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2. Erratum: Differentiating dilatons from the axions by their mixing with photons
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Chaubey, Ankur, Jaiswal, Manoj K., Singh, Damini, Singh, Venktesh, and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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- 2024
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3. Differentiating dilatons from the axions by their mixing with photons
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Chaubey, Ankur, Jaiswal, Manoj K., Singh, Damini, Singh, Venktesh, and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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- 2024
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4. Magnetized matter effects on dilaton photon mixing
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Chaubey, Ankur, Jaiswal, Manoj K., and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
Dilatons ($\phi(x)$) are a class of bosonic scalar particles associated with scaling symmetry and its compensation (under the violations of the same). Due to two photon coupling, they can produce optical signatures in a magnetic field. In vacuum or plain matter they couple to one of the transversely polarized state of the photon. But in a magnetized matter, they couple to both the transversely polarized state of photon (due to emergence of a parity violating part of photon self energy contribution from a magnetized matter). A part of this work is directed towards understanding the issue of mixing of scalar with various polarizations states of photon in a medium ( magnetized or unmagnetized ) due to the constraints from different discrete (CPT) symmetries associated with the interaction. Based on these symmetry aided arguments, the structure of the mixing matrix is found to be $3 \times 3$. Thus there exists non-zero finite probabilities of oscillation between different polarization states of photon to dilaton. Our analytical and numerical analysis show no existence of periodic oscillation length either in temporal or spatial direction for most general values of the parameters in the theory. Possible astrophysical consequences of these results, those can be detected through observations are discussed., Comment: 39 pages; Accepted for the publication in Phys. Rev. D
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- 2022
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5. Horizons: Nuclear Astrophysics in the 2020s and Beyond
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Schatz, H., Reyes, A. D. Becerril, Best, A., Brown, E. F., Chatziioannou, K., Chipps, K. A., Deibel, C. M., Ezzeddine, R., Galloway, D. K., Hansen, C. J., Herwig, F., Ji, A. P., Lugaro, M., Meisel, Z., Norman, D., Read, J. S., Roberts, L. F., Spyrou, A., Tews, I., Timmes, F. X., Travaglio, C., Vassh, N., Abia, C., Adsley, P., Agarwal, S., Aliotta, M., Aoki, W., Arcones, A., Aryan, A., Bandyopadhyay, A., Banu, A., Bardayan, D. W., Barnes, J., Bauswein, A., Beers, T. C., Bishop, J., Boztepe, T., Côté, B., Caplan, M. E., Champagne, A. E., Clark, J. A., Couder, M., Couture, A., de Mink, S. E., Debnath, S., deBoer, R. J., Hartogh, J. den, Denissenkov, P., Dexheimer, V., Dillmann, I., Escher, J. E., Famiano, M. A., Farmer, R., Fisher, R., Fröhlich, C., Frebel, A., Fryer, C., Fuller, G., Ganguly, A. K., Ghosh, S., Gibson, B. K., Gorda, T., Gourgouliatos, K. N., Graber, V., Gupta, M., Haxton, W., Heger, A., Hix, W. R., Ho, W C. G., Holmbeck, E. M., Hood, A. A., Huth, S., Imbriani, G., Izzard, R. G., Jain, R., Jayatissa, H., Johnston, Z., Kajino, T., Kankainen, A., Kiss, G. G., Kwiatkowski, A., La Cognata, M., Laird, A. M., Lamia, L., Landry, P., Laplace, E., Launey, K. D., Leahy, D., Leckenby, G., Lennarz, A., Longfellow, B., Lovell, A. E., Lynch, W. G., Lyons, S. M., Maeda, K., Masha, E., Matei, C., Merc, J., Messer, B., Montes, F., Mukherjee, A., Mumpower, M., Neto, D., Nevins, B., Newton, W. G., Nguyen, L. Q., Nishikawa, K., Nishimura, N., Nunes, F. M., O'Connor, E., O'Shea, B. W., Ong, W-J., Pain, S. D., Pajkos, M. A., Pignatari, M., Pizzone, R. G., Placco, V. M., Plewa, T., Pritychenko, B., Psaltis, A., Puentes, D., Qian, Y-Z., Radice, D., Rapagnani, D., Rebeiro, B. M., Reifarth, R., Richard, A. L., Rijal, N., Roederer, I. U., Rojo, J. S., K, J. S, Saito, Y., Schwenk, A., Sergi, M. L., Sidhu, R. S., Simon, A., Sivarani, T., Skúladóttir, Á., Smith, M. S., Spiridon, A., Sprouse, T. M., Starrfield, S., Steiner, A. W., Strieder, F., Sultana, I., Surman, R., Szücs, T., Tawfik, A., Thielemann, F., Trache, L., Trappitsch, R., Tsang, M. B., Tumino, A., Upadhyayula, S., Martínez, J. O. Valle, Van der Swaelmen, M., Vázquez, C. Viscasillas, Watts, A., Wehmeyer, B., Wiescher, M., Wrede, C., Yoon, J., Zegers, R G. T., Zermane, M. A., and Zingale, M.
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Nuclear Experiment ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Nuclear Theory - Abstract
Nuclear Astrophysics is a field at the intersection of nuclear physics and astrophysics, which seeks to understand the nuclear engines of astronomical objects and the origin of the chemical elements. This white paper summarizes progress and status of the field, the new open questions that have emerged, and the tremendous scientific opportunities that have opened up with major advances in capabilities across an ever growing number of disciplines and subfields that need to be integrated. We take a holistic view of the field discussing the unique challenges and opportunities in nuclear astrophysics in regards to science, diversity, education, and the interdisciplinarity and breadth of the field. Clearly nuclear astrophysics is a dynamic field with a bright future that is entering a new era of discovery opportunities., Comment: 96 pages. Submitted to Journal of Physics G
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- 2022
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6. Thermal performance improvement of multilayer insulation technique
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Singh, D., Singh, M. K., Chaubey, A., Ganguly, A. K., and Singh, V.
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- 2023
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7. Enablers to the adoption of blockchain technology in logistics supply chains: evidence from an emerging economy
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Samad, Taab Ahmad, Sharma, Rohit, Ganguly, Kunal K, Wamba, Samuel Fosso, and Jain, Geetika
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- 2023
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8. Differentiating Dilatons from Axions by their mixing with photons
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Chaubey, Ankur, Jaiswal, Manoj K., Singh, Damini, Singh, Venktesh, and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,High Energy Physics - Experiment - Abstract
According to the model ($\Lambda$CDM), based on deep cosmological observations, the current universe is constituted of 5$\%$ baryonic matter and 25 $\%$ non-baryonic cold dark matter (of speculative origin). These include quanta of scalar filed like dilaton($\phi$) of scale symmetry origin and quanta of pseudoscalar field of extra standard model symmetry ( Peccei-Quinn) origin, like axion ($\phi'$). These fields couple to di-photons through dim-5 operators. In magnetized medium, they in principle can interact with the three degrees of freedom (two transverse ($A_{\parallel,\perp}$) and one longitudinal ($A_{L}$)) of photon($\gamma$) as long as the total spin is conserved. Because of intrinsic spin being zero, both $\phi$ and $\phi'$ could in principle have interacted with $A_{L}$, (having $s_{z}=0$). However, out of $\phi$ and $\phi'$ only one interacts with $A_{L}$. Furthermore, the ambient external magnetic field and media, breaks the intrinsic Lorentz symmetry of the system invoking Charge conjugation, Parity and Time reversal symmetries, we analyse the mixing dynamics of $\phi\gamma$ and $\phi'\gamma$ systems and the structural {\it difference} of their mixing pattern. The strength of electromagnetic (EM) signals due to $\phi\gamma$ and $\phi'\gamma$ mixing as a result would be {\it different}. We conclude by commenting on the possibility of detecting this {\it difference} -- in polarimetric observables the EMS -- using the existing space-borne detectors., Comment: A draft version
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- 2021
9. Improvement in the performance of multilayer insulation technique and impact in the rare physics search experiments
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Singh, D., Singh, M. K., Chaubey, A., Ganguly, A. K., and Singh, V.
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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors - Abstract
Providing thermal insulation to systems at very low temperature from surroundings, involves blocking the transport of thermal energy regular or enhanced, taking place through radiative, conductive and convective processes. For instance, the enhancement of radiative heat transport that takes place by infra red or far infra red light at low temperature is due to diffractive propagation. The wavelength of light in this part of the spectrum usually lie in the range of mm to cms. Hence it can get bent across an obstacle while propagating forward. Apart from radiative, the convective and conductive processes also get affected due to appearance of non linearities in the modes of lattice vibrations and anomalies in material transport due to the appearance of vorticity and turbulence in the intervening media. The Multilayer insulation technique has offered a robust thermal protective mechanism to provide proper insulation to the cold walls of the cryostats from the heat of the surroundings. This work is focused on the estimation of performance and efficiency of the MLI technique as well as exploration of its versatile applicability. Three different spacer materials such as Dacron, Glass tissue, and Silk net with radiation shields are selected for the intervening medium in the present study. This article explores the thermal performance of MLI system by changing the physical parameters, varying the geometry of the radiation shields perforation styles of radiation shields and by analyzing the effect of arrangement of radiation shields on the conduction heat load. This analysis is concluded by studying the possibility of using MLI technique in the health sector by reducing the evaporation rate of liquid Oxygen during pandemic situations e.g. in COVID19., Comment: 34 pages, 13 figures and 08 tables
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- 2021
10. Exploring scalar-photon interactions in energetic astrophysical events
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Chaubey, Ankur, Jaiswal, Manoj K., and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,High Energy Physics - Theory - Abstract
Scalar fields like dilaton appear in quantum field theory (QFT) due to scale symmetry breaking. Their appeal also extends to modified theories of gravity, like $F(R)$ gravity, Horva Lifshitz gravity etc. In unified theories they make their appearance through compactification of the extra dimension. Apart from resolving the issues of compactification scale and size, the particles of their fields can also turn out to be excellent candidate to solve the dark energy (DE) and dark matter (DM) problem of the universe. In this work we study their mixing dynamics with photons in a magnetized media, by incorporating the effect of parity violating part of the photon polarization tensor, evaluated in a finite density magnetized media. This piece, though in general is odd in the external magnetic field strength $eB$; in this work we however have retained terms to $O$($eB$). We are able to demonstrate in this work that, in magnetized medium a dilatonic scalar field $(\phi)$ can excite the two transverse degrees of freedom (DOF) of the photons. One due to direct coupling and the other indirectly through the parity violating term originating due to magnetized medium effects. This results in the mixing dynamics being governed by, $3\times 3$ mixing matrices. This mixing results in making the underlying media optically active. In this work we focus on the spectro-polarimetric imprints of these particles, on the spectra of the electromagnetic (EM) fields of Gamma Ray Bursters (GRB). Focusing on a range of parameters (i.e., magnetic field strength, plasma frequency $(\omega_{p})$, size of the magnetized volume, coupling strength to photons and their mass) we make an attempt to point out how space-borne detectors should be designed to optimise their detection possibility., Comment: 30 pages, 3 figures
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- 2020
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11. Twenty Years of Insulin Gla-100: A Systematic Evaluation of Its Efficacy and Safety in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Sethi, Bipin, Unnikrishnan, A. G., Ayyar, Vageesh, Jabbar, P. K., Ganguly, K. K., Bhandari, Sudhir, Rastogi, Ashu, Mukherjee, Rajarshi, Sundaram, Vivek, and Asirvatham, Adlyne R.
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- 2022
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12. Mixing dynamics of dimension-five interactions (scalar/pseudoscalar-photon) in magnetized medium
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Chaubey, Ankur, Jaiswal, Manoj K., and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
In many extentions of standard model, dimension-5 scalar di-photon ($g_{\gamma\gamma\phi}\phi$ $F^{\mu\nu}F_{\mu\nu}$ ) or pseudoscalar di-photon ($g_{\gamma\gamma a}a\tilde{F}^{\mu\nu} F_{\mu\nu} $, ) interaction materializes due to scale symmetry breaking or $U_A(1)$ symmetry breaking. In a magnetized vacuum (i.e., in an external background field $\bar{F}_{\mu\nu} $) the transverse degrees of freedom of the photons-- for such systems-- can be described in terms of the form factors constructed out of the background field strength tensor ($\bar{F}_{\mu\nu} $) and the same for dynamical photon ($f^{\mu\nu}$); they happen to be $\bar{F}_{\mu\nu}f^{\mu\nu}$ and ${\tilde{\bar{F}}_{\mu\nu}f^{\mu\nu}}$. These form factors transform differently under CP transformation. While $\bar{F}_{\mu\nu}f^{\mu\nu}$ (describing polarization orthogonal to B ($|\gamma_{||} >$)) is CP even, the other one, ${\tilde{\bar{F}}_{\mu\nu}f^{\mu\nu}}$( describing polarization along B ($|\gamma_\bot >$), is CP odd. In the interaction Lagrangian, if the scalar is interchanged with the pseudoscalar, the role of the two form factors just gets interchanged. Thus for nearly degenerate strengths of the coupling constants ( $g_{\gamma\gamma\phi}$ and $g_{\gamma\gamma _a}$ ) and masses ($m_\phi$ and $m_a$ ) of the respective candidates, proper identification of one from the other may become very difficult in laboratory or astrophysics based experiments. The basic motivation of this investigation is to reduce this uncertainty through incorporation of parity violating ({\it originating through magnetized medium effects }) part of the photon self-energy in the effective Lagrangian. This step, in turn affects the (Pseudo) Scalar Photon mixing dynamics drastically and brings out a significant change in the spectrum of the electromagnetic beam undergoing such interaction., Comment: 6 pages, 1 figure, Conference Proceeding for XXIII DAE High Energy Physics Symposium(2018)
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- 2019
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13. EDTA incorporated Fe-Zn double metal cyanide catalyst for the controlled synthesis of polyoxypropylene glycol
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Verma, Akash, Saini, Swati, Sharma, Bhawna, Verma, Vikas, Behera, Babita, Singh, Raghuvir, Ganguly, Sudip K., Ray, Anjan, Vorontsov, Alexander, and Kumar, Umesh
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- 2023
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14. Impact of Professionalism of Workplace Learning Support Team on Learning Outcome
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Kumar, Nripendra and Ganguly, Kunal K.
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Purpose: This study aims to understand the impact of professionalism (PR) of the workplace learning support team on learning outcomes. The context of this study is an e-procurement system implementation. Management provides initial formal training (TR) to potential users of the system and also arranges informal learning support by deploying the support team for technical guidance/resolving issues on day-to-day basis for successful implementation. Learning outcome has been measured in terms of perceived ease of use (PEU) by employees and also in terms of the actual use (AU) of the system. This study also explores the role of timely and appropriate initial TR on learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: An empirical study has been conducted by collecting survey data from 167 employees using an e-procurement system from India. SPSS 22.0 with add-in Process Macro v3.4 developed by Hayes has been used for statistical analysis. Findings: The results indicate that the PR of the workplace learning support team positively influences employee's PEU of the system and also the final required outcome in terms of the AU of the system. This study also found that the employee's PEU of the system mediates the relationship between the PR of the workplace learning support team and the AU of the system. The result also indicates that higher is the user perception of the appropriateness of initial TR, higher is the effect of PR of the workplace learning team on user learning outcome. Originality/value: This study is an attempt to investigate the unexplored aspect of workplace learning. This paper contributes by studying for the first time, the impact of PR of the workplace learning support team and appropriate initial TR in enhancing the learning outcome in the context of e-procurement implementation.
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- 2021
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15. Succession of enzymes and microbial biomarkers in the process of vermicomposting: An insight towards valorization of toxic paper mill wastes using Perionyx excavatus (Oligochaeta; Perrier, 1872)
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Ganguly, Ram K. and Chakraborty, Susanta K.
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- 2021
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16. Vitamin D deficiency: concern for rheumatoid arthritis and COVID-19?
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Verma, Sneha, Chaturvedi, Ved, Ganguly, N. K., and Mittal, Shivani Arora
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- 2021
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17. An Integrated Approach to Identify the Total Recirculation Regime for a Gas–Liquid System in an Agitated and Sparged Tank Contactor.
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Ganguly, Sudip K., Patil, Deepak P., Choudhary, Dev, Tibrewal, Aditi, S K, Vishal, Majumder, Chandrajit B., and Ray, Anjan
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- 2024
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18. 4,4-Difluoroproline as a Unique 19F NMR Probe of Proline Conformation.
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Ganguly, Himal K., Ludwig, Brice A., Tressler, Caitlin M., Bhatt, Megh R., Pandey, Anil K., Quinn, Caitlin M., Shi Bai, Yap, Glenn P. A., and Zondlo, Neal J.
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- 2024
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19. Acyl Capping Group Identity Effects on α‑Helicity: On the Importance of Amide·Water Hydrogen Bonds to α‑Helix Stability.
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Bhatt, Megh R., Ganguly, Himal K., and Zondlo, Neal J.
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- 2024
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20. Lorentz symmetry violating low energy dispersion relations from a dimension-five photon scalar mixing operator
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Ganguly, Avijit K. and Jaiswal, Manoj K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena - Abstract
Dimension-five photon $(\gamma )$ scalar $(\phi)$ interaction terms usually appear in the bosonic sector of unified theories of electromagnetism and gravity. In these theories the three propagation eigenstates are different from the three field eigenstates. The dispersion relation in an external magnetic field shows that, for a non- zero energy $(\omega)$, out of the three propagating eigenstates one has superluminal phase velocity $v_p$. During propagation, another eigenstate undergoes amplification or attenuation, showing signs of an unstable system. The remaining one maintains causality. In this paper, using techniques from optics as well as gravity, we identify the energy $(\omega)$ interval outside which $v_p \le c$ for the field eigenstates $|\gamma_{\parallel} > $ and $ |\phi > $, and stability of the system is restored. The behavior of group velocity $v_g$ is also explored in the same context. We conclude by pointing out its possible astrophysical implications., Comment: Six pages, one figure
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- 2016
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21. Signatures Of Scalar Photon Interaction In Astrophysical Situations
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Ganguly, Avijit K., Jaiswal, Manoj K., and Awasthi, Shikha
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
Dimension-5 photon ($\gamma$) scalar ($\phi$) interaction terms usually appear in the Lagrangian of bosonic sector of unified theories of electromagnetism and gravity. This interaction makes the medium dichoric and induces optical activity. We have modelled the propagation of photons with this interaction in the environment of cold a magnetized compact star (White Dwarf (WD) or Neutron Star (NS)), assuming synchro-curvature process as the dominant mechanism of emission. We have tried to outline the polarimetric implications of photon-scalar coupling on the produced spectrum of these emissions in the stellar atmosphere. Further more assuming the 'emission-energy vs emission-altitude' relation, that is believed to hold in such (i.e. cold magnetized WD or NS) environments, we have tried to point out the possible modifications to the radiation spectrum when the same is incorporated along with dim-5 photon scalar mixing operator., Comment: Minor modifications, references added, 20 pages, 4 figures
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- 2013
22. Photon & Axion Oscillation In a Magnetized Medium: A Covariant Treatment
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Ganguly, Avijit K., Jain, Pankaj, and Mandal, Subhayan
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - Abstract
Pseudoscalar particles, with almost zero mass and very weak coupling to the visible matter, arise in many extensions of the standard model of particle physics. Their mixing with photons in the presence of an external magnetic field leads to many interesting astrophysical and cosmological consequences. This mixing depends on the medium properties, the momentum of the photon and the background magnetic field. Here we give a general treatment of pseudoscalar-photon oscillations in a background magnetic field, taking the Faraday term into account. We give predictions valid in all regimes, under the assumption that the frequency of the wave is much higher than the plasma frequency of the medium. At sufficiently high frequencies, the Faraday effect is negligible and we reproduce the standard pseudoscalar-photon mixing phenomenon. However at low frequencies, where Faraday effect is important, the mixing formulae are considerably modified. We explicitly compute the contribution due to the longitudinal mode of the photon and show that it is negligible., Comment: 16 pages, no figures
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- 2008
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23. Impact of Asha Intervention on Stigma Among Rural Indian Women With AIDS
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Nyamathi, Adeline, Ekstrand, Maria, Salem, Benissa E, Sinha, Sanjeev, Ganguly, Kalyan K, and Leake, Barbara
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Health Services and Systems ,Health Sciences ,Infectious Diseases ,Rural Health ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Mental Health ,HIV/AIDS ,Clinical Research ,Pediatric AIDS ,Prevention ,Pediatric ,Management of diseases and conditions ,7.1 Individual care needs ,Good Health and Well Being ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,Adaptation ,Psychological ,Adolescent ,Adult ,Anti-HIV Agents ,Female ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Pilot Projects ,Prospective Studies ,Rural Population ,Stereotyping ,Young Adult ,HIV ,AIDS ,health care delivery ,women's health ,India ,women’s health ,Nursing - Abstract
Rural women living with HIV/AIDS (WLA) in India face multifarious challenges which affect access to antiretroviral regimens and management of HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this pilot study, using cluster randomization, is to compare the effectiveness of the Asha-Life (AL) intervention, delivered by HIV-trained village women, Asha (Accredited Social Health Activists), with a usual care group on reduction of internalized stigma and avoidant coping among 68 WLA in rural India over a 6-month period. The findings demonstrated that participation in the AL intervention was associated with significant reductions in internalized stigma and the use of avoidant coping strategies at follow-up. The findings of our study are promising in terms of the role rural village women (Asha) may play in reducing internalized stigma and avoidant coping in the lives of rural WLA in India.
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- 2013
24. Self Interacting Dark Matter in the Solar System
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Ganguly, Avijit K., Jain, Pankaj, Mandal, Subhayan, and Stokes, Sarah
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - Abstract
Weakly coupled, almost massless, spin 0 particles have been predicted by many extensions of the standard model of particle physics. Recently, the PVLAS group observed a rotation of polarization of electromagnetic waves in vacuum in the presence of transverse magnetic field. This phenomenon is best explained by the existence of a weakly coupled light pseudoscalar particle. However, the coupling required by this experiment is much larger than the conventional astrophysical limits. Here we consider a hypothetical self-interacting pseudoscalar particle which couples weakly with visible matter. Assuming that these pseudoscalars pervade the galaxy, we show that the solar limits on the pseudoscalar-photon coupling can be evaded., Comment: 17 pages, 2 figures
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- 2006
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25. Pseudoscalar Photon Mixing In A Magnetized Medium
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Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics ,Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics - Abstract
Axions are pseudo-scalar particles, those arise because of breaking of Peccei Queen (PQ) symmetry. Axions have a tree level coupling to two photons. As a consequence there exists a tree level coupling of axion to photon in a magnetic field. However, in an external magnetic field, there exists a new loop induced, axion photon vertex, that gives rise to axion photon coupling. The strength of the tree level axion photon coupling in magnetic field is known to be model dependent. However in a magnetic field, the new loop induced coupling has some interesting features. This note discusses the new axion photon vertex in a magnetized medium and the corrections arising from there. The magnitude of the correction to axion photon coupling, because of magnetized vacuum and matter is estimated in this note. While making this estimate we note that the form of the axion photon vertex is related to the axial polarization tensor. This vertex is shown to satisfy the Ward identity. The coupling is shown to have a momentum dependent piece in it. Astrophysical importance of this extra modification is also pointed out., Comment: Uses Axodraw.sty
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- 2005
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26. Neutrino Absorption: In the magnetic field of GRB In the Fireball Model
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Ganguly, A. K.
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Astrophysics - Abstract
TeV or Super TeV neutrinos are expected to originate at the Gamma ray burster (GRB) events in the universe. These neutrinos are expected to be produced from the photo-meson interaction of the protons in the GRB environment. In the usual picture, the protons in the GRB fireball undergo Fermi acceleration in the ambient magnetic field of the GRB to very high energy. These protons then interact with the MeV, KeV or meV photons and produce Delta particles, those subsequently decay to produce very high energy neutrinos. In this note we focus on the 100 TeV neutrinos produced in a GRB in the fireball model. We try to estimate the production point of these multi TeV neutrinos from the center. The strength of the Magnetic field there. Lastly but importantly modification in the spectrum because of neutrino absorption in the ambient magnetic field. The strength of the ambient magnetic field may change the neutrino spectrum., Comment: one figure
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- 2005
27. Optical Activity From Extra Dimension
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Ganguly, Avijit K. and Parthasarathy, R.
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Astrophysics ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,High Energy Physics - Theory - Abstract
Optical activity, like Faraday effect, is a rotation of the plane of polarization of propagating light in a medium and can be attributed to different sources with distinct signatures. In this note we discuss the effect of optical activity {\it{in vacuum}} due to Kaluza-Klein scalar field $\phi$, in the presence of an external electro-magnetic field. The astrophysical implication of this effect is indicated. We also point out the possibility of observing the same in laboratory conditions., Comment: Four Pages
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- 2003
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28. The Axialvector-Vector Amplitude and Neutrino Effective Charge in a Magnetized Medium
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Bhattacharya, Kaushik and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
To one loop the effective neutrino photon interaction takes place through the vector-vector type and the axialvector-vector type amplitude. In this work we explicitly write down the form of the axialvector-vector amplitude to all orders in the external magnetic field in a medium. We then infer upon its zero external momentum limit which contributes to the effective charge of the neutrinos inside a magnetized medium. We further show its gauge invariance properties., Comment: 1 tex file. To be published in Phys.Rev. D
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- 2003
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29. Impact of Protein Supplementation and Care and Support on Body Composition and CD4 Count Among HIV-Infected Women Living in Rural India: Results from a Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial
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Nyamathi, Adeline, Sinha, Sanjeev, Ganguly, Kalyan K, Ramakrishna, Padma, Suresh, P, and Carpenter, Catherine L
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Health Services and Systems ,Health Sciences ,HIV/AIDS ,Clinical Research ,Prevention ,Infectious Diseases ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Nutrition ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Adult ,Anti-HIV Agents ,Body Composition ,CD4 Lymphocyte Count ,Depression ,Dietary Proteins ,Dietary Supplements ,Female ,Food Supply ,HIV Infections ,Humans ,India ,Medication Adherence ,Patient Education as Topic ,Pilot Projects ,Rural Population ,Treatment Outcome ,AIDS in rural women ,ART ,Protein ,Body composition ,Public Health and Health Services ,Social Work ,Public Health ,Public health - Abstract
Body composition in HIV-infected individuals is subject to many influences. We conducted a pilot 6-month randomized trial of 68 women living with AIDS (WLA) from rural India. High protein intervention combined with education and supportive care delivered by HIV-trained village women (activated social health activist [Asha] life [AL]) was compared to standard protein with usual care delivered by village community assistants (usual care [UC]). Measurements included CD4 counts, ART adherence, socio-demographics, disease characteristics (questionnaires); and anthropometry (bioimpedance analyzer). Repeated measures analysis of variance modeled associations. AL significantly gained in BMI, muscle mass, fat mass, ART adherence, and CD4 counts compared to UC, with higher weight and muscle mass gains among ART adherent (≥66%) participants who had healthier immunity (CD4 ≥450). BMI of WLA improved through high protein supplementation combined with education and supportive care. Future research is needed to determine which intervention aspect was most responsible.
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- 2013
30. Neutrino Photon Interaction in a Magnetized Medium II
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Bhattacharya, Kaushik and Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
In the presence of a thermal medium or an external electro-magnetic field, neutrinos can interact with photon, mediated by the corresponding charged leptons (real or virtual). The effect of a medium or an electromagnetic field is two-fold - to induce an effective $\nu \gamma$ vertex and to modify the dispersion relations of all the particles involved to render the processes kinematically viable. It has already been noted that in a medium neutrinos acquire an effective charge, which in the standard model of electroweak interaction comes from the vector type vertex of weak interaction. On the other hand in a magnetized plasma, the axial vector part also start contributing to the effective charge of a neutrino. This contribution corresponding to the axial vector part in the interaction Lagrangian is denoted as the axial polarisation tensor. In an earlier paper we explicitly calculated the form of the axial polarisation tensor to all odd orders in external magnetic field. In this note we complete that investigation by computing the same, to all even orders in external magnetic field. We further show its gauge invarience properties. Finally we infer upon the zero external momentum limit of this axial polarisation tensor., Comment: Twelve pages, one Figure. Needs axodraw.sty
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31. Effective Neutrino Photon Interaction in a Magnetized Medium
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Bhattacharya, Kaushik, Ganguly, Avijit K., and Konar, Sushan
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - Abstract
Neutrino-photon processes, forbidden in vacuum, can take place in presence of a thermal medium or an external electro-magnetic field, mediated by the corresponding charged leptons (real or virtual). The effect of a medium or an electromagnetic field is two-fold - to induce an effective $\nu-\gamma$ vertex and to modify the dispersion relations of all the particles involved to render the processes kinematically viable. It has already been noted that in presence of a thermal medium such an electromagnetic interaction translates into the neutrino acquiring a small effective charge. In this work, we extend this concept to the case of a thermal medium in presence of an external magnetic field and calculate the effective charge of a neutrino in the limit of a weak magnetic field. We find that the effective charge is direction dependent which is a direct effect of magnetic field breaking the isotropy of the space., Comment: Actual published version. Text significantly modified
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32. Absorption of Electro-magnetic Waves in a Magnetized Medium
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Ganguly, Avijit K. and Konar, Sushan
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Astrophysics - Abstract
In continuation to our earlier work, in which the structure of the vacuum polarisation tensor in a medium was analysed in presence of a background electro-magnetic field, we discuss the absorptive part of the vacuum polarization tensor. Using the real time formalism of finite temperature field theory we calculate the absorptive part of 1-loop vacuum polarisation tensor in the weak field limit ($eB < m^2$). Estimates of the absorption probability are also made for different physical conditions of the background medium., Comment: 9 Pages. One figure. LaTeX
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33. Challenges experienced by rural women in India living with AIDS and implications for the delivery of HIV/AIDS care.
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Nyamathi, Adeline M, Sinha, Sanjeev, Ganguly, Kalyan K, William, Ravi Raj, Heravian, Anisa, Ramakrishnan, Padma, Greengold, Barbara, Ekstrand, Maria, and Rao, Pantangi Venkata Rama
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Humans ,HIV Infections ,Anti-HIV Agents ,Focus Groups ,Health Knowledge ,Attitudes ,Practice ,Patient Compliance ,Stereotyping ,Qualitative Research ,Privacy ,Social Support ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Adult ,Middle Aged ,Rural Population ,Primary Health Care ,Delivery of Health Care ,Health Services Accessibility ,India ,Female ,Interviews as Topic ,Community-Based Participatory Research ,Young Adult ,Health Knowledge ,Attitudes ,Practice ,Public Health ,Nursing ,Public Health and Health Services - Abstract
Researchers explored the barriers to AIDS care for rural women living with AIDS, and they investigated alternative delivery models to increase the women's adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Community-based participatory research focus groups were conducted by the researchers with a convenience sample of 39 women living with AIDS from a primary health center (PHC) near Chennai, India, and with nurses, physicians, and Accredited Social Health Activists (Ashas), who are lay health care workers. The most prevalent barriers expressed by the women were sickness-related, psychological, financial issues with childcare, and distance, or transportation to the site. Women living with AIDS reviewed Ashas favorably.
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34. Faraday effect : a field theoretical point of view
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Ganguly, Avijit K., Konar, Sushan, and Pal, Palash B.
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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology - Abstract
We analyze the structure of the vacuum polarization tensor in the presence of a background electromagnetic field in a medium. We use various discrete symmetries and crossing symmetry to constrain the form factors obtained for the most general case. From these symmetry arguments, we show why the vacuum polarization tensor has to be even in the background field when there is no background medium. Taking then the background field to be purely magnetic, we evaluate the vacuum polarization to linear order in it. The result shows the phenomenon of Faraday rotation, i.e., the rotation of the plane of polarization of a plane polarized light passing through this background. We find that the usual expression for Faraday rotation, which is derived for a non-degenerate plasma in the non-relativistic approximation, undergoes substantial modification if the background is degenerate and/or relativistic. We give explicit expressions for Faraday rotation in completely degenerate and ultra-relativistic media., Comment: 20 pages, Latex, uses axodraw.sty
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35. Perceptions of Women Living with AIDS in Rural India Related to the Engagement of HIV-Trained Accredited Social Health Activists for Care and Support
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Nyamathi, Adeline M, William, Ravi Raj, Ganguly, Kalyan K, Sinha, Sanjeev, Heravian, Anisa, Albarrán, Cynthia R, Thomas, Alexandra, Greengold, Barbara, Ekstrand, Maria, Ramakrishna, Padma, and Rao, Pantangi Rama
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Health Services and Systems ,Public Health ,Health Sciences ,Clinical Research ,Pediatric AIDS ,HIV/AIDS ,Pediatric ,Health Services ,Behavioral and Social Science ,Infectious Diseases ,Health and social care services research ,8.1 Organisation and delivery of services ,7.1 Individual care needs ,Management of diseases and conditions ,Generic health relevance ,Infection ,Good Health and Well Being ,accredited social health activists ,rural India ,women ,Public Health and Health Services ,Social Work ,Public health ,Social work - Abstract
A community-based participatory research study was conducted using focus groups with 39 women living with AIDS (WLA) in the rural setting of Andhra Pradesh, India. In addition, three nurses, two physicians, and five reproductive health accredited social health activists (ASHAs) took part in focus groups. The WLA offered insight into the benefits of HIV-trained ASHAs including emotional support, assistance with travel to health care providers and antiretroviral therapy medication adherence. Health care providers also identified benefits of using HIV-trained ASHAs and suggested modalities for how to train these individuals. These findings will contribute to the design of a future program of care involving HIV-trained ASHAs.
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36. Renormalisation Group Improved Thermal Coupling Constant In An External Field
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Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Theory - Abstract
Starting from renormalised Effective Lagrangian, in the presence of an external Chromo-Electric field at finite temperature, the expression for thermal coupling constant ($\alpha = (g^2)/(4 \pi)$) as a function of temperature and external field is derived, using finite temperature two parameter renormalisation group equation of Matsumoto, Nakano and Umezawa. For some values of the parameters, the coupling constant is seen to be approaching a value $\sim unity$., Comment: 12 pages, Latex, 2 figures
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37. Pre-Equilibrium Evolution of QCD Plasma :An Appraisal
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Ganguly, Avijit K.
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Nuclear Theory - Abstract
We discuss, in this review, the existing models for the production of QGP in Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions. We shall try to give a brief description of the models available for the pre-equilibrium production of QGP, ranging from soft process dominated QCD regime to the pQCD dominated regime. We also present the estimates for the initial energy density, the temperature and the thermalisation time -- available from each of these studies. Finally, we shall address the questions regarding thermalisation, color equilibration and chemical equilibration of the produced QGP in different experimental facilities., Comment: 15 pages, Latex, 3 figures
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- 1998
38. Comment on Fermionic and Bosonic Pair-creation in an External Electric Field at Finite Temperature
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Ganguly, Avijit K.
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High Energy Physics - Theory - Abstract
We show that contrary to the claim made by Hallin and Liljenberg in Phys. Rev. D52 1150,(1995), (hep-th/9412188) the thermal correction to the thermal decay or pair production rate for a system placed in a heat bath in the presence of an external electric field, is always nonzero in the finite as well as infinite time limit. Using the formalism outlined there, we reestimate the decay rate for different values of temperature, mass and time.We also try to identify the parameter ranges where the quantity of interest agrees with that computed previously, at high temperature (in the infinite time limit), from the imaginary part of the effective action using imaginary time and real time formalism of thermal field theory. We also point out that in the strictly infinite time limit, the correct decay rate as obtained from the work of Hallin et. al. tends to diverge., Comment: 8 pages, Latex, 3 postscript figures
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- 1998
39. Functional derivation of Casimir energy at non-zero temperature
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Ganguly, Avijit K. and Pal, Palash B.
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High Energy Physics - Theory ,Condensed Matter ,High Energy Physics - Phenomenology ,Quantum Physics - Abstract
Performing functional integration of the free Lagrangian, we find the vacuum energy of a field. The functional integration is performed in a way which easily generalizes to systems at non-zero temperature. We use this technique to obtain the Casimir energy density and pressure at arbitrary temperatures., Comment: 8 pages, Latex, uses epsf.sty for 1 embedded figure (some references added; no other significant change)
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- 1998
40. An Inherent Difference between Serine and Threonine Phosphorylation: Phosphothreonine Strongly Prefers a Highly Ordered, Compact, Cyclic Conformation.
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Pandey, Anil K., Ganguly, Himal K., Sinha, Sudipta Kumar, Daniels, Kelly E., Yap, Glenn P. A., Patel, Sandeep, and Zondlo, Neal J.
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- 2023
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41. Cholera prevention and control in Asian countries
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Ahmed, Mesbah Uddin, Baquilod, Mario, Deola, Claudio, Tu, Nguyen Dong, Anh, Dang Duc, Grasso, Cindy, Gautam, Anu, Hamzah, Wan Mansor, Heng, Seng, Iamsirithaworn, Sopon, Kadim, Musal, Kar, S. K., Le Thi Quynh, Mai, Lopez, Anna Lena, Lynch, Julia, Memon, Iqbal, Mengel, Martin, Long, Vu Ngoc, Pandey, Basu Dev, Quadri, Firdausi, Saadatian-Elahi, Mitra, Gupta, Sanjukta Sen, Sultan, Ashraf, Sur, Dipika, Tan, Dang Quang, Ha, Hoang Thi Thu, Hein, Nguyen Tran, Lan, Phan Trong, Upreti, Shyam Raj, Endtz, Hubert, Ganguly, N. K., Legros, Dominique, Picot, Valentina, and Nair, G. Balakrish
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- 2018
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42. Phosphorylation-Competent Metastable State of Escherichia coli Toxin HipA.
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Pandey, Bhawna, Sinha, Krishnendu, Dev, Aditya, Ganguly, Himal K., Polley, Smarajit, Chakrabarty, Suman, and Basu, Gautam
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- 2023
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43. Impact of an Asha Intervention on Depressive Symptoms among Rural Women Living with AIDS in India: Comparison of the Asha-Life and Usual Care Program
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Nyamathi, Adeline, Salem, Benissa E., Meyer, Visha, Ganguly, Kalyan K., Sinha, Sanjeev, and Ramakrishnan, Padma
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The purpose of this randomized pilot study is to conduct an intervention with 68 rural women living with AIDS to compare the effectiveness of two different programs on depressive symptoms. The trial was designed to assess the impact of the Asha-Life intervention engaging with an HIV-trained village woman, Asha (Accredited Social Health Activist), to participate in the care of women living with AIDS (WLA), along with other health care providers compared to a Usual Care group. Two high prevalence HIV/AIDS villages in rural Andhra Pradesh, which were demographically alike and served by distinct Public Health Centers, were selected randomly from a total of 16 villages. The findings of this study demonstrated that the Asha-Life participants significantly reduced their depressive symptom scores compared to the Usual Care participants. Moreover, women living with AIDS who demonstrated higher depressive symptom scores at baseline had greater reduction in their depressive symptoms than women with lower scores.
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44. An International Basic Science and Clinical Research Summer Program for Medical Students
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Ramjiawan, Bram, Pierce, Grant N., Anindo, Mohammad Iffat Kabir, AlKukhun, Abedalrazaq, Alshammari, Abdullah, Chamsi, Ahmad Talal, Abousaleh, Mohannad, Alkhani, Anas, and Ganguly, Pallab K.
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An important part of training the next generation of physicians is ensuring that they are exposed to the integral role that research plays in improving medical treatment. However, medical students often do not have sufficient time to be trained to carry out any projects in biomedical and clinical research. Many medical students also fail to understand and grasp translational research as an important concept today. In addition, since medical training is often an international affair whereby a medical student/resident/fellow will likely train in many different countries during his/her early training years, it is important to provide a learning environment whereby a young medical student experiences the unique challenges and value of an international educational experience. This article describes a program that bridges the gap between the basic and clinical research concepts in a unique international educational experience. After completing two semester curricula at Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, six medical students undertook a summer program at St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. The program lasted for 2 mo and addressed advanced training in basic science research topics in medicine such as cell isolation, functional assessment, and molecular techniques of analysis and manipulation as well as sessions on the conduct of clinical research trials, ethics, and intellectual property management. Programs such as these are essential to provide a base from which medical students can decide if research is an attractive career choice for them during their clinical practice in subsequent years. An innovative international summer research course for medical students is necessary to cater to the needs of the medical students in the 21st century. (Contains 4 tables.)
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45. Student-Centered Integrated Anatomy Resource Sessions at Alfaisal University
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Cowan, Michele, Arain, Nasir Nisar, Assale, Tawfic Samer Abu, Assi, Abdulelah Hassan, Albar, Raed Alwai, and Ganguly, Paul K.
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Alfaisal University is a new medical school in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that matriculates eligible students directly from high school and requires them to participate in a hybrid problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum. PBL is a well-established student-centered approach, and the authors have sought to examine if a student-centered, integrated approach to learn human structures leads to positive perceptions of learning outcomes. Ten students were divided into four groups to rotate through wet and dry laboratory stations (integrated resource sessions, IRSs) that engaged them in imaging techniques, embryology, histology, gross anatomy (dissections and prosections), surface anatomy, and self-directed learning questions. All IRSs were primarily directed by students. During two second-semester organ system blocks, forty students responded to a structured questionnaire designed to poll students' perceptions of changes in their knowledge, skills, and attitudes as a result of IRS. The majority (60%) of students felt that the student-centered approach to learning enhanced their medical knowledge. Most students also felt that the IRS approach was advantageous for formulating clear learning objectives (55%) and in preparing for examinations (65%). Despite their positive feelings toward IRS, students did not view this learning approach as an adequate replacement for the knowledge gained from lectures and textbooks. Students' performance on objective structured practical examinations improved significantly for the two curricular blocks that included IRS compared with earlier non-IRS blocks. A student-centered approach to teach human structure in a hybrid PBL curriculum may enhance understanding of the basic sciences in first-year medical students. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
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46. Evaluation of Small-Group Teaching in Human Gross Anatomy in a Caribbean Medical School
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Chan, Lap Ki and Ganguly, Pallab K.
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Although there are a number of medical schools in the Caribbean islands, very few reports have come out so far in the literature regarding the efficacy of small-group teaching in them. The introduction of small-group teaching in the gross anatomy laboratory one and a half years ago at St. Matthew's University (SMU) on Grand Cayman appears to have had a significant positive impact on the academic achievement of students in anatomy. This study surveyed the responses of the students to the small-group learning method in gross anatomy at SMU using a structured questionnaire. The results show that our students prefer this small-group learning method over a completely self-directed method in the gross anatomy lab because the study materials were carefully chosen and the study objectives were demonstrated by the resource person. However, teacher-centered teaching was deliberately avoided by fostering problem-solving skills in the anatomy lab sessions. Another aim of the small-group teaching at SMU was to develop the interpersonal and communication skills of the students, which are important in their later education and career. (Contains 1 table.)
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47. Gut microbiome, gut function, and probiotics: Implications for health
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Hajela, Neerja, Ramakrishna, B. S., Nair, G. Balakrish, Abraham, Philip, Gopalan, Sarath, and Ganguly, Nirmal K.
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48. Phosphorylation-Competent Metastable State of Escherichia coliToxin HipA
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Pandey, Bhawna, Sinha, Krishnendu, Dev, Aditya, Ganguly, Himal K., Polley, Smarajit, Chakrabarty, Suman, and Basu, Gautam
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Phosphorylation is a key post-translational modification that alters the functional state of many proteins. The Escherichia colitoxin HipA, which phosphorylates glutamyl-tRNA synthetase and triggers bacterial persistence under stress, becomes inactivated upon autophosphorylation of Ser150. Interestingly, Ser150 is phosphorylation-incompetent in the crystal structure of HipA since it is deeply buried (“in-state”), although in the phosphorylated state it is solvent exposed (“out-state”). To be phosphorylated, a minor population of HipA must exist in the phosphorylation-competent “out-state” (solvent-exposed Ser150), not detected in the crystal structure of unphosphorylated HipA. Here we report a molten-globule-like intermediate of HipA at low urea (∼4 kcal/mol unstable than natively folded HipA). The intermediate is aggregation-prone, consistent with a solvent exposed Ser150 and its two flanking hydrophobic neighbors (Val/Ile) in the “out-state”. Molecular dynamics simulations showed the HipA “in–out” pathway to contain multiple free energy minima with an increasing degree of Ser150 solvent exposure with the free energy difference between the “in-state” and the metastable exposed state(s) to be ∼2–2.5 kcal/mol, with unique sets of hydrogen bonds and salt bridges associated with the metastable loop conformations. Together, the data clearly identify the existence of a phosphorylation-competent metastable state of HipA. Our results not only suggest a mechanism of HipA autophosphorylation but also add to a number of recent reports on unrelated protein systems where the common proposed mechanism for phosphorylation of buried residues is their transient exposure even without phosphorylation.
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49. SARS-CoV-2 Infection after Effects: Multi-Organ Damage through Oxygen Radicals.
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Datta, Debatosh, Singh, Rajveer, Velayutham, Ravichandiran, Bhattacharya, Arka, Ray, Ujjwayini, Dasgupta, Sarbani, Dutta, Soma, Saha, Aditi, Roy, Debabrata, Ghosh, Srinika, Arumugam, Somasundaram, Datta, Pallab, and Ganguly, N. K.
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FLOW cytometry ,ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY ,COVID-19 ,POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome ,MULTIPLE organ failure ,SUPEROXIDE dismutase ,APOPTOSIS ,RISK assessment ,REACTIVE oxygen species ,DISEASE risk factors ,DISEASE complications - Abstract
Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infection leads to two-layered pathology in time (a) immediate pathology and recovery or fatal ending and (b) long periods of remission followed by unexplained clinical expressions involving one or more systems with various clinical presentations, even leading to loss of lives. Among the common causative factors affecting nearly all organs and systems, oxygen radicals and oxygen-derived species (ROS) should rank conclusively on top. Objective: This clinical report, part of a community screening of unexplained clinical outcomes in post-COVID presentation, carries findings focusing on ROS production and possible ROS-induced damages. Materials and Methods: Flow cytometry was used to quantify the samples' total ROS, superoxide production, and apoptosis quantification. Results: Observations indicate unexplained nearly uniform enhanced ROS production in all these long COVID subjects, although clinical presentations varied from no complaints to the requirement of advanced interventions. Conclusion: Causative factors leading to raised oxygen-derived toxic intermediaries (ROS) in initiating these variable long COVID presentations are ill-understood yet possibly merit mass screenings and possible intense anti-oxidative therapy given that such antioxidant therapy through oral medications led to rapid lowering of ROS production and improvement of clinical presentations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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50. Tu1422 VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM (VTE) IN PATIENTS WITH PANCREATIC ADENOCARCINOMA (PAC): PREVALALENCE, RISK-ASSESSMENT, AND INITIATION OF AMBULATORY THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS (AT).
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Zubarik, Richard, Heffley, Jason D., Ganguly, Eric K., Tompkins, Bradley, Ades, Steven, and Holmes, Chris
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- 2024
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