We re-analyse the prospects of discovering supersymmetry at the LHC, in order to re-express coverage in terms of a fine-tuning parameter and to extend the analysis to scalar masses (m0) above 2 TeV. We use minimal supergravity (mSUGRA) unification assumptions for the SUSY breaking parameters. Such high values of m0 have recently been found to have a focus point, leading to relatively low fine-t...

We consider interaction properties of relational periods, where the relation is a compatibility relation on words induced by a relation on letters. By the famous theorem of Fine and Wilf, p + q − gcd(p, q) − 1 is the maximal length of a word having periods p and q but not period gcd(p, q). Such words of maximal length are called extremal Fine and Wilf words. In this paper we study properties of...

Description of Materials Soil profiles developed from Dwyka tillite consist of a fine sandy loam overlying a gravel and rubble layer and succeeded by a zone of clay illuviation. Below this, the disintergrating tillite may proceed to depths of two hundred feet under favourable circumstances. This material in its most weathered aspect consists of a "soapy" orangy yellow fine silty clay of the fol...

background: biloma is a rare abnormal localized accumulation of bile out of biliary tree due to an injury. it has different non-specific clinical features and its diagnosis is based on clinical signs, radiologic findings and chemical analysis of aspirated liquid. considering the non-specific clinical features, early diagnosis and treatment can have an effective role in the decrease of complicat...

background & objective: abdominal cutaneous and subcutaneous nodules are uncommon lesions which may be benign or malignant. majority of the malignant nodules are metastatic in origin and may be the initial presentation of primary malignancy, hence an early diagnosis is important. our aim was to find out the spectrum of lesions (both non-neoplastic and neoplastic) that present as cutaneous a...

As part of the BIOSANT program (biologically-inspired smart nanotechnology), scientists at NASA-Langley have identified a “self-healing” plastic that spontaneously closes the hole left by the passage of a bullet. To understand and generalize the phenomenon in question, the mechanical properties responsible for this ability are being explored. Low-rate impression testing was chosen to characteri...

Inside Cover: In article 2200337, Klaus Müllen and Ullrich Scherf review diversified manufacturing. Conjugated polymers (CPs) exhibit structural diversity, including “classical” polyacetylenes polyarylenes, more sophisticated ladder polymer graphene nanoribbons, which possess versatile electrical optical properties contributing to the device fabrication. Moreover, rising demand for multiple mat...

The increased number of execution units in many-core processors is driving numerous paradigm changes in parallel systems. Previous techniques that focused solely upon obtaining correct results are being rendered obsolete unless they can also provide results efficiently. This paper dives into the particular problem of efficiently supporting fine-grained task creation and task termination for run...

conclusions the results showed that the dexterity fingers of patients suffering from stroke at the final stages of bronestrum is much closer to the dexterity of healthy controls. background one of the main problems of chronic stroke patients is the inability to move the fingers separately despite the passing of an extended period of time since the onset of the disease. dexterity is a fine motor...

background: endosonography is a distinct method in evaluating gastrointestinal (gi) structural lesions, particularly in the pancreatobiliary system. this procedure has made a fundamental change in the diagnosis of pancreatic mass lesions through fine needle aspiration (fna). this study aims to evaluate the results and efficacy of endosonographic fine needle aspiration (eus-fna) in patients pres...