In this particular isospin combination of structure functions the contribution of twist-2 operators cancels out exactly and twist-4 contributions are dominant. It is remarkable that in the large Nc limit the twist-4 distribution function of quarks in the pion can be reduced to a convolution of twist-2 pion distribution amplitudes. 2. One can read the contribution of four-quark twist-4 operators...

We show that if a knot admits a prime, twist-reduced diagram with at least 4 twist regions and at least 6 crossings per twist region, then every non-trivial Dehn filling of that knot is hyperbolike. A similar statement holds for links. We prove this using two arguments, one geometric and one combinatorial. The combinatorial argument further implies that every link with at least 2 twist regions ...

The twist number of a plane graph associated with a link’s checkerboard coloring is defined. The twist number of any planar pseudograph is shown to be determined by the Tutte polynomial. This allows the definition of twist number to be extended to non-planar graphs, for which the twist number is also determined by the Tutte polynomial. As a corollary, the twist number of an alternating link is ...

We investigate twist-3 effects in the polarized virtual photon. The structure function g γ 2 , which exists only for the virtual photon target and can be measured in future polarized e + e − collider experiments, receives both twist-2 and twist-3 contributions. The twist-3 part is analyzed in pure QED interaction as well as in LO QCD. We find the twist-3 contribution is appreciable for the phot...

The 20.9 kDa protein encoded by TWIST1 gene is a highly conserved transcription factor that belongs to the family of basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins. In vertebrates, it is involved in embryonic development through the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) during neural crest migration, also it regulates mesoderm determination, myogenesis, and morphogenesis (Hebrok et al....

BACKGROUND Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Unfortunately, the survival of patients with SCCHN has not improved in the last 40 years, and thus new targets for therapy are needed. Recently, elevations in serum level of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and expression of Twist in tumor samples were found to be associated with poor clinical outco...

this paper introduces an innovative partially destructive method, called “twist-off”, for the assessment of in situ concrete strength. in this method a 40mm diameter metal probe is bonded to a concrete surface by means of a high strength epoxy resin adhesive. to measure the concrete compressive strength, a torque is applied using an ordinary torque-meter and the maximum shear stress at failure ...

The transverse polarization (or transversity) distributions ∆T q(x), introduced 20 years ago by Ralston and Soper [1] and studied in more detail in the last decade [2], are one of the three sets of leading-twist quark and antiquark distribution functions – the other two are the momentum distributions q(x) and the helicity distributions ∆q(x). (Note that ∆T q is often called h1). Formally ∆T q i...

A new configuration called stressed splay twist (SST) mode is proposed. Such device has much stronger transient effect than conventional TN mode. By using this dynamic approach, the true steady state-to-steady state response time of the liquid crystal can be ignored. The transient response time is used, in conjunction with the pulsed light source. A QVGA FSC displays prototype using SST mode is...

We consider the azimuthal angle dependence in the cross section of the hard leptoproduction of a photon on a nucleon target. We show that this dependence allows to define observables that isolate the twist-two and twist-three sectors in the deeply virtual Compton scattering amplitude. All twist-two and twist-three Compton form factors can be extracted from measurements of the charge odd part of...