The EEE project(449 views) Aloj L, Aurilio M, Rinaldi V, D'Ambrosio L, Tesauro D, Peitl PK, Maina T, Mansi R, Von Guggenberg E, Joosten L, Sosabowski JK, Breeman WA, De Blois E, Koelewijn S, Melis M, Waser B, Beetschen K, Reubi JC, De Jong M
Proc Int Cosm Ray Conf Icrc Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 2007; 5(HEPART2): 977-980.
Keywords: Charged Particles, Compensation (personnel), Societies And Institutions, Telescopes, European Organization For Nuclear Researches, Experimental Apparatus, Extensive Air Showers, High School, Multi-Gap Resistive Plate Chambers, Muon Telescope, Temporal Resolution, Tracking Detectors, Cosmic Rays, Cholecystokinin, Dota, Gastrin, Tumour, 10 Tetraazacyclododecane 1, 10 Tetraacetic Acid, Cholecystokinin B Receptor, Gastrin Receptor, Indium 111, Animal Cell, Autoradiography, Binding Affinity, Binding Site, Cancer Tissue, Comparative Study, Controlled Study, Dissociation Constant, Human, Human Cell, Human Tissue, In Vitro Study, Nonhuman, Protein Binding, Protein Localization, Protein Stability, Protein Transport, Receptor Affinity, Receptor Binding, Thyroid Medullary Carcinoma, Tissue Section, Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Line, Cooperative Behavior, Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring, Indium Radioisotopes, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Molecular Sequence Data, Peptides,
Affiliations: *** IBB - CNR ***
INFN, Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Italy
Centro Studi E Ricerche E. Fermi, Museo Storico della Fisica, Rome, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy
World Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland
CERN Geneva, Switzerland
AF Medicina Nucleare, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione G. Pascale, Via M. Semmola, 80131 Naples, Italy
CIRPeB, Università Federico II, Naples, Italy
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Molecular Radiopharmacy, Institute of Radioisotopes-Radiodiagnostic Products, National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
Centre for Molecular Oncology and Imaging, Institute of Cancer, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom
University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
CIRPeB, Universit Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Sosabowski, J. K., Finucane, C., Foster, J. M., Ellison, D., Burnet, J., Laverman, P., (2011) Comparison of 111In-Labelled CCK2-Receptor Targeting Peptides using NanoSPECT/CT imaging, , Submitted for publication
D'Andrea, L. D., Testa, I., Panico, M., Di Stasi, R., Carac, C., Tarallo, L., In vivo and in vitro characterization of CCK8 bearing a histidine-based chelator labeled with 99mTc-tricarbonyl (2008) Biopolymers, 90, pp. 707-712. , doi: 10. 1002/bip. 21041
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The EEE project
The EEE (Extreme Energy Events) Project, conceived many years ago by its leader Antonino Zichichi [1], aims to study high-energy extensive air showers through the detection of the shower muon component by means of a network of tracking detectors, namely telescopes, installed in Italian High Schools. The Project is supported by the "Ministero dell'Istruzione, Universit̃A e Ricerca (MIUR)", "Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche E. Fermi", "Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)" and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The single tracking telescope for a school is composed by 3 large (∼ 2 m2 each) Multi-gap Resistive Plate Chambers (MRPC). Using a very high precision particle detector based on MRPCs allows a very high accuracy direction reconstruction for energetic showers, together with a very good temporal resolution. In its first phase the telescopes are going to be installed in 23 High Schools located in seven pilot towns all over Italy. In the near future, as soon as new fundings will be provided, the network will be upgraded adding new High Schools and towns. The first muon telescopes have been installed in two schools nearby Rome and in one school nearby Bologna, and are successfully running. By the end of the year 2007, other telescopes will be installed. Here we present the experimental apparatus and its tasks.