Los nuevos escenarios para la cooperación en la lucha contra el terrorismo internacional

Not availableEl terrorismo constituye una de las amenazas mas serias para la democracia, para el libre ejercicio de los derechos del hombre y para el desarrollo económico y social. Los acontecimientos del 11 de septiembre mostraron que el terrorismo es una amenaza real a nivel mundial y que cualquier país podía ser afectado por ataques terroristas. Es un verdadero reto para el mundo y para Europa. La Unión Europea se fijó como objetivo en el tratado de la UE «ofrecer a los ciudadanos un alto grado de seguridad dentro de un espolio de libertad, seguridad y justicia elaborando una acción en común entre los Estados miembros en los ámbitos de la cooperación policial y judicial en materia penal...». Este objetivo ha de lograrse mediante la prevención y la lucha contra la delincuencia, organizada o no, en particular el terrorismo a través de una mayor cooperación entre las fuerzas policiales, las autoridades aduaneras y otras autoridades competentes de los Estados miembros, como entre les autoridades judiciales y, también, por la aproximación, cuando proceda, de las normas de los Estados miembro en materia penal

Attractive Potential around a Thermionically Emitting Microparticle

We present a simulation study of the charging of a dust grain immersed in a plasma, considering the effect of electron emission from the grain (thermionic effect). It is shown that the OML theory is no longer reliable when electron emission becomes large: screening can no longer be treated within the Debye-Huckel approach and an attractive potential well forms, leading to the possibility of attractive forces on other grains with the same polarity. We suggest to perform laboratory experiments where emitting dust grains could be used to create non-conventional dust crystals or macro-molecules.Comment: 3 figures. To appear on Physical Review Letter

Very High Mach Number Electrostatic Shocks in Collisionless Plasmas

The kinetic theory of collisionless electrostatic shocks resulting from the collision of plasma slabs with different temperatures and densities is presented. The theoretical results are confirmed by self-consistent particle-in-cell simulations, revealing the formation and stable propagation of electrostatic shocks with very high Mach numbers ($M \gg 10$), well above the predictions of the classical theories for electrostatic shocks.Comment: 6 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let

Serum Free Light Chain Ratio, Total κ/λ Ratio, and Immunofixation Results Are Not Prognostic Factors after Stem Cell Transplantation for Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma

Abstract Background: The prognostic value of changes in paraprotein markers after stem cell transplantation is unknown. We evaluated disease response using serum immunofixation (s-IFIX), total κ and λ ratio (KLR), and free light chain (FLC) ratio in myeloma patients who underwent autologous or autologous plus allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Methods: We studied s-IFIX, KLR, and FLC ratio in sera from 203 patients, 3 months after transplantation. We evaluated overall and event-free survival (OS and EFS, interval between date of study enrollment and date of death from any cause or date of progression, relapse, or death from any cause, respectively) by the Kaplan–Meier method. Results: Of the 203 patients, 51 were negative by s-IFIX, 99 reached a normal KLR, and 92 had a normal FLC ratio. Of the 51 patients with negative s-IFIX, 40 (78%) also had a normal FLC ratio. The median duration of OS was 54.3 months, and the median EFS was 19.5 months. None of the measured paraprotein parameters showed an association with OS. Only a normal KLR was associated with prolonged EFS (P = 0.016). Even a negative s-IFIX associated with a normal FLC ratio did not show a significant difference in terms of EFS and OS. Conclusions: Our analysis with a small cohort of patients did not show a significant impact of achieving complete response (CR) or stringent CR on patient survival

Hepatitis B Virus Reactivation and Efficacy of Prophylaxis with Lamivudine in Patients Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

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Discrete Breathers in Hexagonal Dusty Plasma Lattices

The occurrence of single- or multisite localized vibrational modes, also called Discrete Breathers (DBs), in 2D hexagonal dusty plasma (DP) lattices is investigated. The system is described by a Klein-Gordon hexagonal lattice characterized by a negative coupling parameter \e in account of its inverse dispersive behavior. A theoretical analysis is performed in order to establish the possibility of existence of single- as well as three-site DBs in such systems. The study is complemented by a numerical investigation based on experimentally provided potential forms. This investigation shows that a DP lattice can support single site DBs while three-site in phase breathers could exist if specific conditions, about the inter-grain interaction strength, would hold. On the other hand, out of phase and vortex three site breathers cannot be supported since they are highly unstable