Search Results - "Vreeswijk, P."
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HOST-GALAXY PROPERTIES OF 32 LOW-REDSHIFT SUPERLUMINOUS SUPERNOVAE FROM THE PALOMAR TRANSIENT FACTORY
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present ultraviolet through near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the host galaxies of all superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) discovered by…”
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Light Curves of Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae from the Palomar Transient Factory
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-06-2018)“…We investigate the light-curve properties of a sample of 26 spectroscopically confirmed hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSNe-I) in the Palomar…”
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iPTF16fnl: A Faint and Fast Tidal Disruption Event in an E+A Galaxy
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2017)“…We present ground-based and Swift observations of iPTF16fnl, a likely tidal disruption event (TDE) discovered by the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory…”
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An organoid platform for ovarian cancer captures intra- and interpatient heterogeneity
Published in Nature medicine (01-05-2019)“…Ovarian cancer (OC) is a heterogeneous disease usually diagnosed at a late stage. Experimental in vitro models that faithfully capture the hallmarks and tumor…”
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THE OPTICALLY UNBIASED GRB HOST (TOUGH) SURVEY. III. REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-06-2012)“…We present 10 new gamma-ray burst (GRB) redshifts and another five redshift limits based on host galaxy spectroscopy obtained as part of a large program…”
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iPTF 16asu: A Luminous, Rapidly Evolving, and High-velocity Supernova
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-12-2017)“…Wide-field surveys are discovering a growing number of rare transients whose physical origin is not yet well understood. Here we present optical and UV data…”
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Fasting mimicking diet as an adjunct to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer in the multicentre randomized phase 2 DIRECT trial
Published in Nature communications (23-06-2020)“…Short-term fasting protects tumor-bearing mice against the toxic effects of chemotherapy while enhancing therapeutic efficacy. We randomized 131 patients with…”
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A Wolf–Rayet-like progenitor of SN 2013cu from spectral observations of a stellar wind
Published in Nature (London) (22-05-2014)“…The detection of strong emission lines in an early-time spectrum of type IIb supernova SN 2013cu reveals Wolf–Rayet-like wind signatures, suggesting that the…”
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The effects of short-term fasting on tolerance to (neo) adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-negative breast cancer patients: a randomized pilot study
Published in BMC cancer (05-10-2015)“…Preclinical evidence shows that short-term fasting (STF) protects healthy cells against side effects of chemotherapy and makes cancer cells more vulnerable to…”
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Hydrogen-poor Superluminous Supernovae with Late-time Hα Emission: Three Events From the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2017)“…Abstract We present observations of two new hydrogen-poor superluminous supernovae (SLSN-I), iPTF15esb and iPTF16bad, showing late-time H α emission with line…”
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Confined dense circumstellar material surrounding a regular type II supernova
Published in Nature physics (01-05-2017)“…With the advent of new wide-field, high-cadence optical transient surveys, our understanding of the diversity of core-collapse supernovae has grown…”
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COMMON ENVELOPE EJECTION FOR A LUMINOUS RED NOVA IN M101
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-01-2017)“…ABSTRACT We present the results of optical, near-infrared, and mid-infrared observations of M101 OT2015-1 (PSN J14021678+5426205), a luminous red transient in…”
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Galaxy counterparts of metal-rich damped Lyα absorbers – I. The case of the z= 2.35 DLA towards Q 2222−0946
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-11-2010)“…We have initiated a survey using the newly commissioned X-shooter spectrograph to target candidate relatively metal-rich damped Lyα absorbers (DLAs). Our…”
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Long γ-ray bursts and core-collapse supernovae have different environments
Published in Nature (25-05-2006)“…When massive stars exhaust their fuel, they collapse and often produce the extraordinarily bright explosions known as core-collapse supernovae. On occasion,…”
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The fraction of ionizing radiation from massive stars that escapes to the intergalactic medium
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-03-2019)“…Whether stars could have driven the reionization of the intergalactic medium depends critically on the proportion of ionizing radiation that escapes the…”
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Functional ex vivo assay to select homologous recombination-deficient breast tumors for PARP inhibitor treatment
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-09-2014)“…Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors are promising targeted treatment options for hereditary breast tumors with a homologous recombination (HR)…”
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The warm, the excited, and the molecular gas: GRB 121024A shining through its star-forming galaxy
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-07-2015)“…We present the first reported case of the simultaneous metallicity determination of a gamma-ray burst (GRB) host galaxy, from both afterglow absorption lines…”
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An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218
Published in Nature (31-08-2006)“…Long-duration γ-ray bursts (GRBs) are associated with type Ic supernovae that are more luminous than average and that eject material at very high velocities…”
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Dust Extinction in High-z Galaxies with Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglow Spectroscopy: The 2175 Å Feature at z = 2.45
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2009)“…We report the clear detection of the 2175 A dust absorption feature in the optical afterglow spectrum of the gamma-ray burst (GRB) GRB 070802 at a redshift of…”
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Functional analysis of genetic variants in the high-risk breast cancer susceptibility gene PALB2
Published in Nature communications (22-11-2019)“…Heterozygous carriers of germ-line loss-of-function variants in the DNA repair gene PALB2 are at a highly increased lifetime risk for developing breast cancer…”
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