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Genealogical data of Boer and Nubian goats in Mexico
The pedigree file of the Boer and Nubian goat breeds in Mexico was constructed using the national database provided by the AsociaciĂłn Mexicana de Criadores de Ganado Caprino de Registro. Field technicians routinely updated the goat national database by recording information from flocks participating in the performance-recording system. Information on animal identification number, parents, birth date, sex, breed, and farm of origin were used to undertake pedigree analyses using the ENDOG program (version 4.8). This paper presents a pedigree data file, tables and figures of characteristics of pedigree data, pedigree analyses, pedigree integrity, effective population size and genetic conservation index. The data can be used to estimate other population parameters, to monitor the genetic diversity of the Boer and Nubian goat breeds in Mexico, and also to design balanced breeding programs, maintaining genetic variation at reasonable levels and maximizing genetic progress in these populations.202
Impact of Auditory Affect on Urgent Behaviors on a Car Simulator
Emotional content abounds the driver in different forms from billboard signs to in-vehicle devices to roadside situations. Such emotional scenes can result in unsafe driving behaviors and lead to collisions due to their ability to attract attentional resources and change driving goals to irrelevant ones (MegĂas et al. 2011b; Briggs et al, 2011). Recent studies have looked at the way auditory and visual emotional stimuli can impact individualâs decision under Evaluative and Urgent road environment behaviors. Evaluative behaviors are known as a categorization in which people judge a scene as risky or not, whereas Urgent behaviors are time sensitive, requiring a person to quickly respond to the scene in order to avoid negative consequences (Megias et al, 2011a). Previous research has examined the way visual emotional stimuli affects driving performance; however, relatively little is known about the effects of auditory emotional stimuli (Chan, & Singhal, 2014). Among studies that examined both types of behaviors while participants viewed images depicting a driving scenario, auditory emotional stimuli served to speed Evaluative judging (judge whether the scene is risky or not), but not under Urgent judging (judge whether to brake or not) (Serrano, et al, 2013). It was also found that negative sounds lead to more performance errors in driving (Chan, & Singhal, 2014). The current study is designed to further examine a number of task features using a medium fidelity (GE Patrol SIM) driving simulator. Urgent behaviors related to a risky driving scenario and auditory sounds will be used. Using the motivational model of emotion looking at evolutionary flight-and-fight mechanisms (Bradley et al., 2001; Lang et al. 2008), we would, in contrast to previous studies of urgent behaviors, expect to find a difference under emotional content when participants drive a car simulator. A car simulator is able to mimic a real driving environment than looking at a static picture done in Serrano et al (2013). This study aims to empirically examine the effects of driver urgent behavior and time pressure on driverâs hazard perception in a controlled driving simulation. In this experiment, a car following scene with sudden car decelerations will measure participantâs braking, steering, and speed behavior. Participants will drive while listening to emotionally charged auditory sounds that vary in valence and arousal. Valence is how pleasant to unpleasant a stimulus is, whereas arousal is how stimulating to unstimulating a stimulus is. Emotional sounds will be instigated before a braking event occurs and will be randomized. Based on theoretical principles of the motivation model of emotion, it is hypothesized that highly arousing unpleasant sounds would have a higher impact on driving performance than pleasant and neutral sounds. Theoretical and practical implications will also be discussed
How much dark matter is there inside early-type galaxies?
We study the luminous mass as a function of the dynamical mass inside the
effective radius (r_e) of early-type galaxies (ETGs) to search for differences
between these masses. We assume Newtonian dynamics and that any difference
between these masses is due to the presence of dark matter. We use several
samples of ETGs -ranging from 19 000 to 98 000 objects- from the ninth data
release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We perform Monte Carlo (MC)
simulations of galaxy samples and compare them with real samples. The main
results are: i) MC simulations show that the distribution of the dynamical vs.
luminous mass depends on the mass range where the ETGs are distributed
(geometric effect). This dependence is caused by selection effects and
intrinsic properties of the ETGs. ii) The amount of dark matter inside r_e is
approximately 7% +- 22%. iii) This amount of dark matter is lower than the
minimum estimate (10%) found in the literature and four times lower than the
average (30%) of literature estimates. However, if we consider the associated
error, our estimate is of the order of the literature average.Comment: 24 pages, 12 figures. MNRAS accepte
New Physics effects in the flavor-changing neutral couplings of the Top quark
We survey the flavor-changing neutral couplings (FCNC) of the top quark
predicted by some extensions of the Standard Model: THDM, SUSY, L-R symmetric,
TC2, 331, and models with extra quarks. Since the expected sensitivity of the
LHC and ILC for the tcV (V=\gamma,g,Z) and tcH couplings is of order of a few
percent, we emphasize the importance of any new physics effect that gives a
prediction for these FCNC couplings within this limit. We also review the
constraints imposed on these couplings from low-energy precision measurements.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures. Accepted as a review paper in Int. J. of Mod.
Phys.
FCNC Top Quark Decays in Extra Dimensions
The flavor changing neutral top quark decay t -> c X is computed, where X is
a neutral standard model particle, in a extended model with a single extra
dimension. The cases for the photon, X= \gammaR_\xi gauge. We find that
the branching ratios can be enhanced by the dynamics originated in the extra
dimension. In the limit where 1/R >> ->, we have found Br(t -> c \gamma) \simeq
10^{-10} for 1/R = 0.5 TeV. For the decay t -> c H, we have found Br(t -> cH)
\simeq 10^{-10} for a low Higgs mass value. The branching ratios go to zero
when 1/R -> \infty.Comment: Accepted to be published in the Europ. Phys. Jour. C; 16 pages, 2
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Chromomagnetic Dipole Moment of the Top Quark Revisited
We study the complete one-loop contributions to the chromagnetic dipole
moment of the top quark in the Standard Model, two Higgs doublet
models, topcolor assited technicolor models (TC2), 331 models and extended
models with a single extra dimension. We find that the SM predicts
and that the predictions of the other models are also
consitent with the constraints imposed on by low-energy
precision measurements.Comment: 20 pages, 5 figures, Updat
On the possibility of a very light A^0 at low \tan\beta
The searches at LEP II for the processes e^+e^-\to h^0Z and e^+e^-\to h^0A^0
in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) fail to exclude regions of
the m_h,m_A plane where \tan\beta <1, thus allowing a very light A^0 (m_A< 20
GeV). Such a parameter choice would predict a light H^\pm with m_{H^\pm}< m_W.
Although the potentially large branching ratio for H^\pm \to A^0 W^* would
ensure that H^\pm also escaped detection in direct searches at LEP II and the
Tevatron Run I, we show that this elusive parameter space is overwhelmingly
disfavoured by electroweak precision measurements.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures, Revtex, references added, minor additions to
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