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Separate ways: The Mass-Metallicity Relation does not strongly correlate with Star Formation Rate in SDSS-IV MaNGA galaxies
We present the integrated stellar mass-metallicity relation (MZR) for more
than 1700 galaxies included in the integral field area SDSS-IV MaNGA survey.
The spatially resolved data allow us to determine the metallicity at the same
physical scale (effective radius in arcsecs, ) using a
heterogeneous set of ten abundance calibrators. Besides scale factors, the
shape of the MZR is similar for all calibrators, consistent with those reported
previously using single-fiber and integral field spectroscopy. We compare the
residuals of this relation against the star formation rate (SFR) and specific
SFR (sSFR). We do not find a strong secondary relation of the MZR with either
SFR or the sSFR for any of the calibrators, in contrast with previous
single-fiber spectroscopic studies. Our results agree with an scenario in which
metal enrichment happens at local scales, with global outflows playing a
secondary role in shaping the chemistry of galaxies and cold-gas inflows
regulating the stellar formation.Comment: 10 pages, 9 Figures. Accepted for publication in Ap
Impalement injury by glass shard with delayed colonic perforation
A 66-year-old man experienced a traumatic injury after a fall on top of a glass tea table, which caused some superficial lacerations all around the body. He was examined in the emergency room by a physician. The physician could not feel any foreign body upon wound exploration and sutured the laceration. Fourteen months after the injury, he developed progressive abdominal pain. On emergency room and abdominal x-ray showed a foreign body, which a CT scan revealed as an intraabdominal glass shard. The glass presumably impaled his abdominal wall as a result of his previous traumatic injury. The patient underwent laparotomy, which revealed a large glass (16x1cm) perforating the transverse colon. It was extracted and the perforation closed with a lineal stapler. There was no need of bowel resection and the patient was discharged home nine days after the intervention
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The chimpanzee GH locus: composition, organization, and evolution
In most mammals the growth hormone (GH) locus comprises a single gene expressed primarily in the anterior pituitary gland. However, in higher primates multiple duplications of the GH gene gave rise to a complex locus containing several genes. In man this locus comprises 5 genes including GH-N (expressed in pituitary) and four genes expressed in the placenta, but in other species the number and organization of these genes varies. The situation in chimpanzee has been unclear, with suggestions of up to seven GH-like genes. We have re-examined the GH locus in chimpanzee and have deduced the complete sequence. The locus includes five genes apparently organized in a similar fashion to those in human, with two of these genes encoding GH-like proteins, and three encoding chorionic somatomammotropins/placental lactogens (CSHs/PLs). There are notable differences between the human and chimpanzee loci with regard to the expressed proteins, gene regulation and gene conversion events. In particular, one human gene (hCSH-L) has changed substantially since the chimpanzee/human split, potentially becoming a pseudogene, while the corresponding chimpanzee gene (CSH-A1) has been conserved, giving a product almost identical to the adjacent CSH-A2. Chimpanzee appears to produce two CSHs, with potentially differing biological properties, whereas human produces a single CSH. The pattern of gene conversion in human has been quite different from that in chimpanzee. The region around the GH-N gene in chimpanzee is remarkable polymorphic, unlike the corresponding region in human. The results shed new light on the complex evolution of the GH-locus in higher primates
The Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Survey: spatial resolved properties
We present the analysis performed using the pyPipe3D pipeline for the 895
galaxies that comprises the eCALIFA data release Sanchez et al. submitted, data
with a significantly improved spatial resolution (1.0-1.5"/FWHM). We include a
description of (i) the analysis performed by the pipeline, (ii) the adopted
datamodel for the derived spatially resolved properties and (iii) the catalog
of integrated, characteristics and slope of the radial gradients for a set of
observational and physical parameters derived for each galaxy. We illustrate
the results of the analysis (i) using the NGC\,2906 as an archetypal galaxy,
showing the spatial distribution of the different derived parameters and
exploring in detail the properties of the ionized gas, and (ii) showing
distribution of the spatial resolved ionized gas across the classical
[OIII]/H vs. [NII]/H for the whole galaxy sample. In general our
results agree with previous published ones, however, tracing radial patterns
and segregating individual ionized structures is improved when using the
current dataset. All the individual galaxy dataproducts and the catalog
discussed along this article are distributed as part of the eCALIFA data
release http://ifs.astroscu.unam.mx/CALIFA_WEB/public_html/Comment: 47 pages, 8 tables, 9 figures, submitted the 12th of April 2023 to
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Clinical haematology of the great bustard (Otis tarda)
The haematological parameters of healthy great bustards (Otis tarda L.) have been determined. The values obtained were red cell count (3.0 x 10(12) +/- 0.2 x 10(12/)1), white cell count (33.0 x 10(9) +/- 2.6 x 10(9)/1), haematocrit value (0.51 +/- 0.01 1/1), haemoglobin (13.0 +/- 0.3 g/dl), mean corpuscular volume (178.7 +/- 12.5 fl), mean cell haemoglobin concentration (25.0 +/- 0.6 g/dl), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (42.5 +/- 3.2 pg), differential white cell count: heterophils (22.5 x 10(9) +/- 0.7 x 10(9)/1), lymphocytes (6.0 x 10(9)+/-0.7 x 10(9)/1), eosinophils (2.7 x 10(9) +/- 0.3 x 10(9)/1) and monocytes (1.8 x 10(9)+/-0.2 x 10(9)/1)
The WHaD diagram: Classifying the ionizing source with one single emission line
The usual approach to classify the ionizing source using optical spectroscopy
is based on the use of diagnostic diagrams that compares the relative strength
of pairs of collisitional metallic lines (e.g., [O iii] and [N ii]) with
respect to recombination hydrogen lines (e.g., H{\beta} and H{\alpha}). Despite
of being accepted as the standard procedure, it present known problems,
including confusion regimes and/or limitations related to the required
signal-to-noise of the involved emission lines. These problems affect not only
our intrinsic understanding of inter-stellar medium and its poroperties, but
also fundamental galaxy properties, such as the star-formation rate and the
oxygen abundance, and key questions just as the fraction of active galactic
nuclei, among several others. We explore the existing alternatives in the
literature to minimize the confusion among different ionizing sources and
proposed a new simple diagram that uses the equivalent width and the velocity
dispersion from one single emission line, H{\alpha}, to classify the ionizing
sources. We use aperture limited and spatial resolved spectroscopic data in the
nearby Universe (z{\sim}0.01) to demonstrate that the new diagram, that we
called WHaD, segregates the different ionizing sources in a more efficient way
that previously adopted procedures. A new set of regions are defined in this
diagram to select betweeen different ionizing sources. The new proposed diagram
is well placed to determine the ionizing source when only H{\alpha} is
available, or when the signal-to-noise of the emission lines involved in the
classical diagnostic diagrams (e.g., H{\beta}).Comment: 10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publishing in A&
Overview of progress in European medium sized tokamaks towards an integrated plasma-edge/wall solution
Integrating the plasma core performance with an edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) that leads
to tolerable heat and particle loads on the wall is a major challenge. The new European
medium size tokamak task force (EU-MST) coordinates research on ASDEX Upgrade
(AUG), MAST and TCV. This multi-machine approach within EU-MST, covering a wide
parameter range, is instrumental to progress in the field, as ITER and DEMO core/pedestal
and SOL parameters are not achievable simultaneously in present day devices. A two prong
approach is adopted. On the one hand, scenarios with tolerable transient heat and particle
loads, including active edge localised mode (ELM) control are developed. On the other hand,
divertor solutions including advanced magnetic configurations are studied. Considerable
progress has been made on both approaches, in particular in the fields of: ELM control with
resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP), small ELM regimes, detachment onset and control,
as well as filamentary scrape-off-layer transport. For example full ELM suppression has now
been achieved on AUG at low collisionality with n = 2 RMP maintaining good confinement
HH(98,y2) 0.95. Advances have been made with respect to detachment onset and control.
Studies in advanced divertor configurations (Snowflake, Super-X and X-point target divertor)
shed new light on SOL physics. Cross field filamentary transport has been characterised in a
wide parameter regime on AUG, MAST and TCV progressing the theoretical and experimental
understanding crucial for predicting first wall loads in ITER and DEMO. Conditions in the
SOL also play a crucial role for ELM stability and access to small ELM regimes.European Commission (EUROfusion 633053
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