Unifying approaches: derivation of Balitsky hierarchy from the Lipatov effective action

We consider a derivation of the hierarchy of correlators of ordered exponentials directly from the Lipatov’s effective action (Lipatov in Nucl Phys B 452:369, 1995; Phys Rep 286:131, 1997; Subnucl Ser 49:131, 2013; Int J Mod Phys Conf Ser 39: 1560082, 2015; Int J Mod Phys A 31(28/29):1645011, 2016; EPJ Web Conf 125: 01010, 2016) formulated in terms of interacting ordered exponentials (Bondarenko and Zubkov in Eur Phys J C 78(8), 617 2018; Bondarenko et al. in Eur Phys J C 81(7):61, 2021). The derivation of the Balitsky equation (Balitsky in Nucl Phys B 463:99, 1996; Phys Rev D 60:014020, 1999; At the frontier of particle physics, vol. 2, p. 1237–1342; Nucl Phys B 629:290, 2002; Phys Rev D 72:074027, 2005) from the hierarchy is discussed as well as the way the sub-leading eikonal corrections to the Balitsky equation arise from the transverse field contribution and sub-leading eikonal corrections to the quark propagator. We outline other possible applications of the proposed calculation scheme.

Assessment and Adoption of Tomato Charcoal Cooler Storage Bin for Farmers in The Tropics

The study tends to study the postharvest technological evaluation of different tomato storage environments/media for domestic preservation of fresh and fleshy tomato quality to improve its shelf life with emphasis on charcoal cooler storage bin (CCB). It involved the preliminary investigation of farmers’ knowledge and skill with regard to tomato preservation and storage with different tomato storage environments, adoption of developed CCB: design capacity was 40kg/batch storage for 7days in Nsukka. These were conducted between April to September, 2019. The field studies were carried out through structured questionnaire to know the adaptive knowledge and skill of farmers with regard to tomato preservation and storage. Comparative study of the developed CCB with other environmental storage conditions namely: open-air (ambient) storage (OAS), refrigerator (RF), freezer (FR), (room) laboratory storage (LS), and thatched house storage (THS) were carried out. The four varieties of fresh and fleshy harvested tomato fruits: Copra, Nindo F1, Yolings, and UTC locally cultivated were set into the 6 treatments (media), each treatment was replicated twice. The study showed that the quality attributes such as cracking, yellowing, weight loss, rottening, hardness, and brix value were determined. Based on the physicomechanical parameters of the tomatoes under seven days investigation, FR (0 °C,95%) and RF (10 °C, 85%) had better quality and prolonged shelf life, followed closely by the tomato CCB storage (12 °C,85%) and THS(12 °C,78%) then LS(25 °C,78%) and OAS(30 °C,78%). FR storage inhibited/delayed (cold stress) ripening with minimum weight loss, as compared to the other treatments in terms of stability in all parameters. Similarly, CCB was close to RF storage and performed significantly better than ambient OAS and LS. OAS and LS exhibited higher weight loss, and rapid ripening to deterioration due to tropical temperature and relative humidity fluctuation. Therefore, CCB is recommended for rural small scale farmers.

Association of GH gene polymorphism with growth and semen traits in rabbits

<p>Although growth hormone (<em>GH</em>) gene mutations are described in several species, the studies concerning their variabilities and associations with economic traits in rabbits are scarce, particularly associations with semen traits. A total of 149 rabbit bucks from five populations (V-line=36, Moshtohor line=28, APRI line=42, cross ½A½M=23, and Gabali=20) were used in the present study to identify polymorphism of c.-78 C&gt;T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of <em>GH</em> gene among these populations and to investigate the association of <em>GH</em> gene polymorphism with body weight (BW), daily weight gain (DG) and semen traits. DNA was extracted from blood samples for genotyping of c.-78 C&gt;T SNP of <em>GH</em> gene based on polymerase chain reaction with the restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique. The genetic diversity of SNP C&gt;T of <em>GH</em> gene was assessed in terms of genotypic and allelic frequencies, effective number of alleles (Ne), observed (Ho) and expected (He) heterozygosity, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), reduction in heterozygosity due to inbreeding (F_IS) and polymorphism information content (PIC). Three genotypes of TT, CC and TC of PCR product of 231 bp of <em>GH</em> gene were detected and all the populations were in HWE in terms of <em>GH</em> gene. The highest Ne was obtained for the Moshtohor line (1.978), while the lowest allelic numbers were obtained for V-line (1.715) and Gabali breed (1.800). The highest genotype frequency of <em>GH</em> gene was 0.48 in TT genotype of V-line, 0.21 in CC genotype of Moshtohor line, 0.67 and 0.56 in TC genotype of ½A½M and Gabali rabbits (<em>P</em>&lt;0.05). The highest frequency for C allele was recorded by Moshtohor line (0.45) and the lowest frequency by Gabali (0.32). The genetic diversity scores for <em>GH</em> gene were intermediate (Ho=0.551, He=0.471, PIC=0.358). The values of Ho ranged from 0.444 in V-line to 0.667 in ½A½M cross, while the values of He were 0.425 in V-line and 0.508 in Moshtohor line. The values of PIC were moderate and ranged from 0.332 in V-line to 0.375 in M-line. The highest F_IS was observed in Moshtohor line (0.042) and the lowest value was observed in ½A½M cross (–0.413). The CT genotype of <em>GH</em> gene showed the highest and significant values for body weights at 4, 8, 10 and 12 wk (542, 1131, 1465 and 1861 g) and daily gains at intervals of 4-6 and 8-10 wk (23.1 and 26.5 g). Additionally, the CT genotype recorded the highest and significant values for volume of ejaculate (1.1 mL), sperm motility (57.6%), live sperm (85.6%), normal sperm (93.1%) and sperm concentration in semen (611×106/mL), along with the lowest and significant values for dead sperms (14.4%) and abnormal sperms (6.9%).</p>

A randomized, prospective trial to assess the safety and efficacy of hilotherapy in patients after orthognathic surgery

Purpose A post-operative cooling method in oral and maxillofacial surgery is the cooling with hilotherapy. The aim of this study was the post-operative comparison of cooling temperatures of 18°C and 22°C. The parameters of this trial were swelling and the post-operative pain levels. Methods This study included 156 patients, divided into two groups among whom a mono-one, bignathic osteotomy or genioplasty was indicated. The post-operative assessment of swelling was performed using a 3D optical scanner. This examination was repeated on post-operative days 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 30, and 90. The examination on day 90 served as a reference value in respect of swelling and pain. Results Group 1 (18°C, 78 patients) showed an increase in post-operative swelling on the 1st post-OP day of 52.06 ± 35.41ml. The maximum was reached on the 2nd post-OP day with 75.82 ± 38.97ml. On the 30th post-OP day, residual swelling measured 11.60 ± 12.62ml. Group 2 (22 °C, 78 patients) showed an increase in postoperative swelling on the 1st post-OP day of 76.07 ± 63.15ml. The maximum was reached on the 2nd post-OP day with 106.97 ± 69.63 ml. On the 30th post-OP day, residual swelling measured 14.36 ± 32.26ml. The differences between the two groups and between different visits were statistically significant. Conclusion The study results indicate less residual swelling in group 1 on the 30th post-OP day, possible based on the lower cooling temperature. The post-operative pain exhibits a comparable level of pain intensity between the two groups. In overall terms, a subjectively more agreeable treatment was observed in group 1.

Note on Tsallis holographic dark energy in Brans–Dicke cosmology

In this paper, we have investigated that the power law variation of Brans–Dicke scalar field $$(\phi )$$ ( ϕ ) with scale factor (a) is not validated by field equations in general for the Universe filled with dark matter and Tsallis type holographic dark energy. However, for specific choice of free parameters $$(\omega = -\frac{3}{2}$$ ( ω = - 3 2 and $$n = -1)$$ n = - 1 ) which are differ from its values fixed in Ghaffari et al. (Eur Phys J C 78:706, 2018) to describe various physical properties of the Universe in derived model, the power law variation of $$\phi $$ ϕ with a leads to consistent results. Further, we notice that the energy conservation law for Tsallis holographic dark energy in Brans–Dicke gravity does not hold.

Mesozoic Paleo-Pacific Subduction Beneath SW Borneo: U-Pb Geochronology of the Schwaner Granitoids and the Pinoh Metamorphic Group

The Schwaner Mountains in southwestern Borneo form a large igneous province with a complex magmatic history and poorly known tectonic history. Previously it was known that Cretaceous granitoids intruded metamorphic rocks of the Pinoh Metamorphic Group assumed to be of Paleozoic age. Jurassic granitoids had been reported from the southern Schwaner Mountains. Most ages were based on K-Ar dating. We present new geochemistry, zircon U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar age data from igneous and metamorphic rocks from the Schwaner Mountains to investigate their tectono-magmatic histories. We subdivide the Schwaner Mountains into three different zones which record rifting, subduction-related and post-collisional magmatism. The Northwest Schwaner Zone (NWSZ) is part of the West Borneo Block which in the Triassic was within the Sundaland margin. It records Triassic to Jurassic magmatism during early Paleo-Pacific subduction. In contrast, the North Schwaner Zone (NSZ) and South Schwaner Zone (SSZ) are part of the SW Borneo (Banda) Block that separated from NW Australia in the Jurassic. Jurassic granitoids in the SSZ are within-plate (A-type) granites interpreted to have formed during rifting. The SW Borneo (Banda) Block collided with eastern Sundaland at c. 135 Ma. Following this, large I-type granitoid plutons and arc volcanics formed in the NWSZ and NSZ between c. 90 and 132 Ma, associated with Cretaceous Paleo-Pacific subduction. The largest intrusion is the c. 110 to 120 Ma Sepauk Tonalite. After collision of the East Java-West Sulawesi (Argo) Block, subduction ceased and post-collisional magmatism produced the c. 78 to 85 Ma Sukadana Granite and the A-type 72 Ma Sangiyang Granite in the SSZ. Rocks of the Pinoh Metamorphic Group mainly exposed in the NSZ, previously assumed to represent Paleozoic basement, contain abundant Early Cretaceous (110 to 135 Ma) zircons. They are interpreted as volcaniclastic sediments that formed contemporaneously with subduction-related volcanic rocks of the NSZ subsequently metamorphosed during intrusion of Cretaceous granitoids. There are no igneous rocks older than Cretaceous in the NSZ and older than Jurassic in the SSZ and there is no evidence for a continuation of a Triassic volcanic arc crossing Borneo from Sundaland to the east.

A systematic study on α-decay chains of superheavy nuclei, Z = 126 & 138

The [Formula: see text]-decay chain of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is studied using cubic plus proximity potential with improved transfer matrix (CPP-ITM) model. The nuclear mass models DD-PC1, WS4, WS3.3 are employed to evaluate the [Formula: see text]-decay energies. Thus calculated [Formula: see text]-decay half-lives and decay chain lengths are found to be in good agreement with other theoretical formalisms. The spontaneous fission (SF) half-lives are calculated using the formalism of Xu et al. [Phys. Rev. C 71 (2005) 014309; Phys. Rev. C 78 (2008) 044329] to have a vision on the possible decay modes and decay chain lengths, and the most probable decay chains associated with the isotopes of [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]. This paper unveils the mass region that survives fission and also predict the long [Formula: see text]-decay chains of [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] emitting 6[Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] emit 5[Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] 4[Formula: see text] particles, while for [Formula: see text] chains will have [Formula: see text] emission. The SF for [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] occur at [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. These current predictions may pave way to detect/synthesize the most probable isotopes of the superheavy elements [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] in the laboratory through future experiments.

DETERMINAÇÃO DO PERFIL BIOQUÍMICO DE RATOS SUBMETIDOS A ACUPUNTURA E LASER ACUPUNTURA NOS PONTOS ZUSANLI E YINTANG

Terapias complementares, como acupuntura e laser acupuntura, têm se destacado na prática médica devido as recomendações da Organização Mundial da Saúde (OMS), uma vez que essas terapias apresentam efeitos orgânicos positivos. Objetivo comparar acupuntura e laser acupuntura nos acupontos E36 (Zusanli) e EX3 (Yintang) no perfil lipídico e glicêmico em ratos em jejum e sem jejum, bem como nos níveis séricos de cortisona. Ratos Wistar foram divididos em dois grupos (com jejum e sem jejum) e mantidos em biotério com ciclo claro-escuro (12-12 horas), temperatura controlada (22 ± 2 ° C) e livre acesso à água e comida. Os animais permaneceram no laboratório de bioquímica por um período de 1 h para aclimatação. Verificou-se que a laser acupuntura no grupo sem jejum houve aumento significativo nos níveis de colesterol total (CT, 32%) em relação ao controle e acupuntura, HDL-colesterol (HDL-c, 78%) e glicose (18%) apenas ao controle; no grupo com jejum a terapia com laser acupuntura foi observado um aumento significativo no CT e no HDL-c (38 e 39%, respectivamente) e uma diminuição significativa nos níveis séricos de cortisol (30%), todos em relação ao controle. O presente estudo demonstrou respostas significativas com o tratamento a laser nos acupontos E36 (Zusanli) e EX3 (Yintang), quando comparados aos grupos acupuntura e controle. Os presentes achados reforçam a hipótese de que as terapias complementares têm efeitos significativos que podem beneficiar o paciente e devem, portanto, ser estimuladas sempre que possível.