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Fiscal sustainability analysis: the case of PALOP economies
The Global Financial Crisis has typically led to a significant widening of fiscal positions (i.e.,
higher budget deficits and public debt). We address the sustainability of public finances in
Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP), through adequate econometric testing. Our
findings for the period 1975-2015 suggest that most of the PALOP have compromised the
sustainability of their corresponding fiscal positions, leading these economies to be set on
unsustainable public finance trajectories.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Transanal total mesorectal excision with triangle rules: a road map to prevent injuries
[Extract] Transanal total mesorectal excision (TaTME) is presented
as a promising new surgical technique for the approach to
the distal rectum, providing the ability to perform a highquality
resection, with technical advantages over the laparoscopic
approach. However, the new surgical anatomy
of the TaTME resection complicates surgical understanding
and increases the risks of inadvertent injuries to important
anatomic structures...info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
The Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey (GOSSS). III. 142 additional O-type systems
This is the third installment of GOSSS, a massive spectroscopic survey of
Galactic O stars, based on new homogeneous, high signal-to-noise ratio, R~2500
digital observations selected from the Galactic O-Star Catalog (GOSC). In this
paper we present 142 additional stellar systems with O stars from both
hemispheres, bringing the total of O-type systems published within the project
to 590. Among the new objects there are 20 new O stars. We also identify 11 new
double-lined spectroscopic binaries (SB2s), of which 6 are of O+O type and 5 of
O+B type, and an additional new tripled-lined spectroscopic binary (SB3) of
O+O+B type. We also revise some of the previous GOSSS classifications, present
some egregious examples of stars erroneously classified as O-type in the past,
introduce the use of luminosity class IV at spectral types O4-O5.5, and adapt
the classification scheme to the work of Arias et al. (2016).Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJS. This version has minor corrections
regarding typos and reference
New insights into the cell cycle profile of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis
The present work focuses on the analysis of cell cycle progression of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis yeast cells under diVerent environmental
conditions. We optimized a Xow cytometric technique for cell cycle proWle analysis based on high resolution measurements of
nuclear DNA. Exponentially growing cells in poor-deWned or rich-complex nutritional environments showed an increased percentage of
daughter cells in accordance with the fungus’ multiple budding and high growth rate. During the stationary growth-phase cell cycle progression
in rich-complex medium was characterized by an accumulation of cells with higher DNA content or pseudohyphae-like structures,
whereas in poor-deWned medium arrested cells mainly displayed two DNA contents. Furthermore, the fungicide benomyl induced
an arrest of the cell cycle with accumulation of cells presenting high and varying DNA contents, consistent with this fungus’ unique pattern
of cellular division. Altogether, our Wndings seem to indicate that P. brasiliensis may possess alternative control mechanisms during
cell growth to manage multiple budding and its multinucleate nature.Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - Contract SFRH/BD/8655/2002, Grant No. POCTI/ESP/45327/
2002
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