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Here be Dragons: The Unexplored Continents of the CMSSM
The Higgs boson mass and the abundance of dark matter constrain the
CMSSM/mSUGRA supersymmetry breaking inputs. A complete map of the CMSSM that is
consistent with these two measured quantities is provided. Various
"continents," consisting of non-excluded models, can be organized by their dark
matter dynamics. The following mechanisms manifest: well-tempering, resonant
pseudo-scalar Higgs annihilation, neutralino/stau coannihilations and
neutralino/stop coannihilations. Benchmark models are chosen in order to
characterize the viable regions. The expected visible signals of each are
described, demonstrating a wide range of predictions for the 13 TeV LHC and a
high degree of complementarity between dark matter and collider experiments.
The parameter space spans a finite volume, which can be probed in its entirety
with experiments currently under consideration.Comment: 58 pages + references, 21 figures, data files included on arXiv; v2:
references added, minor changes; v3: journal version, minor change
Typing rule-based transformations over topological collections
Pattern-matching programming is an example of a rule-based programming style
developed in functional languages. This programming style is intensively used
in dialects of ML but is restricted to algebraic data-types. This restriction
limits the field of application. However, as shown by Giavitto and Michel at
RULE'02, case-based function definitions can be extended to more general data
structures called topological collections. We show in this paper that this
extension retains the benefits of the typed discipline of the functional
languages. More precisely, we show that topological collections and the
rule-based definition of functions associated with them fit in a polytypic
extension of mini-ML where type inference is still possible
Psychosis in a Case of Mycoplasma Pneumonia Encephalopathy
Mycoplasma pneumonia, a well known cause of acute respiratory infection in man, has been reported to frequently include central nervous system manifestations as part of its clinical course (1,2). The spectrum of neurologic syndromes associated with the disease is vast, ranging from direct invasion of brain and meninges by the organism to non-invasive parainfectious encephalopathy (3). This is a case report of an individual who presented to the emergency room in an acute psychotic state as the single manifestation of a parainfectious encephalopathy secondary to mycoplasma pneumonia infection of the lung
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Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool (TEMPT) for assessing 28-day mortality.
Background:Prior mortality prediction models have incorporated severity of anatomic injury quantified by Abbreviated Injury Severity Score (AIS). Using a prospective cohort, a new score independent of AIS was developed using clinical and laboratory markers present on emergency department presentation to predict 28-day mortality. Methods:All patients (n=1427) enrolled in an ongoing prospective cohort study were included. Demographic, laboratory, and clinical data were recorded on admission. True random number generator technique divided the cohort into derivation (n=707) and validation groups (n=720). Using Youden indices, threshold values were selected for each potential predictor in the derivation cohort. Logistic regression was used to identify independent predictors. Significant variables were equally weighted to create a new mortality prediction score, the Trauma Early Mortality Prediction Tool (TEMPT) score. Area under the curve (AUC) was tested in the validation group. Pairwise comparison of Trauma Injury Severity Score (TRISS), Revised Trauma Score, Glasgow Coma Scale, and Injury Severity Score were tested against the TEMPT score. Results:There was no difference between baseline characteristics between derivation and validation groups. In multiple logistic regression, a model with presence of traumatic brain injury, increased age, elevated systolic blood pressure, decreased base excess, prolonged partial thromboplastin time, increased international normalized ratio (INR), and decreased temperature accurately predicted mortality at 28 days (AUC 0.93, 95% CI 0.90 to 0.96, P<0.001). In the validation cohort, this score, termed TEMPT, predicted 28-day mortality with an AUC 0.94 (95% CI 0.92 to 0.97). The TEMPT score preformed similarly to the revised TRISS score for severely injured patients and was highly predictive in those having mild to moderate injury. Discussion:TEMPT is a simple AIS-independent mortality prediction tool applicable very early following injury. TEMPT provides an AIS-independent score that could be used for early identification of those at risk of doing poorly following even minor injury. Level of evidence:Level II
Boosting Stop Searches with a 100 TeV Proton Collider
A proton-proton collider with center of mass energy around 100 TeV is the
energy frontier machine that is likely to succeed the LHC. One of the primary
physics goals will be the continued exploration of weak scale naturalness. Here
we focus on the pair-production of stops that decay to a top and a neutralino.
Most of the heavy stop parameter space results in highly boosted tops,
populating kinematic regimes inaccessible at the LHC. New strategies for
boosted top-tagging are needed and a simple, detector-independent tagger can be
constructed by requiring a muon inside a jet. Assuming 20% systematic
uncertainties, this future collider can discover (exclude) stops with masses up
to 6.5 (8) TeV with 3000 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity. Studying how the
exclusion limits scale with luminosity motivates going beyond this benchmark in
order to saturate the discovery potential of the machine.Comment: v2: 16 pages, 17 figures, results updated using NLL+NLO cross
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What is the second parameter - The anomalous globular cluster NGC 7006
An infrared color-magnitude diagram for NGC 7006 and moderate dispersion digital optical spectra of eight of its members indicate a metal abundance of -1.5 dex with respect to the sun. However, the ratio of red to blue horizontal-branch stars is quite large and is what would be expected for a cluster of much higher metallicity. Molecular band strengths are determined for CO in four stars, and CH and CN in five stars, and it is found that none of these molecular bands are anomalously strong compared to the same molecular features in other globulars of similar metallicity but varying horizontal-branch type. This is contrary to the behavior predicted if the C, N, and O abundances are the 'second parameter' needed to explain anomalous horizontal-branch morphologies
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