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    Cancellation of atmospheric turbulence effects in entangled two-photon beams

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    Turbulent airflow in the atmosphere and the resulting random fluctuations in its refractive index have long been known as a major cause of image deterioration in astronomical imaging and figures among the obstacles for reliable optical communication when information is encoded in the spatial profile of a laser beam. Here we show that using correlation imaging and a suitably prepared source of photon pairs, the most severe of the disturbances inflicted on the beam by turbulence can be cancelled out. Other than a two-photon light source, only linear passive optical elements are needed and, as opposed to adaptive optics techniques, our scheme does not rely on active wavefront correction.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure

    Three Dimensional de Sitter Gravity and the Correspondence

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    Certain aspects of three dimensional asymptotically de Sitter spaces are studied, with emphasis on the mapping between gravity observables and the representation of the conformal symmetry of the boundary. In particular, we show that non-real conformal weights for the boundary theory correspond to space-times that have non-zero angular momentum. Some miscellaneous results on the role of the holonomies and isometry groups are also presented.Comment: 10 pages, 1 figure, uses epsf. Added references and a discussion on the (dis)similarities with previous work

    Changes in soil fertility and mineral nutrition of mango orchards in São Francisco Valley, Brazil.

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    This research aimed to analyse the soil fertility changes and macronutrient concentration in mango plantations in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil. Samples of soil were collected at depths of 0-20 and 20-40 cm, and leaves of mango trees during vegetative growth were collected from 11 areas with different cultivation time spans (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 19, and 26 years). Nearby areas under natural vegetation were sampled for reference. The chemical characteristics of soil evaluated were: pH; P, K, Ca, Mg; exchangeable Na and Al; H + Al; organic matter; sum of bases; base saturation; and total cation exchange capacity. The mango leaves were analysed for N, P, K, Ca, and Mg. The agricultural management practices adopted by the mango-producing companies promoted changes in soil fertility when compared with the reference areas. The concentrations of organic matter tended to increase in the crop areas. The organic matter caused increases in CEC and nutrient retention. High P values were observed in soils and plants owing to the excessive use of fertilizers. This may cause nutritional imbalance and contamination of water sources. The contents of N, P, K in the leaves of mango trees were nutritionally adequat

    Produção de cachos de progênies da recombinação de genitores de dendezeiro do tipo Dura.

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    A dendeicultura é uma das opções de maior potencial para o desenvolvimento sustentável da agricultura em áreas alteradas da Amazônia, sendo necessário o desenvolvimento contínuo de tecnologias que garantam a sustentabilidade da atividade em longo prazo, especialmente de novas cultivares. Nesse estudo foram avaliadas progênies obtidas da recombinação de genitores tipo dura do segundo ciclo de SRR do programa de melhoramento desenvolvido pela Embrapa. Foram avaliadas 24 progênies no delineamento blocos casualizadas com quatro repetições de 12 plantas. A produção de cachos foi avaliada durante 24 meses com colheitas quinzenais. Os dados foram submetidos a ANAVA e agrupamento de médias (Scott-Knott). Os resultados indicaram a existência de variabilidade genética, possibilidade de ganho de seleção e desenvolvimento de novas cultivares mais produtivas e adaptadas às condições pedoclimáticas da Amazônia

    Importância relativa de caracteres de produção do caiaué no estudo da diversidade genética.

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    O objetivo desse estudo foi verificar por meio da análise de componentes principais a importância relativa no estudo da diversidade genética de progênies de caiaué de 11 caracteres relacionados a produção: número de cachos planta/ano (NC), peso médio de cachos (PMC), peso total de cachos planta/ano (PTC), percentual de pedúnculo no peso do cacho (PPC), percentual de espigueta no peso do cacho (PEPC), percentual de frutos normais no peso do cacho (PFNC), percentual de frutos partenocarpicos no peso do cacho (PFPC), percentual de polpa nos frutos normais (FN_PPF), percentual de óleo na polpa dos frutos normais (FN_POP), percentual de óleo no peso do cacho (POC) e produção de óleo/planta/ano (POP). A ordem dos caracteres de menor importância para explicar a variação total foi PFNC, PTC, FN_POP, NC, PPC e PFPC. Sugere-se para descarte em futuras análises de diversidade o carater PFNC

    Parallel algorithm with spectral convergence for nonlinear integro-differential equations

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    We discuss a numerical algorithm for solving nonlinear integro-differential equations, and illustrate our findings for the particular case of Volterra type equations. The algorithm combines a perturbation approach meant to render a linearized version of the problem and a spectral method where unknown functions are expanded in terms of Chebyshev polynomials (El-gendi's method). This approach is shown to be suitable for the calculation of two-point Green functions required in next to leading order studies of time-dependent quantum field theory.Comment: 15 pages, 9 figure
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