We study the issue of radion stabilization within five-dimensional supersymmetric theories compactified on the orbifold S 1 /Z 2. We break supersymmetry by the Scherk-Schwarz mechanism and explain its implementation in the off-shell formulation of five dimensional supergravity in terms of the tensor and linear compensator multiplets. We show that radion stabilization may be achieved by radiativ...

Grazing mortality of the marine phytoplankton Synechococcus is dominated by planktonic protists, yet rates of consumption and factors regulating grazer-Synechococcus interactions are poorly understood. One aspect of predator-prey interactions for which little is known are the mechanisms by which Synechococcus avoids or resists predation and, in turn, how this relates to the ability of Synechoco...

As land resources and ecosystems provide necessary materials and conditions for human development, land use change and ecological security play increasingly important roles in sustainable development. This study aims to reveal the mutual-influence and interaction between land use change and ecological security in Wuhan, based on the coupling coordination degree model. As such, it provides strat...

Synopsis: This paper provides a framework of lower bounds on the minimum distance of cyclic codes. Root bounds depends solely on the den-ing set and the length of a cyclic code, and the BCH Bound, the Hartmann-Tzeng Bound, Bound A and several Boston Bounds are sown to belong to this family. Border bounds furthermore depends on the dening set of cyclic subcodes as well. The Schaub Bound, the Sin...

Jung Il Seo, Futoshi Nakamura,* Kun Woo Chun, Suk Woo Kim and Gordon E. Grant 1 Department of Forest Resources, College of Industrial Sciences, Kongju National University, 54 Daehakro, Yesan, Chungcheongnamdo, 340-702, Republic of Korea 2 Department of Forest Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9 Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan 3 Department of ...