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Coherent quantum effects through dispersive bosonic media
The coherent evolution of two atomic qubits mediated by a set of bosonic
field modes is investigated. By assuming a specific encoding of the quantum
states in the internal levels of the two atoms we show that entangling quantum
gates can be realised, with high fidelity, even when a large number of
mediating modes is involved. The effect of losses and imperfections on the
gates' operation is also considered in detail.Comment: 7 pages, 10 figure
Abnormal magnetoresistance behavior in Nb thin film with rectangular antidot lattice
Abnormal magnetoresistance behavior is found in superconducting Nb films
perforated with rectangular arrays of antidots (holes). Generally
magnetoresistance were always found to increase with increasing magnetic field.
Here we observed a reversal of this behavior for particular in low temperature
or current density. This phenomenon is due to a strong 'caging effect' which
interstitial vortices are strongly trapped among pinned multivortices.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Is Z^+(4430) a loosely bound molecular state?
Since lies very close to the threshold of , we
investigate whether could be a loosely bound S-wave state of
or with , i.e.,
a molecular state arising from the one-pion-exchange potential. The potential
from the crossed diagram is much larger than that from the diagonal scattering
diagram. With various trial wave functions, we notice that the attraction from
the one pion exchange potential alone is not strong enough to form a bound
state with realistic pionic coupling constants deduced from the decay widths of
and .Comment: 8 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables. Typos corrected, more discussions adde
Distributed coherent manipulation of qutrits by virtual excitation processes
We propose a scheme for the deterministic coherent manipulation of two atomic
qutrits, trapped in separate cavities coupled through a short optical fibre or
optical resonator. We study such a system in the regime of dispersive
atom-field interactions, where the dynamics of atoms, cavities and fibre
operates through virtual population of both the atomic excited states and
photonic states in the cavities and fibre. We show that the resulting effective
dynamics allows for the creation of robust qutrit entanglement, and thoroughly
investigate the influence of imperfections and dissipation, due to atomic
spontaneous emission and photon leakage, on the entanglement of the two qutrits
state.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
Exposure to the Chinese famine in early life and the risk of anaemia in adulthood
Background: Famine exposure during the early stage of life is related to a number of adulthood diseases. The objective of this study was to examine the association of early life exposure to the famine in China (1959β1961) with the risk of anaemia in adulthood. Methods: We used the data of 2007 adults born between 1954 and 1964 in Jiangsu province from the 2002 Chinese National Nutrition and Health Survey. Anaemia was defined as haemoglobin concentration <12 g/dl in women and <13 g/dl in men. Results: Prevalence of anaemia in adulthood in nonexposed, fetal-exposed, early-childhood, mid-childhood, and late-childhood exposed to famine groups were 26.0%, 33.8%, 28.1%, 28.2% and 29.7%, respectively. Overall, fetal-exposed to famine was associated with 37% increased risk of anaemia as compared with those non-exposed after adjusting for income, education, place of residence, smoking, alcohol drinking, job, hypertension and BMI; relative risk (95% confidence interval) (RR (95% CI)) was 1.37 (1.09, 1.71). In general, this association appeared to be stronger among men, those who were currently overweight or obese, or those of lower educational levels. Corresponding RR (95% CI) was 1.87 (1.21-2.87), 1.75 (1.20-2.56), and 2.07 (1.37-3.12), respectively. Conclusions: Fetal exposure to the Chinese famine was associated with an increased risk of anaemia in adulthood.Zumin Shi, Cuilin Zhang, Minghao Zhou, Shiqi Zhen and Anne W Taylo
Axial-flexural coupled vibration and buckling of composite beams using sinusoidal shear deformation theory
A finite element model based on sinusoidal shear deformation theory is developed to study vibration and buckling analysis of composite beams with arbitrary lay-ups. This theory satisfies the zero traction boundary conditions on the top and bottom surfaces of beam without using shear correction factors. Besides, it has strong similarity with EulerβBernoulli beam theory in some aspects such as governing equations, boundary conditions, and stress resultant expressions. By using Hamiltonβs principle, governing equations of motion are derived. A displacement-based one-dimensional finite element model is developed to solve the problem. Numerical results for cross-ply and angle-ply composite beams are obtained as special cases and are compared with other solutions available in the literature. A variety of parametric studies are conducted to demonstrate the effect of fiber orientation and modulus ratio on the natural frequencies, critical buckling loads, and load-frequency curves as well as corresponding mode shapes of composite beams
and
Recently Babar Collaboration reported a new state
and Belle Collaboration observed . We investigate the strong
decays of the excited states using the model. After
comparing the theoretical decay widths and decay patterns with the available
experimental data, we tend to conclude: (1) is probably the
state although the
assignment is not completely excluded; (2) seems unlikely to be
the and candidate; (3)
as either a or state is
consistent with the experimental data; (4) experimental search of
in the channels , , and
will be crucial to distinguish the above two possibilities.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables. Some discussions added. The final
version to appear at EPJ
Profiling of the Tetraspanin CD151 Web and Conspiracy of CD151/Integrin Ξ²1 Complex in the Progression of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Tetraspanin CD151 has been implicated in metastasis through forming complexes with different molecular partners. In this study, we mapped tetraspanin web proteins centered on CD151, in order to explore the role of CD151 complexes in the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Immunoprecipitation was used to isolate tetraspanin complexes from HCCLM3 cells using a CD151 antibody, and associated proteins were identified by mass spectrometry. The interaction of CD151 and its molecular partners, and their roles in invasiveness and metastasis of HCC cells were assayed through disruption of the CD151 network. Finally, the clinical implication of CD151 complexes in HCC patients was also examined. In this study, we identified 58 proteins, characterized the tetraspanin CD151 web, and chose integrin Ξ²1 as a main partner to further investigate. When the CD151/integrin Ξ²1 complex in HCC cells was disrupted, migration, invasiveness, secretion of matrix metalloproteinase 9, and metastasis were markedly influenced. However, both CD151 and integrin Ξ²1 expression were untouched. HCC patients with high expression of CD151/integrin Ξ²1 complex had the poorest prognosis of the whole cohort of patients. Together, our data show that CD151 acts as an important player in the progression of HCC in an integrin Ξ²1-dependent manner
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