(Table 1) Organic acid analyses from ODP Leg 125 interstitial waters

For the first time, short-chain organic acids are described from serpentine-associated interstitial waters. In this geologic setting, formate typically dominates the organic acid assemblage. Within the forearc setting, the organic acids are associated only with unconsolidated serpentine. Their existence may be the result of alkaline hydrolysis of ester linkages in organic matter that has been entrained in the serpentine diapir.

(Table 1) Composition of interstitial waters from ODP Leg 125 sites

Pore waters were collected from nine sites during Leg 125 of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP). The first four sites (778-781) were drilled in the Mariana forearc on and near Conical Seamount, an active serpentine "mud volcano" located about 80 km behind the trench axis and 120 km in front of the active island arc. The last five sites (782-786) were drilled in the Izu-Bonin forearc between the trench and the outer arc high. Pore waters from the five sites from both areas that penetrated serpentine silts (Sites 778,779,780,783, and 784) are discussed in detail by Mottl (this volume). Here we report analyses of the pore waters from all nine sites for Li, Rb, Sr, Ba, Mn, B, and the sulfur isotopic ratio of dissolved sulfate. Sampling methods and results of analyses for major and minor species determined aboard ship were presented by Fryer, Pearce, Stokking, et al. (1990, doi:10.2973/odp.proc.ir.125.1990).

Computer planning of stereotactic iodine-125 seed brachytherapy for recurrent malignant gliomas

At St Thomas' Hospital, we have developed a computer program on a Titan graphics supercomputer to plan the stereotactic implantation of iodine-125 seeds for the palliative treatment of recurrent malignant gliomas. Use of the Gill-Thomas-Cosman relocatable frame allows planning and surgery to be carried out at different hospitals on different days. Stereotactic computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans are performed and the images transferred to the planning computer. The head, tumour and frame fiducials are outlined on the relevant images, and a three-dimensional model generated. Structures which could interfere with the surgery or radiotherapy, such as major vessels, shunt tubing etc., can also be outlined and included in the display. Catheter target and entry points are set using a three-dimensional cursor controlled by a set of dials attached to the computer. The program calculates and displays the radiation dose distribution within the target volume for various catheter and seed arrangements. The CT co-ordinates of the fiducial rods are used to convert catheter co-ordinates from CT space to frame space and to calculate the catheter insertion angles and depths. The surgically implanted catheters are after-loaded the next day and the seeds left in place for between 4 and 6 days, giving a nominal dose of 50 Gy to the edge of the target volume. 25 patients have been treated so far.

The utility of serum CA-125 in predicting extra-uterine disease in apparent early stage endometrial cancer

Objectives: To evaluate the clinical value of pre-operative serum CA125 in predicting the presence of extra-uterine disease in patients with apparent early stage endometrial cancer. Methods: Between October 6, 2005 and June 17, 2010, 760 patients were enrolled in an international, multicentre, prospective randomized trial (LACE) comparing laparotomy with laparoscopy in the management of endometrial cancer apparently confined to the uterus. This study is based on data from 657 patients with endometrial adenocarcinoma who had a pre-operative serum CA125 value, and was undertaken to correlate pre-operative serum CA125 with final stage. Results: Using a pre-operative CA-125 cutpoint of 30U/ml was associated with the smallest misclassification error (14.5%) using a multiple cross-validation method. Median pre-operative serum CA-125 was 14U/ml, and using a cutpoint of 30U/ml, 14.9% of patients had elevated CA-125 levels. Of 98 patients with elevated CA-125 level, 36 (36.7%) had evidence of extra-uterine disease. Of the 116 patients (17.7%) with evidence of extra-uterine disease, 31.0% had elevated CA-125 level. In univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis, only pre-operative CA-125 level was found to be associated with extra-uterine spread of disease. Utilising a cutpoint of 30U/ml achieved a sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value of 31.0%, 88.5%, 36.7% and 85.7% respectively. Overall, 326/657 (49.6%) of patients had full surgical staging involving lymph node dissection. When analysis was limited to patients that had undergone full surgical staging, the outcomes remained essentially unchanged. Conclusions: Elevated CA-125 above 30U/ml in patients with apparent early stage disease is associated with a sensitivity of 31.0% and specificity of 88.5% in detecting extra-uterine disease. Pre-operative identification of this risk factor may assist to triage patients to tertiary centres and comprehensive surgical staging.

125 GeV Higgs state in the context of four generations with two Higgs doublets

We interpret the recent discovery of a 125 GeV Higgs-like state in the context of a two-Higgs-doublet model with a heavy fourth sequential generation of fermions, in which one Higgs doublet couples only to the fourth-generation fermions, while the second doublet couples to the lighter fermions of the first three families. This model is designed to accommodate the apparent heaviness of the fourth-generation fermions and to effectively address the low-energy phenomenology of a dynamical electroweak-symmetry-breaking scenario. The physical Higgs states of the model are, therefore, viewed as composites primarily of the fourth-generation fermions. We find that the lightest Higgs, h, is a good candidate for the recently discovered 125 GeV spin-zero particle, when tan beta similar to O(1), for typical fourth-generation fermion masses of M-4G = 400-600 GeV, and with a large t-t' mixing in the right-handed quark sector. This, in turn, leads to BR(t' -> th) similar to O(1), which drastically changes the t' decay pattern. We also find that, based on the current Higgs data, this two-Higgs-doublet model generically predicts an enhanced production rate (compared to the Standard Model) in the pp -> h -> tau tau channel, and reduced rates in the VV -> h -> gamma gamma and p (p) over bar /pp -> V -> hV -> Vbb channels. Finally, the heavier CP-even Higgs is excluded by the current data up to m(H) similar to 500 GeV, while the pseudoscalar state, A, can be as light as 130 GeV. These heavier Higgs states and the expected deviations from the Standard Model din some of the Higgs production channels can be further excluded or discovered with more data.

Implication of a Higgs boson at 125 GeV within the stochastic superspace framework

We revisit the issue of considering stochasticity of Grassmannian coordinates in N = 1 superspace, which was analyzed previously by Kobakhidze et al. In this stochastic supersymmetry (SUSY) framework, the soft SUSY breaking terms of the minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) such as the bilinear Higgs mixing, trilinear coupling, as well as the gaugino mass parameters are all proportional to a single mass parameter xi, a measure of supersymmetry breaking arising out of stochasticity. While a nonvanishing trilinear coupling at the high scale is a natural outcome of the framework, a favorable signature for obtaining the lighter Higgs boson mass m(h) at 125 GeV, the model produces tachyonic sleptons or staus turning to be too light. The previous analyses took Lambda, the scale at which input parameters are given, to be larger than the gauge coupling unification scale M-G in order to generate acceptable scalar masses radiatively at the electroweak scale. Still, this was inadequate for obtaining m(h) at 125 GeV. We find that Higgs at 125 GeV is highly achievable, provided we are ready to accommodate a nonvanishing scalar mass soft SUSY breaking term similar to what is done in minimal anomaly mediated SUSY breaking (AMSB) in contrast to a pure AMSB setup. Thus, the model can easily accommodate Higgs data, LHC limits of squark masses, WMAP data for dark matter relic density, flavor physics constraints, and XENON100 data. In contrast to the previous analyses, we consider Lambda = M-G, thus avoiding any ambiguities of a post-grand unified theory physics. The idea of stochastic superspace can easily be generalized to various scenarios beyond the MSSM. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.87.035022

Role of supersymmetric heavy Higgs boson production in the self-coupling measurement of 125 GeV Higgs boson at the LHC

Measurement of the self-coupling of the 125 GeV Higgs boson is one of the most crucial tasks for a high luminosity run of the LHC, and it can only be measured in the di-Higgs final state. In the minimal supersymmetric standard model, heavy CP even Higgs (H) can decay into a lighter 125 GeV Higgs boson (h) and, therefore, can influence the rate of di-Higgs production. We investigate the role of single H production in the context of measuring the self-coupling of h. We have found that the H -> hh decay can change the value of Higgs (h) self-coupling substantially, in a low tan beta regime where the mass of the heavy Higgs boson lies between 250 and 600 GeV and, depending on the parameter space, it may be seen as an enhancement of the self-coupling of the 125 GeV Higgs boson.

Status of the 98-125 GeV Higgs bosons scenario with updated LHC-8 data

In the context of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM), we discuss the possibility of the lightest Higgs boson with mass M-h = 98 GeV to be consistent with the 2.3 sigma excess observed at the LEP in the decay mode e(+)e(-) -> Zh, with h -> b (b) over bar. In the same region of the MSSM parameter space, the heavier Higgs boson (H) with mass M-H similar to 125 GeV is required to be consistent with the latest data on Higgs coupling measurements at the end of the 7 + 8 TeV LHC run with 25 fb(-1) of data. While scanning the MSSM parameter space, we impose constraints coming from flavor physics, relic density of the cold dark matter as well as direct dark matter searches. We study the possibility of observing this light Higgs boson in vector boson fusion process and associated production with W/Z-boson at the high luminosity (3000 fb(-1)) run of the 14 TeV LHC. Our analysis shows that this scenario can hardly be ruled out even at the high luminosity run of the LHC. However, the precise measurement of the Higgs signal strength ratios can play a major role to distinguish this scenario from the canonical MSSM one.

Bulk Randall-Sundrum models, electroweak precision tests, and the 125 GeV Higgs

We present up-to-date electroweak fits of various Randall-Sundrum (RS) models. We consider the bulk RS, deformed RS, and the custodial RS models. For the bulk RS case we find the lightest Kaluza-Klein (KK) mode of the gauge boson to be similar to 8 TeV, while for the custodial case it is similar to 3 TeV. The deformed model is the least fine-tuned of all which can give a good fit for KK masses < 2 TeV depending on the choice of the model parameters. We also comment on the fine-tuning in each case.

Uncooled DBR laser directly modulated at 3.125 Gb/s as athermal transmitter for low-cost WDM systems

An uncooled three-section tunable distributed Bragg reflector laser is demonstrated as an athermal transmitter for low-cost uncooled wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) systems with tight channel spacing. A ±0.02-nm thermal wavelength drift is achieved under continuous-wave operation up to 70 °C. Dynamic sidemode suppression ratio of greater than 35 dB is consistently obtained under 3.125-Gb/s direct modulation over a 20 °C-70 °C temperature range, with wavelength variation of as low as ±0.2 nm. This indicates that more than an order of magnitude reduction in coarse WDM channel spacing is possible using this source. © 2005 IEEE.

Sapientia, 1977, Vol. XXXII, nº 125 (número completo)

Contenido: Tomás D. Casares : la vida intelectual católico / Octavio N. Derisi – Universidad e integración del saber / Guillermo P. Blanco – El problema de Dios en la actualidad / Gustavo E. Ponferrada – Los fundamentos filosóficos y el ámbito del derecho : derecho natural, derecho de gentes y derecho positivo / Octavio N. Derisi – Notas acerca de la concepción realista del derecho / Carlos I. Massini – La filosofía política de Tomás Casares / Bernardino Montejano (h.) – Público y privado / Ernesto Pueyrredón / Algo más sobre el bien común / Federico Torres Lacroze

Efecto de seis tratamientos bajo riego localizado en la producción de chilote en el cultivo del maíz (Zea mays L.), variedad NB-S, a una densidad de 125 000 ptas haû

El presente trabajo de investigación se estableció en época seca entre los meses de marzo-mayo 2012, bajo sistema de riego por goteo, el experimento se realizó en los terrenos de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, la cual se encuentra ubicada en el km 12 ½ carretera norte, Managua. Sus coordenadas corresponden 12° 8' 56.52" latitud norte y 86° 9' 36.02" longitud oeste y a una altura de 56 m.s.n.m. Con el objetivo de obtener información acerca del mejoramiento de rendimiento del chilote en el cultivo del maíz a una densidad de 125,000 ptas,se fertilizo con abono completo(12-30-10) al momento de lasiembra aplicando 136.07 kg y se estudiaron la aplicación seis tratamientos nitrogenados (A=50 kg.de Nitrógeno aplicada 100% a los 21 ddg; B = 50 kg. de Nitrógeno; Aplicada 50% a los 21dds y 50 % a los 42 ddg, C=50 kg. de Nitrógeno aplicada 100% a los 42 ddg, D=100 kg. de Nitrógeno; Aplicada 100% a los 21 ddg, E=100 kg de Nitrógeno; Aplicada 50% a los 21 ddg y 50 % a los 42 ddg y el F=100 kg de Nitrógeno; Aplicada 100% a los 42 ddg ), establecidos en un diseño de bloques completamente al azar. Las variables evaluadas durante el crecimiento del cultivo fueron: altura de planta, numero de hojas y diámetro de tallo; y las variables del rendimiento de chilote y sus principales componentes fueron: altura de primera y segunda inserción, longitud del chilote con y sin bráctea, diámetro del chilote con y sin bráctea, peso del chilote con y sin bráctea y el rendimiento del chilote en kg/ha.El mayor rendimiento se obtuvo con el tratamiento E, con 6 531.26 kg. de chilote, obteniendo un beneficio neto de 40 156.92 C$. y una tasa de retorno marginal del 841.7 por ciento.

Efecto de seis tratamientos nitrogenados bajo riego localizado de 2.81 de agua/metro lineal/día en la producción de chilote en el cultivo del maíz (Zea Mays L.), variedad NB-S, a una densidad poblacional de 125,000 ptas ha-1

El presente trabajo de investigación se llevó a cabo en la época seca que va del 28 de Febrero al 9 de Mayo del año 2012, en los terrenos de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, ubicada en el municipio de Managua kilómetro 12 ½ carretera norte del departamento de Managua, teniendo su ubicación geográfica correspondiente 12º08 ́56.52 ́ ́ latitud norte y 86º09 ́36.02 ́ ́ longitud oeste y a una altura de 56 metros sobre el nivel del mar (m.s.n.m.), presentando temperaturas promedios de 28 ºC, precipitacion es promedios de 950 mm anuales y una humedad relativa promedio de 71 %. El propósito del experimento fue evaluar el efecto de seis tratamientos nitrogenados (A:50 kg ha-1 de Nitrógeno, aplicados a los 21 ddg; B:50 kg ha-1 de Nitrógeno, aplicado el 50 % de la dosis a los 21 ddg y 50 % aplicado a los 41 ddg; C: 50 kg ha-1 de Nitrógeno, aplicado el 100 % de la dosis a los 41 ddg; D: 100 kg ha-1 de Nitrógeno, aplicados a los 21 ddg; E: 100 kg ha-1 de Nitrógeno,aplicados 50 % de la dosis a los 21 ddg y 50 % de la dosis a los 41 ddg; F: 100 kg ha-1 de nitrógeno, aplicado 100 % de la dosis a los 41 ddg) bajo riego localizado (utilizado como herramienta para la mejor disolución de los nutrientes aplicados) de 2.8 litros de agua por metro lineal por día en la producción de chilote en el cultivo del maíz (Zea mays L.), variedad NB-S, a una densidad poblacional de 125 000 ptas ha-1. Aplicando una fertilización base con completo 10-30-10 (194 kg ha-1). El ensayo se estableció con un diseño experimental de bloques completos al azar (BCA), unifactorial, con 6 tratamientos y 4 repeticiones. Las variables evaluadas durante el crecimiento fueron: Altura de planta (cm), diámetro del tallo (cm), número de hojas por plantas y al momento de la cosecha del chilote fueron: Altura de la primera y segunda inserción del chilote, peso del chilote con y sin brácteas (kg), longitud del chilote con y sin brácteas (cm), diámetro del chilote con y sin bráctea en cm, y rendimiento de chilote con bráctea (Kg ha-1).A cada una de las variables evaluadas se sometió a un análisis de varianza (ANDEVA) y separación de medias por la prueba de rangos múltiples de Duncan al 5 % de confiabilidad, el análisis se ejecutó utilizando el software estadístico Infostat. De los 6 tratamientos evaluados, el tratamiento E indujo al mayor rendimiento de chilote, con una producción de 4,029.29 kg ha-1 con un beneficio neto de 16,395.89 C$ ha-1 y una tasa de retorno marginal del 317.26 por ciento.