Ferruginous biolaminations within the pre-Hirnantian (Late Ordovician) of the Carnic Alps, Austria

Well preserved laminated structures occur within the Upper Ordovician of the Cellon section in the Carnic Alps (Austria), a world-famous reference section for Silurian conodont biostratigraphy. Microfacies from the Upper Ordovician Uqua Formation were characterised by using optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), an environmental scanning electron microscopy coupled with microanalyses (SEM/ESEM-EDX) and a confocal laser Raman microscopy. Ferruginous laminated structures overgrowing specific skeletal fragments occur in the lower part of the studied unit in the form of finely red-to greenish coatings composed of chamosite and goethite alternating with calcite bands. Laminae have arborescent to dendrolitic morphologies. Such morphologies suggest a biomediated genesis and the existence of a potential microbial factory acting in a nearby location from which coated material was later redeposited. These ferruginous coatings around organisms are not documented within the latest Ordovician Plöcken Formation at Cellon or in the coeval Wolayer Formation elsewhere.Well preserved laminated structures occur within the Upper Ordovician of the Cellon section in the Carnic Alps (Austria), a world-famous reference section for Silurian conodont biostratigraphy. Microfacies from the Upper Ordovician Uqua Formation were characterised by using optical and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), an environmental scanning electron microscopy coupled with microanalyses (SEM/ESEM-EDX) and a confocal laser Raman microscopy. Ferruginous laminated structures overgrowing specific skeletal fragments occur in the lower part of the studied unit in the form of finely red-to greenish coatings composed of chamosite and goethite alternating with calcite bands. Laminae have arborescent to dendrolitic morphologies. Such morphologies suggest a biomediated genesis and the existence of a potential microbial factory acting in a nearby location from which coated material was later redeposited. These ferruginous coatings around organisms are not documented within the latest Ordovician Plöcken Formation at Cellon or in the coeval Wolayer Formation elsewhere

DENSITÉ DES NIVEAUX DE BASSE ÉNERGIE ET INSTABILITÉS DE SURFACE DANS LES NOYAUX LOURDS DE TRANSITION

Une analyse statistique des niveaux nucléaires de Au, Pt, Hg a été réalisée avec la méthode d'Ericson. Les distributions expérimentales du nombre de niveaux d'or impair sont comparées aux distributions théoriques correspondant aux modèles vibrationnels (Alaga, Kisslinger-Sorensen) et rotationnels (Stephens, Meyer-ter-Vehn). Le modèle d'Alaga donne la description la plus complète des niveaux de 193,195Au et s'accorde avec la partie inférieure de la distribution de haute énergie de Gilbert-Cameron (déduite du modèle statistique et des données de capture neutronique). La méthode d'Ericson révèle d'autres aspects intéressants des isotopes de Pt et Hg (p. ex. dépendance entre la densité des niveaux et la forme des noyaux ou des corrélations de paires, évidence pour des transitions de phase). En conséquence, cette méthode est un outil approprié pour l'orientation des recherches expérimentales aussi bien que théoriques des noyaux de transition

Weak radiative hyperon decays, Hara's theorem and the diquark

Weak radiative hyperon decays are discussed in the diquark-level approach. It is pointed out that in the general diquark formalism one may reproduce the experimentally suggested pattern of asymmetries, while maintaining Hara's theorem in the SU(3) limit. At present, however, no detailed quark-based model of parity-violating diquark-photon coupling exists that would have the necessary properties.Comment: 10 pages, LaTe

The TFL1 homologue KSN is a regulator of continuous flowering in rose and strawberry

Flowering is a key event in plant life, and is finely tuned by environmental and endogenous signals to adapt to different environments. In horticulture, continuous flowering (CF) is a popular trait introduced in a wide range of cultivated varieties. It played an essential role in the tremendous success of modern roses and woodland strawberries in gardens. CF genotypes flower during all favourable seasons, whereas once-flowering (OF) genotypes only flower in spring. Here we show that in rose and strawberry continuous flowering is controlled by orthologous genes of the TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1) family. In rose, six independent pairs of CF/OF mutants differ in the presence of a retrotransposon in the second intron of the TFL1 homologue. Because of an insertion of the retrotransposon, transcription of the gene is blocked in CF roses and the absence of the floral repressor provokes continuous blooming. In OF-climbing mutants, the retrotransposon has recombined to give an allele bearing only the long terminal repeat element, thus restoring a functional allele. In OF roses, seasonal regulation of the TFL1 homologue may explain the seasonal flowering, with low expression in spring to allow the first bloom. In woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca, a 2-bp deletion in the coding region of the TFL1 homologue introduces a frame shift and is responsible for CF behaviour. A diversity analysis has revealed that this deletion is always associated with the CF phenotype. Our results demonstrate a new role of TFL1 in perennial plants in maintaining vegetative growth and modifying flowering seasonality

Ensayo de una metodología innovadora para la detección de masas polimetálicas profundas: modelo geológico y exploración geotérmica preliminares de la Masa Valverde (Huelva).

Se presentan los resultados provisionales de los trabajos iniciales realizados para el Proyecto Innovative Geothermal Methodology to detect deep blind Polymetallic Ore Bodies, financiado por la CE Y co-financiado por DGICYT y organizaciones participantes. Los principales objetivos de este Proyecto son la cuantificación de los efectos térmicos "in situ" de masas polimetálicas profundas a fin de desarrollar nuevos métodos geotérmicos específicos que puedan detectar depósitos no aflorantes. Dichos métodos deberían proporcionar, previsiblemente, un procedimiento rápido y barato para la detección superficial de cuerpos profundos, midiendo perfiles térmicos en sondeos cortos. La exploración geotérmica permite, a diferencia de otros métodos (por ejemplo gravimetría), discriminar anomalías significativas. Para detectar pequeñas anomalías de temperatura (teniendo en cuenta que el efecto térmico decrece rápidamente hacia la superficie), la resolución térmica medida debe ser del orden de O,001ºC. Se han calibrado nuevos termistores muy sensibles en el Laboratoire National d'Essais (LNE) de París para obtener la máxima sensibilidad en el intervalo de temperaturas considerado (lO a 60ºC). Se miden conductividades térmicas sobre testigos con una precisión del 5% y una reproductibilidad del 2%, que permiten determinar las anomalías del gradiente de temperatura relacionadas con las litologías. Para poner a punto el método, se modelizarán las medidas y se compararán con la realidad de cuerpos conocidos, a fin de establecer un modelo fiable y de aplicación general. Esta metodología se ensaya en primer lugar en la MV (Masa Valverde, Huelva), descubierta y reconocida mediante sondeos por la E.N. Adaro, a fin de partir de un modelo suficientemente preciso para la modelización geotérmica. Los trabajos geológicos realizados integran observaciones de campo, examen y desmuestres de testigos de sondeos, geoquímica, geología estructural y estudio de testigos por diversas técnicas como petrografía, microscopía de menas, DRX, MEB, Microsonda Electrónica, etc. A pesar de la profundidad (en torno a los 600 m.l y de la complejidad de la estructura de MV puesta de manifiesto por el presente estudio, los resultados del primer año de investigación geológica -objeto de esta comunicación-, conducen a un modelo provisional que sirve de base a la interpretación de los datos térmicos. Dicho modelo difiere de los anteriormente conocidos en aspectos como: la posición, definición e interpretación de ciertos tramos litológicos; la demostración de muy frecuentes contactos tectónicos acompañados de procesos de deformación dúctil a veces muy intensa; la identificación de fallas o cabalgamientos que definen unidades independientes, entre las cuales los tramos litológicos, incluidos los cuerpos mineralizados, no son correlaciona bies; la estructura del cuerpo mineralizado, caracterizada por una superposición de escamas imbricadas con geometría antiformal, resultado de procesos tectónicos relacionados con la Tectónica de cabalgamientos de la región y recientemente demostrados -ITGE- en la parte española de la FPI (Faja Pirítica Ibérica). Los resultados provisionales arrojan, pues, un resultado coherente desde las diversas perspectivas de trabajo, particularmente por lo que respecta a los modelos geotérmico y geológico - geométrico, y permiten albergar fundadas esperanzas en una rápida puesta a punto del método, para su aplicación en exploración

Determinants of Doppler-based renal resistive index in patients with septic shock: impact of hemodynamic parameters, acute kidney injury and predisposing factors

BACKGROUND: Increased renal resistive index (RI) measured by Doppler ultrasonography has been shown to be associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) in septic patients. However, its clinical use is limited by poor sensitivity and specificity which may be explained by its numerous determinants [in particular mean arterial pressure (MAP)]. We measured, in patients with septic shock, RI at different MAP levels over a short period of time on the admission day to ICU (D1) and every 3 days until day 10 (D10) to define the determinants of RI and study specifically the relationship between RI and MAP. RESULTS: Consecutive patients with septic shock without preexisting chronic renal dysfunction were included in this prospective cohort study in two ICUs. Sixty-five patients were included in the study. Thirty-three (50.8%) and 15 (23.1%) patients had a history of chronic hypertension or diabetes, respectively. At D3, 35 patients presented AKI with AKIN 2 or 3 criteria (severe AKI, AKIN2-3 group) and 30 presented no AKIN or AKIN 1 criteria (AKIN0-1 group). As previously described, RI at D1 was higher in the AKIN2-3 group than in the AKIN0-1 group (0.73 interquartile range [0.67; 0.78] vs. 0.67 [0.59; 0.72], p = 0.001). A linear mixed model for predicting RI from D1 to D10 showed that an increase in pulse pressure, presence of severe AKI and additional day of ICU hospitalization were associated with an increase in RI. An increase in MAP and recovery from severe AKI were associated with a decrease in RI. In the presence of chronic hypertension or diabetes, an increase in MAP resulted in a lower decrease in RI, than in the absence of such factors. Presence of AKI at D3 did not impact the relationship between MAP and RI. CONCLUSIONS: Severe AKI was associated with a reversible increase in RI without significant interaction with the relationship between MAP and RI. Conversely, the presence of chronic hypertension and/or diabetes interacted with this relationship