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Bandlimited approximations to the truncated Gaussian and applications
In this paper we extend the theory of optimal approximations of functions in the -metric by entire functions of prescribed
exponential type (bandlimited functions). We solve this problem for the
truncated and the odd Gaussians using explicit integral representations and
fine properties of truncated theta functions obtained via the maximum principle
for the heat operator. As applications, we recover most of the previously known
examples in the literature and further extend the class of truncated and odd
functions for which this extremal problem can be solved, by integration on the
free parameter and the use of tempered distribution arguments. This is the
counterpart of the work \cite{CLV}, where the case of even functions is
treated.Comment: to appear in Const. Appro
Identification of insulin in the tear film and insulin receptor and IGF-I receptor on the human ocular surface
FAPESP - FUNDAĂĂO DE AMPARO Ă PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SĂO PAULOCAPES - COORDENAĂĂO DE APERFEIĂOAMENTO DE PESSOAL E NĂVEL SUPERIORCNPQ â CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTĂFICO E TECNOLĂGICOInsulin produces pleiotropic effects on sensitive tissues. including the ocular surface, through the tyrosine kinase insulin receptor. Cerebrospinal fluid and secreted fluids, such as milk and saliva, have been reported to contain insulin. In the present study, the presence of insulin was examined in tear film, and the expression of insulin and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 receptor was examined in the human cornea and conjunctiva. METHODS. Stimulated tear samples collected from 33 volunteers (17 men, 16 women), aged 23 to 51 years, who were fed or fasted for 12 hours, were assayed for total protein and insulin content by the biuret dye test and a radioimmunoassay, respectively. Frozen sections of human cornea (n = 4) and conjunctiva (n = 3) were incubated with anti-insulin receptor and anti-IGF-1 receptor antibodies and developed with a secondary antibody-peroxidase conjugate. RESULTS. Insulin was detected in all tear samples analyzed, the mean concentration being 0.404 +/- 0.129 ng/mL. There were no gender-related differences. In fed subjects, tears tended toward a higher insulin content than those in fasted individuals. There was no linear correlation between insulin and total protein content (mean, 4.61 +/- 0.79 mg/mL) in the tear film. Insulin and IGF-1 receptors were detected in the plasma membrane and cytoplasm of corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells. CONCLUSIONS. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this Study represents the first demonstration of insulin in human tear film and the presence of insulin and IGF-1 receptor on the human ocular surface. These results suggest that the pancreatic hormone may play a metabolic and/or mitogenic role on the ocular surfaceO TEXTO COMPLETO DESTE ARTIGO, ESTARĂ DISPONĂVEL Ă PARTIR DE FEVEREIRO DE 2015.434963967FAPESP - FUNDAĂĂO DE AMPARO Ă PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SĂO PAULOCAPES - COORDENAĂĂO DE APERFEIĂOAMENTO DE PESSOAL E NĂVEL SUPERIORCNPQ â CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTĂFICO E TECNOLĂGICOFAPESP - FUNDAĂĂO DE AMPARO Ă PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SĂO PAULOCAPES - COORDENAĂĂO DE APERFEIĂOAMENTO DE PESSOAL E NĂVEL SUPERIORCNPQ â CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTĂFICO E TECNOLĂGICOsem informaçãosem informaçãosem informaçã
Effects of body fat and dominant somatotype on explosive strength and aerobic capacity trainability in prepubescent children
he purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of
body fat and somatotype on explosive strength and aerobic
capacity trainability in the prepubertal growth spurt, marked by
rapid changes in body size, shape, and composition, all of which
are sexually dimorphic. One hundred twenty-five healthy children
(58 boys, 67 girls), aged 10â11 years (10.8 6 0.4 years), who
were self-assessed in Tanner stages 1â2, were randomly
assigned into 2 experimental groups to train twice a week for
8 weeks: strength training group (19 boys, 22 girls), endurance
training group (21 boys, 24 girls), and a control group (18 boys,
21 girls). Evaluation of body fat was carried out using the method
described by Slaughter. Somatotype was computed according
to the Heath-Carter method. Increased endomorphy reduced the
likelihood of vertical jump height improvement (odds ratio [OR],
0.10; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.01â0.85), increased
mesomorphy (OR, 6.15; 95% CI, 1.52â24.88) and ectomorphy
(OR, 6.52; 95% CI, 1.71â24.91) increased the likelihood of
sprint performance, and increased ectomorphy (OR, 3.84;
95% CI, 1.20â12.27) increased the likelihood of aerobic fitness
gains. Sex did not affect the training-induced changes in strength
or aerobic fitness. These data suggest that somatotype has
an effect on explosive strength and aerobic capacity trainability,
which should not be disregarded. The effect of adiposity
on explosive strength, musculoskeletal magnitude on running
speed, and relative linearity on running speed and aerobic
capacity seem to be crucial factors related to training-induced
gains in prepubescent boys and girls.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
100m and 200m front crawl performance prediction based on anthropometric and physiological measurements
Background: The identification of the variables that are able to predict swimming performance is one of the main purposes of the âswimming scienceâ community. Research question: The aims of the study were: (i) to compare the anthropometric and physiological profiles of 100m and 200m front crawl swimmers and; (ii) to identify anthropometric and physiological variables that account for the prediction of the swimming performance at the 100m and 200m front crawl events. Methods: Twenty-six male swimmers were divided in two groups (12 for 100m group and 14 to 200m group). The swimmersâ personal best performance for the 100m and the 200m front crawl was converted to FINA points. The subjects performed a graded swimming test and an all-out test (100 or 200m maximal swims) in different days, in which physiological measures were evaluated. Forward step-by-step linear regression models were computed to predict swimming performance. The subjectsâ performances (season best and all-out test) were taken as dependent variables. The age, physiological and anthropometric measures were selected as independent variables. Results: Anthropometric and physiological profiles of 100 and 200m swimmers are different and the mean oxygen uptake during exercise combined with training experience may explain 200m front crawl best season performance with a high precision (â2% error). The models computed were able to predict from 44 % (i.e. 200m all-out bout) to 61 % (i.e. 200m season best) swimming performance. Predictive power of the models was less accurate in the 100m event (error > 10%). Conclusions: The authors conclude that the extent to which the physiological and anthropometric variables combine to predict performance probable is group-specific
Cardy-Verlinde Formula and Achucarro-Ortiz Black Hole
In this paper it is shown that the entropy of the black hole horizon in the
Achucarro-Ortiz spacetime, which is the most general two-dimensional black hole
derived from the three-dimensional rotating BTZ black hole, can be described by
the Cardy-Verlinde formula. The latter is supposed to be an entropy formula of
conformal field theory in any dimension.Comment: 10 pages, LaTeX, v2: minor changes, references added, to appear in
Phys. Rev.
Partitioning of bovine lactoferrin in aqueous two-phase system containing poly(ethylene glycol) and sodium citrate
The partitioning of the whey protein lactoferrin, which is an iron transporter glycoprotein, in an aqueous two-phase system composed of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and sodium citrate was evaluated. Equilibrium data at 25 °C were determined for each system studied using PEG with a molar mass of 1000 and 4000 g·mol1 at pH values of 5.5, 6.5, and 7.5. An increase in the molar mass of the polymer promoted the expansion of the two-phase region and caused the migration of the lactoferrin to the salt-rich bottom phase. An increase in pH also led to the expansion of the biphasic region. However, changing the pH over the tested range slightly affected protein partitioning. Lactoferrin recovery percentages greater than 94% were observed for all of the systems evaluated. The results indicated that lactoferrin can be successfully partitioned in an aqueous two-phase system formed of 14% (w/w) PEG and 10% (w/w) sodium citrate at pH 5.5 and 25 °C. The protein was concentrated 1000-fold in the salt-rich bottom phase in this system.Brazilian agencies FAPESB,CNPq, and FAPEMIG for their financial suppor
Quantum walks: a comprehensive review
Quantum walks, the quantum mechanical counterpart of classical random walks,
is an advanced tool for building quantum algorithms that has been recently
shown to constitute a universal model of quantum computation. Quantum walks is
now a solid field of research of quantum computation full of exciting open
problems for physicists, computer scientists, mathematicians and engineers.
In this paper we review theoretical advances on the foundations of both
discrete- and continuous-time quantum walks, together with the role that
randomness plays in quantum walks, the connections between the mathematical
models of coined discrete quantum walks and continuous quantum walks, the
quantumness of quantum walks, a summary of papers published on discrete quantum
walks and entanglement as well as a succinct review of experimental proposals
and realizations of discrete-time quantum walks. Furthermore, we have reviewed
several algorithms based on both discrete- and continuous-time quantum walks as
well as a most important result: the computational universality of both
continuous- and discrete- time quantum walks.Comment: Paper accepted for publication in Quantum Information Processing
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The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) Chloroplast Genome: Organization and Implications for Biotechnology and Phylogenetic Relationships Amongst Angiosperms
The chloroplast genome sequence of Coffea arabica L., the first sequenced member of the fourth largest family of angiosperms, Rubiaceae, is reported. The genome is 155 189 bp in length, including a pair of inverted repeats of 25 943 bp. Of the 130 genes present, 112 are distinct and 18 are duplicated in the inverted repeat. The coding region comprises 79 protein genes, 29 transfer RNA genes, four ribosomal RNA genes and 18 genes containing introns (three with three exons). Repeat analysis revealed five direct and three inverted repeats of 30 bp or longer with a sequence identity of 90% or more. Comparisons of the coffee chloroplast genome with sequenced genomes of the closely related family Solanaceae indicated that coffee has a portion of rps19 duplicated in the inverted repeat and an intact copy of infA. Furthermore, whole-genome comparisons identified large indels (\u3e 500 bp) in several intergenic spacer regions and introns in the Solanaceae, including trnE (UUC)âtrnT (GGU) spacer, ycf4âcemA spacer, trnI (GAU) intron and rrn5âtrnR (ACG) spacer. Phylogenetic analyses based on the DNA sequences of 61 protein-coding genes for 35 taxa, performed using both maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood methods, strongly supported the monophyly of several major clades of angiosperms, including monocots, eudicots, rosids, asterids, eurosids II, and euasterids I and II. Coffea (Rubiaceae, Gentianales) is only the second order sampled from the euasterid I clade. The availability of the complete chloroplast genome of coffee provides regulatory and intergenic spacer sequences for utilization in chloroplast genetic engineering to improve this important crop
Ammonium and nitrate in soil and upland rice yield as affected by cover crops and their desiccation time
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