Casimir scaling or flux counting?

Potentials between two static sources in various representations of the SU(3) gauge group are determined on anisotropic 3+1 dimensional lattices. Strong evidence in favour of "Casimir scaling" is found.Comment: 4 pages Latex, epscrc2.sty with 2 epsf figure

Association of Calpastatin (CAST) Gene with Growth Traits and Carcass Characteristics in Bali Cattle

Calpastatin (CAST) gene is well known as an inhibitor of muscle protein degradation and relates to muscle growth and meat tenderness. The objective of this study was to determine the association of CAST gene with growth traits and carcass characteristics in Bali cattle. A number of data from 35 Bali bulls were collected from BPTU Bali Cattle to obtain growth traits, carcass characteristics, and blood samples. Polymorphism of CAST gene in Bali bulls was analyzed by using PCR-RFLP and DNA sequencing. The association of CAST gene with growth traits and carcass characteristics were analyzed by using General Linear Model (GLM). The result showed that there were two genotypes (GG and AG) of CAST gene with allele frequencies of 0.857 and 0.143, respectively, for G and A. Notably, mutation A to G occurred in 253 bp CAST fragment gene in Bali Cattle. Genotypes GG and AG of CAST gene significantly affected (P<0.05) the back-fat thickness and longissimus dorsi without a significant effect on the growth traits. It could be concluded that CAST gene had a potency as a marker gene for carcass quality in Bali cattle

gender & Judaism: in three popular texts

gender & Judaism in A Serious Man [Coen Bros, 2009], An American Dream [Norman Mailer, 1965] and the Pericope Adulterae

we're bad history

on apocalypse, shakespeare, Clarke's Third Law, the corporate take-over of Star Wars and els

AFFANDI VERSUS ORIENTALISM IN BALI

When thinking about the role played by visitor-artist in the cultural history of Bali, the names that usually come to the mind are those of westerners, be it those who taught techniques to local artist, like Walter spies and Rudolf Bonnet, or those who, just like the aforementioned Spies and Bonnet, created for an expectant foreign public the image of Bali as earthly paradise, like Le Mayeur, Theo Meier, Hofker. Yet , Bali did not remain the preserve of westerners for long. As early as 1939, before World War Two, the painter Affandi, who was to become Indonesian painting’s international star, made a long sojourn in Bali, from 1939 up to the time of the Japanese attack in 1942. Later, between 1957 and his death in 1990, he was to make regular visits to the island, which become his main source of inspiration. Affandi, and he score of Indonesian artists who worked or settled in the island in his wake, were to have a defining influence on Indonesian painting, in particular in the way Indonesian artists constructed, in Bali and through Bali, an image of their national identit

MULTICULTURALISM AND BALI’S TOURISM

It may be stated that multiculturalism refers to a view which glorifies or respects cultural diversity. This view has appeared as a response to the global pressure which has tended to unify the world (culture) under the ideology of capitalism or modernity. The tourism developed in bali, as a tourist destination, has positively and negatively affected the local community. The tourists who visit bali bring their own culture. This means that what they bring is not only economically dimensional but culturally dimensional as well. The development of tourism in bali has created a lot of job opportunities and as a consequence, many people from outside bali have migrated to bali to earn a living. These people also bring their own culture. This condition will lead to multiculturalism, which if not accurately dealt with, will lead to a social disintegration. Keywords : Multicultural, tourism and cultura

Recent Developments in Lattice QCD

Recent trends in lattice QCD calculations and latest results are reviewed, with particular emphasis on multiquark-states and the nucleon structure.Comment: Plenary Talk presented at European Few Body 19, 23-27 August 2004, Groningen, 7 pages, 4 figure

Where do perturbative and non-perturbative QCD meet?

We computed the static potential and Wilson loops to $O(\alpha^2)$ in perturbation theory for different lattice quark and gluon actions. In general, we find short distance lattice data to be well described by ``boosted perturbation theory''. For Wilson-type fermions at present-day quark masses and lattice spacings agreement within 10% between measured ``$\beta$-shifts'' and those predicted by perturbation theory is found. We comment on prospects for a determination of the real world QCD running coupling.Comment: 3 pages, 4 figures, Talk at Lattice 2001 in renormalisation and improvement sessio

Field distributions in heavy mesons and baryons

Field distributions generated by static quark-antiquark and QQQ sources are calculated analytically in the framework of the Field Correlator Method (FCM) using Gaussian (bilocal) correlator. In both cases the string consists mostly of longitudinal color electric field, while transverse electric field contributes locally less then 3%, in agreement with earlier lattice studies. In the QQQ case the profile of the Y shape was calculated for the first time and found to have a complicated structure with a deep well at the string junction position. Possible consequences of this form for the baryon structure are discussed.Comment: LaTeX2e, 11 pages, 4 Postscript figures, 2 GIF images, version to appear in Physics Letters