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Renormalisation group determination of the order of the DNA denaturation transition
We report on the nature of the thermal denaturation transition of homogeneous
DNA as determined from a renormalisation group analysis of the
Peyrard-Bishop-Dauxois model. Our approach is based on an analogy with the
phenomenon of critical wetting that goes further than previous qualitative
comparisons, and shows that the transition is continuous for the average
base-pair separation. However, since the range of universal critical behaviour
appears to be very narrow, numerically observed denaturation transitions may
look first-order, as it has been reported in the literature.Comment: 6 pages; no figures; to appear in Europhysics Letter
Seed beetles (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) associated with Acacia cornigera (L.) Willd., with description of a new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky
Presented herein is a key to identify species of Bruchidae associated with Acacia cornigera (L.). For each species, host records, distributions and bionomics are given. A new species of Acanthoscelides Schilsky is described and figured; Acanthoscelides sauli Romero, Cruz, and Kingsolver
Cosmological Constant and Noncommutativity: A Newtonian point of view
We study a Newtonian cosmological model in the context of a noncommutative
space. It is shown that the trajectories of a test particle undergo
modifications such that it no longer satisfies the cosmological principle. For
the case of a positive cosmological constant, spiral trajectories are obtained
and corrections to the Hubble constant appear. It is also shown that, in the
limit of a strong noncommutative parameter, the model is closely related to a
particle in a G\"odel-type metric.Comment: 14 pages, 3 figures, Introduction was changed and references added.
Final version accepted for publication in JMPL
La parasitismología en la bioeconomía, patología e higio-sanidad, relatada al alcanzar el cincuentenario la Escuela López-Neyra de la Parasitología Española
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