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Reply to Comment on "Dynamical corrections to the DFT-LDA electron conductance in nanoscale systems"
We reply to the comment by Jung, Bokes, and Godby (arXiv:0706.0140) on our
paper Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186810 (2005). We show that the results in their
comment should not be taken as an indication that the viscosity corrections to
the conductance of real nanoscale structures are small. A more accurate
treatment of the density and current density distribution and of the electronic
correlations may yield much larger corrections in realistic systems.Comment: Reply to the comment by Jung et al (arXiv:0706.0140). 1 page, no
figures, to appear in PR
Two-Phase and Vapor Phase PvTx Propertiesof the Difluoromethane + cis-1,3,3,3-Tetrafluoroprop-1-ene Binary System
This paper provides 84 two-phase and 66 vapor phase PvTx measurements for binary blends comprising difluoromethane (R32) and cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoroprop-1-ene (R1234ze(Z)). The data are for seven i..
Finding Your Literature Match -- A Recommender System
The universe of potentially interesting, searchable literature is expanding
continuously. Besides the normal expansion, there is an additional influx of
literature because of interdisciplinary boundaries becoming more and more
diffuse. Hence, the need for accurate, efficient and intelligent search tools
is bigger than ever. Even with a sophisticated search engine, looking for
information can still result in overwhelming results. An overload of
information has the intrinsic danger of scaring visitors away, and any
organization, for-profit or not-for-profit, in the business of providing
scholarly information wants to capture and keep the attention of its target
audience. Publishers and search engine engineers alike will benefit from a
service that is able to provide visitors with recommendations that closely meet
their interests. Providing visitors with special deals, new options and
highlights may be interesting to a certain degree, but what makes more sense
(especially from a commercial point of view) than to let visitors do most of
the work by the mere action of making choices? Hiring psychics is not an
option, so a technological solution is needed to recommend items that a visitor
is likely to be looking for. In this presentation we will introduce such a
solution and argue that it is practically feasible to incorporate this approach
into a useful addition to any information retrieval system with enough usage.Comment: Contribution to the proceedings of the colloquium Future Professional
Communication in Astronomy II, 13-14 April 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 11
pages, 4 figures
Bacterial Source Tracking to Support the Development and Implementation of Watershed Protection Plans for the Lampasas and Leon Rivers: Lampasas River Watershed Final Report
The Bacterial Source Tracking to Support the Development and Implementation of Watershed Protection Plans for the Lampasas and Leon Rivers project was developed to provide supplemental information to stakeholders engaged in the development and implementation of watershed protection plans for each watershed. The Leon River is listed as an impaired water body for elevated levels of E. coli and does not support its designated contact recreation use. The Lampasas River was also considered impaired for elevated E. coli levels until 2010 when it was determined that the data listing the segment no longer met the state’s criteria for assessment. Through the watershed protection planning process, stakeholders in each watershed will use adaptive management to refine management strategies that will mitigate bacteria loading from potential sources of pollution within the watershed
Animal models of tic disorders: A translational perspective
Tics are repetitive, sudden movements and/or vocalizations, typically enacted as maladaptive responses to intrusive premonitory urges. The most severe tic disorder, Tourette syndrome (TS), is a childhood-onset condition featuring multiple motor and at least one phonic tic for a duration longer than 1 year. The pharmacological treatment of TS is mainly based on antipsychotic agents; while these drugs are often effective in reducing tic severity and frequency, their therapeutic compliance is limited by serious motor and cognitive side effects.
The identification of novel therapeutic targets and development of better treatments for tic disorders is conditional on the development of animal models with high translational validity. In addition, these experimental tools can prove extremely useful to test hypotheses on the etiology and neurobiological bases of TS and related conditions. In recent years, the translational value of these animal models has been enhanced, thanks to a significant re-organization of our conceptual framework of neuropsychiatric disorders, with a greater focus on endophenotypes and quantitative indices, rather than qualitative descriptors.
Given the complex and multifactorial nature of TS and other tic disorders, the selection of animal models that can appropriately capture specific symptomatic aspects of these conditions can pose significant theoretical and methodological challenges. In this article, we will review the state of the art on the available animal models of tic disorders, based on genetic mutations, environmental interventions as well as pharmacological manipulations. Furthermore, we will outline emerging lines of translational research showing how some of these experimental preparations have led to significant progress in the identification of novel therapeutic targets for tic disorders
Real-time reconstruction of long-lived particles at LHCb using FPGAs
Finding tracks downstream of the magnet at the earliest LHCb trigger level is
not part of the baseline plan of the upgrade trigger, on account of the
significant CPU time required to execute the search. Many long-lived particles,
such as and strange baryons, decay after the vertex track detector, so
that their reconstruction efficiency is limited. We present a study of the
performance of a future innovative real-time tracking system based on FPGAs,
developed within a R\&D effort in the context of the LHCb Upgrade Ib (LHC
Run~4), dedicated to the reconstruction of the particles downstream of the
magnet in the forward tracking detector (Scintillating Fibre Tracker), that is
capable of processing events at the full LHC collision rate of 30 MHz.Comment: ACAT 2019 proceedings. 7 pages, 2 figure
Observation of bosonic coalescence of photon pairs
Quantum theory predicts that two indistinguishable photons incident on a
beam-splitter interferometer stick together as they exit the device (the pair
emerges randomly from one port or the other). We use a special
photon-number-resolving energy detector for a direct loophole-free observation
of this quantum-interference phenomenon. Simultaneous measurements from two
such detectors, one at each beam-splitter output port, confirm the absence of
cross-coincidences.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
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