Publications by authors named "M Wessels"
High-energy nuclear collisions create a quark-gluon plasma, whose initial condition and subsequent expansion vary from event to event, impacting the distribution of the eventwise average transverse momentum [P([p_{T}])]. Disentangling the contributions from fluctuations in the nuclear overlap size (geometrical component) and other sources at a fixed size (intrinsic component) remains a challenge. This problem is addressed by measuring the mean, variance, and skewness of P([p_{T}]) in ^{208}Pb+^{208}Pb and ^{129}Xe+^{129}Xe collisions at sqrt[s_{NN}]=5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Individuals harbouring pathogenic variants are at risk for aneurysms/dissections throughout the arterial tree. Based on prior reports of sex differences in thoracic aortic aneurysm/dissection, we investigated the sexual dimorphism for vascular events in variant-harbouring patients.
Methods: We analysed two large pedigrees comprising 84 individuals segregating pathogenic missense variants affecting the same p.
Article Synopsis
- This study explores the challenges of multitasking in the operating room (OR), focusing on how various distractions impact surgical performance in a virtual reality (VR) setting.
- Researchers created an immersive virtual reality environment that simulates an OR, incorporating different types of distractions (auditory, visual, and audio-visual) while participants practice laparoscopic skills.
- Participants, consisting of medical students and surgical residents, underwent a series of controlled tasks while their stress, heart rate, and perceptions of time were tracked, along with feedback collected through questionnaires to evaluate usability and immersion.
Background: Biomarkers of neuronal and axonal damage (serum neurofilament light (sNfL) and serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (sGFAP)) may provide insight into the aetiology of natalizumab wearing-off symptoms (WoSs).
Objectives: We investigated the longitudinal association between and predictive value of sNfL and sGFAP and the occurrence of WoS in MS patients treated with natalizumab.
Methods: We performed longitudinal measurements of sNfL and sGFAP in NEXT-MS trial participants who completed a questionnaire about WoS.