Incidence of Extended-Spectrum-beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates That Test Susceptible to Cephalosporins and Aztreonam by the Revised CLSI Breakpoints

The incidence of aztreonam and cephalosporin susceptibility, determined using the revised CLSI breakpoints, for extendedspectrum-beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates was evaluated. Our analysis showed that results for aztreonam and/or\u3e 1 cephalosporin were reported as susceptible or intermediate for 89.2% of ESBLproducing E coli isolates (569/638 isolates) and 67.7% of ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae isolates (155/229 isolates)

Role of the Coulomb and the vector-isovector ρ\rho potentials in the isospin asymmetry of nuclear pseudospin

We investigate the role of the Coulomb and the vector-isovector $\rho$ potentials in the asymmetry of the neutron and proton pseudospin splittings in nuclei. To this end, we solve the Dirac equation for the nucleons using central vector and scalar potentials with Woods-Saxon shape and $Z$ and $N-Z$ dependent Coulomb and $\rho$ potentials added to the vector potential. We study the effect of these potentials on the energy splittings of proton and neutron pseudospin partners along a Sn isotopic chain. We use an energy decomposition proposed in a previous work to assess the effect of a pseudospin-orbit potential on those splittings. We conclude that the effect of the Coulomb potential is quite small and the $\rho$ potential gives the main contribution to the observed isospin asymmetry of the pseudospin splittings. This isospin asymmetry results from a cancellation of the various energy terms and cannot be attributed only to the pseudospin-orbit term, confirming the dynamical character of this symmetry pointed out in previous works.Comment: 9 pages, 11 figures, uses revtex4; title was changed and several small corrections were made throughout the tex

Acabado permanente contra la putrefacción: ARIGAL.

La CIBA, S. A., ha desarrollado un acabado permanente que evita que el algodón y otras fibras celulósicas sean destruidos por los microorganismos, aumentando al mismo tiempo la resistencia de la fibra contra otros factores, sin alterar notablemente sus propiedades mecánicas. Este procedimiento ha recibido el nombre de ARIGAL.Peer Reviewe

New insight on pseudospin doublets in nuclei

The relevance of the pseudospin symmetry in nuclei is considered. New insight is obtained from looking at the continuous transition from a model satisfying the spin symmetry to another one satisfying the pseudospin symmetry. This study suggests that there are models allowing no missing single-particle states in this transition, contrary to what is usually advocated. It rather points out to an association of pseudospin partners different from the one usually assumed, together with a strong violation of the corresponding symmetry. A comparison with results obtained from some relativistic approaches is made.Comment: 27 pages, 18 figure

Dynamical Symmetries of Dirac Hamiltonian

Several dynamical symmetries of the Dirac Hamiltonian are reviewed in a systematic manner and the conditions under which such symmetries hold. These include relativistic spin and orbital angular momentum symmetries, SO(4)\times SU_{\sigma}(2) symmetry for the Dirac Hydrogen atom, SU(3)\times SU_{\sigma}(2) symmetry for the relativistic simple harmonic oscillator. The energy spectrum in each case is calculated from group-theoretic considerations.Comment: 15 pages, V3 typos removed and some new material include

Universality of Symmetry and Mixed-symmetry Collective Nuclear States

The global correlation in the observed variation with mass number of the $E2$ and summed $M1$ transition strengths is examined for rare earth nuclei. It is shown that a theory of correlated $S$ and $D$ fermion pairs with a simple pairing plus quadrupole interaction leads naturally to this universality. Thus a unified and quantitative description emerges for low-lying quadrupole and dipole strengths.Comment: In press, Phys. Rev. Lett. 199

Pseudospin symmetry as a relativistic dynamical symmetry in the nucleus

Pseudospin symmetry in nuclei is investigated by solving the Dirac equation with Woods-Saxon scalar and vector radial potentials, and studying the correlation of the energy splittings of pseudospin partners with the nuclear potential parameters. The pseudospin interaction is related to a pseudospin-orbit term that arises in a Schroedinger-like equation for the lower component of the Dirac spinor. We show that the contribution from this term to the energy splittings of pseudospin partners is large. The near pseudospin degeneracy results from a significant cancelation among the different terms in that equation, manifesting the dynamical character of this symmetry in the nucleus. We analyze the isospin dependence of the pseudospin symmetry and find that its dynamical character is behind the different pseudospin splittings observed in neutron and proton spectra of nuclei.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, uses REVTeX4 macro

Relativistic Mean Field Approach and the Pseudo-Spin Symmetry

Based on the Relativistic Mean Field (RMF) approach the existence of the broken pseudo-spin symmetry is investigated. Both spherical RMF and constrained deformed RMF calculations are carried out employing realistic Lagrangian parameters for spherical and for deformed sample nuclei. The quasi - degenerate pseudo-spin doublets are confirmed to exist near the fermi surface for both spherical and deformed nuclei.Comment: 9 pages RevTex, 4 p.s figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. C as R.

A First-Landau-Level Laughlin/Jain Wave Function for the Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

We show that the introduction of a more general closed-shell operator allows one to extend Laughlin's wave function to account for the richer hierarchies (1/3, 2/5, 3/7 ...; 1/5, 2/9, 3/13, ..., etc.) found experimentally. The construction identifies the special hierarchy states with condensates of correlated electron clusters. This clustering implies a single-particle (ls)j algebra within the first Landau level (LL) identical to that of multiply filled LLs in the integer quantum Hall effect. The end result is a simple generalized wave function that reproduces the results of both Laughlin and Jain, without reference to higher LLs or projection.Comment: Revtex. In this replacement we show how to generate the Jain wave function explicitly, by acting with the generalized ls closed-shell operator discussed in the original version. We also walk the reader through a classical 1d caricature of this problem so that he/she can better understand why 2s+1, where s is the spin, should be associated with the number of electrons associated with the underlying clusters or composites. 11 page

Pseudospin, Spin, and Coulomb Dirac-Symmetries: Doublet Structure and Supersymmetric Patterns

Relativistic symmetries of the Dirac Hamiltonian with a mixture of spherically symmetric Lorentz scalar and vector potentials, are examined from the point of view of supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The cases considered include the Coulomb, pseudospin and spin limits relevant, respectively, to atoms, nuclei and hadrons.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, Proc. Int. Workshop on "Blueprints for the Nucleus: From First Principles to Collective Motion", May 17-23, 2004, Feza Gursey Institute, Istanbul, Turke