351 research outputs found
A discursive review of the textual use of âtrappedâ in environmental migration studies: The conceptual birth and troubled teenage years of trapped populations
First mooted in 2011, the concept of Trapped Populations referring to people unable to move from environmentally high-risk areas broadened the study of human responses to environmental change. While a seemingly straightforward concept, the underlying discourses around the reasons for being âtrappedâ, and the language describing the concept have profound influences on the way in which policy and practice approaches the needs of populations at risk from environmental stresses and shocks. In this article, we apply a Critical Discourse Analysis to the academic literature on the subject to reveal some of the assumptions implicit within discussing âtrappedâ populations. The analysis reveals a dominant school of thought that assisted migration, relocation, and resettlement in the face of climate change are potentially effective adaptation strategies along a gradient of migrant agency and governance
Measurement of the branching fraction and CP content for the decay B(0) -> D(*+)D(*-)
This is the pre-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the links below. Copyright @ 2002 APS.We report a measurement of the branching fraction of the decay B0âD*+D*- and of the CP-odd component of its final state using the BABAR detector. With data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.4ââfb-1 collected at the ÎĽ(4S) resonance during 1999â2000, we have reconstructed 38 candidate signal events in the mode B0âD*+D*- with an estimated background of 6.2Âą0.5 events. From these events, we determine the branching fraction to be B(B0âD*+D*-)=[8.3Âą1.6(stat)Âą1.2(syst)]Ă10-4. The measured CP-odd fraction of the final state is 0.22Âą0.18(stat)Âą0.03(syst).This work is supported by DOE and NSF (USA), NSERC (Canada), IHEP (China), CEA and CNRS-IN2P3 (France), BMBF (Germany), INFN (Italy), NFR (Norway), MIST (Russia), and PPARC (United Kingdom). Individuals have received support from the A.P. Sloan Foundation, Research Corporation, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Measurement of D-s(+) and D-s(*+) production in B meson decays and from continuum e(+)e(-) annihilation at âs=10.6 GeV
This is the pre-print version of the Article. The official published version can be accessed from the links below. Copyright @ 2002 APSNew measurements of Ds+ and Ds*+ meson production rates from B decays and from qqĚ
continuum events near the ÎĽ(4S) resonance are presented. Using 20.8 fb-1 of data on the ÎĽ(4S) resonance and 2.6 fb-1 off-resonance, we find the inclusive branching fractions B(BâDs+X)=(10.93Âą0.19Âą0.58Âą2.73)% and B(BâDs*+X)=(7.9Âą0.8Âą0.7Âą2.0)%, where the first error is statistical, the second is systematic, and the third is due to the Ds+âĎĎ+ branching fraction uncertainty. The production cross sections Ď(e+e-âDs+X)ĂB(Ds+âĎĎ+)=7.55Âą0.20Âą0.34pb and Ď(e+e-âDs*ÂąX)ĂB(Ds+âĎĎ+)=5.8Âą0.7Âą0.5pb are measured at center-of-mass energies about 40 MeV below the ÎĽ(4S) mass. The branching fractions ÎŁB(BâDs(*)+D(*))=(5.07Âą0.14Âą0.30Âą1.27)% and ÎŁB(BâDs*+D(*))=(4.1Âą0.2Âą0.4Âą1.0)% are determined from the Ds(*)+ momentum spectra. The mass difference m(Ds+)-m(D+)=98.4Âą0.1Âą0.3MeV/c2 is also measured.This work was supported by DOE and NSF (USA), NSERC (Canada), IHEP (China), CEA and CNRS-IN2P3 (France), BMBF (Germany), INFN (Italy), NFR (Norway), MIST (Russia), and PPARC (United Kingdom). Individuals have received support from the Swiss NSF, A. P. Sloan Foundation, Research Corporation, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Performance of the CMS Cathode Strip Chambers with Cosmic Rays
The Cathode Strip Chambers (CSCs) constitute the primary muon tracking device
in the CMS endcaps. Their performance has been evaluated using data taken
during a cosmic ray run in fall 2008. Measured noise levels are low, with the
number of noisy channels well below 1%. Coordinate resolution was measured for
all types of chambers, and fall in the range 47 microns to 243 microns. The
efficiencies for local charged track triggers, for hit and for segments
reconstruction were measured, and are above 99%. The timing resolution per
layer is approximately 5 ns
Hepatic arterial chemotherapy for primary and metastatic liver cancers
Hepatic arterial chemotherapy represents a means of selectively exposing hepatic tumor to cytotoxic agents. Although 5-fluoro-2â˛-deoxyuridine has been shown to generate a higher response rate in the treatment of colorectal liver metastases than that achieved by intravenous infusion, responses are largely incomplete and rarely of long duration. This review describes the rationale for the use of the thymidine analogs 5-bromo-2â˛-deoxyuridine and 5-iodo-2â˛-deoxyuridine in hepatic arterial infusions and indicates how combination therapy adding radiotherapy, specifically with hepatic arterially administered yttrium-90 microspheres, might generate a new, more efficient and effective therapeutic approach.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/46919/1/280_2004_Article_BF00647244.pd
Measurement of the branching fraction for
We present a measurement of the branching fraction for the decay B- --> D0 K*- using a sample of approximately 86 million BBbar pairs collected by the BaBar detector from e+e- collisions near the Y(4S) resonance. The D0 is detected through its decays to K- pi+, K- pi+ pi0 and K- pi+ pi- pi+, and the K*- through its decay to K0S pi-. We measure the branching fraction to be B.F.(B- --> D0 K*-)= (6.3 +/- 0.7(stat.) +/- 0.5(syst.)) x 10^{-4}
Observation of a significant excess of events in B meson decays
We present an observation of the decay based on a sample of 124 million pairs recorded by the BABAR detector at the PEP-II asymmetric-energy Factory at SLAC. We observe events, where the first error is statistical and the second is systematic, corresponding to a significance of 4.2 standard deviations including systematic uncertainties. We measure the branching fraction \BR(B^{0} \to \pi^{0} \pi^{0}) = (2.1 \pm 0.6 \pm 0.3) \times 10^{-6}, averaged over and decays
Italian guidelines for primary headaches: 2012 revised version
The first edition of the Italian diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for primary headaches in adults was published in J Headache Pain 2(Suppl. 1):105â190 (2001). Ten years later, the guideline committee of the Italian Society for the Study of Headaches (SISC) decided it was time to update therapeutic guidelines. A literature search was carried out on Medline database, and all articles on primary headache treatments in English, German, French and Italian published from February 2001 to December 2011 were taken into account. Only randomized controlled trials (RCT) and meta-analyses were analysed for each drug. If RCT were lacking, open studies and case series were also examined. According to the previous edition, four levels of recommendation were defined on the basis of levels of evidence, scientific strength of evidence and clinical effectiveness. Recommendations for symptomatic and prophylactic treatment of migraine and cluster headache were therefore revised with respect to previous 2001 guidelines and a section was dedicated to non-pharmacological treatment. This article reports a summary of the revised version published in extenso in an Italian version
Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in proton-antiproton collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV
We present a measurement of the coefficient alpha_2 of the leptonic
polar-angle distribution from W boson decays, as a function of the W transverse
momentum. The measurement uses an 80+/-4 pb^{-1} sample of proton-antiproton
collisions at sqrt{s}=1.8 TeV collected by the CDF detector and includes data
from both the W->e+nu and W->mu+nu decay channels. We fit the W boson
transverse mass distribution to a set of templates from a Monte Carlo event
generator and detector simulation in several ranges of the W transverse
momentum. The measurement agrees with the Standard Model expectation, whereby
the ratio of longitudinally to transversely polarized W bosons, in the
Collins-Soper W rest frame, increases with the W transverse momentum at a rate
of approximately 15% per 10 GeV/c.Comment: 47 pages, 16 figures, submitted to Physical Review
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