Using the finite element method (FEM) in two dimensions and the CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS) Transient Solver, the electromagnetic (EM) analysis and the design of a novel compact ultra wideband (UWB) bandpass filter using rectangular coaxial cables with square inner conductors, convenient for high power applications, are presented. The design of the UWB BP filter is based on the use of impeda...

We determine the mass dependence of the coupling constant for N=2 SYM with Nf = 1, 2, 3 and 4 flavours. All these cases can be unified in one analytic expression, given by a Schwarzian triangle function. Moreover we work out the connection to modular functions which enables us to give explicit formulas for the periods. Using the form of the J–functions we are able to determine in an elegant way...

Among all bodies of constant width in the Euclidean plane, the Reuleaux triangle of the same width has minimal area. But Reuleaux triangles are also minimal in another sense: if a convex body can be covered by a translate of a Reuleaux triangle, then it can be covered by a translate of any convex body of the same constant width. The first result is known as the Blaschke-Lebesgue theorem, and it...

The talk deals with combinatorial problems concerning colorings of non-uniform hyper-graphs. Let H = (V, E) be a hypergraph with minimum edge-cardinality n. We show that if H is a simple hypergraph (i.e. every two distinct edges have at most one common vertex) and e∈E r 1−|e| c √ n, for some absolute constant c > 0, then H is r-colorable. We also obtain a stronger result for triangle-free simpl...

Cortistatin (CST) is a neuropeptide from the somatostatin (SRIF)/urotensin (UII) family named after its predominantly cortical expression and ability to depress cortical activity, which was discovered a decade ago. In vitro assays show CST is able to bind all five cloned somatostatin receptors and shares many pharmacological and functional properties with SRIF. However, distinct from SRIF, CST ...

Cortistatin (CST) is a presumptive neuropeptide that shares 11 of its 14 amino acids with somatostatin (SST). CST and SST are expressed in partially overlapping but distinct populations of cortical interneurons. In the hippocampal formation, most CST-positive cells are also positive for SST. In contrast to SST, administration of CST into the rat brain ventricles reduces locomotor activity and s...

OBJECTIVE To identify the optimal factors in diffusion tensor imaging for predicting corticospinal tract (CST) injury caused by brain tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective study included 33 patients with motor weakness and 64 patients with normal motor function. The movement of the CST, minimum distance between the CST and the tumor, and relative fractional anisotropy (rFA) of the CS...

OBJECTIVE To assess, characterize, and quantify cervical spine dysfunction in patients with cervicogenic somatic tinnitus (CST) compared to patients suffering from other forms of chronic subjective non-pulsatile tinnitus. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Consecutive adult patients suffering from chronic subjective non-pulsatile tinnitus were i...

In this paper we present improved results on the problem of counting triangles in edge streamed graphs. For graphs with m edges and at least T triangles, we show that an extra look over the stream yields a two-pass streaming algorithm that uses O( m ǫ4.5 √ T ) space and outputs a (1 + ǫ) approximation of the number of triangles in the graph. This improves upon the two-pass streaming tester of B...

BACKGROUND We identified predominant vaginal microbiota communities, changes over time, and how this varied by HIV status and other factors in a cohort of 64 women. METHODS Bacterial DNA was extracted from reposited cervicovaginal lavage samples collected annually over an 8-10 year period from Chicago Women's Interagency HIV Study participants: 22 HIV-negative, 22 HIV-positive with stable inf...