236 research outputs found
LAM modelling of East European economies: Methodology, EU accession and privatisation
The paper presents a new approach to modelling economies in transition, where the adjustment processes are often nonlinear and data series are short. The model presented in the paper, the LAM-3 model, is the latest development in a series of long-run adjustment models, used for simulation and forecasting of several East European Economies. In particular the model contains short-run equations with bilinear error correction derived from a structural vector autoregressive model. The paper also gives derivations of two long-run relationships of the model, those for full-capacity output (reformable and non-reformable labour) and the relationship linking prices, money, incomes and exchange rates. The short-run part evolves around the specification of price and wage dynamics according to the NAIRU principle. Due to the fact that series of data for Eastern European countries are short, the parameters are evaluated with the use of global optimization technique (repetitive stochastic guestimation) rather than by a traditional econometric method. The model was estimated and applied for Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak Republic, Romania and Ukraine. For each country it consists of 3 long-run and 21 short-run relationships. Examples of simulations presented here evaluate European Union accessibility through inflation correlation measures and Aghion-Blanchard optimal speed of privatisation
Accuracy of one-dimensional collision integral in the rigid spheres approximation
The accuracy of calculation of spectral line shapes in one-dimensional
approximation is studied analytically in several limiting cases for arbitrary
collision kernel and numerically in the rigid spheres model. It is shown that
the deviation of the line profile is maximal in the center of the line in case
of large perturber mass and intermediate values of collision frequency. For
moderate masses of buffer molecules the error of one-dimensional approximation
is found not to exceed 5%.Comment: LaTeX, 24 pages, 8 figure
A Note on the Cosmic Evolution of the Axion in a Strong Magnetic Field
It has been pointed out in the literature that in the presence of an external
magnetic field the axion mass receives an electromagnetic contribution. We show
that if a magnetic field with energy density larger than ~10^{-8} times the
energy density of the Universe existed at temperatures of a few GeV, that
contribution would be dominant and consequently the cosmic evolution of the
axion field would change substantially. In particular, the expected axion relic
abundance would be lowered, allowing a small relaxation of the present
cosmological bound on the Peccei-Quinn constant.Comment: 2 pages, no figures. Minor changes. References added. Accepted for
publication in JCA
Search for long lived heaviest nuclei beyond the valley of stability
The existence of long lived superheavy nuclei (SHN) is controlled mainly by
spontaneous fission and -decay processes. According to microscopic
nuclear theory, spherical shell effects at Z=114, 120, 126 and N=184 provide
the extra stability to such SHN to have long enough lifetime to be observed. To
investigate whether the so-called "stability island" could really exist around
the above Z, N values, the -decay half lives along with the spontaneous
fission and -decay half lives of such nuclei are studied. The
-decay half lives of SHN with Z=102-120 are calculated in a quantum
tunneling model with DDM3Y effective nuclear interaction using
values from three different mass formulae prescribed by Koura, Uno, Tachibana,
Yamada (KUTY), Myers, Swiatecki (MS) and Muntian, Hofmann, Patyk, Sobiczewski
(MMM). Calculation of spontaneous fission (SF) half lives for the same SHN are
carried out using a phenomenological formula and compared with SF half lives
predicted by Smolanczuk {\it et al}. Possible source of discrepancy between the
calculated -decay half lives of some nuclei and the experimental data
of GSI, JINR-FLNR, RIKEN are discussed. In the region of Z=106-108 with N
160-164, the -stable SHN is predicted to have
highest -decay half life () using
value from MMM. Interestingly, it is much greater than the recently measured
() of deformed doubly magic
nucleus. A few fission-survived long-lived SHN which are either -stable
or having large -decay half lives are predicted to exist near
, , and .
These nuclei might decay predominantly through -particle emission.Comment: 14 pages, 6 figures, 1 tabl
Thin films of unsubstituted and fluorinated palladium phthalocyanines: structure and sensor response toward ammonia and hydrogen
In the present work, we study and compare the structure and sensing properties of thin films of unsubstituted palladium phthalocyanine (PdPc) and hexadecafluorosubstituted palladium phthalocyanine (PdPcF16). Thin films of PdPc and PdPcF16 were obtained by the method of organic molecular beam deposition and their structure was studied using UV-visible spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy techniques. The electrical sensor response of PdPc films toward ammonia and hydrogen was investigated and compared with that of PdPcF16 films. The nature of interaction between the phthalocyanines films and some gaseous analyte molecules has been clarified using Quantum chemical (DFT) calculations
The vertex with arbitrary gluon virtualities in the perturbative QCD hard scattering approach
We study the vertex for arbitrary gluon virtualities in
the time-like and space-like regions, using the perturbative QCD hard
scattering approach and an input wave-function of the -meson
consistent with the measured transition form
factor. The contribution of the gluonic content of the -meson is
taken into account, enhancing the form factor over the entire virtuality
considered. However, data on the electromagnetic transition form factor of the
-meson is not sufficient to quantify the gluonic enhancement. We
also study the effect of the transverse momenta of the partons in the
-meson on the vertex, using the modified
hard scattering approach based on Sudakov formalism. Analytic expressions for
the vertex are presented in limiting kinematic regions
and parametrizations are given satisfying the QCD anomaly, for real gluons, and
perturbative QCD behavior for large gluon virtualities, in both the time-like
and space-like regions. Our results have implications for the inclusive decay
and exclusive decays, such as , and in hadronic production processes .Comment: 23 pages, 19 figures (requires revtex4, amssymb, epsf); several typos
corrected, this version now identical to the one accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev.
Gepner-like models and Landau-Ginzburg/sigma-model correspondence
The Gepner-like models of -type is considered. When is multiple
of the elliptic genus and the Euler characteristic is calculated. Using
free-field representation we relate these models with -models on
hypersurfaces in the total space of anticanonical bundle over the projective
space
The Discovery Potential of a Super B Factory
The Proceedings of the 2003 SLAC Workshops on flavor physics with a high
luminosity asymmetric e+e- collider. The sensitivity of flavor physics to
physics beyond the Standard Model is addressed in detail, in the context of the
improvement of experimental measurements and theoretical calculations.Comment: 476 pages. Printed copies may be obtained by request to
[email protected] . arXiv admin note: v2 appears to be identical to v
Levosimendan Efficacy and Safety: 20 Years of SIMDAX in Clinical Use
Levosimendan was first approved for clinical use in 2000, when authorization was granted by Swedish regulatory authorities for the hemodynamic stabilization of patients with acutely decompensated chronic heart failure (HF). In the ensuing 20 years, this distinctive inodilator, which enhances cardiac contractility through calcium sensitization and promotes vasodilatation through the opening of adenosine triphosphate-dependent potassium channels on vascular smooth muscle cells, has been approved in more than 60 jurisdictions, including most of the countries of the European Union and Latin America. Areas of clinical application have expanded considerably and now include cardiogenic shock, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, advanced HF, right ventricular failure, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac surgery, critical care, and emergency medicine. Levosimendan is currently in active clinical evaluation in the United States. Levosimendan in IV formulation is being used as a research tool in the exploration of a wide range of cardiac and noncardiac disease states. A levosimendan oral form is at present under evaluation in the management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To mark the 20 years since the advent of levosimendan in clinical use, 51 experts from 23 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine) contributed to this essay, which evaluates one of the relatively few drugs to have been successfully introduced into the acute HF arena in recent times and charts a possible development trajectory for the next 20 years
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