Standard Model False Vacuum Inflation: Correlating the Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio to the Top Quark and Higgs Boson masses

For a narrow band of values of the top quark and Higgs boson masses, the Standard Model Higgs potential develops a false minimum at energies of about $10^{16}$ GeV, where primordial Inflation could have started in a cold metastable state. A graceful exit to a radiation-dominated era is provided, e.g., by scalar-tensor gravity models. We pointed out that if Inflation happened in this false minimum, the Higgs boson mass has to be in the range $126.0 \pm 3.5$ GeV, where ATLAS and CMS subsequently reported excesses of events. Here we show that for these values of the Higgs boson mass, the inflationary gravitational wave background has be discovered with a tensor-to-scalar ratio at hand of future experiments. We suggest that combining cosmological observations with measurements of the top quark and Higgs boson masses represents a further test of the hypothesis that the Standard Model false minimum was the source of Inflation in the Universe.Comment: v1: 4 pages, 2 figures; v2: 5 pages, 2 figures, improvements in the text; v3: 5 pages, 2 figures, minor improvements in the text, matches PRL versio

Cyber security education is as essential as “The Three R’s”

Smartphones have diffused rapidly across South African society and constitute the most dominant information and communication technologies in everyday use. That being so, it is important to ensure that all South Africans know how to secure their smart devices. This requires a high level of security awareness and knowledge. As yet, there is no formal curriculum addressing cyber security in South African schools. Indeed, it seems to be left to Universities to teach cyber security principles, and they currently only do this when students take computing-related courses. The outcome of this approach is that only a very small percentage of South Africans, i.e. those who take computing courses at University, are made aware of cyber security risks and know how to take precautions. Moreover, because this group is overwhelmingly male, this educational strategy disproportionately leaves young female South Africans vulnerable to cyber attacks. We thus contend that cyber security ought to be taught as children learn the essential “3 Rs” – delivering requisite skills at University level does not adequately prepare young South Africans for a world where cyber security is an essential skill. Starting to provide awareness and knowledge at primary school, and embedding it across the curriculum would, in addition to ensuring that people have the skills when they need them, also remove the current gender imbalance in cyber security awareness

Stochastic Yield Catastrophes and Robustness in Self-Assembly

A guiding principle in self-assembly is that, for high production yield, nucleation of structures must be significantly slower than their growth. However, details of the mechanism that impedes nucleation are broadly considered irrelevant. Here, we analyze self-assembly into finite-sized target structures employing mathematical modeling. We investigate two key scenarios to delay nucleation: (i) by introducing a slow activation step for the assembling constituents and, (ii) by decreasing the dimerization rate. These scenarios have widely different characteristics. While the dimerization scenario exhibits robust behavior, the activation scenario is highly sensitive to demographic fluctuations. These demographic fluctuations ultimately disfavor growth compared to nucleation and can suppress yield completely. The occurrence of this stochastic yield catastrophe does not depend on model details but is generic as soon as number fluctuations between constituents are taken into account. On a broader perspective, our results reveal that stochasticity is an important limiting factor for self-assembly and that the specific implementation of the nucleation process plays a significant role in determining the yield

Pengaruh Sistem Kekerabatan Terhadap Sikap Nasionalisme Masyarakat Batak Toba Di Bandar Lampung

The purpose of this study is to explain and to examine the effect of the kinship system on nationalism in Bandar Lampung. The study method used is qualitativedescriptive method. The population in this study is all Toba Batak society in Bandar Lampung. These results indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between kinship systems (X) on the attitudes of nationalism Batak Toba (Y).Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menjelaskan dan menguji pengaruh sistem kekerabatan terhadap sikap nasionalisme di Bandar Lampung. Metode penelitian yang digunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh masyarakat Batak Toba yang ada di Bandar Lampung. . Untuk mengumpulkan data digunakan tehknik angket, yang ditunjang dengan wawancara dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa terdapat hubungan yang positif dan signifikan antara sistem kekerabatan (X) terhadap sikap nasionalisme masyarakat Batak Toba (Y)

Alien Registration- Mcmillan, Isabella M. (Portland, Cumberland County)

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Birth Outcomes as a Lens to Understanding the Hispanic Health Paradox

The research investigates the “Latino health paradox” through the health determinant of birth outcomes and two levels of intersectionality expressed within the context of the cultural, the economic, and the political. The first level of intersection identifies that there are factors behind the identifier “Mexican migrant mother” which provide a more comprehensive understanding of the health paradox. The second level of intersection defines the component of “health”. It classifies “life” into three tailored spheres, cultural, economic, and political, seeking to understand the impact of these spheres on the health of the subject, Mexican Migrant Mothers. The cultural sphere embodies nutritional practices, the family, and religiosity. The economic sphere encompasses socioeconomic status, residential enclaves, and income stability. Lastly, the political sphere is associated with affordable healthcare, internal bordering, and access to citizenship. This research found there are multiple reasons why un-acculturated Mexican women with lower socioeconomic status have healthier babies compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts; however, there is one prevalent factor that appears as a causal factor… diet. Newly migrated families tend to adhere to a more traditional diet consisting of less processed foods, more vegetables, and whole foods than their fellow immigrant counterparts who have resided within the United States for greater periods of time. Prompting the correlation that this diet is related to healthier babies. There are multiple social, physiological, political, and economic factors why immigrants acclimatize to the American diet. Clearly, this is an area for additional future longitudinal study designs and qualitative research to determine a timeframe and factors for American diet acclimatization and its effects on birth outcomes over generations of migrants. This additional study could improve the long-term health of the entire Mexican American culture and reduce the debilitating effects the American diet creates with diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and overall quality of life

Shooting for an Economic “Miracle”: German Post-War Neoliberal Thought in China’s Market Reform Debate

This paper develops a comparative and connected history of the debates over transition to a market economy in West-Germany after World War II and in China during the first decade of reform and opening up under Deng Xiaoping (1978-1988). At both historical moments the political aim was to reintroduce market mechanisms into a dysfunctional command economy. The question what kind of price reform this required was subject to heated debates among economists. This paper shows how the West-German 1948 currency and price reform was introduced into the Chinese reform debate by German ordoliberals and neoliberals like Friedman. It traces how the West-German case study was mystified as “Erhard Miracle” and became a metaphor for the vision of universal overnight price liberalisation in China – a core element of shock therapy