We examine a class of conformal metrics arising in the \N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory" of Seiberg and Witten. We provide several alternate characterizations of this class of metrics and proceed to examine issues of existence and boundary behavior and to parameterize the collection of Seiberg-Witten metrics with isolated non-essential singularities on a xed compact Riemann surface. In c...

Perioperative Beta-blocker and Statin use in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Stephen J Bagley1, Meredith Grzybowski2, Andrew J Litwack3 and Scott M. Lilly4* 1Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA 2Penn Transplant Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA 3Department of Medicine, ...

In 2013, a comparison of activity measurements of 99m Tc using the Transfer Instrument of the International Reference System (SIRTI) took place at the Institutul National de Cercetare Dezvoltare in Fizica si Inginerie Nucleara – "Horia Hulubei" (IFIN-HH, Romania). Ampoules containing about 21 kBq and 40 kBq of a 99m Tc solution were measured in the SIRTI for, respectively, one and three half-li...

AMONG STUDENTS OF THE WORKS of Sir Walter Scott there may be an awareness that the University of Melbourne Library is the repository of one of the best collections in the world devoted to the author. But that awareness is limited, since the Library's Scott collection is not catalogued, and to that extent it may fairly be said that the Baillieu Library has within its walls a research resource of...

Acid-Functionalized SBA-15-Type Silica Catalysts for Carbohydrate Dehydration Anthony J. Crisci, Mark H. Tucker, Ming-Yung Lee, Se Gyu Jang, James A. Dumesic,* and Susannah L. Scott* Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering, and Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States Department of Chemical Enginee...

Uncertainty avoidance may explain why younger and older people were less likely to be union members. overview institutions are resilient social structures that grow because of their perceived legitimacy (Scott, 2001). Labour unions are institutions that may flourish when they are perceived as legitimate (Bronfenbrenner, 1997; Hurd, Milkman and Turner, 2003). This study extends prior research on...