It is generally believed that the cosmological constant problem is the most severe hierarchy problem in particle physics. The hierarchy problem has been formulated since 1975 in connection with grand unified theories(GUTs). GUTs introduce two scales which differ by a factor of 10. At the classical Lagrangian level, there appear parameters which are of order 10 GeV. But loop corrections and spon...

In the framework of Supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories (SUSY GUTs), the universe undergoes a cascade of symmetry breakings, during which topological defects can be formed. We address the question of the probability of cosmic string formation after a phase of hybrid inflation within a large number of models of SUSY GUTs in agreement with particle and cosmological data. We show that cosmic str...

Food and feeding habits of large cyprinid fishes (Labeobarbus intermedius, Labeobarbus nedgia, Labeo forskalii) had been investigated in the upper Blue Nile River, Ethiopia. Four sampling sites were selected specimens sampled during post-rainy (November 2016) dry (March 2017) seasons by gillnets 6 cm, 8 10 12 14 cm mesh sizes. Totally 401 collected about 30.4% (122) samples documented with empt...

We present the first 3.315-Mbp assembled draft genome sequence of Flavobacterium succinicans strain DD5b. This bacterium is a phosphite-assimilating representative of the genus Flavobacterium isolated from guts of the zooplankton Daphnia magna.

We report the draft genome sequence of Serratia sp. strain DD3, a gammaproteobacterium from the family Enterobacteriaceae. It was isolated from homogenized guts of Daphnia magna. The genome size is 5,274 Mb.

The authors present a method to predict fish survival under exposure to fluctuating concentrations and repeated pulses of a chemical stressor. The method is based on toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic modeling using the general unified threshold model of survival (GUTS) and calibrated using raw data from standard fish acute toxicity tests. The model was validated by predicting fry survival in a fish e...

I discuss several issues concerning the use of string models as unified theories of all interactions. After a short review of gauge coupling unification in the string context, I discuss possible motivations for the construction of SU(5) and SO(10) String-GUTs. I describe the construction of such String-GUTs using different orbifold techniques and emphasize those properties which could be genera...

Gut homeostasis plays an important role in maintaining the overall body health during aging. Rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of mTOR, exerts prolongevity effects in evolutionarily diverse species. However, its impact on the intestinal homeostasis remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that rapamycin can slow down the proliferation rate of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) in the aging guts ...

We investigate a construction of five-dimensional (5D) grand unified theories (GUTs) on an interval, which we call iGUTs. We analyze supersymmetric SO(10) iGUT as an example, where the gauge multiplet is spread over the 5D bulk. The SO(10) is directly reduced to the standard model gauge symmetry through the interval boundary conditions. Notice that this rank reduction is impossible in case of G...

We discuss how, by including gauge singlets in supersymmetric gauge theories, one can construct and test new types of duality. This may help in finding dual theories of supersymmetric GUTs. This talk is based on the recent article Ref.[1].