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Note on a NAHE Variation

, 2011
We present a variation of the NAHE-basis for free fermionic heterotic string models. By rotating some of the boundary conditions of the NAHE periodic/anti-periodic fermions {y^m, \bar{y}^m, w^m, \bar{w}^m,}, for m = 1 to 6, associated with the six ...
Ali, Tibra, Cleaver, Gerald, Greenwald, Jared, Moore, Douglas, Pechan, Kristen, Renner, Tim   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Efficiency in the Global Prison System: A Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study systematizes the international literature on prison system efficiency, highlighting patterns and research gaps through a multidimensional framework. By situating efficiency within broader institutional, social, and rights‐based contexts, it examines how academic research has assessed carceral performance.
Leandro Moreira, Enzo Barberio Mariano, Diogo Ferraz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Algorithmic trading, liquidity and volatility: Evidence from Poland

Economics and Business Review
The aim of this paper is to examine the causality between pairs of measures that describe the intensity of algorithmic trading, market liquidity and volatility for selected blue-chip companies from the Warsaw Stock Exchange, which were permanently ...
Gurgul Henryk, Syrek Robert
doaj   +1 more source

Residential Real Estate in Europe: An Exploration of Common Risk Factors

Review of Economic Perspectives, 2015
We conduct an exploratory analysis using proxy measures of cross-sectional returns and rental yields in residential real estate. Asset pricing models predict that expected returns should exhibit some sensitivity to one or several fundamental variables ...
Druica Elena, Valsan Calin, Ianole Rodica   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations Between Individual‐ and Group‐Level Relational Mobility and Big Five Personality in Japan: A Multilevel Study of Prefectural Capitals

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction This study examined the associations between individual‐ and group‐level relational mobility and the Big Five personality traits, along with demographic variables and macro‐level variables, targeting 5048 people in all 47 Japanese prefectural capitals. Methods The study controlled for macro‐level variables such as total population,
Takehiko Ito, Haruto Takagishi
wiley   +1 more source

Functional characteristics of the Staphylococcus aureus δ-toxin allelic variant G10S [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2015
AbstractStaphylococcus aureus δ-toxin is a member of the phenol-soluble modulin (PSM) peptide family. PSMs have multiple functions in staphylococcal pathogenesis; for example, they lyse red and white blood cells and trigger inflammatory responses.
Gordon Y. C. Cheung, Anthony J. Yeh, Dorothee Kretschmer, Anthony C. Duong, Kwame Tuffuor, Chih-Lung Fu, Hwang-Soo Joo, Binh A. Diep, Min Li, Yuumi Nakamura, Gabriel Nunez, Andreas Peschel, Michael Otto   +12 more
openaire   +3 more sources

How Intellectual Humility Enhances Affective Well‐Being: Daily Diary Studies on the Mediating Roles of Daily Uplift and Stressor Exposure

Journal of Personality, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective While intellectual humility has gained increasing prominence as a cognitive construct, its implications for affective well‐being remain less understood. Method The present paper draws on 7‐day daily diary datasets (Study 1: Nparticipants = 253, Nobservations = 1721; Study 2: Nparticipants = 485, Nobservations = 3218) to examine how ...
Ysabel A. Guevarra, K. T. A. Sandeeshwara Kasturiratna, Andree Hartanto, Eddie M. W. Tong, Verity Y. Q. Lua, Nadyanna M. Majeed   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

13N-NH3 myocardial perfusion imaging with reduced scan duration: a feasibility study in the era of total-body PET/CT

EJNMMI Physics
Purpose To explore the feasibility of reducing scan duration of 13N-NH3 myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using a total-body PET/CT scanner. Methods Forty-five patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) performing rest 13N-NH3 MPI ...
Xiaochun Zhang, Zeyin Xiang, Fanghu Wang, Xiaoqiang Pan, Qing Zhang, Peng Wang, Lei Jiang, Hui Yuan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling heat transfer from quench protection heaters to superconducting cables in Nb3Sn magnets

, 2014
We use a recently developed quench protection heater modeling tool for an analysis of heater delays in superconducting high-field Nb3Sn accelerator magnets.
Arbelaez, D., Caspi, S., Chlachidze, G., Felice, H., Kate, H. H. J. ten, Prestemon, S., Salmi, T.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Preimaginal development of Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae) in brackish water gives rise to adult mosquitoes with thicker cuticles and greater insecticide resistance

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
The principal arboviral vector Aedes aegypti can develop in coastal brackish water field habitats (0.5–15 g/L salt) with larvae possessing thicker cuticles and greater resistance to the larvicide Temephos. Females emerging from brackish water‐developing preimaginal stages are now shown to have thicker and remodelled leg and abdominal cuticles and ...
Kokila Sivabalakrishnan, Andrew Hemphill, S. H. P. Parakrama Karunaratne, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Isabel Roditi, Sinnathamby N. Surendran, Ranjan Ramasamy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source