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Resolving the Degeneracy in Single Higgs Production with Higgs Pair Production
The Higgs boson production can be affected by several anomalous couplings,
e.g. and anomalous couplings. Precise measurement of
production yields two degenerate parameter spaces of and ; one
parameter space exhibits the SM limit while the other does not. Such a
degeneracy could be resolved by Higgs boson pair production. In this work we
adapt the strategy suggested by the ATLAS collaboration to explore the
potential of distinguishing the degeneracy at the 14 TeV LHC. If the
anomalous coupling is induced only by the operator , then the non-SM-like band could be excluded with an integrated luminosity
of . Making use of the fact that the Higgs boson pair
is mainly produced through an -wave scattering, we propose an analytical
function to describe the fraction of signal events surviving a series of
experimental cuts for a given invariant mass of Higgs boson pair. The function
is model independent and can be applied to estimate the discovery potential of
various NP models
Quantum Hall Effects in a Non-Abelian Honeycomb Lattice
We study the tunable quantum Hall effects in a non-Abelian honeycomb optical
lattice which is a many-Dirac-points system. We find that the quantum Hall
effects present different features as change as relative strengths of several
perturbations. Namely, a gauge-field-dressed next-nearest-neighbor hopping can
induce the quantum spin Hall effect and a Zeeman field can induce a so-called
quantum anomalous valley Hall effect which includes two copies of quantum Hall
states with opposite Chern numbers and counter-propagating edge states. Our
study extends the borders of the field of quantum Hall effects in honeycomb
optical lattice when the internal valley degrees of freedom enlarge.Comment: 7 pages, 6 figure
Frailty and Cognitive Impairment in Predicting Mortality Among Oldest-Old People
Backgrounds: Frailty and cognitive impairment are critical geriatric syndromes. In previous studies, both conditions have been identified in old-age adults as increased risk factors for mortality. However, the combined effect of these two syndromes in predicting mortality among people with advanced age is not well understood. Thus, we used Chinese community cohort to determine the impact of the combined syndromes on the oldest-old people.Methods: Our present study is part of an ongoing project on Longevity and Aging in Dujiangyan, which is a community study on a 90+ year cohort in Sichuan Province in China. Participants were elderly people who completed baseline health assessment in 2005 followed by a collection of mortality data in 2009. Frailty and cognitive function were assessed with 34-item Rockwood Frailty Index and the Mini-Mental Status Examination, respectively, and the combined effect(s) of these two parameters on death was examined using the Cox proportional hazard regression model.Results: This study consisted of a total of 705 participants (age = 93.6 ± 3.3 years; 67.4% females), of which 53.8% died during a four-year follow-up period. The prevalence of frailty, cognitive impairment, and the overlap of these two syndromes was 63.7, 74.2, and 50.3%, respectively. Our data showed that the subjects with combined frailty and cognitive impairment were associated with increased risk of death (age, gender, education level, and other potential confounders adjusted); the hazard ratio was 2.13 (95% confidence interval 1.39, 3.24), compared with the control group. However, neither frailty alone nor cognitive impairment alone increased the risk of death in these individuals.Conclusion: The combined frailty and cognitive impairment, other than the independently measured syndromes (frailty or cognitive impairment alone), was a significant risk factor for death among the oldest-old Chinese people
GW25-e3180 Berberine attenuates cardiac dysfunction, fibrosis, inflammatory in diabetic cardiomyopathy
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