9 research outputs found
The Spectrum of the Dirac Operator in the Linear Sigma Model with Quarks
We derive the spectrum of the Dirac operator for the linear sigma-model with
quarks in the large N_c approximation using renormalization group flow
equations. For small eigenvalues, the Banks-Casher relation and the vanishing
linear term are recovered. We calculate the coefficient of the next to leading
term and investigate the spectrum beyond the low energy regime.Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev.
Spatial patterns of enzymatic activity in large water bodies: Ship-borne measurements of beta-D-glucuronidase activity as a rapid indicator of microbial water quality
This study used automated enzymatic activity measurements conducted from a mobile research vessel to detect the spatial variability of beta‑d‑glucuronidase (GLUC) activity in large freshwater bodies. The ship-borne observations provided the first high-resolution spatial data of GLUC activity in large water bodies as rapid indication of fecal pollution and were used to identify associations with hydrological conditions and land use. The utility of this novel approach for water quality screening was evaluated by surveys of the Columbia River, the Mississippi River and the Yahara Lakes, covering up to a 500 km river course and 50 km2 lake area. The ship-borne measurements of GLUC activity correlated with standard E. coli analyses (R2 = 0.71) and revealed the effects of (1) precipitation events and urban run-off on GLUC activity in surface waters, (2) localized point inlets of potential fecal pollution and (3) increasing GLUC signals along gradients of urbanization. We propose that this ship-borne water quality screening to be integrated into future water inventory programs as an initial or complementary tool (besides established fecal indicator parameters), due to its ability to provide near real-time spatial information on potential fecal contamination of large surface water resources and therefore being helpful to greatly reduce potential human health risks.Austrian Science Fund (FWF)Vienna University of TechnologyNorth Temperate Lakes–Long Term Ecological Researc
Beam-helicity asymmetry in photon and pion electroproduction in the Delta(1232) resonance region at Q^2= 0.35 (GeV/c)^2
The beam-helicity asymmetry has been measured simultaneously for the
reactions (e p \to e p \gamma) and (e p \to e p \pi^0) in the
resonance region at 0.35 (GeV/c). The experiment was performed at
MAMI with a longitudinally polarized beam and an out-of-plane detection of the
proton. The results are compared with calculations based on Dispersion
Relations for virtual Compton scattering and with the MAID model for pion
electroproduction. There is an overall good agreement between experiment and
theoretical calculations. The remaining discrepancies may be ascribed to an
imperfect parametrization of some multipoles, mainly
contributing to the non-resonant background. The beam-helicity asymmetry in
both channels ( and ) shows a good sensitivity to these
multipoles and should allow future improvement in their parametrization.Comment: 7 pages, 8 figures, version to appear in EPJ
Targeting PI3K in neuroblastoma
This work employs pharmacological targeting of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3K) in selected neuroblastoma (NB) tumors with the inhibitor AS605240, which has been shown to express low toxicity and relative specificity for the PI3K species