Femtosecond vibrational coherence spectroscopy is used to investigate the low frequency vibrational dynamics of the electron transfer heme protein, cytochrome c (cyt c). The vibrational coherence spectra of ferric cyt c have been measured as a function of excitation wavelength within the Soret band. Vibrational coherence spectra obtained with excitation between 412 and 421 nm display a strong m...

Blazars, a class of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) characterized by a close orientation of their relativistic outflows (jets) towards the line of sight, are a well established extragalactic TeV γ-ray emitters. Since 2006, three nearby and TeV bright blazars, Markarian (Mrk) 421, Mrk 501 and 1ES 1959+650, are regularly observed by the MAGIC telescope with single exposures of 30 to 60 minutes. The ...

The familial occurrence of cluster headache was assessed in 421 probands with cluster headache, diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society. The probands were from a neurological clinic and two departments of neurology. They received a mailed questionnaire regarding the presence of cluster headache among their relatives. All possibly affected relatives w...

We present model calculations reproducing broadband spectra of γ-ray blazars by a relativistic leptonic jet, combining the EIC and the SSC model. To this end, the evolution of the particle distribution functions inside a relativistic pair jet and of the resulting photon spectra is investigated. Inverse-Compton scattering of both external (EIC) as well as synchrotron photons (SSC) is treated usi...

We discuss the results of modelling the TeV γ-ray spectra of two AGNs, Mkn 501 and Mkn 421 that have almost the same redshifts: z = 0.031 and z = 0.034, respectively. The effect of intergalactic γ-ray absorption is treated as an uncertainty in the measurement of the intrinsic spectrum. Although the objects differ, we obtain satisfactory fits for both of them in a synchrotron self-Compton scenar...

Hierarchical turbulent structure constituting a jet is considered to reproduce energy-dependent variability in blazars, particularly, the correlation between Xand gamma-ray light curves measured in the TeV blazar Markarian 421. The scale-invariant filaments are featured by the ordered magnetic fields that involve hydromagnetic fluctuations serving as electron scatterers for diffusive shock acce...

We have searched for long periodicity in ten X-ray selected Blasers with RXTE ASM 4.6 years data. We found about 10-100 day possible periodicities for three TeV gamma ray Blasers, Mkn 421, Mkn 501 and PKS 2155-304.

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Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive, adult-onset neurodegenerative disease caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ) expansion in the N-terminal region of the protein huntingtin (HTT). There are no cures or disease-modifying therapies for HD. HTT has a highly conserved Akt phosphorylation site at serine 421, and prior work in HD models found that phosphorylation at S421 (S421-P) diminishes the t...

In this work, I present the results of a thorough nonlinear time series analysis study concerning the long-term variability behaviour of Mrk 421. I use all the archival data obtained by the proportional counter array (PCA) and the all-sky monitor (ASM) aboard the Rossi X-ray timing explorer (RXTE), since 1996. Linearity and stationarity tests reveal that the long-term timing properties of the s...