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Photoemission Evidence for a Remnant Fermi Surface and d-Wave-Like Dispersion in Insulating Ca2CuO2Cl2
An angle resolved photoemission study on Ca2CuO2Cl2, a parent compound of
high Tc superconductors is reported. Analysis of the electron occupation
probability, n(k) from the spectra shows a steep drop in spectral intensity
across a contour that is close to the Fermi surface predicted by the band
calculation. This analysis reveals a Fermi surface remnant even though
Ca2CuO2Cl2 is a Mott insulator. The lowest energy peak exhibits a dispersion
with approximately the |cos(kxa)-cos(kya)| form along this remnant Fermi
surface. Together with the data from Dy doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O(8 + delta) these
results suggest that this d-wave like dispersion of the insulator is the
underlying reason for the pseudo gap in the underdoped regime.Comment: 9 pages, including 7 figures. Published in Science, one figure
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Where Are My Intelligent Assistant's Mistakes? A Systematic Testing Approach
Intelligent assistants are handling increasingly critical tasks, but until now, end users have had no way to systematically assess where their assistants make mistakes. For some intelligent assistants, this is a serious problem: if the assistant is doing work that is important, such as assisting with qualitative research or monitoring an elderly parent’s safety, the user may pay a high cost for unnoticed mistakes. This paper addresses the problem with WYSIWYT/ML (What You See Is What You Test for Machine Learning), a human/computer partnership that enables end users to systematically test intelligent assistants. Our empirical evaluation shows that WYSIWYT/ML helped end users find assistants’ mistakes significantly more effectively than ad hoc testing. Not only did it allow users to assess an assistant’s work on an average of 117 predictions in only 10 minutes, it also scaled to a much larger data set, assessing an assistant’s work on 623 out of 1,448 predictions using only the users’ original 10 minutes’ testing effort
MicroRNA profiling reveals marker of motor neuron disease in ALS models
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder marked by the loss of motor neurons (MNs) in the brain and spinal cord, leading to fatally debilitating weakness. Because this disease predominantly affects MNs, we aimed to characterize the distinct expression profile of that cell type to elucidate underlying disease mechanisms and to identify novel targets that inform on MN health during ALS disease time course. microRNAs (miRNAs) are short, noncoding RNAs that can shape the expression profile of a cell and thus often exhibit cell-type-enriched expression. To determine MN-enriched miRNA expression, we used Cre recombinase-dependent miRNA tagging and affinity purification in mice. By defining thein vivomiRNA expression of MNs, all neurons, astrocytes, and microglia, we then focused on MN-enriched miRNAs via a comparative analysis and found that they may functionally distinguish MNs postnatally from other spinal neurons. Characterizing the levels of the MN-enriched miRNAs in CSF harvested from ALS models of MN disease demonstrated that one miRNA (miR-218) tracked with MN loss and was responsive to an ALS therapy in rodent models. Therefore, we have used cellular expression profiling tools to define the distinct miRNA expression of MNs, which is likely to enrich future studies of MN disease. This approach enabled the development of a novel, drug-responsive marker of MN disease in ALS rodents.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease in which motor neurons (MNs) in the brain and spinal cord are selectively lost. To develop tools to aid in our understanding of the distinct expression profiles of MNs and, ultimately, to monitor MN disease progression, we identified small regulatory microRNAs (miRNAs) that were highly enriched or exclusive in MNs. The signal for one of these MN-enriched miRNAs is detectable in spinal tap biofluid from an ALS rat model, where its levels change as disease progresses, suggesting that it may be a clinically useful marker of disease status. Furthermore, rats treated with ALS therapy have restored expression of this MN RNA marker, making it an MN-specific and drug-responsive marker for ALS rodents.</jats:p
On the Radio and Optical Luminosity Evolution of Quasars II - The SDSS Sample
We determine the radio and optical luminosity evolutions and the true
distribution of the radio loudness parameter R, defined as the ratio of the
radio to optical luminosity, for a set of more than 5000 quasars combining SDSS
optical and FIRST radio data. We apply the method of Efron and Petrosian to
access the intrinsic distribution parameters, taking into account the
truncations and correlations inherent in the data. We find that the population
exhibits strong positive evolution with redshift in both wavebands, with
somewhat greater radio evolution than optical. With the luminosity evolutions
accounted for, we determine the density evolutions and local radio and optical
luminosity functions. The intrinsic distribution of the radio loudness
parameter R is found to be quite different than the observed one, and is smooth
with no evidence of a bi-modality in radio loudness. The results we find are in
general agreement with the previous analysis of Singal et al. 2011 which used
POSS-I optical and FIRST radio data.Comment: 16 pages, 17 figures, 1 table. Updated to journal version. arXiv
admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1101.293
Energy-Related Indicators and Breast Cancer Risk among White and Black Women
Energy-related indicators, including physical activity, energy intake, body mass index (BMI) and adult weight change, have been linked to breast cancer risk. Very few studies of these associations have been conducted among black women, therefore we used the Nashville Breast Health Study (NBHS) to determine whether similar effects were seen in black and white women. The NBHS is a population-based case-control study of breast cancer among women age 25 to 75 years conducted between 2001 and 2010 in and around the Nashville Metropolitan area. Telephone interviews and self-administered food frequency questionnaires were completed with 2,614 incident breast cancer cases ascertained through hospitals and the statewide cancer registry, and 2,306 controls selected using random digit dialing. Among premenopausal white and black women, there was little effect of adult exercise or other energy-related indicators on breast cancer risk, regardless of tumor estrogen receptor (ER) status. The beneficial effect of adult exercise on postmenopausal breast cancer appeared to be comparable between white and black women (highest tertile relative to none - white odds ratio [OR] 0.8, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.6-1.0, p for trend=0.05; black OR 0.7, 95% CI 0.4-1.1, p for trend=0.07); however, among black women the reduction was limited to those with ER-positive disease. White and black women should be encouraged to engage in more physical activity to reduce their risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
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