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Organic film thickness influence on the bias stress instability in Sexithiophene Field Effect Transistors
In this paper, the dynamics of bias stress phenomenon in Sexithiophene (T6)
Field Effect Transistors (FETs) has been investigated. T6 FETs have been
fabricated by vacuum depositing films with thickness from 10 nm to 130 nm on
Si/SiO2 substrates. After the T6 film structural analysis by X-Ray diffraction
and the FET electrical investigation focused on carrier mobility evaluation,
bias stress instability parameters have been estimated and discussed in the
context of existing models. By increasing the film thickness, a clear
correlation between the stress parameters and the structural properties of the
organic layer has been highlighted. Conversely, the mobility values result
almost thickness independent
A peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ agonist provides neuroprotection in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinson's disease
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Associated Higgs production with top quarks at the Large Hadron Collider: NLO QCD corrections
We present in detail the calculation of the O(alpha_s^3) inclusive total
cross section for the process pp -> t-tbar-h, in the Standard Model, at the
CERN Large Hadron Collider with center-of-mass energy sqrt(s_H)=14 TeV. The
calculation is based on the complete set of virtual and real O(alpha_s)
corrections to the parton level processes q-qbar -> t-tbar-h and gg ->
t-tbar-h, as well as the tree level processes (q,qbar)g -> t-tbar-h-(q,qbar).
The virtual corrections involve the computation of pentagon diagrams with
several internal and external massive particles, first encountered in this
process. The real corrections are computed using both the single and the two
cutoff phase space slicing method. The next-to-leading order QCD corrections
significantly reduce the renormalization and factorization scale dependence of
the Born cross section and moderately increase the Born cross section for
values of the renormalization and factorization scales above m_t.Comment: 70 pages, 12 figures, RevTeX4: one word changed in the abstract, one
sentence reworded in the introduction. To appear in Phys. Rev.
Exclusive Higgs Boson Production with bottom quarks at Hadron Colliders
We present the next-to-leading order QCD corrected rate for the production of
a scalar Higgs boson with a pair of high p_T bottom and anti-bottom quarks at
the Tevatron and at the Large Hadron Collider. Results are given for both the
Standard Model and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. The exclusive
b-bbar-h production rate is small in the Standard Model, but it can be greatly
enhanced in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model for large tan(beta),
making b-bbar-h an important discovery mode. We find that the next-to-leading
order QCD results are much less sensitive to the renormalization and
factorization scales than the lowest order results, but have a significant
dependence on the choice of the renormalization scheme for the bottom quark
Yukawa coupling.Comment: 27 pages, 17 figures, RevTeX
Controlled release strategies for bone, cartilage, and osteochondral engineering: part I: recapitulation of native tissue healing and variables for the design of delivery systems
The potential of growth factors to stimulate tissue healing through the enhancement of cell proliferation, migration, and differentiation is undeniable. However, critical parameters on the design of adequate carriers, such as uncontrolled spatiotemporal presence of bioactive factors, inadequate release profiles, and supraphysiological dosages of growth factors, have impaired the translation of these systems onto clinical practice. This review describes the healing cascades for bone, cartilage, and osteochondral interface, highlighting the role of specific growth factors for triggering the reactions leading to tissue regeneration. Critical criteria on the design of carriersfor controlled release of bioactive factors are also reported, focusing on the need to provide a spatiotemporal control over the delivery and presentation of these molecules.The authors thank Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia for V.E.Santo's PhD grant (SFRH/BD/39486/2007). This work was carried out under the scope of the European FP7 Project Find and Bind (NMP4-SL-2009-229292) and Project MIT/ECE/0047/2009
Uredinales sobre Blechnaceae, Thelypteridaceae, Schizaeaceae, Myrtaceae, Oxalidaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rubiaceae, Sapindaceae, Smilacaceae e Vitaceae da Reserva Florestal "Armando de Salles Oliveira", São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Measurement of the Charged Multiplicities in b, c and Light Quark Events from Z0 Decays
Average charged multiplicities have been measured separately in , and
light quark () events from decays measured in the SLD experiment.
Impact parameters of charged tracks were used to select enriched samples of
and light quark events, and reconstructed charmed mesons were used to select
quark events. We measured the charged multiplicities:
,
, from
which we derived the differences between the total average charged
multiplicities of or quark events and light quark events: and . We compared
these measurements with those at lower center-of-mass energies and with
perturbative QCD predictions. These combined results are in agreement with the
QCD expectations and disfavor the hypothesis of flavor-independent
fragmentation.Comment: 19 pages LaTex, 4 EPS figures, to appear in Physics Letters
Measurement of the B0-anti-B0-Oscillation Frequency with Inclusive Dilepton Events
The - oscillation frequency has been measured with a sample of
23 million \B\bar B pairs collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II
asymmetric B Factory at SLAC. In this sample, we select events in which both B
mesons decay semileptonically and use the charge of the leptons to identify the
flavor of each B meson. A simultaneous fit to the decay time difference
distributions for opposite- and same-sign dilepton events gives ps.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Physical Review Letter
Unravelling the Threads: Discourses of Sustainability and Consumption in an Online Forum
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