BTeV is a collider experiment at Fermilab designed for precision studies of CP violation and mixing. Unlike most collider experiments, the BTeV detector has a forward geometry that is optimized for the measurement of B and charm decays in a high-rate environment. While the rate of B production gives BTeV an advantage of almost four orders of magnitude over ee B factories, the BTeV Level 1 trigg...

OBJECTIVE To review the available literature on the association between acute viral respiratory tract infection and the onset of asthma exacerbations, identifying the most prevalent viruses, detection methods, as well as preventive and therapeutic aspects. SOURCES A search was conducted in PubMed, Lilacs, and SciELO databases, between the years 2002 and 2013, using the following descriptors: ...

In this paper we present the performance analysis of two nite queues coupled by a triggering scheduler Customers waiting for service have rst to pass the scheduler and then experience service by their dedicated server The scheduler is permitted to gather a custo mer from a particular queue only if the corresponding server is idle An application of this model can be found in job shop like manufa...

Hyperthermia modulated the cytotoxic activities of murine macrophages cocultured with EMT-6 tumor cells, altered the production of the monokines RIF (respiratory inhibition factor) and FeRF (iron-releasing factor) by these effector cells, and perturbed the activities of these monokines against EMT-6 cells. Cytotoxic activities of heated murine macrophages activated by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin w...

We previously found that triggering TLR7/8 either by single stranded HIV RNA or synthetic compounds induced changes in the lymphoid microenvironment unfavorable to HIV. In this study, we used selective TLR7 and 8 agonists to dissect their contribution to the anti-HIV effects. While triggering TLR7 inhibited efficiently HIV replication in lymphoid suspension cells from tonsillar origin, its effe...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to investigate the efficacy of intrauterine instillation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on the day of ovulation triggering or oocyte retrieval in infertile women with a thin endometrium. METHODS Fifty women whose endometrial thickness (EMT) was ≤8 mm at the time of triggering during at least one previous in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle and an ind...

Tokamak is a promising device for using nuclear fusion energy, and the triggering of power supply has characteristics extreme asymmetry drastic instantaneous change, which bring spectrum-rich harmonics to DC side supply, threatening operational safety device. Although harmonic analysis method already exists, however, it still problem cumbersome inaccurate calculation when oriented systems with ...