Instabilities in neutrino-plasma density waves

One examines the interaction and possible resonances between supernova neutrinos and electron plasma waves. The neutrino phase space distribution and its boundary regions are analyzed in detail. It is shown that the boundary regions are too wide to produce non-linear resonant effects. The growth or damping rates induced by neutrinos are always proportional to the neutrino flux and $G_{{\rm F}}^{2}$.Comment: 9 pages, a few words modified to match PRD publicatio

Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with total insomnia--a case report

Fatal insomnia (FI) is the first diagnosis to be considered by most neurologists when approaching a patient presenting with total insomnia followed by personality and cognitive changes, disturbance of alertness, autonomic hyperactivation and movement abnormalities. We report the case of a 30 year-old male patient who presented with total insomnia followed by episodes of psychomotor restlessness resembling anxiety attacks. Twenty days later, he developed refractory convulsive status epilepticus with admission to Intensive Care Unit. He progressed to a state of reduced alertness and responsiveness, presenting periods of agitation with abnormal dyskinetic movements, periods of autonomic instability and central hypoventilation. Workup revealed antibodies against N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). Immunotherapy treatment led to a very significant improvement with the patient presenting only slight frontal lobe dysfunction after one year of recovery. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of a patient with anti-NMDAR encephalitis first presenting with total insomnia. Our aim is to alert that anti-NMDAR encephalitis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of FI, especially in sporadic cases. Distinguishing the two conditions is very important as, contrarily to the fatal disclosure of FI, anti-NMDAR encephalitis is potentially reversible with adequate treatment even after severe and prolonged disease.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Comparative Analysis of Fatigue Life Predictions in Lateral Notched Round Bars under Multiaxial Loading

The main objective of this study is to predict the multiaxial fatigue life for lateral notched round bars made of DIN 34CrNiMo6 high strength steel. In-phase bending-torsion tests for different stress amplitudes and different ratios of the normal stress to the shear stress were performed. Single torsion and single bending tests were also conducted for different stress amplitudes. In addition, the beach marking technique was used to mark crack fronts on fracture surfaces for the different loading paths studied. Experimental fatigue life was compared with predictions obtained by the Coffin-Manson model. The stress-strain state at the notch root was evaluated using the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD) and the Equivalent Strain Energy Density (ESED). Finally, a comparative analysis of the fatigue life predictions obtained by the two above-mentioned approaches was carried out. The former gave good results for higher lives but was too conservative for lower lives. The latter led to good correlations in the range studied here

The Continuity of Attachment Development from Infancy to Toddlerhood: The Role of Maternal Sensitivity

The patterns of attachment between infants and mothers have far-reaching consequences for infants’ development; infants with secure attachments fare better socially and emotionally than those with non-secure attachments (Deklyen & Greenberg,2008). Theory suggests that differences in attachment quality result from differences in mother-child interactions: secure attachment results from a history of sensitive interactions and non-secure attachment from insensitive interaction. Since the attachment security is held to be a product of the quality of interactions; a change in the quality of interactions should theoretically lead to a change in attachment quality. Thus, a child in a secure relationship later encountering insensitive care should tend towards a non-secure relationship, and vice versa

Braneworld inflation from an effective field theory after WMAP three-year data

In light of the results from the WMAP three-year sky survey, we study an inflationary model based on a single-field polynomial potential, with up to quartic terms in the inflaton field. Our analysis is performed in the context of the Randall-Sundrum II braneworld theory, and we consider both the high-energy and low-energy (i.e. the standard cosmology case) limits of the theory. We examine the parameter space of the model, which leads to both large-field and small-field inflationary type solutions. We conclude that small field inflation, for a potential with a negative mass square term, is in general favored by current bounds on the tensor-to-scalar perturbation ratio rs.Comment: 11 pages, 5 figures; references updated and a few comments added; final version to appear in Phys. Rev.

Linfoma Não Hodgkin de Células T Citotóxico: uma Apresentação Clínica Atípica

Cytotoxic lymphomas comprise a spectrum of peripheral T-cell lymphomas that can have a initial or late cutaneous presentation. We describe a 46-year-old man from Cape Verde, with a dermatosis involving his face and trunk, consisting of monomorphic papules with a smooth surface and both motor and sensory polyneuropathy.The hypothesis of leprosy was supported by the clinical and initial hystopathological findings and the patient was referred to our hospital with suspected Hansen's disease. In the new skin and lymph node biopsies a lymphocyte population was identified whose immunohystochemistry study allowed the diagnosis of T-cell lymphoma with expression of cytotoxic markers. The patient was started on chemotherapy with initial remission of the skin lesions but, subsequently, progression of systemic disease.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Estudo de corte e cópula de Spodoptera eridania (WALKER) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) por meio de etograma comportamental.

A lagarta-das-vagens da soja Spodoptera eridania, é uma espécie desfolhadora que tem ocorrido em maiores densidades populacionais em vários cultivos nos últimos anos. Conhecer o comportamento reprodutivo desta espécie visando subsidiar estudos de feromônios pode auxiliar no manejo desta espécie em campo. Este trabalho teve por objetivo construir um etograma do comportamento de corte e cópula de S. eridania, e caracterizar o repertório comportamental relacionado ao acasalamento. Também foram observados e registrados os comportamentos de chamamento e corte de fêmeas e machos, e a exposição da glândula de feromônio pelas fêmeas, e montado um etograma para a caracterização das sequências destas atividades. As avaliações foram realizadas durante o horário de maior atividade sexual dos insetos, utilizando-se machos e fêmeas em idade reprodutiva. Primeiramente, 10 casais, formados por adultos virgens foram colocados em gaiolas de acasalamento de PVC cristal de 10 cm de diâmetro e de altura, com a base fechada por placa de Petri e a parte de cima coberta com tule. Os adultos foram alimentados com solução de mel a 10%. Estes casais foram filmados com câmera digital manual com luz infravermelha para não interferir no comportamento dos insetos. Após a análise das filmagens, que definiu as sequencias comportamentais desta espécie, foram observados mais 20 cópula com auxílio de lanterna de luz vermelha para definir as freqüências de cada comportamento. No horário de maior atividade sexual desta espécie, fêmeas expunham a glândula de feromônio e começaram a circular pela gaiola com batida de asas que alternavam desde batidas vagarosas até batidas de asas bastante rápidas. A resposta do macho foi vibrar as antenas, limpá-las e se aproximar da fêmea com vôos ou caminhamento. O tempo de aproximação e procura da fêmea foi bastante variável, sendo que alguns machos copularam nos primeiros minutos após o chamamento da fêmea e outros demoraram horas repetindo todo o repertório de procura da fêmea e corte. Na maioria dos casais, os comportamentos que antecediam a cópula consistiam de: vibração de a tenas, limpeza de antenas, aproximação para a fêmea de forma que o corpo do macho ficava pareado ao da fêmea; nesta posição o macho fazia toques com as antenas e as pernas dianteiras e medianas próxima a fêmea tocando o abdomen e as asas da fêmea. Em seguida o macho fazia tentativas de cópula expondo o tufo de pelos do final do abdômen e inclinando-o 90º na direção do abdômen da fêmea e tentando acoplar. Quando a fêmea estava receptiva a cópula ocorria, caso contrário a fêmea continuava o repertório de chamamento e o macho em resposta continuava o comportamento de corte. Muitos dos casais observados não copularam, apesar de exibirem todo o repertório comportamental de acasalamento e corte. Este comportamento indica a necessidade de investigar a possibilidade de seleção sexual nesta espécie

The ν\nu-cleus experiment: A gram-scale fiducial-volume cryogenic detector for the first detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering

We discuss a small-scale experiment, called $\nu$-cleus, for the first detection of coherent neutrino-nucleus scattering by probing nuclear-recoil energies down to the 10 eV-regime. The detector consists of low-threshold CaWO$_4$ and Al$_2$O$_3$ calorimeter arrays with a total mass of about 10 g and several cryogenic veto detectors operated at millikelvin temperatures. Realizing a fiducial volume and a multi-element target, the detector enables active discrimination of $\gamma$, neutron and surface backgrounds. A first prototype Al$_2$O$_3$ device, operated above ground in a setup without shielding, has achieved an energy threshold of ${\sim20}$ eV and further improvements are in reach. A sensitivity study for the detection of coherent neutrino scattering at nuclear power plants shows a unique discovery potential (5$\sigma$) within a measuring time of ${\lesssim2}$ weeks. Furthermore, a site at a thermal research reactor and the use of a radioactive neutrino source are investigated. With this technology, real-time monitoring of nuclear power plants is feasible.Comment: 14 pages, 19 figure