Lieb's Theorem and Maximum Entropy Condensates

Coherent driving has established itself as a powerful tool for guiding a many-body quantum system into a desirable, coherent non-equilibrium state. A thermodynamically large system will, however, almost always saturate to a featureless infinite temperature state under continuous driving and so the optical manipulation of many-body systems is considered feasible only if a transient, prethermal regime exists, where heating is suppressed. Here we show that, counterintuitively, in a broad class of lattices Floquet heating can actually be an advantageous effect. Specifically, we prove that the maximum entropy steady states which form upon driving the ground state of the Hubbard model on unbalanced bi-partite lattices possess uniform off-diagonal long-range order which remains finite even in the thermodynamic limit. This creation of a `hot' condensate can occur on any driven unbalanced lattice and provides an understanding of how heating can, at the macroscopic level, expose and alter the order in a quantum system. We discuss implications for recent experiments observing emergent superconductivity in photoexcited materials.

Properties of Biocomposites Produced with Thermoplastic Starch and Digestate: Physicochemical and Mechanical Characteristics

This paper presents the results of a study on the influence of the addition of digestate (DG) sludge from an agricultural biogas plant on the mechanical properties of the coating obtained from thermoplastic starch (TPS). The dried, fragmented digestate, some of which had previously undergone ultrasound treatment, is used in the study. Biocomposites are produced by the pouring method using Teflon moulds as matrices. The physicomechanical study included the determination of the basic parameters of the materials obtained. Strength parameters, the contact angle, thermogravimetric properties (TGA), colour and colour difference and moisture absorption are determined. Photographs of the surface of the samples are taken with a scanning electron microscope (SEM) as well. It is found that the addition of the digestate has an advantageous effect on improving the physical and mechanical parameters. In general, samples with digestate also have a higher strength compared to the pure TPS material. The highest tensile strength and Young’s modulus are found in samples with the 14 wt.% addition of ultrasound-treated digestate. On the basis of this study, it can be concluded that the addition of digestate is a promising approach for the production of TPS biocomposites with superior mechanical properties.

Micro-Physiological-Systems enable investigation of hypoxia induced pathological processes in human aortic valve cells and tissues

Aortic valve (AV) stenosis is characterized by tissue fibrosis and calcification. Fibrous thickening can result in reduced tissue oxygen supply leading to pathological valvular interstitial cell (VIC) differentiation and calcification. Static 2D VIC cultures and animal models are limited in the ability to reflect human AV calcification. Culturing of VICs in micro-physiological-systems (MPS) in a pulsatile flow and the establishment of a modular AV tissue incubation chamber (TIC) are new approaches to evaluate pathophysiological processes of AV disease. Therefore, a MPS able to adjust hypoxic conditions was applied for VIC culture. A significant increase of mRNA-expression of EGLN1 and HIF1α- regulated LDHA and HIF1α nuclear localisation were proven under hypoxia. AV tissue culture was established within a TIC and viability was monitored by Resazurin-reduction in the incubation medium and visualized by LDH-activity in tissue cryosections. Viability was compared between fluid and static incubated tissues revealing an advantageous effect of the fluidic assay condition. Consecutively, the application of MPS in AV research allows i) the investigation of VIC cultures with efficient oxygen regulation and ii) the culture of porcine or human AV tissues preserving viability and specifically reflecting in vivo parameters. These methods open up new possibilities beyond static 2D culture and facilitate a reduction of animal experiments in AV research.

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 AND MUCORMYCOSIS A GLOBAL THREAT: A SYSTEMIC REVIEW

Objectives: According to the recent studies, it is seen that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is associated with many bacterial and fungal infections. In case of COVID-19 patients, diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) are the prime risk factors and during the course of treatment, patients develop secondary fungal infections like mucormycosis. We conducted a systemic review of the present scenario and tried to evaluate the association of mucormycosis with COVID-19. Methods: We searched articles related to the COVID-19 associated mucormycosis, in PubMed, IndMed, and Cochrane Library. We conducted a meta-analysis on the basis of systemically reviewed all articles which reported COVID-19 associated with mucormycosis. We analyzed comorbidity, treatment, and outcome of patients in association with COVID-19 and mucormycosis. Results: We found a total of 196 articles based on mucormycosis, out of which only 25 were selected on the basis of our inclusion and exclusion criteria. 71 cases were found and most of the cases were from India and USA. We also found that it was more prevalent among male patients and patients with DM, and in association with HTN. Conclusion: It is seen from the studies that patients already suffering from DM and HTN when infected with coronavirus are most likely to develop mucormycosis. Treatment of latent DM, prediabetic patients, conversely, that efforts to diagnose, detect, and treat DM may have a beneficial influence in the treatment of secondary fungal infections like mucormycosis. Finding out all the cases of DM and treatment of DM can carry out an advantageous effect in all patients suffering from COVID-19.

The Mediterranean and Nordic Diet: A Review of Differences and Similarities of Two Sustainable, Health-Promoting Dietary Patterns

The Mediterranean diet (MD) and the Nordic diet (ND) share more similarities than differences. Both diets are based on typical local and seasonal foods, share similar nutritional recommendations based on plant-based dietary principles, and are both now orienting toward environmental protection and sustainability. The main difference between the two diets is the primary fat source. Olive oil is the synonym for MD while the ND uses more rapeseed/canola oil. While longitudinal epidemiological studies support adherence to MD as a way to prevent chronic diseases, ND still needs more such studies because the current results are discrepant. Notably, studies that assessed the association between both diets and lower risks of chronic diseases, disability, and mortality from specific and all causes, implied that ND could also have an advantageous effect as MD. Hopefully, there will be more longitudinal and large prospective studies in the future that will provide more evidence-based recommendations.

El gravamen del 9 % sobre el «ilícito comercio» en Canarias durante la primera mitad del s. xviii, 1708-1731

Philip V's advisers aware of the importance of trade during the war of the Spanish Succession, they managed to grant a pardon to the prohibition of commercializing with genres of warring nations. To enjoy pardons, traders had to pay a tax or duty on goods, mainly english, imported into their own ships, friends and neutrals. In Andalusian ports the so-called levy on illicit trade ranged from 7 to 10 %, and in the Canary Islands it was initially and fleetingly 15 %, to stabilize at 9%. In the Islands, before 9 %, Captain General Gon-zález Otazo implemented in 1704 and to his advantage two taxes that taxed traffic with England. The work analyses the innovative imposition in the first half of the eighteenth century, the most advantageous effect of which was the possibility of exporting malvasia wine to the North on the ships themselves that brought English clothing and supplies.

Oral Disintegrating Tablets – An Updated Patent Perspective

Abstract:: Current development in drug delivery system has been employed with an endeavour of enhancing the bioavailability, mask the taste of drug, rapid onset of action and improve patient compliance. An alternative approach of conventional dosage form is being employed to triumph over all these issues named as Orodispersible system. Over past three decades this novel dosage form gain a considerable attention as compared to other conventional solid dosage form such as tablet and capsules. ODTs dissolved or disintegrate within few seconds to a minute when put on the tongue, without need of water. ODT has an advantageous effect on paediatrics and geriatrics patients with dysphagia. Over the last decade, widespread advances in the formulation of ODTs have been executed in academia and industry that resulted in the emerging of a large number of patents. Products developed from ODT mechanics launched in the market in the 1980s, have grown bit by bit in demand and their product are rapidly escalating. Expanding in the technology forum for industrialized these systems include the use of lyophilization, cotton candy, sublimation, melt extrusion and direct compression in addition the conventional wet granulation processes and patent techniques. The present study focused on non-patent and patent citations concerning to ODT along with active ingredients, technique used and results of the innovations.

Entertainment Education as a Means to Reduce Anti-Muslim Prejudice – For Whom Does It Work Best?

The present research aimed to replicate and extend findings by Murrar and Brauer (2018) , who demonstrated that an entertainment education intervention (a music video) effectively reduced US residents’ anti-Muslim prejudice. Using a German sample ( N = 203), we confirmed that watching the video significantly reduced recipients’ prejudice toward Muslims compared to a control condition and two alternative interventions. Unlike in Murrar and Brauer, however, the intervention’s advantageous effect was driven by recipients’ feelings of intergroup anxiety and perceptions of outgroup malleability rather than their identification with Muslims. Extending Murrar and Brauer’s findings, our results also suggest for whom entertainment education interventions may work best, namely for recipients high in right-wing authoritarianism. The findings’ theoretical and practical implications are discussed.