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Higher Order Moments of the Angular Distribution of Galaxies from Early Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data

We present initial results for counts in cell statistics of the angular distribution of galaxies in early data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We analyze a rectangular stripe 2. °5 wide, covering approximately 160 deg2, containing over 106 galaxies in the apparent magnitude range 18 < r′ < 22, with areas of bad seeing, contamination from bright stars, ghosts, and high galactic extinction masked out. This survey region, which forms part of the SDSS early data release, is the same as that for which two-point angular clustering statistics have recently been computed. The third and fourth moments of the cell counts, s3 (skewness) and s4 (kurtosis), constitute the most accurate measurements to date of these quantities (for r′ < 21) over angular scales 0. °015-0. °3. They display the approximate hierarchical scaling expected from nonlinear structure formation models and are in reasonable agreement with the predictions of Λ-dominated cold dark matter models with galaxy biasing that suppresses higher order correlations at small scales. The results are, in general, consistent with previous measurements in the APM, EDSGC, and Deeprange surveys. These results suggest that the SDSS imaging data are free of systematics to a high degree and will therefore enable determination of the skewness and kurtosis to 1% and less then 10%, as predicted earlier.
The accretion flow in the discless intermediate polar V2400 Ophiuchi

ABSTRA C T RXTE observations confirm that the X-ray light curve of V2400 Oph is pulsed at the beat cycle, as expected in a discless intermediate polar. There are no X-ray modulations at the orbital or spin cycles, but optical line profiles vary with all three cycles. We construct a model for line-profile variations in a discless accretor, based on the idea that the accretion stream flips from one magnetic pole to the other, and show that this accounts for the observed behaviour over the spin and beat cycles. The minimal variability over the orbital cycle implies that (1) V2400 Oph is at an inclination of only <108, and (2) much of the accretion flow is not in a coherent stream, but is circling the white dwarf, possibly as a ring of denser, diamagnetic blobs. We discuss the light that this sheds on disc formation in intermediate polars.
3D perturbations in an isothermal self-similar flow

We explore three-dimensional (3D) isothermal perturbation structures in a non-linear dynamic background of self-gravitating isothermal radial flow with spherical symmetry. The overall flow then appears quasi-spherically symmetric. Here, the dynamic background radial flow describes a self-similar evolution with a central/final free-fall asymptotic solution and a faraway/initial flow but without involving the sonic critical line (SCL). As transients peter out, 3D perturbations can consistently emerge and evolve in a self-similar manner with angular variations separated out in terms of spherical harmonics and with x = r/(at) as the independent self-similar variable where r, t and a are the radius, time and isothermal sound speed, respectively. Independent asymptotic perturbation solutions in large and small x regimes are derived analytically. Global 3D perturbation solutions are constructed numerically for sensible asymptotic solutions. The fifth-order perturbation equations have solutions of four curl-free modes and one vortex mode, with the former identified as multipole and antimultipole modes, P 1 and P 2 modes, respectively. Of the five solutions, four are of potential astrophysical interest and can be utilized for benchmarking numerical codes and simulation results. Our results show that perturbations may or may not grow in a free-fall manner, depending on initial perturbations in mass and velocity distribution. We also find that vortex mode can be converted to other modes during a collapse, and in the l = 1 case, mode conversion will serve to produce a gravitational dipole. For self-similar solutions characterized by envelope expansion with core collapse (EECC), global 3D isothermal perturbation configurations can also be constructed.
The Extended Star Formation History of the Andromeda Spheroid at 21 kpc on the Minor Axis

Using the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys, we have obtained deep optical images of a southeast minor-axis field in the Andromeda galaxy, 21 kpc from the nucleus. In both star counts and metallicity, this field represents a transition zone between the metal-rich, highly disturbed inner spheroid that dominates within 15 kpc and the metal-poor, diffuse population that dominates beyond 30 kpc. The color-magnitude diagram reaches well below the oldest main-sequence turnoff in the population, allowing a reconstruction of the star formation history in this field. Compared to the spheroid population at 11 kpc, the population at 21 kpc is ~1.3 Gyr older and ~0.2 dex more metal-poor, on average. However, like the population at 11 kpc, the population at 21 kpc exhibits an extended star formation history; one third of the stars are younger than 10 Gyr, although only a few percent are younger than 8 Gyr. The relatively wide range of metallicity and age is inconsistent with a single, rapid star formation episode and instead suggests that the spheroid even at 21 kpc is dominated by the debris of earlier merging events likely occurring more than 8 Gyr ago.
Dissipative Universe-Inflation with Soft Singularity

We investigate the early-time accelerated universe after the Big Bang. We pay attention to the dissipative properties of the inflationary universe in the presence of a soft type singularity, making use of the parameters of the generalized equation of state of the fluid. Flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric is being used. We consider cosmological models leading to the so-called type IV singular inflation. Our obtained theoretical results are compared with observational data from the Planck satellite. The theoretical predictions for the spectral index turn out to be in agreement with the data, while for the scalar-to tensor ratio there are minor deviations.
Laser ablation of dielectrics with pulse durations between 20 fs and 3 ps

Laser‐induced ablation has been extended down to a pulse duration of 20 fs generated by a Ti sapphire laser system at a wavelength of 780 nm. Barium aluminum borosilicate glass with an extremely high glass transformation temperature (∼600 °C) served as target material. The most significant observation was a substantial decrease of the ablation threshold fluence at pulse durations below 100 fs. All results indicate a dominant role of multiphoton absorption in addition to collisional ionization in this time domain.
Generalized hypergeometric series

This also gives in the paper T. H. Koornwinder, Orthogonal polynomials with weight function (1− x)α(1 + x)β + Mδ(x + 1) + Nδ(x− 1), Canad. Math. Bull. 27 (1984), 205–214 the identitity (2.5) with N = 0 and formulas (5.3), (5.4) substituted. p.95, §10.4, formula (7): second line: replace in denominator (v + n− 1)(w + n− 1) by Γ(v + n− 1)Γ(w + n− 1); third line: replace in denominator Γ(v + n− 1) by (v + n− 1); fifth line: replace in denominator Γ(w + n− 1) by (w + n− 1).
Intrinsic Hall response of the CuO 2 planes in a chain-plane composite system of YBa 2 Cu 3 O y

The Hall coefficient is measured in YBa 2 Cu 3 O y untwinned single crystals for a wide range of doping. We show that the Hall conductivity and the Hall angle of the CuO 2 planes in YBa 2 Cu 3 O y can be extracted from measurable transport properties regardless of the conduction of the Cu-O chains and the in-plane anisotropy of the CuO 2 planes. The present analysis allows us to discuss the genuine Hall effect in the CuO 2 planes alone in YBa 2 Cu 3 O y without any complications due to the Cu-O chains.
The Central Regions of M81

High–angular resolution near-infrared images obtained with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope adaptive optics system are combined with archival Hubble Space Telescope data to investigate the central regions of the nearby Sb galaxy M81 (NGC 3031). The spectral-energy distribution of the circumnuclear region, which extends out to 1. ″5 (∼24 pc if μ0 = 27.5) from the nucleus, can be modeled as a combination of an old metal-rich population and emission from hot dust. Thermal emission, which has been attributed to hot dust, has been detected near other active galactic nuclei, and simple models indicate that hot dust can account for ∼20% of the light in K within 0. ″5 of the M81 nucleus. An elongated structure with MV ∼ -7, which may be an area of active star formation, is detected 0. ″45 from the nucleus. At distances in excess of 1. ″5 from the nucleus, the J-K color of the M81 bulge is not significantly different from what is seen in M31. The HST data are also used to search for bright globular clusters within 2 kpc of the center of M81. The area within 0.26 kpc of the M81 nucleus is largely devoid of bright globular clusters, in agreement with what is seen in the central regions of the Galaxy and M31. However, our survey indicates that there may be ∼45 ± 12 globular cluster candidates with MV ≤ -7 within 2 kpc of the galaxy center, which is consistent with what would be infrared from the Milky Way cluster system after adjusting for differences in the total number of clusters.
Asymptotic comparison at optimal levels of reduced‐bias extreme value index estimators

In this article we are interested in the asymptotic comparison, at optimal levels, of a set of semi‐parametric reduced‐bias extreme value (EV) index estimators, valid for a wide class of heavy‐tailed models, underlying the available data. Again, as in the classical case, there is not any estimator that can always dominate the alternatives, but interesting clear‐cut patterns are found. Consequently, and in practice, a suitable choice of a set of EV index estimators will jointly enable us to better estimate the EV index γ, the primary parameter of extreme events.
Stably stratified exact coherent structures in shear flow: the effect of Prandtl number

We examine how known unstable equilibria of the Navier–Stokes equations in plane Couette flow adapt to the presence of an imposed stable density difference between the two boundaries for varying values of the Prandtl number $Pr$ , the ratio of viscosity to density diffusivity and fixed moderate Reynolds number, $Re=400$ . In the two asymptotic limits $Pr\rightarrow 0$ and $Pr\rightarrow \infty$ , it is found that such solutions exist at arbitrarily high bulk stratification but for different physical reasons. In the $Pr\rightarrow 0$ limit, density variations away from a constant stable density gradient become vanishingly small as diffusion of density dominates over advection, allowing equilibria to exist for bulk Richardson number $\mathit{Ri}_{b}\lesssim O(Re^{-2}Pr^{-1})$ . Alternatively, at high Prandtl numbers, density becomes homogenised in the interior by the dominant advection which creates strongly stable stratified boundary layers that recede into the wall as $Pr\rightarrow \infty$ . In this scenario, the density stratification and the flow essentially decouple, thereby mitigating the effect of increasing $\mathit{Ri}_{b}$ . An asymptotic analysis is presented in the passive scalar regime $\mathit{Ri}_{b}\lesssim O(Re^{-2})$ , which reveals $O(Pr^{-1/3})$ -thick stratified boundary layers with $O(Pr^{-2/9})$ -wide eruptions, giving rise to density fingers of $O(Pr^{-1/9})$ length and $O(Pr^{-4/9})$ width that invade an otherwise homogeneous interior. Finally, increasing $Re$ to $10^{5}$ in this regime reveals that interior stably stratified density layers can form away from the boundaries, separating well-mixed regions.
Nitrogen isotope fractionation in protoplanetary disks

Aims. The two stable isotopes of nitrogen, 14N and 15N, exhibit a range of abundance ratios both inside and outside the solar system. The elemental ratio in the solar neighborhood is 440. Recent ALMA observations showed HCN/HC15N ratios from 83 to 156 in six T Tauri and Herbig disks and a CN/C15N ratio of 323 ± 30 in one T Tauri star. We aim to determine the dominant mechanism responsible for these enhancements of 15N: low-temperature exchange reactions or isotope-selective photodissociation of N2. Methods. Using the thermochemical code DALI, we model the nitrogen isotope chemistry in circumstellar disks with a 2D axisymmetric geometry. Our chemical network is the first to include both fractionation mechanisms for nitrogen. The model produces abundance profiles and isotope ratios for several key N-bearing species. We study how these isotope ratios depend on various disk parameters. Results. The formation of CN and HCN is closely coupled to the vibrational excitation of H2 in the UV-irradiated surface layers of the disk. Isotope fractionation is completely dominated by isotope-selective photodissociation of N2. The column density ratio of HCN over HC15N in the disk’s inner 100 au does not depend strongly on the disk mass, the flaring angle or the stellar spectrum, but it is sensitive to the grain size distribution. For larger grains, self-shielding of N2 becomes more important relative to dust extinction, leading to stronger isotope fractionation. Between disk radii of ~50 and 200 au, the models predict HCN/HC15N and CN/C15N abundance ratios consistent with observations of disks and comets. The HCN/HC15N and CN/C15N column density ratios in the models are a factor of 2–3 higher than those inferred from the ALMA observations.
Three-Year Update of Tisagenlecleucel in Pediatric and Young Adult Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the ELIANA Trial

Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co-primary or secondary analyses are not yet available. Clinical Trial Updates provide an opportunity to disseminate additional results from studies, published in JCO or elsewhere, for which the primary end point has already been reported. In the primary analysis of the global phase II ELIANA trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02435849), tisagenlecleucel provided an overall remission rate of 81% in pediatric and young adult patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (R/R B-ALL), with 59% of responders remaining relapse-free at 12 months. Here, we report an update on efficacy, safety, and patient-reported quality of life in 79 pediatric and young adult patients with R/R B-ALL following a median follow-up of 38.8 months. The overall remission rate was 82%. The median event-free survival was 24 months, and the median overall survival was not reached. Event-free survival was 44% (95% CI, 31 to 57) and overall survival was 63% (95% CI, 51 to 73) at 3 years overall (most events occur within the first 2 years). The estimated 3-year relapse-free survival with and without censoring for subsequent therapy was 52% (95% CI, 37 to 66) and 48% (95% CI, 34 to 60), respectively. No new or unexpected long-term adverse events were reported. Grade 3/4 adverse events were reported in 29% of patients > 1 year after infusion; grade 3/4 infection rate did not increase > 1 year after infusion. Patients reported improvements in quality of life up to 36 months after infusion. These findings demonstrate favorable long-term safety and suggest tisagenlecleucel as a curative treatment option for heavily pretreated pediatric and young adult patients with R/R B-ALL.
Distribution of autoantibodies to insulinoma‐associated antigen‐2 and zinc transporter 8 in type 1 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes: A nationwide, multicentre, cross‐sectional study

This study investigated insulinoma‐associated‐2 autoantibody (IA‐2A) and zinc transporter 8 autoantibody (ZnT8A) distribution in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and latent autoimmune diabetes (LAD) and the autoantibodies' association with clinical characteristics and HLA‐DR‐DQ genes.
Dynamical mean-field theory of the Hubbard-Holstein model at half filling: Zero temperature metal-insulator and insulator-insulator transitions

We study the Hubbard-Holstein model which includes both the electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions, characterized by $U$ and $g$, respectively. The model is solved with $U$ and $g$ on an equal footing in the infinite dimensions by employing the dynamical mean-field theory in combination with Wilson's numerical renormalization group. A zero temperature phase diagram of symmetry unbroken states at half filling is mapped out which exhibits the interplay between the two kinds of interactions and combines the two separately studied interaction-driven metal-insulator transitions of the Hubbard and Holstein models within a single frame. The ground state is metallic when both $U$ and $g$ are small, but is insulating when $U$ or $g$ is large, referred to as, respectively, Mott-Hubbard insulator (MHI) and bipolaron insulator (BPI). As the phase boundary between the metallic and MHI (BPI) states is approached from the metallic region, the quasiparticle weight $z$ goes to 0 continuously (discontinuously). Moreover, the two insulating states are distinct and cannot be adiabatically connected, and there is a first order phase transition between them.
Retracted: White blood cell differentials performance of a new automated digital cell morphology analyzer: Mindray MC‐80

White blood cell differentials performance of a new automated digital cell morphology analyzer: Mindray MC‐80, K. Paisooksantivatana; N. Khongjaroensakun; P. Chinudomwong; N. Chaothai; L. Chamchomdao; K. Suriyachand, International Journal of Laboratory Hematology, 10.1111/ijlh.13995 The above article, published online on 18 November 2022, in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com), had been retracted by agreement between the authors, the journal's Editors‐in‐Chief, Giuseppe D'Onofrio and Ian Mackie, and John Wiley & Sons. The authors contacted the journal after publication to propose extensive changes to the data presented in the accepted article such that it would no longer reflect the version that was peer reviewed. As a result, this retraction has been undertaken.
Gastrointestinal, vaginal, nasopharyngeal, and breast milk microbiota profiles and breast milk metabolomic changes in Gambian infants over the first two months of lactation: A prospective cohort study

Microbiota composition in breast milk affects intestinal and respiratory microbiota colonization and the mucosal immune system’s development in infants. The metabolomic content of breast milk is thought to interact with the microbiota and may influence developing infant immunity. One hundred seven Gambian mothers and their healthy, vaginally delivered, exclusively breastfed infants were included in our study. We analyzed 32 breast milk samples, 51 maternal rectovaginal swabs and 30 infants’ rectal swabs at birth. We also analyzed 9 breast milk samples and 18 infants’ nasopharyngeal swabs 60 days post-delivery. We used 16S rRNA gene sequencing to determine the microbiota composition. Metabolomic profiling analysis was performed on colostrum and mature breast milk samples using a multiplatform approach combining 1-H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. Bacterial communities were distinct in composition and diversity across different sample types. Breast milk composition changed over the first 60 days of lactation. α-1,4- and α-1,3-fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides, and other 33 key metabolites in breast milk (monosaccharides, sugar alcohols and fatty acids) increased between birth and day 60 of life. This study’s results indicate that infant gut and respiratory microbiota are unique bacterial communities, distinct from maternal gut and breast milk, respectively. Breast milk microbiota composition and metabolomic profile change throughout lactation. These changes may contribute to the infant’s immunological, metabolic, and neurological development and could consist the basis for future interventions to correct disrupted early life microbial colonization.
Proprioception: A New Era Set in Motion by Emerging Genetic and Bionic Strategies?

The generation of an internal body model and its continuous update is essential in sensorimotor control. Although known to rely on proprioceptive sensory feedback, the underlying mechanism that transforms this sensory feedback into a dynamic body percept remains poorly understood. However, advances in the development of genetic tools for proprioceptive circuit elements, including the sensory receptors, are beginning to offer new and unprecedented leverage to dissect the central pathways responsible for proprioceptive encoding. Simultaneously, new data derived through emerging bionic neural machine–interface technologies reveal clues regarding the relative importance of kinesthetic sensory feedback and insights into the functional proprioceptive substrates that underlie natural motor behaviors.
Patterns of biopsy-proven renal diseases in geriatric patients: A single medical center experience

The elderly population is expanding rapidly, and that has become a major healthcare burden in terms of chronic kidney disease. The distribution patterns of kidney diseases in these elderly patients remain largely unclear. Here, we compared biopsy-based renal disease patterns between elderly and nonelderly patients. We performed a single-center, retrospective study (1992–2008) on biopsy-proven renal diseases to compare results between geriatric patients (age ≥ 65 years; n = 254) and nongeriatric patients (18 ≤ age < 65 years; n = 2592). Renal pathology was interpreted by pathologists based on light microscopy, immunofluorescence, and electron microscopy. The ages of the geriatric and nongeriatric groups were 71.8 ± 4.5 (65.1–87.3) and 39.7 ± 17.6 (18–64.9) years, respectively, and 74% and 41% of them, respectively, were men. In the geriatric group, the most frequent diagnosis was membranous nephropathy (46.1%), followed by minimal change disease/focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (16.9%), diabetic nephropathy (8.3%), hypertensive nephrosclerosis (7.5%), and IgA nephropathy (5.9%). The geriatric group had more membranous nephropathy and less lupus nephritis and IgA nephropathy than the nongeriatric group. Furthermore, the 5-year survival rate of the geriatric group was significantly low. Our results demonstrated the different distributions of renal biopsy patterns in geriatric patients diagnosed with acute or chronic progressive kidney injury and proteinuria through renal biopsy.
Cerebellar impulsivity–compulsivity assessment scale

The cerebellum has been identified as the key brain region that modulates reward processing in animal models. Consistently, we recently found that people with cerebellar ataxia have impulsive and compulsive behaviors (ICBs), the main symptoms related to abnormal reward processing. Due to the lack of a validated scale to quantitatively measure ICBs in cerebellar disorders, we aim to develop and validate a new scale, Cerebellar Impulsivity–Compulsivity Assessment (CIA).