Measurement of Natural Radionuclides in Drinking Water and Risk Assessment in a Volcanic Region of Italy, Campania by Giuseppe La Verde, Valeria Artiola, Vittoria D’Avino, Marco La Commara, Marianna Panico, Salvatore Polichetti, Mariagabriella Pugliese

“…The measurements were carried out using alpha spectrometry for alpha emitters, proportional counter for beta emitters, the electret system for radon in water, and finally liquid scintillation for the measurement of tritium concentration. …”
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A free-space optical terminal for fading channels by Crucioli, David A., Wilcox, William E., Jr., Volpicelli, Alicia M., Walther, Frederick G., Murphy, Robert J., Williams, Timothy H.

“…This paper describes a lasercom terminal using spatial diversity to mitigate fading caused by atmospheric scintillation. Multiple receive apertures are separated sufficiently to capture statistically independent samples of the incoming beam. …”
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Light generation in lead halide perovskite nanocrystals : LEDs, color converters, lasers, and other applications by Yan, Fei, Tan, Swee Tiam, Li, Xiao, Demir, Hilmi Volkan

“…As a result, LHP‐NCs have accomplished great achievements in various light generation applications, including color converters for lighting and display, light‐emitting diodes, low threshold lasing, X‐ray scintillators, and single photon emitters. Herein, the considerable progress that has been made thus far is reviewed along with the current challenges and future prospects in the light generation applications of LHP‐NCs.…”
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A detailed radio study of the energetic, nearby, and puzzling GRB 171010A by Bright, JS, Horesh, A, van der Horst, AJ, Fender, R, Anderson, GE, Motta, SE, Cenko, SB, Green, DA, Perrott, Y, Titterington, D

“…This includes the consideration of the existence of a reverse shock component, potential microphysical parameter evolution, and the effect of scintillation.…”

Study on the calibration method of newly connected seismic water radon monitor by HUANG Rengui, ZHAO Ying, LI Yuze, NING Hongtao, ZHOU Hongyan, MAO Hua, XIAO Jian, XIAO Mengren, HUANG Pei

“…As for the flow-gas calibration method, the continuous injecting of radon gas into the scintillation chamber affects the dynamic stability of radon gas in the scintillation chamber, and radon gas is not discharged to the background during calibration, resulting in the high volume activity response coefficient R and high intrinsic error.ConclusionsThe cyclic method is more suitable for the calibration of new seismic water radon observatories, and this study provides a reference for the calibration of other new water radon observatories and gas radon observatories.…”
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Leonurine Prevents Atherosclerosis Via Promoting the Expression of ABCA1 and ABCG1 in a Pparγ/Lxrα Signaling Pathway-Dependent Manner by Ting Jiang, Kun Ren, Qian Chen, Heng Li, Rong Yao, Hu Hu, Yun-Cheng Lv, Guo-Jun Zhao

“…Results: Oil Red O staining and liquid scintillation counting assays showed that leonurine significantly inhibited lipid accumulation and promoted 3H-cholesterol efflux in human THP-1 macrophage-derived foam cells in a concentration-dependent manner. …”
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A simulation study of the system characteristics for a long axial FOV PET design based on monolithic BGO flat panels compared with a pixelated LSO cylindrical design by Meysam Dadgar, Jens Maebe, Maya Abi Akl, Boris Vervenne, Stefaan Vandenberghe

“…Conclusion Based on the combination of very good spatial resolution and high sensitivity of the walk-through total-body PET, along with a 2.2 times lower scintillation crystal volume and 1.8 times lower SiPM surface, this scanner can be a very cost-efficient alternative for total-body PET scanners in cases where concomitant CT is not required.…”
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The CUPID-Mo experiment for neutrinoless double-beta decay: performance and prospects by Armengaud, E., Augier, C., Barabash, A. S, Bellini, F., Benato, G., Benoît, A., Beretta, M., Bergé, L., Billard, J., Borovlev, Yu. A, Bourgeois, Ch., Briere, M., Brudanin, V. B, Camus, P., Cardani, L., Casali, N., Cazes, A., Chapellier, M., Charlieux, F., de Combarieu, M.

“…The CUPID-Mo detector consists of an array of 20 $$^{100}\hbox {Mo}$$100Mo-enriched 0.2 kg $$\hbox {Li}_2\hbox {MoO}_4$$Li2MoO4 crystals operated as scintillating bolometers at $$\sim 20\hbox { mK}$$∼20mK. …”
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Prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy in conjunction with the Monte Carlo Library Least Squares approach: Applications to range verification in proton therapy by Skjerdal Kyrre, Kögler Toni, Lionheart William, Ytre-Hauge Kristian Smeland, Meric Ilker

“…It can thus be applied to organic scintillators traditionally not used for energy spectroscopy due to their low Z number and density. …”
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The (Un)reasonable Effectiveness of Neural Network in Cherenkov Calorimetry by Nural Akchurin, Christopher Cowden, Jordan Damgov, Adil Hussain, Shuichi Kunori

“…We compared the machine learning-based reconstruction performance to the traditional simple sum of signal and dual-readout techniques that use both Cherenkov and scintillation signals. We describe why this game-changing approach to Cherenkov hadron calorimetry excels and our plans for a dedicated beam test to validate these findings with a fast, radiation-hard hadron calorimeter prototype.…”
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Analysis of the Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Channel Based on a Comprehensive Multiparameter Model by Rujun Cai, Ming Zhang, Daoxin Dai, Yaocheng Shi, Shiming Gao

“…The average light intensity and scintillation index are analyzed using the channel parameters of absorption, scattering, turbulence, flow velocity, and transmission distance. …”
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Radiography using cosmic-ray electromagnetic showers and its application in hydrology by A. Taketa, R. Nishiyama, K. Yamamoto, M. Iguchi

“…We developed a detection system that preferably selects EM particles by considering the coincidence of distant plastic scintillators. The calibration test beneath the water pool revealed that the count rate decreased by 0.6–0.7% with a 1 cm increase in the water level. …”
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SiPMs for Dual-Readout Calorimetry by Romualdo Santoro

“…The test beams performed in 2021, allowed to qualify the readout boards used to operate the SiPMs, to define the calibration procedure and to measure the light yield for scintillating and Cherenkov signals produced by the shower development. …”
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Random Matrix Theory for Sound Propagation in a Shallow-Water Acoustic Waveguide with Sea Bottom Roughness by Denis V. Makarov, Pavel S. Petrov, Michael Yu. Uleysky

“…Range dependencies of mode energies, modal cross coherences and scintillation indices are computed using Monte Carlo simulations. …”
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Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Based <i>Aza</i>-POPOPs: Synthesis, Photophysical Studies, and Nitroanalyte Sensing Abilities by Mohammed S. Mohammed, Igor S. Kovalev, Natalya V. Slovesnova, Leila K. Sadieva, Vadim A. Platonov, Alexander S. Novikov, Sougata Santra, Julia E. Morozova, Grigory V. Zyryanov, Valery N. Charushin, Brindaban C. Ranu

“…1,4-Bis(5-phenyl-2-oxazolyl)benzene (POPOP) is a common scintillation fluorescent laser dye. In this manuscript, the synthesis of 2-Ar-5-(4-(4-Ar’-1<i>H</i>-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)phenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles (Ar, Ar’ = Ph, naphtalenyl-2, pyrenyl-1, triphenilenyl-2), as PAH-based <i>aza</i>-analogues of POPOP, by means of Cu-catalyzed click reaction between 2-(4-azidophenyl)-5-Ar-1,3,4-oxadiazole and terminal ethynyl-substituted PAHs is reported. …”
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Ionospheric Remote Sensing with GNSS by YuXiang Peng, Wayne A. Scales

“…Ionospheric density structures (also known as irregularities) can cause GNSS signal scintillations (phase and intensity fluctuations). These ionospheric impacts on GNSS signals can be utilized to observe and study physical processes in the ionosphere and is referred to ionospheric remote sensing. …”
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Gamma—Ray Counters to Monitor Radioactive Waste Packages in the MICADO Project by Luigi Cosentino, Martina Giuffrida, Sergio Lo Meo, Fabio Longhitano, Alfio Pappalardo, Giuseppe Passaro, Paolo Finocchiaro

“…These counters, named SciFi, are based on a scintillating fiber readout at each end by a silicon photomultiplier, assembled in a robust arrangement in the form of 80 cm long pipes. …”
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Determination of the Parameter Sets for the Best Performance of IPS-driven ENLIL Model by Jongyeon Yun, Kyu-Cheol Choi, Jonghyuk Yi, Jaehun Kim, Dusan Odstrčil

“…Interplanetary scintillation-driven (IPS-driven) ENLIL model was jointly developed by University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and National Aeronaucics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC). …”
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Cosmic ray mass composition measurement with the TALE hybrid detector by Fujita Keitaro

“…The TALE detector consists of a Fluorescence Detector (FD) station with 10 high elevation telescopes located at the TA Middle Drum FD Station (itself made up of 14 FD telescopes), and a Surface Detector (SD) array made up of 80 scintillation counters, including 40 with 400 m spacing and 40 with 600 m spacing. …”
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Investigations of Muon Flux Variations Detected Using Veto Detectors of the Digital Gamma-rays Spectrometer by Krzysztof Gorzkiewicz, Jerzy W. Mietelski, Zbigniew Ustrnul, Piotr Homola, Renata Kierepko, Ewa Nalichowska, Kamil Brudecki

“…This paper presents the results of cosmic ray muons flux monitoring registered by a digital gamma-ray spectrometer’s active shield made of five large plastic scintillators. In traditional, i.e., analogue active shields working in anticoincidence mode with germanium detectors, the generated data are used only as a gating signal and are not stored. …”
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