578 research outputs found
Longitudinal/Goldstone boson equivalence and phenomenology of probing the electroweak symmetry breaking
We formulate the equivalence between the longitudinal weak-boson and the
Goldstone boson as a criterion for sensitively probing the electroweak symmetry
breaking mechanism and develop a precise power counting rule for chiral
Lagrangian formulated electroweak theories. With these we semi-quatitatively
analyze the sensitivities to various effective operators related to
electrowaeak symmetry breaking via weak-boson scatterings at the CERN Large
Hadron Collider (LHC).Comment: 6 pages, LaTex, 1 postscript figure included using psfig.te
Sensitivity of the LHC to Electroweak Symmetry Breaking: Equivalence Theorem as a Criterion
Based upon our recent study on the intrinsic connection between the
longitudinal weak-boson scatterings and probing the electroweak symmetry
breaking (EWSB) mechanism, we reveal the profound physical content of the
Equivalence Theorem (ET) as being able to discriminate physical processes which
are sensitive/insensitive to probing the EWSB sector. With this physical
content of the ET as a criterion, we analyze the complete set of the bosonic
operators in the electroweak chiral Lagrangian and systematically classify the
sensitivities to probing all these operators at the CERN LHC via the weak-boson
fusion in channel. This is achieved by developing a precise power
counting rule (a generalization from Weinberg's counting method) to {\it
separately} count the power dependences on the energy and all relevant mass
scales.Comment: 33 pages, LaTeX, 10 figures and Table-1b are in the separate file
figtab.uu. (The only change made from the previous version is to fix the bugs
in the uuencoded file.
The Impact on the Brazilian Economy of the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro in 2016
Purpose: This study aims to examine the influence of channel power and influence strategy, in terms of non-coercive strategies, on sanitary equipment manufacturers' relationships with channel members and channel performance.
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Theoretical framework:Â The study is based on the literature on channel relationships, which suggests that using an influence strategy can contribute to managing the relationship with the channel members and benefit organization performance.
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Design/Methodology/Approach:Â Â In this study, we sampled from a sanitary equipment manufacturer's channel strategy. We used survey data to examine the effect of channel management strategies from sanitary equipment manufacturers on distributors.
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Findings:Â The finding indicates that a supplier using economic power tends to adopt non-coercive strategies. In addition, economic power and non-coercive strategies positively affect the continuity of the relationship with distributors. Relationship continuity between manufacturers and distributors positively impacts whole channel performance.
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Originality/Value: This study sampled the distributors in the sanitary equipment industry, a market in which the consumers are not knowledgeable about the products. Most consumers base their purchase decisions heavily on the channel member’s recommendations. Therefore, how to manage the relationship with the channel members is critical to understand.
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Research, Practical & Social implications:Â Distributors are regarded as an extension of the company's sales capabilities. Channels have always held an essential position in the industry. Maintaining relationships between distributors and improving channel performance is a critical question in distribution management
Discovering New Gauge Bosons of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at LHC-8
We study the physics potential of the 8TeV LHC (LHC-8) to discover, during
its 2012 run, a large class of extended gauge models or extra dimensional
models whose low energy behavior is well represented by an SU(2)^2 x U(1) gauge
structure. We analyze this class of models and find that with a combined
integrated luminosity of 40-60/fb at the LHC-8, the first new Kaluza-Klein mode
of the W gauge boson can be discovered up to a mass of about 370-400 GeV, when
produced in association with a Z boson.Comment: PRD final version (only minor refinements showing the consistency
with new LHC data), 11 pages, 5 Figs, 2 Table
Stanford-ORB: A Real-World 3D Object Inverse Rendering Benchmark
We introduce Stanford-ORB, a new real-world 3D Object inverse Rendering
Benchmark. Recent advances in inverse rendering have enabled a wide range of
real-world applications in 3D content generation, moving rapidly from research
and commercial use cases to consumer devices. While the results continue to
improve, there is no real-world benchmark that can quantitatively assess and
compare the performance of various inverse rendering methods. Existing
real-world datasets typically only consist of the shape and multi-view images
of objects, which are not sufficient for evaluating the quality of material
recovery and object relighting. Methods capable of recovering material and
lighting often resort to synthetic data for quantitative evaluation, which on
the other hand does not guarantee generalization to complex real-world
environments. We introduce a new dataset of real-world objects captured under a
variety of natural scenes with ground-truth 3D scans, multi-view images, and
environment lighting. Using this dataset, we establish the first comprehensive
real-world evaluation benchmark for object inverse rendering tasks from
in-the-wild scenes, and compare the performance of various existing methods.Comment: NeurIPS 2023 Datasets and Benchmarks Track. The first two authors
contributed equally to this work. Project page:
https://stanfordorb.github.io
The efficiency of endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan for pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND:
Oral bosentan has been widely applied in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD). A systemic review and meta-analysis was conducted for a therapeutic evaluation of oral bosentan in both adult and pediatric patients with PAH-CHD. The acute responses and a long-term effect were respectively assessed in a comparison with baseline characteristics, and the improvement of exercise tolerance was analyzed.
METHODS:
PubMed, Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of clinical controlled trails or observational studies have been searched for a recording of bosentan effects on the PAH-CHD participants. For mortality and rate of adverse events (AEs), it was described in detail. Randomized-effects model or fixed-effects model was used to calculate different effective values with a sensitivity analysis.
RESULTS:
Seventeen studies were pooled in this review, and 3 studies enrolled the pediatric patients. Among all studies, 456 patients were diagnosed with PAH-CHD, and 91.7% were treated with oral bosentan. With a term less than 6 months of bosentan therapy, there existed a significant improvement in 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) and the World Health Organization functional class (WHO-FC), but no such differences in Borg dyspnea index scores (BDIs) and the resting oxygen saturation (SpO2). Although with a prolonged treatment, not only 6MWD and FC, but also the resting SpO2 and heart rate were changed for a better exercise capability. Additionally, compared with the basic cardiopulmonary hemodynamics, it showed a statistically significant difference in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRi). Although a limitation of pooled studies with comparative outcomes of different terms, outcomes presented a lower WHO-FC which contributes to a success in a prolonged treatment.
CONCLUSIONS:
Bosentan in PAH-CHD is well established and still requires clinical trials for an identification of its efficiency on CHD patients for an optimized period lessening a serious complication and the common AEs
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