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Bottom Quark Cross Sections at Collider and Fixed-Target Energies at the SSC and LHC
Calculations of inclusive cross sections for the production of bottom quarks
in proton-proton collisions are presented as a function of energy, transverse
momentum, and Feynman for values of from GeV to
TeV. In addition, we provide simple parametrizations of our theoretical
results that should facilitate estimates of rates, acceptances, and
efficiencies of proposed new detectors.Comment: 6 pages plus 11 topdraw figures appended as ps-files(uuencoded),
Latex, ANL-HEP-CP-93-63 & CERN-TH.6987/9
Proton rich nuclei at and beyond the proton drip line in the Relativistic Mean Field theory
Ground state properties of proton-rich odd- nuclei in the region are studied in the relativistic mean field (RMF) theory. The RMF
equations are solved by using the expansion method in the Harmonic-Oscillator
basis. In the particle-particle channel, we use the state-dependent BCS method
with a zero-range -force, which has been proved to be effective even
for neutron-rich nuclei. All the ground state properties, including the
one-proton separation energies, the ground state deformations, the last
occupied proton orbits and the locations of proton drip line, are calculated.
Good agreement with both the available experimental data and the predictions of
the RHB method are obtained.Comment: the version to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physics, more
discussions adde
Non-degenerate colorings in the Brook's Theorem
Let and be two integers. We will call a proper coloring
of the graph a \textit{-nondegenerate}, if for any vertex of
with degree at least there are at least vertices of different colors
adjacent to it. In our work we prove the following result, which generalizes
Brook's Theorem. Let and be a graph without cliques on
vertices and the degree of any vertex in this graph is not greater than .
Then for every integer there is a proper -nondegenerate vertex
-coloring of , where During the primary proof,
some interesting corollaries are derived.Comment: 18 pages, 10 figure
Masses, Deformations and Charge Radii--Nuclear Ground-State Properties in the Relativistic Mean Field Model
We perform a systematic study of the ground-state properties of all the
nuclei from the proton drip line to the neutron drip line throughout the
periodic table employing the relativistic mean field model. The TMA parameter
set is used for the mean-field Lagrangian density, and a state-dependent BCS
method is adopted to describe the pairing correlation. The ground-state
properties of a total of 6969 nuclei with and from the
proton drip line to the neutron drip line, including the binding energies, the
separation energies, the deformations, and the rms charge radii, are calculated
and compared with existing experimental data and those of the FRDM and HFB-2
mass formulae. This study provides the first complete picture of the current
status of the descriptions of nuclear ground-state properties in the
relativistic mean field model. The deviations from existing experimental data
indicate either that new degrees of freedom are needed, such as triaxial
deformations, or that serious effort is needed to improve the current
formulation of the relativistic mean field model.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Progress of Theoretical Physic
A systematic study of neutron magic nuclei with N = 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126 in the relativistic mean field theory
We perform a systematic study of all the traditional neutron magic nuclei
with = 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, and 126, from the neutron drip line to the proton
drip line. We adopt the deformed relativistic mean field (RMF) theory as our
framework and treat pairing correlations by a simple BCS method with a
zero-range -force. Remarkable agreement with the available experimental
data is obtained for the binding energies, the two- and one-proton separation
energies, and the nuclear charge radii. The calculated nuclear deformations are
compared with the available experimental data and the predictions of the FRDM
mass formula and the HFBCS-1 mass formula. We discuss, in particular, the
appearance of sub-shell magic nuclei by observing irregular behavior in the
two- and one-proton separation energies.Comment: the version to appear in Journal of Physics G; more references adde
A VLSI architecture of JPEG2000 encoder
Copyright @ 2004 IEEEThis paper proposes a VLSI architecture of JPEG2000 encoder, which functionally consists of two parts: discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and embedded block coding with optimized truncation (EBCOT). For DWT, a spatial combinative lifting algorithm (SCLA)-based scheme with both 5/3 reversible and 9/7 irreversible filters is adopted to reduce 50% and 42% multiplication computations, respectively, compared with the conventional lifting-based implementation (LBI). For EBCOT, a dynamic memory control (DMC) strategy of Tier-1 encoding is adopted to reduce 60% scale of the on-chip wavelet coefficient storage and a subband parallel-processing method is employed to speed up the EBCOT context formation (CF) process; an architecture of Tier-2 encoding is presented to reduce the scale of on-chip bitstream buffering from full-tile size down to three-code-block size and considerably eliminate the iterations of the rate-distortion (RD) truncation.This work was supported in part by the China National High Technologies Research Program (863) under Grant 2002AA1Z142
Silencing E3 Ubiqutin ligase ITCH as a potential therapy to enhance chemotherapy efficacy in p53 mutant neuroblastoma cells
P53 mutations are responsible for drug-resistance of tumour cells which impacts on the efficacy of treatment. Alternative tumour suppressor pathways need to be explored to treat p53- deficient tumours. The E3 ubiquitin ligase, ITCH, negatively regulates the tumour suppressor protein TP73, providing a therapeutic target to enhance the sensitivity of the tumour cells to the treatment. In the present study, two p53-mutant neuroblastoma cell lines were used as in vitro models. Using immunostaining, western blot and qPCR methods, we firstly identified that ITCH was expressed on p53-mutant neuroblastoma cell lines. Transfection of these cell lines with ITCH siRNA could effectively silence the ITCH expression, and result in the stabilization of TP73 protein, which mediated the apoptosis of the neuroblastoma cells upon irradiation treatment. Finally, in vivo delivery of the ITCH siRNA using nanoparticles to the neuroblastoma xenograft mouse model showed around 15–20% ITCH silencing 48 hours after transfection. Our data suggest that ITCH could be silenced both in vitro and in vivo using nanoparticles, and silencing of ITCH sensitizes the tumour cells to irradiation treatment. This strategy could be further explored to combine the chemotherapy/radiotherapy treatment to enhance the therapeutic effects on p53-deficient neuroblastoma
Ground-based testing of the dynamics of flexible space structures using band mechanisms
A suspension system based on a band mechanism is studied to provide the free-free conditions for ground based validation testing of flexible space structures. The band mechanism consists of a noncircular disk with a convex profile, preloaded by torsional springs at its center of rotation so that static equilibrium of the test structure is maintained at any vertical location; the gravitational force will be directly counteracted during dynamic testing of the space structure. This noncircular disk within the suspension system can be configured to remain unchanged for test articles with the different weights as long as the torsional spring is replaced to maintain the originally designed frequency ratio of W/k sub s. Simulations of test articles which are modeled as lumped parameter as well as continuous parameter systems, are also presented
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