System Size and Energy Dependence of Jet-Induced Hadron Pair Correlation Shapes in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 and 62.4 GeV

We present azimuthal angle correlations of intermediate transverse momentum (1-4 GeV/c) hadrons from {dijets} in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 62.4 and 200 GeV. The away-side dijet induced azimuthal correlation is broadened, non-Gaussian, and peaked away from \Delta\phi=\pi in central and semi-central collisions in all the systems. The broadening and peak location are found to depend upon the number of participants in the collision, but not on the collision energy or beam nuclei. These results are consistent with sound or shock wave models, but pose challenges to Cherenkov gluon radiation models.Comment: 464 authors from 60 institutions, 6 pages, 3 figures, 2 tables. Submitted to Physical Review Letters. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.htm

Improved Measurement of Double Helicity Asymmetry in Inclusive Midrapidity pi^0 Production for Polarized p+p Collisions at sqrt(s)=200 GeV

We present an improved measurement of the double helicity asymmetry for pi^0 production in polarized proton-proton scattering at sqrt(s) = 200 GeV employing the PHENIX detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The improvements to our previous measurement come from two main factors: Inclusion of a new data set from the 2004 RHIC run with higher beam polarizations than the earlier run and a recalibration of the beam polarization measurements, which resulted in reduced uncertainties and increased beam polarizations. The results are compared to a Next to Leading Order (NLO) perturbative Quantum Chromodynamics (pQCD) calculation with a range of polarized gluon distributions.Comment: 389 authors, 4 pages, 2 tables, 1 figure. Submitted to Phys. Rev. D, Rapid Communications. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are (or will be) publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.htm

Serum acute phase proteins in cows with SARA (Subacute Ruminal Acidosis) suspect

The aim of this study was to evaluate the variations of Acute Phase Proteins (APPs) and other blood constituents during the onset of the sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) pathological status. A total of 108 cows from 12 dairy herds were randomly selected and divided into three Groups of 36 animals each. All animals were subjected to a rumenocentesis. Group A was composed by subjects with a rumen pH>5.8, Group B was composed by subjects with a rumen pH ≤5.5≤5.8 and Group C was composed by subjects with a rumen pH<5.5. Blood samples were collected by jugular venipuncture and Haptoglobin (Hp), Serum Amyloid A (SAA), Total Proteins, Albumin and White Blood Cells (WBC) were determined. One-way ANOVA showed a statistical significance on Rumen pH, Hp, SAA. SARA seems not stimulate the APPs production from liver

J/psi Production and Nuclear Effects for d+Au and p+p Collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV

J/psi production in d+Au and p+p collisions at sqrt(s_NN) = 200 GeV has been measured by the PHENIX experiment at rapidities -2.2 < y < +2.4. The cross sections and nuclear dependence of J/\psi production versus rapidity, transverse momentum, and centrality are obtained and compared to lower energy p+A results and to theoretical models. The observed nuclear dependence in d+Au collisions is found to be modest, suggesting that the absorption in the final state is weak and the shadowing of the gluon distributions is small and consistent with Dokshitzer-Gribov-Lipatov-Altarelli-Parisi-based parameterizations that fit deep-inelastic scattering and Drell-Yan data at lower energies.Comment: 331 authors, 6 pages text, 3 figures. Published in PRL. Version 2 has minor changes required during the review and production process. Of significant note are that (a) the original Figs. 3 and 4 are combined into a single Fig. 3 and (b) the value of (p_T)**2 at x_F=0 changed from 3.17+/-0.33 to 3.03+/-0.40. Plain text data tables for the points plotted in figures for this and previous PHENIX publications are publicly available at http://www.phenix.bnl.gov/papers.htm

Bluetongue Virus: Production And Study Of Viral Antigen For Serological Diagnosis

A soluble antigen, produced from the culture supernatant of VERO cells infected with bluetongue virus serotype 4 (BTV-S4) and concentrated by sequential ultrafiltration with membranes with cut-off values 103 and 25 × 103 NMWP, showed complete identity to standard antigens when compared by agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) and SDS-PAGE profiles, revealing that the main protein component responsible for the AGID reaction has a molecular weight of about 60 kDa corresponding probably to the NS1 protein. © 1993.4402/03/15281286Adams, Gogolewski, Barbet, Cheevers, Identification of caprine arthritisencephalitis retrovirus proteins in immunodiffusion precipitin line (1985) J. Gen. Virol., 66, pp. 1139-1143Campbell, Grubman, Current knowledge on the biochemistry and immunology of bluetongue (1985) Prog. Vet. Microbiol. Immunol., 1, pp. 58-79Eaton, Hyatt, White, Localization of the nonstructural protein NS1 in bluetongue virus-infected cells and its presence in virus particles (1988) Virology, 163, pp. 527-537Hubschle, Yang, Immunodiffusion studies with bluetongue virus using an isolated core protein (1983) Proc. Am. Assoc. Vet. Lab. Diagn., 26, pp. 725-730Huismans, Protein synthesis in bluetongue virus-infected cells (1979) Virology, 92, pp. 385-396Huismans, Cloete, A comparison of different cloned bluetongue virus genome segments as probes for the detection of virus-specified RNA (1987) Virology, 158, pp. 373-380Huismans, Els, Characterization of the tubules associated with the replication of three different orbiviruses (1979) Virology, 92, pp. 397-406Huismans, Bremer, Barber, The nucleic acid and proteins of epizootic haemorrhagic disease virus (1979) J. Vet. Res., 46, pp. 51-58Jochim, Chow, Immunodiffusion of bluetongue virus (1969) Am. J. Vet. Res., 30, pp. 33-41Jochim, Improvement of the AGP test for bluetongue (1976) Proc. Am. Assoc. Vet. Lab. Diagn., 19, pp. 361-376Jochim, Pearson, Protocol for the immunodiffusion test for bluetongue (1979) Proc. Am. Assoc. Vet. Lab. Diagn., 22, pp. 463-471Jochim, An overview of diagnostics for bluetongue (1985) B. Jochim, Bluetongue and Related Orbiviruses, pp. 423-433. , Alan R. Liss, New YorkKlontz, Svehag, Gorhan, A study by the agar diffusion technique of precipitating antibody directed against blue tongue virus and its relation to hemotypic neutralizing antibody (1962) Archiv f�r die gesamte Virusforschung, 2, pp. 259-272Knudson, Shope, Overview of the orbiviruses (1985) B. Jochim. Bluetongue and Related Orbiviruses, pp. 255-266. , Alan R. Liss, New YorkLaemmli, Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4 (1970) Nature, 227, pp. 680-685Matthews, Classification and nomenclature of viruses (1982) Fourth Rep. Int. Com. Tax. Vir. Intervirol., 17, pp. 1-199Mechan, Dean, Jochim, Correlation of serotype specificity and protein structure of the five U.S. serotypes of bluetongue virus (1986) J. Gen. Virol., 67, pp. 2617-2624Ranger, Brown, Bluetongue/epizootic haemorrhagic disease agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) antigen (1985) NVSL Diagnostic Reagents Production Guide No. R-63/94, pp. 1-4Verwoerd, Els, De, Huismans, Structure of the bluetongue virus capsid (1972) J. Virol., 10, pp. 783-794Verwoerd, Huismans, Studies on the in vitro and the in vivo transcription of the bluetongue virus genome (1972) Onderstepoort J. Vet. Res., 39, pp. 185-192Urakawa, Roy, Bluetongue virus tubules made in insect cells by recombinant baculoviruses: expression on the NS1 gene of bluetongue virus serotype 10 (1988) J. Virol., 62, pp. 3919-3927Wang, Luedke, Chow, Soluble antigen of bluetongue virus (1972) Inf. Immunol., 5, pp. 467-47