The rare decays B ! K `` , B ! K )  and Bs ! + are analyzed in a generic scenario where New Physics e ects enter predominantly via Z penguin contributions. We show that this possibility is well motivated on theoretical grounds, as the sbZ vertex is particularly susceptible to non-standard dynamics. In addition, such a framework is also interesting phenomenologically since the sbZ coupling is r...

Purpose – This study examines the relationships between a firm’s CSR activities and its performance and risk. We hypothesize that industry-level effects are highly determinant of the sign and magnitude of these relationships to establish a ranking of industries to identify the position of the most prominent tourism-related industries: hotels and airlines. Based on the cybernetic model of decisi...

We report our results on nonlinear optical properties of 2(3), 9(10), 16(17), 23(24) tetra tert-butyl phthalocyanine and 2(3), 9(10), 16(17), 23(24) tetra tert-butyl Zinc phthalocyanine studied using Z-scan technique with 800 nm femtosecond and 532 nm nanosecond pulses. Nonlinear absorption behavior in both femtosecond and nanosecond domains was studied in detail. We observed three-photon absor...

We study direct CP violation in hadronic B-decays in the ρ 0-ω interference region, and focus specifically on the rate asymmetry in B ± → ρ ± ρ 0 (ω) → ρ ± π + π −. In this channel, the strong phase is dominated by isospin violation, so that it can be essentially determined by e + e − → π + π − data in the ρ 0-ω interference region. We find that the asymmetry in the ρ ± π + π − channel is of or...

We prove the uniform in space and time convergence of scaled heights large classes deterministic growth models that are monotone equivariant under translations by constants. The limits characterized as unique (viscosity solutions) first- or second-order partial differential equations depending on whether hyperbolically parabolically. results greatly simplify extend a recent work first author to...

Correlation and covariance matrices provide the basis for all classical multivariate techniques. Many statistical tools exist for analyzing their structure, but, surprisingly, there are few techniques for exploratory visual display, and for depicting the patterns of relations among variables in such matrices directly, particularly when the number of variables is moderately large. This paper des...

This paper studies how national sentiment in the form of either a perception or a loyalty bias of bettors may affect pricing patterns on national wagering markets for international sport events. We show theoretically that both biases can be profitably exploited by bookmakers by way of price adjustment (odds shading). The former bias induces bookmakers to shade odds against the domestic team, th...

This paper presents a synthesisable VHDL model for a generalised multiplier capable of performing multiplication of both sign-magnitude and two’s complement operands. The multiplier is testable with a constant number of test vectors irrespective of operand word-lengths thereby reducing automatic test generation, simulation and testing times. The model has been used successfully for generating m...

It is shown here and in the preceeding paper [1] that vector coherent state theory, the theory of induced representations, and geometric quantization provide alternative but equivalent quantizations of an algebraic model. The relationships are useful because some constructions are simpler and more natural from one perspective than another. More importantly, each approach suggests ways of genera...