We present an analysis of the process ψ(3686)→Ω^{-}Ωover ¯^{+} (Ω^{-}→K^{-}Λ, Ωover ¯^{+}→K^{+}Λover ¯, Λ→pπ^{-}, Λover ¯→pover ¯π^{+}) based on a dataset of 448×10^{6} ψ(3686) decays collected with ...the BESIII detector at the BEPCII electron-positron collider. The helicity amplitudes for the process ψ(3686)→Ω^{-}Ωover ¯^{+} and the decay parameters of the subsequent decay Ω^{-}→K^{-}Λ (Ωover ¯^{+}→K^{+}Λover ¯) are measured for the first time by a fit to the angular distribution of the complete decay chain, and the spin of the Ω^{-} is determined to be 3/2 for the first time since its discovery more than 50 years ago.
The aim is to showcase the effectiveness and safety of bosentan or ambrisentan in individuals diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and offer fresh evidence for the management of this ...condition.
For this research, we conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by searching various databases, including the Cochrane Library, Excerpta Medica Database, PubMed, and Web of Science. The retrieval was conducted until November 2021. We analyzed the variances in 6-minute walk distance (6MWD), death, diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO), forced vital capacity (FVC), hospitalization, IPF worsening, mean pulmonary arterial pressure, serious adverse events (SAEs), Short Form-36 improved, and St. George's Respiratory Questionnaire between the treatment and control groups.
A sum of six studies involving 1,928 participants were found to meet the inclusion criteria. The quality of evidence was high. The control group had significantly higher values for 6MWD, DLCO, and FVC compared to the ambrisentan treatment group. The rates of hospitalization and IPF worsening were considerably greater in comparison with the control group. The bosentan group exhibited significantly reduced rates of hospitalization and IPF worsening in comparison with the control group. Both drugs did not cause any raising in death or SAEs when in comparison with the control group.
The findings of this research validate the effectiveness and safety of bosentan for treating IPF patients. This medication can enhance the quality of life for individuals with IPF without causing any significant increase in SAEs. However, it does not have a notable influence on the long-term prognosis. The findings of this research do not endorse the utilization of ambrisentan in individuals diagnosed with IPF.
Using 6.32 fb–1 of electron-positron collision data recorded by the BESIII detector at center-of-mass energies between 4.178 and 4.226 GeV, we present the first search for the decay $D^{+}_{s}$ → ...a0(980)0e+νe, a0(980)0 → π0η, which could proceed via a0(980) – f0(980) mixing. No significant signal is observed. An upper limit of 1.2 × 10–4 at the 90% confidence level is set on the product of the branching fractions of $D^{+}_{s}$ → a0(980)0e+νe and a0(980)0 → π0η decays.
Highly biodiversity communities have been shown to better resist plant invasions through complementarity effects. Species richness (SR) is a widely used biodiversity metric but lacks explanatory ...power when there are only a few species. Communities with low SR can have a wide variety of phylogenetic diversities (PD), which might allow for a better prediction of invasibility.
We assessed the effect of diversity reduction of a wetland community assemblage typical of the Beijing area on biotic resistance to invasion of the exotic weed Alternanthera philoxeroides and compared the reduction in SR and PD in predicting community invasibility.
The eight studied resident species performed similarly when grown alone and when grown in eight‐species communities together with the invasive A. philoxeroides. Variation partitioning showed that PD contributed more to variation in both A. philoxeroides traits and community indicators than SR. All A. philoxeroides traits and community indicators, except for evenness index, showed a linear relationship with PD. However, only stem length of A. philoxeroides differed between the one‐ and two‐species treatments, and the diversity index of the communities differed between the one‐ and two‐species treatments and between the one‐ and four‐species treatments.
Our results showed that in natural or semi‐natural wetlands with relatively low SR, PD may be a better predictor of invasibility than SR. When designing management strategies for mitigating A. philoxeroides invasion, deliberately raising PD is expected to be more efficient than simply increasing species number.
In natural or semi‐natural wetlands with relatively low Species richness (SR), Phylogenetic diversities (PD) may be a better predictor of invasibility than Species richness (SR).
Using a sample of about 10(10) J/Psi events collected at a center-of-mass energy root s = 3.097 GeV with the BESIII detector, the electromagnetic Dalitz decays J/Psi -> e(+)e(-) pi(+)pi(-) eta', ...with eta' -> gamma pi(+)pi(-) and eta' -> pi(+)pi(-) eta, have been studied. The decay J/Psi -> e(+)e(-) X(1835) is observed with a significance of 15 sigma, and also an e(+)e(-) invariant-mass dependent transition form factor of J/Psi -> e(+)e(-) X(1835) is presented for the first time. The intermediate states X(2120) and X(2370) are also observed in the pi(+)pi(-) eta' invariant-mass spectrum with significances of 5.3 sigma and 7.3 sigma. The corresponding product branching fractions for J/Psi -> e(+)e(-) X, X -> pi(+) pi(-) eta' X = X(1835), X(2120), and X(2370) are reported.
We report a branching fraction measurement of the singly Cabibbo-suppressed decay Λ+c → ΛK+ using a data sample collected with the BESIII detector at the BEPCII storage ring. The data span ...center-of-mass energies from 4.599 to 4.950 GeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 6.44 fb −1 . The branching fraction of Λ+c → ΛK+ relative to that of the Cabibbo-favored decay Λ+c → Λπ+ is measured to be R = B(Λ+c → ΛK+) / B(Λ+c → Λπ+) = (4.78±0.34±0.20)%. Combining with the world-average value of B(Λ+c → Λπ+), we obtain B(Λ+c → ΛK+) = (6.21±0.44±0.26±0.34) × 10 −4 . Here the first uncertainties are statistical, the second systematic, and the third comes from the uncertainty of the Λ+c→Λπ+ branching fraction. This result, which is more precise than previous measurements, does not agree with theoretical predictions, and suggests that nonfactorizable contributions have been underestimated in current models.
Amorphous coatings with a composition of Fe
48Cr
15Mo
14C
15B
6Y
2 were prepared by means of high velocity oxygen fuel (HVOF) thermal spraying under different conditions. Microstructural studies show ...that the coatings present dense layered structure and low porosity with a fraction of nanocrystals precipitated. The porosity and amorphous fraction of the coatings decrease as the kerosene and oxygen flow increase within the parameter range examined. Corrosion behavior of the amorphous coatings was investigated by electrochemical measurement. The results show that the coatings are spontaneously passivated with wide passive region and low passive current density in 3.5% NaCl, 1
N HCl and 1
N H
2SO
4 solutions, and exhibit an excellent ability to resist localized corrosion. However, the corrosion resistance of the coatings decreases in 1
N NaOH solution with lower transpassive potential and passive region. In addition, the optimal spraying parameter improves the corrosion resistance of the amorphous coatings obviously due to the proper proportion of porosity and amorphous fraction.
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