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51. Estimating Wheat Residue Cover Using Broad and Narrow Band Visible-Infrared Reflectance

Author: A.M. Smith, C.A. Ivie, and M.S. Bullock
Subjects: Narrow band, Agricultural waste, Geography, Visible infrared, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Mineralogy, Forestry, Reflectivity
Abstract: RESUMEL'amenagement des residus des cultures a des effets sur les ressources du sol qui sont essentielles pour une agriculture soutenable. L'estimation des residus est importante pour l'etude des effets des pratiques de gestion du sol et le developpement des modeles globaux pour comprendre l'impact de l'agriculture sur la dynamique du carbone dans la biosphere. La capacite d'estimer les residus de ble au niveau du champs en utilisant les bandes larges disponibles sur les capteurs satellitaires et autres bandes ou des indices deduits des donnees hyperfrequences est etudie en utilisant un type de sol sujet a differentes pratiques culturelles et sur une variete de sous-groupes de sol dans une meme localite. Des mesures de reflectance ont ete effectuees en juillet, aout et septembre avec un spectro-radiometre base au sol. Les resultats indiquent que quelque soit la pratique culturale ou le type de sol, le residu peut etre estime en utilisant l'indice differentiel normalise (NDITM5 TM7) deduit des bandes large...
Published: 2000
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52. Measurement of |Vcb| using decays

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, P.F. Akesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K.J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, O. Boeriu, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, O.C. Cooke, J. Couchman, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, R. Davis, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P.O. Günther, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, M. Harin-Dirac, A. Hauke, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, T.E. Marchant, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, I. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Okpara, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, A. Quadt, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tarem, R.J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. Torrence, S. Towers, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, D. Waller, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Form factor (quantum field theory), Zero (complex analysis), Value (computer science), 01 natural sciences, Recoil, 0103 physical sciences, Heavy quark effective theory, Matrix element, 010306 general physics
Abstract: The magnitude of the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix element Vcb has been measured using B0 to D*l nu decays recorded on the Z0 peak using the OPAL detector at LEP. The D* to D0 pi+ decays were reconstructed both in the particular decay modes D0 to K- pi+ and D0 to K- pi+ pi- and via an inclusive technique. The product of |Vcb| and the decay form factor of the B0 to D* l nu transition at zero recoil F(1) was measured to be F(1)|Vcb| = (37.1+-1.0+-2.0)x10^-3, where the uncertainties are statistical and systematic respectively. By using Heavy Quark Effective Theory calculations for F(1), a value of |Vcb| = (40.7+-1.1+-2.2+-1.6)x 10^-3 was obtained, where the third error is due to theoretical uncertainties in the value of F(1). The branching ratio Br(B0 to D* l nu) was also measured to be (5.26+-0.20+-0.46)%.
Published: 2000
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53. The influence of POE and PVE lubricant blends within hermetic refrigerating compressors operating with HFC-134a refrigerant

Author: Mark Hadfield, A Swallow, Christopher Ciantar, and A.M Smith
Subjects: Materials science, Scanning electron microscope, Analytical chemistry, Surfaces and Interfaces, Tribology, Condensed Matter Physics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Refrigerant, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Gudgeon pin, Lubricant, Composite material, Connecting rod, Gas compressor
Abstract: Hydrofluorocarbons are alternative refrigerants receiving attention for use in domestic refrigerating systems. New synthetic lubricants are required with these working fluids to ensure lubricant suitability. The objective of this experimental investigation is to compare the tribological performance of the newly developed polyvinylether (PVE) synthetic lubricant to its polyol ester (POE) counter-part. Experimental setups were varied using actual hermetically sealed refrigerating compressors. This investigation included an evaluation of the conforming contact between the small end of the connecting rod and the gudgeon pin. This was done in conjunction with observations of the large end of the connecting rod as well as the compressor valve plates. Observations were carried out using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) micro-analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis. The extent of the surface damage observed varied with the type of lubricant and the operating pressures.
Published: 2000
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54. Z boson pair production in e+e− collisions at and 189 GeV

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, P.F. Akesson, G. Alexander, J. Allison, K.J. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, I. Bailey, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, O. Boeriu, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, J. Cammin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, O.C. Cooke, J. Couchman, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, S. Dallison, R. Davis, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Donkers, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, P. Ferrari, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, A. Frey, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, P.O. Günther, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, M. Harin-Dirac, A. Hauke, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, C. Hensel, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, N. Kanaya, J. Kanzaki, G. Karapetian, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, K. Klein, A. Klier, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, M. Kupper, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, A. Leins, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, J. Lillich, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Lu, J. Ludwig, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, T.E. Marchant, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, P. Mendez-Lorenzo, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, I. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Okpara, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, A. Quadt, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, S. Rosati, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, P. Scharff-Hansen, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tarem, R.J. Taylor, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. Torrence, S. Towers, T. Trefzger, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, D. Waller, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, T. Wengler, N. Wermes, D. Wetterling, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Quark, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Annihilation, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, State (functional analysis), 01 natural sciences, Standard Model, Pair production, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Nuclear Experiment, 010303 astronomy & astrophysics, Lepton
Abstract: A study of Z boson pair production in e+e- annihilation at center-of-mass energies near 183 GeV and 189 GeV is reported. Final states containing only leptons, (l+l-l+l- and l+l-nu nubar), quark and lepton pairs, (q qbar l+l-, q qbar nu nubar) and the all-hadronic final state (q qbar q qbar) are considered. In all states with at least one Z boson decaying hadronically, q qbar and b bbar final states are considered separately using lifetime and event-shape tags, thereby improving the cross-section measurement. At sqrt(s) = 189 GeV the Z-pair cross section was measured to be 0.80 (+0.14-0.13, stat.) (+0.06-0.05, syst.) pb, consistent with the Standard Model prediction. At sqrt(s) = 183 GeV the 95% C.L. upper limit is 0.55 pb. Limits on anomalous ZZgamma and ZZZ couplings are derived.
Published: 2000
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55. Interposition Arthroplasty with an Achilles Tendon Allograft as a Salvage Procedure for the Elbow

Author: A.M. Smith
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Achilles tendon, medicine.anatomical_structure, business.industry, Elbow, medicine, Interposition arthroplasty, business, Salvage procedure, Surgery
Published: 2009
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56. The influence of lubricant viscosity on the wear of hermetic compressor components in HFC-134a environments

Author: Mark Hadfield, A Swallow, A.M Smith, and Christopher Ciantar
Subjects: Materials science, Reciprocating compressor, Mechanical engineering, Surfaces and Interfaces, Tribology, Condensed Matter Physics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Refrigerant, Viscosity, Hardened steel, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry, Working fluid, Gudgeon pin, Lubricant, Composite material
Abstract: Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are transitional refrigerants being used in the wake of international agreements aimed at developing more environmentally acceptable refrigerants. An evaluation of the tribological characteristics relating to the conforming contact between the die-cast aluminium alloy connecting rod and the hardened steel gudgeon pin of a reciprocating compressor is presented. An experimental investigation was carried out on liquid/vapour refrigeration systems. Hermetic refrigerating compressors, working in an HFC-134a environment and at high compression ratios, were adopted. Three synthetic lubricants, characterised by viscosity, were used. Results indicated extensive surface damage, observed at the interfaces, depending on the viscosity of the lubricant/refrigerant combination used. Wear mechanisms were studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis and light microscopy analysis. Evidence of adhesive wear and lubricant decomposition were observed. The significance of this study is to assist industry and related research work in the optimal design and selection of working fluid viscosities to be used in domestic refrigerating systems working in an HFC-134a environment.
Published: 1999
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57. Search for scalar top and scalar bottom quarks at = 189 GeV at LEP

Author: G Abbiendi, K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, K.J Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, S.F Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, A.H Ball, E Barberio, R.J Barlow, J.R Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, T Behnke, K.W Bell, G Bella, A Bellerive, S Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Betts, O Biebel, A Biguzzi, V Blobel, I.J Bloodworth, P Bock, J Böhme, D Bonacorsi, M Boutemeur, S Braibant, P Bright-Thomas, L Brigliadori, R.M Brown, H.J Burckhart, P Capiluppi, R.K Carnegie, A.A Carter, J.R Carter, C.Y Chang, D.G Charlton, D Chrisman, C Ciocca, P.E.L Clarke, E Clay, I Cohen, J.E Conboy, O.C Cooke, C Couyoumtzelis, R.L Coxe, M Cuffiani, S Dado, G.M Dallavalle, R Davis, S De Jong, A de Roeck, P Dervan, K Desch, B Dienes, M.S Dixit, J Dubbert, E Duchovni, G Duckeck, I.P Duerdoth, P.G Estabrooks, E Etzion, F Fabbri, A Fanfani, M Fanti, A.A Faust, F Fiedler, M Fierro, I Fleck, R Folman, A Frey, A Fürtjes, D.I Futyan, P Gagnon, J.W Gary, J Gascon, S.M Gascon-Shotkin, G Gaycken, C Geich-Gimbel, G Giacomelli, P Giacomelli, V Gibson, W.R Gibson, D.M Gingrich, D Glenzinski, J Goldberg, W Gorn, C Grandi, K Graham, E Gross, J Grunhaus, M Gruwé, G.G Hanson, M Hansroul, M Hapke, K Harder, A Harel, C.K Hargrove, M Hauschild, C.M Hawkes, R Hawkings, R.J Hemingway, M Herndon, G Herten, R.D Heuer, M.D Hildreth, J.C Hill, P.R Hobson, M Hoch, A Hocker, K Hoffman, R.J Homer, A.K Honma, D Horváth, K.R Hossain, R Howard, P Hüntemeyer, P Igo-Kemenes, D.C Imrie, K Ishii, F.R Jacob, A Jawahery, H Jeremie, M Jimack, C.R Jones, P Jovanovic, T.R Junk, J Kanzaki, D Karlen, V Kartvelishvili, K Kawagoe, T Kawamoto, P.I Kayal, R.K Keeler, R.G Kellogg, B.W Kennedy, D.H Kim, A Klier, T Kobayashi, M Kobel, T.P Kokott, M Kolrep, S Komamiya, R.V Kowalewski, T Kress, P Krieger, J von Krogh, T Kuhl, P Kyberd, G.D Lafferty, H Landsman, D Lanske, J Lauber, S.R Lautenschlager, I Lawson, J.G Layter, A.M Lee, D Lellouch, J Letts, L Levinson, R Liebisch, B List, C Littlewood, A.W Lloyd, S.L Lloyd, F.K Loebinger, G.D Long, M.J Losty, J Lu, J Ludwig, D Liu, A Macchiolo, A Macpherson, W Mader, M Mannelli, S Marcellini, C Markopoulos, A.J Martin, J.P Martin, G Martinez, T Mashimo, P Mättig, W.J McDonald, J McKenna, E.A Mckigney, T.J McMahon, R.A McPherson, F Meijers, S Menke, F.S Merritt, H Mes, J Meyer, A Michelini, S Mihara, G Mikenberg, D.J Miller, R Mir, W Mohr, A Montanari, T Mori, K Nagai, I Nakamura, H.A Neal, R Nisius, S.W O'Neale, F.G Oakham, F Odorici, H.O Ogren, M.J Oreglia, S Orito, J Pálinkás, G Pásztor, J.R Pater, G.N Patrick, J Patt, R Perez-Ochoa, S Petzold, P Pfeifenschneider, J.E Pilcher, J Pinfold, D.E Plane, P Poffenberger, B Poli, J Polok, M Przybycień, C Rembser, H Rick, S Robertson, S.A Robins, N Rodning, J.M Roney, S Rosati, K Roscoe, A.M Rossi, Y Rozen, K Runge, O Runolfsson, D.R Rust, K Sachs, T Saeki, O Sahr, W.M Sang, E.K.G Sarkisyan, C Sbarra, A.D Schaile, O Schaile, P Scharff-Hansen, J Schieck, S Schmitt, A Schöning, M Schröder, M Schumacher, C Schwick, W.G Scott, R Seuster, T.G Shears, B.C Shen, C.H Shepherd-Themistocleous, P Sherwood, G.P Siroli, A Sittler, A Skuja, A.M Smith, G.A Snow, R Sobie, S Söldner-Rembold, S Spagnolo, M Sproston, A Stahl, K Stephens, J Steuerer, K Stoll, D Strom, R Ströhmer, B Surrow, S.D Talbot, P Taras, S Tarem, R Teuscher, M Thiergen, J Thomas, M.A Thomson, E Torrence, S Towers, I Trigger, Z Trócsányi, E Tsur, A.S Turcot, M.F Turner-Watson, I Ueda, R Van Kooten, P Vannerem, M Verzocchi, H Voss, F Wäckerle, A Wagner, C.P Ward, D.R Ward, P.M Watkins, A.T Watson, N.K Watson, P.S Wells, N Wermes, J.S White, G.W Wilson, J.A Wilson, T.R Wyatt, S Yamashita, G Yekutieli, V Zacek, and D Zer-Zion
Subjects: Quark, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Top quark, Particle physics, High Energy Physics::Lattice, Nuclear Theory, FOS: Physical sciences, Fizikai tudományok, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, Bottom quark, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Charm quark, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Természettudományok, 0103 physical sciences, 010306 general physics, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Scalar (physics), Neutralino, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Neutrino, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: Searches for a scalar top quark and a scalar bottom quark have been performed using a data sample of 182 pb-1 at a centre-of-mass energy of 189 GeV collected with the OPAL detector at LEP. No evidence for a signal was found. The 95% confidence level lower limit on the scalar top quark mass is 90.3 GeV if the mixing angle between the supersymmetric partners of the left- and right-handed states of the top quark is zero. In the worst case, when the scalar top quark decouples from the Z boson, the lower limit is 87.2 GeV. These limits were obtained assuming that the scalar top quark decays into a charm quark and the lightest neutralino, and that the mass difference between the scalar top quark and the lightest neutralino is larger than 10 GeV. The complementary decay mode of the scalar top quark decaying into a bottom quark, a charged lepton and a scalar neutrino has also been studied. From a search for the scalar bottom quark, a mass limit of 88.6 GeV was obtained if the mass difference between the scalar bottom quark and the lightest neutralino is larger than 7 GeV. These limits significantly improve the previous OPAL limits., 18 pages, LaTeX, including 4 eps figures, submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 1999
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58. Colour reconnection studies in e+e−→W+W− at GeV

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, M. Hoch, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Quantum chromodynamics, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Hadron, Observable, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, 01 natural sciences, Charged particle, 0103 physical sciences, Statistical precision, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Rapidity, Multiplicity (chemistry), 010306 general physics, Boson
Abstract: The predicted effects of final state interactions such as colour reconnection are investigated by measuring properties of hadronic decays of W bosons, recorded at a centre-of-mass energy of sqrt(s)=182.7 GeV in the OPAL detector at LEP. Dependence on the modelling of hadronic W decays is avoided by comparing W+W- -> qqqq events with the non-leptonic component of W+W- -> qqlnu events. The scaled momentum distribution, its mean value, x_p, and that of the charged particle multiplicity, n_ch, are measured and found to be consistent in the two channels. The measured differences are: Diff(x_p) = +0.7 +- 0.8 +- 0.6 and Diff(n_ch) = (-0.09 +- 0.09 +-0.05)*10**-2. In addition, measurements of rapidity and thrust are performed for W+W- -> qqqq events. The data are described well by standard QCD models and disfavour one model of colour reconnection within the ARIADNE program. The current implementation of the ELLIS-GEIGER model of colour reconnection is excluded. At the current level of statistical precision no evidence for colour reconnection effects was found in the observables studied. The predicted effect of colour reconnection on OPAL measurements of M_W is also quantified in the context of models studied.
Published: 1999
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59. Search for baryon and lepton number violating Z0 decays

Author: G. Abbiendi, K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, A. Bellerive, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, P. Bock, J. Böhme, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, A. de Roeck, P. Dervan, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, F. Fabbri, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, G. Gaycken, C. Geich-Gimbel, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, K. Graham, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, K. Harder, A. Harel, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, P.R. Hobson, M. Hoch, A. Hocker, K. Hoffman, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, D.H. Kim, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, T. Kuhl, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, H. Landsman, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, W. Mader, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, S. Spagnolo, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, B. Surrow, S.D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, J. Thomas, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Detector, FOS: Physical sciences, Fizikai tudományok, Charge (physics), 01 natural sciences, Lepton number, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Baryon, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), Természettudományok, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Conjugate
Abstract: Using data collected with the OPAL detector at LEP, we have searched for the processes e+e- -> Z0 -> p e-, p mu- and the charge conjugate final-states. These would violate the conservation of the baryon-number B, lepton-number L and the fermion-number n = (B+L). No evidence for such decays has been found, and the 95% confidence level upper limits on the partial widths Z0 -> p e and Z0 -> p mu are found to be 4.6 and 4.4 keV respectively., 16 pages, LaTeX, 2 ps figs included, submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 1999
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60. The Graft-Versus-Lymphoma Effect in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Author: Tracey Churay, Jessica Yu, John E. Levine, Holly A. Justman, Steven C. Goldstein, Brian Parkin, John M. Magenau, Mary Riwes, Christina A.M. Smith, Daniel R. Couriel, Attaphol Pawarode, and David A. Hanauer
Subjects: Transplantation, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine, Hematology, medicine.disease, business, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, Lymphoma
Published: 2015
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61. Multi-photon production in e+e− collisions at =183 GeV

Author: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, J. Böhme, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, P. Bright-Thomas, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, C. Ciocca, P.E.L. Clarke, E. Clay, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Doucet, J. Dubbert, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, F.R. Jacob, A. Jawahery, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, R. Liebisch, B. List, C. Littlewood, A.W. Lloyd, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Liu, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, J. Polok, M. Przybycień, C. Rembser, H. Rick, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, K. Roscoe, A.M. Rossi, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, T. Schorner, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, R. Seuster, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, M. Sproston, A. Stahl, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, S. Tanaka, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Luminosity (scattering theory), Photon, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Branching fraction, Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena, Resonance, Lambda, 01 natural sciences, 7. Clean energy, Excited state, 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Invariant mass, 010306 general physics, Energy (signal processing)
Abstract: The process e+e- to gamma gamma (gamma) is studied using data recorded with the OPAL detector at LEP. The data sample corresponds to a total integrated luminosity of 56.2 pb-1 taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 183 GeV. The measured cross-section agrees well with the expectation from QED. A fit to the angular distribution is used to obtain improved limits at 95% CL on the QED cut-off parameters: Lambda+ > 233 GeV and Lambda- > 265 GeV as well as a mass limit for an excited electron, M(e*) > 227 GeV assuming equal e*egamma and eegamma couplings. No evidence for resonance production is found in the invariant mass spectrum of photon pairs. Limits are obtained for the cross-section times branching ratio for a resonance decaying into two photons.
Published: 1998
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62. An upper limit on the anomalous magnetic moment of the τ lepton

Author: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, P.E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccola, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Doucet, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, M. Evans, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, D.G. Fong, M. Foucher, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, N.I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, M.J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, P.A. Hart, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, D.E. Hutchcroft, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, P.W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, M. Jones, U. Jost, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, J. Kanzaki, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, J. Kirk, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, R. Lahmann, W.P. Lai, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, B. List, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Lui, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, C. Markus, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, A. Mincer, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Oh, N.J. Oldershaw, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, C. Rembser, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, A. Rooke, A.M. Rossi, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, U. Ruppel, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, P. Schleper, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, R.P.B. Sieberg, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, R.W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, P. Szymanski, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, P. Utzat, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, E.H. Vokurka, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Anomalous magnetic dipole moment, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, Form factor (quantum field theory), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Dipole, 0103 physical sciences, Magnetic form factor, Radiative transfer, Vertex (curve), High Energy Physics::Experiment, Production (computer science), 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment, Lepton
Abstract: Using radiative Z^0 -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events collected with the OPAL detector at LEP at \sqrt{s}= M_Z during 1990-95, a direct study of the electromagnetic current at the \tau\gamma vertex has been performed in terms of the anomalous magnetic form factor F_2 of the \tau lepton. The analysis is based on a data sample of 1429 e^+ e^- -> \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma events which are examined for a deviation from the expectation with F_2 = 0. From the non-observation of anomalous \tau^+ \tau^- \gamma production a limit of -0.068 < F_2 < 0.065 is obtained. This can also be interpreted as a limit on the electric dipole form factor F_3 as -3.8 x 10^-16 e-cm < eF_3 < 3.6 x 10^-16 e-cm. The above ranges are valid at the 95% confidence level., Comment: 20 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 4 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Published: 1998
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63. Search for an excess in the production of four-jet events from e+e− collisions at =130–184 GeV

Author: K. Ackerstaff, G. Alexander, J. Allison, N. Altekamp, K.J. Anderson, S. Anderson, S. Arcelli, S. Asai, S.F. Ashby, D. Axen, G. Azuelos, A.H. Ball, E. Barberio, R.J. Barlow, R. Bartoldus, J.R. Batley, S. Baumann, J. Bechtluft, T. Behnke, K.W. Bell, G. Bella, S. Bentvelsen, S. Bethke, S. Betts, O. Biebel, A. Biguzzi, S.D. Bird, V. Blobel, I.J. Bloodworth, M. Bobinski, P. Bock, D. Bonacorsi, M. Boutemeur, S. Braibant, L. Brigliadori, R.M. Brown, H.J. Burckhart, C. Burgard, R. Bürgin, P. Capiluppi, R.K. Carnegie, A.A. Carter, J.R. Carter, C.Y. Chang, D.G. Charlton, D. Chrisman, P.E.L. Clarke, I. Cohen, J.E. Conboy, O.C. Cooke, C. Couyoumtzelis, R.L. Coxe, M. Cuffiani, S. Dado, C. Dallapiccola, G.M. Dallavalle, R. Davis, S. De Jong, L.A. del Pozo, A. de Roeck, K. Desch, B. Dienes, M.S. Dixit, M. Doucet, E. Duchovni, G. Duckeck, I.P. Duerdoth, D. Eatough, P.G. Estabrooks, E. Etzion, H.G. Evans, M. Evans, F. Fabbri, A. Fanfani, M. Fanti, A.A. Faust, L. Feld, F. Fiedler, M. Fierro, H.M. Fischer, I. Fleck, R. Folman, D.G. Fong, M. Foucher, A. Fürtjes, D.I. Futyan, P. Gagnon, J.W. Gary, J. Gascon, S.M. Gascon-Shotkin, N.I. Geddes, C. Geich-Gimbel, T. Geralis, G. Giacomelli, P. Giacomelli, R. Giacomelli, V. Gibson, W.R. Gibson, D.M. Gingrich, D. Glenzinski, J. Goldberg, M.J. Goodrick, W. Gorn, C. Grandi, E. Gross, J. Grunhaus, M. Gruwé, C. Hajdu, G.G. Hanson, M. Hansroul, M. Hapke, C.K. Hargrove, P.A. Hart, C. Hartmann, M. Hauschild, C.M. Hawkes, R. Hawkings, R.J. Hemingway, M. Herndon, G. Herten, R.D. Heuer, M.D. Hildreth, J.C. Hill, S.J. Hillier, P.R. Hobson, A. Hocker, R.J. Homer, A.K. Honma, D. Horváth, K.R. Hossain, R. Howard, P. Hüntemeyer, D.E. Hutchcroft, P. Igo-Kemenes, D.C. Imrie, K. Ishii, A. Jawahery, P.W. Jeffreys, H. Jeremie, M. Jimack, A. Joly, C.R. Jones, M. Jones, U. Jost, P. Jovanovic, T.R. Junk, J. Kanzaki, D. Karlen, V. Kartvelishvili, K. Kawagoe, T. Kawamoto, P.I. Kayal, R.K. Keeler, R.G. Kellogg, B.W. Kennedy, J. Kirk, A. Klier, S. Kluth, T. Kobayashi, M. Kobel, D.S. Koetke, T.P. Kokott, M. Kolrep, S. Komamiya, R.V. Kowalewski, T. Kress, P. Krieger, J. von Krogh, P. Kyberd, G.D. Lafferty, R. Lahmann, W.P. Lai, D. Lanske, J. Lauber, S.R. Lautenschlager, I. Lawson, J.G. Layter, D. Lazic, A.M. Lee, E. Lefebvre, D. Lellouch, J. Letts, L. Levinson, B. List, S.L. Lloyd, F.K. Loebinger, G.D. Long, M.J. Losty, J. Ludwig, D. Lui, A. Macchiolo, A. Macpherson, M. Mannelli, S. Marcellini, C. Markopoulos, C. Markus, A.J. Martin, J.P. Martin, G. Martinez, T. Mashimo, P. Mättig, W.J. McDonald, J. McKenna, E.A. Mckigney, T.J. McMahon, R.A. McPherson, F. Meijers, S. Menke, F.S. Merritt, H. Mes, J. Meyer, A. Michelini, S. Mihara, G. Mikenberg, D.J. Miller, A. Mincer, R. Mir, W. Mohr, A. Montanari, T. Mori, K. Nagai, I. Nakamura, H.A. Neal, B. Nellen, R. Nisius, S.W. O'Neale, F.G. Oakham, F. Odorici, H.O. Ogren, A. Oh, N.J. Oldershaw, M.J. Oreglia, S. Orito, J. Pálinkás, G. Pásztor, J.R. Pater, G.N. Patrick, J. Patt, R. Perez-Ochoa, S. Petzold, P. Pfeifenschneider, J.E. Pilcher, J. Pinfold, D.E. Plane, P. Poffenberger, B. Poli, A. Posthaus, C. Rembser, S. Robertson, S.A. Robins, N. Rodning, J.M. Roney, A. Rooke, A.M. Rossi, P. Routenburg, Y. Rozen, K. Runge, O. Runolfsson, U. Ruppel, D.R. Rust, K. Sachs, T. Saeki, O. Sahr, W.M. Sang, E.K.G. Sarkisyan, C. Sbarra, A.D. Schaile, O. Schaile, F. Scharf, P. Scharff-Hansen, J. Schieck, P. Schleper, B. Schmitt, S. Schmitt, A. Schöning, M. Schröder, M. Schumacher, C. Schwick, W.G. Scott, T.G. Shears, B.C. Shen, C.H. Shepherd-Themistocleous, P. Sherwood, G.P. Siroli, A. Sittler, A. Skillman, A. Skuja, A.M. Smith, G.A. Snow, R. Sobie, S. Söldner-Rembold, R.W. Springer, M. Sproston, K. Stephens, J. Steuerer, B. Stockhausen, K. Stoll, D. Strom, R. Ströhmer, P. Szymanski, R. Tafirout, S.D. Talbot, P. Taras, S. Tarem, R. Teuscher, M. Thiergen, M.A. Thomson, E. von Törne, E. Torrence, S. Towers, I. Trigger, Z. Trócsányi, E. Tsur, A.S. Turcot, M.F. Turner-Watson, I. Ueda, P. Utzat, R. Van Kooten, P. Vannerem, M. Verzocchi, P. Vikas, E.H. Vokurka, H. Voss, F. Wäckerle, A. Wagner, C.P. Ward, D.R. Ward, P.M. Watkins, A.T. Watson, N.K. Watson, P.S. Wells, N. Wermes, J.S. White, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wilson, T.R. Wyatt, S. Yamashita, G. Yekutieli, V. Zacek, and D. Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Aleph, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, FOS: Physical sciences, Jet (particle physics), 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, Standard Model, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Production (computer science), 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: Events with four distinct jets from e^+e^- collisions, collected by the OPAL detector at centre-of-mass energies between 130 and 184 GeV, are analysed for a peak in the sum of dijet masses. This search is motivated by the ALEPH Collaboration's observation of a clear excess of events with dijet mass sums close to 105 GeV in data taken at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV in 1995. We have observed no significant excess of four-jet events compared to the Standard Model expectation for any dijet mass sum at any energy. Our observation is inconsistent with the excess observed by ALEPH in 1995. Upper limits are determined on the production cross-section as a function of the dijet mass sum., Comment: 24 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 5 eps figures included, submitted to Physics Letters B
Published: 1998
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64. Measurements of the Bs0 and Λb0 lifetimes

Author: K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, K.J Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, S.F Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, A.H Ball, E Barberio, R.J Barlow, R Bartoldus, J.R Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, C Beeston, T Behnke, A.N Bell, K.W Bell, G Bella, S Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Betts, O Biebel, A Biguzzi, S.D Bird, V Blobel, I.J Bloodworth, J.E Bloomer, M Bobinski, P Bock, D Bonacorsi, M Boutemeur, S Braibant, L Brigliadori, R.M Brown, H.J Burckhart, C Burgard, R Bürgin, P Capiluppi, R.K Carnegie, A.A Carter, J.R Carter, C.Y Chang, D.G Charlton, D Chrisman, P.E.L Clarke, I Cohen, J.E Conboy, O.C Cooke, C Couyoumtzelis, R.L Coxe, M Cuffiani, S Dado, C Dallapiccola, G.M Dallavalle, R Davis, S De Jong, L.A del Pozo, K Desch, B Dienes, M.S Dixit, M Doucet, E Duchovni, G Duckeck, I.P Duerdoth, D Eatough, J.E.G Edwards, P.G Estabrooks, H.G Evans, M Evans, F Fabbri, A Fanfani, M Fanti, A.A Faust, L Feld, F Fiedler, M Fierro, H.M Fischer, I Fleck, R Folman, D.G Fong, M Foucher, A Fürtjes, D.I Futyan, P Gagnon, J.W Gary, J Gascon, S.M Gascon-Shotkin, N.I Geddes, C Geich-Gimbel, T Geralis, G Giacomelli, P Giacomelli, R Giacomelli, V Gibson, W.R Gibson, D.M Gingrich, D Glenzinski, J Goldberg, M.J Goodrick, W Gorn, C Grandi, E Gross, J Grunhaus, M Gruwé, C Hajdu, G.G Hanson, M Hansroul, M Hapke, C.K Hargrove, P.A Hart, C Hartmann, M Hauschild, C.M Hawkes, R Hawkings, R.J Hemingway, M Herndon, G Herten, R.D Heuer, M.D Hildreth, J.C Hill, S.J Hillier, P.R Hobson, A Hocker, R.J Homer, A.K Honma, D Horváth, K.R Hossain, R Howard, P Hüntemeyer, D.E Hutchcroft, P Igo-Kemenes, D.C Imrie, M.R Ingram, K Ishii, A Jawahery, P.W Jeffreys, H Jeremie, M Jimack, A Joly, C.R Jones, G Jones, M Jones, U Jost, P Jovanovic, T.R Junk, J Kanzaki, D Karlen, V Kartvelishvili, K Kawagoe, T Kawamoto, P.I Kayal, R.K Keeler, R.G Kellogg, B.W Kennedy, J Kirk, A Klier, S Kluth, T Kobayashi, M Kobel, D.S Koetke, T.P Kokott, M Kolrep, S Komamiya, T Kress, P Krieger, J von Krogh, P Kyberd, G.D Lafferty, R Lahmann, W.P Lai, D Lanske, J Lauber, S.R Lautenschlager, J.G Layter, D Lazic, A.M Lee, E Lefebvre, D Lellouch, J Letts, L Levinson, S.L Lloyd, F.K Loebinger, G.D Long, M.J Losty, J Ludwig, D Lui, A Macchiolo, A Macpherson, M Mannelli, S Marcellini, C Markopoulos, C Markus, A.J Martin, J.P Martin, G Martinez, T Mashimo, P Mättig, W.J McDonald, J McKenna, E.A Mckigney, T.J McMahon, R.A McPherson, F Meijers, S Menke, F.S Merritt, H Mes, J Meyer, A Michelini, G Mikenberg, D.J Miller, A Mincer, R Mir, W Mohr, A Montanari, T Mori, U Müller, S Mihara, K Nagai, I Nakamura, H.A Neal, B Nellen, R Nisius, S.W O'Neale, F.G Oakham, F Odorici, H.O Ogren, A Oh, N.J Oldershaw, M.J Oreglia, S Orito, J Pálinkás, G Pásztor, J.R Pater, G.N Patrick, J Patt, R Perez-Ochoa, S Petzold, P Pfeifenschneider, J.E Pilcher, J Pinfold, D.E Plane, P Poffenberger, B Poli, A Posthaus, C Rembser, S Robertson, S.A Robins, N Rodning, J.M Roney, A Rooke, A.M Rossi, P Routenburg, Y Rozen, K Runge, O Runolfsson, U Ruppel, D.R Rust, R Rylko, K Sachs, T Saeki, W.M Sang, E.K.G Sarkisyan, C Sbarra, A.D Schaile, O Schaile, F Scharf, P Scharff-Hansen, J Schieck, P Schleper, B Schmitt, S Schmitt, A Schöning, M Schröder, H.C Schultz-Coulon, M Schumacher, C Schwick, W.G Scott, T.G Shears, B.C Shen, C.H Shepherd-Themistocleous, P Sherwood, G.P Siroli, A Sittler, A Skillman, A Skuja, A.M Smith, G.A Snow, R Sobie, S Söldner-Rembold, R.W Springer, M Sproston, K Stephens, J Steuerer, B Stockhausen, K Stoll, D Strom, R Ströhmer, P Szymanski, R Tafirout, S.D Talbot, S Tanaka, P Taras, S Tarem, R Teuscher, M Thiergen, M.A Thomson, E von Törne, E Torrence, S Towers, I Trigger, Z Trócsányi, E Tsur, A.S Turcot, M.F Turner-Watson, P Utzat, R Van Kooten, M Verzocchi, P Vikas, E.H Vokurka, H Voss, F Wäckerle, A Wagner, C.P Ward, D.R Ward, P.M Watkins, A.T Watson, N.K Watson, P.S Wells, N Wermes, J.S White, B Wilkens, G.W Wilson, J.A Wilson, T.R Wyatt, S Yamashita, G Yekutieli, V Zacek, and D Zer-Zion
Subjects: Baryon, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, 0103 physical sciences, Hadron, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Lambda, 01 natural sciences, Bar (unit)
Abstract: This paper presents updated measurements of the lifetimes of the B^0_s meson and the \Lambda_b baryon using 4.4 million hadronic Z^0 decays recorded by the OPAL detector at LEP from 1990 to 1995. A sample of B^0_s decays is obtained using D_s^- \ell^+ combinations, where the D_s^- is fully reconstructed in the \phi \pi^-, K^*0 K^- and K^- K^0_S decay channels and partially reconstructed in the \phi \ell^- \nu(bar) X decay mode. A sample of \Lambda_b decays is obtained using \Lambda_c^+ \ell^- combinations, where the \Lambda_c^+ is fully reconstructed in its decay to a p K^- \pi^+ final state and partially reconstructed in the \Lambda \ell^+ \nu X decay channel. From 172 +/- 28 D_s^- \ell^+ combinations attributed to B^0_s decays, the measured lifetime is \tau(B^0_s) = 1.50 +0.16 -0.15 +/- 0.04 ps, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively. From the 129 +\- 25 \Lamda_c^+ \ell^- combinations attributed to \Lambda_b decays, the measured lifetime \tau(\Lambda_b) = 1.29 +0.24 -0.22 +/- 0.06 ps, where the errors are statistical and systematic, respectively.
Published: 1998
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65. Search for the Bc meson in hadronic Z0 decays

Author: K Ackerstaff, G Alexander, J Allison, N Altekamp, K.J Anderson, S Anderson, S Arcelli, S Asai, S.F Ashby, D Axen, G Azuelos, A.H Ball, E Barberio, R.J Barlow, R Bartoldus, J.R Batley, S Baumann, J Bechtluft, C Beeston, T Behnke, A.N Bell, K.W Bell, G Bella, S Bentvelsen, S Bethke, S Betts, O Biebel, A Biguzzi, S.D Bird, V Blobel, I.J Bloodworth, J.E Bloomer, M Bobinski, P Bock, D Bonacorsi, M Boutemeur, S Braibant, L Brigliadori, R.M Brown, H.J Burckhart, C Burgard, R Bürgin, P Capiluppi, R.K Carnegie, A.A Carter, J.R Carter, C.Y Chang, D.G Charlton, D Chrisman, P.E.L Clarke, I Cohen, J.E Conboy, O.C Cooke, C Couyoumtzelis, R.L Coxe, M Cuffiani, S Dado, C Dallapiccola, G.M Dallavalle, R Davis, S De Jong, L.A del Pozo, K Desch, B Dienes, M.S Dixit, M Doucet, E Duchovni, G Duckeck, I.P Duerdoth, D Eatough, J.E.G Edwards, P.G Estabrooks, H.G Evans, M Evans, F Fabbri, A Fanfani, M Fanti, A.A Faust, L Feld, F Fiedler, M Fierro, H.M Fischer, I Fleck, R Folman, D.G Fong, M Foucher, A Fürtjes, D.I Futyan, P Gagnon, J.W Gary, J Gascon, S.M Gascon-Shotkin, N.I Geddes, C Geich-Gimbel, T Geralis, G Giacomelli, P Giacomelli, R Giacomelli, V Gibson, W.R Gibson, D.M Gingrich, D Glenzinski, J Goldberg, M.J Goodrick, W Gorn, C Grandi, E Gross, J Grunhaus, M Gruwé, C Hajdu, G.G Hanson, M Hansroul, M Hapke, C.K Hargrove, P.A Hart, C Hartmann, M Hauschild, C.M Hawkes, R Hawkings, R.J Hemingway, M Herndon, G Herten, R.D Heuer, M.D Hildreth, J.C Hill, S.J Hillier, P.R Hobson, A Hocker, R.J Homer, A.K Honma, D Horváth, K.R Hossain, R Howard, P Hüntemeyer, D.E Hutchcroft, P Igo-Kemenes, D.C Imrie, M.R Ingram, K Ishii, A Jawahery, P.W Jeffreys, H Jeremie, M Jimack, A Joly, C.R Jones, G Jones, M Jones, U Jost, P Jovanovic, T.R Junk, J Kanzaki, D Karlen, V Kartvelishvili, K Kawagoe, T Kawamoto, P.I Kayal, R.K Keeler, R.G Kellogg, B.W Kennedy, J Kirk, A Klier, S Kluth, T Kobayashi, M Kobel, D.S Koetke, T.P Kokott, M Kolrep, S Komamiya, T Kress, P Krieger, J von Krogh, P Kyberd, G.D Lafferty, R Lahmann, W.P Lai, D Lanske, J Lauber, S.R Lautenschlager, J.G Layter, D Lazic, A.M Lee, E Lefebvre, D Lellouch, J Letts, L Levinson, S.L Lloyd, F.K Loebinger, G.D Long, M.J Losty, J Ludwig, D Lui, A Macchiolo, A Macpherson, M Mannelli, S Marcellini, C Markopoulos, C Markus, A.J Martin, J.P Martin, G Martinez, T Mashimo, P Mättig, W.J McDonald, J McKenna, E.A Mckigney, T.J McMahon, R.A McPherson, F Meijers, S Menke, F.S Merritt, H Mes, J Meyer, A Michelini, G Mikenberg, D.J Miller, A Mincer, R Mir, W Mohr, A Montanari, T Mori, U Müller, S Mihara, K Nagai, I Nakamura, H.A Neal, B Nellen, R Nisius, S.W O'Neale, F.G Oakham, F Odorici, H.O Ogren, A Oh, N.J Oldershaw, M.J Oreglia, S Orito, J Pálinkás, G Pásztor, J.R Pater, G.N Patrick, J Patt, R Perez-Ochoa, S Petzold, P Pfeifenschneider, J.E Pilcher, J Pinfold, D.E Plane, P Poffenberger, B Poli, A Posthaus, C Rembser, S Robertson, S.A Robins, N Rodning, J.M Roney, A Rooke, A.M Rossi, P Routenburg, Y Rozen, K Runge, O Runolfsson, U Ruppel, D.R Rust, R Rylko, K Sachs, T Saeki, W.M Sang, E.K.G Sarkisyan, C Sbarra, A.D Schaile, O Schaile, F Scharf, P Scharff-Hansen, J Schieck, P Schleper, B Schmitt, S Schmitt, A Schöning, M Schröder, H.C Schultz-Coulon, M Schumacher, C Schwick, W.G Scott, T.G Shears, B.C Shen, C.H Shepherd-Themistocleous, P Sherwood, G.P Siroli, A Sittler, A Skillman, A Skuja, A.M Smith, G.A Snow, R Sobie, S Söldner-Rembold, R.W Springer, M Sproston, K Stephens, J Steuerer, B Stockhausen, K Stoll, D Strom, R Ströhmer, P Szymanski, R Tafirout, S.D Talbot, S Tanaka, P Taras, S Tarem, R Teuscher, M Thiergen, M.A Thomson, E von Törne, E Torrence, S Towers, I Trigger, Z Trócsányi, E Tsur, A.S Turcot, M.F Turner-Watson, P Utzat, R Van Kooten, M Verzocchi, P Vikas, E.H Vokurka, H Voss, F Wäckerle, A Wagner, C.P Ward, D.R Ward, P.M Watkins, A.T Watson, N.K Watson, P.S Wells, N Wermes, J.S White, B Wilkens, G.W Wilson, J.A Wilson, T.R Wyatt, S Yamashita, G Yekutieli, V Zacek, and D Zer-Zion
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Particle physics, Muon, Meson, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, High Energy Physics::Phenomenology, Hadron, FOS: Physical sciences, Electron, 01 natural sciences, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 0103 physical sciences, High Energy Physics::Experiment, 010306 general physics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract: A search for decays of the B_c meson was performed using data collected from 1990-1995 with the OPAL detector on or near the Z peak at LEP. The decay channels B_c^+ -> J/psi pi^+, B_c^+ -> J/psi a_1^+ and B_c^+ -> J/psi ell^+ nu were investigated, where ell denotes an electron or a muon. Two candidates are observed in the mode B_c^+ -> J/psi pi^+, with an estimated background of (0.63 +/- 0.20) events. The weighted mean of the masses of the two candidates is (6.32 +/- 0.06) GeV/c^2, which is consistent with the predicted mass of the B_c meson. One candidate event is observed in the mode B_c^+ -> J/psi ell^+ nu with an estimated background of (0.82 +/- 0.19) events. No candidate events are observed in the B_c^+ -> J/psi a_1^+ decay mode, with an estimated background of (1.10 +/- 0.22) events. Upper bounds at the 90% confidence level are set on the production rates for these processes., 18 pages, LaTeX, uses a4p.sty, 6 eps figures included, submitted to Phys. Lett. B
Published: 1998
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66. Carotid artery and jugular vein ligation with and without hypoxia

Author: S.L Meyer, C.J Becker, G. C. Whittlesey, Marc S Lessin, Michael D. Klein, C H Chang, and A.M Smith
Subjects: business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Ischemia, General Medicine, Anatomy, medicine.disease, Cerebral edema, medicine.artery, Jugular vein, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Cervical dislocation, cardiovascular system, medicine, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, Surgery, Common carotid artery, Ligation, business, Internal jugular vein
Abstract: A continuing concern about the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is the cannulation of the common carotid artery or the internal jugular vein. The authors investigated the changes that might occur in the brain with neck vessel ligation in the normal and the hypoxic rat. Two groups of 60 rats each were studied. The first group was divided into three subgroups of 20 animals each. Subgroup 1 (HH) was hypoxic both 24 hours before and 24 hours after operation. Subgroup 2 (HN) (the ECMO model) was hypoxic before operation and recovered for 24 hours in room air. Subgroup 3 (NN) underwent the entire procedure in room air. For each oxygen environment, four different operations were performed: carotid artery ligation, jugular vein ligation, carotid artery and jugular vein ligation, and dissection of the vessels without ligation (sham). Thus each subgroup was further divided into four sub-subgroups based on the operation performed. Rats were again anesthetized after a 24-hour recovery period and killed using low, blunt cervical dislocation. In the first group of 60 rats, the skull was opened and the brain was carefully removed from the cranial vault and placed in a fixative. The brains were placed in a small magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) head coil in groups of five and scans were obtained to provide T1 and T2 images that correlated with histological sections. MRI scans were reviewed in random, blinded fashion by an imager unaware of how these animals had been treated. The brains were then sectioned coronally at six corresponding levels: frontal, mid and posterior cerebrum, midbrain, pons, and medulla. Histological examination was performed in blinded fashion. The number of lesions (usually ischemic as noted by a decrease in the number of neurons) was totaled for each area of the brain. There were no differences that were consistent or statistically significant in the MR images of brains removed from the head, although it would appear that rats with jugular vein and carotid artery ligation were relatively protected. In the HN group jugular vein ligation was worst, and adding carotid artery ligation was best. In the histological studies the NN group had significantly more lesions than the HH group (P < .01). The second group of 60 rats was divided and treated as the first group in all respects except that MRI was conducted immediately after death on intact heads, and no histological studies were performed. This was done to control for lesions that might have been produced by removal of the brains from the skulls. In this group all findings were right sided. One animal in the HN group showed midcerebral white matter edema after jugular and carotid ligation. Focal anterior cerebral edema was seen in another animal (HH) after isolated carotid ligation. An occipital infarct was found in one animal (HH) after both carotid and jugular ligation. The authors conclude that neck vessel ligation in the hypoxic or normoxic rat causes only occasional and sporadic brain injury much as is seen clinically in newborn ECMO patients.
Published: 1997
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67. On-site HIV testing in resource-poor settings

Author: Katherine Floyd, Ron Ballard, A.M. Smith, Des Martin, Carl Lombard, Nomsa Wilkinson, and David Wilkinson
Subjects: Adult, Counseling, Male, Test strategy, Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Hospitals, Rural, Concordance, Immunology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Hiv testing, Turnaround time, South Africa, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Seroprevalence, Medicine, Prospective Studies, Sida, Prospective cohort study, Poverty, Demography, Resource poor, biology, business.industry, AIDS Serodiagnosis, Reproducibility of Results, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Surgery, Test (assessment), Infectious Diseases, Feasibility Studies, Female, business, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Abstract: Objective: To determine the feasibility, accuracy and cost-effectiveness of a rapid, on-site, HIV testing strategy in a rural hospital, and to assess its impact on test turnaround time and the proportion of patients post-test counselled. Design: Prospective comparison of two testing strategies |double rapid test on-site versus central enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based testing|, and an economic evaluation. Setting: Hlabisa Hospital, a rural South African district hospital. Patients: A total of 454 consecutive adult inpatients requiring and consenting to HIV testing as part of their clinical management. Main outcome measures: Concordance between rapid tests, and between the rapid and ELISA strategies, test turnaround time, proportion of patients post-test counselled, and cost-effectiveness. Results: HIV seroprevalence was 49.6%. Both rapid tests were concordant in all patients |one-sided 95% confidence interval (CI) of probability, 99.3-100|. The rapid strategy was 100% sensitive (95%, CI, 97.9-100) and 99.6% specific (95%, CI, 97.2-100) compared with the ELISA strategy. The mean interval between ordering a test and post-test counselling fell from 21 days prior to the introduction of the rapid test strategy to 4.6 days after its introduction (P < 0.00001). The proportion of patients post-test counselled increased to 96%, from 17% after the introduction of the rapid test strategy (P< 0.00001). By using a double rapid test strategy the cost per patient post-test counselled was almost halved to US$ 11. Accuracy of the rapid strategy was not substantially increased by performing two tests. Conclusion: In high prevalence, resource-poor settings, rapid, on-site HIV testing is feasible, accurate and highly cost-effective, substantially increasing the number of patients post-test counselled. A single rapid test may be sufficient.
Published: 1997
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68. Silicon-based surface plasmon resonance chemical sensors

Author: A.A. Beloglazov, M. V. Valeiko, Nico A. J. M. Sommerdijk, A.M. Smith, J. A. Creighton, John D. Wright, and Petr I. Nikitin
Subjects: Silicon, business.industry, Surface plasmon, Metals and Alloys, Analytical chemistry, Resonance, chemistry.chemical_element, Grating, Condensed Matter Physics, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, symbols.namesake, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, Materials Chemistry, symbols, Phthalocyanine, Optoelectronics, Gas detector, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Surface plasmon resonance, business, Instrumentation, Raman scattering
Abstract: A silicon-based surface plasmon resonance (SPR) technique has been successfully applied to NO2 sensing at ppm level using devices with uncoated and phthalocyanine-coated gold films. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been used as an additional data-acquisition channel capable of providing spectroscopic selectivity and amplified sensitivity. Reversible responses of both SERS and SPR-induced photosignals produced by Au-on-Si grating structures coated with thin 18-crown-6 H2pc phthalocyanine films are simultaneously recorded for exposures of the films to 10 ppm of NO2 in air. Possible sensing applications are discussed.
Published: 1997
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69. The Use of Isaiah 28:11–12 in 1 Corinthians 14:21

Author: Michael P. Theophilos and A.M. Smith
Published: 2013
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70. Electroweak measurements in electron-positron collisions at W-boson-pair energies at LEP

Author: Schael, S. Barate, R. Brunelière, R. Buskulic, D. De Bonis, I. Decamp, D. Ghez, P. Goy, C. Jézéquel, S. Lees, J.-P. Lucotte, A. Martin, F. Merle, E. Minard, M.-N. Nief, J.-Y. Odier, P. Pietrzyk, B. Trocmé, B. Bravo, S. Casado, M.P. Chmeissani, M. Comas, P. Crespo, J.M. Fernandez, E. Fernandez-Bosman, M. Garrido, L. Grauges, E. Juste, A. Martinez, M. Merino, G. Miquel, R. Mir, L.M. Orteu, S. Pacheco, A. Park, I.C. Perlas, J. Riu, I. Ruiz, H. Sanchez, F. Colaleo, A. Creanza, D. De Filippis, N. de Palma, M. Iaselli, G. Maggi, G. Maggi, M. Nuzzo, S. Ranieri, A. Raso, G. Ruggieri, F. Selvaggi, G. Silvestris, L. Tempesta, P. Tricomi, A. Zito, G. Huang, X. Lin, J. Ouyang, Q. Wang, T. Xie, Y. Xu, R. Xue, S. Zhang, J. Zhang, L. Zhao, W. Abbaneo, D. Bazarko, A. Becker, U. Boix, G. Bird, F. Blucher, E. Bonvicini, B. Bright-Thomas, P. Barklow, T. Buchmüller, O. Cattaneo, M. Cerutti, F. Ciulli, V. Clerbaux, B. Drevermann, H. Forty, R.W. Frank, M. Greening, T.C. Hagelberg, R. Halley, A.W. Gianotti, F. Girone, M. Hansen, J.B. Harvey, J. Jacobsen, R. Hutchcroft, D.E. Janot, P. Jost, B. Knobloch, J. Kado, M. Lehraus, I. Lazeyras, P. Maley, P. Mato, P. May, J. Moutoussi, A. Pepe-Altarelli, M. Ranjard, F. Rolandi, L. Schlatter, D. Schmitt, B. Schneider, O. Tejessy, W. Teubert, F. Tomalin, I.R. Tournefier, E. Veenhof, R. Valassi, A. Wiedenmann, W. Wright, A.E. Ajaltouni, Z. Badaud, F. Chazelle, G. Deschamps, O. Dessagne, S. Falvard, A. Ferdi, C. Fayolle, D. Gay, P. Guicheney, C. Henrard, P. Jousset, J. Michel, B. Monteil, S. Montret, J.C. Pallin, D. Pascolo, J.M. Perret, P. Podlyski, F. Bertelsen, H. Fernley, T. Hansen, J.D. Hansen, J.R. Hansen, P.H. Kraan, A.C. Lindahl, A. Mollerud, R. Nilsson, B.S. Rensch, B. Waananen, A. Daskalakis, G. Kyriakis, A. Markou, C. Simopoulou, E. Siotis, I. Vayaki, A. Zachariadou, K. Blondel, A. Bonneaud, G. Brient, J.-C. Machefert, F. Rougé, A. Rumpf, M. Swynghedauw, M. Tanaka, R. Verderi, M. Videau, H. Focardi, E. Parrini, G. Corden, M. Georgiopoulos, C. Antonelli, A. Antonelli, M. Bencivenni, G. Bologna, G. Bossi, F. Campana, P. Capon, G. Chiarella, V. Felici, G. Laurelli, P. Mannocchi, G. Murtas, G.P. Passalacqua, L. Picchi, P. Colrain, P. ten Have, I. Hughes, I.S. Kennedy, J. Knowles, I.G. Lynch, J.G. Morton, W.T. Negus, P. O'Shea, V. Raine, C. Reeves, P. Scarr, J.M. Smith, K. Thompson, A.S. Turnbull, R.M. Wasserbaech, S. Cavanaugh, R. Dhamotharan, S. Geweniger, C. Hanke, P. Hansper, G. Hepp, V. Kluge, E.E. Putzer, A. Sommer, J. Stenzel, H. Tittel, K. Werner, W. Wunsch, M. Beuselinck, R. Binnie, D.M. Cameron, W. Davies, G. Dornan, P.J. Goodsir, S. Marinelli, N. Martin, E.B. Nash, J. Nowell, J. Rutherford, S.A. Sedgbeer, J.K. Thompson, J.C. White, R. Williams, M.D. Ghete, V.M. Girtler, P. Kneringer, E. Kuhn, D. Rudolph, G. Bouhova-Thacker, E. Bowdery, C.K. Buck, P.G. Clarke, D.P. Ellis, G. Finch, A.J. Foster, F. Hughes, G. Jones, R.W.L. Keemer, N.R. Pearson, M.R. Robertson, N.A. Sloan, T. Smizanska, M. Snow, S.W. Williams, M.I. van der Aa, O. Delaere, C. Leibenguth, G. Lemaitre, V. Bauerdick, L.A.T. Blumenschein, U. van Gemmeren, P. Giehl, I. Hölldorfer, F. Jakobs, K. Kasemann, M. Kayser, F. Kleinknecht, K. Müller, A.-S. Quast, G. Renk, B. Rohne, E. Sander, H.-G. Schmeling, S. Wachsmuth, H. Wanke, R. Zeitnitz, C. Ziegler, T. Aubert, J.J. Benchouk, C. Bonissent, A. Carr, J. Coyle, P. Curtil, C. Ealet, A. Etienne, F. Fouchez, D. Motsch, F. Payre, P. Rousseau, D. Tilquin, A. Talby, M. Thulasidas, M. Aleppo, M. Ragusa, F. Büscher, V. David, A. Dietl, H. Ganis, G. Hüttmann, K. Lütjens, G. Mannert, C. Männer, W. Moser, H.-G. Settles, R. Seywerd, H. Villegas, M. Wolf, G. Azzurri, P. Boucrot, J. Callot, O. Chen, S. Cordier, A. Davier, M. Duflot, L. Grivaz, J.-F. Heusse, P. Jacholkowska, A. Le Diberder, F. Lefrançois, J. Mutz, A.M. Schune, M.H. Serin, L. Veillet, J.-J. Videau, I. Zerwas, D. Bagliesi, G. Bettarini, S. Boccali, T. Bozzi, C. Calderini, G. Dell'Orso, R. Fantechi, R. Ferrante, I. Fidecaro, F. Foà, L. Giammanco, A. Giassi, A. Gregorio, A. Ligabue, F. Lusiani, A. Marrocchesi, P.S. Messineo, A. Palla, F. Rizzo, G. Sanguinetti, G. Sciabà, A. Sguazzoni, G. Spagnolo, P. Steinberger, J. Tenchini, R. Vannini, C. Venturi, A. Verdini, P.G. Awunor, O. Blair, G.A. Cowan, G. Garcia-Bellido, A. Green, M.G. Medcalf, T. Misiejuk, A. Strong, J.A. Teixeira-Dias, P. Botterill, D.R. Clifft, R.W. Edgecock, T.R. Edwards, M. Haywood, S.J. Norton, P.R. Ward, J.J. Bloch-Devaux, B. Boumediene, D. Colas, P. Emery, S. Fabbro, B. Kozanecki, W. Lançon, E. Lemaire, M.-C. Locci, E. Perez, P. Rander, J. Renardy, J.F. Roussarie, A. Schuller, J.P. Schwindling, J. Tuchming, B. Vallage, B. Black, S.N. Dann, J.H. Kim, H.Y. Konstantinidis, N. Litke, A.M. McNeil, M.A. Taylor, G. Booth, C.N. Cartwright, S. Combley, F. Hodgson, P.N. Lehto, M. Thompson, L.F. Affholderbach, K. Barberio, E. Böhrer, A. Brandt, S. Burkhardt, H. Feigl, E. Grupen, C. Hess, J. Lutters, G. Meinhard, H. Minguet-Rodriguez, J. Mirabito, L. Neugebauer, E. Ngac, A. Prange, G. Rivera, F. Saraiva, P. Schäfer, U. Sieler, U. Smolik, L. Stephan, F. Trier, H. Apollonio, M. Borean, C. Bosisio, L. Della Marina, R. Giannini, G. Gobbo, B. Musolino, G. Pitis, L. He, H. Kim, H. Putz, J. Rothberg, J. Armstrong, S.R. Bellantoni, L. Berkelman, K. Cinabro, D. Conway, J.S. Cranmer, K. Elmer, P. Feng, Z. Ferguson, D.P.S. Gao, Y. González, S. Grahl, J. Harton, J.L. Hayes, O.J. Hu, H. Jin, S. Johnson, R.P. Kile, J. McNamara, P.A. Nielsen, J. Orejudos, W. Pan, Y.B. Saadi, Y. Scott, I.J. Sharma, V. Walsh, A.M. Walsh, J. Wear, J. von Wimmersperg-Toeller, J.H. Wu, J. Wu, S.L. Wu, X. Yamartino, J.M. Zobernig, G. Dissertori, G. Abdallah, J. Abreu, P. Adam, W. Adzic, P. Albrecht, T. Alemany-Fernandez, R. Allmendinger, T. Allport, P.P. Amaldi, U. Amapane, N. Amato, S. Anashkin, E. Andreazza, A. Andringa, S. Anjos, N. Antilogus, P. Apel, W.-D. Arnoud, Y. Ask, S. Asman, B. Augustin, J.E. Augustinus, A. Baillon, P. Ballestrero, A. 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Berlich, P. Bethke, S. Biebel, O. Boeriu, O. Blobel, V. Bloodworth, I.J. Bloomer, J.E. Bobinski, M. Bock, P. Bonacorsi, D. Bosch, H.M. Boutemeur, M. Bouwens, B.T. Braibant, S. Brigliadori, L. Brown, R.M. Burckhart, H.J. Burgard, C. Bürgin, R. Cammin, J. Campana, S. Capiluppi, P. Carnegie, R.K. Carter, A.A. Carter, J.R. Chang, C.Y. Charlton, D.G. Chrisman, D. Ciocca, C. Clarke, P.E.L. Clay, E. Cohen, I. Conboy, J.E. Cooke, O.C. Couchman, J. Couyoumtzelis, C. Coxe, R.L. Csilling, A. Cuffiani, M. Dado, S. Dallapiccola, C. Dallavalle, M. Dallison, S. De Jong, S. De Roeck, A. Dervan, P. De Wolf, E.A. del Pozo, L.A. Desch, K. Dienes, B. Dixit, M.S. do Couto e Silva, E. Donkers, M. Doucet, M. Dubbert, J. Duchovni, E. Duckeck, G. Duerdoth, I.P. Edwards, J.E.G. Estabrooks, P.G. Etzion, E. Evans, H.G. Evans, M. Fabbri, F. Fanti, M. Fath, P. Feld, L. Ferrari, P. Fiedler, F. Fierro, M. Fischer, H.M. Fleck, I. Folman, R. Fong, D.G. Ford, M. Foucher, M. Frey, A. Fürtjes, A. Futyan, D.I. Gagnon, P. 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Ward, C.P. Ward, D.R. Watkins, P.M. Watson, A.T. Watson, N.K. Wells, P.S. Wengler, T. Wermes, N. Wetterling, D. White, J.S. Wilkens, B. Wilson, G.W. Wilson, J.A. Wotton, S. Wyatt, T.R. Yamashita, S. Yekutieli, G. Zacek, V. Zer-Zion, D. Zivkovic, L.
Subjects: High Energy Physics::Experiment
Abstract: Electroweak measurements performed with data taken at the electron-positron collider LEP at CERN from 1995 to 2000 are reported. The combined data set considered in this report corresponds to a total luminosity of about 3fb-1 collected by the four LEP experiments ALEPH, DELPHI, L3 and OPAL, at centre-of-mass energies ranging from 130GeV to 209GeV. Combining the published results of the four LEP experiments, the measurements include total and differential cross-sections in photon-pair, fermion-pair and four-fermion production, the latter resulting from both double-resonant W W and Z Z production as well as singly resonant production. Total and differential cross-sections are measured precisely, providing a stringent test of the Standard Model at centre-of-mass energies never explored before in electron-positron collisions. Final-state interaction effects in four-fermion production, such as those arising from colour reconnection and Bose-Einstein correlations between the two W decay systems arising in W W production, are searched for and upper limits on the strength of possible effects are obtained. The data are used to determine fundamental properties of the W boson and the electroweak theory. Among others, the mass and width of the W boson, mW and ΓW, the branching fraction of W decays to hadrons, B (W → had), and the trilinear gauge-boson self-couplings g1 Z, κγ and λγ are determined to be: mW=80.376±0.033GeV ΓW=2.195±0.083GeV B(W→had)=67.41±0.27% g1 Z=0.9840+0.018 -0.020 κγ=0.982±0.042λγ=-0.022±0.019. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.
Published: 2013

71. Radar Backscatter and Crop Residues

Author: D.J. Major and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Geography, Radar backscatter, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Forestry, Physical geography
Abstract: RESUMEIl est difficile d'isoler les effets produits par les residus de culture sur la retrodiffusion radar en raison de la confusion avec les effets dus au travail du sol. Cette etude avait pour objet de quantifier les effets produits par les residus de culture sur la retrodiffusion radar independamment du travail du sol. En juin 1994, au poste de recherche d'Agriculture Canada, a Lethbridge, en Alberta, on a soumis les residus d'un champ de ble moissonne en 1993 a trois types de traitement : l'absence de traitement, l'ebarbage et l'incendie des debris. Ces traitements entrainent respectivement la presence de tiges verticales, de tiges horizontales ou leur absence totale. La retrodiffusion radar, produite a partir d'un radar monte a bord d'un camion a des angles d'incidence variant de 10° a 50°, a ete mesuree a trois frequences differentes, soit a 1, 5, 5,17 et 12,8 GHz. Des mesures de la rugosite de surface, de l'humidite du sol, de la quantite de residus et de l'humidite des residus ont egalement ete ef...
Published: 1996
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72. Digestion of haemoglobin by schistosomes: 35 years on

Author: John P. Dalton, K.A. Clough, A.M. Smith, and Paul J. Brindley
Subjects: biology, biology.organism_classification, Cathepsin B, Cathepsin L, Red blood cell, medicine.anatomical_structure, Biochemistry, medicine, biology.protein, Parasitology, Hemoglobin, Schistosoma mansoni, Trematoda, Digestion, Cysteine
Abstract: Adult schistosomes obtain nutrients by digesting haemoglobin, which they obtain from ingested host red blood cells. Here John Dalton, Angela Smith, Karen Clough and Paul Brindley argue that a cathepsin L proteinase recently identified in their laboratory as the predominant cysteine proteinase activity of Schistosoma mansoni may play the leading role in haemoglobin digestion. They discuss the importance of elucidating the roles of both cathepsin B and cathepsin L in the digestion of haemoglobin, since both should be considered important targets to which novel schistosomicidal agents could be directed.
Published: 1995
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73. Discovery, oral pharmacokinetics and in vivo efficacy of velusetrag, a highly selective 5-HT(4) receptor agonist that has achieved proof-of-concept in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation

Author: Paul R. Fatheree, Jacqueline A.M. Smith, Patrick P. Humphrey, David Beattie, S. Derek Turner, Seok-Ki Choi, Roland Gendron, Daniel Marquess, Goldblum Adam A, Ross G. Vickery, Jeng Pyng Shaw, Scott R. Armstrong, Daniel D. Long, Lan Jiang, and Daniel Genov
Subjects: Agonist, medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, Clinical Biochemistry, Guinea Pigs, Pharmaceutical Science, 5-HT4 receptor, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, chemistry.chemical_compound, Serotonin 5-HT4 Receptor Agonists, Structure-Activity Relationship, Pharmacokinetics, In vivo, Internal medicine, Drug Discovery, medicine, Potency, Animals, Humans, Velusetrag, Receptor, Molecular Biology, Molecular Structure, Chemistry, Drug discovery, Organic Chemistry, Rats, Endocrinology, Chronic Disease, Molecular Medicine, Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4, Azabicyclo Compounds, Constipation
Abstract: Utilization of Theravance’s multivalent approach to drug discovery towards 5-HT 4 receptor agonists with a focus on identification of neutral (non-charged at physiological pH) secondary binding groups is described. Optimization of a quinolone-tropane primary binding group with a chiral 2-propanol linker to a range of neutral secondary binding group motifs, for binding affinity and functional potency at the 5-HT 4 receptor, selectivity over the 5-HT 3 receptor, oral pharmacokinetics, and in vivo efficacy in models of GI motility, afforded velusetrag (TD-5108). Velusetrag has achieved proof-of-concept in patients with chronic idiopathic constipation.
Published: 2012

74. Discovery, oral pharmacokinetics and in vivo efficacy of a highly selective 5-HT4 receptor agonist: clinical compound TD-2749

Author: David Beattie, Daniel D. Long, S. Derek Turner, Paul R. Fatheree, Jacqueline A.M. Smith, Scott R. Armstrong, Seok-Ki Choi, Roland Gendron, Jeng Pyng Shaw, Goldblum Adam A, Daniel Marquess, Ross G. Vickery, and Patrick P. Humphrey
Subjects: Agonist, Male, medicine.drug_class, Clinical Biochemistry, Pharmaceutical Science, Administration, Oral, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Partial agonist, Piperazines, Cell Line, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Serotonin 5-HT4 Receptor Agonists, Structure-Activity Relationship, In vivo, Heterocyclic Compounds, Drug Discovery, Enzyme-linked receptor, medicine, Potency, Inverse agonist, Animals, Humans, Receptor, Molecular Biology, Molecular Structure, Drug discovery, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, musculoskeletal system, Rats, Organ Specificity, Molecular Medicine
Abstract: Further application of our multivalent approach to drug discovery directed to 5-HT4 receptor agonists is described. Optimization of the linker and secondary binding amine in the indazole-tropane primary binding group series, for binding affinity and functional potency at the 5-HT4 receptor, selectivity over the 5-HT3 receptor, oral pharmacokinetics, and in vivo efficacy in models of GI motility, resulted in the identification of clinical compound TD-2749.
Published: 2012

75. Failed Coastal Stabilization: Examples from the KwaZulu-Natal Coast, South Africa

Author: Simon C. Bundy, Andrew A. Mather, and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Longshore drift, Oceanography, Geography, parasitic diseases, Erosion, High tide, geographic locations, Kwazulu natal, Swell, Coastal erosion
Abstract: Coastal stabilization, mostly involving coastal dune cordon destruction, has been practised on the KwaZulu-Natal coast for the last two decades. During this time no major swells occurred. The last Lunar Nodal Cycle (LNC) tidal peak was associated with a series of unusually high swells. The temporal coincidence of exceptionally high tide and large swell led to catastrophic coastal erosion and underlined the folly of coastal stabilization, especially at reversing erosion hotspots, many of which are urbanized and defended. These locations remain at risk and will experience future erosion.
Published: 2012
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76. Dynamic cardiac SPECT computer simulations for teboroxime kinetics

Author: Grant T. Gullberg and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, medicine.diagnostic_test, Estimation theory, Iterative reconstruction, Single-photon emission computed tomography, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Temporal resolution, Spect imaging, medicine, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Root-mean-square deviation, Image resolution, Emission computed tomography
Abstract: A series of computer simulations was performed to examine the effect that each of seven factors have on the accuracy of the kinetic parameters (k/sub 21/ and k/sub 12/) of teboroxime (a /sup 99m/Tc-labeled heart perfusion agent). The parameters k/sub 21/ and k/sub 12/ can be estimated using dynamic SPECT imaging and tracer kinetic modeling. The factors investigated were: (1) projection/reconstruction process of a time-varying tracer, (2) cardiac motion, (3) temporal resolution of the images, (4) attenuation effects, (5) emission statistics, (6) correlation of estimated parameters, and (7) decreased extraction fraction of teboroxime over time. The results showed that factors (3) and (6) affected only the %RMS error of the estimated parameters k/sub 21/ and k/sub 12/ and that the smallest error can be obtained by: using 5 second temporal resolution and selecting tissue ROIs which contain the least amount of intraventricular blood. Factors (2), (4), (5), and (7) significantly affected the accuracy of either k/sub 21/ or k/sub 12/ and efforts should be made in the future to either model or correct for these factors. >
Published: 1994
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77. Proximate composition and energy content of beef steaks as influenced by USDA quality grade and degree of doneness

Author: A. N. Haneklaus, A.M. Smith, K.B. Harris, and Jeffrey W. Savell
Subjects: Meat, Chemistry, Food Handling, food and beverages, Lean tissue, Proteins, Proximate, Consumer Behavior, Loin, Proximate composition, Lipids, United States, Degree (temperature), Nutrient content, Proximate analysis, Energy density, Animals, Cattle, Food science, Cooking, United States Department of Agriculture, Food Science
Abstract: This study evaluated the influence of various degrees of doneness on proximate composition and energy content of beef. Ten steaks were obtained from each of five USDA Prime, five USDA Choice, and five USDA Select strip loins and assigned to one of five degree of doneness treatments (two sets of treatments per strip loin): raw, medium rare (63 °C), medium (71 °C), well done (77 °C), and very well done (82 °C). After cooking, steaks were dissected into separable tissue components consisting of lean, fat, and refuse. Lean tissue was used to obtain proximate analyses of protein, moisture, fat, and ash. Degree of doneness did influence (P0.05) the nutrient composition of beef steaks. As the degree of doneness increased, percent fat and protein increased, while percent moisture decreased. Cooking steaks to a higher degree of doneness resulted in a higher caloric value when reported per 100g basis.
Published: 2011

78. The Role of Oligomeric Olated Species in the Deposition Rate of Chromium from a Commercial Chromium (III) Electrolyte

Author: D.H. Vaughan, A.M. Smith, and A. Watson
Subjects: inorganic chemicals, 010302 applied physics, Materials science, 020209 energy, Inorganic chemistry, Metallurgy, technology, industry, and agriculture, Metals and Alloys, chemistry.chemical_element, 02 engineering and technology, Surfaces and Interfaces, Electrolyte, Condensed Matter Physics, 01 natural sciences, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Deposition rate, Chromium, chemistry, Mechanics of Materials, 0103 physical sciences, otorhinolaryngologic diseases, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Abstract: (1993). The Role of Oligomeric Olated Species in the Deposition Rate of Chromium from a Commercial Chromium (III) Electrolyte. Transactions of the IMF: Vol. 71, No. 3, pp. 106-112.
Published: 1993
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79. Relationship between norepinephrine transporter (NET) potency and hemodynamic responses to monoamine reuptake inhibitors in an anesthetized rat model

Author: Pamela R. Tsuruda, Frederick Zamora, M. Teresa Ramos Pulido-Rios, Keith Kwan, Jacqueline A.M. Smith, Glenmar P. Obedencio, William J. Martin, Anne Kanta, Kevin Schweigert, Liping Cui, and Sharath S. Hegde
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, biology, business.industry, Rat model, Hemodynamics, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Monoamine neurotransmitter, Endocrinology, Norepinephrine transporter, Internal medicine, Genetics, medicine, biology.protein, Potency, Reuptake inhibitor, business, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology
Published: 2010
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80. Palaeoflood Hydrology of the Lower Umgeni River from a Reach South of the Inanda Dam, Natal

Author: A.M. Smith
Subjects: Hydrology, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Flood myth, Discharge, Geography, Planning and Development, Stratigraphy, Paleoclimatology, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Precipitation, Tropical cyclone, Geology, Channel (geography), Colluvium
Abstract: Criteria for the recognition of palaeofloods have been developed from the physical marks left by the 1987 flood. This was at least the third largest, and may have been the blggest, flood on record. A palaeoflood stratigraphy was identified along the eMachobeni reach of the uMgeni River at an elevation of approximately 18–20 m above the channel base level. This palaeoflood stratigraphy is encased in coluvium and comprises four flood deposits, separated into two groups by an intervening colluvium horizon. These palaeoflood stages correspond to peak flood discharges of 24 000 to 28 000 m3s-1. Precise dating has not been possible but these events must predate AD 1750–1800. The 18–20 m flood stages may represent palaeo-superfloods which occurred during the Little Ice Age or, alternately, they may be the result of precipitation from southerly-displaced tropical cyclones. Such events may have occurred during a warmer palaeoclimate or perhaps under conditions similar to today.
Published: 1992
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81. Strategies for Reducing Water Input in Woody Landscape Plantings

Author: A.M. Smith and D.A. Rakow
Subjects: Ecology, Forestry
Abstract: One meter (3 ft.) tall whips of Fraxinus pennsylvanica 'Emerald' (pubescent), Fraxinus pennsylvanica (glabrous), Malus 'Klehm's Improved Bechtel' (pubescent) and Malus "White Angel (glabrous) were used to evaluate the role of pubescence in plant water relations. All plants received the same watering regime and drying cycle. The Fraxinus showed a trend in which the pubescent cultivar maintained less negative predawn water potential. In Malus, the pubespent trees had less negative predawn water potintials. A comparison of four mulch types (shredded bark, fine bark, wood chips and medium grade gravel) to bare soil controls, showed that all mulch types resulted in less evaporational water loss. The shredded bark and medium grade gravel providing the greatest reduction in evaporational water losses. The pubescent Fraxinus cultivar 'Emerald' and a 4 cm (1.6 in.) layer of shredded bark mulch resulted in the least negative water potentials.
Published: 1992
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82. Subaqueous giant (15 m) and supergiant (40 m) dunes from the Lower Permian Vryheid Formation of the Karoo Supergroup, northern Natal, South Africa

Author: A.M. Smith
Subjects: Tectonics, Paleontology, Bedform, Tempestite, Stratigraphy, Paleozoic, Permian, Clastic rock, Geology, Sedimentary rock
Abstract: The marine, Lower Permian Vryheid Formation contains a distinctive macrobedform suite. This comprises giant crossbeds up to 12 m thick (large dunes), masterbedded units up to 15 m thick (giant dunes), stacked masterbedded units 40 m thick (supergiant dunes) and a shelf stratigraphy up to 100 m thick. Tidal currents, augmented by an oceanic current, were responsible for bedform migration. Two categories of giant dunes are noted: (1) a fine-grained-type (associated with tidalites and tempestites) which forms a sheet sandstones, and (2) a coarse-grained-type (associated with tidalites) which occurs as discrete pods. It is suggested that the distal fine-grained-type formed in a setting exposed to oceanic storms whereas the proximal coarse-grained-type developed in a sheltered setting. With migration into more open areas the coarse-grained-type could develop into the fine-grained-type. It is further suggested that the giant dunes climbed to form supergiant dunes up to 40 m thick. The supergiant dunes are further stacked into stratigraphic units 40–100 m thick which may be due to supergiant dune climbing, or possibly tectonic effects, to produce a regressive shelf sequence.
Published: 1992
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83. Holocene palaeoclimatol trends from palaeoflood analysis

Author: A.M. Smith
Subjects: Global and Planetary Change, Geography, Flood myth, Late 19th century, Climatology, Paleoclimatology, Younger Dryas, Physical geography, Oceanography, Quaternary, Southern Hemisphere, Holocene, Research data
Abstract: Global correlations of time periods characterised by large floods are noted from northern and southern hemisphere rivers. A late 19th century flood period is recognised from the Mississippi (and some of the southwestern Rivers of the USA), the River Dee (Scotland) and the Orange River (South Africa). The period of the Little Ice Age can be clearly recognised from the flood record of several rivers and some indicate a double pulse (AD 900–1200; AD 1300–1600) which straddles the Medieval Warm Epoch. Although data becomes less reliable and telescoped with time the global flood record appears to show further flood periods between 3000-1800 yr B.P., 4000–5000 yr B.P., possibly 7000–9000 yr B.P. and it is likely that the Younger Dryas was also a flood period. The flood periods appear to coincide with cold and wet palaeoclimates. This work recommends that this research be continued and that a palaeoflood research data base be set up.
Published: 1992
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84. Influence of ligand binding kinetics on functional inhibition of human recombinant serotonin and norepinephrine transporters

Author: Ngoc Mai, Joey Yung, Pamela R. Tsuruda, Jacqueline A.M. Smith, William J. Martin, and R. S. L. Chang
Subjects: Serotonin, Neurotransmitter uptake, Toxicology, Ligands, Cell Line, Norepinephrine, Radioligand Assay, Radioligand, Humans, Fluorescent Dyes, Pharmacology, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Binding Sites, Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors, Chemistry, Temperature, Ligand (biochemistry), Receptor–ligand kinetics, Recombinant Proteins, Kinetics, Monoamine neurotransmitter, Biochemistry, Monoamine reuptake inhibitor, Reuptake inhibitor, Algorithms, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, Protein Binding
Abstract: Introduction Monoamine reuptake inhibitors treat a wide range of CNS disorders, including depression, obesity, and pain. The in vitro pharmacological properties of these inhibitors are determined routinely using radioligand binding and/or neurotransmitter uptake assays. Measurements from such studies can be influenced by assay design and ligand-specific characteristics, both of which may contribute to discrepancies in literature reports. Methods We modified traditional methodologies to identify and account for factors that can confound in vitro potency determinations. Apparent equilibrium binding affinities (p K i values) were determined in either HEK293 cells stably-transfected with human recombinant serotonin (SERT) or norepinephrine (NET) transporters, or membranes prepared from these cell lines. Care was taken to ensure that apparent affinities were measured under conditions that minimized ligand depletion and established equilibrium for both the radioligand and the compound of interest. An unlabelled ligand kinetic method was used to approximate inhibitor binding kinetic constants and corresponding dissociation half lives. To measure inhibitory effects on substrate uptake, both radiolabeled neurotransmitter ([ 3 H]-5-HT or [ 3 H]-NE) and fluorescence-based assays were used. The time-dependent nature of functional inhibition was examined using a fluorescent substrate uptake assay which provided real-time measurements of NET and SERT function. Results SERT and NET inhibitors displayed a range of affinities, potencies, and inhibition modes by binding and functional uptake assays. Binding kinetic profiles for this panel of inhibitors were diverse, and affected in vitro measures using the former techniques. Discussion In the present study we describe key features of in vitro assay methodology that can influence the apparent pharmacological profiles of standard SERT and/or NET inhibitors. Such information can serve as a foundation for understanding the in vitro profiles of monoamine reuptake inhibitors in the context of their clinical efficacy and tolerability.
Published: 2009

85. A multivalent approach to the design and discovery of orally efficacious 5-HT4 receptor agonists

Author: Scott R. Armstrong, Seok-Ki Choi, Jeng-Pyng Shaw, David Beattie, Goldblum Adam A, S. Derek Turner, Daniel D. Long, R. Murray McKinnell, Ross G. Vickery, Daniel Marquess, Paul R. Fatheree, Jacqueline A.M. Smith, Roland Gendron, and Patrick P. Humphrey
Subjects: Agonist, Male, Tegaserod, medicine.drug_class, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Movement, 5-HT4 receptor, Administration, Oral, Biological Availability, Pharmacology, Piperazines, Cell Line, Substrate Specificity, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Serotonin 5-HT4 Receptor Agonists, Dogs, Oral administration, Drug Discovery, medicine, Animals, Humans, Binding site, Receptor, chemistry.chemical_classification, Binding Sites, Chemistry, Sulfonamide, Rats, Biochemistry, Drug Design, Molecular Medicine, Receptors, Serotonin, 5-HT4, medicine.drug
Abstract: 5-HT(4) receptor agonists such as tegaserod have demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of constipation predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-C), a highly prevalent disorder characterized by chronic constipation and impairment of intestinal propulsion, abdominal bloating, and pain. The 5-HT(4) receptor binding site can accommodate functionally and sterically diverse groups attached to the amine nitrogen atom of common ligands, occupying what may be termed a "secondary" binding site. Using a multivalent approach to lead discovery, we have investigated how varying the position and nature of the secondary binding group can be used as a strategy to achieve the desired 5-HT(4) agonist pharmacological profile. During this study, we discovered the ability of amine-based secondary binding groups to impart exceptional gains in the binding affinity, selectivity, and functional potency of 5-HT(4) agonists. Optimization of the leads generated by this approach afforded compound 26, a selective, orally efficacious 5-HT(4) agonist for the potential treatment of gastrointestinal motility-related disorders.
Published: 2009

86. Tactile Texture

Author: C.E. Chapman and A.M. Smith
Published: 2009
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87. The 1988 Orange River flood, Upington Region, Northwestern Cape Province, RSA

Author: P.K. Zawada and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Hydrology, geography, geography.geographical_feature_category, Floodplain, Flood myth, River flood, Cape, Aeolian processes, Geology, Orange (colour), Loss of life, Bank erosion
Abstract: This paper describes aspects of the 1988 Orange River flood. The Orange River is a perennial, bedrock-controlled river which experienced severe flooding (flood peak: 8300 m3 s-1) during February-April of 1988. This flood resulted in the loss of life and damage in excess of $126 million. Negligible bank erosion took place in the main channel margins due to the stabilizing effect of tree-lined banks. In contrast, areas removed from the channel margin were characterized by erosion and deposition. Within the confines of the natural flood channels, macroturbulence gave rise to scour holes which sometimes amalgamated into large erosion fields acres in extent. In many cases scour holes were present but macroturbulence-originating obstacles were not, and it is suggested that these were removed by flood-erosion processes. In some instances amalgamation of scour-hole trails (orientated down-current) led to the formation of steep-sided flood channels. Deposition took the form of large sandsheets constructed from fluvial-dune fields and braid-bar accumulations. Post-flood winds reworked some of the deposited sand into aeolian dunes.
Published: 1991
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88. Optimizing coarse-grained units in floating point hybrid FPGA

Author: Steven J. E. Wilton, Wayne Luk, Philip H. W. Leong, A.M. Smith, and Chi Wai Yu
Subjects: Set (abstract data type), Adder, Floating point, Computer science, Benchmark (computing), Embedding, Parallel computing, Hardware_ARITHMETICANDLOGICSTRUCTURES, Routing (electronic design automation), Field-programmable gate array, Electronic circuit
Abstract: This paper introduces a novel methodology to optimize coarse-grained floating point units (FPUs) in a hybrid FPGA. We employ common subgraph extraction to determine the number of floating point adders/subtracters (FAs), multipliers (FMs) and wordblocks (WBs) in the FPUs. We flrst study the area, speed and utilization trade-off of the selected FPU subgraphs in a set of floating point benchmark circuits. We then explore the impact of density and flexibility of FPUs on the system in terms of area, speed and routing resources. We derive an optimized coarse-grained FPU by considering both architectural and system level issues. The results show that: (1) embedding more types of coarse-grained FPU in the system causes at most 21.3% increase in delay, (2) the area of the system can be reduced by 27.4% by embedding high density subgraphs, (3) the high density subgraphs requires 14.8% fewer routing resources.
Published: 2008
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89. The influence of Agral 90 surfactant on the activity of imazamethabenz in wild oats (Avena fatua L.)

Author: P.N.P. Chow and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Horticulture, biology, Chemistry, Nonionic surfactant, Plant Science, Avena fatua, Chemical control, Weed, biology.organism_classification, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Abstract: Summary: The influence of the nonionic surfactant, Agral 90, on the activity of imazamethabenz in wild oats (Avena fatua L.) was investigated in glasshouse and laboratory trials. Agral 90 significantly increased the efficacy of imazamethabenz against wild oats at a range of growth stages; a significant decrease in activity of both imazamethabenz alone or with Agral 90 was observed following application to plants possessing tillers. At 0.1 kg ha−1, the growth of tillers was significantly reduced by imazamethabenz plus Agral 90. The retention of imazamethabenz on wild oat foliage was significantly increased by Agral 90 incorporation; Agral 90 also facilitated retention of imazamethabenz on the tillers. The absorption and translocation of imazamethabenz were significantly enhanced by Agral 90; greater amounts of the labelled material were found in all regions of the plant except the tillers which existed at the time of application. Resume: L'influence du surfactant non ionique, Agral 90, sur l'activite de l'imazamethabenz sur folle avoine (Avena fatua L.) a eteetudie dans desessais de serre et de laboratoire. Agral 90 a significativement accru l'efficacite de l'imazamethabenz sur folle avoine a plusieurs stades de croissance; une baisse significative de l'activite de l'imazamethabenz tant seul qu'associea Agral 90 ete observee apres une application a des plantes apres tallage. A 0,1 kg ha−1, la croissance de talles a ete significativement reduite par imazamethabenz plus Agral 90. La tenue sur les feuilles de folle avoine de l'imazamethabenz a ete significacement ameliorec par l'addition d'Agral 90; Agral 90 a faciliteegalement la retention de l'imazamethabenz sur les talles. L'absorption et la systemic de l'imazamethabenz ont ete significativement ameliores par Agral 90; des quantites plus elevees de produit marque ont ete trouvees dans toutes les zones de la plante excepte les talles presents au moment de l'application. Zusammenfassung: Der Einflus des nichtionischen Netzmittels Agral 90 auf die Wirkung von Imazamethabenz auf den Flug-Hafer (Avena fatua L.) wurde in Gewachshaus- und Laborversuchen untersucht. Agral 90 verstarkte die Wirkung des Herbizids in einer Reihe von Entwicklungsstadien des Flug-Hafers signifikant; bei bestockten Pflanzen nahm die Wirkung von Imazamethabenz sowohl allein als auch mit Agral 90 signifikant ab. Mit 0.1 kg ha−1 Imazamethabenz plus Agral 90 wurde die Bestockung signifikant herabgesetzt. Nach Zumischung von Agral 90 haftete das Herbizid auf den Blattern significant starker, auf den Stengeln besser. Die Absorption und Translokation wurde durch das Netzmittle significant verstarkt: Es wurden in allen Pflanzenteilen, auser den Stengeln zum Zeitpunkt der Applikation, grosere Mengen (radioaktiv) markierten Materials gefunden.
Published: 1990
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90. The Automated Measurement of BRDFs and their Application to Luminaire Modeling

Author: J.F. Murray-Coleman and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Materials science, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Published: 1990
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91. The Place of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunting

Author: A.M. Smith and J.M. Henderson
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine, Portosystemic shunting, business, Surgery
Published: 2007
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92. EffIcient, Scalable, Four Wave Mixing For Tunable VUV Generation

Author: D.D. Lowenthal, C.H. Muller, Charles E. Hamilton, and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Four-wave mixing, Materials science, business.industry, Scalability, Resonance, Optoelectronics, business, Tunable laser
Published: 2005
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93. The Accuracy And Precision Of Kinetic Parameters Estimated From Attenuation Corrected Dynamic SPECT Images

Author: A.M. Smith and G.T. Gullberg
Subjects: Physics, Accuracy and precision, Estimation theory, Attenuation, Kinetic theory of gases, Medical imaging, Analytical chemistry, Kinetic energy, Image resolution, Computational physics
Published: 2005
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94. The Temporal Characteristics Of The Acoustic Signal Created By Turgulent Blood Flow In Occluded Coronary Arteries

Author: J.L. Serimilow, V. Padmanabhan, Walter Welkowitz, A.M. Smith, and John B. Kostis
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, medicine.medical_treatment, Diastole, Spectral density, Blood flow, medicine.disease, Signal, Coronary artery disease, Coronary arteries, Left coronary artery, medicine.anatomical_structure, medicine.artery, Angioplasty, Internal medicine, medicine, Cardiology, business
Abstract: An acoustic method to noninvasively diagnose coronary artery disease was used to differentiate between pre- and post- angioplasty patients. Signal processing included the use of an analysis window which isolated segments of diastole when sounds associated with coronary occlusions are maximal, and a power spectral density function estimated by autoregressive modelling. Using a seven weight model and a resonant accelerometer microphone, diagnostic information was provided by the spectral energy contained in a high frequency (400-800Hz) spectral peak (P2). Analysis windows were shifted over a range of diastolic segments to determine the relationship between P2 magnitude and window position (time). It was determined that P2 variation within a patient gives rise to a temporal relationship similar to that of the left coronary artery blood flow profile.
Published: 2005
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95. Progress In Calibration: Sar-580 To Ers-1

Author: I. Ward, J-P. Guignard, M. Doherty, D.G. Corr, and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Image coding, Computer science, Calibration (statistics), business.industry, Dynamic range, Digital image processing, Image processing, Computer vision, Artificial intelligence, business, Remote sensing
Published: 2005
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96. Infestation of a temperate reservoir by freshwater bryozoans: an integrated research programme

Author: M.A. Brunton P.B. Batson and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Geography, Ecology, Infestation, medicine, Temperate climate, medicine.disease_cause
Published: 2005
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97. Crop/weed discrimination using remote sensing

Author: A.M. Smith and R.E. Blackshaw
Subjects: Crop, Crop weed, Spectroradiometer, Remote sensing (archaeology), Plant species, Environmental science, Weed, Reflectivity, Field conditions, Remote sensing
Abstract: The ability to selectively apply herbicides through the use of weed mapping and variable rate sprayers offers the potential to reduce harmful effects on the environment as well as to optimize producer profitability. Over the past 25 years, there have been numerous studies involving remote sensing and weed/crop discrimination. With the development of greater spectral and spatial resolution sensors and spectral mixture analysis techniques re-investigation of the discrimination of weed and crop species present in cultivated systems appears timely. In a laboratory experiment, the spectral separability of five weeds and two crops of economic importance on the Canadian prairies was investigated. Reflectance from the uppermost fully expanded leaves of field grown plants was examined over the range 350-2500 nm using a field spectroradiometer and an integrating sphere. The various plant species were not separable using the broad bands present on the Landsat TM satellite. However, the weed/crop species could be discriminated using reflectance in approximately 30 10-nm wide bands across the electromagnetic spectrum. Results suggest that hyper-spectral remote sensing could be used for weed/crop mapping and merits further study under field conditions.
Published: 2003
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98. The United States Air Force R&M 2000 process

Author: A.M. Smith, T.S. Lanier, and J.R. Hull
Subjects: Engineering, Defense industry, Aeronautics, Process (engineering), business.industry, Maintainability, Military systems, business, Computer security, computer.software_genre, Maintenance engineering, computer, Reliability (statistics)
Abstract: An attempt is made to show how to increase combat capability while saving resources through good reliability and maintainability (R&M) practices. Based on industrial and US Department of Defense successes, the Office of the Special Assistant for Reliability and Maintainability has isolated those practices which significantly enhance meeting the goals of the US Air Force (USAF) R&M 2000 initiative. These practices are integrated under the aegis of the process. The process consists of goals, principles, and building blocks all of which are discussed in a booklet entitled 'The USAF R&M 2000 Process'. >
Published: 2003
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99. A dynamic cardiac SPECT computer simulation

Author: Grant T. Gullberg and A.M. Smith
Subjects: Physics, medicine.medical_specialty, Nuclear magnetic resonance, medicine.diagnostic_test, Cardiac motion, Region of interest, Attenuation, medicine, Radiology, Single-photon emission computed tomography, Kinetic energy, Relative attenuation, Imaging phantom
Abstract: A computer simulation was developed to investigate the effects that cardiac motion, time-varying tracer activity, and differences in relative attenuation between the blood and extravascular (tissue) activity regions have on kinetic modeling using dynamic SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging. The projection/reconstruction process did not introduce significant errors in the fitted parameters. The blood and tissue activity curves showed little difference for various heart rates >5 BPM for 10 s scans. If the blood region of interest was contaminated by tissue, then both the forward (k/sub 21/) and back (k/sub 12/) exchange increased depending on the amount of contamination. Spillover of tissue activity into the blood region due to cardiac motion increased f/sub v/ but had little effect on k/sub 21/ and k/sub 12/. Nonuniform attenuation changed k/sub 21/ and f/sub v/ significantly (>32% change). Only the parameters f/sub v/ and k/sub 21/ were dependent on the relative attenuation difference between the blood and tissue activity regions. >
Published: 2003
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100. Preventive-maintenance impact on plant availability

Author: A.M. Smith
Subjects: Proactive maintenance, Mean time between failures, Engineering, Planned maintenance, business.industry, business, Preventive maintenance, Maintenance engineering, Reliability (statistics), Predictive maintenance, Reliability engineering, Mean time to repair
Abstract: The relationship between plant availability and preventive maintenance (PM) is examined. It is concluded that unexpected failures that lead to partial or full plant forced outages are costly events that should be avoided. Plant availability is improved (i.e., forced outages are reduced) in one of two ways: maintain or increase equipment MTBF (mean time between failure) and/or reduce its MTTR (mean time to repair). Preventive maintenance actions, when properly executed, can beneficially impact both MTBF and MTTR. Current PM practices are frequently derived from a series of intuitive processes that are not very effective in meeting the PM program objectives. Reliability-centered maintenance is found to be a proven methodology for optimizing the effectiveness of PM programs, and thus recommended as the preferred approach to defining PM tasks. >
Published: 2003
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