We present preliminary results for the correlationand spectral functions of different meson channels on the lattice. The main focus lies on gaining control over cut-off as well as on the finite-volume effects. Extrapolations of screening masses above the deconfining temperature are guided by the result of the free (T = ∞) case on the lattice and in the continuum. We study the quenched non-pertu...

Important scientific findings frequently arise from serendipitous findings. Unfortunately, many scientists are not prepared to take advantage of unexpected results and to question established paradigms, and this prevents them from capitalizing on their good fortune. In this essay, I first explain how pure serendipity led us to discover unusual modes of reproduction such as clonal reproduction b...

Two auditory lexical decision experiments document for morphologically complex words two points at which the probability of a target word given the evidence shifts dramatically. The first point is reached when morphologically unrelated competitors are no longer compatible with the evidence. Adapting terminology from Marslen-Wilson (1984), we refer to this as the word's initial uniqueness point ...

We present preliminary results for the correlationand spectral functions of different meson channels on the lattice. The main focus lies on gaining control over cut-off as well as on the finite-volume effects. Extrapolations of screening masses above the deconfining temperature are guided by the result of the free (T = ∞) case on the lattice and in the continuum. We study the quenched non-pertu...

The efficiency of screening for Wilson's disease by serum caeruloplasmin determination was assessed by analysing the epidemiologic data of 289 affected families in Japan. The estimated gene frequency was 5.2 x 10(-3). The sensitivity of the screening test was 93% at a proposed cut-off level of 120 mg/l and the specificity was 99.83%. In Japan 1 500 000 children are born every year of whom 50 wo...

The neglected annihilation contributions in the Wilson loop formalism of Eichten and Feinberg are defined and calculated. An annihilation time scale is introduced to discriminate the glueball contributions from true annihilation contributions to isoscalar-pseudoscalar meson states. In this formalism, it is found that there is no mixing between two quarkonium states with different quark masses t...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Acquired chronic hepatocerebral degeneration, acquired hepatolenticular degeneration or pseudo-Wilson is an infrequent disorder with a hepatic origin. Cases in the literature are scarce and it is frequently confused with hepatic encephalopathy and Wilson s disease. The aim of this essay is to report a patient suffering from this disorder due to cirrhosis from non-alco...

Wilson disease (WD), referred to as hepatolenticular degeneration and occurring primarily as neurological and liver disease, is an inherited disorder that has various clinical presentations [1–3]. The altered gene is localized on the long arm of chromosome 13. Mutations in the Wilson gene are common and include small insertions or deletions. In the cases of unidentified tubular dysfunctions, he...

Wilson's disease (WD), also known as hepatolenticular degeneration, is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder resulting from abnormal copper metabolism. Reduced copper excretion causes an excessive deposition of the copper in many organs such as the liver, central nervous system (CNS), cornea, kidney, joints, and cardiac muscle where the physiological functions of the affected organs are imp...