (Pb-Pb) and proton-proton (pp) collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02  TeV, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC.

Adequate Lymphadenectomy as a Quality Measure in Esophageal Cancer: Is there an Association with Treatment Approach?

Background: The national comprehensive cancer network defines adequate lymphadenectomy as evaluation of ≥ 15 lymph nodes in esophageal cancer. However, varying thresholds have been suggested following neoadjuvant therapy.

Objectives: Our objectives were to (1) explore trends in adequate lymphadenectomy rates over time; (2) evaluate unadjusted lymphadenectomy yield by treatment characteristics; and (3) identify independent factors associated with adequate lymphadenectomy.

Extraction and validation of a new set of CMS pythia8 tunes from underlying-event measurements.

New sets of CMS underlying-event parameters ("tunes") are presented for the pythia8 event generator. These tunes use the NNPDF3.1 parton distribution functions (PDFs) at leading (LO), next-to-leading (NLO), or next-to-next-to-leading (NNLO) orders in perturbative quantum chromodynamics, and the strong coupling evolution at LO or NLO.

Measurement of the average very forward energy as a function of the track multiplicity at central pseudorapidities in proton-proton collisions at .

The average total energy as well as its hadronic and electromagnetic components are measured with the CMS detector at pseudorapidities in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy . The results are presented as a function of the charged particle multiplicity in the region . This measurement is sensitive to correlations induced by the underlying event structure over a very wide pseudorapidity region.

Measurements of triple-differential cross sections for inclusive isolated-photon+jet events in collisions at .

Measurements are presented of the triple-differential cross section for inclusive isolated-photon+jet events in collisions at TeV as a function of photon transverse momentum ( ), photon pseudorapidity ( ), and jet pseudorapidity ( ). The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of that probe a broad range of the available phase space, for and , , , and jet transverse momentum, , > 25 . The measurements are compared to next-to-leading order perturbative quantum chromodynamics calculations, which reproduce the data within uncertainties.

Search for Low-Mass Quark-Antiquark Resonances Produced in Association with a Photon at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.

A search for narrow low-mass resonances decaying to quark-antiquark pairs is presented. The search is based on proton-proton collision events collected at 13 TeV by the CMS detector at the CERN LHC. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.

Search for new physics in top quark production in dilepton final states in proton-proton collisions at .

A search for new physics in top quark production is performed in proton-proton collisions at . The data set corresponds to an integrated luminosity of collected in 2016 with the CMS detector. Events with two opposite-sign isolated leptons (electrons or muons), and quark jets in the final state are selected.

Azimuthal separation in nearly back-to-back jet topologies in inclusive 2- and 3-jet events in collisions at .

A measurement for inclusive 2- and 3-jet events of the azimuthal correlation between the two jets with the largest transverse momenta, , is presented. The measurement considers events where the two leading jets are nearly collinear ("back-to-back") in the transverse plane and is performed for several ranges of the leading jet transverse momentum. Proton-proton collision data collected with the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy of and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of are used.

Search for a Light Charged Higgs Boson Decaying to a W Boson and a CP-Odd Higgs Boson in Final States with eμμ or μμμ in Proton-Proton Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.

A search for a light charged Higgs boson (H^{+}) decaying to a W boson and a CP-odd Higgs boson (A) in final states with eμμ or μμμ is performed using data from pp collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV, recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC and corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9  fb^{-1}. In this search, it is assumed that the H^{+} boson is produced in decays of top quarks, and the A boson decays to two oppositely charged muons.

Measurement of exclusive photoproduction in ultraperipheral pPb collisions at .

Exclusive photoproduction is measured for the first time in ultraperipheral pPb collisions at with the CMS detector. The cross section is b at for photon-proton centre-of-mass energies between 29 and . The differential cross section is measured in the interval as a function of , where is the squared four-momentum transfer at the proton vertex.

Search for a heavy pseudoscalar boson decaying to a Z and a Higgs boson at .

A search is presented for a heavy pseudoscalar boson decaying to a Z  boson and a Higgs boson with mass of 125 . In the final state considered, the Higgs boson decays to a bottom quark and antiquark, and the Z  boson decays either into a pair of electrons, muons, or neutrinos. The analysis is performed using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.

Studies of Beauty Suppression via Nonprompt D^{0} Mesons in Pb-Pb Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV.

The transverse momentum spectra of D^{0} mesons from b hadron decays are measured at midrapidity (|y|<1) in pp and Pb-Pb collisions at a nucleon-nucleon center of mass energy of 5.02 TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC. The D^{0} mesons from b hadron decays are distinguished from prompt D^{0} mesons by their decay topologies.

Search for supersymmetry in events with a photon, jets, -jets, and missing transverse momentum in proton-proton collisions at 13 .

A search for supersymmetry is presented based on events with at least one photon, jets, and large missing transverse momentum produced in proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 . The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 and were recorded at the LHC with the CMS detector in 2016.

Search for vector-like quarks in events with two oppositely charged leptons and jets in proton-proton collisions at .

A search for the pair production of heavy vector-like partners and of the top and bottom quarks has been performed by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC using proton-proton collisions at . The data sample was collected in 2016 and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 .

Combined measurements of Higgs boson couplings in proton-proton collisions at .

Combined measurements of the production and decay rates of the Higgs boson, as well as its couplings to vector bosons and fermions, are presented. The analysis uses the LHC proton-proton collision data set recorded with the CMS detector in 2016 at , corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 .

Measurement of the production cross section, the top quark mass, and the strong coupling constant using dilepton events in pp collisions at .

A measurement of the top quark-antiquark pair production cross section in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 is presented. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of , recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC in 2016. Dilepton events ( , , ) are selected and the cross section is measured from a likelihood fit.

Search for W Boson Decays to Three Charged Pions.

For the first time, a search for the rare decay of the W boson to three charged pions has been performed. Proton-proton collision data recorded by the CMS experiment at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 77.3  fb^{-1}, have been analyzed.

Jet Shapes of Isolated Photon-Tagged Jets in Pb-Pb and pp Collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.02 TeV.

The modification of jet shapes in Pb-Pb collisions, relative to those in pp collisions, is studied for jets associated with an isolated photon. The data were collected with the CMS detector at the LHC at a nucleon-nucleon center-of-mass energy of 5.02 TeV.

Measurement of the top quark mass in the all-jets final state at and combination with the lepton+jets channel.

A top quark mass measurement is performed using of LHC proton-proton collision data collected with the CMS detector at . The measurement uses the all-jets final state. A kinematic fit is performed to reconstruct the decay of the  system and suppress the multijet background.

Search for Dark Matter Particles Produced in Association with a Top Quark Pair at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.

A search is performed for dark matter particles produced in association with a top quark pair in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV. The data correspond to an integrated luminosity of 35.9  fb^{-1} recorded by the CMS detector at the LHC.

Observation of Two Excited B_{c}^{+} States and Measurement of the B_{c}^{+}(2S) Mass in pp Collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV.

Signals consistent with the B_{c}^{+}(2S) and B_{c}^{*+}(2S) states are observed in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13  TeV, in an event sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 143  fb^{-1}, collected by the CMS experiment during the 2015-2018 LHC running periods. These excited b[over ¯]c states are observed in the B_{c}^{+}π^{+}π^{-} invariant mass spectrum, with the ground state B_{c}^{+} reconstructed through its decay to J/ψπ^{+}. The two states are reconstructed as two well-resolved peaks, separated in mass by 29.