17 research outputs found
User manual of 'PLATE' : a decision support system for resource-constrained project scheduling problems
Cerebellopontine epidermoid presenting with trigeminal neuralgia for 10 years: a case report
Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is a common and potentially disabling pain syndrome, which affects the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve. The precise pathophysiology of Trigeminal neuralgia remains obscure. The disorder causes extreme, sporadic, sudden burning or shock-like face pain that lasts from few seconds to minutes and can be physically and mentally incapacitating. More than one nerve branch can be affected by the disorder. A 55-year-old female presented with pain over the left side of face for 10 years uncontrolled with carbamazepine. On examination the positive findings were reduced sensation by 25% over the left side of face with House and Brackman grade II facial nerve palsy. The corneal reflex was absent on left side. Magnetic resonance imaging showed left cerebellopontine angle (CPA) mass suggestive of an epidermoid involving the Vth nerve and Gasserian ganglion and extending into the middle cranial fossa. She underwent left suboccipital craniectomy and near total excision of the tumor with decompression of the Vth nerve which was fully engulfed by the tumor. Postoperative the VII nerve palsy increased to grade III and she had 50% loss of sensation over left side. She had no further attacks of pain and hence tapered off the carbamazepine. TN caused by cerebellopontine angle epidermoids is uncommon and should be kept in view in all cases presenting with TN. The aim of surgery for epidermoids is to decompress the cranial nerves and brain stem and not total removal with its attendant morbidity and mortality
Induced pseudoscalar coupling of the proton weak interaction
The induced pseudoscalar coupling is the least well known of the weak
coupling constants of the proton's charged--current interaction. Its size is
dictated by chiral symmetry arguments, and its measurement represents an
important test of quantum chromodynamics at low energies. During the past
decade a large body of new data relevant to the coupling has been
accumulated. This data includes measurements of radiative and non radiative
muon capture on targets ranging from hydrogen and few--nucleon systems to
complex nuclei. Herein the authors review the theoretical underpinnings of
, the experimental studies of , and the procedures and uncertainties
in extracting the coupling from data. Current puzzles are highlighted and
future opportunities are discussed.Comment: 58 pages, Latex, Revtex4, prepared for Reviews of Modern Physic
IMPULSE APPROXIMATION VERSUS ELEMENTARY PARTICLE METHOD - PION-PHOTOPRODUCTION AND RADIATIVE MUON-CAPTURE
RADIATIVE MUON-CAPTURE IN HE-3 - A COMPARISON OF THE IMPULSE APPROXIMATION WITH ELEMENTARY PARTICLE CALCULATIONS
On determinations of the pion3He3H coupling constant
Various determinations in the current literature of the π3He3H coupling constant are reexamined, and the ones leading to very low values are shown either to be erroneous or not decisive and implausible. A dispersion relation and the impulse approximation which use the same kind of approximations both lead to Gπ−3He−3H(−m2π) ≈ −1.7, in absolute value higher than the elementary nucleon value gπpn(−m2π)=1.41