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Recent direct measurement of the Top quark mass and quasi-infrared fixed point
We note that the recent direct measurement of the top quark mass at by D0 collaboration severely constrains the
theoretically attractive infra-red fixed point scenario of the top quark Yukawa
coupling in supersymmetric GUTs. For one-step unified models the above
mentioned measurement bounds the arbitrary but experimentally determinable
parameter to the range . Further
crunch on the top quark mass may determine even more accurately
within the fixed point scenario. On the other hand an experimental value of
will rule out the fixed point scenario bounding
to 0.022 from above.Comment: 7 pages, Latex with epsf style, 1 figure, captions.st
DEVELOPMENT AND IN VIVO EVALUATION OF GASTRORETENTIVE FLOATING TABLETS OF ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG RISPERIDONE
Objective: The objective of this research work was to formulate and evaluate the floating drug delivery system containing Risperidone, to improve oral bioavailability by increasing gastric residence time.Methods: Total fifteen formulations of Risperidone floating tablets were prepared by direct compression method using different grades of HPMC polymers, Gelucire, Polyox and NaHCO3. In vivo radiographic studies were performed in human volunteers by incorporating barium sulphate.Results: The prepared tablets were characterized and found to exhibit satisfactory physicochemical characteristics. All the prepared batches showed good in vitro buoyancy with low floating lag time. It was observed that the tablets remained buoyant for more than 12h. Optimized formulation (F15) consisting of HPMC K100M, WSR 301, Gelucire 50/13 and NaHCO3, followed diffusion controlled zero-order kinetics and non-fickian transport of the drug. FTIR and DSC studies revealed the absence of any chemical interaction between drug and polymers used. The in vivo radiographic studies revealed that the tablets remained in the stomach for 6h in fasting human volunteers. In vivo bioavailability studies performed in healthy human volunteers and Tmax, Cmax, AUC was calculated and confirmed significant improvement in bioavailability when compared with marketed formulation Respidon 2.Conclusion: The data obtained thus suggests that floating delivery system of Risperidone can be successfully designed to give controlled drug delivery and improved oral bioavailability
Low Energy Neutrino Physics after SNO and KamLAND
In the recent years important discoveries in the field of low energy neutrino
physics (E in the MeV range) have been achieved. Results of the
solar neutrino experiment SNO show clearly flavor transitions from to
. In addition, the long standing solar neutrino problem is
basically solved. With KamLAND, an experiment measuring neutrinos emitted from
nuclear reactors at large distances, evidence for neutrino oscillations has
been found. The values for the oscillation parameters, amplitude and phase,
have been restricted. In this paper the potential of future projects in low
energy neutrino physics is discussed. This encompasses future solar and reactor
experiments as well as the direct search for neutrino masses. Finally the
potential of a large liquid scintillator detector in an underground laboratory
for supernova neutrino detection, solar neutrino detection, and the search for
proton decay is discussed.Comment: Invited brief review, World Scientific Publishing Compan
Nutritional evaluation of varying protein: energy ratios in feeds for Indian white shrimp Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus) indicus
Six experiments of six weeks duration were conducted in controlled conditions in the
Indian white shrimp Fenneropenaeus indicus early juveniles (~0.040 mg initial weight). A common
ingredient mixture (CIM) consisting of albumin (chicken egg), fish meal, shrimp meal, clam meal
and deoiled ground nut oil cake was formulated and incorporated in all feeds at varying levels to
obtain the requisite protein: energy combinations. Eight feeds tested in each experiment were
formulated by incorporating CIM, cellulose (filler), tapioca flour (starch, binder), oil, mineral
mixture, vitamin mixture and other additives viz., cholesterol and lecithin. The six protein levels
fixed were 250 g kg-1 to 500 g kg-1 with 50 g kg-1 increments for each experiment. The gross
energy (GE) levels in the eight dietary treatments for each level of protein varied from 290 kcal
100g-1 to 430 kcal 100g-1 and the digestible energy levels varied from198 – 300 kcal 100g-1.
Growth, relative growth rate (RGR), absolute growth rate (AGR), food conversion efficiency
(FCE), food conversion ratio (FCR), survival and initial and final body composition were monitored
and analysed. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by comparison of means was
done to examine statistically significant differences between treatments and second degree
polynomial regression of the from y = a + bx + cx2 was fitted with the data for RGR on P/E ratio
(mg protein kcal-1), RGR on GE and RGR on DE to derive the optimum RGR, GE, DE and P/E.
The results showed that growth of shrimp was highest with 450 g kg-1 protein and 363 kcal 100g-
1 GE, 276 kcal 100g-1 DE with a P/E of 124. Theoretical optima derived confirmed this observation
with optimal values of 360 kcal 100g-1 GE, 275 kcal 100g-1 DE and a P/E ratio of 125. However,
similar response in growth with feeds containing 350 - 450 g kg-1 protein indicating GE requirement
of 362 – 371 kcal 100g-1 and DE requirement of 262 – 276 kcal100g-1 suggested a protein sufficiency
of 350 g kg-1 with a P/E ratio of 98- 103 without major variations in the whole body composition
Eliminating the d=5 proton decay operators from SUSY GUTs
A general analysis is made of the question whether the d=5 proton decay
operators coming from exchange of colored Higgsinos can be completely
eliminated in a natural way in supersymmetric grand unified models. It is shown
that they can indeed be in SO(10) while at the same time naturally solving the
doublet-triplet splitting problem, having only two light Higgs doublets, and
using no more than a single adjoint Higgs field. Accomplishing all of this
requires that the vacuum expectation value of the adjoint Higgs field be
proportional to the generator I_{3R} rather than to B-L, as is usually assumed.
It is shown that such models can give realistic quark and lepton masses. We
also point out a new mechanism for solving the \mu problem in the context of
SO(10) SUSY GUTs.Comment: 24 pages in LaTeX, with 3 figure
Constraining Proton Lifetime in SO(10) with Stabilized Doublet-Triplet Splitting
We present a class of realistic unified models based on supersymmetric SO(10)
wherein issues related to natural doublet-triplet (DT) splitting are fully
resolved. Using a minimal set of low dimensional Higgs fields which includes a
single adjoint, we show that the Dimopoulos--Wilzcek mechanism for DT splitting
can be made stable in the presence of all higher order operators without having
pseudo-Goldstone bosons and flat directions. The \mu term of order TeV is found
to be naturally induced. A Z_2-assisted anomalous U(1)_A gauge symmetry plays a
crucial role in achieving these results. The threshold corrections to
alpha_3(M_Z), somewhat surprisingly, are found to be controlled by only a few
effective parameters. This leads to a very predictive scenario for proton
decay. As a novel feature, we find an interesting correlation between the d=6
(p\to e^+\pi^0) and d=5 (p\to \nu-bar K+) decay amplitudes which allows us to
derive a constrained upper limit on the inverse rate of the e^+\pi^0 mode. Our
results show that both modes should be observed with an improvement in the
current sensitivity by about a factor of five to ten.Comment: 21 pages LaTeX, 2 figures, Few explanatory sentences and three new
references added, minor typos corrected
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