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Comportamento de cultivares de algodoeiro herbáceo em diferentes lâminas de irrigação.
Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Agrícola) - Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Centro de Tecnologia e Recursos Naturais, Campina Grande, PB. Orientador: João Henrique Zonta - Embrapa Algodão
Parasitóides de Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Dip., Tephritidae) em pitangueira no Município de Belém, Pará.
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Two Kerr black holes with axisymmetric spins: An improved Newtonian model for the head-on collision and gravitational radiation
We present a semi-analytical approach to the interaction of two (originally)
Kerr black holes through a head-on collision process. An expression for the
rate of emission of gravitational radiation is derived from an exact solution
to the Einstein's field equations. The total amount of gravitational radiation
emitted in the process is calculated and compared to current numerical
investigations. We find that the spin-spin interaction increases the emission
of gravitational wave energy up to 0.2% of the total rest mass. We discuss also
the possibility of spin-exchange between the holes.Comment: 8 pages, RevTeX, 2 figures, psbox macro include
Temperature oscillations of magnetization observed in nanofluid ferromagnetic graphite
We report on unusual magnetic properties observed in the nanofluid
room-temperature ferromagnetic graphite (with an average particle size of
l=10nm). More precisely, the measured magnetization exhibits a low-temperature
anomaly (attributed to manifestation of finite size effects below the quantum
temperature) as well as pronounced temperature oscillations above T=50K
(attributed to manifestation of the hard-sphere type pair correlations between
ferromagnetic particles in the nanofluid)
Development of weft-knitted and braided polypropylene stents for arterial implant
Textile biomedical materials have been used for various applications contributing considerably in improving quality
of life. The current study aims at improving polypropylene fibre stents which may replace metallic ones. In order to
produce the stents, weft-knitting and braiding technologies were used. In the braiding technique, by varying the takeup
ratio (using gears with the appropriate number of teeth in the braiding machine), it was possible to manufacture
regular braids with angles of 65
°
, 70
°
and 75
°
in order to obtain different covers. In the knitting technique, a circular
machine was used and the tightness of the structure was adjusted by varying the loop length and thus the fabric loop
density, resulting in variations of the sample diameter. The knitting machine had negative feed, and so loop length
variations were achieved by varying the yarn input tension, the stitch cam settings and the fabric take-down tension.
The samples were heat set. Yarns were contracted by setting at 130
°
C and 140
°
C, and this led to increasing the loop
density and the flexural rigidity of the samples. A high cover of the samples resulted in a greater stiffness of the
structures. The stents were evaluated by undertaking the tests required for arterial support: rigidity to radial
compression, resistance to tensile forces and bending rigidity. The best results were obtained with braided structures.
Future work may concentrate in improving the stent design and using new biocompatible fibres.The authors wish to thank the European Commission for awarding research funds under the EU Asia-link programme and the University of Minho (Portugal) and Donghua University (People's Republic of China) for providing research facilities
Spin wave dispersion in La2CuO4
We calculate the antiferromagnetic spin wave dispersion in the half-filled
Hubbard model for a two-dimensional square lattice and find it to be in
excellent agreement with recent high-resolution inelastic neutron scattering
performed on La2CuO4 [Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5377 (2001)].Comment: typos correcte
Nonequilibrium Zaklan model on Apollonian Networks
The Zaklan model had been proposed and studied recently using the equilibrium
Ising model on Square Lattices (SL) by Zaklan et al (2008), near the critica
temperature of the Ising model presenting a well-defined phase transition; but
on normal and modified Apollonian networks (ANs), Andrade et al. (2005, 2009)
studied the equilibrium Ising model. They showed the equilibrium Ising model
not to present on ANs a phase transition of the type for the 2D Ising model.
Here, using agent-based Monte-Carlo simulations, we study the Zaklan model with
the well-known majority-vote model (MVM) with noise and apply it to tax evasion
on ANs, to show that differently from the Ising model the MVM on ANs presents a
well defined phase transition. To control the tax evasion in the economics
model proposed by Zaklan et al, MVM is applied in the neighborhood of the
critical noise to the Zaklan model. Here we show that the Zaklan model
is robust because this can be studied besides using equilibrium dynamics of
Ising model also through the nonequilibrium MVM and on various topologies
giving the same behavior regardless of dynamic or topology used here.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with
arXiv:1204.0386 and arXiv:0910.196
Contribuição dos efeitos de genearcas e de famílias sobre a probabilidade de permanência em rebanhos da raça Nelore.
Foram preditas diferenças esperadas na progênie para probabilidade de permanência no rebanho (stayability) de 4180 touros com filhas na base de dados do Programa de Melhoramento Genético da Raça Nelore, utilizando-se modelo de limiar unicaráter de touro-avô materno, sob metodologia bayesiana. Os touros foram classificados em ordem decrescente e aqueles com diferenças esperadas na progênie acima de 57,6%, considerados como TOP1%, foram analisados quanto à genealogia visando avaliar a existência de efeito de família, bem como a contribuição dos genearcas e ancestrais da raça Nelore para a característica considerada. Os principais fundadores, que juntos somaram 18,8% dos genes presentes nos touros TOP1%, foram Karvadi IMP (com 8,2% dos genes, essencialmente via seu filho Chummak), Godhavari IMP (com 6% de contribuição, via Kurupathy e Neófito), Rastã IMP e Falo da BV (2,5 e 2,1%, respectivamente, via materna, pois não apresentaram parentesco com touros ancestrais). O touro Rolex, da variedade mocha, esteve presente em 12 linhas (maternas ou paternas), via seu neto Cardeal. Dos sete ancestrais da raça Nelore com maiores contribuições genéticas (que somaram 15,3% dos genes), cinco foram da variedade mocha. Somente 28 animais aportaram 50% da variabilidade genética, evidenciando o baixo número de animais utilizados como reprodutores na raça Nelore
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