Purpose The purpose of this study was to clarify correlations between corneal deformation parameters measured with a dynamic Scheimpflug analyzer and baseline factors such as axial length, intraocular pressure (IOP), age, central corneal thickness (CCT), and corneal curvature. Methods Ninety-six eyes of 96 healthy subjects (mean 55.2 ± 16.1 years of age) were examined using a dynamic Scheimpf...

It has been argued that if light Higgs bosons do not exist then the self– interactions of W ’s become strong in the TeV region and can be observed in longitudinal WW scattering. We present a model with many inelastic channels in the WW scattering process, corresponding to the creation of heavy fermion pairs. The presence of these heavy fermions affects the elastic scattering of W ’s by propagat...

The North China Plain (NCP) is a major grain production zone that plays a critical role in ensuring China's food supply. Irrigation is commonly used during grain production; however, the high annual water deficit [precipitation (P) minus evapotranspiration (ET)] in typical irrigated cropland does not support double cropping systems (such as maize and wheat) and this has resulted in the steep de...

Article history: Received 11 August 2016 Received in revised form 7 October 2016 Accepted 8 October 2016 Available online 14 October 2016 Editor: W.-D. Schlatter The production of W boson pairs in association with one jet in pp collisions at √ s = 8 TeV is studied using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during 2012 at the CERN Large Hadr...

We investigated the performance of a heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction (ZVI-Fenton, i.e. , ZVI + H 2 O where = zero-valent iron) towards removal potentially pathogenic bacteria in wastewater (WW). The effectiveness process was live (measured by flow cytometry) as well (identified 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing), antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons (assessed qPCR). ZVI-Fenton result...

We present a rapid and selective method to increase the volatility of tyrosine and phenylalanine without adding derivative C for high-precision gas chromatography-continuous-flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry (GCC-IRMS) based on enzymatic decarboxylation to yield alkylamines and evaluated for 15N isotopic integrity. Purified tyrosine and phenylalanine were converted to tyramine and phenethyla...

We present recent diboson production measurements from the D0 experiment at Fermilab's Teva-tron collider. The production of ZZ was observed using leptonic final states. Zγ → ννγ was observed and used to set the most stringent limits from a hadron collider on anomalous Zγγ and ZZγ trilinear gauge couplings (TGCs). WW events with leptonic final states and WW +W Z events with semi-leptonic final ...

Article history: Received 11 August 2016 Received in revised form 7 October 2016 Accepted 8 October 2016 Available online 14 October 2016 Editor: W.-D. Schlatter The production of W boson pairs in association with one jet in pp collisions at √ s = 8 TeV is studied using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1 collected by the ATLAS detector during 2012 at the CERN Large Hadr...

Some producers in the inland Pacific Northwest (PNW) are interested diversifying traditional 2-yr sequence of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (WW)–summer fallow (SF) with oilseed crops to capture break crop effects. The objective this study was compare production costs and economic returns sequences those intensified 3-yr at a low-precipitation (<300 mm) site where long-term rotation has be...