Nuclear Physics without High-Momentum Potentials: Constructing the Nuclear Effective Interaction Directly from Scattering Observables

The traditional approach to nuclear physics encodes phase shift information in a nucleon-nucleon (NN) potential, producing a nucleon-level interaction that captures the sub-GeV consequences of QCD. A further reduction to the nuclear scale is needed to produce an effective interaction for soft Hilbert spaces, such as those employed in the shell model. Here we describe an alternative construction of this effective interaction, from QCD directly to the nuclear scale, that is direct and precise. This eliminates the need for constructing and renormalizing the high-momentum NN potential. Instead, continuum phase shifts and mixing angles are used directly at the nuclear scale. The method exploits the analytic continuity in energy of HOBET (Harmonic-Oscillator-Based Effective Theory) to connect bound states to continuum solutions at specific energies. The procedure is systematic, cutoff independent, and convergent, yielding keV accuracy at NNLO or N$^3$LO, depending on the channel. Lepage plots are provided.Comment: 9 page

Capillary refilling time in newborns - Optimal pressing time, sites of testing and normal values

Aspects of capillary refilling time (CRT) in newborns, such as pressing time, sites of testing, normal values and difference between observers were assessed. CRT was measured in 280 term newborns, divided into 7 groups of 40 each, varying pressing time (from 1 to 7 s) was applied. CRT was measured in midpoints of forehead and sternum and plantar surface of heel (defined as head, chest and heel). No statistically significant difference was found between 3 and 7 s pressing time groups. The data points of the CRT of the head and chest approached normality, whilst those of the heel were widely scattered. Normal CRT in newborns is <3 s. No significant difference between two observers in head and chest CRT values was found.Articl

The effect of short term prednisone therapy on the Mantoux skin test

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Patterns of discharge antiplatelet therapy and late outcomes among 8,582 patients with bleeding during acute coronary syndrome: A pooled analysis from PURSUIT, PARAGON-A, PARAGON-B, and SYNERGY

10.1016/j.ahj.2010.09.001American Heart Journal16061056-1064.e2AHJO

Recalibration of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events risk score in a multiethnic Asian population

10.1016/j.ahj.2011.05.016American Heart Journal1622291-299AHJO