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Few Graphene layer/Carbon-Nanotube composite Grown at CMOS-compatible Temperature
We investigate the growth of the recently demonstrated composite material
composed of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes capped by few graphene layers.
We show that the carbon nanotubes grow epitaxially under the few graphene
layers. By using a catalyst and gaseous carbon precursor different from those
used originally we establish that such unconventional growth mode is not
specific to a precise choice of catalyst-precursor couple. Furthermore, the
composite can be grown using catalyst and temperatures compatible with CMOS
processing (T < 450\degree C).Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Top quark production at future lepton colliders in the asymptotic regime
The production of a tt(bar) pair from lepton-antilepton annihilation is
considered for values of the center of mass energy much larger than the top
mass, typically of the few TeV size. In this regime a number of simplifications
occurs that allows to derive the leading asymptotic terms of various
observables using the same theoretical description that was used for light
quark production. Explicit examples are shown for the Standard Model and the
Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model cases.Comment: 20 pages and 13 figures. e-mail: [email protected]
Split Supersymmetry at the Logarithmic Test of Future Colliders
We consider a large number of pair production processes at future colliders
(LHC, ILC) for values of the c.m. energy in the TeV range, where a logarithmic
expansion of Sudakov kind would provide a reliable description of Split
supersymmetric electroweak effects. We calculate all the leading and next to
leading terms of the expansions, that would differ drastically in the
considered domain from those of an extreme "light" scenario. We imagine then
two possible competitive future situations, at LHC and at ILC, where the
determination of the energy dependence of the cross sections of certain
processes could reveal a "signal" of the correct supersymmetric scheme.Comment: 32 pages, 10 figure
Breit - Wigner parameters of nucleon resonance S11(1535)
The result of partial - wave analysis of angular distributions for the
process gamma+p -> eta +p at the energies upto 2 GeV are given. From the energy
dependence of the regression coefficient a0(W) the reliable estimates of Breit
- Wigner parameters of S11(1535) - resonance and energy dependence of real and
imagenery parts of electric dipol amplitude E0+ and its phase were obtainedComment: 12 pages, 11 figure
Update on the ICUD-SIU consultation on multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging in localised prostate cancer
Introduction: Prostate cancer (PCa) imaging is a rapidly evolving field. Dramatic improvements in prostate MRI during the last decade will probably change the accuracy of diagnosis. This chapter reviews recent current evidence about MRI diagnostic performance and impact on PCa management. Materials and methods: The International Consultation on Urological Diseases nominated a committee to review the literature on prostate MRI. A search of the PubMed database was conducted to identify articles focussed on MP-MRI detection and staging protocols, reporting and scoring systems, the role of MP-MRI in diagnosing PCa prior to biopsy, in active surveillance, in focal therapy and in detecting local recurrence after treatment. Results: Differences in opinion were reported in the use of the strength of magnets [1.5 Tesla (T) vs. 3T] and coils. More agreement was found regarding the choice of pulse sequences; diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI), dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE MRI), and/or MR spectroscopy imaging (MRSI) are recommended in addition to conventional T2-weighted anatomical sequences. In 2015, the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS version 2) was described to standardize image acquisition and interpretation. MP-MRI improves detection of clinically significant PCa (csPCa) in the repeat biopsy setting or before the confirmatory biopsy in patients considering active surveillance. It is useful to guide focal treatment and to detect local recurrences after treatment. Its role in biopsy-naive patients or during the course of active surveillance remains debated. Conclusion: MP-MRI is increasingly used to improve detection of csPCa and for the selection of a suitable therapeutic approach
Sudakov expansions at one loop and beyond for charged scalar and fermion pair production in SUSY models at future Linear Colliders
We consider the high energy behaviour of the amplitudes for pair production
of charged leptons, quarks, Higgs bosons, sleptons, squarks and charginos at
lepton colliders. We give the general expressions of the leading quadratic and
subleading linear logarithms that appear at the one loop level, and derive the
corresponding resummed expansions to \underline{subleading} logarithmic order
accuracy. Under the assumption of a relatively light SUSY scenario and choosing
the MSSM as a specific model, we compare the predictions of the one-loop and of
the resummed expansions at variable energy. We show that the two predictions
are very close in the one TeV regime, but drastically differ in the few ()
TeV range.Comment: 43 pages, 13 Encapsulated PostScript figure
SSH adequacy to preimplantation mammalian development: Scarce specific transcripts cloning despite irregular normalisation
BACKGROUND: SSH has emerged as a widely used technology to identify genes that are differentially regulated between two biological situations. Because it includes a normalisation step, it is used for preference to clone low abundance differentially expressed transcripts. It does not require previous sequence knowledge and may start from PCR amplified cDNAs. It is thus particularly well suited to biological situations where specific genes are expressed and tiny amounts of RNA are available. This is the case during early mammalian embryo development. In this field, few differentially expressed genes have been characterized from SSH libraries, but an overall assessment of the quality of SSH libraries is still required. Because we are interested in the more systematic establishment of SSH libraries from early embryos, we have developed a simple and reliable strategy based on reporter transcript follow-up to check SSH library quality and repeatability when starting with small amounts of RNA. RESULTS: Four independent subtracted libraries were constructed. They aimed to analyze key events in the preimplantation development of rabbit and bovine embryos. The performance of the SSH procedure was assessed through the large-scale screening of thousands of clones from each library for exogenous reporter transcripts mimicking either tester specific or tester/driver common transcripts. Our results show that abundant transcripts escape normalisation which is only efficient for rare and moderately abundant transcripts. Sequencing 1600 clones from one of the libraries confirmed and extended our results to endogenous transcripts and demonstrated that some very abundant transcripts common to tester and driver escaped subtraction. Nonetheless, the four libraries were greatly enriched in clones encoding for very rare (0.0005% of mRNAs) tester-specific transcripts. CONCLUSION: The close agreement between our hybridization and sequencing results shows that the addition and follow-up of exogenous reporter transcripts provides an easy and reliable means to check SSH performance. Despite some cases of irregular normalisation and subtraction failure, we have shown that SSH repeatedly enriches the libraries in very rare, tester-specific transcripts, and can thus be considered as a powerful tool to investigate situations where small amounts of biological material are available, such as during early mammalian development
The role of universal and non universal Sudakov logarithms in four fermion processes at TeV energies: the one-loop approximation revisited
We consider the separate effects on four fermion processes, in the TeV energy
range, produced at one loop by Sudakov logarithms of universal and not
universal kind, working in the 't Hooft xi=1 gauge. Summing the various vertex
and box contributions allows to isolate two quite different terms.The first one
is a combination of vertex and box quadratic and linear logarithms that are
partially universal and partially not universal and independent of the
scattering angle theta. The second one is theta-dependent, not universal,
linearly logarithmic and only produced by weak boxes. We show that for several
observables, measurable at future linear e+e- colliders (LC, CLIC), the role of
the latter term is dominant and we discuss the implications of this fact for
what concerns the reliability of a one-loop approximation.Comment: 22 pages and 13 figures; version to appear in Phys.Rev.D. e-mail:
[email protected]
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