Fifty patients, who attended a gastrointestinal endoscopy unit over a one week period were given a questionnaire. This questionnaire has previously been used in the Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Prevention Study (NORCCAP).In each case, the overall percentage of patients who gave responses on each of the ten main questions were estimated. This questionnaire was given to all the participants (n=50)...

The recent evidence for neutrino oscillations stimulate us to discuss again the problem of fermion masses and mixings in gauge theories. In the standard model, several forms for quark mass matrices are equivalent. They become ansatze within most extensions of the standard model, where also relations between quark and lepton sectors may hold. In a seesaw framework, these relations can constrain ...

By designating one eigenvector of the mass matrix, one can reduce the free parameters in the mass matrix effectively. Applying this method to the quark mass matrix and to the lepton mass matrix, we find that this method is consistent with available experimental data. This approach may provide some hints for constructing theoretical models. Especially, in the lepton sector, the Koide’s mass rela...

It is presented a critical consideration of all unusual properties of the scalar a 0 (980) and f 0 (980)-mesons in the four-quark, two-quark and molecular models. The arguments are adduced that the four-quark model is more preferable. It is discussed the complex of experiments that could finally resolve this issue.

The top quark, discovered at the Tevatron in 1995, is a very interesting particle. Precise measurement of the top properties using large data samples will allow stringent tests of the Standard Model and offer a unique window on new physics. This report contains a review of the status of the current knowledge of the top quark as provided by the Run I results of the CDF and D0 experiments. A firs...