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Distributional versions of Littlewood's Tauberian theorem
We provide several general versions of Littlewood's Tauberian theorem. These
versions are applicable to Laplace transforms of Schwartz distributions. We
apply these Tauberian results to deduce a number of Tauberian theorems for
power series where Ces\`{a}ro summability follows from Abel summability. We
also use our general results to give a new simple proof of the classical
Littlewood one-sided Tauberian theorem for power series.Comment: 15 page
Relative proximity of chromosome territories influences chromosome exchange partners in radiation-induced chromosome rearrangements in primary human bronchial epithelial cells
Copyright © 2013 The Authors. This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Copyright © 2013 The Authors. It is well established that chromosomes exist in discrete territories (CTs) in interphase and are positioned in a cell-type specific probabilistic manner. The relative localisation of individual CTs within cell nuclei remains poorly understood, yet many cancers are associated with specific chromosome rearrangements and there is good evidence that relative territorial position influences their frequency of exchange. To examine this further, we characterised the complexity of radiation-induced chromosome exchanges in normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells by M-FISH analysis of PCC spreads and correlated the exchanges induced with their preferred interphase position, as determined by 1/2-colour 2D-FISH analysis, at the time of irradiation. We found that the frequency and complexity of aberrations induced were reduced in ellipsoid NHBE cells in comparison to previous observations in spherical cells, consistent with aberration complexity being dependent upon the number and proximity of damaged CTs, i.e. lesion proximity. To ask if particular chromosome neighbourhoods could be identified we analysed all radiation-induced pair-wise exchanges using SCHIP (statistics for chromosome interphase positioning) and found that exchanges between chromosomes (1;13), (9;17), (9;18), (12;18) and (16;21) all occurred more often than expected assuming randomness. All of these pairs were also found to be either sharing similar preferred positions in interphase and/or sharing neighbouring territory boundaries. We also analysed a human small cell lung cancer cell line, DMS53, by M-FISH observing the genome to be highly rearranged, yet possessing rearrangements also involving chromosomes (1;13) and (9;17). Our findings show evidence for the occurrence of non-random exchanges that may reflect the territorial organisation of chromosomes in interphase at time of damage and highlight the importance of cellular geometry for the induction of aberrations of varying complexity after exposure to both low and high-LET radiation.Department of Healt
On the order of summability of the Fourier inversion formula
In this article we show that the order of the point value, in the sense of Łojasiewicz, of a tempered distribution and the order of summability of the pointwise Fourier inversion formula are closely related. Assuming that the order of the point values and certain order of growth at infinity are given for a tempered distribution, we estimate the order of summability of the Fourier inversion formula. For Fourier series, and in other cases, it is shown that if the distribution has a distributional point value of order k, then its Fourier series is e.v. Cesàro summable to the distributional point value of order k+1. Conversely, we also show that if the pointwise Fourier inversion formula is e.v. Cesàro summable of order k, then the distribution is the (k+1)-th derivative of a locally integrable function, and the distribution has a distributional point value of order k+2. We also establish connections between orders of summability and local behavior for other Fourier inversion problems
Resistance distance, information centrality, node vulnerability and vibrations in complex networks
We discuss three seemingly unrelated quantities that have been introduced in different fields of science for complex networks. The three quantities are the resistance distance, the information centrality and the node displacement. We first prove various relations among them. Then we focus on the node displacement, showing its usefulness as an index of node vulnerability.We argue that the node displacement has a better resolution as a measure of node vulnerability than the degree and the information centrality
Bioorthogonal Double-Fluorogenic Siliconrhodamine Probes for Intracellular Superresolution Microscopy
A series of double-fluorogenic siliconrhodamine probes were
synthesized. These tetrazine-functionalized, membrane-permeable
labels allowed site-specific bioorthogonal tagging of genetically
manipulated intracellular proteins and subsequent imaging using
super-resolution microscopy
Interactions between a transform fault and arc volcanism in the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea
We present a new interpretation of the geological evolution of the western branch of the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation (BSSL) region, offshore the northwestern coast of Papua New Guinea, from mapping and interpretation of bathymetry and backscatter data acquired aboard R/V Kilo Moana in 2004. At present, the Schouten Islands parallel the Papua New Guinea coast, but this distribution results from the left-lateral displacement of some of these volcanic islands by the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation. The trend of the islands and seamounts was initially aligned N-S and then displaced by the BSSL. Wei Island lies on a large submarine edifice that may have formed as part of a leaky transform. Subsequent to forming, Wei Island was bisected, and its pieces were displaced 45 km. Using this distance together with the strikeslip rate for the Bismarck Sea Seismic Lineation (predicted from the North Bismarck Plate-South Bismarck Plate pole), the division occurred approximately 385,000 years ago.Depto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y PaleontologíaFac. de Ciencias GeológicasTRUENational Science FoundationMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovaciónpu
Nuevo género de avispa agallícola del encino, Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., con descripción de una nueva especies de México (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae)
A new genus of oak gallwasp, Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar & Melika gen.n., is described from Mexico. Diagnostic characters and generic limits of the new genus are discussed in detail. Galls were found on branches of Quercus acutifolia Née. Diagnostic characters, distribution and biology of the new species are described and illustrated.Se describe un nuevo género de cinípido agallícola, Kokkocynips Pujade-Villar & Melika n. gen. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) de México. Se discuten en detalle los caracteres diagnósticos y los límites genéricos de este nuevo género. Las agallas se encuentran en las ramas de Quercus acutifolia Née. Se describen e ilustran los caracteres diagnósticos, su distribución y la biología de la nueva especie
Dynamic communicability predicts infectiousness
Using real, time-dependent social interaction data, we look at correlations between some recently proposed dynamic centrality measures and summaries from large-scale epidemic simulations. The evolving network arises from email exchanges. The centrality measures, which are relatively inexpensive to compute, assign rankings to individual nodes based on their ability to broadcast information over the dynamic topology. We compare these with node rankings based on infectiousness that arise when a full stochastic SI simulation is performed over the dynamic network. More precisely, we look at the proportion of the network that a node is able to infect over a fixed time period, and the length of time that it takes for a node to infect half the network.We find that the dynamic centrality measures are an excellent, and inexpensive, proxy for the full simulation-based measures
The BES f_0(1810): a new glueball candidate
We analyze the f_0(1810) state recently observed by the BES collaboration via
radiative J/\psi decay to a resonant \phi\omega spectrum and confront it with
DM2 data and glueball theory. The DM2 group only measured \omega\omega decays
and reported a pseudoscalar but no scalar resonance in this mass region. A
rescattering mechanism from the open flavored KKbar decay channel is considered
to explain why the resonance is only seen in the flavor asymmetric \omega\phi
branch along with a discussion of positive C parity charmonia decays to
strengthen the case for preferred open flavor glueball decays. We also
calculate the total glueball decay width to be roughly 100 MeV, in agreement
with the narrow, newly found f_0, and smaller than the expected estimate of
200-400 MeV. We conclude that this discovered scalar hadron is a solid glueball
candidate and deserves further experimental investigation, especially in the
K-Kbar channel. Finally we comment on other, but less likely, possible
assignments for this state.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures. Major substantive additions, including an
ab-initio, QCD-based computation of the glueball inclusive decay width,
evaluation of final state effects, and enhanced discussion of several
alternative possibilities. Our conclusions are unchanged: the BES f_0(1810)
is a promising glueball candidat
Actividad ovina y diversificación de los modos de vida rurales en la alta montaña mexicana
UnpublishedTomo I . Sección: Sistemas Ganaderos-Economía y Gestión. Sesión: Sostenibilidad. Ponencia nº 3
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