We compute the three point correlation functions for primordial scalar and tensor fluctuations in single field inflationary models. We obtain explicit expressions in the slow roll limit where the answer is given terms of the two usual slow roll parameters. In a particular limit the three point functions are determined completely by the tilt of the spectrum of the two point functions. We also ma...

Introduction: calcifying fibrous tumor (cFt) is a rare, benign soft tissue tumor of unknown etiology. Previously reported in the subcutaneous and deep tissues of the extremities and trunk, sporadic accounts of intra-abdominal cFts associated with the peritoneum, mesentery and bowel have recently arose. case report: We present a previously unreported entity of a free-floating intra-abdominal pre...

Microscopic calculations of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of supersymmetric black holes in string theory are typically based on the application to a dual 2D CFT of Cardy’s formula, S = 2π √ c q̂0/6, where c is the central charge and q̂0 is the oscillator level. In the CFT, q̂0 is non-trivially related to the total momentum. We identify a Komar integral that equals q̂0 when evaluated at the horizon...

The study of Riemann surfaces with parametrized boundary components was initiated in conformal field theory (CFT). Motivated by general principles from Teichmüller theory, and applications to the construction of CFT from vertex operator algebras, we generalize the parametrizations to quasisymmetric maps. For a precise mathematical definition of CFT (in the sense of G. Segal), it is necessary th...

background: polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos) is the most common cause of hyperandrogenism in women. non-classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (ncah) is very close to pcos. the diagnosis of hyperandrogenism is not based on the finding of decreased or increased levels of a single hormone. objective: in our paper, we are going to test correlation between clinical signs and biochemical markers of ...

The AdS/CFT correspondence, conjectured by Maldecena in late 1997, has been playing an essential role in modern string theory. The original version of this gravity/gauge AdS/CFT correspondence states an equivalence between Type 2B string theory on AdS5 × S and N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory in 4D, under certain parameter region. Namely, for these two theories, the operator variables, physical st...

PURPOSE Although uncommon after phacoemulsification surgery, cystoid macular edema (CME) is an important cause of postoperative reduction of vision after cataract surgery. To demonstrate an optical coherence tomography (OCT) measurable, dose-related response to orally administered acetazolamide in a patient presenting with pseudophakic CME. METHODS A 76-year-old woman with reduced vision in r...

We study a Randall-Sundrum cosmological scenario consisting of a domain wall in anti-de Sitter space with a strongly coupled large N conformal field theory living on the wall. The AdS/CFT correspondence allows a fully quantum mechanical treatment of this CFT, in contrast with the usual treatment of matter fields in inflationary cosmology. The conformal anomaly of the CFT provides an effective t...

Cocaine blocks the normal role of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in terminating dopamine signaling and in restricting its spatial spread through molecular interactions that remain largely obscure. Cocaine analog structure-activity studies suggest roles for cationic and hydrophobic interactions between DAT, dopamine, cocaine, and the sodium and chloride ions whose gradients power uptake processe...

BACKGROUND The internationally mandatory complement fixation test (CFT) for testing of equine sera for the absence of glanders has repeatedly led to discrepant results. Not only do "false positive" sera pose a problem for the diagnostician and the animal health authorities but they can also result in significant financial losses for the animal owners.Due to the very low prevalence of glanders i...