Massless Decoupled Doublers: Chiral Yukawa Models and Chiral Gauge Theories

We present a new method for regularizing chiral theories on the lattice. The arbitrariness in the regularization is used in order to decouple massless replica fermions. A continuum limit with only one fermion is obtained in perturbation theory and a Golterman-Petcher like symmetry related to the decoupling of the replicas in the non-perturbative regime is identified. In the case of Chiral Gauge Theories gauge invariance is broken at the level of the regularization, so our approach shares many of the characteristics of the Rome approach.Comment: 11 page

Парсическая роль интеллигенции в истории

In 1661, Borelli and Ecchellensis published a Latin translation of a text which they called the Ltmmas of Archimedes. The first fifteen propositions of this translation correspond to the contents of the Arabic Book of Assumptions, which the Arabic tradition attributes to Archimedes. The work is not found in Greek and the attribution is uncertain at best. Nevertheless, the Latin translation of the fifteen propositions was adopted as a work of Archimedes in the standard editions and translations by Heiberg, Heath, Ver Eecke and others. Our paper concerns the remaining two propositions, 16 and 17, in the Latin translation by Borelli and Ecchellensis, which are not found in the Arabic Book of Assumptions. Borelli and Ecchellensis believed that the Arabic Book of Assumptions is a mutilated version of a lost "old book" by Archimedes which is mentioned by Eutodus (ca. A.D. 500) in his commentary to Proposition 4 of Book 2 of Archimedes' On the Sphere and Cylinder. This proposition is about cutting a sphere by a plane in such a way that the volumes of the segments have a given ratio. Because the fifteen propositions in the Arabic Book of Assumptions have no connection whatsoever to this problem, Borelli and Ecchellensis "restored" two more propositions, their 16 and 17. Propositions 16 and 17 concern the problem of cutting a given line segment AG at a point X in such a way that the product AX· XG2 is equal to a given volume K. This problem is mentioned by Archimedes, and although he promised a solution, the solution is not found in On the Sphere and Cylinder. In his commentary, Eutodus presents a solution which he adapted from the "old book" of Archimedes which he had found. Proposition 17 is the synthesis of the problem by means of two conic sections, as adapted by Eutodus. Proposition 16 presents the diorismos: the problem can be solved only if K::::;;; AB · BG2, where point B is defined on AG such that AB = 1/zBG. We will show that Borelli and Ecchellensis adapted their Proposition 16 not from the commentary by Eutocius but from the Arabic text On Filling the Gaps in Archimedes' Sphere and Cylinder which was written by Abu Sahl al-Kuru in the tenth century, and which was published by Len Berggren. Borelli preferred al-Kiihi's diorismos (by elementary means) to the diorismos by means of conic sections in the commentary of Eutocius, even though Eutocius says that he had adapted it from the "old book." Just as some geometers in later Greek antiquity, Borelli and Ecchellensis bdieved that it is a "sin" to use conic sections in the solution of geometrical problems if elementary Euclidean means are possible. They (incorrectly) assumed that Archimedes also subscribed to this opinion, and thus they included their adaptation of al-Kuru's proposition in their restoration of the "old book" of Archimedes. Our paper includes the Latin text and an English translation of Propositions 16 and 17 of Borelli and Ecchellensis

Inicio de pubertad y caracteres reproductivos en toritos Braford del nordeste argentino

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo determinar la edad de inicio de pubertad en toritos Braford 3/8, por medio de la evaluación del semen, junto a mediciones de circunferencia escrotal y características zoométricas. Para tal fin, durante 120 días se trabajó con 34 animales, que fueron identificados por medio de caravana y destetados el 1° de marzo del año 2010, entre los 6 y 8 meses de edad. Los toritos fueron mantenidos a campo con pasturas implantadas, con amplio predominio de avena (Avena sativa), trébol blanco (Trifolium repens) y alfalfa (Medicago sativa), además de la administración de alimento balanceado a razón del 1 al 2% de su peso vivo. En forma seriada, cada 14 días a partir del mes de junio, se evaluaron parámetros como circunferencia escrotal, consistencia testicular (por palpación bimanual), altura a la cruz y al sacro, así como perímetro torácico y peso corporal individual. El semen extraído por medio de un electroeyaculador fue evaluado macro y microscópicamente. Se concluye que, en promedio, los toritos alcanzan la pubertad a la edad de 13,1 meses, con un peso promedio de 333 kg y una circunferencia escrotal de 27,5 cm.

Editorial Statement About JCCAP’s 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research

Issue 1 of the 2011 Volume of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP) included a Special Section about the use of multi-informant approaches to measure child and adolescent (i.e., hereafter referred to collectively as “youth”) mental health (De Los Reyes, 2011). Researchers collect reports from multiple informants or sources (e.g., parent and peer, youth and teacher) to estimate a given youth’s mental health. The 2011 JCCAP Special Section focused on the most common outcome of these approaches, namely the significant discrepancies that arise when comparing estimates from any two informant’s reports (i.e., informant discrepancies). These discrepancies appear in assessments conducted across the lifespan (Achenbach, 2020). That said, JCCAP dedicated space to understanding informant discrepancies, because they have been a focus of scholarship in youth mental health for over 60 years (e.g., Achenbach et al., 1987; De Los Reyes & Kazdin, 2005; Glennon & Weisz, 1978; Kazdin et al., 1983; Kraemer et al., 2003; Lapouse & Monk, 1958; Quay et al., 1966; Richters, 1992; Rutter et al., 1970; van der Ende et al., 2012). Thus, we have a thorough understanding of the areas of research for which they reliably appear when clinically assessing youth. For instance, intervention researchers observe informant discrepancies in estimates of intervention effects within randomized controlled trials (e.g., Casey & Berman, 1985; Weisz et al., 2017). Service providers observe informant discrepancies when working with individual clients, most notably when making decisions about treatment planning (e.g., Hawley & Weisz, 2003; Hoffman & Chu, 2015). Scholars in developmental psychopathology observe these discrepancies when seeking to understand risk and protective factors linked to youth mental health concerns (e.g., Hawker & Boulton, 2000; Hou et al., 2020; Ivanova et al., 2022). Thus, the 2011 JCCAP Special Section posed a question: Might these informant discrepancies contain data relevant to understanding youth mental health? Suppose none of the work in youth mental health is immune from these discrepancies. In that case, the answer to this question strikes at the core of what we produce―from the interventions we develop and implement, to the developmental psychopathology research that informs intervention development

The Recognition of Cross-Cultural Emotional Faces Is Affected by Intensity and Ethnicity in a Japanese Sample

reserved9siHuman faces convey a range of emotions and psychobiological signals that support social interactions. Multiple factors potentially mediate the facial expressions of emotions across cultures. To further determine the mechanisms underlying human emotion recognition in a complex and ecological environment, we hypothesized that both behavioral and neurophysiological measures would be influenced by stimuli ethnicity (Japanese, Caucasian) in the context of ambiguous emotional expressions (mid-happy, angry). We assessed the neurophysiological and behavioral responses of neurotypical Japanese adults (N = 27, 13 males) involved in a facial expression recognition task. Results uncover an interaction between universal and culturally-driven mechanisms. No differences in behavioral responses are found between male and female participants, male and female faces, and neutral Japanese versus Caucasian faces. However, Caucasian ambiguous emotional expressions which require more energy-consuming processing, as highlighted by neurophysiological results of the Arousal Index, were judged more accurately than Japanese ones. Additionally, a differential Frontal Asymmetry Index in neuronal activation, the signature of an approach versus avoidance response, is found in male participants according to the gender and emotional valence of the stimuli.mixedBonassi, Andrea; Ghilardi, Tommaso; Gabrieli, Giulio; Truzzi, Anna; Doi, Hirokazu; Borelli Jessica, L.; Lepri, Bruno; Shinohara, Kazuyuki; Esposito, GianlucaBonassi, Andrea; Ghilardi, Tommaso; Gabrieli, Giulio; Truzzi, Anna; Doi, Hirokazu; Borelli Jessica, L.; Lepri, Bruno; Shinohara, Kazuyuki; Esposito, Gianluc

Neonatal brain and physiological reactivity in preschoolers: An initial investigation in an Asian sample

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.11.010Journal of Psychiatric Research146219-22

Maternal sensitivity during infancy and the regulation of startle in preschoolers

10.1080/14616734.2018.1542737Attachment and Human DevelopmentAHDTAGUSTO (Growing up towards Healthy Outcomes

Preschoolers' emotion reactivity and regulation: Links with maternal psychological distress and child behavior problems

10.1017/S0954579421000936Development and Psychopatholog

High-resolution morphology and surface photometry of KIG 685 and KIG 895 with ARGOS+LUCI using the Large Binocular Telescope

We aim to refine the sample of isolated early-type galaxies in the Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated Galaxies (AMIGA) catalog via high-resolution imaging. Here, we report the result from a pilot study investigating two candidates, KIG 685 and KIG 895, in K-band with the laser guide star and wavefront sensing facility ARGOS using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). Observations, obtained during the commissioning time, achieved a point spread function (PSF) of ≈0.25″. We present the data reduction and the PSF analysis from the best closed-loop exposures to investigate the galaxies' morphological structure, including their nuclear region. We used PROFILER for the decomposition of the azimuthal 1D light distribution and GALFIT for the 2D analysis, accounting for ARGOS's PSF. KIG 685 was found to be a S0 galaxy and has been modeled with two Sérsic components representing a pseudobulge (n = 2.87 ± 0.21, n = 2.29 ± 0.10) and a disk (n = 0.95 ± 0.16, n = 0.78 ± 0.10). Nearly symmetric ring-/shell-like structures emerge after subtracting the GALFIT model from the image. KIG 895 shows a clear irregular arm-like structure, in which the northern outer arm is reminiscent of a tail. The galaxy body is a disk, best fitted by a single Sérsic profile (n = 1.22 ± 0.1; n = 1.32 ± 0.12), that is, KIG 895 is a bulge-less, very late-type spiral. ARGOS high-resolution images clearly showed interaction signatures in KIG 895. We suggest that the ring-/shell-like residuals in KIG 685, a bona fide early-type galaxy, point toward a past accretion event.© 2019 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, WeinheimWe are deeply indebted to the unknown referee for substantial suggestions. We thank Dr. Bogdan Ciambur both for proving us the PROFILER program and for the assistance. We thank Dr. Francesco La Barbera for having provided us the SPIDER K‐band dataset. R.R. thanks dr. Michael Jones for the English revision. R.R. and P.M. acknowledge funding from the INAF PRIN‐SKA 2017 program 1.05.01.88.04. L.V.M. acknowledges support from the grant AYA2015‐65973‐C3‐1‐R (MINECO/FEDER, UE). IRAF is distributed by the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, which are operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED), which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We acknowledge the usage of the HyperLeda database ( http://leda.univ‐lyon1.fr )