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Additive Extensions of a Quantum Channel
We study extensions of a quantum channel whose one-way capacities are
described by a single-letter formula. This provides a simple technique for
generating powerful upper bounds on the capacities of a general quantum
channel. We apply this technique to two qubit channels of particular
interest--the depolarizing channel and the channel with independent phase and
amplitude noise. Our study of the latter demonstrates that the key rate of BB84
with one-way post-processing and quantum bit error rate q cannot exceed
H(1/2-2q(1-q)) - H(2q(1-q)).Comment: 6 pages, one figur
Electronic Books for Evangelical Libraries A Progress Report
In recent years, members of the Association of Christian Librarians (ACL) have clearly stated their interest in seeing publishers – especially those with evangelical affiliation – offer electronic book products in formats that are friendly to libraries. This subject has generated conversation at our business meetings and on our listserv. In the summer of 2006, some 100 members of ACL’s Christian Library Consortium purchased a collection of 400 religion-oriented electronic books from NetLibrary®. At the 2007 conference, which convened in Grand Rapids, Michigan, representatives of four local Christian publishers participated in a panel discussion that was dominated by the subject of electronic distribution
Classical signature of quantum annealing
A pair of recent articles concluded that the D-Wave One machine actually
operates in the quantum regime, rather than performing some classical
evolution. Here we give a classical model that leads to the same behaviors used
in those works to infer quantum effects. Thus, the evidence presented does not
demonstrate the presence of quantum effects.Comment: 8 pages, 3 pdf figure
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The quantum capacity with symmetric side channels
We present an upper bound for the quantum channel capacity that is both
additive and convex. Our bound can be interpreted as the capacity of a channel
for high-fidelity quantum communication when assisted by a family of channels
that have no capacity on their own. This family of assistance channels, which
we call symmetric side channels, consists of all channels mapping symmetrically
to their output and environment. The bound seems to be quite tight, and for
degradable quantum channels it coincides with the unassisted channel capacity.
Using this symmetric side channel capacity, we find new upper bounds on the
capacity of the depolarizing channel. We also briefly indicate an analogous
notion for distilling entanglement using the same class of (one-way) channels,
yielding one of the few entanglement measures that is monotonic under local
operations with one-way classical communication (1-LOCC), but not under the
more general class of local operations with classical communication (LOCC).Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
A simple family of nonadditive quantum codes
Most known quantum codes are additive, meaning the codespace can be described
as the simultaneous eigenspace of an abelian subgroup of the Pauli group. While
in some scenarios such codes are strictly suboptimal, very little is understood
about how to construct nonadditive codes with good performance. Here we present
a family of nonadditive quantum codes for all odd blocklengths, n, that has a
particularly simple form. Our codes correct single qubit erasures while
encoding a higher dimensional space than is possible with an additive code or,
for n of 11 or greater, any previous codes.Comment: 3 pages, new version with slight clarifications, no results are
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The durability of oral diabetic medications: Time to A1c baseline and a review of common oral medications used by the primary care provider.
Introduction:Cost of generic medications has risen more in the past few years than any other time in history. While medical insurance covers much of these costs, health care professionals can better provide medications that have the longest duration of action when compared to placebo-treated controls. This will save health care costs and improve prescribing accuracy. Methods:Papers in PubMed were identified with keywords placebo. The study must be at least 2 years in length to evaluate the change in A1c over time. The primary endpoint was time to A1c neutrality (return of A1c to baseline at a maximum dose of single oral agent). A medication would be considered at neutrality if the 95% CI crossed baseline. Time to neutrality was averaged for each medication within the class and each summarized for class effect. Results:Effective therapy for the DPP-4 and sulfonylurea classes of medications are 3-4 years as compared to a 5-year time to A1c neutrality for metformin usage. In comparison, the projected time to A1c neutrality was approximately 6-8 years for rosiglitazone and pioglitazone. While only a few studies have been published in the SGLT-2 class of medication, the time to A1c neutrality was also 6-8 years with Canagliflozin and full dosage of Empagliflozin. Conclusion:Metformin appears to have a 5-year duration of effect before the A1c returns to baseline. The sulfonylureas and DPP-4 inhibitors class of medications have one of the shortest durability which ranges between 3.3 to 4.4 years. In contrast, the SGLT-2 class of medication and the TZD class of medications has a projected time to A1c neutrality from 6-8 years. Diabetic duration of therapy as compared to placebo should be listed with those medications tested so the provider can choose wisely
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