I review recent progress on the connection between string theory and quantum chromodynamics in the context of the gauge/gravity duality. Emphasis is placed on conciseness and conceptual aspects rather than on technical details. Topics covered include the largeNc limit of gauge theories, the gravitational description of gauge theory thermodynamics and hydrodynamics, and confinement/deconfinement...

Eswar Sivaraman School of Industrial Engineering and Management Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK ABSTRACT This report explores a few ideas in connection with the notion of a dual for a Petri net, and its relevance to solving the general Petri net reachability problem. A comprehensive theoretical framework for Petri net analysis using duals is derived, and sufficiency conditions for sol...

A T THE suggestion of a medical friend the writer decided to investigate the use of viatmin B, in connection with turf culture. This was about a year and a half ago. Extensive investigation of this particular vitamin substance was being carried on at the nearby California Institute of Technology, HO at my friend's request a visit was made to the school and a sample was obtained with which to st...

I am one of a growing number of research mathematicians who are substantially engaged with school mathematics education. Such outreach has a long and honorable tradition. In this lecture, I illustrate some of the ways that I think this can be helpful, and even essential. Upon his retirement in 1990 as president of the ICMI, Jean Pierre Kahane spoke perceptively of the intimate connection betwee...

The analgesic effect and the usefulness of EMLA cream 5% in connection with venous blood-sampling was investigated in 42 Tanzanian schoolchildren. Approximately 2.5 g EMLA was applied to the right cubital fossa for a minimum of 120 min. The analgesic effect was pronounced--93% of the venepunctures were pain-free and no child experienced severe pain. No adverse reactions were observed and the ch...

Ferroan anorthosite VHK basalt Oldest basalt APOLLO 14 OLDEST MARE BASALT REVISITED: POSSIBLE PETROGENETIC CONNECTION BETWEEN MG GABBRONORITE AND VHK BASALT. T. Arai, H. Takeda, M. Miyamoto, and H. Kojima, Antarctic Meteorite Research Center, National Institute of Polar Research, 1-9-10 Kaga Itabashi Tokyo 173-8515, Japan, [email protected], Research Institute, Chiba Institute of Technology, Ts...

delivered to trained nurses and masseuses at the school of electricity and massage in connection with the West End Hospital for diseases of the nervous system, paralysis, and epilepsy in Welbeck Street. It treats of massage in all its forms and varieties, medical gymnastics, the Swedish movement cure, nerve vibration, Turkish, Russian and other baths, inhalation and electrization, and gives som...

large panel precast structures are analyzed based on the connection rigidity. however, the connections undergo nonlinear and inelastic response, when subjected to seismic loads. thus, to study the actual behavior of structure, the connection nonlinearity should be implemented in the joints. in this paper, three conventional connection types are modeled based on the envelope of their cyclic resp...

The paper describes the hierarchy of models used in the modeling of interconnects in high-speed designs and focuses on the development of techniques needed for the high-frequency simulation of complete modules.