On b- and tau-multiplicities per event in SUSY (mSUGRA) and instrumental implications

We investigate the probability to find a b or tau in SUSY production with the mSUGRA model. We find that in the entire parameter space the probability per event to find a b-jet of E_T^b > 50 GeV within CMS acceptance (eta < 2.4) is significant for all tan(beta), varying from a 10 % level to 90 % depending on the m_0, m_1/2 region. The probabilities per event to find a tau with the same kinematical cuts is also significant and it increases sharply with tan(beta). These findings point to the central role a microvertex device would play in case that SUSY (mSUGRA) is indeed realized in nature and found at the LHC. First investigations done in the context of the more general MSSM scenario confirm the findings based on mSUGRA.Comment: 19 pages, 13 figures, 3 table

Observability of MSSM Higgs bosons via sparticle decay modes in CMS

We discuss the possibilities to observe the decays of heavy SUSY Higgs bosons into supersymmetric particles at the LHC. Such an observation would be of interest either in a discovery search if sparticle modes are the dominant ones, or in a study of additional decay modes, bringing information on the SUSY scenario potentially at work. We will focus on the most promising channel where the heavy neutral Higgses decay into a pair of next-to-lightest neutralinos, followed by their decay into two leptons and the LSP, thus leading to four isolated leptons + missing E_T as the main final state signature. A study with the CMS detector shows that the background (SM + SUSY) can be sufficiently suppressed and that in the mass region between m_A = 230 and 450 GeV, for low and intermediate values of tan beta, the signal would be visible provided neutralinos and sleptons are light enough.Comment: 14 pages, 20 figure

Searching for Higgs Bosons in Association with Top Quark Pairs in the H -> bb Decay Mode

Search for the Higgs Boson is one of the prime goals of the LHC. Higgs bosons lighter than 130 GeV decay mainly to a b-quark pair. While the detection of a directly produced Higgs boson in the bb channel is impossible because of the huge QCD background, the channel ttH -> lnqqbbbb is very promising in the Standard Model and the MSSM. We discuss an event reconstruction and selection method based on likelihood functions. The CMS detector response is performed with parametrisations obtained from detailed simulations. Various physics and detector performance scenarios are investigated and the results are presented. It turns out that excellent b-tagging performance and good mass resolution are essential for this channel.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figure

Prospects for Higgs Boson Searches in the Channel WH -> lnbb

We present a method how to detect the WH -> lnbb in the high luminosity LHC environment with the CMS detector. This study is performed with fast detector response simulation including high luminosity event pile up. The main aspects of reconstruction are pile up jet rejection, identification of b-jets and improvement of Higgs mass resolution. The detection potential in the SM for m(H) < 130 GeV and in the MSSM is only encouraging for high integrated luminosity. Nevertheless it is possible to extract important Higgs parameters which are useful to elucidate the nature of the Higgs sector. In combination with other channels, this channel provides valuable information on Higgs boson couplings.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figure

The CMS detector and physics at the LHC

We discuss the physics issues at the LHC, the CMS detector, one of the two general purpose detectors planned at the LHC, and the expected physics performance of LHC detectors in the search for SM and SUSY Higgs bosons, some SUSY particle searches and some possibilities in B and heavy ion physics

Renal nerve denervation reduces blood pressure in resistant hypertension: the role of full four quadrant ablation technique and number of ablations

Renal nerve denervation reduces blood pressure in resistant hypertension: the role of full four quadrant ablation technique and number of ablation

Speech therapy in relation to buco maxillofacial surgery : bibliographic review

La actuación fonoaudiológica en relación a las cirugías buco maxilofacial, (disformosis máxilomandibulares, asimetrías faciales, traumatismos, ATM, quistes o tumores, etc.) se encuentra muy poco difundida a pesar de que cuenta con un amplio campo de acción. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo destacar el trabajo fonoaudiológico en relación directa con la cirugía buco maxilofacial, los tiempos de intervención, los modos de abordaje y los beneficios que esta labor brinda al paciente colaborando con su accionar al éxito del tratamiento ortodóncico-quirúrgico. Se realizó una búsqueda exhaustiva en bases de datos internacionales y se obtuvieron numerosas referencias en relación al tema estudiado, siendo la mayoría publicadas a partir de la década del 90, no pudiendo encontrar publicaciones nacionales específicas.Speech therapy action in relation to the buco maxillofacial surgery (maxillomandibular disformosis, facial asymmetry, trauma, TMJ, cysts or tumors, etc.) is not well known even though it has a broad field of action. This paper aims to highlight the work of speech therapy directly related to the buco maxillofacial surgery, intervention times, modes of approach and the benefits it provides to the patient by collaborating with its actions in order to succeed in the orthodontic-surgical treatment. An exhaustive search was conducted in international databases and numerous references were obtained in relation to the subject studied - the majority published from the 90s, being unable to find specific national publications.Fil: Denegri, María Alicia. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Facultad de Odontologí

Spatial mapping of splicing factor complexes involved in exon and intron definition

We have analyzed the interaction between serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins and splicing components that recognize either the 5′ or 3′ splice site. Previously, these interactions have been extensively characterized biochemically and are critical for both intron and exon definition. We use fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy to identify interactions of individual SR proteins with the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)–associated 70-kD protein (U1 70K) and with the small subunit of the U2 snRNP auxiliary factor (U2AF35) in live-cell nuclei. We find that these interactions occur in the presence of RNA polymerase II inhibitors, demonstrating that they are not exclusively cotranscriptional. Using FRET imaging by means of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), we map these interactions to specific sites in the nucleus. The FLIM data also reveal a previously unknown interaction between HCC1, a factor related to U2AF65, with both subunits of U2AF. Spatial mapping using FLIM-FRET reveals differences in splicing factors interactions within complexes located in separate subnuclear domains