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The effect of thrice-weekly ingestion of urea on wool production by grazing sheep.
Two trials of the effect of urea on wool production of Merino sheep were conducted in north-western Queensland. The urea was incorporated in compressed rations containing ground wheat and molasses, or ground wheat, bloodmeal and molasses, or was given as a mixture with molasses. These supplements were given thrice-weekly and, depending on the one used, the amount of urea offered on each occasion ranged from 25g. to 45g. In general, the urea-containing rations were not palatable. Each of the urea supplements in the amount given was toxic. The feeding of urea did not lead to increased wool production
Strings at the bottom of the deformed conifold
We present solutions of the equations of motion of macroscopic F and D
strings extending along the non compact 4D sections of the conifold geometry
and winding around the internal directions. The effect of the Goldstone modes
associated with the position of the strings on the internal manifold can be
seen as a current on the string that prevents it from collapsing and allows the
possibility of static 4D loops. Its relevance in recent models of brane
inflation is discussed.Comment: 9+1 page
On the evolution of cosmic-superstring networks
We model the behaviour of a network of interacting (p,q) strings from IIB
string theory by considering a field theory containing multiple species of
string, allowing us to study the effect of non-intercommuting events due to two
different species crossing each other. This then has the potential for a string
dominated Universe with the network becoming so tangled that it freezes. We
give numerical evidence, explained by a one-scale model, that such freezing
does not take place, with the network reaching a scaling limit where its
density relative to the background increases with N, the number of string
types.Comment: Extra references added showing constraints on cosmic superstrings, 7
pages, 7 figure
Review of the environmental assessment of the Buccaneer Gas and Oil Field in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Nab: Measurement Principles, Apparatus and Uncertainties
The Nab collaboration will perform a precise measurement of 'a', the
electron-neutrino correlation parameter, and 'b', the Fierz interference term
in neutron beta decay, in the Fundamental Neutron Physics Beamline at the SNS,
using a novel electric/magnetic field spectrometer and detector design. The
experiment is aiming at the 10^{-3} accuracy level in (Delta a)/a, and will
provide an independent measurement of lambda = G_A/G_V, the ratio of
axial-vector to vector coupling constants of the nucleon. Nab also plans to
perform the first ever measurement of 'b' in neutron decay, which will provide
an independent limit on the tensor weak coupling.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, talk presented at the International
Workshop on Particle Physics with Slow Neutrons, Grenoble, 29-31 May 2008; to
appear in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. in Physics Research
Theory of Multiphonon Excitation in Heavy-Ion Collisions
We study the effects of channel coupling in the excitation dynamics of giant
resonances in relativistic heavy ions collisions. For this purpose, we use a
semiclassical approximation to the Coupled-Channels problem and separate the
Coulomb and the nuclear parts of the coupling into their main multipole
components. In order to assess the importance of multi-step processes, we
neglect the resonance widths and solve the set of coupled equations exactly.
Finite widths are then considered. In this case, we handle the coupling of the
ground state with the dominant Giant Dipole Resonance exactly and study the
excitation of the remaining resonances within the Coupled-Channels Born
Approximation. A comparison with recent experimental data is made.Comment: 29 pages, 7 Postscript figures available upon reques
Haloperidol and Ziprasidone for Treatment of Delirium in Critical Illness
BACKGROUND:
There are conflicting data on the effects of antipsychotic medications on delirium in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
METHODS:
In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we assigned patients with acute respiratory failure or shock and hypoactive or hyperactive delirium to receive intravenous boluses of haloperidol (maximum dose, 20 mg daily), ziprasidone (maximum dose, 40 mg daily), or placebo. The volume and dose of a trial drug or placebo was halved or doubled at 12-hour intervals on the basis of the presence or absence of delirium, as detected with the use of the Confusion Assessment Method for the ICU, and of side effects of the intervention. The primary end point was the number of days alive without delirium or coma during the 14-day intervention period. Secondary end points included 30-day and 90-day survival, time to freedom from mechanical ventilation, and time to ICU and hospital discharge. Safety end points included extrapyramidal symptoms and excessive sedation.
RESULTS:
Written informed consent was obtained from 1183 patients or their authorized representatives. Delirium developed in 566 patients (48%), of whom 89% had hypoactive delirium and 11% had hyperactive delirium. Of the 566 patients, 184 were randomly assigned to receive placebo, 192 to receive haloperidol, and 190 to receive ziprasidone. The median duration of exposure to a trial drug or placebo was 4 days (interquartile range, 3 to 7). The median number of days alive without delirium or coma was 8.5 (95% confidence interval [CI], 5.6 to 9.9) in the placebo group, 7.9 (95% CI, 4.4 to 9.6) in the haloperidol group, and 8.7 (95% CI, 5.9 to 10.0) in the ziprasidone group (P=0.26 for overall effect across trial groups). The use of haloperidol or ziprasidone, as compared with placebo, had no significant effect on the primary end point (odds ratios, 0.88 [95% CI, 0.64 to 1.21] and 1.04 [95% CI, 0.73 to 1.48], respectively). There were no significant between-group differences with respect to the secondary end points or the frequency of extrapyramidal symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS:
The use of haloperidol or ziprasidone, as compared with placebo, in patients with acute respiratory failure or shock and hypoactive or hyperactive delirium in the ICU did not significantly alter the duration of delirium. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center; MIND-USA ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01211522 .)
On the growth of perturbations in interacting dark energy and dark matter fluids
The covariant generalizations of the background dark sector coupling
suggested in G. Mangano, G. Miele and V. Pettorino, Mod. Phys. Lett. A 18, 831
(2003) are considered. The evolution of perturbations is studied with detailed
attention to interaction rate that is proportional to the product of dark
matter and dark energy densities. It is shown that some classes of models with
coupling of this type do not suffer from early time instabilities in strong
coupling regime.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures. v3: minor changes, typos fixe
Irradiation of benzene molecules by ion-induced and light-induced intense fields
Benzene, with its sea of delocalized -electrons in the valence orbitals,
is identified as an example of a class of molecules that enable establishment
of the correspondence between intense ion-induced and laser-light-induced
fields in experiments that probe ionization dynamics in temporal regimes
spanning the attosecond and picosecond ranges.Comment: 4 ps figure
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