ZERO TEXTURE MODEL AND SO(10) GUT

Zero Texture Model and SO(10) GUT

We study the bridge between the phenomenological mass matrix model and SO(10) GUT. Namely, we consider the four zero texture model in the framework of the renormalizable SO(10) GUT model. This unification gives more stringent constraints than the case where only either model is considered. However, we can obtain good fitting by expanding the minimal SO(10) GUT to include 120 in addition to 10 a...

Model-Based Texture Segmentation

An efficient and robust type of unsupervised multispectral texture segmentation method is presented. Single decorrelated monospectral texture factors are assumed to be represented by a set of local Gaussian Markov random field (GMRF) models evaluated for each pixel centered image window and for each spectral band. The segmentation algorithm based on the underlying Gaussian mixture (GM) model op...

Gut Microbiota and Neuropsychiatric Disorders

SUSY GUT Model Building

I discuss an evolution of SUSY GUT model building, starting with the construction of 4d GUTs, to orbifold GUTs and finally to orbifold GUTs within the heterotic string. This evolution is an attempt to obtain realistic string models, perhaps relevant for the LHC. This review is in memory of the sudden loss of Julius Wess, a leader in the field, who will be sorely missed. PACS. PACS-key discribin...

Filtered Kombucha tea ameliorates the leaky gut syndrome in young and old mice model of colitis

Objective(s): Zonula occludens proteins (ZO-1 and ZO-2) are important intracellular tight junction (TJ)-associated proteins that link the cell cytoskeleton to the trans-membrane TJ proteins.  Destruction of TJ proteins is called the “leaky gut syndrome” and has been observed in some of the gastrointestinal diseases such as the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). So, ther...