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Synthesis of α-hydroxy-β,β-difluoro-γ-ketoesters via [3,3]sigmatropic rearrangements
Readily available γ,γ-difluorinated allylic alcohols obtained from trifluoroethanol were esterified efficiently. Exposure to strong base (LDA) afforded the ester enolates, in which chelation both controlled configuration and stabilised against fragmentation, which were trapped as their silyl ketene acetals. Rearrangement occurred to afford base-sensitive acid products. Esterification under mild conditions afforded the purifiable methyl esters in which the masked ketone had been released. Educts with either a benzyloxy or an allyloxy group at the α-position could be deprotected releasing the alcohols
On evaluation of two-loop self-energy diagram with three propogator
Small momentum expansion of the "sunset" diagram with three different masses
is obtained. Coefficients at powers of are evaluated explicitly in terms
of dilogarithms and elementary functions. Also some power expansions of
"sunset" diagram in terms of different sets of variables are given.Comment: 9 pages, LaTEX, MSU-PHYS-HEP-Lu3/9
Perturbative Part of the Non-Singlet Structure Function F_2 in the Large-N_F Limit
We have calculated Wilson coefficients and anomalous dimensions
for the non-singlet part of the structure function F_2 in the large-N_F limit.
Our result agrees with exact two and three loop calculations and gives the
leading N_F dependence of the perturbative non-singlet Wilson coefficients to
all orders in .Comment: 11 pages, including one figur
Probing the Cluster Mass Distribution using Subaru Weak Lensing Data
We present results from a weak lensing analysis of the galaxy cluster A1689
(z=0.183) based on deep wide-field imaging data taken with Suprime-Cam on
Subaru telescope. A maximum entropy method has been used to reconstruct
directly the projected mass distribution of A1689 from combined lensing
distortion and magnification measurements of red background galaxies.The
resulting mass distribution is clearly concentrated around the cD galaxy, and
mass and light in the cluster are similarly distributed in terms of shape and
orientation. The azimuthally-averaged mass profile from the two-dimensional
reconstruction is in good agreement with the earlier results from the Subaru
one-dimensional analysis of the weak lensing data, supporting the assumption of
quasi-circular symmetry in the projected mass distribution of the cluster.Comment: To appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. A, 8pages, 5 figures, minor typo errors
corrected, Fig.5 modifie
Mass and Gas Profiles in A1689: Joint X-ray and Lensing Analysis
We carry out a comprehensive joint analysis of high quality HST/ACS and
Chandra measurements of A1689, from which we derive mass, temperature, X-ray
emission and abundance profiles. The X-ray emission is smooth and symmetric,
and the lensing mass is centrally concentrated indicating a relaxed cluster.
Assuming hydrostatic equilibrium we deduce a 3D mass profile that agrees
simultaneously with both the lensing and X-ray measurements. However, the
projected temperature profile predicted with this 3D mass profile exceeds the
observed temperature by ~30% at all radii, a level of discrepancy comparable to
the level found for other relaxed clusters. This result may support recent
suggestions from hydrodynamical simulations that denser, more X-ray luminous
small-scale structure can bias observed temperature measurements downward at
about the same (~30%) level. We determine the gas entropy at 0.1r_{vir} (where
r_{vir} is the virial radius) to be ~800 keV cm^2, as expected for a high
temperature cluster, but its profile at >0.1r_{vir} has a power-law form with
index ~0.8, considerably shallower than the ~1.1 index advocated by theoretical
studies and simulations. Moreover, if a constant entropy ''floor'' exists at
all, then it is within a small region in the inner core, r<0.02r_{vir}, in
accord with previous theoretical studies of massive clusters.Comment: 18 pages, 20 figures, 7 tables, accepted for publication in MNRAS,
minor changes to match published versio
The Isgur-Wise Function to from Sum Rules in the Heavy Quark Effective Theory
Radiative corrections to both perturbative and non-perturbative contributions
are added to existing calculations of the Isgur-Wise function . To
this end, we develop a method for calculating two-loop integrals in the heavy
quark effective theory involving two different scales. The inclusion of
terms causes to decrease as compared to the lowest
order result and shows the importance of quantum effects. The slope parameter
violates the bound given by de Rafael and Taron.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures (not included), (LaTeX), HD-THEP-92-4
Updown categories: Generating functions and universal covers
A poset can be regarded as a category in which there is at most one morphism
between objects, and such that at most one of Hom(c,c') and Hom(c',c) is
nonempty for distinct objects c,c'. If we keep in place the latter axiom but
allow for more than one morphism between objects, we have a sort of generalized
poset in which there are multiplicities attached to covering relations, and
possibly nontrivial automorphism groups. We call such a category an "updown
category". In this paper we give a precise definition of such categories and
develop a theory for them. We also give a detailed account of ten examples,
including updown categories of integer partitions, integer compositions, planar
rooted trees, and rooted trees.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:math/040245
Signaling local non-credibility in an automatic segmentation pipeline
The advancing technology for automatic segmentation of medical images should be accompanied by techniques to inform the user of the local credibility of results. To the extent that this technology produces clinically acceptable segmentations for a significant fraction of cases, there is a risk that the clinician will assume every result is acceptable. In the less frequent case where segmentation fails, we are concerned that unless the user is alerted by the computer, she would still put the result to clinical use. By alerting the user to the location of a likely segmentation failure, we allow her to apply limited validation and editing resources where they are most needed. We propose an automated method to signal suspected non-credible regions of the segmentation, triggered by statistical outliers of the local image match function. We apply this test to m-rep segmentations of the bladder and prostate in CT images using a local image match computed by PCA on regional intensity quantile functions. We validate these results by correlating the non-credible regions with regions that have surface distance greater than 5.5mm to a reference segmentation for the bladder. A 6mm surface distance was used to validate the prostate results. Varying the outlier threshold level produced a receiver operating characteristic with area under the curve of 0.89 for the bladder and 0.92 for the prostate. Based on this preliminary result, our method has been able to predict local segmentation failures and shows potential for validation in an automatic segmentation pipeline
Evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy in shelter cats with upper respiratory infection: a prospective study
Feline Upper-Respiratory Infection (URI) is commonplace in most animal shelters, and its endemic presence is problematic for the animals as well as for veterinarians and other shelter personnel. Despite the fact that viruses are responsible for the majority of these infections, many cats with URI in shelters are still treated with antibiotics. Antibiotic treatment in the absence of bacterial infection and the overuse of antibiotics can lead to antibiotic resistance among feline populations. The aim of this research was to compare duration and severity of URI in shelter cats treated with and without antibiotics. Cats showing clinical symptoms were randomly assigned to two groups, one receiving antibiotic treatment and the other receiving no antibiotics. Cats were monitored daily and the severity of their ocular and nasal symptoms scored on a numerical scale. The duration of their clinical symptoms was also recorded. Pharyngeal swabs were taken from some of the study population to determine whether or not bacterial infection was present. The mean severity and duration scores and standard deviations were calculated for each group and an unpaired t-test performed. No significant difference in the severity of URI and the duration of the illness was found in cats who did and did not receive antibiotic treatment. These findings support the need to change the protocol for treatment of feline URI in order to improve the quality of care provided to the shelter cats. Furthermore, these findings provided additional evidence to support the need for enhanced antibiotic stewardship in both veterinary and human medicine
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