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Hydrodynamics and Nonlocal Conductivities in Vortex States of Type II Superconductors
A hydrodynamical description for vortex states in type II superconductors is
presented based on the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation (TDGL). In
contrast to the familiar extension of a single vortex dynamics based on the
force balance, our description is consistent with the known hydrodynamics of a
rotating neutral superfluid and correctly includes informations on the
Goldstone mode. Further it enables one to examine nonlocal conductivities
perpendicular to the magnetic field in terms of Kubo formula. The nonlocal
conductivities deviate from the usual vortex flow expressions typically when
the nonlocality parallel to the field becomes weaker than the perpendicular one
measuring a degree of positional correlations, and, for instance, the
superconducting contribution of dc Hall conductivity nonlocal only in
directions perpendicular to the field becomes vanishingly small in the
situations with large shear viscosity, leading to an experimentally measurable
relation among the total resistivity components.
Other situations are also discussed on the basis of the resulting expressions.Comment: 12 pages, no figures, to appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. in October,
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A Network of microRNAs Acts to Promote Cell Cycle Exit and Differentiation of Human Pancreatic Endocrine Cells.
Pancreatic endocrine cell differentiation is orchestrated by the action of transcription factors that operate in a gene regulatory network to activate endocrine lineage genes and repress lineage-inappropriate genes. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important modulators of gene expression, yet their role in endocrine cell differentiation has not been systematically explored. Here we characterize miRNA-regulatory networks active in human endocrine cell differentiation by combining small RNA sequencing, miRNA over-expression, and network modeling approaches. Our analysis identified Let-7g, Let-7a, miR-200a, miR-127, and miR-375 as endocrine-enriched miRNAs that drive endocrine cell differentiation-associated gene expression changes. These miRNAs are predicted to target different transcription factors, which converge on genes involved in cell cycle regulation. When expressed in human embryonic stem cell-derived pancreatic progenitors, these miRNAs induce cell cycle exit and promote endocrine cell differentiation. Our study delineates the role of miRNAs in human endocrine cell differentiation and identifies miRNAs that could facilitate endocrine cell reprogramming
Prognostic Relevance of Progesterone Receptor Levels in Early Luminal-Like HER2 Negative Breast Cancer Subtypes: A Retrospective Analysis
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Phase retrieval for adaptive optics system calibration
Our objective in this report is to develop methods to determine the output pupil wavefront using intensity measurements directly from the science detector. This wavefront can then be used to determine a reference wavefront which will precorrect for the non-common-path aberrations and produce the desired wavefront at the science detector. We describe two phase retrieval algorithms that can be used and a set of simulation studies of AO system calibration. We present the initial experimental results of applying this technique in calibration of the Lick Observatory laser guidestar AO system in a later paper
Ultrafast carrier relaxation in GaN, In_(0.05)Ga_(0.95)N and an In_(0.05)Ga_(0.95)/In_(0.15)Ga_(0.85)N Multiple Quantum Well
Room temperature, wavelength non-degenerate ultrafast pump/probe measurements
were performed on GaN and InGaN epilayers and an InGaN multiple quantum well
structure. Carrier relaxation dynamics were investigated as a function of
excitation wavelength and intensity. Spectrally-resolved sub-picosecond
relaxation due to carrier redistribution and QW capture was found to depend
sensitively on the wavelength of pump excitation. Moreover, for pump
intensities above a threshold of 100 microJ/cm2, all samples demonstrated an
additional emission feature arising from stimulated emission (SE). SE is
evidenced as accelerated relaxation (< 10 ps) in the pump-probe data,
fundamentally altering the re-distribution of carriers. Once SE and carrier
redistribution is completed, a slower relaxation of up to 1 ns for GaN and
InGaN epilayers, and 660 ps for the MQW sample, indicates carrier recombination
through spontaneous emission.Comment: submitted to Phys. Rev.
Combined treatment with inhibitors of ErbB Receptors and Hh signaling pathways is more effective than single treatment in reducing the growth of malignant mesothelioma both in vitro and in vivo
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a rare orphan aggressive neoplasia with low survival rates. Among the other signaling pathways, ErbB receptors and Hh signaling are deregulated in MM. Thus, molecules involved in these signaling pathways could be used for targeted therapy approaches. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of inhibitors of Hh- (GANT-61) and ErbB receptors (Afatinib)-mediated signaling pathways, when used alone or in combination, on growth, cell cycle, cell death and autophagy, modulation of molecules involved in transduction pathways, in three human MM cell lines of different histotypes. The efficacy of the combined treatment was also evaluated in a murine epithelioid MM cell line both in vitro and in vivo. This study demonstrated that combined treatment with two inhibitors counteracting the activation of two different signaling pathways involved in neoplastic transformation and progression, such as those activated by ErbB and Hh signaling, is more effective than the single treatments in reducing MM growth in vitro and in vivo. This study may have clinical implications for the development of targeted therapy approaches for MM
Legacy of COVID‐19 – the opportunity to enhance surgical services for patients with colorectal disease
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