Vacuum alignment in technicolor models provides an attractive origin for the quarks’ CP violation and, possibly, a natural solution for the strong-CP problem of QCD. We discuss these topics in this paper. Then we apply them to determine plausible mixing matrices for left and right-handed quarks. These matrices determine the CabibboKobayashi-Maskawa matrix as well as new mixing angles and phases...

Vacuum alignment in technicolor models provides an attractive origin for the quarks’ CP violation and, possibly, a natural solution for the strong-CP problem of QCD. We discuss these topics in this paper. Then we apply them to determine plausible mixing matrices for left and right-handed quarks. These matrices determine the CabibboKobayashi-Maskawa matrix as well as new mixing angles and phases...

We discuss and estimate the contributions of the new particles predicted by topcolor assisted technicolor(TC2) models to the muon anomalous magnetic moment aμ. Our results show that the contributions of Pseudo Goldstone bosons are very small which can be safely ignored. The main contributions come from the ETC gauge boson xμ and topcolor gauge boson Z ′. If we demand that the mass of Z ′ is con...

There are many models beyond the standard model predicting the existence of non-universal gauge bosons Z ′ , which can give rise to very rich phenomena. We calculate the contributions of the non-universal gauge bosons Z ′, predicted by topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) models and flavor-universal TC2 models, to the lepton flavor-violation tau decays τ → liγ and τ → lilj lk. We find that the b...

The upper critical temperature Tc2 for the phase transition between the Cholesteric phase (N∗) and the Twist Grain Boundary C phase with the layer inclination tilted to the pitch axis (TGBCt) in thermotropic liquid crystals is determined by the mean field Chen-Lubensky approach. We show that the N-TGBCt phase transition is split in two with the appearance of either the TGBA or the TGB2q phase i...

We calculate the contributions of the flavor changing scalar (FCS) couplings arised from topcolor-assisted technicolor (TC2) models at tree-level to the tγ and tZ production at the Tevatron and LHC experiments. We find that the production cross sections are very small at the Tevatron with √ s = 1.96TeV , which is smaller than 5 fb in most of the parameter space of TC2 models. However, the virtu...

We calculate the contributions of the neutral top-pion π0 t to the process e−γ → e−tc in the framework of topcolor-assisted technicolor(TC2) models and discuss the possible of detecting π0 t at the high energy linear e +e− collider(LC). Our results show that π0 t can give significant contributions to this process. With reasonable values of the parameters in TC2 models, the cross section σ can r...

Previously, we generated a preclinical mouse prostate tumor model based on PSA-Cre driven inactivation of Pten. In this model homogeneous hyperplastic prostates (4-5m) developed at older age (>10m) into tumors. Here, we describe the molecular and histological characterization of the tumors in order to better understand the processes that are associated with prostate tumorigenesis in this target...

BACKGROUND T-cell damage by increased oxidative stress in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing chronic haemodialysis (HD) led to the increased T-cell apoptosis and the alteration of surface markers and Th1/Th2 ratio in CD4(+) T lymphocytes. Antioxidant electrolysed-reduced water (ERW) was used as the dialysate in ESRD patients undergoing chronic HD to test for improved oxidative s...