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Entanglement in a molecular three-qubit system
We study the entanglement properties of a molecular three-qubit system
described by the Heisenberg spin Hamiltonian with anisotropic exchange
interactions and including an external magnetic field. The system exhibits
first order quantum phase transitions by tuning two parameters, and , of
the Hamiltonian to specific values. The three-qubit chain is open ended so that
there are two types of pairwise entanglement : nearest-neighbour (n.n.) and
next-nearest-neighbour (n.n.n.). We calculate the ground and thermal state
concurrences, quantifying pairwise entanglement, as a function of the
parameters , and the temperature . The entanglement threshold and gap
temperatures are also determined as a function of the anisotropy parameter .
The results obtained are of relevance in understanding the entanglement
features of the recently engineered molecular --
complex which serves as a three-qubit system at sufficiently low temperatures.Comment: 9 pages, 13 figures, revtex
Dietary dairy product intake and incident type 2 diabetes: a prospective study using dietary data from a 7-day food diary
The consumption of specific dairy types may be beneficial for the prevention of diabetes.
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the association between total and types of dairy product intake and risk of developing incident type 2 diabetes, using a food diary.
Methods: A nested case-cohort within the EPIC-Norfolk Study was examined, including a random subcohort
(n=4,000) and cases of incident diabetes (n=892, including 143 cases in the subcohort) followed-up for 11 years. Diet was assessed using a prospective 7-day food diary. Total dairy intake (g/day) was estimated and categorised into high-fat
(≥3.9%) and low-fat (<3.9% fat) dairy, and by subtype into yoghurt, cheese and milk. Combined fermented dairy product
intake (yoghurt, cheese, sour cream) was estimated and categorised into high- and low-fat. Prentice-weighted Cox
regression HRs were calculated.
Results: Total dairy, high-fat dairy, milk, cheese and high-fat fermented dairy product intakes were not associated with the
development of incident diabetes. Low-fat dairy intake was inversely associated with diabetes in age- and sex-adjusted
analyses (tertile [T] 3 vs T1, HR 0.81 [95% CI 0.66, 0.98]), but further adjustment for anthropometric, dietary and diabetes
risk factors attenuated this association. In addition, an inverse association was found between diabetes and low-fat
fermented dairy product intake (T3 vs T1, HR 0.76 [95% CI 0.60, 0.99]; ptrend=0.049) and specifically with yoghurt intake
(HR 0.72 [95% CI 0.55, 0.95]; ptrend=0.017) in multivariable adjusted analyses.
Conclusions/interpretation: Greater low-fat fermented dairy product intake, largely driven by yoghurt intake, was associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes development in prospective analyses. These findings suggest that the consumption of specific dairy types may be beneficial for the prevention of diabetes, highlighting the importance of food
group subtypes for public health messages
Roughening of the (1+1) interfaces in two-component surface growth with an admixture of random deposition
We simulate competitive two-component growth on a one dimensional substrate
of sites. One component is a Poisson-type deposition that generates
Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) correlations. The other is random deposition (RD). We
derive the universal scaling function of the interface width for this model and
show that the RD admixture acts as a dilatation mechanism to the fundamental
time and height scales, but leaves the KPZ correlations intact. This
observation is generalized to other growth models. It is shown that the
flat-substrate initial condition is responsible for the existence of an early
non-scaling phase in the interface evolution. The length of this initial phase
is a non-universal parameter, but its presence is universal. In application to
parallel and distributed computations, the important consequence of the derived
scaling is the existence of the upper bound for the desynchronization in a
conservative update algorithm for parallel discrete-event simulations. It is
shown that such algorithms are generally scalable in a ring communication
topology.Comment: 16 pages, 16 figures, 77 reference
A review of solar driven absorption cooling with photovoltaic thermal systems
The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the recent advances in the field of solar absorption cooling systems from the viewpoint of solar collector types. A review in the area of photovoltaic thermal (PVT) absorption cooling systems is conducted. This review includes experimental and computational work focusing on collector types and their efficiencies and performance indicators. Compared to vapour compression air conditioning systems, 50% of primary energy was saved by using solar absorption cooling systems and 10–35% maximum electrical efficiency of PVT was achieved.
This review shows that Coefficient of Performance (COP) for solar cooling systems is in the range of 0.1–0.91 while the thermal collector efficiencies are in the range of 0.06–0.64. The average area to produce cooling for single effect absorption chillers for experimental and computational projects is 4.95 m2/kWc and 5.61 m2/kWc respectively. The specific area for flat plat collector (FPC) is in the range of 2.18–9.4 m2/kWc, while for evacuated tube collector (ETC) is in the range of 1.27–12.5 m2/kWc. For concentrated photovoltaic thermal collector (CPVT) and PVT, the average area to produce cooling for solar absorption chillers are 2.72 m2/kWc and 3.1 m2/kWc respectively
Identifying and mitigating residual vibrations in wave-based control of lumped, flexible systems
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.Wave-based control (WBC) is a technique for motion control of under-actuated flexible sys-tems. It envisages actuator motion as launching a motion wave into the system, while simulta-neously absorbing any wave returning from the system. For rest-to-rest motion the net launch displacement is set at half the target displacement. In absorbing the returning wave and vibra-tions, WBC moves the system the remaining distance to the target, with zero steady-state error. The focus of this paper is on very small residual vibrations around the target position which can endure for a long time after arrival at target. This issue was discovered through a recent devel-opment within WBC context on controlling complex two-dimensional, mass-spring, beam-like arrays. To date their existence has been unidentified. This paper investigates and interprets the nature of these vibrations, explains and identifies them based on wave ideas, and finally offers a new wave-based approach to mitigate or suppress them. It also discusses their implication, not just for WBC but for the general problem of control of flexible systems
Directed biosynthesis of new to nature alkaloids in a heterologous Nicotiana benthamiana expression host
The private, the public and the hybrid in umbilical cord blood banking – a global perspective
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Operationalization, implications and correlates of the cultural deviance criterion for ICD-11 and DSM-5 prolonged grief disorder
Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD) is included in ICD-11 and DSM-5-TR and includes a requirement of cultural deviance. This study examined endorsement rates and factors associated with endorsement of this criterion among Danish bereaved spouses (n = 425) and their adult children (n = 159) four years post-loss. In total, 7.5% (n = 44) participants endorsed this criterion. Both including and excluding the criterion, the prevalence rates for probable DSM-5-TR PGD were 1.4% (n = 8) and 1.7% (n = 10), respectively and for probable ICD-11 PGD were 1.4% (n = 8) and 2.2% (n = 13), respectively. Age and gender of the deceased, age of the bereaved, greater grief severity, and comorbid psychopathology were positively associated with endorsement of the criterion. Findings demonstrate low endorsement of the cultural deviation criterion, that its inclusion excludes several potential PGD cases, and unanticipated associations with several factors raise questions about the criterion’s validity
Capacities of Grassmann channels
A new class of quantum channels called Grassmann channels is introduced and
their classical and quantum capacity is calculated. The channel class appears
in a study of the two-mode squeezing operator constructed from operators
satisfying the fermionic algebra. We compare Grassmann channels with the
channels induced by the bosonic two-mode squeezing operator. Among other
results, we challenge the relevance of calculating entanglement measures to
assess or compare the ability of bosonic and fermionic states to send quantum
information to uniformly accelerated frames.Comment: 33 pages, Accepted in Journal of Mathematical Physics; The role of
the (fermionic) braided tensor product for quantum Shannon theory, namely
capacity formulas, elucidated; The conclusion on the equivalence of Unruh
effect for bosons and fermions for quantum communication purposes made clear
and even more precis
Global entanglement in multiparticle systems
We define a polynomial measure of multiparticle entanglement which is
scalable, i.e., which applies to any number of spin-1/2 particles. By
evaluating it for three particle states, for eigenstates of the one dimensional
Heisenberg antiferromagnet and on quantum error correcting code subspaces, we
illustrate the extent to which it quantifies global entanglement. We also apply
it to track the evolution of entanglement during a quantum computation.Comment: 9 pages, plain TeX, 1 PostScript figure included with epsf.tex
(ignore the under/overfull \vbox error messages); for related work see
http://math.ucsd.edu/~dmeyer/research.html or
http://www.math.ucsd.edu/~nwallach
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