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Logarithmic oscillators: ideal Hamiltonian thermostats
A logarithmic oscillator (in short, log-oscillator) behaves like an ideal
thermostat because of its infinite heat capacity: when it weakly couples to
another system, time averages of the system observables agree with ensemble
averages from a Gibbs distribution with a temperature T that is given by the
strength of the logarithmic potential. The resulting equations of motion are
Hamiltonian and may be implemented not only in a computer but also with
real-world experiments, e.g., with cold atoms.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figures. v4: version accepted in Phys. Rev. Let
Paraneoplastic Acanthosis Nigricans Maligna
Acanthosis Nigricans Maligna (ANM) is a paraneoplastic syndrome, defined as a condition that arises in association
with a malignancy elsewhere in the body but without malignant nature per se. It’s a rare dermatopathy that occurs in
men and women over age 40, without racial predilection or known familial association. Clinically, ANM showed symmetric,hyperpigmented plaques with variable amounts of epidermal hypertrophy, ranging in color from yellow to brown or black, often with overlaid papillomas. The most common affected sites are body flexures and the posterior neck, but also mucosal surface involvement is frequent and may be the only clinical symptom present. Any mucosal surface can be involved, and as regards the oral cavity, disease affects the lips, tongue, palate, buccal and gingival mucosa.ANM is primarily associated with adenocarcinomas, mostly of gastric origin. Accordingly, the progression of the tumor will lead to a worsening of the ANM, while regress in case of tumour treatment, and resurface with recurrence and metastases.
A 62-year-old man was referred for evaluation of papillomatous lesions of the oral mucosa, appeared in previous
months. The patient was diagnosed a gastric adenocarcinoma at an advanced stage 6 months before. Clinical examination showed diffuse papillomatous or wart-like areas of normal mucosal color and soft consistency involving lips,oral mucosa and hard palate. The tongue and the vestibular mucosa were thickened and furrowed. The lesions are
asymptomatic. A biopsy was performed, and histopathological analysis revealed acanthosis and papillomatosis, hyperkeratosis,and lymphohistiocytic infiltrate. The patient was clinically diagnosed with ANM, according to clinical and histologic findings, and the patient’s medical history. Isotretinoin 0,05% was prescribed for local therapy. The patient
did not return to follow-up due to complications of gastric adenocarcinoma, and died 6 months late
The surgical treatment of mandibular peripheral calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (pindborg tumor) with Er,Cr:YSGG laser: a case report.\u201d
The aim of this case report was to propose a new treatment modality of peripheral calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumour (CEOT) using Er, Cr: YSGG laser
Quantum Jarzynski Equality with multiple measurement and feedback for isolated system
In this paper, we derive the Jarzynski equality (JE) for an isolated quantum
system in three different cases: (i) the full evolution is unitary with no
intermediate measurements, (ii) with intermediate measurements of arbitrary
observables being performed, and (iii) with intermediate measurements whose
outcomes are used to modify the external protocol (feedback). We assume that
the measurements will involve errors that are purely classical in nature. Our
treatment is based on path probability in state space for each realization.
This is in contrast to the formal approach based on projection operator and
density matrices. We find that the JE remains unaffected in the second case,
but gets modified in the third case where the mutual information between the
measured values with the actual eigenvalues must be incorporated into the
relation.Comment: 7 page
Possible link between Hashimoto's thyroiditis and oral lichen planus: a novel association found
none5Lo Muzio L.; Santarelli A.; Campisi G.; Lacaita MG.; Favia G.Lo Muzio, L.; Santarelli, Andrea; Campisi, G.; Lacaita, M. G.; Favia, G
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