AdS (In)stability: Lessons From The Scalar Field

We argued in arXiv:1408.0624 that the quartic scalar field in AdS has features that could be instructive for answering the gravitational stability question of AdS. Indeed, the conserved charges identified there have recently been observed in the full gravity theory as well. In this paper, we continue our investigation of the scalar field in AdS and provide evidence that in the Two-Time Formalism (TTF), even for initial conditions that are far from quasi-periodicity, the energy in the higher modes at late times is exponentially suppressed in the mode number. Based on this and some related observations, we argue that there is no thermalization in the scalar TTF model within time-scales that go as $\sim 1/\epsilon^2$, where $\epsilon$ measures the initial amplitude (with only low-lying modes excited). It is tempting to speculate that the result holds also for AdS collapse.Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure

Monitoring and controlling bank risk: does risky debt serve any purpose?

To examine whether mandating banks to issue subordinated debt would enhance market monitoring and control risk-taking, the authors extract the credit-spread curve for each banking firm in their sample. After controlling for changes in market and liquidity variables, they find that changes in credit spreads do not reflect changes in bank risk variables. The result is robust to firm type, examination rating, size, leverage, and profitability, as well as to different model specifications. They also find that issuing subordinated debt does not alter banks' risk-taking behavior. They conclude that a mandatory subordinated debt requirement for banks is unlikely to provide the intended benefits of enhancing risk-monitoring or controlling risk-taking.Bank capital ; Risk

Diagnostic Criteria of Knee Osteoarthritis in Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic, Dr. Sardjito Hospital, YOGYAKARTA

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic condition characterized by the breakdown of joints cartilage. Approximately 25% of persons 55 years of age or older have knee pain on most days and about half of them have radiographic OA in the knee. Prevalence of knee OA increases with age and it is more common in women than men. It is not easy to establish the diagnosis of knee OA since other knee disorders have similar clinicalsigns and symptoms.Objective: The purpose of this study was to observe the diagnosis pattern of knee OA in rheumatology outpatient clinic at Dr. Sardjito Hospital based on clinical and radiographic criteria of American College of Rheumatology (ACR). Method: The design of this study was cross-sectional. Data of the patients with knee OA were investigated from their medical records. Results: There were 212 subjects diagnosed with knee OA during the year 2000–2010. Most of the subjects (90.56%) were more than 50 years old. Women were more frequent affected by OA than men. All of the subjects (100%) had knee pain. Crepitus was found in98.11% subjects. Morning stiffness less than 30 minutes was found in 86.79% subjects. Osteophyte appearances were found in 79.72% subjects.Conclusion: Knee pain, crepitus, and age more than 50 years old were the most frequent criteria used to diagnose knee OA. Morning stiffness less than 30 minutes and osteophyte appearances were also frequent in knee OA

Seed storage studies in Mesua ferrea L. a medicinal tree of Indo-Malayan region

This paper, deals with testing the storage and viability of the seeds of Mesua ferrea L. in 5 different storage conditions. Seeds of M. ferrea are recalcitrant in nature and lose viability with a short span 8-15 days. Of the different conventional methods tried using the polycarbonate bottle and bags, M. ferrea seeds retained viability for 150 days with a slow moisture loss from the seeds stored in closed polycarbonate bottles at 10 °C. Here, we have standardised a conventional technique whereby the viability of the seeds can be extended to 150-180 days by storing the seeds in polycarbonate bottles at 10 °C

Catalysis study for space shuttle vehicle thermal protection systems

Experimental results on the problem of reducing aerodynamic heating on space shuttle orbiter surfaces are presented. Data include: (1) development of a laboratory flow reactor technique for measuring gamma sub O and gamma sub N on candidate materials at surfaces, T sub w, in the nominal range 1000 to 2000, (2) measurements of gamma sub O and gamma sub N above 1000 K for both the glass coating of a reusable surface insulation material and the siliconized surface of a reinforced pyrolyzed plastic material, (3) measurement of the ablation behavior of the coated RPP material at T sub w is greater than or equal to 2150 K, (4) X-ray photoelectron spectral studies of the chemical constituents on these surfaces before and after dissociated gas exposure, (5) scanning electron micrograph examination of as-received and reacted specimens, and (6) development and exploitation of a method of predicting the aerodynamic heating consquences of these gamma sub O(T sub w) and gamma sub N(T sub w) measurements for critical locations on a radiation cooled orbiter vehicle