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Phys Rev E ; 103(3): L031201, 2021 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33862680

RESUMO

Achieving a high conversion efficiency into relativistic electrons is central to short-pulse laser application and fundamentally relies on creating interaction regions with intensities ≫10^{18}W/cm^{2}. Small focal length optics are typically employed to achieve this goal; however, this solution is impractical for large kJ-class systems that are constrained by facility geometry, debris concerns, and component costs. We fielded target-mounted compound parabolic concentrators to overcome these limitations and achieved nearly an order-of-magnitude increase to the conversion efficiency and more than tripled electron temperature compared to flat targets. Particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate that plasma confinement within the cone and formation of turbulent laser fields that develop from cone wall reflections are responsible for the improved laser-to-target coupling. These passive target components can be used to improve the coupling efficiency for all high-intensity short-pulse laser applications, particularly at large facilities with long focal length optics.

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Rev Sci Instrum ; 91(9): 093505, 2020 Sep 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33003822

RESUMO

Proton radiography is a well-established technique for measuring electromagnetic fields in high-energy-density plasmas. Fusion reactions producing monoenergetic particles, such as D3He, are commonly used as a source, produced by a capsule implosion. Using smaller capsules for radiography applications is advantageous as the source size decreases, but on the National Ignition Facility (NIF), this can introduce complications from increasing blow-by light, since the phase plate focal spot size is much larger than the capsules. We report a demonstration of backlighter targets where a "Saturn" ring is placed around the capsule to block this light. The nuclear performance of the backlighters is unperturbed by the addition of a ring. We also test a ring with an equatorial cutout, which severely affects the proton emission and is not viable for radiography applications. These results demonstrate the general viability of Saturn ring backlighter targets for use on the NIF.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 125(15): 155003, 2020 Oct 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33095614

RESUMO

The implosion efficiency in inertial confinement fusion depends on the degree of stagnated fuel compression, density uniformity, sphericity, and minimum residual kinetic energy achieved. Compton scattering-mediated 50-200 keV x-ray radiographs of indirect-drive cryogenic implosions at the National Ignition Facility capture the dynamic evolution of the fuel as it goes through peak compression, revealing low-mode 3D nonuniformities and thicker fuel with lower peak density than simulated. By differencing two radiographs taken at different times during the same implosion, we also measure the residual kinetic energy not transferred to the hot spot and quantify its impact on the implosion performance.

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Acta Psychiatr Scand ; 75(1): 11-9, 1987 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2883814

RESUMO

The relationship between clinical response to neuroleptics and brain morphology as revealed by CT scans was evaluated in a sample of 39 patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective psychosis. Four measures of brain morphology previously shown to differ between schizophrenics and patients with headaches - white matter density, asymmetry in brain white matter density, sulcal width and global cortical atrophy - did not correlate with clinical improvement after 3 weeks treatment with constant doses of neuroleptics. These brain morphology measures also did not correlate with baseline psychopathology scores. The same results were found with scales or subscales reflecting primarily positive symptoms of schizophrenia as well as those reflecting primarily social withdrawal.


Assuntos
Antipsicóticos/uso terapêutico , Córtex Cerebral/patologia , Esquizofrenia/patologia , Adulto , Atrofia , Feminino , Haloperidol/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prognóstico , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Psicopatologia , Transtornos Psicóticos/patologia , Esquizofrenia/tratamento farmacológico , Psicologia do Esquizofrênico , Tioridazina/uso terapêutico , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Psychiatry Res ; 14(3): 241-53, 1985 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3858896

RESUMO

The relationship between enlargement of the lateral ventricles in the brains of schizophrenic patients and clinical response to neuroleptic treatment, as assessed by the ventricle-brain ratio (VBR) and psychopathology scores, was studied in a sample of 39 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective psychosis during a drug-free washout and after 3 1/2 weeks of treatment with either haloperidol or thioridazine. There was a weak, but statistically significant positive relationship between VBR and improvement on BPRS Psychosis factor scores after 3 1/2 weeks of treatment, and a negative correlation between VBR and baseline (washout) scores on the BPRS Anergia factor. Patients with enlarged VBRs, as defined by two criteria, also tended to show a better response to neuroleptics than patients below these criterion values.


Assuntos
Ventrículos Cerebrais/patologia , Haloperidol/uso terapêutico , Esquizofrenia/tratamento farmacológico , Psicologia do Esquizofrênico , Tioridazina/uso terapêutico , Encéfalo/patologia , Humanos , Hipertrofia , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Esquizofrenia/patologia , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Psychopharmacology (Berl) ; 85(4): 449-55, 1985.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-2862652

RESUMO

The relative utility of steady-state (SS), plasma (Pl), and red blood cell (RBC) haloperidol levels for predicting clinical response was evaluated in a fixed-dose study in schizophrenic inpatients. There were significant curvilinear relationships between the decrease in BPRS Psychosis Factor Scores by day 24 of haloperidol treatment and both Pl (R2 = 0.34) and RBC (R2 = 0.38) haloperidol levels. Although SS RBC haloperidol levels consistently showed a slightly stronger relationship to clinical response than Pl levels in several comparisons, the differences in R2s between Pl and RBC haloperidol were not statistically significant. Ninety percent confidence intervals for the blood level ranges associated with optimal clinical response in our sample of patients were: 6.5-16.5 ng/ml Pl haloperidol and 2.2-6.8 ng/ml RBC haloperidol.


Assuntos
Haloperidol/uso terapêutico , Transtornos Psicóticos/tratamento farmacológico , Esquizofrenia/tratamento farmacológico , Adulto , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica Breve , Eritrócitos/análise , Haloperidol/sangue , Humanos , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Análise de Regressão , Tioridazina/uso terapêutico
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Arch Gen Psychiatry ; 41(11): 1044-9, 1984 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-6497566

RESUMO

The relationship between clinical response of schizophrenic patients to haloperidol and (1) blood levels of the medication, determined by both gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and radioreceptor (RR) assays, or (2) prolactin response to the medication, was examined in an inpatient study using several fixed doses of haloperidol. Regression analysis disclosed a substantial curvilinear relationship between steady-state GLC-determined plasma haloperidol levels and decrease in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) Psychosis factor scores; however, no substantial relationship was found between clinical response and RR plasma haloperidol levels or serum prolactin response to haloperidol. Our results suggest that steady-state plasma levels of haloperidol determined by the GLC chemical assay are a better predictor of decreases in BPRS Psychosis factor scores than RR assayed plasma haloperidol levels or prolactin response to haloperidol.


Assuntos
Haloperidol/sangue , Prolactina/sangue , Esquizofrenia/tratamento farmacológico , Psicologia do Esquizofrênico , Adulto , Cromatografia Gasosa , Feminino , Haloperidol/farmacologia , Haloperidol/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Masculino , Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica , Ensaio Radioligante , Esquizofrenia/sangue , Esquizofrenia/diagnóstico
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