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Market Structure and Productivity Revisited: Endogenous Productivity, Training and Market Shares
Renormalization analysis of intermittency in two coupled maps
The critical behavior for intermittency is studied in two coupled
one-dimensional (1D) maps. We find two fixed maps of an approximate
renormalization operator in the space of coupled maps. Each fixed map has a
common relavant eigenvaule associated with the scaling of the control parameter
of the uncoupled one-dimensional map. However, the relevant ``coupling
eigenvalue'' associated with coupling perturbation varies depending on the
fixed maps. These renormalization results are also confirmed for a
linearly-coupled case.Comment: 11 pages, RevTeX, 2 eps figure
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Histamine and Histamine H4 Receptor Promotes Osteoclastogenesis in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Histamine H4 receptor (H4R) has immune-modulatory and chemotaxic effects in various immune cells. This study aimed to determine the osteoclastogenic role of H4R in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The concentration of histamine in synovial fluid (SF) and sera in patients with RA was measured using ELISA. After RA SF and peripheral blood (PB) CD14+ monocytes were treated with histamine, IL-17, IL-21 and IL-22, and a H4R antagonist (JNJ7777120), the gene expression H4R and RANKL was determined by real-time PCR. Osteoclastogenesis was assessed by counting TRAP-positive multinucleated cells in PB CD14+ monocytes cultured with histamine, Th17 cytokines and JNJ7777120. SF and serum concentration of histamine was higher in RA, compared with osteoarthritis and healthy controls. The expression of H4R was increased in PB monocytes in RA patients. Histamine, IL-6, IL-17, IL-21 and IL-22 induced the expression of H4R in monocytes. Histamine, IL-17, and IL-22 stimulated RANKL expression in RA monocytes and JNJ7777120 reduced the RANKL expression. Histamine and Th17 cytokines induced the osteoclast differentiation from monocytes and JNJ7777120 decreased the osteoclastogenesis. H4R mediates RANKL expression and osteoclast differentiation induced by histamine and Th17 cytokines. The blockage of H4R could be a new therapeutic modality for prevention of bone destruction in RA
K*{\Lambda}(1116) photoproduction and nucleon resonances
In this presentation, we report our recent studies on the
photoproduction off the proton target, using the tree-level Born approximation,
via the effective Lagrangian approach. In addition, we include the nine (three-
or four-star confirmed) nucleon resonances below the threshold
MeV, to interpret the discrepancy between the
experiment and previous theoretical studies, in the vicinity of the threshold
region. From the numerical studies, we observe that the and
play an important role for the cross-section enhancement near
the . It also turns out that, in order to reproduce the
data, we have the vector coupling constants
and
.Comment: 2 pages, 2 figures, talk given at International Conference on the
structure of baryons, BARYONS'10, Dec. 7-11, 2010, Osaka, Japa
Development of Navigation Control Algorithm for AGV Using D* Search Algorithm
In this paper, we present a navigation control algorithm for Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV) that move in industrial environments including static and moving obstacles using D* algorithm. This algorithm has ability to get paths planning in unknown, partially known and changing environments efficiently. To apply the D* search algorithm, the grid map represent the known environment is generated. By using the laser scanner LMS-151 and laser navigation sensor NAV-200, the grid map is updated according to the changing of environment and obstacles. When the AGV finds some new map information such as new unknown obstacles, it adds the information to its map and re-plans a new shortest path from its current coordinates to the given goal coordinates. It repeats the process until it reaches the goal coordinates. This algorithm is verified through simulation and experiment. The simulation and experimental results show that the algorithm can be used to move the AGV successfully to reach the goal position while it avoids unknown moving and static obstacles. [Keywords— navigation control algorithm; Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGV); D* search algorithm
Internal localized eigenmodes on spin discrete breathers in antiferromagnetic chains with on-site easy axis anisotropy
We investigate internal localized eigenmodes of the linearized equation
around spin discrete breathers in 1D antiferromagnets with on-site easy axis
anisotropy. The threshold of occurrence of the internal localized eigenmodes
has a typical structure in parameter space depending on the frequency of the
spin discrete breather. We also performed molecular dynamics simulation in
order to show the validity of our linear analysis.Comment: 4 pages including 5 figure
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