Constraints on the cosmic expansion history from GWTC–3

We use 47 gravitational wave sources from the Third LIGO–Virgo–Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector Gravitational Wave Transient Catalog (GWTC–3) to estimate the Hubble parameter H(z), including its current value, the Hubble constant H0. Each gravitational wave (GW) signal provides the luminosity distance to the source, and we estimate the corresponding redshift using two methods: the redshifted masses and a galaxy catalog. Using the binary black hole (BBH) redshifted masses, we simultaneously infer the source mass distribution and H(z). The source mass distribution displays a peak around 34 M⊙, followed by a drop-off. Assuming this mass scale does not evolve with the redshift results in a H(z) measurement, yielding ${H}_{0}={68}_{-8}^{+12}\,\mathrm{km}\ \,\ {{\rm{s}}}^{-1}\,{\mathrm{Mpc}}^{-1}$ (68% credible interval) when combined with the H0 measurement from GW170817 and its electromagnetic counterpart. This represents an improvement of 17% with respect to the H0 estimate from GWTC–1. The second method associates each GW event with its probable host galaxy in the catalog GLADE+, statistically marginalizing over the redshifts of each event's potential hosts. Assuming a fixed BBH population, we estimate a value of ${H}_{0}={68}_{-6}^{+8}\,\mathrm{km}\ \,\ {{\rm{s}}}^{-1}\,{\mathrm{Mpc}}^{-1}$ with the galaxy catalog method, an improvement of 42% with respect to our GWTC–1 result and 20% with respect to recent H0 studies using GWTC–2 events. However, we show that this result is strongly impacted by assumptions about the BBH source mass distribution; the only event which is not strongly impacted by such assumptions (and is thus informative about H0) is the well-localized event GW190814

Capsaicin-Mediated tNOX (ENOX2) Up-regulation Enhances Cell Proliferation and Migration in Vitro and in Vivo

Cancer chemoprevention is employed to block or reverse the progression of malignancies. To date, several thousands of agents have been found to possess chemopreventative activity, one of which is capsaicin, a component of chili peppers that exhibits antigrowth activity against various cancer cell lines. However, the role of capsaicin in tumorigenesis remains controversial because both cancer prevention and promotion have been proposed. Here, we made the unexpected discovery that treatment with low concentrations of capsaicin up-regulates tNOX (tumor-associated NADH oxidase) expression in HCT116 human colon carcinoma cells in association with enhanced cell proliferation and migration, as evidenced by down-regulation of epithelial markers and up-regulation of mesenchymal markers. Importantly, tNOX-knockdown in HCT116 cells by RNA interference reversed capsaicin-induced cell proliferation and migration in vitro and decreased tumor growth in vivo. Collectively, these findings provide a basis for explaining the tumor-promoting effect of capsaicin and might imply that caution should be taken when using capsaicin as a chemopreventive agent

Photodegradation treatment of azo dye wastewater by UV/TiO2 process

In this study the photocatalytic decomposition of a synthetic dye, C. I. Acid Yellow 17, was investigated. The TiO2 photocatalyst prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for UV/TiO2 process was prepared by annealing at 550 degrees C for 24 h and anatase type crystalline (under XRD and SEM analysis) was obtained. The more important factors affecting the dye wastewater treatment in terms of dye removal ratio, color removal ratio, and mineralization ratio in this study were pH value of the solution, initial concentration of the dye wastewater, flow rate of the wastewater inflow and light intensity. Chloride and sulfate were detected in C. I. Acid Yellow 17 decomposition process while ammonium and nitrate were not detected. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Standard presentation of magnetic measurements on circular or square aperture dipoles

Definitions of magnet properties obtained from magnetic measurements are given and methods of presenting these propenties are standardized. (auth

Flavor changing neutral current transitions on the lattice for heavy-light systems

Flavor changing neutral current transitions are a very important test of the standard model. Some of the channels can also be very useful for extracting the Kobayashi-Maskawa mixing matrix elements. However, their potential applications are limited by the uncertainties in the relevant hadronic matrix elements. We show that these matrix elements are also amenable to lattice techniques. In this study, we focus on radiative transitions such as B {yields} K*{gamma} and present preliminary results obtained by using 24{sup 3} {times} 40 lattices at {Beta} = 6.0