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New Goldstone multiplet for partially broken supersymmetry
The partial spontaneous breaking of rigid N=2 supersymmetry implies the
existence of a massless N=1 Goldstone multiplet. In this paper we show that the
spin-(1/2,1) Maxwell multiplet can play this role. We construct its full
nonlinear transformation law and find the invariant Goldstone action. The
spin-1 piece of the action turns out to be of Born-Infeld type, and the full
superfield action is duality invariant. This leads us to conclude that the
Goldstone multiplet can be associated with a D-brane solution of superstring
theory for p=3. In addition, we find that N=1 chirality is preserved in the
presence of the Goldstone-Maxwell multiplet. This allows us to couple it to N=1
chiral and gauge field multiplets. We find that arbitrary Kahler and
superpotentials are consistent with partially broken N=2 supersymmetry.Comment: Latex, 13 pages. Version to appear in Phys. Rev.
Phases of the Traditional 505 Test: Between Session and Direction Reliability
Change of direction (COD) testing has commonly reported a single total time to quantify performance despite that tests are made up of a number of different phases. No investigation into these phases has been completed, therefore the aim of this study was to examine the reliability between sessions and directions of the different phases of a 505 test. Twenty-one male youth athletes performed the 505 test in both directions on three occasions. Differences between directions and sessions were determined via a T-test and Two-way ANOVA respectively and a significance threshold was set at P ≤ 0.05. All strategy variables show acceptable relative and absolute reliability in both directions between sessions (ICC = 0.73-0.94; CV = 2.3-6.3%) apart from ground contact time (GCT) (ICC = 0.57-0.68, CV = 14.8–22.4%). Significant differences were identified between session one and three for entry time. Significant differences between directions for exit time on day two and for full approach, entry and GCT on day three. The non-dominant turning direction showed lower relative and absolute reliability between session for entry time (ICC = 0.73 vs 0.89; CV = 6.3% vs 3.7%) and GCT (ICC = 0.57 vs 0.68; CV = 14.8% vs 22.4%). Results indicate the phases of a 505 COD test have high relative and absolute reliability between sessions, although turning directions should be considered independently
Identification of the Otopetrin Domain, a conserved domain in vertebrate otopetrins and invertebrate otopetrin-like family members
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Otopetrin 1 (Otop1) </it>encodes a multi-transmembrane domain protein with no homology to known transporters, channels, exchangers, or receptors. Otop1 is necessary for the formation of otoconia and otoliths, calcium carbonate biominerals within the inner ear of mammals and teleost fish that are required for the detection of linear acceleration and gravity. Vertebrate <it>Otop1 </it>and its paralogues <it>Otop2 </it>and <it>Otop3 </it>define a new gene family with homology to the invertebrate Domain of Unknown Function 270 genes (<it>DUF270</it>; pfam03189).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Multi-species comparison of the predicted primary sequences and predicted secondary structures of 62 vertebrate otopetrin, and arthropod and nematode DUF270 proteins, has established that the genes encoding these proteins constitute a single family that we renamed the Otopetrin Domain Protein (<it>ODP</it>) gene family. Signature features of ODP proteins are three "Otopetrin Domains" that are highly conserved between vertebrates, arthropods and nematodes, and a highly constrained predicted loop structure.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>Our studies suggest a refined topologic model for ODP insertion into the lipid bilayer of 12 transmembrane domains, and highlight conserved amino-acid residues that will aid in the biochemical examination of ODP family function. The high degree of sequence and structural similarity of the ODP proteins may suggest a conserved role in the intracellular trafficking of calcium and the formation of biominerals.</p
In Their Own Words: Student Mental Health in Rural, Low Socioeconomic High Schools
The purpose of this research paper was to highlight the factors students and school staff identify as contributors to mental health issues students attending rural, low socioeconomic high schools experience and the specific mental health issues they witness most. A collective case study was conducted in four rural high schools, two in Kansas and two in West Virginia. Field work at each school involved observations, document collection, and semi-structured focus group interviews with students and school staff. The factors identified as contributors to poor student mental health were pressure, technology, home life, bullying, and stigma. Anxiety, stress, depression, lack of health coping, and suicidal comments emerged as the specific mental health struggles students deal with the most. Recommendations for practice include practical ways to address the identified contributors of poor student mental health in rural schools and strategies to normalize mental health in the rural school environment
Infrared Properties of High Redshift and X-ray Selected AGN Samples
The NASA/ISO Key Project on active galactic nuclei (AGN) seeks to better
understand the broad-band spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of these sources
from radio to X-rays, with particular emphasis on infrared properties. The ISO
sample includes a wide variety of AGN types and spans a large redshift range.
Two subsamples are considered herein: 8 high-redshift (1 < z < 4.7) quasars;
and 22 hard X-ray selected sources.
The X-ray selected AGN show a wide range of IR continuum shapes, extending to
cooler colors than the optical/radio sample of Elvis et al. (1994). Where a
far-IR turnover is clearly observed, the slopes are < 2.5 in all but one case
so that non-thermal emission remains a possibility. The highest redshift
quasars show extremely strong, hot IR continua requiring ~ 100 solar masses of
500 - 1000 Kelvin dust with ~ 100 times weaker optical emission. Possible
explanations for these unusual properties include: reflection of the optical
light from material above/below a torus; strong obscuration of the optical
continuum; or an intrinsic deficit of optical emission.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figures (2 color), to be published in the Springer Lecture
Notes of Physics Series as part of the proceedings for "ISO Surveys of a
Dusty Universe," a workshop held at Ringberg Castle, Germany, November 8 -
12, 1999. Requires latex style files for this series: cl2emult.cls,
cropmark.sty, lnp.sty, sprmindx.sty, subeqnar.sty (included with submission
"Kludge" gravitational waveforms for a test-body orbiting a Kerr black hole
One of the most exciting potential sources of gravitational waves for
low-frequency, space-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors such as the
proposed Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is the inspiral of compact
objects into massive black holes in the centers of galaxies. The detection of
waves from such "extreme mass ratio inspiral" systems (EMRIs) and extraction of
information from those waves require template waveforms. The systems' extreme
mass ratio means that their waveforms can be determined accurately using black
hole perturbation theory. Such calculations are computationally very expensive.
There is a pressing need for families of approximate waveforms that may be
generated cheaply and quickly but which still capture the main features of true
waveforms. In this paper, we introduce a family of such "kludge" waveforms and
describe ways to generate them. We assess performance of the introduced
approximations by comparing "kludge" waveforms to accurate waveforms obtained
by solving the Teukolsky equation in the adiabatic limit (neglecting GW
backreaction). We find that the kludge waveforms do extremely well at
approximating the true gravitational waveform, having overlaps with the
Teukolsky waveforms of 95% or higher over most of the parameter space for which
comparisons can currently be made. Indeed, we find these kludges to be of such
high quality (despite their ease of calculation) that it is possible they may
play some role in the final search of LISA data for EMRIs.Comment: 29 pages, 11 figures, requires subeqnarray; v2 contains minor changes
for consistency with published versio
Exploring the potential of ChatGPT as a supplementary tool for providing orthopaedic information
Purpose: To investigate the potential use of large language models (LLMs) in orthopaedics by presenting queries pertinent to anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery to generative pre-trained transformer (ChatGPT, specifically using its GPT-4 model of March 14th 2023). Additionally, this study aimed to evaluate the depth of the LLM’s knowledge and investigate its adaptability to different user groups. It was hypothesized that the ChatGPT would be able to adapt to different target groups due to its strong language understanding and processing capabilities. Methods: ChatGPT was presented with 20 questions and response was requested for two distinct target audiences: patients and non-orthopaedic medical doctors. Two board-certified orthopaedic sports medicine surgeons and two expert orthopaedic sports medicine surgeons independently evaluated the responses generated by ChatGPT. Mean correctness, completeness, and adaptability to the target audiences (patients and non-orthopaedic medical doctors) were determined. A three-point response scale facilitated nuanced assessment. Results: ChatGPT exhibited fair accuracy, with average correctness scores of 1.69 and 1.66 (on a scale from 0, incorrect, 1, partially correct, to 2, correct) for patients and medical doctors, respectively. Three of the 20 questions (15.0%) were deemed incorrect by any of the four orthopaedic sports medicine surgeon assessors. Moreover, overall completeness was calculated to be 1.51 and 1.64 for patients and medical doctors, respectively, while overall adaptiveness was determined to be 1.75 and 1.73 for patients and doctors, respectively. Conclusion: Overall, ChatGPT was successful in generating correct responses in approximately 65% of the cases related to ACL surgery. The findings of this study imply that LLMs offer potential as a supplementary tool for acquiring orthopaedic knowledge. However, although ChatGPT can provide guidance and effectively adapt to diverse target audiences, it cannot supplant the expertise of orthopaedic sports medicine surgeons in diagnostic and treatment planning endeavours due to its limited understanding of orthopaedic domains and its potential for erroneous responses. Level of evidence: V
Optimal local implementation of non-local quantum gates
We investigate the minimal resources that are required in the local
implementation of non-local quantum gates in a distributed quantum computer.
Both classical communication requirements and entanglement consumption are
investigated. We present general statements on the minimal resource
requirements and present optimal procedures for a number of important gates,
including CNOT and Toffoli gates. We show that one bit of classical
communication in each direction is both necessary and sufficient for the
non-local implementation of the quantum CNOT, while in general two bits in each
direction is required for the implementation of a general two bit quantum gate.
In particular, the state-swapper requires this maximum classical communication
overhead. Extensions of these ideas to multi-party gates are presented.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures; Replaced with published version, correcting minor
typo
High-resolution temporal profiling of transcripts during Arabidopsis leaf senescence reveals a distinct chronology of processes and regulation
Leaf senescence is an essential developmental process that impacts dramatically on crop yields and involves altered
regulation of thousands of genes and many metabolic and signaling pathways, resulting in major changes in the leaf. The
regulation of senescence is complex, and although senescence regulatory genes have been characterized, there is little
information on how these function in the global control of the process. We used microarray analysis to obtain a highresolution
time-course profile of gene expression during development of a single leaf over a 3-week period to senescence.
A complex experimental design approach and a combination of methods were used to extract high-quality replicated data
and to identify differentially expressed genes. The multiple time points enable the use of highly informative clustering to
reveal distinct time points at which signaling and metabolic pathways change. Analysis of motif enrichment, as well
as comparison of transcription factor (TF) families showing altered expression over the time course, identify clear groups
of TFs active at different stages of leaf development and senescence. These data enable connection of metabolic
processes, signaling pathways, and specific TF activity, which will underpin the development of network models to
elucidate the process of senescence
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