217 research outputs found

    Update of electroweak parameters from Z decays

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    Search for particles with unexpected mass and charge in Z decays

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    First measurement of the BSB_S meson mass

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    If simplified, every information retrieval problem can be solved when the information need implied by its expression has been identified. We are interested in the criteria used in realising a good information retrieval problem expression. We have listed these criteria through some principles and maxims which first characterized the communication between two persons are applied. We choose to use the gricean maxims because they are the most favoured for this type of situation. Secondly, we have tried to identify some others principles that can be used to realise a good information retrieval problem expression. The principles by Grice can not resolve all forms of error associated with this particular form of communication. In our work, we defined three other principles namely: adhesion principle, reformulation principle, memorization principle. We give some examples of situations where the principles we have formulated are not applicable and the consequences. We present the possible applications of our new model: MIRABEL, which can help in the description of information retrieval problem from. It also compels its user to use essential good expression principle implicitly

    A measurement of AFBbA^b_{FB} in lifetime tagged heavy flavour Z decays

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    Public health campaigns and obesity - a critique

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    <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Controlling obesity has become one of the highest priorities for public health practitioners in developed countries. In the absence of safe, effective and widely accessible high-risk approaches (e.g. drugs and surgery) attention has focussed on community-based approaches and social marketing campaigns as the most appropriate form of intervention. However there is limited evidence in support of substantial effectiveness of such interventions.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>To date there is little evidence that community-based interventions and social marketing campaigns specifically targeting obesity provide substantial or lasting benefit. Concerns have been raised about potential negative effects created by a focus of these interventions on body shape and size, and of the associated media targeting of obesity.</p> <p>Summary</p> <p>A more appropriate strategy would be to enact high-level policy and legislative changes to alter the obesogenic environments in which we live by providing incentives for healthy eating and increased levels of physical activity. Research is also needed to improve treatments available for individuals already obese.</p

    Search for the Standard Model Higgs boson

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    Proximity calculations in metric space have found new applications recently with the increased emphasis on Internet searching. In this work we present a novel approach to Internet searching. We use a combination of metric space distance calculations and link analysis to determine the proximity of internet objects. This framework is generic and can be applied to various domains such as help desk support, human resources or geographical information systems. We provide an example within the text mining domain. We also provide the mathematical preliminaries, give a detailed example and discuss our results

    Measurement of the Mass of the Z-Boson and the Energy Calibration of Lep

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    Electroweak parameters of the z0 resonance and the standard model

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    Contains fulltext : 124399.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access

    Electroweak measurements in electron–positron collisions at w-boson-pair energies at lep

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    Contains fulltext : 121524.pdf (preprint version ) (Open Access
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