Edward Scott

Diazepam and hyoscine are known to have amnesic effects when administered intravenously. Nevertheless, they achieve these effects by entirely different neurochemical mechanisms, and so the question arises whether they can be differentiated in terms of their effects upon different categories of encoding operations. Sixteen normal volunteers received intravenous administrations of diazepam, hyoscine, and saline following a double-blind procedure. Both drugs completely eliminated the subjects' ability to discriminate between successive lists of words in a test of recognition memory. Moreover, both drugs also impaired the subjects' ability to reject homophones or synonyms of presented words. Thus, both diazepam and hyoscine appeared to impair the use of list tags, phonemic coding, and semantic coding in storing individual stimulus items in long-term memory.

New measurements of peripheral meson production are presented. The data confirm the existence of exotic mesons at 1.4 and 1.6 GeV/c2. The latter state dominates the eta'pi- decay spectrum. The data on eta pi+pi-pi- decay show large strength in several exotic (Jpc = 1- +) waves as well.

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Simplified Template Cross Sections (STXS) have been adopted by the LHC experiments as a common framework for Higgs measurements. Their purpose is to reduce the theoretical uncertainties that are directly folded into the measurements as much as possible, while at the same time allowing for the combination of the measurements between different decay channels as well as between experiments. We report the complete, revised definition of the STXS kinematic bins (stage 1.1), which are to be used for the upcoming measurements by the ATLAS and CMS experiments using the full LHC Run 2 datasets. The main focus is on the three dominant Higgs production processes, namely gluon-fusion, vector-boson fusion, and in association with a vector boson. We also comment briefly on the treatment of other production modes.

Simplified Template Cross Sections (STXS) have been adopted by the LHC experiments as a common framework for Higgs measurements. Their purpose is to reduce the theoretical uncertainties that are directly folded into the measurements as much as possible, while at the same time allowing for the combination of the measurements between different decay channels as well as between experiments. We report the complete, revised definition of the STXS kinematic bins (stage 1.1), which are to be used for the upcoming measurements by the ATLAS and CMS experiments using the full LHC Run 2 datasets. The main focus is on the three dominant Higgs production processes, namely gluon-fusion, vector-boson fusion, and in association with a vector boson. We also comment briefly on the treatment of other production modes.

The latest results of the Higgs boson decaying to two photons at the CMS experiment are presented. Measurements are based on the 35.9 $\textrm{fb}^{-1}$ 2016 dataset at a centre-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. An overall signal strength of $1.18^{+0.17}_{-0.14}$ relative to the Standard Model prediction is observed. Signal strengths of different production processes, couplings to fermions and bosons, and effective couplings to photons and gluons are also reported.

The upgraded High Luminosity LHC, after the third Long Shutdown (LS3), will provide an instantaneous luminosity of 7.5 × 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">34</sup> cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-2</sup> s <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-1</sup> (levelled), at the price of extreme pileup of up to 200 interactions per crossing. Such extreme pileup poses significant challenges, in particular for forward calorimetry. As part of its HL-LHC upgrade program, the CMS collaboration is designing a High Granularity Calorimeter to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. It features unprecedented transverse and longitudinal segmentation for both electromagnetic and hadronic compartments. The electromagnetic and a large fraction of the hadronic portions will be based on hexagonal silicon sensors of 0.5 - 1 cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> cell size, with the remainder of the hadronic portion based on highly-segmented scintillators with SiPM readout. Offline clustering algorithms that make use of this extreme granularity require novel approaches to preserve the fine structure of showers and to be stable against pileup, while supporting the particle flow approach by enhancing pileup rejection and particle identification. We discuss the principle and performance of a set of clustering algorithms for the HGCAL based on techniques borrowed from machine learning and computer vision.These algorithms lend themselves particularly well to be deployed on GPUs. The features of the algorithm, as well as an analysis of the CPU requirements in the presence of large pileup, are discussed.

Context High levels of exchangeable sodium or potassium in soils can lead to issues such as dispersion and deterioration of soil structure, reduced hydraulic conductivity and inadequate aeration. Gypsum is the most common soil amendment used to treat these issues but current methods to determine application rates (e.g. based on exchangeable sodium percentage or addition of dissolved calcium to diluted soil extracts) have limitations. Aim The aim of this study was to develop a simple soil incubation test to determine gypsum rates that are sufficient to eliminate soil dispersion. Methods Accurately weighed amounts of gypsum (to represent rates between 0 and 10 t ha−1) were mixed with soil (n = 8, three replicates) in small columns (50 mL plastic syringe-valve) and incubated under wet conditions for different periods. The turbidity, electrical conductivity, pH and cation concentrations in the column leachate were measured. Key results As gypsum rate increased, turbidity in the leachate decreased and this relationship was fitted with a natural logarithm function for each soil (average R2 = 0.71). A desired leachate turbidity target of ≤10 NTU was used in the equation to estimate the gypsum rate when dispersion was overcome for each soil. Testing suggested that a 1-day soil incubation time was sufficient. Conclusions Advantages of this new method include (a) non-reliance on exchangeable cation measurements, (b) direct relationship of the turbidity measure with soil dispersion and (c) the influence of soil salinity on dispersion being implicitly considered. Implications This method should provide improved decision support for management of dispersive soils.

The CMS experiment at CERN will undergo significant improvements during the so-called Phase- II Upgrade to cope with a 10-fold increase in integrated luminosity with the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC) era. A particularly challenging environment is the forward region, where the combination of extremely high radiation levels (fluence and ionising dose) coupled with up to 200 simultaneous pileup events necessitates new technologies and methodologies. The CMS col- laboration is designing a High Granularity Calorimeter (HGCAL) to replace the existing endcap calorimeters. It is a sampling calorimeter, featuring unprecedented transverse and longitudinal readout segmentation for both electromagnetic (CE-E) and hadronic (CE-H) compartments. This will facilitate particle-flow calorimetry, where the fine structure of showers can be measured and used to enhance pileup rejection and particle identification, whilst still achieving good energy resolution. The CE-E and a large fraction of CE-H will use silicon as active detector material. The sensors will be of hexagonal shape, maximising the available 8-inch circular wafer area. The lower-radiation environment will be instrumented with scintillator tiles with on-tile SiPM readout. In addition to the hardware aspects, the reconstruction of signals - both online for triggering and offline - is a quantum leap from existing detectors. We present the current status of the HGCAL, including its design and expected performance and the challenges ahead.

Donors were randomly selected for plateletapheresis using either the Haemonetics V-50 surge procedure or the Fenwal CS-3000 with special modifications. Six procedures using the V-50 were performed with 6 collection cycles. Platelet yields averaged 3.9x10^11 with an average white cell contamination of 3.8x10^8. Ten procedures were performed with 8 collection cycles. Platelet yields averaged 4.5x10^11 with an average white cell contamination of 1.2x10^8. CS-3000 procedures were performed using either 4,000 or 4,800 ml whole blood processed as the endpoint. Concentrates obtained using 4,000 ml (n=10) as the endpoint contained 3.9x10^11 platelets with a white cell contamination of 9.2x10^8. A 4,800 ml (n=5) endpoint produced concentrates with a yield of 4.5x10^11 and white cell contamination of 10.4x10^8.