Analytical Results Connecting Stellar Structure Parameters and Neutrino Fluxes

This paper is an attempt to construct simple analytic models to study the internal structure of main sequence stars. Explicit closed form expressions, which are computable, are given for a number of quantities such as nuclear reaction rate, luminosity, and the number of two particle reactions when the radial matter density of the stellar model is a nonlinear function decreasing from the center to the surface. All analytic results are obtained by taking advantage of the integration theory of generalized hypergeometric functions.     

On the Cosmological Origin of Population III Objects

It is the aim of our letter to embedd the presently well understood scale of stellar mass into a simple cosmological scenario for the origin of Population III objects. The result of our consideration will be that if the first bound objects with typical stellar mass of the order of 30 M_⊙ could evolve as ordinary stars ending up exploding (Type II supernovae) the problem of the pregalactic enrichment of a primordial gas cloud be solved.     

Über einen zusammenhang zwischen gewissen linearen differential- und differenzengleichungen

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Subsampling effects in neuronal avalanche distributions recorded in vivo

Background  

Many systems in nature are characterized by complex behaviour where large cascades of events, or avalanches, unpredictably alternate with periods of little activity. Snow avalanches are an example. Often the size distribution f(s) of a system's avalanches follows a power law, and the branching parameter sigma, the average number of events triggered by a single preceding event, is unity. A power law for f(s), and sigma = 1, are hallmark features of self-organized critical (SOC) systems, and both have been found for neuronal activity in vitro. Therefore, and since SOC systems and neuronal activity both show large variability, long-term stability and memory capabilities, SOC has been proposed to govern neuronal dynamics in vivo. Testing this hypothesis is difficult because neuronal activity is spatially or temporally subsampled, while theories of SOC systems assume full sampling. To close this gap, we investigated how subsampling affects f(s) and sigma by imposing subsampling on three different SOC models. We then compared f(s) and sigma of the subsampled models with those of multielectrode local field potential (LFP) activity recorded in three macaque monkeys performing a short term memory task.     

Physicochemical characterization of the endotoxins from Coxiella burnetii strain Priscilla in relation to their bioactivities

Background  

Coxiella burnetiiis the etiological agent of Q fever found worldwide. The microorganism has like other Gram-negative bacteria a lipopolysaccharide (LPS, endotoxin) in its outer membrane, which is important for the pathogenicity of the bacteria. In order to understand the biological activity of LPS, a detailed physico-chemical analysis of LPS is of utmost importace.     

On the Nuclear Energy Generation Rate in a Simple Analytic Stellar Model

This paper is concerned with the hydrostatic equilibrium of a purely gaseous star generating energy at a rate . By the common technique of integration theory of special functions the total net rate of nuclear energy generation is evaluated analytically for a linear density distribution function assumed for a simple stellar model.     

Diborheterocyclen: Oxadiborolan – Oxadiborinan – Diazadiborinan

Diboron Heterocyclic Compounds: Oxadiborolane – Oxadiborinane – Diazadiborinane The diboryl compounds R(Cl)B(CH₂)_nB(Cl)R (R ? Cl or CH₃; n = 2, 3) and the silylated or stannylated starting materials [(CH₃)₃Y]₂X (Y ? Si or Sn; X ? S, NCH₃, O, NCH₃? NCH₃) were used for (5+1)- and (4+2)-cyclocondensation reactions. Dimethylether was an additional starting molecule. While no thiadiborinanes could be isolated, the nitrogen or oxygen containing heterocycles were formed in varying yields. Synthesis and properties of these compounds are described.