The thermosensitive growth phenotype exerted by runaway-mutant plasmids was suppressed by sublethal doses of the DNA gyrase inhibitors novobiocin or nalidixic acid, although the latter drug was less efficient. A novobiocin-resistant gyrB mutant Escherichia coli strain prevented expression of the runaway phenotype at 37 to 42 degrees C in the absence of any drug.

Interference spikes were noted on the electrocardiogram of a patient with an implanted demand pacemaker. Runaway malfunction was suspected and the generator replaced. Subsequent investigation showec that the interference originated from fasciculation in the left leg caused by underlying neuromuscular disease. Skeletal muscle potentials can produce an electrocardiographic appearance closely rese...

O’Raifeartaigh models with general R-charge assignments can have vacua where both supersymmetry and R-symmetry are spontaneously broken. Most of these vacua are metastable because the potential shows a runaway behaviour. We explain the relation between runaway directions and R-symmetry. PACS. 11.30.Qc -12.60.Jv

Supersymmetric SU(NC) gauge theories possess runaway-type superpotentials for NF < NC , where NF is the flavor number of massless quarks. We show that the runaway behavior can be stabilized for NF ≃ NC by introducing singlets with the aid of perturbative corrections to the Kähler potential, generating (local) minima of supersymmetry breaking.

Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women’s reluctance to choose technical occupations, although the foundations for career choices are certainly laid earlier, during education. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are more likely to choose those subjects if they are in single-sex classes. Possible explanations are the la...

and N-body calculations (e.g., Ida 1990, Ida and Makino 1992b). It is shown that dynamical friction is effective in We investigate the growth and the orbital evolution of proa Keplerian potential as well as in a free space. Kokubo toplanets embedded in a swarm of planetesimals using threedimensional N-body simulations. We find that among protoplaand Ida (1996), hereafter referred to as Paper I,...