Standard Model Higgs Searches at the LHC

An overview of the searches for the Standard Model Higgs boson at the LHC is presented. The main Higgs production and decay modes that have been studied are introduced, and the analysis techniques and the recent developments done by the ATLAS and CMS experiments are described. Some preliminary results from current studies are included. The discovery potential within the first few years of physics running is evaluated.Comment: Invited talk at the Hadron Collider Physics Symposium (HCP2008), Galena, Illinois, USA, May 27-31, 2008; 9 pages, LaTeX, 13 eps figures, typo corrected, reference detaile

What is a Textbook Layout that Everyone Understands? : Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Text and Supplementary Information

Textbooks often consist not only of textual information but also of supplementary information. In this study, we investigated whether the comprehension and accessibility of supplementary information differs when it is placed around the text or inserted into the text. 81 university students were asked to read texts with supplementary information around the text and texts with supplementary information inserted into the text, and to answer questions related to the content. They were asked to answer questions about the content. They were also asked about their reading skills and the ease with which they could understand each text. The results showed that comprehension scores were higher when additional information was inserted into the text. In addition, only participants who think they are poor readers rated the supplementary information as easier to understand and remember when it was inserted into the text. Based on these results, the better layout of the textbook was discussed

Minimum maximal flow problem : an optimization over the efficient set

The network flow theory and algorithms have been developed on the assumption that each arc flow is controllable and we freely raise and reduce it. We however consider in this paper the situation where we are not able or allowed toreduce the given arc flow. Then we may end up with a maximal flow depending on the initial flow as well as the way of augmentation. Therefore the minimum of the flow values that are attained by maximal flows will play an important role to see how inefficiently the network can be utilized. We formulate this problem as an optimization over the efficient set of a multicriteria program, propose an algorithm, prove its finite convergence, and report on some computational experiments

The localization of VAMP5 in skeletal and cardiac muscle

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VAMP2 Marks Quiescent Satellite Cells and Myotubes, but not Activated Myoblasts

We examined the expression and intracellular localization of vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) during the differentiation of skeletal muscle cells by immunofluorescence microscopy. In isolated single myofibers, VAMP2 was expressed in quiescent satellite cells, downregulated in proliferating myoblastic cells, and re-expressed with differentiation. In the myoblastic cell line C2C12, VAMP2 was expressed at a low level in the proliferating stage, and then increased after differentiation into myotubes. Based on these results, we propose that VAMP2 can be used as a molecular marker for both quiescent satellite cells and myotubes, but not for proliferating myoblasts. We also found the partial colocalization of VAMP2 with transferrin- or Rab11-labeled vesicles in myotubes, suggesting a role of VAMP2 in the trafficking of recycling endosomes

Correction to: Inoculation of α-synuclein preformed fibrils into the mouse gastrointestinal tract induces Lewy body-like aggregates in the brainstem via the vagus nerve

Original article: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-018-0257-5Molecular Neurodegeneration. 2019, 14, 31journal articl

Effect of build orientation on the wear resistance and hardness of denture teeth fabricated using digital light processing: An in vitro study

PURPOSE This in vitro study investigated the effect of build orientation on the wear resistance and hardness of denture teeth fabricated using digital light processing (DLP) compared to other denture tooth materials. METHODS Disc-shaped specimens were prepared using denture tooth monomers and DLP devices in three build orientations: 0°, 45°, and 90°. Specimens of the same shape were fabricated using denture tooth materials for subtractive manufacturing, commercially available polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) resin, and composite resin. The wear resistance was evaluated as the wear volume loss after 50,000 wear cycles using a ball-on-disc wear device in water for two-body wear and poppy seed slurry for three-body wear. The Vickers hardness values of the materials were measured. Two-way and one-way analyses of variance were performed for wear resistance and hardness, respectively, followed by Tukey's honest significance test. RESULTS The interaction between the denture tooth resins and maximum wear volume was significant (P < 0.01). The 0° build orientation exhibited the lowest wear volume in the three-body wear test and the highest hardness among the three build orientations. The 0° DLP-fabricated specimens demonstrated significantly less wear volume than that of the PMMA specimens and a wear volume comparable to that of the milled specimens. However, the 0° DLP-fabricated specimens showed significantly lower hardness than that of the milled and PMMA specimens. The composite resin specimens exhibited the highest wear resistance and hardness. CONCLUSIONS A 0° build orientation is recommended for DLP-fabricated denture teeth compared to 45° and 90° orientations to achieve greater wear resistance and hardness