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Two-dimensional gravity with an invariant energy scale
We investigate the gauging of a two-dimensional deformation of the Poincare
algebra, which accounts for the existence of an invariant energy scale. The
model describes 2D dilaton gravity with torsion. We obtain explicit solutions
of the field equations and discuss their physical properties.Comment: 6 pages, LaTeX; added some comments and new reference
Alasdair macintyre: relatividad conceptual, tomismo y liberalismo
Influenciado por Thomas Kuhn, Alasdair MacIntyre presenta una teoría conceptualmente relativista sobre las tradiciones de investigación, la cual pretende no sólo describir la estructura de las distintas tradiciones, sino también encontrar un principio que permita resolver las disputas entre ellas. Se expone esta teoría y se analiza su compatibilidad con el tomismo, tradición a la que MacIntyre dice pertenecer, y con el liberalismo, tradición a la que critica con vigor
Gauge Invariant Formulations of Lineal Gravity
It is shown that the currently studied ``string-inspired'' model for gravity
on a line can be formulated as a gauge invariant theory based on the Poincar\'e
group with central extension -- a formulation that complements and simplifies
H.~Verlinde's construction based on the unextended Poincar\'e group.Comment: 11 p
Allelopathic potential of macrofungi on germinating maize (Zea mays L.) grain
The effect of methanol extracts of 10 macrofungi was evaluated on grain germination of maize (Zea mays L.). Germination percentage, radicle and plumule length and the level of carbohydrates and fatty acids were measured. Fungal metabolites inhibited germination up to 90.96%, plumule (97.77%) and radicle (92.83%) development. Plumule and radicle lengths were stimulated 35.26 and 10.60% in some assays, respectively. The fungal metabolites decreased the glucose (97.60%), sucrose (90.34%), fructose (96.85%), maltose (95.64%), oleic acid (97.50%) and linoleic acid (98.25%) levels, whereas increasing levels of the glucose (165.14%), sucrose (166.53%), fructose (83.18%), maltose (124.73%), oleic acid (6975.00%) and linoleic acid (5233.33%) were detected in some assays. It is concluded that macrofungi metabolites have commonly inhibitory effects on physiological and morphological processes of germinating maize grain except for considerable increases in the some parameters investigated
Low Energy Skyrmion-Skyrmion Scattering
We study the scattering of Skyrmions at low energy and large separation using
the method proposed by Manton of truncation to a finite number of degrees
freedom. We calculate the induced metric on the manifold of the union of
gradient flow curves, which for large separation, to first non-trivial order is
parametrized by the variables of the product ansatz. (presented at the Lake
Louise Winter Institute, 1994)Comment: 6 page
Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumors: Predictive Factors of Recurrence by Ki-67 and AgNOR Labelling
Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to investigate the possible role of Ki-67 and argyrophilic nucleolar organizing regions (AgNOR) between the recurrent and nonrecurrent keratocystic odontogenic tumors (KCOTs). Another aim was to compare the correlation between these two markers
Charge Exchange Processes between Excited Helium and Fully Stripped Ions
We made a classical trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) calculation of state
selective cross sections for processes between some light ions and excited
helium. The results, useful for analysis of spectroscopic data of fusion
devices, are in good agreement with theoretical predictions of scaling laws.Comment: LaTex, 8 pages, 4 figures (available on request to the authors),
DFPD/94/TH/57, to be published in Phys. Rev.
3D thumbnails for 3D videos with depth
In this chapter, we present a new thumbnail format for 3D videos with depth, 3D thumbnail, which helps users to understand the content by preserving the recognizable features and qualities of 3D videos. The current thumbnail solutions do not give the general idea of the content and are not illustrative. In spite of the existence of 3D media content databases, there is no thumbnail representation for 3D contents. Thus, we propose a framework that generates 3D thumbnails from layered depth video (LDV) and video plus depth (V+D) by using two different methodologies on importance maps: Saliency-depth and layer based approaches. Finally, several experiments are presented that indicate 3D thumbnails are illustrative. © 2012, IGI Global
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