The Ξ_{b}^{0(-)}→Ξ_{c}(3055)^{+(0)}(→D^{+(0)}Λ)π^{-} decay chains are observed, and the spin-parity of Ξ_{c}(3055)^{+(0)} baryons is determined for the first time. The measurement is performed using proton-proton collision data at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt[s]=13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5.4 fb^{-1}, recorded by the LHCb experiment between 2016 and 2018.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Dengue fever is a common cause of acute febrile illness in the tropics and requires hospitalization for intravenous (IV) fluid therapy in a minority of patients. Predicting which patients will progress to severe disease is challenging. Soluble tumour necrosis factor receptor 1 (sTNFR1) is associated with severe dengue and may have prognostic value.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe branching fraction ratios of B[over ¯]^{0}→D^{+}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ} and B[over ¯]^{0}→D^{*+}τ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{τ} decays are measured with respect to their muonic counterparts, using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 2.0 fb^{-1} collected by the LHCb experiment in proton-proton collisions at sqrt[s]=13 TeV. The reconstructed final states are formed by combining D^{+} mesons with τ^{-}→μ^{-}ν[over ¯]_{μ}ν_{τ} candidates, where the D^{+} is reconstructed via the D^{+}→K^{-}π^{+}π^{+} decay.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe first study of J/ψϕ production in diffractive processes in proton-proton collisions is presented. The study is based on an LHCb dataset recorded at center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 5 fb^{-1}. The data disfavor a nonresonant J/ψϕ production but are consistent with a resonant model including several resonant states observed previously only in B^{+}→J/ψϕK^{+} decays.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTransposable elements (TEs) are repetitive DNA sequences capable of being transcribed and reintegrated, or transposed, into distinct loci throughout the genome. While thought to be largely transcriptionally silenced in brain, TE transcription is increasingly recognized as dynamic and involved in human health and disease states, including in disorders of the brain. In this study, we annotated TE transcripts in publicly available RNA sequencing (RNAseq) of postmortem human brain tissue to investigate the expression profile of TE transcripts in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) compared to healthy controls.
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