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Creditor's (conflict of) interest during the bankruptcy proceeding
Nowadays we are living in the golden age of involuntary dissolutions of companies . Starting from the liquidationsâ statistics, the role of the reorganization keeps growing. Its important to say, that the crisis management processes mostly cannot be solved indoors, the active assistance of the creditors is necessary. The regulated crisis management supported by law, which is to the debtor companyâs advantage doesnât operate satisfactory because of the special environment of the creditors, and because of their usually subjective, multicoloured and controversial type of behavior.
Note on Shadowing and Diffraction in Deep-Inelastic Lepton Scattering
We discuss the close relation between shadowing in deep-inelastic
lepton-nucleus scattering and diffractive photo- and leptoproduction of hadrons
from free nucleons. We show that the magnitude of nuclear shadowing at small
Bjorken-x, as measured by the E665 and NMC collaborations, is directly related
to HERA data on the amount of diffraction in the scattering from free nucleons.Comment: 6 pages, Latex, to be published in Eur. Phys. J.
Gluon- vs. Sea quark-Shadowing
We calculate the shadowing of sea quarks and gluons and show that the
shadowing of gluons is {\it not} simply given by the sea quark shadowing,
especially at small . The calculations are done in the lab frame approach by
using the generalized vector meson dominance model. Here the virtual photon
turns into a hadronic fluctuation long before the nucleus. The subsequent
coherent interaction with more than one nucleon in the nucleus leads to the
depletion known as shadowing. A
comparison of the shadowing of quarks to E665 data for and
shows good agreement.Comment: 9 pages, 3 eps figure
Diffractive rho^0 photo- and leptoproduction at high energies
We discuss the elastic photo- and leptoproduction of rho^0-mesons from
nucleons at Q^2 < 1 GeV^2 as studied in recent experiments at HERA and FNAL. We
find that the mass distribution of the measured \pi^+\pi^- pairs is determined
to a large extent by the two-pion contribution to the photon spectral function
as given by the pion form factor. With rising Q^2 the rate of diffractive
events decreases and the \pi^+\pi^- mass distribution approaches a symmetric
shape.Comment: 7 pages LaTeX, 3 figures, to appear in Phys.Lett.
Coherent Vector Meson Production from Deuterons
In this paper we discuss coherent photo- and leptoproduction of vector mesons
from deuterons at intermediate (virtual) photon energies, 3 < nu < 30 GeV. We
consider the scattering from unpolarized and polarized targets as well as
processes where the polarization of the recoil deuteron is measured. Our main
motivation results from the need for a quantitative analysis of the space-time
structure of photon-induced processes. In this respect we suggest several
possibilities to explore the characteristic longitudinal interaction length in
coherent vector meson production. Furthermore, we outline methods for an
investigation of color coherence effects. In addition to the presentation of
benchmark values for the maximal possible color coherence effect in various
kinematic regions, we illustrate the anticipated phenomena within the color
diffusion model. Finally we recall that the determination of vector
meson-nucleon cross sections is not a closed issue. Besides being not known to
a satisfying accuracy, they can be used to determine the strength of the
D-state in low mass vector mesons.Comment: LaTeX, 22 page
Properties and stabilization of an extracellular α-glucosidase from the extremely thermophilic archaebacteria Thermococcus strain AN 1: enzyme activity at 130°C
An extracellular α-glucosidase from the thermophilic archaebacterium Thermococcus strain AN1 was purified 875-fold in five steps (Hiload Q-Sepharose, phenyl Sepharose, HPHT-hydroxyapatite, gel filtration and Mono Q chromatography) with a yield of 4%. It is a monomer with a molecular mass of about 60 kDa and a pI around 5. At 98°C, the purified enzyme in buffer has a half-life around 35 min, which is increased to around 215 min in presence of l% (w/v) dithiothreitol and 1% (w/v) BSA. Dithiothreitol (1%, w/v) and BSA (0.4%, w/v) also substantially increase the enzyme activity. The Km at 75°C is 0.41 mM with pNP-α- -glucopyranoside as substrate. The substrate preference of the enzyme is: pNP-α-D-glucoside > nigerose > panose > palatinose > isomaltose > maltose and turanose. No activity was found against starch, pullulan, amylose, maltotriose, maltotetraose, isomaltotriose, cellobiose and ÎČ-gentiobiose. A variety of techniques including immobilization (e.g., on epoxy and glass beads), chemical modification (cross- and cocross-linking) and the use of additives (including polyhydroxylic molecules, BSA, salts, etc.) were applied to enhance stability at temperatures above 100°C. The half-life could be increased from about 4 min at 110°C to 30â60 min at 130°C in presence of 90% (w/v) sorbitol, 1% (w/v) dithiothreitol and l% (w/v) BSA, and by cocross-linking with BSA in the presence of 90% (w/v) sorbitol. The stabilized enzyme showed good activity at 130°C
âKinds of Practical Reasons: Attitude-Related Reasons and Exclusionary Reasonsâ
I start by explaining what attitude-related reasons are and why it is plausible to assume that, at least in the domain of practical reason, there are such reasons. Then I turn to Razâs idea that the practice of practical reasoning commits us to what he calls exclusionary reasons. Being excluded would be a third way, additional to being outweighed and being undermined, in which a reason can be defeated. I try to show that attitude-related reasons can explain the phenomena Raz appeals to equally well. Attitude-related reasons, however, are weighted against other reasons and, thus, donât determine a third relation of defeat. On this basis, I voice some doubts about Razâs conception of exclusionary reasons
NLO Corrections to Deeply-Virtual Compton Scattering
We have calculated the NLO corrections to the twist-2 part of the
deeply-virtual Compton scattering amplitude. Our results for the transverse and
antisymmetric parts agree with recent calculations by Ji and Osborne and by
Belitsky and M\"uller. In addition we present NLO results for the longitudinal
part of the amplitude.Comment: 8 pages, Latex. Error in polarised gluonic coefficient in Eq.(8)
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