Absolute Magnitude Calibration for Giants based on the Colour-Magnitude Diagrams of Galactic Clusters. II-Calibration with SDSS

We present an absolute magnitude calibration for red giants with the colour magnitude diagrams of six Galactic clusters with different metallicities i.e. M92, M13, M3, M71, NGC 6791 and NGC 2158. The combination of the absolute magnitudes of the red giant sequences with the corresponding metallicities provides calibration for absolute magnitude estimation for red giants for a given $(g-r)_{0}$ colour. The calibration is defined in the colour interval 0.45 $\leq(g-r)_{0}\leq$ 1.30 mag and it covers the metallicity interval $-2.15\leq \lbrack Fe/H \rbrack \leq$ +0.37 dex. The absolute magnitude residuals obtained by the application of the procedure to another set of Galactic clusters lie in the interval $-0.28< \Delta M \leq +0.43$ mag. However, the range of 94% of the residuals is shorter, $-0.1<\Delta M \leq+0.4$ mag. The mean and the standard deviation of (all) residuals are 0.169 and 0.140 mag, respectively. The derived relations are applicable to stars older than 2 Gyr, the age of the youngest calibrating cluster.Comment: 12 pages, including 5 figures and 10 tables, accepted for publication in PASA. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1204.429

Absolute Magnitude Calibration for Red Giants based on the Colour-Magnitude Diagrams of Galactic Clusters. III-Calibration with 2MASS

We present two absolute magnitude calibrations, $M_{J}$ and $M_{K_s}$, for red giants with the colour magnitude diagrams of five Galactic clusters with different metallicities i.e. M92, M13, M71, M67, and NGC 6791. The combination of the absolute magnitudes of the red giant sequences with the corresponding metallicities provides calibration for absolute magnitude estimation for red giants for a given colour. The calibrations for $M_{J}$ and $M_{K_s}$ are defined in the colour intervals $1.3\leq(V-J)_{0}\leq2.8$ and $1.75 \leq (V-K_{s})_{0}\leq 3.80$ mag, respectively, and they cover the metallicity interval $-2.15 \leq \lbrack Fe/H \rbrack \leq +0.37$ dex. The absolute magnitude residuals obtained by the application of the procedure to another set of Galactic clusters lie in the intervals $-0.08<\Delta M_{J}\leq +0.34$ and $-0.10< \Delta M_{K_s}\leq +0.27$ mag for $M_{J}$ and $M_{K_s}$, respectively. The means and standard deviations of the residuals are $= 0.137$ and $\sigma_{M_J}=0.080$, and $=0.109$ and $\sigma_{M_{K_{s}}}=0.123$ mag. The derived relations are applicable to stars older than 4 Gyr, the age of the youngest calibrating cluster.Comment: 20 pages, including 8 figures and 22 tables, accepted for publication in PASA. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1206.275

Behaviour of a Watertight Anchored Retaining Wall in Soft Soil Conditions

A watertight prestressed anchored retaining wall was used in an excavation in Marmaris, a town located on the Southwest coast of Turkey due to presence of high water level and soft soil conditions. Following a detailed geotechnical investigation an analysis of the retaining system was performed by Plaxis Finite Element Program. The analysis consisted of stage construction simulating the real case. The behaviour of the watertight pile wall was monitored by means of inclinometric measurements. The paper describes the overall stability problems disclosed by Plaxis finite element and Slope-W slope stability programs and their remediation and the problems encountered during construction and inclinometric measurements. The lateral displacements of the retaining wall obtained in the analyses are compared with the inclinometric measurements taken during the excavation program

Synthesis and structural characterization of trans-bis[1,3-bis(methoxy- ethyl)-4,5-bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)imidazolidin-2-ylidene]dichloro- palladium(II)

A Pd(II) complex of a new N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligand with bulky substituents and functionalized methoxy-donor side arms has been synthesized and characterized by elemental analyses, 1H and 13C NMR, and IR spectroscopy. Molecular and crystal structures of the title complex have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c, with a = 15.927(2), b = 8.489(2), c = 20.309(5) Å, β = 99.213(2)°, Z = 2, Dx = 1.253 g cm-3. The palladium atom is situated on an inversion center. There are several weak intramolecular C-H⋯N/O interactions. © 2007 Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung

Risk factors associated with post-traumatic stress symptoms following childbirth in Turkey

OBJECTIVE: this study examined factors associated with symptoms of post-traumatic stress (PTS) following childbirth in women with normal, low-risk pregnancies in Nigde, Turkey. DESIGN: a prospective longitudinal design where women completed questionnaire measures at 20+ weeks' gestation and 6-8 weeks after birth. SETTING: eligible pregnant women were recruited from nine family healthcare centres in Nigde between September 2013 and July 2014. PARTICIPANTS: a total of 242 women completed questionnaires at both time points. MEASURES: PTS symptoms were measured using the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) 6-8 weeks after birth. Potential protective or risk factors of childbirth self-efficacy, fear of childbirth, adaptation to pregnancy/motherhood, and perceived social support were measured in pregnancy and after birth. Perceived support and control during birth was measured after birth. Demographic and obstetric information was collected in pregnancy using standard self-report questions. FINDINGS: PTS symptoms were associated with being multiparous, having a planned pregnancy, poor psychological adaptation to pregnancy, higher outcome expectancy but lower efficacy expectancy during pregnancy, urinary catheterization during labour, less support and perceived control in birth, less satisfaction with hospital care, poor psychological adaptation to motherhood and increased fear of birth post partum. Regression analyses showed the strongest correlates of PTS symptoms were high outcome and low efficacy expectancies in pregnancy, urinary catheterization in labour, poor psychological adaptation to motherhood and increased fear of birth post partum. This model accounted for 29% of the variance in PTS symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: this study suggests women in this province in Turkey report PTS symptoms after birth and this is associated with childbirth self-efficacy in pregnancy, birth factors, and poor adaptation to motherhood and increased fear of birth post partum. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: maternity care services in Turkey need to recognise the potential impact of birth experiences on women's mental health and adaptation after birth. The importance of self-efficacy in pregnancy suggests antenatal education or support may protect women against developing post partum PTS, but this needs to be examined further

The use of sesame oil in sea bream feeds and its effects on growth and body chemical composition

As fish oil availability declines worldwide and its price rises, there is a growing need to engage in scientific investigations into alternative oil sources for incorporation into fish feeds. This study aimed to determine the effects of dietary sesame oil on the growth performance, feed utilization, and nutritional composition of sea bream (*Sparus aurata*). Twenty-five individual fish (initial mean weight: 32.38±0.27 g) were placed in each tank in triplicate. Four experimental fish meal-based (iso-proteic 49% and iso-lipidic 20%) diets were formulated; the control (C) group contains 100% of fish oil (FO) and varying amounts (20, 40, 60%) of sesame oil (SO). During the 75-day experiment, the fish were fed 3 times a day, and the mean ambient temperature and dissolved oxygen values were measured as 22.5±0.5°C and 6.8±0.3 mg/L, respectively. At the beginning of the experiment, 20 fish were sampled to determine their nutrient composition and somatic indexes. In the end, 4 fish were collected for the same procedures and 4 for each tank's muscle and liver fatty acid compositions. At the end of the study, the S60 group exhibited the lowest final weight (FW) and feed utilization parameters. On the other hand, there were no statistical differences between FO, SO20, and SO40 in terms of FW. In addition, the SO40 group had the best feed conversion ratio (FCR) among the groups (P\<0.05). The whole-body lipid compositions of the groups were different. The highest lipid level was found in SO40 with 15.83±0.36%. Muscle and liver fatty acid composition was significantly affected by the fatty acid profile of experimental feeds. While total ω-6 fatty acids were higher in the SO groups than in group C, total ω-3 fatty acids were higher in the C group compared to the SO groups (P\<0.05). The ω-3/ω-6 ratios in the SO20 and SO40 groups showed similarity, while the highest ratio was observed in the control group (P\<0.05). As a result, according to data obtained from our study, it is predicted that 40% SO could be added to sea bream feed instead of FO in terms of growth performance, feed utilization, and nutritional composition

A Gauge-Gravity Relation in the One-loop Effective Action

We identify an unusual new gauge-gravity relation: the one-loop effective action for a massive spinor in 2n dimensional AdS space is expressed in terms of precisely the same function [a certain multiple gamma function] as the one-loop effective action for a massive charged scalar in 4n dimensions in a maximally symmetric background electromagnetic field [one for which the eigenvalues of F_{\mu\nu} are maximally degenerate, corresponding in 4 dimensions to a self-dual field, equivalently to a field of definite helicity], subject to the identification F^2 \Lambda, where \Lambda is the gravitational curvature. Since these effective actions generate the low energy limit of all one-loop multi-leg graviton or gauge amplitudes, this implies a nontrivial gauge-gravity relation at the non-perturbative level and at the amplitude level.Comment: 6 page

Self-consistent crystalline condensate in chiral Gross-Neveu and Bogoliubov-de Gennes systems

We derive a new exact self-consistent crystalline condensate in the 1+1 dimensional chiral Gross-Neveu model. This also yields a new exact crystalline solution for the one dimensional Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations and the Eilenberger equation of semiclassical superconductivity. We show that the functional gap equation can be reduced to a solvable nonlinear equation, and discuss implications for the temperature-chemical potential phase diagram.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures; v2 minor corrections, version for PR

Can proliferative hypertrophic scars of the median sternotomy incision predict the occurrence and characteristics of urethral stricture?

Conclusion: A poorly healed median stemotomy incision scar can predict a poor wound healing in the urethra tissue. Further large scale, multi-center and prospective studies are needed to clarify this relationship