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Phys Rev Lett ; 130(24): 240202, 2023 Jun 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37390410

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Contextuality is a distinctive feature of quantum theory and a fundamental resource for quantum computation. However, existing examples of contextuality in high-dimensional systems lack the necessary robustness required in experiments. Here, we address this problem by identifying a family of noncontextuality inequalities whose maximum quantum violation grows with the dimension of the system. At first glance, this contextuality is the single-system version of multipartite Bell nonlocality taken to an extreme form. What is interesting is that the single-system version achieves the same degree of contextuality but uses a Hilbert space of lower dimension. That is, contextuality "concentrates" as the degree of contextuality per dimension increases. We show the practicality of this result by presenting an experimental test of contextuality in a seven-dimensional system. By simulating sequences of quantum ideal measurements with destructive measurements and repreparation in an all-optical setup, we report a violation of 68.7 standard deviations of the simplest case of the noncontextuality inequalities identified. Our results advance the investigation of high-dimensional contextuality, its connection to the Clifford algebra, and its role in quantum computation.

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Light Sci Appl ; 12(1): 18, 2023 Jan 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36599829

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As a fundamental characteristic of physical entities, wave‒particle duality describes whether a microscopic entity exhibits wave or particle attributes depending on the specific experimental setup. This assumption is premised on the notion that physical properties are inseparable from the objective carrier. However, after the concept of the quantum Cheshire cats was proposed, which makes the separation of physical attributes from the entity possible, the premise no longer holds. Furthermore, an experimental demonstration of the separation of the wave and particle attributes inspired by this scenario remains scarce. In this work, we experimentally separated the wave and particle attributes of a single photon by exploiting the quantum Cheshire cat concept for the first time. By applying a weak disturbance to the evolution of the system, we achieve an effect similar to the quantum Cheshire cat and demonstrated the separation of the wave and particle attributes via the extraction of weak values. Our work provides a new perspective for the in-depth understanding of wave‒particle duality and promotes the application of weak measurements in fundamentals of quantum mechanics.

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Ann Surg Open ; 3(1)2022 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35992313

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While smoking is a well-established risk factor for surgical complications, it is unclear how frequently guideline-concordant tobacco treatments are prescribed to surgical patients. In this cross-sectional study including 164673 unique patients evaluated in outpatient surgery clinics at a single institution in 2020, despite a relatively high smoking prevalence (14.7%), guideline-concordant treatment rates were very low, with only 12.7% of patients receiving pharmacotherapy and 31.7% receiving any treatment. Addressing disparities in smoking cessation treatments are critical given the disproportionate impact of smoking on surgical outcomes.

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Thorax ; 2022 Jul 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35863765

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BACKGROUND: The utility of electronic cigarettes ('e-cigarettes') as a smoking cessation adjunct remains unclear. Similarly, it is unclear if formal tobacco treatment (pharmacotherapy and/or behavioural support) augments smoking cessation in individuals who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes. METHODS: We performed a longitudinal cohort study of adult outpatients evaluated in our tertiary care medical centre (6/2018-6/2020). E-cigarette use, smoking status and formal tobacco treatment (deterrent pharmacotherapy and/or behavioural support) were assessed in 6-month blocks (eg, cohort 1 (C1)=6/2018-12/2018, C2=1/2019-6/2019 and so on) using our electronic health record. We assessed the relationship between e-cigarette use (either with or without formal tobacco treatment) and point prevalence of smoking cessation at 6 and 12 months. RESULTS: 111 823 unique patients were included in the study. The prevalence of dual use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes increased significantly over the study period (C1=0.8%; C2=1.1%; C3=1.8%; C4=2.3%; p<0.001). The prevalence of smoking cessation at 12 months was higher among e-cigarette users (20.8%) compared with non-users (16.8%) (risk difference, 4.0% (95% CI 2.5% to 5.5%); adjusted relative risk (aRR) 1.354, 95% CI 1.252 to 1.464, p<0.0001). Further, among dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes, the prevalence of smoking cessation at 12 months was higher among individuals who received tobacco treatment (29.1%) compared with individuals who did not receive tobacco treatment (19.6%) (risk difference, 9.5% (95% CI, 4.6% to 14.4%); aRR 1.238, 95% CI 1.071 to 1.432, p=0.004). INTERPRETATION: These results suggest that dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes benefit from formal tobacco treatment. Clinicians should consider offering formal tobacco treatment to such patients, though future trials are needed.

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J Natl Compr Canc Netw ; 20(5): 488-495.e4, 2022 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35545172

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BACKGROUND: Tobacco cessation after a cancer diagnosis can extend patient survival by improving outcomes for primary cancer and preventing secondary cancers. However, smoking is often unaddressed in cancer care, highlighting the need for strategies to increase treatment reach and cessation. This study examined a low-burden, point-of-care tobacco treatment program (ELEVATE) featuring an electronic health record-enabled smoking module and decision support tools to increase the reach and effectiveness of evidence-based smoking cessation treatment. METHODS: This study included adult outpatient tobacco smokers (n=13,651) in medical oncology, internal medicine, and surgical oncology clinics from a large midwestern healthcare system. We examined reach and effectiveness of ELEVATE with 2 comparisons: (1) preimplementation versus postimplementation of ELEVATE and (2) ELEVATE versus usual care. Data were evaluated during 2 time periods: preimplementation (January through May 2018) and postimplementation (June through December 2018), with smoking cessation assessed at the last follow-up outpatient encounter during the 6 months after these periods. RESULTS: The proportion of current tobacco smokers receiving cessation treatment increased from pre-ELEVATE to post-ELEVATE (1.6%-27.9%; difference, 26.3%; relative risk, 16.9 [95% CI, 9.8-29.2]; P<.001). Compared with 27.9% treatment reach with ELEVATE in the postimplementation time period, reach within usual care clinics ranged from 11.8% to 12.0% during this same period. The proportion of tobacco smokers who subsequently achieved cessation increased significantly from pre-ELEVATE to post-ELEVATE (12.0% vs 17.2%; difference, 5.2%; relative risk, 1.3 [95% CI, 1.1-1.5]; P=.002). Compared with 17.2% smoking cessation with ELEVATE in the postimplementation time period, achievement of cessation within usual care clinics ranged from 8.2% to 9.9% during this same period. CONCLUSIONS: A low-burden, point-of-care tobacco treatment strategy increased tobacco treatment and cessation, thereby improving access to and the impact of evidence-based cessation treatment. Using implementation strategies to embed tobacco treatment in every healthcare encounter promises to engage more smokers in evidence-based treatment and facilitate smoking cessation, thereby improving care cancer for patients who smoke.


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Neoplasias , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar , Adulto , Humanos , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito , Nicotiana , Uso de Tabaco
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J Colloid Interface Sci ; 622: 675-689, 2022 Sep 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35533482

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Polymeric carbon nitride (CN) has evoked considerable attention in photocatalysis, however, its π-deficiency conjugated frameworks engendering weak visible-light absorption and rapid charge recombination hinder the practical utilizations. Herein, a novel donor-acceptor (D-A) conjugated polymer based on triptycene incorporated carbon nitride (T-CN) has been facilely prepared by thermal copolymerization of melamine and 2,6,14-triaminotriptycene. Combined with the density functional theory (DFT) calculations, it is found that the formation of intramolecular charge transfer and the extended π-conjugative effect in the D-A structure contribute to a broadened light-harvesting spectral range, a higher charge separation/transfer efficiency and more active sites of T-CN for photoredox reactions. The T-CN catalyst accomplished superior visible-light photocatalytic performance in both hydrogen evolving and carbon dioxide reduction. The optimal T-CN catalyst exhibited the highest hydrogen evolution rate of 80.9 ± 1.3 µmol·h-1 and carbon monoxide production rate of 8.1 ± 0.2 µmol·h-1, which are ca. 8-fold and 20-fold of bulk CN, respectively. The convenient strategy of constructing D-A conjugated structure opens up a new intriguing avenue toward the rational creation of efficient polymeric nanomaterials for versatile applications of solar fuel production.

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iScience ; 25(3): 103972, 2022 Mar 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35281726

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Quantum entanglement has shown distinguished features beyond any classical state. Many methods have been presented to verify unknown entanglement with the complete information about the density matrices by quantum state tomography. In this work, we aim to identify unknown entanglement with only partial information of the state space. The witness consists of a generalized Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-like paradox expressed by Pauli observables, and a nonlinear entanglement witness expressed by density matrix elements. First, we verify unknown bipartite entanglement and study the robustness of entanglement witnesses against the white noise. Second, we generalize such verification to partially unknown multipartite entangled states, including the Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type and W-type states. Third, we give a quantum-information application related to the quantum zero-knowledge proof. It further provides a useful method in blindly verifying universal quantum computation resources. These results may be interesting in entanglement theories, quantum communication, and quantum networks.

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Cancer Epidemiol ; 78: 102005, 2022 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34446379

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BACKGROUND: Tobacco cessation treatment for cancer patients is essential to providing comprehensive oncologic care. We have implemented a point of care tobacco treatment care model enabled by electronic health record (EHR) modifications in a comprehensive cancer center. Data are needed on the sustainability of both reach of treatment and effectiveness over time, including the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: Using EHR data from the pre-implementation (P: 5 months) and post-implementation periods (6 month-blocks, T1-T5 for a total of 30 months), we compared two primary outcomes: 1) reach of treatment among those smoking and 2) effectiveness assessed by smoking cessation among those smoking in the subsequent 6 month period. We analyzed the data using generalized estimation equation regression models. RESULTS: With the point of care tobacco treatment care model, reach of treatment increased from pre to post T5 (3.2 % vs. 48.4 %, RR 15.50, 95 % CI 10.56-22.74, p < 0.0001). Reach of treatment in all post periods (T1-T5 including the COVID-19 pandemic time) remained significantly higher than the pre period. Effectiveness, defined by smoking cessation among those smoking, increased from pre to post T2 before the pandemic (12.4 % vs. 21.4 %, RR 1.57, 95 % CI 1.31-1.87, p < 0.0001). However, effectiveness, while higher in later post periods (T3, T4), was no longer significantly increased compared with the pre period. CONCLUSION: A point of care EHR-enabled tobacco treatment care model demonstrates sustained reach up to 30 months following implementation, even during the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in healthcare prioritization. Effectiveness was sustained for 12 months, but did not sustain through the subsequent 12 months.


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COVID-19 , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar , COVID-19/epidemiologia , Humanos , Pandemias , Sistemas Automatizados de Assistência Junto ao Leito , Nicotiana
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Small ; 17(24): e2101017, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33979001

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2D covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are drawing intense attention in heterogenous photocatalysis due to their porous, crystalline, and tailor-made structures. For highly efficient solar-to-chemical energy conversion, revealing and modulating active centers in the skeletons of COFs are of great importance but encounter severe challenges. Herein, it is demonstrated that cyano conjugation on a typical ß-ketoenamine-linked COF via aldehyde-imine Schiff-base condensation contributes to an enhanced stable photocatalytic H2 -evolution rate of 1.8 mmol h-1 g-1 (λ > 420 nm) with a superior apparent quantum yield of 2.12% at 420 nm, compared to pristine COFs. Both experimental results and density functional theory calculations disclose that the cyano conjugation can efficiently improve photoinduced charge separation and effectively decrease the energy barrier for H-intermediate generation on the carbonyl oxygen sites of the functionalized COFs. These findings present a precise organic functionalization strategy to optimize active centers on COF-based photocatalysts for the practical applications.

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Phys Rev Lett ; 126(17): 170505, 2021 Apr 30.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33988432

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Masking of quantum information spreads it over nonlocal correlations and hides it from the subsystems. It is known that no operation can simultaneously mask all pure states [Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 230501 (2018)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.120.230501], so in what sense is quantum information masking useful? Here, we extend the definition of quantum information masking to general mixed states, and show that the resource of maskable quantum states is far more abundant than the no-go theorem seemingly suggests. Geometrically, the simultaneously maskable states lays on hyperdisks in the state hypersphere, and strictly contains the broadcastable states. We devise a photonic quantum information masking machine using time-correlated photons to experimentally investigate the properties of qubit masking, and demonstrate the transfer of quantum information into bipartite correlations and its faithful retrieval. The versatile masking machine has decent extensibility, and may be applicable to quantum secret sharing and fault-tolerant quantum communication. Our results provide some insights on the comprehension and potential application of quantum information masking.

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Drug Alcohol Depend ; 221: 108641, 2021 04 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33652379

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BACKGROUND: Compared to white smokers, Black smokers are at disproportionately higher risk for smoking-related disease, despite consuming fewer cigarettes per day (CPD). To examine racial disparities in biobehavioral influences on smoking and disease risk, we analyzed the relationship between self-reported tobacco dependence and intensity of tobacco smoke exposure per cigarette, on the one hand, and intensity of nicotine intake per cigarette, on the other. METHODS: In 270 Black and 516 white smokers, smoke exposure was measured by expired carbon monoxide (CO), and nicotine intake was measured by plasma cotinine (COT) and cotinine+3'-hydroxycotinine ([COT + 3HC]). Using linear regression analyses, we analyzed how the Fagerström Test for Cigarette Dependence (FTCD) predicted intensity of smoke exposure per cigarette (CO/CPD) and intensity of nicotine intake per cigarette (COT/CPD; [COT + 3HC]/CPD), and how race moderated these relations. RESULTS: Overall, Black smokers consumed fewer CPD than white smokers and had higher levels of CO/CPD, COT/CPD, and [COT + 3HC]/CPD. These elevations were most pronounced at lower levels of dependence: amongst Black smokers, FTCD negatively predicted intensity of smoke exposure as measured by CO/CPD (B = -0.12, 95% CI = -0.18, -0.05, p = 0.0003) and intensity of nicotine intake as measured by [COT + 3HC]/CPD (B = -1.31, 95% CI = -2.15, -0.46, p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Low-dependence Black smokers had higher intensities of both smoke exposure and nicotine intake per cigarette compared to similarly dependent white smokers, suggesting that measures of dependence, exposure, and intake underestimate incremental risk of each cigarette to Black smokers.


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Negro ou Afro-Americano , Monóxido de Carbono/análise , Fumar Cigarros/sangue , Nicotina/análise , Poluição por Fumaça de Tabaco/análise , População Branca , Adulto , Negro ou Afro-Americano/etnologia , Fumar Cigarros/etnologia , Cotinina/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Nicotina/administração & dosagem , Fatores Raciais/tendências , Tabagismo/sangue , Tabagismo/diagnóstico , Tabagismo/etnologia , População Branca/etnologia
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Ear Nose Throat J ; 100(4): 260-270, 2021 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33570429

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BACKGROUND: The impact of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) on subsequent cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains inconclusive. AIM: Our aim was to systematically assess the relationship between preexisting OSA and adverse cardiovascular events in patients with newly diagnosed ACS by conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane library for studies published up to May 1, 2020, that reported any association between OSA and cardiovascular events in patients with newly diagnosed ACS. The main outcomes were a composite of all-cause or cardiovascular death, recurrent myocardial infarction, stroke, repeat revascularization, or heart failure. We conducted a pooled analysis using the random-effects model. We also performed subgroup, sensitivity, heterogeneity analysis, and the assessment of publication bias. RESULTS: We identified 10 studies encompassing 3350 participants. The presence of OSA was associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events in newly prognosed ACS (risk ratio [RR] 2.18, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.45-3.26, P < .001, I2 = 64%). Between-study heterogeneity was partially explained by a multicenter study (9 single-center studies, RR 2.33 95% CI 1.69-3.19, I2 =18%), and I2 remarkably decreased from 64% to 18%. Moreover, OSA significantly increased the incidence of repeat revascularization (8 studies) and heart failure (6 studies) in patients with newly diagnosed ACS. CONCLUSION: Patients with preexisting OSA are at greater risk of subsequent cardiovascular events after onset of ACS. Further studies should investigate the treatment of OSA in patient with ACS.


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Síndrome Coronariana Aguda/complicações , Doenças Cardiovasculares/epidemiologia , Doenças Cardiovasculares/etiologia , Intervenção Coronária Percutânea/efeitos adversos , Apneia Obstrutiva do Sono/complicações , Idoso , Feminino , Fatores de Risco de Doenças Cardíacas , Insuficiência Cardíaca/epidemiologia , Insuficiência Cardíaca/etiologia , Humanos , Incidência , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Estudos Observacionais como Assunto , Recidiva
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Clin Pharmacol Ther ; 108(6): 1315-1325, 2020 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32602170

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It is unclear if genetic variants affect smoking cessation treatment response. This study tested whether variants in the cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit (CHRNA5) predict response to smoking cessation medication by directly comparing the two most effective smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. In this genotype-stratified randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial (May 2015-August 2019 in St Louis, Missouri), smokers were randomized by genotype in blocks of six (1:1:1 ratio) to three conditions: 12 weeks of placebo (n = 273), combination nicotine patch and lozenge (combination nicotine replacement therapy, cNRT, n = 275), or varenicline (n = 274). All participants received counseling and were followed for 12 months. The primary end point was biochemically verified 7-day point prevalence abstinence at the end of treatment (EOT, week 12). Trial registration and eligibility criteria are on clinicaltrials.gov (https://clinicaltrials.gov/) (NCT02351167). We conducted the genetic analyses separately for 516 European ancestry (EA) smokers and 306 non-EA smokers (including 270 African American smokers). In African American smokers, there was a genotype-by-treatment interaction for EOT abstinence (χ2  = 10.7, degrees of freedom = 2. P = 0.0049): specifically, cNRT was more effective in smokers with rs16969968 GG genotype than was placebo, while varenicline was more effective in smokers of GA/AA genotypes. In EA ancestry smokers, there was no significant genotype-by-treatment interaction. In the whole sample, although both were effective at EOT, only varenicline, and not cNRT, was significantly effective relative to placebo at 6-month follow-up. Importantly, this study suggests that genetic information can further enhance smoking cessation treatment effectiveness.


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Proteínas do Tecido Nervoso/genética , Nicotina/administração & dosagem , Agonistas Nicotínicos/uso terapêutico , Variantes Farmacogenômicos , Receptores Nicotínicos/genética , Fumantes , Agentes de Cessação do Hábito de Fumar/uso terapêutico , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar , Dispositivos para o Abandono do Uso de Tabaco , Vareniclina/uso terapêutico , Administração Cutânea , Administração Oral , Adulto , Método Duplo-Cego , Quimioterapia Combinada , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Missouri , Nicotina/efeitos adversos , Agonistas Nicotínicos/efeitos adversos , Farmacogenética , Estudos Prospectivos , Fatores Raciais , Agentes de Cessação do Hábito de Fumar/efeitos adversos , Fatores de Tempo , Dispositivos para o Abandono do Uso de Tabaco/efeitos adversos , Resultado do Tratamento , Vareniclina/efeitos adversos
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Phys Rev Lett ; 124(23): 230401, 2020 Jun 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32603161

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A central result in the foundations of quantum mechanics is the Kochen-Specker theorem. In short, it states that quantum mechanics cannot be reconciled with classical models that are noncontextual for ideal measurements. The first explicit derivation by Kochen and Specker was rather complex, but considerable simplifications have been achieved thereafter. We propose a systematic approach to find minimal Hardy-type and Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger-type (GHZ-type) proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem, these are characterized by the fact that the predictions of classical models are opposite to the predictions of quantum mechanics. Based on our results, we show that the Kochen-Specker set with 18 vectors from Cabello et al. [Phys. Lett. A 212, 183 (1996)PYLAAG0375-960110.1016/0375-9601(96)00134-X] is the minimal set for any dimension, verifying a longstanding conjecture by Peres. Our results allow to identify minimal contextuality scenarios and to study their usefulness for information processing.

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Nat Commun ; 11(1): 3006, 2020 Jun 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32541843

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Intuition suggests that an object should carry all of its physical properties. However, a quantum object may not act in such a manner-it can temporarily leave some of its physical properties where it never appears. This phenomenon is known as the quantum Cheshire cat effect. It has been proposed that a quantum object can even permanently discard a physical property and obtain a new one it did not initially have. Here, we observe this effect experimentally by casting non-unitary imaginary-time evolution on a photonic cluster state to extract weak values, which reveals the counterintuitive phenomenon that two photons exchange their spins without classically meeting each other. A phenomenon presenting only in the quantum realm, our results are in stark contrast with the perception of inseparability between objects and properties, and shed new light on comprehension of the ontology of observables.

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Transl Behav Med ; 10(6): 1504-1514, 2020 12 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31313808

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Tobacco smoking is an important risk factor for cancer incidence, an effect modifier for cancer treatment, and a negative prognostic factor for disease outcomes. Inadequate implementation of evidence-based smoking cessation treatment in cancer centers, a consequence of numerous patient-, provider-, and system-level barriers, contributes to tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. This study provides data for a paradigm shift from a frequently used specialist referral model to a point-of-care treatment model for tobacco use assessment and cessation treatment for outpatients at a large cancer center. The point-of-care model is enabled by a low-burden strategy, the Electronic Health Record-Enabled Evidence-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment program, which was implemented in the cancer center clinics on June 2, 2018. Five-month pre- and post-implementation data from the electronic health record (EHR) were analyzed. The percentage of cancer patients assessed for tobacco use significantly increased from 48% to 90% (z = 126.57, p < .001), the percentage of smokers referred for cessation counseling increased from 0.72% to 1.91% (z = 3.81, p < .001), and the percentage of smokers with cessation medication significantly increased from 3% to 17% (z = 17.20, p < .001). EHR functionalities may significantly address barriers to point-of-care treatment delivery, improving its consistent implementation and thereby increasing access to and quality of smoking cessation care for cancer center patients.


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Neoplasias , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar , Tabagismo , Aconselhamento , Registros Eletrônicos de Saúde , Humanos , Neoplasias/epidemiologia , Neoplasias/terapia , Fumantes
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J Neuroimmune Pharmacol ; 13(4): 430-437, 2018 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30370503

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The clinical translation of genetic research on nicotine dependence and treatment response requires acceptance of genetic testing by smokers. This study determines (1) which current smokers are receptive to genetic susceptibility testing for nicotine dependence and (2) to what potential extent smokers motivated to quit desire to take smoking cessation medication when hypothetical genetic results predict their pharmacogenetic medication response. Current smokers from a genetic nicotine dependence study (n = 1306) and an ongoing smoking cessation trial (n = 209) were surveyed on their hypothetical interest in seeing genetic testing results related to risk of nicotine dependence. Most current smokers (84.8%) reported high interest in receiving genetic testing results. Factors associated with high interest included age ≥ 40 years, having a college degree, and a positive medical history (≥1 medical condition). In the ongoing smoking cessation trial, current smokers motivated to quit (n = 474) were surveyed on their desire to take smoking cessation medication given hypothetical below or above average pharmacogenetic responses to the medication. When the hypothetical medication response changed from below to above average, significantly more smokers reported a desire to take medication (from 61.0% to 97.5%, p < .0001). These preliminary findings suggest that genetic testing for personalized smoking cessation treatment is well-received by smokers and that a positive hypothetical pharmacogenetic response increases desire to take smoking cessation medication among current smokers motivated to quit. Graphical abstract ᅟ.


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Predisposição Genética para Doença/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença/psicologia , Testes Genéticos/métodos , Fumantes/psicologia , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar/métodos , Abandono do Hábito de Fumar/psicologia , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dispositivos para o Abandono do Uso de Tabaco
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Cell Physiol Biochem ; 49(3): 1208-1216, 2018.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30196290

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Because the prevalence of age-related cardiac impairment increases as the human lifespan increases, it is important to combat the effects of aging. Recently, the cardiac M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M3-mAChR) has been demonstrated to play important roles in cardiac development and in the pathogenesis of cardiac diseases. However, the role of M3-mAChR in aging remains largely unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the involvement of M3-mAChR in the progression of cardiac aging. METHODS: We established a cardiac aging model in mice through subcutaneous injection with D-galactose at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day for 6 weeks. D-galactose was also used to induce aging in primary cultured neonatal mouse cardiomyocytes. The myocardium from mice was stained with hematoxylin and eosin for histological analysis. The protein expression levels of p53 and p21 were determined using western blotting. The mRNA and protein expression levels of M3-mAChR, caspase-1, and interleukin (IL)-1ß were determined using real-time PCR, immunohistochemical staining, and western blotting. RESULTS: The expression of M3-mAChR was down-regulated in the myocardium from aged mice and D-galactose-treated mice, while the expression levels of caspase-1 and its downstream molecule IL-1ß were significantly increased. The M3-mAChR agonist choline reduced the increase in caspase-1 in cardiomyocytes induced by D-galactose, which was reversed by the M3-mAChR antagonist 4-DAMP. Moreover, 4-DAMP promoted D-galactose-induced cardiomyocyte aging, which was attenuated by a caspase-1 inhibitor. CONCLUSION: Activation of M3-mAChR delayed cardiac aging by inhibiting the caspase-1/IL-1ß signaling pathway.


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Caspase 1/metabolismo , Interleucina-1beta/metabolismo , Miocárdio/metabolismo , Receptor Muscarínico M3/metabolismo , Envelhecimento , Animais , Células Cultivadas , Colina/farmacologia , Regulação para Baixo/efeitos dos fármacos , Galactose/farmacologia , Camundongos , Modelos Animais , Miocárdio/patologia , Miócitos Cardíacos/citologia , Miócitos Cardíacos/efeitos dos fármacos , Miócitos Cardíacos/metabolismo , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos
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Phys Rev Lett ; 120(5): 050403, 2018 Feb 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29481194

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Here, we present the most general framework for n-particle Hardy's paradoxes, which include Hardy's original one and Cereceda's extension as special cases. Remarkably, for any n≥3, we demonstrate that there always exist generalized paradoxes (with the success probability as high as 1/2^{n-1}) that are stronger than the previous ones in showing the conflict of quantum mechanics with local realism. An experimental proposal to observe the stronger paradox is also presented for the case of three qubits. Furthermore, from these paradoxes we can construct the most general Hardy's inequalities, which enable us to detect Bell's nonlocality for more quantum states.

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Opt Express ; 26(1): 32-50, 2018 Jan 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29328292

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Contextuality, the impossibility of assigning context-independent measurement outcomes, is a critical resource for quantum computation and communication. No-signaling between successive measurements is an essential requirement that should be accomplished in any test of quantum contextuality and that is difficult to achieve in practice. Here, we introduce an optimal quantum state-independent contextuality inequality in which the deviation from the classical bound is maximal. We then experimentally test it using single photons generated from a defect in a bulk silicon carbide, while satisfying the requirement of no-signaling within the experimental error. Our results shed new light on the study of quantum contextuality under no-signaling conditions.

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