We use the results of recent lattice calculations to obtain (part of) the mass spectrum of continuum SU(2) gauge theory in both 2+1 and 3+1 dimensions. We compare these spectra to the predictions of the Isgur-Paton flux tube model for glueballs. We use this comparison to test the reliability of different aspects of the model and also to learn which aspects of the lattice calculations it is impo...

Rodents might maintain tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in nature through latent persistent infections. During 2 subsequent winters, 2008 and 2009, in Finland, we detected RNA of European and Siberian subtypes of TBEV in Microtus agrestis and Myodes glareolus voles, respectively. Persistence in rodent reservoirs may contribute to virus overwintering.

Extensive biochemical testing and 16S rRNA and rpoB sequence analysis revealed that clinical strain CF01Ent1, initially identified as Buttiauxella agrestis by the use of Api 32 biochemical strips, is a new organism in the Enterobacteriaceae family. It produced an inducible AmpC-type -lactamase whose sequence shares 69 to 72% identity with those of the other AmpC-type -lactamases of Enterobacter...

January is a group of interacting stateless model checkers designed for bug hunting in large transition graphs that represent the behavior of a program or protocol. January is based upon both individual and social insect behaviors, as such, dynamic solutions emerge from agents functioning with incomplete data. Each agent functions on a processor located on a network of workstations (NOW). The a...

During upward geotropic orientation upon a vertical plate the slug Agriolimax creeps vertically, in darkness. Horizontal light from one side produces orientation of dark-adapted slugs away from the vertical path, through an angle (beta). The magnitude of this angle is a function of the light intensity and of time. The moderately rapid course of light adaptation is followed by measurements of be...

Cucumis melo  L. var . agrestis Naud.  belong to the genus   in Gourd family, it is rich in oil. It can extract high quality edible oil and provide raw materials for medicine food industry. The chloroplast genome of  melo  L. was sequenced first time. results showed that similar of common melon. This study a theoretical reference breeding.