Macroeconomic impacts of climate change mitigation in Latin America: A cross-model comparison

In this paper we analyse macroeconomic consequences of greenhouse gas emission mitigation in Latin America up to 2050 through a multi-model comparison approach undertaken in the context of the CLIMACAP–LAMP research project. We compare two carbon tax scenarios with a business-as-usual scenario of anticipated future energy demand. In the short term, with carbon prices reaching around $15/tCO2 by 2030, most models agree that the reduction in consumer spending, as a proxy for welfare, is limited to about 0.3$165/tCO2, there is much more divergence in the estimated impact on consumer spending as well as GDP across models and regions, which reflects uncertainties about technology costs and substitution opportunities between technologies. We observe that the consequences of increasingly higher carbon prices, in terms of reduced consumer spending and GDP, tend to be fairly linear with the carbon price in our CGE models. However, the consequences are divergent and nonlinear in our econometric model, that is linked to an energy system model that simulates step-changes in technology substitution. The results of one model show that climate policy measures can have positive effects on consumer spending and GDP, which results from an investment stimulus and the redistribution of carbon price revenues to consumers

Disease-specific phenotypes in dopamine neurons from human iPS-based models of genetic and sporadic Parkinson's disease.

19nonenoneSánchez-Danés A; Richaud-Patin Y; Carballo-Carbajal I; Jiménez-Delgado S; Caig C; Mora S; Di Guglielmo C; Ezquerra M; Patel B; Giralt A; Canals JM; Memo M; Alberch J; López-Barneo J; Vila M; Cuervo AM; Tolosa E; Consiglio A; Raya A.Sánchez Danés, A; Richaud Patin, Y; Carballo Carbajal, I; Jiménez Delgado, S; Caig, C; Mora, S; Di Guglielmo, C; Ezquerra, M; Patel, B; Giralt, A; Canals, Jm; Memo, Maurizio; Alberch, J; López Barneo, J; Vila, M; Cuervo, Am; Tolosa, E; Consiglio, A; Raya, A

Search for a low mass neutral Higgs boson in Z0 decay

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Diversity arrays technology (DArT) for high-throughput profiling of the hexaploid wheat genome

The original publication can be found at www.springerlink.comDespite a substantial investment in the development of panels of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, the simple sequence repeat (SSR) technology with a limited multiplexing capability remains a standard, even for applications requiring whole-genome information. Diversity arrays technology (DArT) types hundreds to thousands of genomic loci in parallel, as previously demonstrated in a number diploid plant species. Here we show that DArT performs similarly well for the hexaploid genome of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The methodology previously used to generate DArT fingerprints of barley also generated a large number of high-quality markers in wheat (99.8% allele-calling concordance and approximately 95% call rate). The genetic relationships among bread wheat cultivars revealed by DArT coincided with knowledge generated with other methods, and even closely related cultivars could be distinguished. To verify the Mendelian behaviour of DArT markers, we typed a set of 90 Cranbrook × Halberd doubled haploid lines for which a framework (FW) map comprising a total of 339 SSR, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers was available. We added an equal number of DArT markers to this data set and also incorporated 71 sequence tagged microsatellite (STM) markers. A comparison of logarithm of the odds (LOD) scores, call rates and the degree of genome coverage indicated that the quality and information content of the DArT data set was comparable to that of the combined SSR/RFLP/AFLP data set of the FW map.Mona Akbari, Peter Wenzl, Vanessa Caig, Jason Carling, Ling Xia , Shiying Yang, Grzegorz Uszynski, Volker Mohler, Anke Lehmensiek, Haydn Kuchel, Mathew J. Hayden, Neil Howes, Peter Sharp, Peter Vaughan, Bill Rathmell, Eric Huttner and Andrzej Kilia

Search for leptoquarks in Z0^{0} decays

We have searched for direct leptoquark production in Z 0 decays from a scan of the Z 0 resonance, in the energy range 88.2 ≤ √s ≤94.2 GeV, using 5.2 pb -1 of data. We exclude the existence of scalar leptoquarks with masses less than 41 to 44 GeV, depending on the charge assignments, at the 95% confidence level

Search for leptoquarks in Z 0 decays

We have searched for direct leptoquark production in Z 0 decays from a scan of the Z 0 resonance, in the energy range 88.2 ≤ √s ≤94.2 GeV, using 5.2 pb -1 of data. We exclude the existence of scalar leptoquarks with masses less than 41 to 44 GeV, depending on the charge assignments, at the 95% confidence level