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Short gamma-ray bursts with extended emission from magnetar birth: jet formation and collimation by Bucciantini, N., Metzger, B. D., Thompson, T. A., Quataert, E.

“…Approximately 1/4-1/2 of short duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are followed by variable X-ray emission lasting ∼100 s with a fluence comparable or exceeding…”
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The protomagnetar model for gamma-ray bursts by Metzger, B. D., Giannios, D., Thompson, T. A., Bucciantini, N., Quataert, E.

“…Long duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) originate from the core collapse of massive stars, but the identity of the central engine remains elusive. Previous work…”
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Short-duration gamma-ray bursts with extended emission from protomagnetar spin-down by Metzger, B. D., Quataert, E., Thompson, T. A.

“…Evidence is growing for a class of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) characterized by an initial ∼0.1–1 s spike of hard radiation followed, after a ∼3–10 s lull in…”
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Six months of multiwavelength follow-up of the tidal disruption candidate ASASSN-14li and implied TDE rates from ASAS-SN by Holoien, T W-S, Kochanek, C S, Prieto, J L, Stanek, K Z, Dong, Subo, Shappee, B J, Grupe, D, Brown, J S, Basu, U, Beacom, J F, Bersier, D, Brimacombe, J, Danilet, A B, Falco, E, Guo, Z, Jose, J, Herczeg, G J, Long, F, Pojmanski, G, Simonian, G V, Szczygiel, D M, Thompson, T A, Thorstensen, J R, Wagner, R M, Wozniak, P R

“…We present ground-based and Swift photometric and spectroscopic observations of the candidate tidal disruption event (TDE) ASASSN-14li, found at the centre of…”
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Magnetized relativistic jets and long-duration GRBs from magnetar spin-down during core-collapse supernovae by Bucciantini, N., Quataert, E., Metzger, B. D., Thompson, T. A., Arons, J., Del Zanna, L.

“…We use ideal axisymmetric relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations to calculate the spin-down of a newly formed millisecond, B∼ 1015 G, magnetar and its…”
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ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova by Dong, Subo, Shappee, B. J., Prieto, J. L., Jha, S. W., Stanek, K. Z., Holoien, T. W.-S., Kochanek, C. S., Thompson, T. A., Morrell, N., Thompson, I. B., Basu, U., Beacom, J. F., Bersier, D., Brimacombe, J., Brown, J. S., Bufano, F., Chen, Ping, Conseil, E., Danilet, A. B., Falco, E., Grupe, D., Kiyota, S., Masi, G., Nicholls, B., E, F. Olivares, Pignata, G., Pojmanski, G., Simonian, G. V., Szczygiel, D. M., Woźniak, P. R.

“…We report the discovery of ASASSN-15lh (SN 2015L), which we interpret as the most luminous supernova yet found. At redshift z = 0.2326, ASASSN-15lh reached an…”
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A 33 GHz Survey of Local Major Mergers: Estimating the Sizes of the Energetically Dominant Regions from High-resolution Measurements of the Radio Continuum by Barcos-Muñoz, L., Leroy, A. K., Evans, A. S., Condon, J., Privon, G. C., Thompson, T. A., Armus, L., Díaz-Santos, T., Mazzarella, J. M., Meier, D. S., Momjian, E., Murphy, E. J., Ott, J., Sanders, D. B., Schinnerer, E., Stierwalt, S., Surace, J. A., Walter, F.

“…We present Very Large Array observations of the 33 GHz radio continuum emission from 22 local ultraluminous and luminous infrared (IR) galaxies (U/LIRGs)…”
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The highly luminous Type Ibn supernova ASASSN-14ms by Vallely, P J, Prieto, J L, Stanek, K Z, Kochanek, C S, Sukhbold, T, Bersier, D, Brown, J S, Chen, P, Dong, S, Falco, E, Berlind, P, Calkins, M, Koff, R A, Kiyota, S, Brimacombe, J, Shappee, B J, Holoien, T W-S, Thompson, T A, Stritzinger, M D

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Relativistic magnetohydrodynamics winds from rotating neutron stars by Bucciantini, N., Thompson, T. A., Arons, J., Quataert, E., Del Zanna, L.

“…We solve for the time-dependent dynamics of axisymmetric, general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic winds from rotating neutron stars. The mass-loss rate as a…”
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The spectrum of missed lower limb clinical findings at a diabetes clinic in KwaZulu-Natal: red flags for costly complications by Thompson, AT, Pillay, S, Aldous, C

“…Including a podiatrist in a multidisciplinary team (MDT) has been shown to reduce the incidence of diabetes-related lower limb amputations by at least 56% to…”
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DUST TO DUST: THREE YEARS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE UNUSUAL SN 2008S by SZCZYGIEL, D. M, PRIETO, J. L, KOCHANEK, C. S, STANEK, K. Z, THOMPSON, T. A, BEACOM, J. F, GARNAVICH, P. M, WOODWARD, C. E

“…We obtained late-time optical and near-IR imaging of SN 2008S with the Large Binocular Telescope, near-IR data with the Hubble Space Telescope, and mid-IR data…”
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The dysmorphic metatarsal parabola in diabetes-clinical examination and management: a narrative review by Thompson, AT, Zipfel, B, Aldous, C

“…Foot posture and function is important in diabetes, particularly as neuropathy in diabetes may present with motor in addition to sensory neural deficits…”
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Non-communicable chronic diseases and timely breast cancer screening among women of the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study by Wang, K. H., Thompson, T. A., Galusha, D., Friedman, H., Nazario, C. M., Nunez, M., Maharaj, R. G., Adams, O. P., Nunez-Smith, M.

“…Purpose The Caribbean population faces a growing burden of multiple non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer…”
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Magnetar-driven bubbles and the origin of collimated outflows in gamma-ray bursts by Bucciantini, N., Quataert, E., Arons, J., Metzger, B. D., Thompson, T. A.

“…We model the interaction between the wind from a newly formed rapidly rotating magnetar and the surrounding supernova shock and host star. The dynamics is…”
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Counting the cost of preventable diabetes-related lower limb amputations at a single district hospital in KwaZulu-Natal: what does this mean, what can be done? by Thompson, AT, Bruce, JL, Kong, VY, Clarke, DL, Aldous, C

“…Background: Healthcare policy decisions are driven by many factors, including cost, hence the need to show costs of diabetes mellitus-related lower limb…”
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The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars – V. Variables in the Southern hemisphere by Jayasinghe, T, Stanek, K Z, Kochanek, C S, Shappee, B J, Holoien, T W-S, Thompson, T A, Prieto, J L, Dong, S, Pawlak, M, Pejcha, O, Shields, J V, Pojmanski, G, Otero, S, Hurst, N, Britt, C A, Will, D

“…ABSTRACT The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) provides long baseline (∼4 yr) light curves for sources brighter than V ≲ 17 mag across the…”
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The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars X: discovery of 116 000 new variable stars using G-band photometry by Christy, C T, Jayasinghe, T, Stanek, K Z, Kochanek, C S, Thompson, T A, Shappee, B J, Holoien, T W-S, Prieto, J L, Dong, Subo, Giles, W

“…ABSTRACT The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) is the first optical survey to monitor the entire sky, currently with a cadence of ≲ 24 h down…”
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Extension of the Lancefield Classification for Group A Streptococci by Addition of 22 New M Protein Gene Sequence Types from Clinical Isolates: emm103 to emm124 by Facklam, Richard F., Martin, Diana R., Marguerite, Lovgren, Dwight, R. Johnson, Efstratiou, Androulla, Thompson, Terry A., Gowan, Sonia, Kriz, Paula, Tyrrell, Gregory J., Kaplan, Edward, Beall, Bernard

“…Classic M protein serotyping has been invaluable during the past 60 years for the determination of relationships between different group A streptococci (GAS)…”
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Astronomy. ASASSN-15lh: A highly super-luminous supernova by Dong, Subo, Shappee, B J, Prieto, J L, Jha, S W, Stanek, K Z, Holoien, T W-S, Kochanek, C S, Thompson, T A, Morrell, N, Thompson, I B, Basu, U, Beacom, J F, Bersier, D, Brimacombe, J, Brown, J S, Bufano, F, Chen, Ping, Conseil, E, Danilet, A B, Falco, E, Grupe, D, Kiyota, S, Masi, G, Nicholls, B, Olivares E, F, Pignata, G, Pojmanski, G, Simonian, G V, Szczygiel, D M, Woźniak, P R

“…We report the discovery of ASASSN-15lh (SN 2015L), which we interpret as the most luminous supernova yet found. At redshift z = 0.2326, ASASSN-15lh reached an…”
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Supernova rates and luminosity functions from ASAS-SN I: 2014–2017 Type Ia SNe and their subtypes by Desai, D D, Kochanek, C S, Shappee, B J, Jayasinghe, T, Stanek, K Z, Holoien, T W -S, Thompson, T A, Ashall, C, Beacom, J F, Do, A, Dong, Subo, Prieto, J L

“…ABSTRACT We present the volumetric rates and luminosity functions (LFs) of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) from the V-band All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae…”
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