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Het leven vande h. moder Teresa van Iesus fondatersse der baer-voetsche carmeliten ende carmeliterssen
Copia digital : Junta de Castilla y León. Consejería de Cultura y Turismo, 2014Sign.: a-b6, A-Z8, 2A-2P8, 2Q7.Port. con grab. cal. representando a Santa Teresa
Three-loop \beta-functions for top-Yukawa and the Higgs self-interaction in the Standard Model
We analytically compute the dominant contributions to the \beta-functions for
the top-Yukawa coupling, the strong coupling and the Higgs self-coupling as
well as the anomalous dimensions of the scalar, gluon and quark fields in the
unbroken phase of the Standard Model at three-loop level. These are mainly the
QCD and top-Yukawa corrections. The contributions from the Higgs
self-interaction which are negligible for the running of the top-Yukawa and the
strong coupling but important for the running of the Higgs self-coupling are
also evaluated.Comment: 22 pages, 7 figures. Few extra citations are added; the plots are
improved. Results in computer readable form can be retrieved from
http://www-ttp.particle.uni-karlsruhe.de/Progdata/ttp12/ttp12-012
PET probe-guided surgery: applications and clinical protocol
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licens
Inflation and dark matter in two Higgs doublet models
We consider the Higgs inflation in the extension of the Standard Model with
two Higgs doublets coupled to gravity non-minimally. In the presence of an
approximate global U(1) symmetry in the Higgs sector, both radial and angular
modes of neutral Higgs bosons drive inflation where large non-Gaussianity is
possible from appropriate initial conditions on the angular mode. We also
discuss the case with single-field inflation for which the U(1) symmetry is
broken to a Z_2 subgroup. We show that inflationary constraints, perturbativity
and stability conditions restrict the parameter space of the Higgs quartic
couplings at low energy in both multi- and single-field cases. Focusing on the
inert doublet models where Z_2 symmetry remains unbroken at low energy, we show
that the extra neutral Higgs boson can be a dark matter candidate consistent
with the inflationary constraints. The doublet dark matter is always heavy in
multi-field inflation while it can be light due to the suppression of the
co-annihilation in single-field inflation. The implication of the extra quartic
couplings on the vacuum stability bound is also discussed in the light of the
recent LHC limits on the Higgs mass.Comment: (v1) 28 pages, 8 figures; (v2) 29 pages, a new subsection 3.3 added,
references added and typos corrected, to appear in Journal of High Energy
Physic
Analysis of the distortional buckling mode of perforated elements using the direct strength method.
Este trabalho apresenta um estudo te?rico e num?rico da influ?ncia de perfura??es no
comportamento e capacidade resistente de pilares em perfis formados a frio submetidos a
compress?o. Pilares com diferentes se??es transversais e perfura??es foram avaliados
numericamente via ANSYS e GBTul, com ?nfase no modo de instabilidade distorcional. As for?as
?ltimas da an?lise num?rica foram comparadas ?s equa??es do M?todo da Resist?ncia Direta
(MRD) da ABNT NBR 14762:2010. Finalmente, foram propostas adequa??es ?s equa??es do
MRD para possibilitar o dimensionamento de pilares que apresentam se??es com a tipologia de
perfura??es estudadas.This work presents a theoretical and numerical study on the influence of perforations on the
behavior and strength of cold?formed steel columns subjected to compression. Members of
different cross?sections and perforations were evaluated numerically via ANSYS and GBTul, with
emphasis on distortional buckling mode. The ultimate loads of the numerical analysis were
compared to the Direct Strength Method (DSM) equations of ABNT NBR 14762:2010. Finally,
changes were proposed in the DSM equations so it is possible calculate the predicted
compressive strengths of columns with perforated cross?sections studied
Mass Spectrometry-Based (GeLC-MS/MS) Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Endoscopically (ePFT) Collected Pancreatic and Gastroduodenal Fluids
Objectives: The secretin-stimulated endoscopic pancreatic function test (ePFT) allows for the safe collection of gastroduodenal and pancreatic fluid from the duodenum. We test the hypothesis that these endoscopically collected fluids have different proteomes. As such, we aim to show that the ePFT method can be used to collect fluid enriched in pancreatic proteins to test for pancreatic function. Methods: Gastroduodenal and pancreatic fluid were collected sequentially from chronic pancreatitis patients undergoing an ePFT. Proteins from each fluid type were extracted using previously published optimized methods and subjected to GeLC-MS/MS analysis for protein identification and bioinformatics analysis. Results: Mass spectrometry analysis identified proteins that were exclusive in either gastroduodenal (46) or pancreatic fluid (234). Subsequent quantitative analysis revealed proteins that were differentially abundant with statistical significance. As expected, proteolytic enzymes and protease inhibitors were among the differentially detected proteins. The proteases pepsinogens and gastrin were enriched in gastroduodenal fluid, while common pancreatic enzymes (e.g., aminopeptidase N, chymotrypsin C, elastase-3A, trypsin, and carboxypeptidase A1, and elastase 2B) were found in greater abundance in pancreatic fluid. Similarly for protease inhibitors, members of the cystatin family were exclusive to gastroduodenal fluid, while serpins A11, B4, and D1 were exclusive to pancreatic fluid. Conclusions: We have shown that ePFT collection coupled with mass spectrometry can be used to identify differentially detected proteins in gastroduodenal and pancreatic fluids. The data obtained using GeLC-MS/MS techniques provide further evidence supporting the feasibility of using ePFT-collected fluid to study specific diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract, such as chronic pancreatitis
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
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