Recent measurements of the transition form factors for the P* vertices, with P=0, and are compared with different models. These include vector-meson dominance, constituent-quark loops, the QCD-inspired interpolation by Brodsky-Lepage, and chiral perturbation theory. General agreement is observed and differencesdue to SU(3) breaking are stressed and discussed.

The η→π0γγ decay amplitude is discussed in the general context of chiral perturbation theory assuming that the low-energy constants (counterterms) are saturated by the known meson resonances. The suppression of the lowest order contributions is understood in physical terms. A reasonable agreement with the experimental decay width is achieved.

The interplay between the chiral anomaly and the non-leptonic weak hamiltonian is studied. The structure of the corresponding effective lagrangian of odd intrinsic parity is established. It is shown that the factorizable contributions (leading in 1/Nc) to that lagrangian can be calculated without free parameters. As a first application, the decay K+→π+π0γ is investigated.

We have calculated the decay rates of the Bs meson in a number of exclusive two-body decay channels using the Bauer-Stech-Wirbel model for current matrix elements. The influence of the free parameters of the model on the predictions is studied. The total branching ratio of the Bs into final states which only contain stable particles is found to be about 10-3.

All the terms needed to cancel the divergences appearing in one-loop calculations involving the Wess-Zumino term are obtained. We apply this result to the Pγγ and PPPγ vertices, fixing the finite part of the coefficients of the O(p6) terms in the lagrangian with vector meson contributions. In all the cases the corrections improve the agreement between the theoretical predictions and experimental d

The matching of the log and short distance contributions to the KL-KS mass difference is investigated in the large Nc limit (Nc being the number of colours). In this limit a physically well defined separation between the two regimes exists. This allows for an investigation of the matching between the two contributions. We obtain that 0.8±0.1 of the observed mass difference is due to the light and

We consider the process 00 within the quark model. We find small corrections to the lowest-order result obtained from chiral loops. These corrections are very similar to those found in vector-meson-dominated models, and too small to be tested with the present data. We use this result, together with a simple pole model, to find the amplitude for KL0 and use this to estimate the CP-conserving part o

We calculate the BK parameter within the framework of the 1/Nc expansion. We essentially use the technique presented by Bardeen, Buras and Gérard but calculate an off-shell Green function in order to disentangle different contributions. We study this Green function in pure Chiral Perturbation Theory (CHPT) first and afterwards in the 1/Nc expansion in the presence of an explicit cut-off to determi

Introduction: Massive bleeding is a serious complication associated with impaired survival after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). There are no previous reports evaluating the effect of ATAAD and associated surgery on von Willebrand factor (VWF). The aim of the present study was to analyze VWF activity (VWF:GPIbM) and thus the potential of Factor (F) VIII/VWF concentrate as a tre

We present a calculation of the electromagnetic π+-π0 mass difference within the framework of the QCD effective action approach. The dependence on the constituent chiral quark mass is discussed.

We have calculated the next to leading corrections to the processes γπ- → π0π- and η → π+π-γ in chiral perturbation theory. The loop diagrams are divergent, requiring the contributions from the O(p6) lagrangian. The finite parts of the coefficients of the O(p6) terms are calculated assuming their saturation by the vector meson contribution. These corrections improve the agreement between the theor

We discuss the extended Nambu-Jona-Lasinio model as a low energy expansion, all two-point functions and an example of a three-point function to all orders in momenta and quark masses. The model is treated at leading level in 1/Nc but otherwise exact. Some comments about the QCD flavour anomaly and Vector Meson Dominance in this class of models is made.

Background: Measures of overall gait deviations such as the Gait Profile Score (GPS) and the Gait Variable Score (GVS) are used to evaluate gait in clinical practice and for research purposes. In the clinical setting, gait deviations are often visually assessed and classified using structured protocols such as the Clubfoot Assessment Protocol (CAP). Research question: Determine the relationship b

A general expression containing all the divergences in Chiral Perturbation Theory at one loop for anomalous processes has been calculated. The nonrenormalization of some amplitudes (Adler-Bardeen theorem) is observed. The different types of corrections are identified. The contributions from vector meson exchange are determined for all anomalous processes. Explicit cancellation of divergences is sh

We present a calculation of the hadronic light-by-light contributions to the muon g-2 in the 1/Nc expansion. We have used an extended Nambu-Jona-Lansinio model and introduced an explicit cutoff for the high energy region. We then have critically studied the relative size of the high energy contributions. Although we find them large, we can give an estimate of the light-by-light contribution to aμ

Using two different methods inspired by duality transformations we present the equivalence between effective Lagrangians for massive vector mesons using a vector field and an antisymmetric tensor field. This completes the list of explicit field transformations between the various effective Lagrangian methods to describe massive vector and axial vector mesons. Our method automatically generates the