Structural and insulator-to-metal phase transition at 50 GPa in GdMnO3

We present a study of the effect of very high pressure on the orthorhombic perovskite GdMnO3 by Raman spectroscopy and synchrotron x-ray diffraction up to 53.2 GPa. The experimental results yield a structural and insulator-to-metal phase transition close to 50 GPa, from an orthorhombic to a metrically cubic structure. The phase transition is of first order with a pressure hysteresis of about 6 GPa. The observed behavior under very high pressure might well be a general feature in rare-earth manganites.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures and 2 table

Knowledge Acquisition by Networks of Interacting Agents in the Presence of Observation Errors

In this work we investigate knowledge acquisition as performed by multiple agents interacting as they infer, under the presence of observation errors, respective models of a complex system. We focus the specific case in which, at each time step, each agent takes into account its current observation as well as the average of the models of its neighbors. The agents are connected by a network of interaction of Erd\H{o}s-Renyi or Barabasi-Albert type. First we investigate situations in which one of the agents has a different probability of observation error (higher or lower). It is shown that the influence of this special agent over the quality of the models inferred by the rest of the network can be substantial, varying linearly with the respective degree of the agent with different estimation error. In case the degree of this agent is taken as a respective fitness parameter, the effect of the different estimation error is even more pronounced, becoming superlinear. To complement our analysis, we provide the analytical solution of the overall behavior of the system. We also investigate the knowledge acquisition dynamic when the agents are grouped into communities. We verify that the inclusion of edges between agents (within a community) having higher probability of observation error promotes the loss of quality in the estimation of the agents in the other communities.Comment: 10 pages, 7 figures. A working manuscrip

Uso da Capacidade de suporte de carga como prevenção da compactação subsuperficial de um argissolo cultivado com cana-de-açúcar.

Os Argissolos cultivados com cana-de-açúcar nos Tabuleiros Costeiros nordestinos, geralmente, são favorecidos por topografia plana e profundidade adequada. No entanto, o tráfego intenso de máquinas agrícolas pesadas, utilizadas nas operações de colheita e tratos culturais, pode causar compactações subsuperficiais prejudicando o aprofundamento das raízes das plantas, o que pode comprometer a produtividade e longevidade das lavouras. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo estimar a capacidade de suporte de carga (CSC) do horizonte AB de um Argissolo Amarelo cultivado com cana-de-açúcar, por meio da pressão de pré-compactação (σp) e da resistência à penetração em laboratório (RPL), como alternativa para planejamento de operações motomecanizadas e prevenção da compactação do solo em subsuperfície. O estudo foi realizado na Fazenda Progresso da Usina Coruripe, Alagoas. Foram considerados como tratamentos cinco áreas cultivadas com cana-de-açúcar representando diferentes tempos de uso e dois tipos de cultivo: 4 anos cultivo de inverno (4 anos I); 14 anos cultivo de inverno (14 anos I); 14 anos cultivo de verão (14 anos V); 30 anos cultivo de inverno (30 anos I); 30 anos cultivo de verão (30 anos V) e uma área de mata (Mata) que foi considerada como testemunha padrão. Por meio dos resultados obtidos, concluímos que o horizonte AB do Argissolo estudado teve sua σp e RPL aumentadas, revelando a compactação na profundidade entre 0,20 e 0,30 m devido ao tráfego de máquinas nas lavouras de cana; a CSC pode ser estimada pela RPL, com objetivo de planejamento de operações mecanizadas para evitar compactações adicionais em subsuperfície; outros estudos sobre a interface pneu-solo devem ser realizados para determinar modelos que considerem as condições da camada de solo subjacente ao horizonte subsupercicial, além da pressão de inflação dos pneus e carga sobre os rodados.bitstream/item/33372/1/bp-64.pd

Comparative Analysis of Fatigue Life Predictions in Lateral Notched Round Bars under Multiaxial Loading

The main objective of this study is to predict the multiaxial fatigue life for lateral notched round bars made of DIN 34CrNiMo6 high strength steel. In-phase bending-torsion tests for different stress amplitudes and different ratios of the normal stress to the shear stress were performed. Single torsion and single bending tests were also conducted for different stress amplitudes. In addition, the beach marking technique was used to mark crack fronts on fracture surfaces for the different loading paths studied. Experimental fatigue life was compared with predictions obtained by the Coffin-Manson model. The stress-strain state at the notch root was evaluated using the Theory of Critical Distances (TCD) and the Equivalent Strain Energy Density (ESED). Finally, a comparative analysis of the fatigue life predictions obtained by the two above-mentioned approaches was carried out. The former gave good results for higher lives but was too conservative for lower lives. The latter led to good correlations in the range studied here

Temperature and Strong Magnetic Field Effects in Dense Matter

We study consistently the effects of magnetic field on hot and dense matter. In particular, we look for differences that arise due to assumptions that reproduce the conditions produced in particle collisions or astrophysical scenarios, such as in the core of fully evolved neutron stars. We assume the magnetic field to be either constant or follow a profile extracted from general relativity calculations of magnetars and make use of two realistic models that can consistently describe chiral symmetry restoration and deconfinement to quark matter, {the CMF and the PNJL models}. We find that net isospin, strangeness, and {weak} chemical equilibrium with leptons can considerably change the effects of temperature and magnetic fields on particle content and deconfinement in dense matter. We finish by discussing the possibility of experimentally detecting quark deconfinement in dense and/or hot matter and the possible role played by magnetic fields

Eficiência da utilização de fungicida na incidência de fumonisinas totais na cultura do milho.

Edição dos Anais do XVII Congresso Brasileiro de Sementes, Natal, 2011

Magnetic friction due to vortex fluctuation

We use Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation to study a magnetic tip-sample interaction. Our interest is to understand the mechanism of heat dissipation when the forces involved in the system are magnetic in essence. We consider a magnetic crystalline substrate composed of several layers interacting magnetically with a tip. The set is put thermally in equilibrium at temperature T by using a numerical Monte Carlo technique. By using that configuration we study its dynamical evolution by integrating numerically the equations of motion. Our results suggests that the heat dissipation in this system is closed related to the appearing of vortices in the sample.Comment: 6 pages, 41 figure

Determinação do ritmo ultradiano do cortisol na saliva de fêmeas suínas em peso de abate.

bitstream/item/58070/1/CUsersPiazzonDocuments460.pdfProjeto n. 02.06.10.100-02