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Possibility of observing MSSM charged Higgs in association with a W boson at LHC
Possibility of observing associated production of charged Higgs and W boson
in the framework of MSSM at LHC is studied. Both leptonic and hadronic decays
of W boson are studied while the charged Higgs boson is considered to decay to
a lepton and a neutrino. Therefore two search categories are defined
based on the leptonic and hadronic final states, i.e.
and where or and is a light jet from
decay. The discovery chance of the two categories is evaluated at an
integrated luminosity of 300 \invfb at LHC. It is shown that both leptonic and
hadronic final states have the chance of discovery at high \tanb. Finally
and contours are provided for both search categories.Comment: 20 pages, 19 figure
Coherent control of multipartite entanglement
Quantum entanglement between an arbitrary number of remote qubits is examined
analytically. We show that there is a non-probabilistic way to address in one
context the management of entanglement of an arbitrary number of mixed-state
qubits by engaging quantitative measures of entanglement and a specific
external control mechanism. Both all-party entanglement and weak inseparability
are considered. We show that for , the death of all-party entanglement
is permanent after an initial collapse. In contrast, weak inseparability can be
deterministically managed for an arbitrarily large number of qubits almost
indefinitely. Our result suggests a picture of the path that the system
traverses in the Hilbert space
Imipenem resistance in clinical Escherichia coli from Qom, Iran
OBJECTIVE: The emergence of metallo-\u3b2-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae is a worldwide health concern. In this study, the first evaluation of MBL genes, bla IMP and bla VIM , in Escherichia coli resistant to imipenem isolated from urine and blood specimens in Qom, Iran is described. Three hundred urine and blood specimens were analysed to detect the presence of E. coli. Resistance to imipenem and other antimicrobials was determined by disk diffusion and MIC. MBL production was screened using CDDT. PCR was also carried out to determine the presence of bla IMP and bla VIM genes in imipenem-resistant isolates.
RESULTS: In total, 160 E. coli isolates were collected from March to May 2016. According to disk diffusion, high-level of resistance (20%) to cefotaxime was observed, whereas the lowest (1%) was detected for tetracycline. In addition, five isolates showed resistance to imipenem with a MIC\u2009 65\u20094 \ub5g/mL. CDDT test confirmed that five isolates were MBL-producing strains, but no bla IMP and bla VIM genes were detected. Results of this study show a very low level of resistance to imipenem in our geographical area
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