We consider the novel Kaluza-Klein (KK) scenario where gravity propagates in the 4 + n dimensional bulk of spacetime, while gauge and matter fields are confined to the 3 + 1 dimensional world-volume of a brane configuration. For simplicity we assume compactification of the extra n dimensions on a torus with a common scale R, and identify the massive KK states in the four-dimensional spacetime. ...

Keloids are proliferative dermal growths representing a pathological wound-healing response. We report high proliferation rates in normal (NF) and keloid-derived fibroblasts (KF) cocultured with keloid-derived keratinocytes (KK). IGF binding protein (IGFBP)-3 mRNA and secreted IGFBP-3 in conditioned media were increased in NF cocultured with KK compared with NF but markedly reduced in KF cocult...

Appendix A: Nonlinear regression model and nonlinear approximation methods In this section, we extend the approximation approaches that we developed in Sections 4.2 and 4.3 to the case of the nonlinear regression model y = Ψ (kk a; b) + εε (A.1) where b ∈ R n+1 , k ≡ (k 0 k T −1) ∈ R T , a ≡ (a 0 a T −1) ∈ R T , and Ψ (kk a; β) ≡ (Ψ (k 0 a 0 ; β) Ψ (k T −1 a T −1 ; β)) ∈ R T. 1 We first conside...

Interference between the di erent mass eigenstate components of a neutral K meson causes its decay probability to oscillate with time. Related oscillations occur in the decay chain ! KK ! f1f2 (where f1;2 are decay channels), in neutral B decay, in the chain (4s) ! BB ! f1f2, and in massive neutrino propagation. Since the mass eigenstates comprising a neutral K, a neutral B, or a neutrino have ...

The prevalence of pain complaints as a reason for patient-doctor encounters in the local primary care setting is unknown. We performed a cross-sectional survey of such encounters in one public primary care clinic (KK) and 17 general practice clinics (GP), from the city of Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Reasons for visits were recorded by doctors in KK and medical students in GP using a st...

BACKGROUND The KK/Ta mouse strain serves as a suitable polygenic model for human type 2 diabetes. We previously reported a genome-wide linkage analysis of KK/Ta alleles contributing to type 2 diabetes and related phenotypes such as fasting hyperglycaemia, glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinaemia, obesity and dyslipidaemia. METHODS Since KK/Ta mice spontaneously develop renal lesions closely res...

Using computer algorithms we establish that the Ramsey number R(3,K10− e) is equal to 37, which solves the smallest open case for Ramsey numbers of this type. We also obtain new upper bounds for the cases of R(3,Kk − e) for 11 ≤ k ≤ 16, and show by construction a new lower bound 55 ≤ R(3,K13 − e). The new upper bounds on R(3,Kk − e) are obtained by using the values and lower bounds on e(3,Kl − ...

In Cs(2)SbCl(6) and related compounds antimony appears as Sb(III) and Sb(V) in alternate halide octahedra. The optical spectrum contains "mixed valence" peaks assigned to Sb(III) --> Sb(V) transfer near 18 and 27 kK (cm(-1)). In addition there is a peak near 31 kK assigned to an internal transition on Sb(III) and one near 37 kK assigned to Sb(V), mixed with the absorption edge of the crystal. T...