Ladder exponentiation for generic large symmetric representation Wilson loops

A recent proposal was made for a large representation rank limit for which the expectation values of N = 4 super Yang-Mills Wilson loops are given by the exponential of the 1-loop result. We verify the validity of this exponentiation in the strong coupling limit using the holographic D3-brane description for straight Wilson loops following an arbitrary internal space trajectory.Comment: 12 pages, 1 figur

Phase Diagram of Planar Matrix Quantum Mechanics, Tensor, and Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Models

We compute the phase diagram of a $\text{U}(N)^{2}\times\text{O}(D)$ invariant fermionic planar matrix quantum mechanics [equivalently tensor or complex Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) models] in the new large $D$ limit, dominated by melonic graphs. The Schwinger-Dyson equations can have two solutions describing either a high entropy, SYK black-hole-like phase, or a low entropy one with trivial IR behavior. In the strongly coupled region of the mass-temperature plane, there is a line of first order phase transitions between the high and low entropy phases. This line terminates at a new critical point which we study numerically in detail. The critical exponents are nonmean field and differ on the two sides of the transition. We also study purely bosonic unstable and stable melonic models. The former has a line of Kazakov critical points beyond which the Schwinger-Dyson equations do not have a consistent solution. Moreover, in both models the would-be SYK-like solution of the IR limit of the equations does not exist in the full theory.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figures, minor changes in v

El Morbus y la teoria de la enfermedad de Robert Boyle

Siguiendo esta discusión, en el presente trabajo analizaremos el Morbus y algunos ensayos de Robert Boyle cercanos a la fecha en que fue escrito el Morbus, e intentaremos determinar si se puede establecer o no la consistencia de este corto ensayo sobre la teoría de la enfermedad con el resto de los trabajos considerados. La hipótesis que sostendremos será que si bien es posible trazar un paralelismo entre el Morbus y los ensayos de Boyle de la época, ya que ambos comparten algunas teorías, existen fuertes puntos de ruptura entre ellos que los hacen inconsistentes

The quantification of damages caused by an infringement of Art. 101 or Art. 102 TFEU: is arbitration really a short cut?

The quantification of damages for a breach of Article 101 or 102 TFEU is complex, demanding and time consuming. Over the last few years, it has become one of the main issues in policy discussions within the European Union (EU). In particular, the European Commission (EC) investigated and revealed that the procedure for the quantification of damages caused by a breach of EU antitrust laws not only requires expert economic and econometric skills, but varies from Member State to Member State. As a consequence of this disparity, the EC issued new guidelines to render uniform the procedure for the quantification of damages caused by antitrust breaches across Member States and adopted new regulations to encourage private actions for damages. The latter aim at encouraging the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods, most notably arbitration, to resolve antitrust disputes as they provide a more expedient process and a fairer solution than a national court judgment. Furthermore, arbitration may be compared to a noncooperative or Bayesian game. Indeed, an antitrust dispute is characterised by asymmetric information. Hence, the parties thereto act strategically in order to push the arbitrator to issue a settlement in their favour. As a result, both parties are incentivized to make extreme offers, the effect of which is to slow down the arbitration proceedings and lead the arbitrator to reach a settlement which does not correctly quantify the damages suffered. Thus, we require a system that has the double effect of encouraging the parties to avoid adopting extreme positions and converge in their offers. The amended final offer arbitration (AFOA) seems to comply with both these equirements. Nevertheless, the fact that it involves a punishment could prove counter-productive by discouraging the parties from actually selecting arbitration as an ADR method to resolve their disputes. Thus, to be an effective private action for damages caused by an infringement of Article 101 or 102 TFEU, arbitration must be structured in a manner that enables the arbitrator to reach a fair settlement, encourages the parties to converge in their offers and incentivises the parties to actually select such arbitration mechanism to resolve their disputes

Pulmonary hypertension and cardiac function in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: relationship to disease severity and outcomes

Abstract Objective To assess patterns of postnatal biventricular function and their relationship to prenatal and postnatal markers of disease severity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). To investigate clusters of micro RNA as 17-92 expressed in pulmonary hypoplasia in patients with CDH. Study Design Observational case-control study of cardiac function in infants with CDH in the first 5 days of life. Systolic and diastolic function in the right (RV) and left (LV) ventricles were assessed using speckle tracking-derived global strain and tissue Doppler imaging of myocardial velocities. In another cohort of CDH, Bronchoalveolar aspiration (BAL) fluid was obtained and metabolomic analysis was run for micro RNA 17-92 cluster. Specifically miR17, miR18a, miR19a, miR19b, miR20a, miR92 were analyzed. Correlation between cardiac function and prenatal observed:expected total fetal lung volume (TFLV), oxygenation index (OI), duration of intubation and length of stay were assessed. Results All measures of systolic and diastolic function were significantly reduced in the CDH group (n=25) compared to controls (n=20) at <48 hours, and improved by 72- 96 hours. LV global systolic longitudinal strain (LV GLS) correlated with prenatal TFLV (r2 0.32, p 0.03), OI (r2 0.35, P<0.001), duration of intubation (r2 0.24, p 0.04), and length of stay (r2 0.4, p 0.006). LV GLS at <48 hours was significantly lower in 6 CDH patients who did not survive and/or required ECMO compared to those who did not; -11.5 (5.3) % vs -16.9 (5.3) %, p 0.02. For the metabolomic analysis we found miR17, miE18a, miR19b, miR20a were found significantly higher in CDH (p<0.05) and miR19a lower (p<0.05). No significant correlation was found between miR92 expression and clinical outcomes. Conclusions Right and left ventricular function are impaired in the transitional period in infants with CDH. Early left ventricular systolic function correlates with prenatal and postnatal markers of clinical disease severity and may be an important determinant of disease severity and therapeutic target in CDH. These findings support regular assessment of cardiac function in CDH and investigational trials of targeted cardiovascular therapies. miR 17-92 cluster may represent a potential hallmark of PH in CDH however from our result doesn’t predict disease severity

Demonstration that a Case of Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Minnesota in 1977 was Caused by the N2 Strain.

Alveolar echinococcosis is the most serious helminthic zoonosis of the northern hemisphere affecting humans. The causative agent, Echinococcus multilocularis, occurs in geographically distinct strains that can be distinguished based on sequence variations of mitochondrial genes and nuclear microsatellite targets. This report finds that the human case of Alveolar echinococcosis occurring in Minnesota in 1977 was caused by the N2 haplotype described previously; the N2 haplotype is distinct from European and Asian isolates of the parasite and is restricted to the central region of North America

Applying CHC Models to Reasoning in Fictions

In figuring out the complete content of a fictional story, all kinds of consequences are drawn from the explicitly given material. It may seem natural to assume a closure deductive principle for those consequences. Notwithstanding, the classical closure principle has notorious problems because of the possibility of inconsistencies. This paper aims to explore an alternative approach to reasoning with the content of fictional works, based on the application of a mathematical model for conjectures, hypotheses and consequences (abbr. CHCs); extensively developed during the last years by Enric Trillas and some collaborators, with which deduction in this setting becomes more comprehensive.Fil: Urtubey, Luis. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Filosofía; Argentina.Fil: Massolo, Alba. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Filosofía; Argentina.Filosofía, Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia y la Tecnologí

PENGARUH PENYULUHAN KESEHATAN REPRODUKSI TERHADAP PENGETAHUAN DAN SIKAP REMAJA TENTANG SEKSUAL PRANIKAH DI SMAN 1 MASOHI TAHUN 2011

Seks pranikah adalah kontak yang dilakukan berpasangan dengan lawan jenis atau sesama jenis contohnya pegangan tangan, cium bibir, cium pipi, petting, dan berhubugan intim, yang dilakukan tanpa ikatan nikah yang sah menurut agama dan undang-undang pernikahan. Di Makassar ditemukan, jumlah remaja yang pernah mencicipi seks pada usia SMP hingga SMA di Makassar mencapai 47% hingga 54% .Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh penyuluhan kesehatan reproduksi terhadap pengetahuan remaja tentang seksual pranikah pada siswa SMAN 1 Masohi. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian eksperimen dengan menggunakan rancangan pretest-postest. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 60 siswa yang terdiri dari 30 kelompok eksperimen dan 30 kelompok kontrol.Dari penelitian diperoleh hasil bahwa pemberian penyuluhan kesehatan reproduksi memberikan peningkatan terhadap pengetahuan dan sikap remaja tentang seksual pranikah. Uraiannya yaitu terjadi peningkatan pengetahuan siswa tentang seksual pranikah sebelum (27,60) dan sesudah (35,00) pada responden eksperimen dan pada responden control terjadi penurunan pada tingkat pengetahuan yakni 33,40 pada pretest menurun menjadi 26,00 pada saat posttest. Juga terjadi peningkatan sikap pada responden eskperimen tentang seksual pranikah sebelum (28,96) dan sesudah (37,10) penyuluhan, dan pada control terjadi penurunan sikap yakni 32,02 saat pretest menjadi 23,90 saat posttest

Phases Of Melonic Quantum Mechanics

We explore in detail the properties of two melonic quantum mechanical theories which can be formulated either as fermionic matrix quantum mechanics in the new large $D$ limit, or as disordered models. Both models have a mass parameter $m$ and the transition from the perturbative large $m$ region to the strongly coupled "black-hole" small $m$ region is associated with several interesting phenomena. One model, with ${\rm U}(n)^2$ symmetry and equivalent to complex SYK, has a line of first-order phase transitions terminating, for a strictly positive temperature, at a critical point having non-trivial, non-mean-field critical exponents for standard thermodynamical quantities. Quasi-normal frequencies, as well as Lyapunov exponents associated with out-of-time-ordered four-point functions, are also singular at the critical point, leading to interesting new critical exponents. The other model, with reduced ${\rm U}(n)$ symmetry, has a quantum critical point at strictly zero temperature and positive critical mass $m_*$. For $0<m<m_*$, it flows to a new gapless IR fixed point, for which the standard scale invariance is spontaneously broken by the appearance of distinct scaling dimensions $\Delta_+$ and $\Delta_-$ for the Euclidean two-point function when $t\rightarrow +\infty$ and $t\rightarrow -\infty$ respectively. We provide several detailed and pedagogical derivations, including rigorous proofs or simplified arguments for some results that were already known in the literature.Comment: 135 pages, 50 figures, 2 tables. Minor corrections and updated list of references in v3. Title changed to match published versio