Harmonic decomposition of two particle angular correlations in Pb-Pb collisions at s_NN=2.76 TeV

ALICE Collaboration,Aamodt, K.,Abelev, B.,Abrahantes Quintana, A.,Adamova, D.,Adare, A.M.,Aggarwal, M.M.,Aglieri Rinella, G.,Agocs, A.G.,Agostinelli, A.,Aguilar Salazar, S.,Ahammed, Z.,Ahmad, N.,Ahmad North-Holland Pub. Co 2012 Physics letters: B Vol.708 No.3

Angular correlations between unidentified charged trigger (t) and associated (a) particles are measured by the ALICE experiment in Pb-Pb collisions at s<SUB>NN</SUB>=2.76 TeV for transverse momenta 0.25<p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t,a</SUP><15 GeV/c, where p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t</SUP>>p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP>. The shapes of the pair correlation distributions are studied in a variety of collision centrality classes between 0 and 50% of the total hadronic cross section for particles in the pseudorapidity interval |η|<1.0. Distributions in relative azimuth Δφ=φ<SUP>t</SUP>-φ<SUP>a</SUP> are analyzed for |Δη|=|η<SUP>t</SUP>-η<SUP>a</SUP>|>0.8, and are referred to as ''long-range correlations''. Fourier components V<SUB>nΔ</SUB>≤cos(nΔφ)> are extracted from the long-range azimuthal correlation functions. If particle pairs are correlated to one another through their individual correlation to a common symmetry plane, then the pair anisotropy V<SUB>nΔ</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t</SUP>,p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP>) is fully described in terms of single-particle anisotropies v<SUB>n</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB>) as V<SUB>nΔ</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t</SUP>,p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP>)=v<SUB>n</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t</SUP>)v<SUB>n</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP>). This expectation is tested for 1≤n≤5 by applying a global fit of all V<SUB>nΔ</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t</SUP>,p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP>) to obtain the best values v<SUB>n</SUB>{GF}(p<SUB>T</SUB>). It is found that for 2≤n≤5, the fit agrees well with data up to p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP>~3-4 GeV/c, with a trend of increasing deviation as p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>t</SUP> and p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP> are increased or as collisions become more peripheral. This suggests that no pair correlation harmonic can be described over the full 0.25<p<SUB>T</SUB><15 GeV/c range using a single v<SUB>n</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB>) curve; such a description is however approximately possible for 2≤n≤5 when p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP><4 GeV/c. For the n=1 harmonic, however, a single v<SUB>1</SUB>(p<SUB>T</SUB>) curve is not obtained even within the reduced range p<SUB>T</SUB><SUP>a</SUP><4 GeV/c.

Slide Session : OS-HEM-03 ; Hematology : Hemophagocytic Syndrome in Internal Medicine: Iden-tification of Infectious Triggers, Therapeutic Manage-ment and Mortality in 88 Patients (REGHEM-GEAS-SEMI)

( Pilar BRITO ZERÓN ),( Marta PEREZ DE LIS NOVO ),( Roberto PÉREZ ALVAREZ ),( Pedro MORAL MORAL ),( Aleida MARTÍNEZ ZAPICO ),( Guadalupe FRAILE ),( Eva FONSECA ),( María VAQUERO HERRERO ),( Angela RUI 대한내과학회 2014 대한내과학회 추계학술대회 Vol.2014 No.1

Background: To analyze the therapeutic management and the main epidemiological and clinical characteristics related to survival in a large series of patients with hemophagocytic syndrome (HS) diagnosed in Departments of Internal Medicine. Methods: In June 2013, the Study Group of Autoimmune Diseases (GEAS-SEMI) creates a national registry of patients with HS. Patients were diagnosed according to the fulfillment of the criteria of the Histiocytosis Society in 1991 and updated in 2004. Results: At June 15, 2014, the REGHEM registry included 88 patients with HS, 35 (40%) men and 55 (60%) women, with a mean age at diagnosis of 49.16 years (range 12- 84 years). During the admission that led to the diagnosis of SH, acute infections were identified in 50 (57%) patients, including viruses (n=20), bacteria (n=13), mycobacteria (n=8) and parasites/fungi (n=13). Patients were treated with corticosteroids (n=40), etoposide (n=12), cyclosporin A (n=12), methotrexate (n=4), tacrolimus (n=2) rituximab (n=3), intravenous immunoglobulins (n=2) and chemotherapy (n=5). A total of 44 (50%) patients died. The main factors associated with mortality were analytical parameters at diagnosis such as the presence of severe anemia (Hb <9 g/L, 89% vs 66%, p=0.01), platelet count <100,000/mm3 (96% vs 64%, p<0.001), neutropenia <1000/mm3 (59% vs 39%, p=0.044), and bacterial infections as precipitating agent (77% vs 45%, p=0.034); a clinical presentation including lymphadenopathy was associated with a lower mortality (59% vs 39%, p=0.044). Conclusions: Hemophagocytic syndrome is a severe multisystemic disease associated in nearly 50% of cases with an acute infection, and usually requires vital support in intensive care units. Despite this and the use of a complex therapeutic approach, half of the patients died. The main prognostic factor identified is the presence at diagnosis of severe cytopenias and the coexistence of bacterial infections.

El rito del sacrificio en Nuestros dioses, texto picto´rico de Saturnino Herra´n

Meji´a Nu´n~ez, Mari´a Guadalupe 서울大學校 스페인中南美硏究所 2007 이베로아메리카硏究 Vol.18 No.-

Dentro de la produccio´n picto´rica en el Me´xico de principios del siglo XX, Saturnino Herra´n (1887-1918), originario de Aguascalientes (Me´xico), ha sido considerado por algunos cri´ticos el pionero del muralismo mexicano. Su obra Nuestros dioses contempla representaciones que transcriben un sincretismo en el que se funden elementos religiosos espan~oles y prehispa´nicos, para dar lugar a un espacio en el que los contrarios coexisten. La forma en que se procede en el presente estudio es la siguiente: se analiza el sistema semio´tico del texto, esto es, sus formas de articulacio´n. Para ello se tomara´n en cuenta las particularidades de la materia significante. La imagen plantea, de entrada, cierta jerarquizacio´n de contenidos cuya base primaria, al menos, obedece a mecanismos codiciales muy especi´ficos. Toda funcio´n semio´tica inscrita en un texto guarda relaciones con conocimientos del mundo, es decir, con estructuras exteriores al texto, de manera que es necesario determinar el modo en que tienen lugar los procesos de transcripcio´n de una socialidad y mediaciones que la afectan. Nuestros dioses es una representacio´n picto´rica mexicana de Saturnino Herra´n, en donde los signos ico´nicos de lo indigena y lo hispano constituyen un sincretismo religioso.

Inequalities for the derivative of polynomials with restricted zeros

N. A. Rather,Ishfaq Dar,A. Iqbal 강원경기수학회 2020 한국수학논문집 Vol.28 No.4

For a polynomial $\mathit{P(z)=\sum_{\nu =0}^{n}a_{\nu}z^{\nu}}$ of degree $\mathit{n}$ having all its zeros in $\mathit{|z|\leq k,k \geq 1}$, it was shown by Rather and Dar \cite{1} that $$\max_{|z|=1} |P^{\prime}(z)|\geq \frac{1}{1+k^n}\bigg(n+\frac{k^n|a_n|-|a_0|}{k^n|a_n|+|a_0|}\bigg)\max_{|z|=1}|P(z)|.$$ In this paper, we shall obtain some sharp estimates, which not only refine the above inequality but also generalize some well known Tur\'{a}n-type inequalities.

Measurement of the higher-order anisotropic flow coefficients for identified hadrons in Au + Au collisions at_sNN=200GeV

Adare, A.,Afanasiev, S.,Aidala, C.,Ajitanand, N. N.,Akiba, Y.,Al-Bataineh, H.,Alexander, J.,Aoki, K.,Aramaki, Y.,Atomssa, E. T.,Averbeck, R.,Awes, T. C.,Azmoun, B.,Babintsev, V.,Bai, M.,Baksay, G.,Bak American Physical Society 2016 Physical Review C Vol.93 No.5

<P>Measurements of the anisotropic flow coefficients v(2){Psi(2)}, v(3){Psi(3)}, v(4){Psi(4)}, and v(4){Psi(2)} for identified particles (pi(+/-), K-+/-, and p + (p) over bar) at midrapidity, obtained relative to the event planes Psi(m) at forward rapidities in Au + Au collisions at root s(NN) = 200 GeV, are presented as a function of collision centrality and particle transverse momenta p(T). The v(n) coefficients show characteristic patterns consistent with hydrodynamical expansion of the matter produced in the collisions. For each harmonic n, a modified valence quark-number N-q scaling [plotting v(n){Psi(m)}/(N-q)(n/2) versus transverse kinetic energies (KET)/N-q] is observed to yield a single curve for all the measured particle species for a broad range of KET. A simultaneous blast-wave model fit to the observed v(n){Psi(m)}(p(T)) coefficients and published particle spectra identifies radial flow anisotropies rho(n){Psi(m)} and spatial eccentricities s(n){Psi(m)} at freeze-out. These are generally smaller than the initial-state participant-plane geometric eccentricities epsilon(n){Psi(PP)(m)} as also observed in the final eccentricity from quantum interferometry measurements with respect to the event plane.</P>

Interannual variation in summer N₂O concentration in the hypoxic region of the northern Gulf of Mexico, 1985-2007

Kim, I.-N.,Lee, K.,Bange, H. W.,Macdonald, A. M. Copernicus GmbH 2013 Biogeosciences Vol.10 No.11

<P><p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Microbial nitrous oxide (N₂O) production in the ocean is enhanced under low-oxygen (O₂) conditions. This is especially important in the context of increasing hypoxia (i.e., oceanic zones with extremely reduced O₂ concentrations). Here, we present a study on the interannual variation in summertime nitrous oxide (N₂O) concentrations in the bottom waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM), which is well-known as the site of the second largest seasonally occurring hypoxic zone worldwide. To this end we developed a simple model that computes bottom-water N₂O concentrations with a tri-linear ΔN₂O/O₂ relationship based on water-column O₂ concentrations, derived from summer (July) Texas-Louisiana shelf-wide hydrographic data between 1985 and 2007. &amp;Delta;N₂O (i.e., excess N₂O) was computed including nitrification and denitrification as the major microbial production and consumption pathways of N₂O. The mean modeled bottom-water N₂O concentration for July in the nGOM was 14.5 ± 2.3 nmol L⁻¹ (min: 11.0 ± 4.5 nmol L⁻¹ in 2000 and max: 20.6 ± 11.3 nmol L⁻¹ in 2002). The mean bottom-water N₂O concentrations were significantly correlated with the areal extent of hypoxia in the nGOM. Our modeling analysis indicates that the nGOM is a persistent summer source of N₂O, and nitrification is dominating N₂O production in this region. Based on the ongoing increase in the areal extent of hypoxia in the nGOM, we conclude that N₂O production (and its subsequent emissions) from this environmentally stressed region will probably continue to increase into the future.</p> </P>

Evaluation of the zoonotic potential of a novel reassortant H1N2 swine influenza virus with gene constellation derived from multiple viral sources

Lee, J.H.,Pascua, P.N.Q.,Decano, A.G.,Kim, S.M.,Park, S.J.,Kwon, H.I.,Kim, E.H.,Kim, Y.I.,Kim, H.,Kim, S.Y.,Song, M.S.,Jang, H.K.,Park, B.K.,Choi, Y.K. Elsevier Science 2015 INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION Vol.34 No.-

In 2011-2012, contemporary North American-like H3N2 swine influenza viruses (SIVs) possessing the 2009 pandemic H1N1 matrix gene (H3N2pM-like virus) were detected in domestic pigs of South Korea where H1N2 SIV strains are endemic. More recently, we isolated novel reassortant H1N2 SIVs bearing the Eurasian avian-like swine H1-like hemagglutinin and Korean swine H1N2-like neuraminidase in the internal gene backbone of the H3N2pM-like virus. In the present study, we clearly provide evidence on the genetic origins of the novel H1N2 SIVs virus through genetic and phylogenetic analyses. In vitro studies demonstrated that, in comparison with a pre-existing 2012 Korean H1N2 SIV [A/swine/Korea/CY03-1½012 (CY03-1½012)], the 2013 novel reassortant H1N2 isolate [A/swine/Korea/CY0423/2013 (CY0423-12/2013)] replicated more efficiently in differentiated primary human bronchial epithelial cells. The CY0423-12/2013 virus induced higher viral titers than the CY03-1½012 virus in the lungs and nasal turbinates of infected mice and nasal wash samples of ferrets. Moreover, the 2013 H1N2 reassortant, but not the intact 2012 H1N2 virus, was transmissible to naive contact ferrets via respiratory-droplets. Noting that the viral precursors have the ability to infect humans, our findings highlight the potential threat of a novel reassortant H1N2 SIV to public health and underscore the need to further strengthen influenza surveillance strategies worldwide, including swine populations.

Effect of controlled O₂ impurities on N₂ afterglows of RF discharges

Kang, N.,Lee, M.,Ricard, A.,Oh, S.g. Elsevier 2012 Current Applied Physics Vol.12 No.6

A RF capacitive flowing discharge and post-discharge are experimentally studied in N<SUB>2</SUB> gas and N<SUB>2</SUB>-(10<SUP>-4</SUP>-10<SUP>-2</SUP>)O<SUB>2</SUB> gas mixtures by using the optical emission spectroscopy at a pressure of 8 Torr, a flow rate of 1 slm and a transmitted RF power of 100 W. In these conditions the flowing discharge is distinguished by early and late afterglow. It is shown that the early afterglow is very sensitive to small quantity of O<SUB>2</SUB>. The band emissions from N<SUB>2</SUB><SUP>+</SUP>(B) and N<SUB>2</SUB>(B,υ') decreased sharply in the early afterglow when O<SUB>2</SUB> is introduced before the plasma. By using simple gas kinetics for pseudo-stationary conditions in the afterglows, N<SUB>2</SUB><SUP>+</SUP>+O<SUB>2</SUB> charge transfer and N<SUB>2</SUB>(a') quenching by O<SUB>2</SUB> play key roles in the afterglow. The charge transfers and quenching reactions are amplified when O-atoms are produced in the plasma. It is also observed that the O-atoms are produced in the early afterglow when O<SUB>2</SUB> is introduced after the plasma.

A 12-MHz CW RFQ for the AEBL Project

D. L. Schrage,P. N. Ostroumov,A. Barcikowski,D. Fallin,A. A. Kolomiets 한국물리학회 2008 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.52 No.3

The Advanced Exotic Beam Laboratory (AEBL) at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) will provide a research facility for studies of nuclear phenomena by using beams of short-lived isotopes for research on the nature of nucleonic matter and the origin of the elements, for tests of the Standard Model, for applications in medicine and industry, and for other applied physics research. The proposed design of the AEBL driver linac evolved from the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) project. The AEBL will be a CW linac capable of accelerating uranium ions up to 200 MeV/u and protons to 580 MeV with 400 kW beam power. The AEBL facility also includes a post-accelerator which is designed for acceleration of radioactive ions with charge-to-mass ratios in the range from 1/238 to 1/6. Very low charge-state ions can be most eciently bunched and accelerated by using normally-conducting radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) for the rst few MV of the post accelerator. A two-meter long, 12-MHz CW RFQ was designed, built, and tested in the late 1990s as the rst section of a three-section RFQ [18]. This RFQ achieved inter-electrode voltages of 110 kV CW (the peak surface eld was 15 MV/m) and accelerated beams with A/q as large as 132 (132Xe). The AEBL requires a similar RFQ for the post-acceleration of singly-charged unstable nuclides. Our plan is to replace the vanes of this RFQ with a design that incorporates a stronger focusing and that will achieve a higher peak surface eld (16 MV/m) at 82.2-kV inter-vane voltage. The objectives of this project are 1. to conrm the possibility of a low injection energy of 0.4 keV/u which signicantly reduces the voltage required for a high-voltage deck; 2. to test the highest possible peak surface eld on the RFQ electrodes designed for the lowest frequency of 12 MHz compared to existing RFQs worldwide; 3. to provide a technical base for the design of a post-accelerator for the future Advanced Exotic Beam Facility. At the present time, the design is complete, and the fabrication of the 12 MHz RFQ is scheduled to commence in October 2007 with testing planned in 2008. The physics and engineering design of the RFQ is discussed. The Advanced Exotic Beam Laboratory (AEBL) at the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) will provide a research facility for studies of nuclear phenomena by using beams of short-lived isotopes for research on the nature of nucleonic matter and the origin of the elements, for tests of the Standard Model, for applications in medicine and industry, and for other applied physics research. The proposed design of the AEBL driver linac evolved from the Rare Isotope Accelerator (RIA) project. The AEBL will be a CW linac capable of accelerating uranium ions up to 200 MeV/u and protons to 580 MeV with 400 kW beam power. The AEBL facility also includes a post-accelerator which is designed for acceleration of radioactive ions with charge-to-mass ratios in the range from 1/238 to 1/6. Very low charge-state ions can be most eciently bunched and accelerated by using normally-conducting radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) for the rst few MV of the post accelerator. A two-meter long, 12-MHz CW RFQ was designed, built, and tested in the late 1990s as the rst section of a three-section RFQ [18]. This RFQ achieved inter-electrode voltages of 110 kV CW (the peak surface eld was 15 MV/m) and accelerated beams with A/q as large as 132 (132Xe). The AEBL requires a similar RFQ for the post-acceleration of singly-charged unstable nuclides. Our plan is to replace the vanes of this RFQ with a design that incorporates a stronger focusing and that will achieve a higher peak surface eld (16 MV/m) at 82.2-kV inter-vane voltage. The objectives of this project are 1. to conrm the possibility of a low injection energy of 0.4 keV/u which signicantly reduces the voltage required for a high-voltage deck; 2. to test the highest possible peak surface eld on the RFQ electrodes designed for the lowest frequency of 12 MHz compared to existing RFQs worldwide; 3. to provide a technical base for the design of a post-accelerator for the future Advanced Exotic Beam Facility. At the present time, the design is complete, and the fabrication of the 12 MHz RFQ is scheduled to commence in October 2007 with testing planned in 2008. The physics and engineering design of the RFQ is discussed.

A C1 inhibitor ortholog from rock bream (Oplegnathus fasciatus): Molecular perspectives of a central regulator in terms of its genomic arrangement, transcriptional profiles and anti-protease activities of recombinant peptide

Umasuthan, N.,Bathige, S.D.N.K.,Revathy, K.S.,Wickramaarachchi, W.D.N.,Wan, Q.,Whang, I.,Kim, E.,Park, M.A.,Park, H.C.,Lee, J. Pergamon Press ; Elsevier Science 2014 DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY Vol.42 No.2

C1 inhibitor (C1Inh), a member of serpin superfamily, is a crucial regulator of the activation of various plasmatic cascades associated with immunity and inflammation. This study describes the identification and characterization of a C1Inh gene from rock bream Oplegnathus fasciatus (OfC1Inh) at structural, expressional and functional levels. The cDNA-(2245bp) and corresponding gDNA-sequences (5.2kbp) of OfC1Inh were isolated from rock bream transcriptome- and BAC-libraries, respectively. Predicted amino acid sequence of OfC1Inh revealed a two-domain architecture composed of an N-terminal region with two Ig-like domains and a C-terminal region with a serpin domain. Tertiary model of OfC1Inh disclosed its active site topology. In the multi-exonic genomic arrangement of OfC1Inh, it consisted of eleven exons disjoined by ten introns as observed in few other fish homologs. Our comparative analysis indicated that the teleostean C1Inhs were distinct from their non-teleostean vertebrate counterparts in terms of their (1) extended N-terminal domains, (2) evolutionary divergence and (3) exon-intron distribution. The OfC1Inh had a TATA-deficient promoter with a putative initiator element, and two tandemly arranged downstream promoter elements. Several components associated with the immune and inflammatory transcriptional activation were also predicted to exist in 5' flanking region of OfC1Inh. The exclusive mRNA levels in liver and moderate levels in extra-hepatic tissues intimated the diversified importance of OfC1Inh in rock bream physiology. We also provide an evidence for the involvement of OfC1Inh in immune balance, based on its modulated transcription upon different PAMP (lipopolysaccharide and poly I:C)- or pathogen (Streptococcus iniae and rock bream irido virus)-challenges. A recombinantly expressed fusion protein [(r)OfC1Inh] was employed in demonstrating the anti-protease function of OfC1Inh. The (r)OfC1Inh exhibited detectable inhibitory activity against C1 esterase and thrombin, where the anti-C1 esterase role was shown to be potentiated by heparin. Taken together, the results of this study provide the first line of evidence for the possible involvement of a teleostean C1Inh in fish immunity, based on its expressional response(s) and inhibitory properties against two enzymes involved in biological cascades.