THE SUPERCOOLED UNIVERSE

The supercooled universe

Abstract Strongly-coupled theories at the TeV can naturally drive a long period of supercooling in the early universe.Trapped into the deconfined phase, the universe could inflate and cool down till the temperature reaches the QCD strong scale.We hus726040als214 show how at these low temperatures QCD effects are important and could trigger the exit

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The Buncefield Accident and the Environmental Consequences for Fuel Storage Sites and other Sites in the UK, Regulated under the Seveso Directive

In December 2005 there was a major explosion and fire at the Buncefield fuel storage depot, located about 25 kms north of London.Fortunately nobody was killed but over 40 people were injured and there was extensive damage to property.Some of the tank bunds failed during the fire leading to the release of fuel and fire-fighting foam which caused pol

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Association of the matrix metalloproteinase-3 polymorphisms rs679620 and rs3025058 with ischemic stroke risk: a meta-analysis

Qi-Wei Zhang Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Jilin Medical University, Jilin, People’s Republic of China Purpose: The relationship of the matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3) polymorphisms rs679620 and rs3025058 with ischemic stroke has received much attention.The aim of the present study was to perform a meta-analysis of

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