We discuss the calculation of the width difference ∆Γ Bs between the Bs mass eigen-states to next-to-leading order in the heavy quark expansion. 1/m b-corrections are estimated to reduce the leading order result by typically 30%. The error of the present estimate (∆Γ/Γ) Bs = 0.16 +0.11 −0.09 could be substantially improved by pinning down the value of ¯ Bs|(¯ b i s i) S−P (¯ b j s j) S−P |Bs an...

A balance trial experiment was carried out to evaluate the potential relationship between an enzymatically hydrolyzed yeast (EHY) and yeast culture combined with a live Bacillus subtilis (Bs) on the productive parameters, ileal digestibility, retention of nutrient and energy and villus morphology in broilers. Seventy two 28 d old, Ross B308 male broilers were assigned to a factorial combination...

The 2362 strain of Bacillus sphaericus (Bs) Neide is a highly mosquitocidal bacterium used in commercial bacterial larvicides primarily to control mosquitoes of the genus Culex. Unfortunately, Bs is at high risk for selecting resistance in mosquito populations, because its binary toxin apparently only binds to a single receptor type on midgut microvilli. A potential key strategy for delaying re...

We present the latest measurements on masses, lifetimes and branching fractions for the Bs and Bc mesons as well as for b-baryons. For the Bs meson we discuss as well the latest results on mixing. These results were produced by the CDF and D0 experiments at Fermilab or by earlier LEP and PEPII experiments.

where the parameter f fπ 92.4 MeV is known from the decay process of charged pions. In contrast to the successful application of the chiral Lagrangian in the flavor SU(2) sector, its application to the strange sector of QCD is flawed by a number of subtleties if the machinery of chiral perturbation theory is applied. The leading interaction term fails miserably in describing the s-wave scatteri...

Blood stasis (BS) is characterized as a disorder of blood circulation. In traditional Korean medicine (TKM), it is viewed as a cause factor of diseases such as multiple sclerosis and stroke. This study investigated differences in the plasma metabolites profiles of subjects displaying BS or non-BS patterns. Thirty-one patients with cerebral infarction diagnosed with BS and an equal number of sex...