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Y(4260) as a mixed charmonium-tetraquark state
Using the QCD sum rule approach we study the Y(4260) state assuming that it
can be described by a mixed charmonium-tetraquark current with
quantum numbers. For the mixing angle around , we obtain a value for the mass which is in good agreement with the
experimental mass of the Y(4260). However, for the decay width we find the
value \Ga_Y \approx (1.0\pm 0.2) MeV which is not compatible with the
experimental value \Ga \approx (88\pm 23) MeV. Therefore, we conclude that,
although we can explain the mass of the Y(4260), this state cannot be described
as a mixed charmonium-tetraquark state since, with this assumption, we can not
explain its decay width.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figure
Evaluating the employment impact of a mandatory job search assistance program
This paper exploits area based piloting and age-related eligibility rules to identify treatment effects of
a labor market program â the New Deal for Young People in the UK. A central focus is on
substitution/displacement effects and on equilibrium wage effects. The program includes extensive
job assistance and wage subsidies to employers. We find that the program significantly raised
transitions to employment by about five percentage points (about 20 percent over the pre-program
base). The impact is robust to a wide variety of non-experimental estimators. However we present
some evidence suggesting that this effect may not be as large in the longer run
Evaluating the employment impact of a mandatory job search program
This paper exploits area-based piloting and age-related eligibility rules to identify treatment effects of a labor market programâthe New Deal for Young People in the U.K. A central focus is on substitution/displacement effects and on equilibrium wage effects. The program includes extensive job assistance and wage subsidies to employers. We find that the impact of the program significantly raised transitions to employment by about 5 percentage points. The impact is robust to a wide variety of nonexperimental estimators. However, we present some evidence that this effect may not be as large in the longer run
Evaluating the employment effects of a mandatory job search program
This paper exploits area based piloting and age-related eligibility rules to identify treatment effects of
a labor market program â the New Deal for Young People in the UK. A central focus is on
substitution/displacement effects and on equilibrium wage effects. The program includes extensive
job assistance and wage subsidies to employers. We find that the initial impact of the program
significantly raised transitions to unsubsidized employment by about five percentage points. The
impact is robust to a wide variety of non-experimental estimators. However we present some
evidence that this effect may not be as large in the longer run
BP Reduction, Kidney Function Decline, and Cardiovascular Events in Patients without CKD.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
In the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT), intensive systolic BP treatment (target <120 mm Hg) was associated with fewer cardiovascular events and higher incidence of kidney function decline compared with standard treatment (target <140 mm Hg). We evaluated the association between mean arterial pressure reduction, kidney function decline, and cardiovascular events in patients without CKD.
DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS:
We categorized patients in the intensive treatment group of the SPRINT according to mean arterial pressure reduction throughout follow-up: <20, 20 to <40, and â„40 mm Hg. We defined the primary outcome as kidney function decline (â„30% reduction in eGFR to <60 ml/min per 1.73 m2 on two consecutive determinations at 3-month intervals), and we defined the secondary outcome as cardiovascular events. In a propensity score analysis, patients in each mean arterial pressure reduction category from the intensive treatment group were matched with patients from the standard treatment group to calculate the number needed to treat regarding cardiovascular events and the number needed to harm regarding kidney function decline.
RESULTS:
In the intensive treatment group, 1138 (34%) patients attained mean arterial pressure reduction <20 mm Hg, 1857 (56%) attained 20 to <40 mm Hg, and 309 (9%) attained â„40 mm Hg. Adjusted hazard ratios for kidney function decline were 2.10 (95% confidence interval, 1.22 to 3.59) for mean arterial pressure reduction between 20 and 40 mm Hg and 6.22 (95% confidence interval, 2.75 to 14.08) for mean arterial pressure reduction â„40 mm Hg. In propensity score analysis, mean arterial pressure reduction <20 mm Hg presented a number needed to treat of 44 and a number needed to harm of 65, reduction between 20 and <40 mm Hg presented a number needed to treat of 42 and a number needed to harm of 35, and reduction â„40 mm Hg presented a number needed to treat of 95 and a number needed to harm of 16.
CONCLUSIONS:
In the intensive treatment group of SPRINT, larger declines in mean arterial pressure were associated with higher incidence of kidney function decline. Intensive treatment seemed to be less favorable when a larger reduction in mean arterial pressure was needed to attain the BP target.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Effective lagrangian for a mass dimension one fermionic field in curved spacetime
In this work we use momentum-space techniques to evaluate the propagator
for a spin mass dimension one spinor field on a curved
Friedmann-Robertson-Walker spacetime. As a consequence, we built the one-loop
correction to the effective lagrangian in the coincidence limit. Going further
we compute the effective lagrangian in the finite temperature regime. We arrive
at interesting cosmological consequences, as time-dependent cosmological
`constant', fully explaining the functional form of previous cosmological
models.Comment: 9 pages, 0 figure
Ultraspinning instability: the missing link
We study linearized perturbations of Myers-Perry black holes in d=7, with two
of the three angular momenta set to be equal, and show that instabilities
always appear before extremality. Analogous results are expected for all higher
odd d. We determine numerically the stationary perturbations that mark the
onset of instability for the modes that preserve the isometries of the
background. The onset is continuously connected between the previously studied
sectors of solutions with a single angular momentum and solutions with all
angular momenta equal. This shows that the near-extremality instabilities are
of the same nature as the ultraspinning instability of d>5 singly-spinning
solutions, for which the angular momentum is unbounded. Our results raise the
question of whether there are any extremal Myers-Perry black holes which are
stable in d>5.Comment: 19 pages. 1 figur
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