Early carboniferous brachiopod faunas from the Baoshan block, west Yunnan, southwest China

38 brachiopod species in 27 genera and subgenera are described from the Yudong Formation in the Shidian-Baoshan area, west Yunnan, southwest China. New taxa include two new subgenera: Unispirifer (Septimispirifer) and Brachythyrina (Longathyrina), and seven new species: Eomarginifera yunnanensis, Marginatia cylindrica, Unispirifer (Unispirifer) xiangshanensis, Unispirifer (Septimispirifer) wafangjieensis, Brachythyrina (Brachythyrina) transversa, Brachythyrina (Longathyrina) baoshanensis, and Girtyella wafangjieensis. Based on the described material and constraints from associated coral and conodont faunas, the age of the brachiopod fauna from the Yudon Formation is considered late Tournaisian (Early Carboniferous), with a possibility extending into earlyViseacutean.<br /

Simulations of pulses in a buffer gas positron trap

In this study we simulate positron transport properties for various configurations of the gases and electric fields used in the Australian Positron Beamline Facility positron trap, which is based on the Surko buffer-gas trap. In an attempt to further improve the time and energy resolution of the trap and thus the associated scattering experiments, we apply a Monte-Carlo simulation procedure to a variety of possible configurations of the dumping stage of the trap

Low energy electron and positron transport in biologically relevant materials

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On new developments in the physics of positron swarms

Recently a new wave of swarm studies of positrons was initiated based on more complete scattering cross section sets. Initially some interesting and new physics was discovered, most importantly negative differential conductivity (NDC) that occurs only for the bulk drift velocity while it does not exist for the flux property. However the ultimate goal was to develop tools to model positron transport in realistic applications and the work that is progressing along these lines is reviewed here. It includes studies of positron transport in molecular gases, thermalization in generic swarm situations and in realistic gas filled traps and transport of positrons in crossed electric and magnetic fields. Finally we have extended the same technique of simulation (Monte Carlo) to studies of thermalization of positronium molecule. In addition, recently published first steps towards including effects of dense media on positron transport are summarized here

Emprego de um modelo de crescimento e produção em povoamentos desbastados de eucalipto The use of a growth and yield model in thinned eucalypt stands

O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a aplicabilidade do modelo de Clutter em povoamentos desbastados de eucalipto. Esta pesquisa foi desenvolvida com dados da empresa Copener Florestal Ltda., atualmente Bahia Pulp, no Município de Alagoinhas, BA. Os dados utilizados fazem parte de um experimento de desbaste implantado em povoamentos de eucalipto, empregando-se o esquema de blocos casualizados constituídos de quatro tratamentos e repetidos em três locais diferentes, perfazendo 48 parcelas com área média de 2.600 m² cada uma. As parcelas foram medidas aos 27, 40, 50, 58, 61 e 76 meses de idade, e aos 58 meses realizou-se o desbaste. Para ajuste do modelo, foi empregado o sistema de equações simultâneas, que utiliza informações do povoamento referentes a área basal, volume, idade e índice de local. A partir do ajuste do modelo, elaborou-se uma tabela de produção de densidade variável e determinou-se a idade técnica de corte em diferentes capacidades produtivas. Realizaram-se simulações na tabela de produção de regimes de desbaste. Concluiu-se que o modelo de Clutter foi eficiente para predizer a produção atual e futura dos povoamentos desbastados de eucalipto, mostrando-se útil na análise de alternativas de manejo, como a determinação da idade técnica de desbaste, de diferentes índices de local e regimes de desbaste.<br>The objective of the present study was to evaluate the applicability of the Clutter model in thinned eucalypt stands. The study was developed with data from the Copener Florestal, Bahia Pulp Enterprise, located in the municipality of Alagoinhas, Bahia, Brazil. Data came from a thinning experiment established in eucalypt stands using a randomized block design with four treatments and three repetitions, each one in a different place, totaling 48 plots with a mean area of 2,600 m² each. The plots were measured at 27, 40, 50, 58, 61 and 76 months of age, and the thinning was carried out at 58 months. For model adjustment, a system of simultaneous equations was used with stand information such as basal area, volume, age and site index. From the model adjustment, a yield table with variable density was built, and the technical cutting age was determined for various thinning intensities. Simulations were carried out with the yield table. It was concluded that the Clutter model was efficient to predict the present and future yields of the thinned eucalypt stands, showing its usefulness in the analysis of alternative managements, such as the technical cutting age determination for various site indexes and thinning intensities