There is an intriguing discrepancy between ᾱs(MZ) values measured directly at the CERN Z0-factory and low-energy (at few GeV) measurements transformed toQ = MZ0 by a massless QCD ᾱs(Q) evolution relation. There exists an attempt to reconcile this discrepancy by introducing a light gluino g̃ in the MSSM. We study in detail the influence of heavy thresholds on ᾱs(Q) evolution. First, we consruct t...

Chronic inflammation promotes the formation of ectopic lymphoid tissue morphologically resembling secondary lymphoid tissues, though it is unclear whether this is a location where Ag-specific immune responses develop or merely a site of lymphocyte accumulation. Ectopic lymphoid tissue formation is associated with many humoral autoimmune diseases, including lupus induced by tetramethylpecadentan...

The semiquantal time-dependent Hartree (SQTDH) theory is applied to the coupled Morse and modified Lippincott-Schroeder (LS) model potentials of hydrogen bond. The structural correlation between the heavy atoms distance and the proton position, the geometric isotope effect, the energy of hydrogen bond formation, and the proton vibrational frequency shift are examined in a broad range of structu...

Glutamate signaling in the brain is one of the most studied targets in the alcohol research field. Here, we report the current understanding of how the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate, its receptors, and its transporters are involved in low, episodic, and heavy alcohol use. Specific animal behavior protocols can be used to assess these different drinking levels, including two-bottle choic...

Dealloyed nanoporous gold (np-Au) has applications as oxygen reduction catalysis in Li-air batteries and fuel cells, or actuators to convert electricity into mechanical energy. However, it faces the challenges of coarsening-induced structure instability, weakness due low relative densities, slow dealloying rates. Here, monolithic np-Au is dealloyed from a single-phase Au25Ni75 solid-solution at...

Recently, the research for new non-volatile memory in the semiconductor industry has become intense, because current flash memory technologies based on the floating-gate (FG) concept are expected to be difficult to scale down for high density, high performance devices (Lankhorst et al., 2005 ; Ouyang et al., 2004 ; Vanheusden et al., 1997). Therefore, a type of non-volatile memory using nanopar...