Single production of excited electrons at future e^-e^+, ep and pp colliders

We analyzed the potential of the LC with $\sqrt{s}=0.5$ TeV, LC$\times$LHC based ep collider with $\sqrt{s}=3.74$ TeV and LHC with $\sqrt{s}=14$ TeV to search for excited electrons through transition magnetic type couplings with gauge bosons. The $e^{\star}\to e\gamma$ signal and corresponding backgrounds are studied in detail.Comment: 11 pages, 11 figures, 3 table

Quantum-dot-spin single-photon interface

Using background-free detection of spin-state-dependent resonance fluorescence from a single-electron charged quantum dot with an efficiency of 0:1%, we realize a single spin-photon interface where the detection of a scattered photon with 300 picosecond time resolution projects the quantum dot spin to a definite spin eigenstate with fidelity exceeding 99%. The bunching of resonantly scattered photons reveals information about electron spin dynamics. High-fidelity fast spin-state initialization heralded by a single photon enables the realization of quantum information processing tasks such as non-deterministic distant spin entanglement. Given that we could suppress the measurement back-action to well below the natural spin-flip rate, realization of a quantum non-demolition measurement of a single spin could be achieved by increasing the fluorescence collection efficiency by a factor exceeding 20 using a photonic nanostructure

Factorization of Joint Probability Mass Functions into Parity Check Interactions

We show that any joint probability mass function (PMF) can be expressed as a product of parity check factors and factors of degree one with the help of some auxiliary variables, if the alphabet size is appropriate for defining a parity check equation. In other words, marginalization of a joint PMF is equivalent to a soft decoding task as long as a finite field can be constructed over the alphabet of the PMF. In factor graph terminology this claim means that a factor graph representing such a joint PMF always has an equivalent Tanner graph. We provide a systematic method based on the Hilbert space of PMFs and orthogonal projections for obtaining this factorization.Comment: 5 pages, 1 figures, appeared in the proceedings of ISIT 2009; Changed content, more recent version than as appeared in the proceeding

Histopathologic and immunohistochemical investigations of dental abscess formed in maxillofacial area

Background: An abscess is a pocket of pus that forms around the root of an infected tooth. In this study, we aimed to investigate the extracellular matrix proteases ADAMTS1, ADAMTS4, osteonectin, and osteopontin expressions in abscess fluid cells in jaws after implantation and prosthesis operation. Materials and methods: In this clinical study, abscess fluids belonging to 17 patients who applied to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery were examined histopathologically and immunohistochemically. In the histopathological examination of the abscess fluid, separation of chromatin bridges in the nuclei of neutrophil cells, pyknosis and apoptotic changes in the nucleus, degenerative change in the cytoplasm, and occasional vacuolar structures were observed. Results: The positive reaction of ADAMTS1 was observed in fibroblast cells, plasma cells, and macrophage cells. The positive reaction of ADAMTS4 was observed in fibroblast cells, osteoclast cells, and some apoptotic leukocyte cells. Osteopontin expression in osteoclastic cells and polymorphonuclear cells was defined as positive. Osteonectin expression was positive in polymorphonuclear leukocytes and hypertrophic fibroblast cells. Conclusions: ADAMTS1 and ADAMTS4 may induce bone destruction with its distinctive property in alveolar bone resorption, which promotes the activation of osteoclasts, which can accelerate the destruction of the extracellular matrix in the acute phase. Furthermore, osteoclastic activity increased with the increase of osteonectin and osteopontin protein expression due to inflammation in the abscess cases

Effect of micronized zeolite addition to lamb concentrate feeds on growth performance and some blood chemistry and metabolites

This study was conducted to determine the effects of the addition of micronized zeolite (MZ) on the fattening performance, blood parameters, faecal ash and nitrogen levels of lambs fed concentrate feeds intensively. For two months 25 four-month-old Merino x Ile de France crossbred male lambs (21.1 ± 1.32 kg live weight) were fed 100 g alfalfa hay and a mixed concentrate diet containing 0%, 1%, 2% or 3% additional MZ. At the end of the study, bodyweight gain and feed consumption were not affected by the treatments. Similarly, the addition of up to 2% MZ to the diet did not affect slaughter weight, hot carcass or cold carcass weights, but they decreased at 3% MZ inclusion. No differences were observed between the groups in terms of blood urea nitrogen, plasma glucose, serum creatinine, triglyceride, sodium, potassium and chlorine concentration. However, serum total protein, calcium and phosphorus concentrations were affected by MZ supplementation. The addition of MZ to the ration did not affect the faecal dry matter content and total nitrogen level, yet it increased the ash content of the faeces. Consequently, it was demonstrated that the addition of up to 2% MZ to lamb grower feed does not have a negative impact on performance and carcass yield of the animals, but affects serum total protein, calcium and phosphorus concentrations

Bis(μ-2-fluoro­benzoato-1:2κ2 O:O′)(2-fluoro­benzoato-1κ2 O,O′)(2-fluoro­benzoato-2κO)dinicotinamide-1κN 1,2κN 1-dizinc(II)–2-fluoro­benzoic acid (1/1)

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Zn2(C7H4FO2)4(C6H6N2O)2]·C7H5FO2, consists of a binuclear ZnII complex bridged by two carboxyl groups of 2-fluoro­benzoate (FB) anions and a 2-fluoro­benzoic acid mol­ecule. The two bridging FB anions, one chelating FB anion and one nicotinamide (NA) ligand coordinate to one Zn cation with a distorted square-pyramidal geometry, while the two bridging FB anions, one monodentate FB anion and one NA ligand coordinate to the other Zn cation with a distorted tetra­hedral geometry. Within the binuclear mol­ecule, the pyridine rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 19.41 (14)°. In the crystal structure, the uncoordinated 2-fluorobenzoic acid mol­ecules are linked by O—H⋯O hydrogen bonding, forming centrosymmetric supra­molecular dimers. Inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the complex mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network. The π–π contacts between nearly parallel pyridine and benzene rings [dihedral angles of 19.41 (14) and 12.72 (16)°, respectively, centroid–centroid distances = 3.701 (2) and 3.857 (3) Å] may further stabilize the crystal structure. The fluorine atoms in two FB ligands are disordered over two positions, with occupancy ratios of 0.70:0.30

Diaqua­bis(2-bromo­benzoato-κO)bis­(N,N-diethyl­nicotinamide-κN 1)nickel(II)

In the monomeric centrosymmetric title NiII complex, [Ni(C7H4BrO2)2(C10H14N2O)2(H2O)2], the NiII ion is located on an inversion center. The asymmetric unit contains one 2-bromo­benzoate ligand, one diethyl­nicotinamide (DENA) ligand and one coordinated water mol­ecule. The four O atoms in the equatorial plane around the NiII ion form a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement, while the slightly distorted octa­hedral coordination is completed by two N atoms of two DENA ligands in the axial positions. The dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the attached carboxyl­ate group is 87.73 (15)°, while the pyridine and benzene rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 42.48 (7)°. In the crystal structure, O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds link the mol­ecules into a two-dimensional network parallel to (10). In addition, C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds are observed