The Casimir effect for the scalar and Elko fields in a Lifshitz-like field theory

In this work, we obtain the Casimir energy for the real scalar field and the Elko neutral spinor field in a field theory at a Lifshitz fixed point (LP). We analyze the massless and the massive case for both fields using dimensional regularization. We obtain the Casimir energy in terms of the dimensional parameter and the LP parameter. Particularizing our result, we can recover the usual results without LP parameter in (3+1) dimensions presented in the literature. Moreover, we compute the effects of the LP parameter in the thermal corrections for the massless scalar field.Comment: 20 pages, 2 figures, some results have been modified and other changes to the text have been made to match the accepted version in Eur. Phys. J.

Draft genome sequence of the naturally competent Bacillus simplex strain WY10

ABSTRACT We sequenced a naturally competent bacterial isolate, WY10, cultured from a Wyoming soil sample. Sequence analysis revealed that WY10 is a novel strain of Bacillus simplex . To our knowledge, WY10 is the first B. simplex strain to be characterized as naturally competent for DNA uptake by transformation. </jats:p

Maedi-Visna é realmente um problema?

Maedi-Visna é uma doença ocasionada por um vírus de mesmo nome, ou seja, Maedi visna vírus (MVV) e por ser silenciosa pode ocasionar sérios problemas econômicos. Esse texto começou com uma pergunta de um produtor: ?Maedi-visna é um problema realmente?? E agora?bitstream/item/123120/1/16-Maedi-Visna.pd

Medidas sanitárias gerais para ovinos e caprinos.

A sanidade abrange uma série de atividades técnicas, conduzidas para manter as condições de saúde dos animais, as quais são influenciadas pelo meio ambiente, práticas inadequadas de manejo, pelo genótipo, entre outras causas. Os problemas de erro de manejo incluem: nutrição inadequada, limpeza, desinfecção e higiene precária, instalações mal planejadas, manejadores despreparados, criação conjunta de animais de diferentes espécies, presença de ratos, pássaros e moscas. Problemas relacionados ao meio ambiente são: escassez de alimentos e água, mudanças bruscas de temperatura, presença de ventos frios, poeira, calor, radiação entre outros.bitstream/item/123110/1/13-medidas-sanitarias.pd

Total integrated dose testing of solid-state scientific CD4011, CD4013, and CD4060 devices by irradiation with CO-60 gamma rays

The total integrated dose response of three CMOS devices manufactured by Solid State Scientific has been measured using CO-60 gamma rays. Key parameter measurements were made and compared for each device type. The data show that the CD4011, CD4013, and CD4060 produced by this manufacturers should not be used in any environments where radiation levels might exceed 1,000 rad(Si)

The Two-Component Virial Theorem and the Physical Properties of Stellar Systems

Motivated by present indirect evidences that galaxies are surrounded by dark matter halos, we investigate whether their physical properties can be described by a formulation of the virial theorem which explicitly takes into account the gravitational potential term representing the interaction of the dark halo with the barionic or luminous component. Our analysis shows that the application of such a ``two-component virial theorem'' not only accounts for the scaling relations displayed, in particular, by elliptical galaxies, but also for the observed properties of all virialized stellar systems, ranging from globular clusters to galaxy clusters.Comment: 13 pages, 2 figures, LaTeX, corrected few typos. This version matches the published versio

Neural decoding using a nonlinear generative model for brain-computer interface

pre-printKalman filters have been used to decode neural signals and estimate hand kinematics in many studies. However, most prior work assumes a linear system model, an assumption that is almost certainly violated by neural systems. In this paper, we show that adding nonlinearities to the decoding algorithm improves the accuracy of tracking hand movements using neural signal acquired via a 32-channel micro-electrocorticographic (μECoG) grid placed over the arm and hand representations in the motor cortex. Experimental comparisons indicate that a Kalman filter with a fifth order polynomial generative model relating the hand kinematics signals to the neural signals improved the mean-square tracking performance in the hand movements over a conventional Kalman filter employing a linear system model. This finding is in accord with the current neurophysiological understanding of the decoded signals

A comparative study for the pair-creation contact process using series expansions

A comparative study between two distinct perturbative series expansions for the pair-creation contact process is presented. In contrast to the ordinary contact process, whose supercritical series expansions provide accurate estimates for its critical behavior, the supercritical approach does not work properly when applied to the pair-creation process. To circumvent this problem a procedure is introduced in which one-site creation is added to the pair-creation. An alternative method is the generation of subcritical series expansions which works even for the case of the pure pair-creation process. Differently from the supercritical case, the subcritical series yields estimates that are compatible with numerical simulations