Ph . D . Annual Progress Report for 2003

Ph . D . Annual Monitoring Report

Progress Report 2002 - 2003 CR ST

The Formal Methods in Programming research group at Åbo Akademi University was elected as a Centre of Excellence in Research by the Academy of Finland for the six year period 2002-07. The present document is a progress report on the research done at the Centre since its start. We focus in this report on the research activities at the centre since its start. We have organized the presentation al...

Breathing: rhythmicity, plasticity, chemosensitivity.

Breathing is a vital behavior that is particularly amenable to experimental investigation. We review recent progress on three problems of broad interest. (i) Where and how is respiratory rhythm generated? The preBötzinger Complex is a critical site, whereas pacemaker neurons may not be essential. The possibility that coupled oscillators are involved is considered. (ii) What are the mechanisms t...

Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with failed completion of treatment for latent tuberculosis infection--Chickasaw County, Mississippi, June 1999-March 2002.

During June 1999-March 2002, a total of 16 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported from Chickasaw County, Mississippi (2000 population: 19,440), corresponding to annual TB incidences of 20.5-27.6 cases per 100,000 population. In comparison, annual TB incidences for Mississippi during the same period decreased from 7.8 to 5.4 cases per 100,000 population. This report summarizes the results of an i...

/ 03 08 09 4 v 2 8 S ep 2 00 3 PITHA 03 / 07 DESY 03 - 104 hep - ph / 0308094 Top quark physics and QCD : Progress since the TESLA TDR

I review progress on investigations concerning top quark physics and QCD at a future linear e + e − collider that has been achieved since the presentation of the TESLA technical design report [1] in spring 2001. I concentrate on studies that have been presented during the workshop series of the Extended Joint ECFA/DESY Study on Physics and Detectors for a Linear Electron-Positron Collider. Abst...