274 research outputs found

    Searching for X-ray sources in nearby late-type galaxies with low star formation rates

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    Late type non-starburst galaxies have been shown to contain X-ray emitting objects, some being ultraluminous X-ray sources. We report on XMM-Newton observations of 11 nearby, late-type galaxies previously observed with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in order to find such objects. We found 18 X-ray sources in or near the optical extent of the galaxies, most being point-like. If associated with the corresponding galaxies, the source luminosities range from 2×10372 \times 10^{37} erg s1^{-1} to 6×10396 \times 10^{39} erg s1^{-1}. We found one ultraluminous X-ray source, which is in the galaxy IC 5052, and one source coincident with the galaxy IC 4662 with a blackbody temperature of 0.166±0.0150.166 \pm 0.015 keV that could be a quasi-soft source or a quiescent neutron star X-ray binary in the Milky Way. One X-ray source, XMMU J205206.0-691316, is extended and coincident with a galaxy cluster visible on an HST image. The X-ray spectrum of the cluster reveals a redshift of z=0.25±0.02z = 0.25 \pm 0.02 and a temperature of 3.6±\pm0.4 keV. The redshift was mainly determined by a cluster of Fe XXIV lines between the observed energy range 0.81.00.8-1.0 keV.Comment: 8 pages, to appear in MNRA

    Chain Community Pharmacists\u27 Willingness, Attitudes, and Barriers in Providing Self-Care Medication and Supplement Recommendations

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    BACKGROUND: Pharmacists are commonly called on as the first resource for patients when selecting an appropriate self-care medication or supplement. This study examines pharmacists’ over-the-counter (OTC) recommendations in the chain community pharmacy setting in the United States. OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to assess chain community pharmacists’ willingness and attitudes to provide self-care recommendations to patients and to identify chain community pharmacists’ barriers to making OTC medication and supplement recommendations. METHODS: An anonymous survey was created to identify pharmacists’ attitudes and their willingness to perform these recommendations. The questionnaire included specific questions to identify barriers that exist to making OTC recommendations. The survey was distributed by fax and email to 527 pharmacists in the Mid-South regional district of a U.S. grocery chain pharmacy. Descriptive statistics were used to identify demographic trends and display results. RESULTS: Pharmacists are overwhelmingly willing to provide OTC recommendations (100%) and see it as an important part of community practice (99%). The greatest barriers were time/prescription volume (94%) and staffing demands (78%). The greatest need for education was in the areas of eye/ear care and vitamins/herbal products. CONCLUSIONS: The results affirmed pharmacists’ willingness and overall positive attitude to providing OTC medication counseling in the community pharmacy setting. The research uniquely identified barriers that pharmacists experience when attempting to make OTC recommendations. This information can be used not only for the implementation of patient care services targeting self-care needs but also in the application of general community pharmacy practice

    The Ozone Hole Indirect Effect: Cloud-Radiative Anomalies Accompanying the Poleward Shift of the Eddy-Driven Jet in the Southern Hemisphere

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    This study quantifies the response of the clouds and the radiative budget of the Southern Hemisphere (SH) to the poleward shift in the tropospheric circulation induced by the development of the Antarctic ozone hole. Single forcing climate model integrations, in which only stratospheric ozone depletion is specified, indicate that (1) high-level and midlevel clouds closely follow the poleward shift in the SH midlatitude jet and that (2) low-level clouds decrease across most of the Southern Ocean. Similar cloud anomalies are found in satellite observations during periods when the jet is anomalously poleward. The hemispheric annual mean radiation response to the cloud anomalies is calculated to be approximately +0.25 W m−2, arising largely from the reduction of the total cloud fraction at SH midlatitudes during austral summer. While these dynamically induced cloud and radiation anomalies are considerable and are supported by observational evidence, quantitative uncertainties remain from model biases in mean-state cloud-radiative processes

    TT ILPF - construindo capacidades e inovando no setor produtivo do Tocantins e sul do Pará.

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    A pesquisa brasileira e, em especial, a Embrapa, passou a desenvolver tecnologias mais conservacionistas e, nesse sentido, a integração lavoura-pecuária-floresta (ILPF) vem sendo trabalhada pela empresa em todo o país como uma inovação para a produção agropecuária sustentável. Este sistema permite a produção concomitante de árvores, grãos, forragem e atividade pecuária em áreas anteriormente de monocultivo, e possibilita a recuperação das áreas de pastagens degradadas via consórcio, sucessão e/ou rotação. O sistema ILPF permite aumento da matéria orgânica e atividade biológica do solo, bem como, redução das emissões de gases do efeito estufa, promovendo a sustentabilidade produtiva das áreas. Além disso, a ILPF propicia ganhos econômicos, estabilidade da renda do produtor na medida em que permite maior oferta de emprego e produção o ano todo (grãos, carne, leite, energia, produtos madeireiros e não madeireiros oriundos das árvores). Em função de todas estas características técnicas, econômicas e sociais do sistema, a adoção de ILPF promove uma maneira inovadora de produção de alimentos, fibras e energia.bitstream/item/205777/1/CNPASA-2019-cap10.pd

    Is climate sensitivity related to dynamical sensitivity? A Southern Hemisphere perspective

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    This study examines whether the spread in the climate sensitivity of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) models also captures the spread in the Southern Hemisphere dynamical response to greenhouse gas forcing. Three metrics are proposed to quantify the “dynamical sensitivity” of the Southern Hemisphere: the poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation, the poleward expansion of the subtropical dry zone, and the poleward shift of the midlatitude jet. In the CMIP5 abrupt 4 × CO₂ integrations, the expansion of the Hadley circulation is well correlated with climate sensitivity in all seasons; in contrast, the shifts in the subtropical dry zone and midlatitude jet are significantly correlated with climate sensitivity only in summer and fall. In winter, those responses are more strongly linked to the control climatology in each model. Thus, a narrow focus on traditional climate sensitivity alone might miss out on important features of the atmospheric circulation's response to increasing greenhouse gases, particularly in the extratropics
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