A. Martin

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1894 - 2009

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487

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Generation of polarization entangled photons using type-II doubly periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides (2009)

Thyagarajan, K., Sinha, K., Lugani, J., Ghosh, S., Martin, A., Ostrowsky, D. B., ...

In this paper, we address the issue of the generation of non-degenerate cross-polarization entangled photon-pairs using type-II periodically poled lithium niobate. We show that, by an appropriate...

From the LHC to Future Colliders (2009)

De Roeck, A, Ellis, J, Grojean, C, Heinemeyer, S, Jakobs, K, Weiglein, G, ...

Discoveries at the LHC will soon set the physics agenda for future colliders. This report of a CERN Theory Institute includes the summaries of Working Groups that reviewed the physics goals and...

From the LHC to Future Colliders (2009)

De Roeck, A., Ellis, J., Grojean, C., Heinemeyer, S., Jakobs, K., Weiglein, G., ...

Discoveries at the LHC will soon set the physics agenda for future colliders. This report of a CERN Theory Institute includes the summaries of Working Groups that reviewed the physics goals and...

Measurement of the Longitudinal Spin Transfer to Lambda and Anti-Lambda Hyperons in Polarised Muon DIS (2009)

Alekseev, M, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Austregesilo, A, ...

The longitudinal polarisation transfer from muons to lambda and anti-lambda hyperons, D_LL, has been studied in deep inelastic scattering off an unpolarised isoscalar target at the COMPASS experiment...

Technical Design Report for the PANDA Solenoid and Dipole Spectrometer Magnets (2009)

Keshelashvili, I., Krusche, B., Steinacher, M., Heng, Y., Liu, Z., ...

This document is the Technical Design Report covering the two large spectrometer magnets of the PANDA detector set-up. It shows the conceptual design of the magnets and their anticipated performance....

Flavour Separation of Helicity Distributions from Deep Inelastic Muon-Deuteron Scattering (2009)

Alekseev, M, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Austregisilio, A, ...

We present a LO evaluation of helicity densities of valence, \Delta u_v+\Delta d_v, non-strange sea, \Delta\bar{u}+\Delta\bar{d}, and strange quarks, \Delta s (assumed to be equal to \Delta\bar{s})....

Physics Performance Report for PANDA: Strong Interaction Studies with Antiprotons (2009)

Erni, PANDA Collaboration: W., Keshelashvili, I., Krusche, B., Steinacher, M., Heng, Y., Liu, Z., ...

To study fundamental questions of hadron and nuclear physics in interactions of antiprotons with nucleons and nuclei, the universal PANDA detector will be built. Gluonic excitations, the physics of...

Pattern recognition and PID for COMPASS RICH-1 (2009)

Abbon, P., Alexeev, M., Angerer, H., Birsa, R., Bordalo, P., Bradamante, F., ...

A package for pattern recognition and PID by COMPASS RICH-1 has been developed and used for the analysis of COMPASS data collected in the years 2002 to 2004, and 2006-2007 with the upgraded RICH-1...

Integrated optical source of polarization entangled photons at 1310 nm (2009)

Martin, A., Cristofori, V., Aboussouan, P., Herrmann, H., Sohler, W., Ostrowsky, D. B., ...

We report the realization of a new polarization entangled photon-pair source based on a titanium-indiffused waveguide integrated on periodically poled lithium niobate pumped by a CW laser at $655...

Multicentre study of nitrate reductase assay for rapid detection of rifampicin-resistant M. tuberculosis (2009)

Shikama, M. L., Villela, G., Sato, D. N., Martins, M. C., Giampaglia, M. S., ...

SETTING: Four regional laboratories belonging to the Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory of São Paulo State, Brazil. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for rifampicin (RMP)...

Thin layer agar compared to BACTEC MGIT 960 for early detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2009)

Martin, A., Fissette, K., Varaine, F., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

We compared the sensitivity and time to detection of growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the thin layer agar (TLA) compared to BACTEC MGIT960. The average time for growth of M. tuberculosis in...

ABSTRACTS (2009)

Abdelwahab, A., Gardner, M., Parkash, R., Basta, M., Sapp, J., Veltmann, C., ...

Introduction: Scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) is often unmappable. Data regarding the outcomes of ablation for mappable vs unmappable VT are lacking. Methods: Catheter ablation of...

An Overview of the Pressurized Thermal Shock Issue in the Context of the NURESIM Project (2009)

D. Lucas, D. Bestion, E. Bodèle, P. Coste, M. Scheuerer, F. D'Auria, ...

Within the European Integrated Project NURESIM, the simulation of PTS is investigated. Some accident scenarios for Pressurized Water Reactors may cause Emergency Core Coolant injection into the cold...

Differences in virulence and immune response induced in a murine model by isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans from different geographic areas (2009)

Hurtado Ortiz, R., Aguilar Leon, D., Orozco Estevez, H., Martin, A., Luna Herrera, J., Flores Romo, L., ...

Buruli ulcer (BU) is the third most common mycobacterial disease in immunocompetent hosts. BU is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, which produces skin ulcers and necrosis at the site of infection....

Implementation of the thin layer agar method for diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in a setting with a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Homa Bay, Kenya (2009)

Martin, A., Waweru, P. M., Okatch, F. B., Ouma, N. A., Bonte, L., Varaine, F., ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of a low-cost method, the thin layer agar (TLA) method, for the diagnosis of smear-negative patients. This prospective study was performed...

Drawing on Experience (2008)

Karolina Duklan, Aiaa Michael, A. Martin, Frank Russell, Company Australian

ABSTRACT. A key requirement of all actuarial practice areas is the ability of the actuary to analyze and communicate complicated information effectively. Successful actuaries require not just...

Economic and Biological Results (2008)

F. W. Roeth, R. N. Klein, S. Z. Knezevic, A. Martin, Wei Wei, ...

soybean variety tests—1998. Nebraska Coop. Ext. E. C. 98-Singh, N.B., and J.W. Lambert. 1985. Effect of gene Rps1 for resistance to phytophthora rot on yield and other characteristics of soybean.

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

publications/papers/affenzeller02c.pdf. (2008)

W. Gorr, V. Mahajan, T. Koch, A. Martin, Branching Rules Revisited, ...

to Minimize Total Tardiness on One Machine with Arbitrary Release Dates,

Cutting Planes Routing in Grid Graphs by Cutting Planes (2008)

Martin Grötschel, Alexander Martin, Robert Weismantel, M. Grötschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we study the following problem, which we call the weighted routing problem. Let be given a graph G = (V, E) with non-negative edge weights we € R+ and integer edge capacities ce 6 IN...

Direct Measurement of the Gluon Polarisation in the Nucleon via Charmed Meson Production (2008)

Alekseev, M, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Arbuzov, A, ...

We present the first measurement of the gluon polarisation in the nucleon based on the photon-gluon fusion process tagged by charmed meson production and decay to charged K and pi. The data were...

Collins and Sivers Transverse Spin Asymmetries for Pions and Kaons on Deuterons (2008)

Aleeksev, M, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Arbuzov, A, ...

The measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of identified hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of 160 GeV/c muons on a transversely polarised 6LiD target at COMPASS are presented....

Collins and Sivers asymmetries for pions and kaons in muon-deuteron DIS (2008)

Alexakhin, V. Yu., Alexandrov, Yu., Alexeev, G. D., Amoroso, A., Arbuzov, A., ...

The measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of identified hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of 160 GeV/c muons on a transversely polarised 6LiD target at COMPASS are presented....

Integral representation (2008)

A. Martin, S. M. Prigarin, G. Winkler

"Exact " numerical algorithms for linear stochastic wave equation and stochastic Klein-Gordon equation 1

Security and privacy in massively-multiplayer online games and social and corporate virtual worlds (2008)

Barosso, D., Bartle, R., Chazeran, C., De Zwart, M., Doumen, J.M., Gorniak, S., ...

2007 was the year of online gaming fraud - with malicious programs that specifically target online games and virtual worlds increasing by 145% and the emergence of over 30,000 new programs aimed at...

Primary culture of Mycobacterium ulcerans from human tissue specimens after storage in semisolid transport medium (2008)

Eddyani, M., Debacker, M., Martin, A., Aguiar, J., Johnson, C. R., Uwizeye, C., ...

Tissue specimens collected from patients with clinically suspected Buruli ulcer treated in two Buruli ulcer treatment centers in Benin between 1998 and 2004 were placed in semisolid transport medium...

Nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide (2008)

Martin, A., Cubillos-Ruiz, A., Von Groll, A., Del Portillo, P., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop the nitrate reductase assay (NRA) for the rapid detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide resistance...

Rapid detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Cotonou (Benin) using two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays (2008)

Affolabi, D., Sanoussi, N., Odoun, M., Martin, A., Koukpemedji, L., Palomino, J. C., ...

We have evaluated two simple, rapid and low-cost colorimetric methods for the detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A total of 151 M. tuberculosis strains were tested for...

The nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of isoniazid and rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2008)

Martin, A., Panaiotov, S., Portaels, F., Hoffner, S., Palomino, J. C., Angeby, K.

Objectives: The reference standard methods for drug susceptibility testing (DST) of M. tuberculosis are very slow to give results, and due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis...

Rapid culture-based methods for drug resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2008)

Palomino, J. C., Martin, A., Vor Groll, A., Portaels, F.

Tuberculosis still represents a major public health problem, especially in low-resource countries where the burden of the disease is more important. Multidrug-resistant and extensively drug...

Rapid and inexpensive detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis with the nitrate reductase assay using liquid medium and direct application to sputum samples (2008)

Affolabi, D., Odoun, M., Sanoussi, N., Martin, A., Palomino, J. C., Kestens, L., ...

For rapid and low-cost detection of multidrug-resistant (MDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we applied the nitrate reductase assay (NRA) using a liquid medium directly to sputum samples. A total of 179...

Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance to second-line drugs by use of the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube system (2008)

Martin, A., Von Groll, A., Fissette, K., Palomino, J. C., Varaine, F., Portaels, F.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the manual mycobacterium growth indicator tube (MGIT) system for the testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibility to second-line drugs compared to...

Measurements of inclusive W and Z cross sections in collisions at (2007)

Abulencia, A, Acosta, D, Adelman, J, Affolder, T, Akimoto, T, Albrow, M G, ...

We report the first measurements of inclusive W and Z boson cross-sections times the corresponding leptonic branching ratios for collisions at TeV based on the decays of the W and Z bosons into...

Journal Title: Natural computing (2007)

Patron Leesman Jeffrey, Maxcost Free, Martin V. Butz, B. David E, A. Martin, ...

anticipatory classifier syste m and genetic generalization Volume: 1

1 The NIST 1999 Speaker Recognition Evaluation- An Overview (2007)

A. Martin, M. Przybocki

This article summarizes the 1999 NIST Speaker Recognition Evaluation. It discusses the overall research objectives, the three task definitions, the development and evaluation data sets, the specified...

Optimum Path Packing on Wheels: The Noncrossing Case (2007)

M. Grotschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

We show that, given a wheel with nonnegative edge lengths and pairs of terminals located on the wheel's outer cycle such that no two terminal pairs cross, then a path packing, i. e., a...

Facets for the Multiple Knapsack Problem (2007)

C. E. Ferreira, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we consider the multiple knapsack problem which is defined as follows: given a set N of items with weights f i, i 2 N, a set M of knapsacks with capacities F k, k 2 M, and a profit...

1. Abstract MDARS Interior Platform (2007)

J. M. Holl, A. Martin, R. P. Smurlo, H. R. Everett

security and inventory system capable of controlling multiple indoor and/or outdoor autonomous platforms from a single host console. Separate development efforts target: 1) warehouse interiors and 2)...

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C. E. Ferreira, M. Grotschel, S. Kiefl, L. Krispenz, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we describe and discuss a problem that arises in the (global) design of a main frame computer. The task is to assign certain functional units to a given number of so called multi chip...

The Polarised Valence Quark Distribution from semi-inclusive DIS (2007)

Alekseev, M, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Arbuzov, A, ...

The semi-inclusive difference asymmetry A^{h+ - h-} for hadrons of opposite charge has been measured by the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The data were collected in the years 2002-2004 using a 160 GeV...

Double spin asymmetry in exclusive $\rho^0$ muoproduction at COMPASS (2007)

Alexakhin, V Yu, Alekseev, M, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Arbuzov, A, ...

The longitudinal double spin asymmetry A_1^rho for exclusive leptoproduction of rho^0 mesons, mu + N -> mu + N + rho, is studied using the COMPASS 2002 and 2003 data. The measured reaction is...

The COMPASS Experiment at CERN (2007)

Abbon, P, Albrecht, E, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu, Alexeev, G D, Alekseev, M G, ...

The COMPASS experiment makes use of the CERN SPS high-intensitymuon and hadron beams for the investigation of the nucleon spin structure and the spectroscopy of hadrons. One or more outgoing...

Spin asymmetry $A^d_1$ and the spin-dependent structure function $g^d_1$ of the deuteron at low values of $x$ and $Q^2$ (2007)

Ageev, E S, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Y, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Badelek, B, ...

We present a precise measurement of the deuteron longitudinal spin asymmetry $A_1^d$ and of the deuteron spin-dependent structure function $g_1^d$ at $Q^2 < $ 1~(GeV/$c$)$^2$ and $4\cdot$10$^{-5} < x...

Search for Chargino-Neutralino Production in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...

We present the results of a search for associated production of the chargino and neutralino supersymmetric particles using up to 1.1 fb-1 of integrated lumimosity collected by the CDF II experiment...

Search for new particles leading to Z+jets final states in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...

We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample...

First Measurement of the W Boson Mass in Run II of the Tevatron (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...

We present a measurement of the W boson mass using 200 pb-1 of data collected in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV by the CDF II detector at Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. With a sample of...

Search for Heavy, Long-Lived Particles that Decay to Photons at CDF II (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Amerio, S., ...

We present the first search for heavy, long-lived particles that decay to photons at a hadron collider. We use a sample of gamma + jet + missing transverse energy events in p anti-p collisions at...

Observation and Mass Measurement of the Baryon $\Xi^-_b$ (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...

We report the observation and measurement of the mass of the bottom, strange baryon Xi-_b through the decay chain Xi-_b --> J/psi Xi-, where J/psi --> mu+ mu-, Xi- --> Lambda pi+-, and Lambda --> p...

Search for Anomalous Production of Multilepton Events in $p\barp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...

We report a search for the anomalous production of events with multiple charged leptons in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of...

Measurement of $\sigma\Lambda_b^0/\sigma_{\barB^0} \times \calB(\Lambda_b^0 \to \Lambda_c^+ \pi^-)/\cal B(\barB^0 \to D^+\pi^-) in p\barp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...

We present the first observation of the baryon decay Lambda0(b) --> Lambda+_c pi+- followed by Lambda+_c --> pK_ pi++ in 106 pb-1 p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV in the CDF experiment. In...

Search for V+A Current in Top Quark Decay in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...

We report an upper limit on the fraction of V+A current, fV+A, in top-quark decays, using approximately 700 pb-1 of p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV acquired by the upgraded Collider...

Search for Chargino-Neutralino Production in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...

We present the results of a search for associated production of the chargino and neutralino supersymmetric particles using up to 1.1 fb-1 of integrated lumimosity collected by the CDF II experiment...

Search for new particles leading to Z+jets final states in $p\bar{p}$ collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...

We present the results of a search for new particles that lead to a Z boson plus jets in p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV using the Collider Detector at Fermilab (CDF II). A data sample...

First Measurement of the W Boson Mass in Run II of the Tevatron (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., Albrow, M.G., ...

We present a measurement of the W boson mass using 200 pb-1 of data collected in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV by the CDF II detector at Run II of the Fermilab Tevatron. With a sample of...

Search for Heavy, Long-Lived Particles that Decay to Photons at CDF II (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Amerio, S., ...

We present the first search for heavy, long-lived particles that decay to photons at a hadron collider. We use a sample of gamma + jet + missing transverse energy events in p anti-p collisions at...

Observation and Mass Measurement of the Baryon $\Xi^-_b$ (2007)

Aaltonen, T., Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...

We report the observation and measurement of the mass of the bottom, strange baryon Xi-_b through the decay chain Xi-_b --> J/psi Xi-, where J/psi --> mu+ mu-, Xi- --> Lambda pi+-, and Lambda --> p...

Search for Anomalous Production of Multilepton Events in $p\barp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...

We report a search for the anomalous production of events with multiple charged leptons in p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of...

Measurement of $\sigma\Lambda_b^0/\sigma_{\barB^0} \times \calB(\Lambda_b^0 \to \Lambda_c^+ \pi^-)/\cal B(\barB^0 \to D^+\pi^-) in p\barp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$=1.96 TeV (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...

We present the first observation of the baryon decay Lambda0(b) --> Lambda+_c pi+- followed by Lambda+_c --> pK_ pi++ in 106 pb-1 p anti-p collisions at s**(1/2) = 1.96 TeV in the CDF experiment. In...

Search for V+A Current in Top Quark Decay in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV (2007)

Abulencia, A., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., Ambrose, D., ...

We report an upper limit on the fraction of V+A current, fV+A, in top-quark decays, using approximately 700 pb-1 of p[overline p] collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV acquired by the upgraded Collider...

Evaluation of direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance by a nitrate reductase assay applied to sputum samples in Cotonou, Benin (2007)

Affolabi, D., Odoun, M., Martin, A., Palomino, J. C., Anagonou, S., Portaels, F.

The aim of this study was to evaluate a nitrate reductase assay (NRA) performed on smear-positive sputa for the direct detection of rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. A total of 213...

Colorimetric redox-indicator methods for the rapid detection of multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2007)

Martin, A., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

OBJECTIVES: With the spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) there is increasing demand for new accurate and cost-effective tools for rapid drug susceptibility testing (DST), particularly...

Evaluation of the resazurin assay for the detection of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Madagascar (2007)

Rivoire, N., Ravololonandriana, P., Rasolonavalona, T., Martin, A., Portaels, F., Ramarokoto, H., ...

SETTING: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) can jeopardise the success of national TB control programmes. Rapid, simple drug susceptibility tests applicable in developing countries would...

Fast photon detection for the COMPASS RICH detector (2006)

Schill, C, Abbon, P, Alekseev, M, Angerer, H, Apollonio, M, Birsa, R, ...

The COMPASS experiment at the SPS accelerator at CERN uses a large scale Ring Imaging CHerenkov detector (RICH) to identify pions, kaons and protons in a wide momentum range. For the data taking in...

A new measurement of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries on a transversely polarised deuteron target (2006)

Ageev, E S, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Alexeev, M, Amoroso, A, ...

New high precision measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarised 6LiD target are presented. The data...

Fast Photon Detection for Particle Identification with COMPASS RICH-1 (2006)

Abbon, P, Alekseev, M, Angerer, H, Apollonio, M, Birsa, R, Bordalo, P, ...

Particle identification at high rates is an important challenge for many current and future high-energy physics experiments. The upgrade of the COMPASS RICH-1 detector requires a new technique for...

The Deuteron Spin-dependent Structure Function $g^{d}_1$ and its First Moment (2006)

Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Alexeev, M, Amoroso, A, Badeek, B, ...

We present a measurement of the deuteron spin-dependent structure function g^d_1 based on the data collected by the COMPASS experiment at CERN during the years 2002-2004. The data provide an accurate...

Measurement of the $t\bar{t}$ Production Cross Section in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV using Lepton + Jets Events with Jet Probability b-tagging (2006)

Abulencia, A., Acosta, D., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...

We present a measurement of the tt-bar production cross section using events with one charged lepton and jets from p anti-p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. A b-tagging algorithm...

Data access and analysis with distributed federated data servers in climateprediction.net (2006)

Massey, N., Aina, T., Allen, M., Christensen, C., Frame, D., Goodman, D., ...

climateprediction.net is a large public resource distributed scientific computing project. Members of the public download and run a full-scale climate model, donate their computing time to a large...

Data access and analysis with distributed federated data servers in climateprediction.net (2006)

Massey, N., Aina, T., Allen, M., Christensen, C., Frame, D., Goodman, D., ...

climateprediction.net is a large public resource distributed scientific computing project. Members of the public download and run a full-scale climate model, donate their computing time to a large...

Measurement of the $t\bar{t}$ Production Cross Section in $p\bar{p}$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 1.96 TeV using Lepton + Jets Events with Jet Probability b-tagging (2006)

Abulencia, A., Acosta, D., Adelman, J., Affolder, T., Akimoto, T., G. Albrow, M., ...

We present a measurement of the tt-bar production cross section using events with one charged lepton and jets from p anti-p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.96 TeV. A b-tagging algorithm...

Working together: carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

Roulstone, A., Hudson, V., Kearney, J., Martin, A.

This report represents the most comprehensive research on carer participation ever carried out in the UK. The study provides both a conceptual and empirical appraisal of current carer participation...

On the Graph Bisection Cut polytope (2006)

M. Armbruster, M. Fügenschuh, C. Helmberg, A. Martin, Der Dekan Der, ...

Given a graph G = (V, E) with node weights fv ∈ N0, v ∈ V, and some number F ∈ N0, the convex hull of the incidence vectors of all cuts δ(S), S ⊆ V with f(S) ≤ F and f(V \ S) ≤ F is...

Nitrate reductase assay for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: simple and inexpensive method for low-resource laboratories (2006)

Lemus, D., Montoro, E., Echemendia, M., Martin, A., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

The nitrate reductase assay (NRA) was used as an alternative method for detection of resistance to the first-line antituberculous drugs isoniazid, rifampicin, ethambutol and streptomycin. A total of...

A new rapid and simple colorimetric method to detect pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide (2006)

Martin, A., Takiff, H., Vandamme, P., Swings, J., Palomino, J. C., Portaels, F.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to develop and assess a rapid method for pyrazinamide resistance detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide in a colorimetric resazurin...

Application of the resazurin microtitre assay for detection of multidrug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Algiers (2006)

Nateche, F., Martin, A., Baraka, S., Palomino, J. C., Khaled, S., Portaels, F.

This study assessed the performance of a rapid, low-cost, colorimetric method, the resazurin microtitre assay (REMA) plate method, for the detection of resistance to isoniazid and rifampicin in 136...

Evaluation of a rapid culture method for tuberculosis diagnosis; a Latin American multi-center study (2006)

Robledo, J. A., Mejia, G. I., Morcillo, N., Chacón, L., Camacho, M., Luna, J., ...

SETTINGS: Tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic laboratories in Latin America. OBJECTIVES: Evaluation of thin-layer agar (TLA) compared to Löwenstein-Jensen (LJ) culture for the diagnosis of TB. DESIGN:...

Evaluation of the resazurin microtiter assay for rapid detection of ofloxacin resistance in M. tuberculosis (2006)

Umubyeyi, A. N., Martin, A., Zissis, G., Struelens, M., Karita, E., Portaels, F.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the performance of the colorimetric resazurin microtiter assay (REMA) method for the detection of ofloxacin resistance. METHODS: A panel of 120 multidrug-resistant...

Evaluation of phage assay for rapid phenotypic detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2006)

Yzquierdo, S. L., Lemus, D., Echemendia, M., Montoro, E., McNerney, R., Martin, A., ...

BACKGROUND: Conventional methods for susceptibility testing require several months before results can be reported. However, rapid methods to determine drug susceptibility have been developed...

Working together: carer participation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2006)

Roulstone, A., Hudson, V., Kearney, J., Martin, A.

This report represents the most comprehensive research on carer participation ever carried out in the UK. The study provides both a conceptual and empirical appraisal of current carer participation...

Gluon polarization in the nucleon from quasi-real photoproduction of high-pT hadron pairs (2005)

Ageev, E S, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Badelek, B, ...

We present a determination of the gluon polarization Delta G/G in the nucleon, based on the helicity asymmetry of quasi-real photoproduction events, Q^2

Aspects of the fundamental theory of proton-proton scattering (2005)

Martin, A

After recalling the existence of a high energy bound on proton-proton total cross-sections, the author discusses the various phenomena which occur when these cross-sections rise and especially when...

Phase-shift ambiguities for analytic amplitudes (2005)

Itzykson, C, Martin, A

Ambiguities in reconstructing a unitary elastic amplitude at fixed energy are investigated given the differential cross-section when one assumes analyticity in the cos theta plane. Strong hints are...

Asymptotic behaviour of the real part of the scattering amplitude at t not=0 (2005)

Martin, A

Assuming that the odd-signature amplitude is negligible at high energies the authors derive the expression rho =( pi /logE)(1+(1/f( tau )) tau (df( tau )/d tau )). They note that it is difficult to...

An inequality on S wave bound states, with correct coupling constant dependence (2005)

Martin, A

An upper bound for the number of S-wave bound states in a spherically symmetric potential gV(r) is found. (7 refs).

Bound states in the strong coupling limit (2005)

Martin, A

The author shows that the number of bound states of a particle in a short-range potential in n dimensions is given asymptotically by N=g /sup n/2/S/sub n//(2 pi )/sup n/ integral mod 2MV/sup...

Why is the diffraction peak a peak? (2005)

Cornille, H, Martin, A

It is proved that the high-energy differential cross section for an elastic process has a maximum exactly in the forward direction and that the slope of the diffraction peak is at most (log s)/sup...

MRI in guiding and assessing intramyocardial therapy (2005)

Saeed, Maythem, Saloner, D, Weber, O, Martin, A, Henk, C, Higgins, C

Cardiovascular intervention, using MRI guidance, is challenging for clinical applications. Real-time imaging sequences with high spatial resolution are needed for monitoring intramyocardial delivery...

Search for the $\phi (1860)$ Pentaquark at COMPASS (2005)

Ageev, E S, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Badeek, B, ...

Narrow Xi-pi+- and Xi-bar+pi+- resonances produced by quasi-real photons have been searched for by the COMPASS experiment at CERN. The study was stimulated by the recent observation of an exotic...

First Measurement of the Transverse Spin Asymmetries of the Deuteron in Semi-Inclusive Deep Inelastic Scattering (2005)

Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Badeek, B, Balestra, F, ...

First measurements of the Collins and Sivers asymmetries of charged hadrons produced in deep-inelastic scattering of muons on a transversely polarized 6-LiD target are presented. The data were taken...

Measurement of the Spin Structure of the Deuteron in the DIS Region (2005)

Ageev, E S, Alexakhin, V Yu, Alexandrov, Yu A, Alexeev, G D, Amoroso, A, Badeek, B, ...

We present a new measurement of the longitudinal spin asymmetry A_1^d and the spin-dependent structure function g_1^d of the deuteron in the range 1 GeV^2 < Q^2 < 100 GeV^2 and 0.004< x

Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases (2005)

Stainforth, D. A., Aina, T., Christensen, C., Collins, M., Faull, N., Frame, D. J., ...

The range of possibilities for future climate evolution needs to be taken into account when planning climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. This requires ensembles of multi-decadal...

WHY THE REAL PART OF THE PROTON-PROTON FORWARD SCATTERING AMPLITUDE SHOULD BE MEASURED AT THE LHC (2005)

Bourrely, C., Khuri, N.N., Martin, A., Soffer, J., Wu, T.T.

For the energy of 14 TeV, to be reached at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), we have had for some time accurate predictions for both the real and imaginary parts of the forward proton-proton elastic...

Intentional Embodied Agents (2005)

A. Martin, B. Schön, J. F. Bradley, B. R. Duffy

Virtual environments present a suitable platform for the deployment of agent technologies. We advocate a system of virtual agents that are capable of changing their form in order to expand their...

Data Continuation for Data Regularization and Internal Multiples (2005)

E. Malcolm, Prof James, A. Mcneil, Prof Maarten, V. Hoop, Prof John, ...

Seismic data collected in the field are often not ideal for processing. The process known as data continuation computes data not recorded from those that are recorded so that data requirements for...

Multicenter evaluation of mycobacteria identification by PCR restriction enzyme analysis in laboratories from Latin America and the Caribbean (2005)

Cardoso Leao, S., Bernardelli, A., Cataldi, A., Zumarraga, M., Robledo, J., Realpe, T., ...

The identification of mycobacterial species in clinical isolates is essential for making patient care decisions. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) restriction enzyme analysis (PRA) is a simple and...

Multicenter evaluation of the nitrate reductase assay for drug resistance detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2005)

Martin, A., Montoro, E., Lemus, D., Simboli, N., Morcillo, N., Valesco, M., ...

The performance of the nitrate reductase assay was evaluated in a multicenter laboratory study to detect resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs rifampicin,...

Multicenter study of MTT and resazurin assays for testing susceptibility to first-line anti-tuberculosis drugs (2005)

Martin, A., Morcillo, N., Lemus, D., Montoro, E., Da Silva Telles, M. A., Simboli, N., ...

OBJECTIVE: A multicentre evaluation was performed to assess two rapid low-cost methods, MTT (3-[4.5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2.5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) and resazurin assays, for testing the...

Rapid detection of ofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by two low-cost colorimetric methods: resazurin and nitrate reductase assays (2005)

Martin, A., Palomino, J. C., Portaels, F.

We have evaluated the performance of two rapid, low-cost methods for the detection of ofloxacin (OFX) resistance with 95 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from countries with high...

Comparative evaluation of the nitrate reduction assay, the MTT test, and the resazurin microtitre assay for drug susceptibility testing of clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2005)

Montoro, E., Lemus, D., Echemendia, M., Martin, A., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the performance of three rapid low-cost methods for the detection of resistance to first-line drugs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. METHODS: One hundred M. tuberculosis...

In-house phage amplification assay is a sound alternative for detecting rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in low-resource settings (2005)

S¡mboli, N., Takiff, H., McNerney, R., López, B., Martin, A., Palomino, J. C., ...

An in-house mycobacteriophage amplification assay for detecting rifampin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis showed 100% sensitivity, 97.7% specificity, and 95.2% predictive value for resistance in...

Impact of EGFR expression on colorectal cancer patient prognosis and survival (2005)

Lagorce, C., Atlan, D., Milano, G., Domont, J., Benamouzig, R., ...

Background: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in many types of cancers, especially colorectal cancer (CRC), and seems to reflect more aggressive histological and clinical...

Spin asymmetries for events with high $p_T$ hadrons in DIS and an evaluation of the gluon polarization (2004)

Adeva, B, Arik, A, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Baum, G, Berglund, P, ...

We present a measurement of the longitudinal spin cross section asymmetry for deep inelastic muon-nucleon interactions with two high transverse momentum hadrons in the final state. Two methods of...

Asymptotic constraints on sigma e+e- total in asymptotically free theories (2004)

Cornille, H, Martin, A

Using the analyticity properties of the vacuum polarization function we obtain conditions on the e/sup -/e/sup +/ total cross section from the behaviour of this function for spacelike directions...

Combination of CDF and D0 results on the W boson mass and width (2004)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abdesselam, A., Abolins, M., Abramov, V., S. Acharya, B., ...

The results based on 1992–95 data (Run 1) from the CDF and D0 experiments on the measurements of the W boson mass and width are presented, along with the combined results. We report a Tevatron...

Combination of CDF and D0 results on the W boson mass and width (2004)

Abazov, V.M., Abbott, B., Abdesselam, A., Abolins, M., Abramov, V., S. Acharya, B., ...

The results based on 1992–95 data (Run 1) from the CDF and D0 experiments on the measurements of the W boson mass and width are presented, along with the combined results. We report a Tevatron...

Underlying event in hard interactions at the Fermilab Tevatron p-barp collider (2004)

Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., Amidei, D., Anikeev, K., ...

For comparison of inclusive jet cross sections measured at hadron-hadron colliders to next-to-leading order (NLO) parton- level calculations, the energy deposited in the jet cone by spectator parton...

Direct photon cross section with conversions at CDF (2004)

Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., Amidei, D., Anikeev, K., ...

We present a measurement of the isolated direct photon cross section in p (p) over bar collisions at roots=1.8 TeV and \eta\ lt 0.9 using data collected between 1994 and 1995 by the Collider Detector...

Inclusive search for anomalous production of high-p(T) like- sign lepton pairs in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.8 TeV (2004)

Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., Amidei, D., Anikeev, K., ...

We report on a search for anomalous production of events with at least two charged, isolated, like-sign leptons, each with p(T) gt 11 GeV/c using a 107 pb(-1) sample of 1.8 TeV p (p) over bar...

Optimized search for single-top-quark production at the Fermilab Tevatron (2004)

Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., Amidei, D., Anikeev, K., ...

We use a neural-network technique to search for standard model single-top-quark production in the 106 pb(-1) dataset accumulated by the Collider Detector at Fermilab detector during the 1992-1995...

Measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay as a function of the W transverse momentum in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.8 TeV (2004)

Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Albrow, M.G., Ambrose, D., Amidei, D., Anikeev, K., ...

We present a measurement of the polar-angle distribution of leptons from W boson decay, as a function of the W transverse momentum. The measurement uses an 80+/-4 pb(-1) sample of p (p) over bar...

One-tube cell lysis and DNA extraction procedure for PCR-based detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in aquatic insects, molluscs and fish (2004)

Kotlowski, R., Martin, A., Ablordey, A., Chemlal, K., Fonteyne, P. A., Portaels, F.

The purpose of this study was to develop a simple procedure for cell lysis and DNA extraction for direct detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in aquatic insects, gills and intestinal contents of fish,...

Rapid alternative methods for detection of rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2004)

Lemus, D., Martin, A., Montoro, E., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

OBJECTIVE: To study the performance of three rapid low cost methods for the detection of rifampicin resistance. METHODS: A panel of 20 coded Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains was tested blindly by...

Chemokine receptor CXCR4 and early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: pattern of expression and correlation with outcome (2004)

Andre, F., Morat, L., Sabatier, L., Besse, B., Combadiere, C., ...

Background: The expression of CXCR4 has been implicated in metastatic dissemination in different models of breast cancer and melanoma. In the present study, we evaluated CXCR4 expression in...

Measurement of Heavy Quark Forward-Backward Asymmetries and Average B Mixing Using Leptons in Hadronic Z Decays (2003)

Abbiendi, G, Carter, A, De Wolf, E, McPherson, R A, Neal, H, Thomson, M, ...

Hadronic Z0 decays with identified electrons or muons have been used to measure the forward-backward asymmetries of e^+e^- --> Z0 --> bbbar and e^+e^- --> Z0 --> ccbar events. The asymmetries at...

Exact numerical algorithms for linear stochastic wave equation and stochastic Klein-Gordon equation (2003)

Martin, A., Prigarin, Sergej, Winkler, Gerhard

On the basis of integral representations we propose numerical methods to solve the stochastic wave equation and the stochastic Klein-Gordon equation. The algorithms are exact in a probabilistic sense.

Exact and Fast Numerical Algorithms for the Stochastic Wave Equation (2003)

Martin, A., Prigarin, Sergej, Winkler, Gerhard

On the basis of integral representations we propose fast numerical methods to solve the Cauchy problem for the stochastic wave equation without boundaries and with the Dirichlet boundary conditions....

Small Ball Asymptotics for the Stochastic Wave Equation (2003)

Martin, A.

We examine the small ball asymptotics for the weak solution X of the stochastic wave equation d`Alambert(X)(t,x) = g(X(t,x)) + f(t,x)dW(t,x) on the real line with deterministic initial conditions.

Resazurin microtiter assay plate testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis susceptibilities to second-line drugs: rapid, simple, and inexpensive method (2003)

Martin, A., Camacho, M., Portaels, F., Palomino, J. C.

The emergence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis calls for new, rapid drug susceptibility tests. We have tested 150 Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates against the second-line drugs ethionamide,...

Study of the heavy flavor content of jets produced in association with W bosons in p(p)over-bar collisions at root s=1.8 TeV (2002)

Acosta, D., Affolder, T., Akimoto, H., Akopian, A., Amaral, P., Ambrose, D., ...

We present a detailed examination of the heavy flavor content of the W+jet data sample collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab during the 1992-1995 collider run at the Fermilab Tevatron....

Resazurin microtiter assay plate: simple and inexpensive method for detection of drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (2002)

Palomino, J. C., Martin, A., Camacho, M., Guerra, H., Swings, J., Portaels, F.

A method for detecting multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using a reduction of resazurin is described. Eighty clinical isolates were evaluated against isoniazid and rifampin; results...

Improving risk assessment: Hip geometry, bone mineral distribution and bone strength in hip fracture cases and controls. The EPOS study (2002)

Kroger, H, Martin, A, Pols, HAP, Lorenc, R, Nijs, J, ...

Hip geometry and bone mineral density (BMD) have previously been shown to relate independently to hip fracture risk. Our objective was to determine by how much hip geometric data improved the...

Differential carbohydrate metabolism conducts morphogenesis in embryogenic callus of Hevea brasiliensis (Mull. Arg.) (2002)

Blanc, G., Lardet, L., Martin, A., Jacob, J.L., Carron, M.P.

Somatic embryogenesis in Hevea is stimulated when the embryogenesis induction medium contains maltose, rather than glucose, fructose, or sucrose, in equimolarity (Blanc et al., 1999)....

Bound States in n Dimensions (Especially n = 1 and n = 2) (2001)

Khuri, N N, Martin, A, Wu Tai Tsun

We stress that in contradiction with what happens in space dimensions $n \geq 3$, there is no strict bound on the number of bound states with the same structure as the semi-classical estimate for...

Morphology and AFLP markers suggest three Hordeum chilense ecotypes that differ in avoidance to rust fungi (2001)

Vaz Patto, M.C., Aardse, A., Buntjer, J., Rubiales, D., Martin, A., Niks, R.E.

In Hordeum chilense Roem. & Schult., a high variation in the level of avoidance to infection of barley leaf rust (Puccinia hordei Otth) occurs. Probably resulting from the properties of the stomata,...

Prospects for exploitation of disease resistance from Hordeum chilense in cultivated cereals (2001)

Rubiales, D., Niks, R.E., Carver, T.L.W., Ballesteros, J., Martin, A.

Hordeum chilense is a South American wild barley with high potential for cereal breeding given its high crossability with other members of the Triticeae. In the present paper we consider the...

Microlocal Analysis Of Wave-Equation Imaging And Generalized-Screen Propagators (2001)

Prof James Mcneil, Prof Maarten, V. Hoop, Prof John, ...

The imaging procedure of reflection seismic data can be generated by an extension of the `double-square-root equation' to heterogeneous media, which yields the process of waveequation imaging....

Detection of ehrlichia platys in dogs in Australia (2001)

Brown, G. K., Martin, A., Roberts, T. K., Aitken, R. J.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the detection of Ehrlichia platys in free-roaming dogs in Central Australia. PROCEDURE: Blood samples were collected from four dogs and examined for bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA...

Expression of resistance to Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici in 'Chinese Spring' wheat addition lines containing chromosomes from Hordeum vulgare and H. chilense (2001)

Rubiales, D., Carver, Timothy L. W., Martin, A.

Blumeria graminis f.sp. tritici (syn. Erysiphe gruminis f.sp. tritici) causes an important disease of wheat (powdery mildew) to which Hordeum uulgare and H. chilense are resistant. The study of...

Search for new particles decaying to tt in pp collisions at square root s=1.8 TeV (2000)

Affolder, T., Akimoto, H., Akopian, A., Albrow, M.G., Amaral, P., Amendolia, S.R., ...

We use 106 pb/sup -1/ of data collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab to search for narrow-width, vector particles decaying to a top and an antitop quark. Model independent upper limits on...

Harry Lehmann and the analyticity unitarity programme (2000)

Martin, A

I try to describe the extremely fruitful interaction I had with Harry Lehmann and the results which came out of the analyticity unitarity programme, especially the proof of the Froissart bound,...

Stability domain of systems of three arbitrary charges (2000)

Krikeb, A., Martin, A., Richard, J.M., Wu, T.T.

We present results on the stability of quantum systems consisting of a negative charge $-q_1$ with mass $m_{1}$ and two positive charges $q_2$ and $q_3$, with masses $m_{2}$ and $m_{3}$,...

Stability domain of systems of three arbitrary charges (2000)

Krikeb, A., Martin, A., Richard, J.M., Wu, T.T.

We present results on the stability of quantum systems consisting of a negative charge $-q_1$ with mass $m_{1}$ and two positive charges $q_2$ and $q_3$, with masses $m_{2}$ and $m_{3}$,...

Measurement of the SMC muon beam polarisation using the asymmetry in the elastic scattering off polarised electrons (1999)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Akdogan, T, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, ...

A muon beam polarimeter was built for the SMC experiment at the CERN SPS, for beam energies of 100 and 190~GeV. The beam polarisation is determined from the asymmetry in the elastic scattering off...

Spin Asymmetries $A_1$ of the Proton and the Deuteron in the Low $x$ and Low $Q^2$ Region from Polarized High Energy Muon Scattering (1999)

Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Baum, G, Berglund, P, ...

We present the results of the spin asymmetries $A_1$ of the proton and the deuteron in the kinematic region extending down to $x=6\cdot 10^{-5}$ and $Q^2=0.01$ GeV$^2$. The data were taken with a...

A large streamer chamber muon tracking detector in a high-flux fixed-target application (1999)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

Arrays of limited streamer tubes of the Iarocci type were deployed in our experiment at CERN as part of a forward muon detector system with provisions for the beam to pass through the center of each...

The polarized double cell target of the SMC (1999)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

The polarized target of the Spin Muon Collaboration at CERN was used for deep inelastic muon scattering experiments during 1993 to 1996 with a polarized muon beam to investigate the spin structure of...

Noise Reduction in Images: Some Recent Edge-Preserving Methods (1999)

G. Winkler, V. Aurich, K. Hahn, A. Martin, K. Rodenacker

We introduce some recent and very recent smoothing methods which focus on the preservation of boundaries, spikes and canyons in presence of noise. We try to point out basic principles they have in...

On the Stability Domain of Systems of Three Arbitrary Charges (1998)

Krikeb, A, Martin, A, Richard, J M, Wu Tai Tsun

We present results on the stability of quantum systems consisting of a negative charge $-q_1$ with mass $m_{1}$ and two positive charges $q_2$ and $q_3$, with masses $m_{2}$ and $m_{3}$,...

A next-to-leading order QCD analysis of the spin structure function $g_1$ (1998)

Adeva, B, Akdogan, T, Arik, E, Badelek, B, Bardin, G, Baum, G, ...

We present a next-to-leading order QCD analysis of the presently available data on the spin structure function $g_1$ including the final data from the Spin Muon Collaboration (SMC). We present resu...

Spin Asymmetries $A_1$ and Structure Functions $g_1$ of the Proton and the Deuteron from Polarized High Energy Muon Scattering (1998)

Adeva, B, Akdogan, T, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Bardin, G, ...

We present the final results of the spin asymmetries $A_1$ and the spin structure functions $g_1$ of the proton and the deuteron in the kinematic range $0.0008

Universality of low-energy scattering in (2+1) dimensions (1998)

Chadan, K, Khuri, N N, Martin, A, Wu Tai Tsun

We prove that, in (2+1) dimensions, the S-wave phase shift, $ \delta_0(k)$, k being the c.m. momentum, vanishes as either $\delta_0 \to {c\over \ln (k/m)} or \delta_0 \to O(k^2)$ as $k\to 0$. The...

Stability of Three- and Four-Body Coulomb Systems (1998)

Martin, A

We discuss the stability of three- and four-particle system interacting by pure Coulomb interactions, as a function of the masses and charges of the particles. We present a certain number of general...

Noise Reduction in Images: Some Recent Edge-Preserving Methods (1998)

Winkler, Gerhard, Aurich, Volker, Hahn, Klaus, Martin, A., Rodenacker, K.

We introduce some recent and very recent smoothing methods which focus on the preservation of boundaries, spikes and canyons in presence of noise. We try to point out basic principles they have in...

Solving Steiner tree problems in graphs to optimality (1998)

T. Koch, A. Martin

Abstract: In this paper, we present the implementation of a branch-and-cut algorithm for solving Steiner tree problems in graphs. Our algorithm is based on an integer programming formulation for...

Polarised quark distributions in the nucleon from semi-inclusive spin asymmetries (1997)

Adeva, B, Akdogan, T, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Bardin, G, ...

We present a measurement of semi-inclusive spin asymmetries for positively and negatively charged hadrons from deep inelastic scattering of polarised muons on polarised protons and deuterons in the...

The spin-dependent structure function $g_1(x)$ of the proton from polarized deep-inelastic muon scattering (1997)

Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Bardin, G, Baum, G, ...

We present a new measurement of the virtual photon proton asymmetry $A_1^{\rm p}$ from deep inelastic scattering of polarized muons on polarized protons in the kinematic range $0.0008 < x < 0.7$ and...

Measurement of proton and nitrogen polarization in ammonia and a test of equal spin temperature (1997)

Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Baum, G, Berglund, P, ...

The 1996 data taking of the SMC experiment used polarized protons to measure the spin dependent structure function $g_1$ of the proton. Three liters of solid granular ammonia were irradiated at the...

Spin structure of the proton from polarized inclusive deep-inelastic muon-proton scattering (1997)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

We have measured the spin-dependent structure function $g_1^{\rm p}$ in inclusive deep-inelastic scattering of polarized muons off polarized protons, in the kinematic range $0.003 < x < 0.7$ and...

A theorem on the real part of the high-energy scattering amplitude near the forward direction (1997)

Martin, A

We show that if for fixed negative (physical) square of the momentum transfer t, the differential cross-section ${d\sigma\over dt}$ tends to zero and if the total cross-section tends to infinity,...

The spin-dependent structure function $g_{1}(x)$ of the deuteron from polarized deep-inelastic muon scattering (1997)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Akdogan, T, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, ...

We present a new measurement of the spin-dependent structure function $g_1^{\rm d}$ of the deuteron from deep inelastic scattering of $190~\mbox{GeV}$ polarized muons on polarized deuterons. The...

The DET curve in assessment of detection task performance (1997)

A. Martin, G. Doddington, T. Kamm, M. Ordowski, M. Przybocki

We introduce the DET Curve as a means of representing performance on detection tasks that involve a tradeoff of error types. We discuss why we prefer it to the traditional ROC Curve and offer several...

The DET curve in assessment of detection task performance (1997)

A. Martin, G. Doddington, T. Kamm, M. Ordowski, M. Przybocki

We introduce the DET Curve as a means of representing performance on detection tasks that involve a tradeoff of error types. We discuss why we prefer it to the traditional ROC Curve and offer several...

The Steiner Tree Packing Problem in VLSI-Design (1997)

M. Grötschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we describe several versions of the routing problem arising in VLSI design and indicate how the Steiner tree packing problem can be used to model these problems mathematically. We focus...

Asymptotic properties of the solutions of a differential equation appearing in QCD (1996)

Chadan, K, Martin, A, Stubbe, J

We establish the asymptotic behaviour of the ratio h^\prime(0)/h(0) for \lambda\rightarrow\infty, where h(r) is a solution, vanishing at infinity, of the differential equation h^{\prime\prime}(r) =...

Polarisation of valence and non-strange sea quarks in the nucleon from semi-inclusive spin asymmetries (1996)

Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, Bardin, G, ...

We present a measurement of semi-inclusive spin asymmetries for positively and negatively charged hadrons from deep inelastic scattering of polarised muons on polarised protons and deuterons in the...

The Node Capacitated Graph Partitioning Problem: A Computational Study (1996)

C. E. Ferreira, A. Martin, R. Weismantel, L.A. Wolsey

In this paper we consider the problem of k-partitioning the nodes of a graph with capacity restrictions on the sum of the node weights in each subset of the partition, and the objective of minimizing...

Packing Steiner trees: further facets (1996)

M. Grötschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we continue the investigations in [GMW92a] for the Steiner tree packing polyhedron. We present several new classes of valid inequalities and give sufficient (and necessary) conditions...

Solving Steiner Tree Problems in Graphs to Optimality (1996)

Thorsten Koch, Alexander Martin, T. Koch, A. Martin

In this paper we present the implementation of a branch-and-cut algorithm for solving Steiner tree problems in graphs. Our algorithm is based on an integer programming formulation for directed graphs...

Generalization of the Calogero-Cohn bound on the number of bound states (1995)

Chadan, K, Kobayashi, R, Martin, A, Stubbe, J

It is shown that for the Calogero-Cohn type upper bounds on the number of bound states of a negative spherically symmetric potential V(r), in each angular momemtum state, that is, bounds containing...

Large enhancement of deuteron polarization with frequency modulated microwaves (1995)

Adeva, B, Ahmad, E, Arik, S, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

We report a large enhancement of 1.7 in deuteron polarization up to values of 0.6 due to frequency modulation of the polarizing microwaves in a two liters polarized target using the method of dynamic...

Spacings of quarkonium levels with the same principal quantum number (1995)

Grant, A K, Rosner, Jonathan L, Martin, A, Richard, J M, Stubbe, J

The spacings between bound-state levels of the Schr\"odinger equation with the same principal quantum number N but orbital angular momenta \ell differing by unity are found to be nearly equal for a...

$\Omega_{c}$ and other charmed baryons revisited (1995)

Martin, A, Richard, J M

The mass of the \Omega^0_c baryon with quark content (ssc) is computed in a potential model whose parameters have been determined in 1981 by fitting the spectrum of heavy mesons. It is found in...

Optimum Path Packing on Wheels: The Consecutive Case (1995)

Martin Grötschel, Alexander Martin, Robert Weismantel, M. Grotschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

We show that, given a wheel with nonnegative edge lengths and pairs of terminals located on the wheel's outer cycle such that the terminal pairs are in consecutive order, then a path packing, i....

ACTIVITY AND SUBCELLULAR DISTRIBUTION OF PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHOHYDROLASE (EC 3.1.3.4) IN ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE (1995)

SIMPSON, K. J., VENKATESAN, S., MARTIN, A., BRINDLEY, D. N., PETERS, T. J.

A micromethod was developed to assay the hepatic activity and subcellular distribution of phosphatidate phosphohydrolase (PAH, EC 3.1.3.4), an important regulatory enzyme in triacylglycerol...

Spin asymmetry in muon-proton deep inelastic scattering on a transversely-polarized target (1994)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

We measured the spin asymmetry in the scattering of 100 GeV longitudinally-polarized muons on transversely polarized protons. The asymmetry was found to be compatible with zero in the kinematic range...

Measurement of the spin-dependent structure function g$_{1}$(x) of the proton (1994)

Adams, D, Adeva, B, Arik, E, Arvidson, A, Badelek, B, Ballintijn, M K, ...

Abstract : We have measured the spin-dependent structure function g_1^p of the proton in deep inelastic scattering of polarized muons off polarized protons, in the kinematic range 0.003

Quadratic 0/1 optimization and a decomposition approach for the placement of electronic circuits (1994)

M. Jünger, A. Martin, G. Reinelt, R. Weismantel

The placement problem in the layout design of electronic circuits consists of finding a nonoverlapping assignment of rectangular cells to positions on the chip so that wireability is guaranteed and...

A Cutting Plane Based Algorithm for the Multiple Knapsack Problem (1993)

C. E. Ferreira, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we describe a cutting plane based algorithm for the multiple knapsack problem. We use our algorithm to solve some practical problem instances arising in the layout of electronic...

Packing Paths and Steiner Trees: Routing of Electronic Circuits (1993)

A. Martin, R. Weismantel

One of the challenging problems in the design of electronic circuits is the so-called routing problem. Roughly speaking, the task is to connect so-called terminal sets via wires on a predefined area....

Packing Steiner trees: separation algorithms (1993)

M. Grötschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we investigate separation problems for classes of inequalities valid for the polytope associated with the Steiner tree packing problem, a problem that arises, e. g., in VLSI routing....

Packing Paths and Steiner Trees: Routing of Electronic Circuits (1993)

Alexander Martin, A. Martin, Robert Weismantel

One of the challenging problems in the design of electronic circuits is the so-called routing problem. Roughly speaking, the task is to connect so-called terminal sets via wires on a predefined area....

Some Integer Programs Arising in the Design of Main Frame Computers (1992)

C. E. Ferreira, M. Grötschel, S. Kiefl, L. Krispenz, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we describe and discuss a problem that arises in the (global) design of a main frame computer. The task is to assign certain functional units to a given number of so called multi chip...

Packing Steiner Trees: A Cutting Plane Algorithm and Computational Results (1992)

M. Grötschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

In this paper we describe a cutting plane algorithm for the Steiner tree packing problem. We use our algorithm to solve some switchbox routing problems of VLSI-design and report on our computational...

Packing Steiner trees: polyhedral investigations (1992)

M. Grötschel, A. Martin, R. Weismantel

Let G = (V; E) be a graph and T ` V be a node set. We call an edge set S a Steiner tree with respect to T if S connects all pairs of nodes in T. In this paper we address the following problem, which...

QUINOLINIC ACID AND KYNURENINE PATHWAY METABOLISM IN INFLAMMATORY AND NON-INFLAMMATORY NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE (1992)

HEYES, M. P., SAITO, K., CROWLEY, J. S., DAVIS, L. E., DEMITRACK, M. A., DER, M., ...

Neurological dysfunction, seizures and brain atrophy occur in a broad spectrum of acute and chronic neurological diseases. In certain instances, over-stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors has...

A multicenter phase II study of carboplatin in advanced ovarian carcinoma: Final report (1992)

Kjorstad, K., Harris, A., Bertelsen, K., Slevin, M., Schultz, H., Hellman, K., ...

A phase II trial of single-agent carboplatin in advanced ovarian cancer was performed by 19 institutions from 10 European countries. A total of 260 patients were treated, with a median age of 55...

Induction of ovulation in rabbits with pure urinary luteinizing hormone and human chorionic gonadotrophin: comparison of oocyte and embryo quality (1991)

Molina, I., Pla, M., Vicente, J.S., Martin, A., Romeu, A.

Thirty-six 18-week-old nulliparous does were stimulated with a single dose of 25 IU pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin (PMSG). Ovulation was induced 48 h later with 50 IU lutehizing hormone (LH) (18...

Emplacement of the Cleveland Dyke: Evidence from Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Physical Modelling (1988)

MACDONALD, R., WILSON, L., THORPE, R. S., MARTIN, A.

The igneous rocks of the British Tertiary Volcanic Province (BTVP) comprise intrusive central complexes and associated lava fields in northwest Scotland and northern Ireland. These centres are...

NONCARDIAC SIDE-EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM ORAL AMIODARONE IN THE ELDERLY (1988)

HYATT, R. H., SINHA, B., VALLON, A., BALLEY, R.J., MARTIN, A.

Amiodarone is a powerful anti-arrhythmic drug. However, its use is somewhat limited by side-effects. No study examining side-effects specifically in elderly patients exists. We have reviewed...

ELASTIC SCATTERING AND SPIN PHYSICS (1985)

Martin, A.

We discuss whether existing high energy experimental data give some information on the spin dependence of the nucleon-(anti)nucleon elastic amplitudes.

Five-year follow-up of 101 elderly subjects by means of long-term ambulatory cardiac monitoring (1984)

MARTIN, A., BENBOW, L. J., BUTROUS, G. S., LEACH, C., CAMM, A. J.

Long-term follow-up of 101 healthy elderly subjects living independently in the community has been undertaken by means of clinical examination, resting ECG and 24-hour ambulatory cardiac monitoring....

Cytology and morphology of the hybrid Hordeum chilense x Aegilops squarrosa (1983)

Martin, A.

The Intergeneric hybrid Hordeum chllense × Aegilops squarrosa has been produced. There is no chromosome instability nor homoeologous pairing. The hybrid is sterile.

NON-LINEAR DYNAMICAL EXCITATIONS IN SOLIDS (1981)

Maradudin, A., Martin, A., Bilz, H., Wallis, R.

Vibrational excitations can exist in non-linear systems which have no counterpart in the corresponding linear systems. In this paper we investigate such excitations in systems where the non-linearity...

A sufficient condition for the existence of bound states in a potential without spherical symmetry (1980)

Chadan, K., Martin, A.

In this note we give a sufficient condition for a purely attractive potential without spherical symmetry to have at least one bound state.

The Mafic and Ultramafic Lavas of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Rhodesia (1977)

NISBET, EUAN G., BICKLE, M. J., MARTIN, A.

The Belingwe Greenstone Belt (2.8 × 109 yrs old) contains a 7 km succession of mafic and ultramafic lavas and high-level intrusions which overlie a thin sedimentary formation, itself unconformable...

THE NEW PATIENT INDEX--A METHOD OF MEASURING THE ACTIVITY OF DAY HOSPITALS (1975)

MARTIN, A., MILLARD, P. H.

The workload of three Day Hospitals was studied during 1973 and a simple mathematical calculation, the New Patient Index, devised to enable rapid assessment of function and activity to be made. This...

CARDIOVASCULAR ASSESSMENT IN THE ELDERLY (1973)

MARTIN, A., MILLARD, P. H.

One hundred and fourteen men and women of 70 years of age and over in the community have been studied with special reference to their blood pressure and electrocardiogram (e.c.g). It has been...

Immunoscintigraphy of human lung squamous cell carcinoma using an iodine-131 labelled monoclonal antibody (Po66).

Bourguet, P., Dazord, L., Desrues, B., Collet, B., Ramee, M. P., Delaval, P., ...

Monoclonal antibody (McAb) Po66 has been obtained by immunisation of mice against a human lung squamous cell carcinoma. The in vitro reactivity of the antibody with cancer cells and its ability to...

The suppression of fibroblast growth factor 2/fibroblast growth factor 4-dependent tumour angiogenesis and growth by the anti-growth factor activity of dextran derivative (CMDB7).

Bagheri-Yarmand, R., Kourbali, Y., Mabilat, C., Morère, J. F., Martin, A., Lu, H., ...

Our previous studies showed that carboxymethyl benzylamide dextran (CMDB7) blocks basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2)-dependent cell proliferation of a human breast epithelial line (HBL100),...

Immunolocalisation and imaging of small cell cancer xenografts by the IgG2a monoclonal antibody SWA11.

Smith, A., Waibel, R., Westera, G., Martin, A., Zimmerman, A. T., Stahel, R. A.

We describe here a murine monoclonal antibody of the IgG2a isotype which was generated against the SW2 human small cell carcinoma cell line. The antibody, SWA11, was shown to bind to a partially...

Estimating the long-term impact of a prophylactic human papillomavirus 16/18 vaccine on the burden of cervical cancer in the UK

Kohli, M, Ferko, N, Martin, A, Franco, E L, Jenkins, D, Gallivan, S, ...

To predict the public health impact on cervical disease by introducing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in the United Kingdom, we developed a mathematical model that can be used to reflect the...

Preclinical and post-treatment changes in the HCC-associated serum proteome

Ward, D G, Cheng, Y, N'Kontchou, G, Thar, T T, Barget, N, Wei, W, ...

SELDI-based proteomic profiling of body fluids is currently in widespread use for cancer biomarker discovery. We have successfully used this technology for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma...

Changes in the serum proteome associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma in hepatitis C-related cirrhosis

Ward, D G, Cheng, Y, N'kontchou, G, Thar, T T, Barget, N, Wei, W, ...

Early diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the key to the delivery of effective therapies. The conventional serological diagnostic test, estimation of serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) lacks...

Identification of serum biomarkers for colon cancer by proteomic analysis

Ward, D G, Suggett, N, Cheng, Y, Wei, W, Johnson, H, Billingham, L J, ...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is often diagnosed at a late stage with concomitant poor prognosis. Early detection greatly improves prognosis; however, the invasive, unpleasant and inconvenient nature of...