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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the cervical vagus nerve in a neurofibromatosis type 1 patient - An unusual presentation
Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST’S) of the head and neck comprise 2% to 6% of head and neck sarcomas. These tumors may arise as sporadic variants or in patients with neurofibromatosis (NF). Development of these MPNST’s is one of the serious complications of neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1). To our knowledge there are only two reported cases of MPNST’s arising in the cervical vagal nerve, occurring in NF1 patients. We present here an NF1 patient who developed an MPNST of the cervical vagus nerve and presented only with a cervical swelling and hoarseness
Heavy Quarkonium Potential Model and the State of Charmonium
A theoretical explanation of the observed splittings among the P~states of
charmonium is given with the use of a nonsingular potential model for heavy
quarkonia. We also show that the recently observed mass difference between the
center of gravity of the states and the state of
does not provide a direct test of the color hyperfine interaction in heavy
quarkonia. Our theoretical value for the mass of the state is in
agreement with the experimental result, and its E1 transition width is
341.8~keV. The mass of the state is predicted to be 3622.3~MeV.Comment: 15 page REVTEX documen
Undifferentiated Carcinoma of Larynx of Nasopharyngeal Type
Undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal type arising in the larynx is unusual. This type of carcinoma-which occurs almost exclusively in nasopharynx-is very infrequent in the larynx (0.2%). Till date only 17 cases are reported in the medical literature. We present the clinical and histopathological findings along with the management of one additional case of undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharyngeal type in the larynx which was managed successfully with radiotherapy
Origin of the unusual dependence of Raman D band on excitation wavelength in graphite-like materials
We have revisited the still unresolved puzzle of the dispersion of the Raman
disordered-induced D band as a function of laser excitation photon energy E
in graphite-like materials. We propose that the D-mode is a combination of an
optic phonon at the K-point in the Brillioun zone and an acoustic phonon whose
momentum is determined uniquely by the double resonance condition. The fit of
the experimental data with the double-resonance model yields the reduced
effective mass of 0.025m for the electron-hole pairs corresponding to the
A transition, in agreement with other experiments. The model can also
explain the difference between and for D and
D modes, and predicts its dependence on the Raman excitation
frequency.Comment: 4 figures in eps forma
Specific heat at constant volume in the thermodynamic model
A thermodynamic model for multifragmentation which is frequently used appears
to give very different values for specific heat at constant volume depending
upon whether canonical or grand canonical ensemble is used. The cause for this
discrepancy is analysed.Comment: Revtex, 7 pages including 4 figure
Chi_1 and Polarisation Asymmetries for Quarkonia at High Orders in Non-relativistic QCD
We study doubly polarised asymmetries of c-cbar and b-bbar mesons in hadro-
and photo-production at low transverse momentum in non-relativistic QCD to high
orders in the relative velocity of the pair, v. We give the complete set of
expressions required for the asymmetries up to order v^9. The asymmetries in
the production of eta_{c,b} states are a stable measure of the polarised gluon
densities. The asymmetries for chi_{c,b}, J/psi, psi', and the various Upsilon
states are stringent tests of the NRQCD scaling relations.Comment: 21 pages LaTeX including 2 figure
Broadband optical radiation detector
A method and apparatus for detecting optical radiation by optically monitoring temperature changes in a microvolume caused by absorption of the optical radiation to be detected is described. More specifically, a thermal lens forming material is provided which has first and second opposite, substantially parallel surfaces. A reflective coating is formed on the first surface, and a radiation absorbing coating is formed on the reflective coating. Chopped, incoming optical radiation to be detected is directed to irradiate a small portion of the radiation absorbing coating. Heat generated in this small area is conducted to the lens forming material through the reflective coating, thereby raising the temperature of a small portion of the lens forming material and causing a thermal lens to be formed therein
Double-beam optical method and apparatus for measuring thermal diffusivity and other molecular dynamic processes in utilizing the transient thermal lens effect
A sample material was irradiated by relatively high power, short pulses from a dye laser. Energy from the pulses was absorbed by the sample material, thereby forming a thermal lens in the area of absorption. The pulse repetition rate was chosen so that the thermal lens is substantially dissipated by the time the next pulse reaches the sample material. A probe light beam, which in a specific embodiment is a relatively low power, continuous wave (cw) laser beam, irradiated the thermal lens formed in the sample material. The intensity characteristics of the probe light beam subsequent to irradiation of the thermal lens is related to changes in the refractive index of the sample material as the thermal lens is formed and dissipated
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