Minimal 3-loop neutrino mass models and charged lepton flavor violation

We study charged lepton flavor violation for the three most popular 3-loop Majorana neutrino mass models. We call these models "minimal" since their particle content correspond to the minimal sets for which genuine 3-loop models can be constructed. In all the three minimal models the neutrino mass matrix is proportional to some powers of Standard Model lepton masses, providing additional suppression factors on top of the expected loop suppression. To correctly explain neutrino masses, therefore large Yukawa couplings are needed in these models. We calculate charged lepton flavor violating observables and find that the three minimal models survive the current constraints only in very narrow regions of their parameter spaces.Comment: 32+7 pages, 23 figures, 7 table

Escaping the Poverty Trap in Latin America: The Role of Family Factors

Much like an inherited trait, poverty trends to pass from parent to child. How prevalent is this "curse of the poor," why do some escape it, and how can we help improve the odds? This study sets out to gauge the extent of this "Intergenerational transmissHousehold behavior and family economics, education, welfare and poverty, urban, rural and regional economics, household analysis

Barbo cabecicorto – Luciobarbus microcephalus (Almaça, 1967)

Peces - Orden Cypriniformes - Familia Cyprinidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados Españoles, http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/.-- Versiones anteriores: 05-10-2010 (v1).A comprehensive review of the natural history of the small-headed barbel Luciobarbus microcephalus in Spain.Peer reviewe

A Concurrent Programming Language for Arduino and Educational Robotics

Arduino is currently one of the most popular platforms for educational robotics due to its low cost and large amount of available resources online. The Arduino software library provides an abstraction layer over the hardware details, making it possible for novices to build interesting projects. However, its lack of support for concurrency makes some educational robotics projects difficult. In this paper, we explore different approaches to solve this problem and we propose the implementation of a concurrent programming language supported by a virtual machine running on the Arduino board.XVI Workshop Tecnología Informática Aplicada en Educación (WTIAE).Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

A Concurrent Programming Language for Arduino and Educational Robotics

Arduino is currently one of the most popular platforms for educational robotics due to its low cost and large amount of available resources online. The Arduino software library provides an abstraction layer over the hardware details, making it possible for novices to build interesting projects. However, its lack of support for concurrency makes some educational robotics projects difficult. In this paper, we explore different approaches to solve this problem and we propose the implementation of a concurrent programming language supported by a virtual machine running on the Arduino board.XVI Workshop Tecnología Informática Aplicada en Educación (WTIAE).Red de Universidades con Carreras en Informática (RedUNCI

Ingesta de gomas elásticas en Garcillas Bueyeras (Bubulcus ibis)

L'anàlisi de nombroses egagròpiles recollides en un dormider d'esplugabous proper a l'abocador de Badajoz i diverses observacions directes d'individus menjant en aquesta zona indiquen que l'espècie ingireix gran quantitat de gomes. Això s'interpreta per la similaritat entre les gomes i els cucs de terra

From Giant H II regions and H II galaxies to globular clusters and compact dwarf ellipticals

Massive starforming regions like Giant HII Regions (GHIIR) and HII Galaxies (HIIG) are emission line systems ionized by compact young massive star clusters (YMC) with masses ranging from $10^4$M$_\odot$ to $10^8$M$_\odot$. We model the photometric and dynamical evolution over a Hubble time of the massive gravitationally bound systems that populate the tight relation between absolute blue magnitude and velocity dispersion ($M_{B}-\sigma$) of GHIIR and HIIG and compare the resulting relation with that one of old stellar systems: globular clusters, elliptical galaxies, bulges of spirals. After 12~Gyr of evolution their position on the $\sigma$ vs. M$_B$ plane coincides -- depending on the initial mass -- either with the globular clusters for systems with initial mass $M < 10^6$M$_\odot$ or with a continuation of the ellipticals, bulges of spirals and ultracompact dwarfs for YMC with $M >10^6$M$_\odot$. The slope change in the $M_{B}-\sigma$ and $M_B$-size relations at cluster masses around $10^6$M$_\odot$ is due to the larger impact of the dynamical evolution on the lower mass clusters. We interpret our result as an indication that the YMC that ionize GHIIR and HIIG can evolve to form globular clusters and ultra compact dwarf ellipticals in about 12 Gyr so that present day globular clusters and ultra compact dwarf ellipticals may have formed in conditions similar to those observed in today GHIIR and HIIG.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in MNRA