A Search for ttˉt\bar{t} Resonances in Lepton Plus Jets Events with ATLAS using 14 fb−1^{-1} of Proton-Proton Collisions at s\sqrt{s} = 8 TeV

Some Beyond the Standard Model theories predict new particles that decay predominantly into top-antitop quark pairs. A search for top-antitop quark resonances that decay into the lepton plus jets final state is carried out with the ATLAS experiment at the LHC using 14 fb$^{-1}$ of $\sqrt{s}$ = 8 TeV proton-proton collisions. The search considers both cases where all of the final state jets are isolated and where some or all of the top quark decay products are merged into a single jet. Mass exclusion limits at a 95% credibility level are set for two benchmark models, one predicting leptophobic topcolor Z' bosons and the other predicting Randall-Sundrum Kaluza-Klein gluons.Comment: Presentation at the DPF 2013 Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Particles and Fields, Santa Cruz, California, August 13-17, 201

A Analytical Study of the Philip Larkinas Selected Poetries

Philip Arthur Larkin was an English poet and novelist His first book of poetry The North Ship was published in 1945 followed by two novels Jill 1946 and A Girl in Winter 1947 but he came to prominence in 1955 with the publication of his second collection of poems The Less Deceived followed by The Whitsun Weddings 1964 and High Windows 1974 He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its jazz critic from 1961 to 1971 articles gathered together in All What Jazz A Record Diary 1961 71 1985 and he edited The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse 1973 He was the recipient of many honours including the Queen s Gold Medal for Poetry He was offered but declined the position of poet laureate in 1984 following the death of John Betjema

Does quantitative research in child maltreatment tell the whole story? The need for mixed-methods approaches to explore the effects of maltreatment in infancy

Background and Aims. Research on child maltreatment has largely overlooked the under-five age group and focuses primarily on quantitative measurement. This mixed-methods study of maltreated children (N = 92) entering care (age 6–60 months) combines a quantitative focus on the associations between care journey characteristics and mental health outcomes with a qualitative exploration of maltreatment in four different families. Methods. Care journey data was obtained from social care records; mental health and attachment assessments were carried out following entry to care; qualitative data comprised semistructured interviews with professionals, foster carers, and parents. Results. Significant associations were found between suspected sexual abuse and increased DAI inhibited attachment symptoms (p = 0.001) and between reported domestic violence and decreased DAI inhibited (p = 0.016) and disinhibited (p = 0.004) attachment symptoms. Qualitative results: two themes demonstrate the complexity of assessing maltreatment: (1) overlapping maltreatment factors occur in most cases and (2) maltreatment effects may be particularly challenging to isolate. Conclusions. Qualitative exploration has underscored the complexity of assessing maltreatment, indicating why expected associations were not found in this study and posing questions for the quantitative measurement of maltreatment in general. We therefore suggest a new categorisation of maltreatment and call for the complimentary research lenses of further mixed-methods approaches

Evaluation of Docker for IoT Application

The Internet of Things (IoT) is highly connected smart devices through the internet network, the number of connecting devices is increasing day by day. So this will have a major impact on industry standard, security, business model and entire IT ecosystem. However, developers are facing multiple barriers while developing, creating and scaling IoT application. Docker is an open source container based virtualization technology which can help to develop and scale IoT application easy and fast. This paper introduces various container based virtualization technologies and Docker for IoT application requirement. In this paper, an IoT application is developed and run inside the container and over the host. Benchmark tools are used to analyse the performance of host and docker

HRV and ECG signal analysis of smokers and non-smokers

The current study deals with the study of Heart Rate Variability and wavelet-based ECG signal analysis of thirty-two volunteers, who were divided into two groups of smokers and non-smokers. Although the preliminary results of frequency domain analysis of HRV showed some dominance towards the sympathetic nervous system activity in smokers, they were not found to be statistically significant. Hence the bias of results towards the increase of sympathetic activity might be attributed to the masking affect of some other factors, apart from smoking, which were not included in our experiment. The wavelet decomposition of the ECG signal was done using the Daubechies (Db 6) wavelet family. No significant difference was observed between the smokers and non-smokers which apparently suggested that HRV does not affect the conduction pathway of heart

Right-Sided Infective Endocarditis Secondary to Intravenous Drug Abuse

Right-sided infective endocarditis is due to intravenous drug abuse. Right-sided infective endocarditis is rare. It comprises 5–10% of infective endocarditis cases. Traditionally, it has been reported more commonly in patients with medical devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators and dialysis catheters. Recently, there has been increase in right-sided infective endocarditis related to intravenous drug abuse. Right-sided infective endocarditis related to drug abuse mostly affects the tricuspid valve and rarely the pulmonary valve. Although, most uncomplicated cases do well with medical treatment, it is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality due to recurrent infection. Surgery for right-sided infective endocarditis is uncommon especially in resource limited setting. Few current studies have explored surgical options in this group of patients. This chapter will review current literature related to right-sided infective endocarditis due to intravenous drug abuse

The Coronavirus Shopping Anxiety Scale: Initial Validation and Development

Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a scale to measure coronavirus shopping anxiety. Numerous studies have developed a scale for measuring coronavirus anxiety and fear, notably absent is a concerted effort to review and assess the impact of coronavirus on the shopping anxiety of consumers. This scale fulfills this gap. Design/methodology/approach The steps taken for checking the various psychometrics of the scale include item generation, followed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) through SPSS and confirmatory factor analysis through AMOS. The data were collected from over 208 respondents. Findings This study resulted in the development of a nine-item scale with robust psychometric properties. The scale resulted in highlighting two factors related to anxiety: in-store shopping anxiety and online shopping anxiety. Research limitations/implications The scale developed has the desirable reliable and valid properties that could be used by aspiring researchers. Practical implications The scale developed highlighted that the restrictions in shopping impact the mental health and psychology of consumers. The scale resulted in analyzing the factors related to shopping anxiety, which could give top management a perspective and vision to look into the minds of the consumer\u27s shopping anxiety behaviors. Social implications Companies, firms, health professionals and marketers could use this scale to investigate the various shopping anxiety perceptions among consumers in society. Originality/value This research fills the gap by developing a first nine-item scale based on the qualitative research and quantitative assessment for measuring shopping anxiety caused due to the pandemic