Recent work on Euclidean quantum gravity, black hole thermodynamics, and the holographic principle has seen return of random matrix models as a powerful tool. It is explained how they allow for study physics well beyond perturbative expansion. In fact, fully nonperturbative treatment naturally unites familiar approach summing over smooth geometries all topologies with statistical to characteriz...

This study aimed to evaluate six cauliflower genotypes regarding their resistance to black rot and their production performance. To do so, it was conducted two field experiments in Ipameri, Goiás, Brazil, in 2012 and 2013. It was used a randomized block design, with four replications (total of 24 plots). Each plot consisted of three planting lines 2.5 m long (six plants/line), spaced 1.0 m apar...

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t To date, delete relaxation underlies some of the most effective heuristics for deterministic planning. Despite its success, however, delete relaxation has significant pitfalls in many important classes of planning domains, and it has been a challenge from the outset to devise heuristics that take some deletes into account. We herein devise an elegant and si...

We present the gravitational action and Hamiltonian for a spatially bounded region of an eternal black hole. The Hamiltonian is of the general form H = H+ − H−, where H+ and H− are respectively the Hamiltonian for the regions M+ and M− located in the left and right wedges of the spacetime. We construct explicitly the quasilocal energy for the system and discuss its dependence on the time direct...

The Hawking Beckenstein entropy of near extremal fivebranes is calculated in terms of a gas of strings living on the fivebrane. These fivebranes can also be viewed as near extremal black holes in five dimensions. 1 e-mail: [email protected] Recently the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of certain extremal BPS black holes was precisely calculated by counting microstates in string theory [1-4]...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Endothelial nitric oxide exerts a variety of protective effects on endothelial cells and blood vessels, and therefore the nitric oxide synthase 3 gene (NOS3) is a logical candidate gene for stroke susceptibility. METHODS We used the population-based Stroke Prevention in Young Women case-control study to assess the association of five NOS3 polymorphisms in 110 cases (46%...

We provide some considerations on the excitation of black hole quasinormal modes (QNMs) in different physical scenarios. Considering a simple model in which a stream of particles accretes onto a black hole, we show that resonant QNM excitation by hyperaccretion requires a significant amount of fine-tuning, and is quite unlikely to occur in nature. Then we summarize and discuss present estimates...

Employing Illumina Hiseq whole genome metagenome sequencing approach, we studied the impact of Trichoderma harzianum on altering the microbial community and its functional dynamics in the rhizhosphere soil of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). The metagenomic datasets from the rhizosphere with (treatment) and without (control) T. harzianum inoculation were annotated using dual approach, i.e., stan...