270 research outputs found
Politicas agrarias y estrategias campesinas en la Cuenca del Canete : anexos 8 a 13
Ce document réunit plusieurs diagnostics établis à partir d'observations de terrain sur la géographie physique, l'organisation sociale, les pratiques paysannes dans la vallée de Canete et la vallée Pampas afin de déterminer les facteurs limitants de la production et des pratiques culturales , notamment en matière d'irrigation
Biological control of banana black Sigatoka disease with Trichoderma.
A Sigatoka-negra causada por Mycosphaerella fijiensis Ă© a doença mais destrutiva da bananeira em termos mundiais. O patĂłgeno está em uma fase invasiva no Brasil e já se encontra distribuĂdo na maior parte dos Estados do paĂs. O potencial de 29 isolados de Trichoderma spp. para o controle da Sigatoka-negra foi estudado sob condições de campo. Quatro isolados foram capazes de reduzir significativamente a severidade da doença e foram selecionados para um segundo experimento de campo. O isolado 2.047 apresentou os melhores resultados e foi utilizado em testes de sensibilidade a fungicidas e produção massal. Esse isolado foi identificado como Trichoderma atroviride por meio do sequenciamento de fragmentos da regiões ITS do rDNA e tef-1? da RNA polymerase. Trichoderma atroviride foi tĂŁo efetivo no controle da Sigatoka-negra quanto o fungicida Azoxystrobin, que Ă© recomendado para o controle da doença. O agente de controle biolĂłgico tem potencial para o controle da Sigatoka-negra e pode ser produzido em massa em arroz autoclavado para aplicações no campo
Bone health in children and youth with Cystic Fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of matched cohort studies
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this recordObjective
To assess the evidence regarding the differences in areal bone mineral density (aBMD) between children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) compared with their healthy peers, based on data from longitudinal studies.
Study design
We searched MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, the Cochrane Library, PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), and Embase databases. Observational studies addressing the change of aBMD in children with CF and healthy children and adolescents were eligible. The DerSimonian and Laird method was used to compute pooled estimates of effect sizes (ES) and 95% CIs for the change of whole body (WB), lumbar spine (LS), and femoral neck (FN) aBMD.
Results
Six studies with participants with CF and 26 studies with healthy participants were included in the systematic review and meta-analysis. For the analysis in children with CF, the pooled ES for the change of WB aBMD was 0.29 (95% CI –0.15 to 0.74), for the change of LS aBMD was 0.13 (95% CI –0.16 to 0.41), and for the change of FN aBMD was 0.09 (95% CI –0.39 to 0.57). For the analysis in healthy children, the pooled ES for the change of WB aBMD was 0.37 (95% CI 0.26-0.49), for the change of LS aBMD was 0.13 (95% CI –0.16 to 0.41), and for the change of FN aBMD was 0.52 (95% CI 0.19-0.85).
Conclusions
aBMD development might not differ between children and adolescents with CF receiving medical care compared with their healthy peers. Further longitudinal studies in a CF population during growth and development are required to confirm our findings
Agreement between dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and quantitative ultrasound to evaluate bone health in adolescents: The PRO-BONE study
Purpose: The present study aims to investigate the association between dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and quantitative ultrasound (QUS) parameters and the intermethods agreement in active males.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, bone health (by DXA and calcaneal QUS), physical activity (by accelerometers), and anthropometrics measurements were assessed in 117 active adolescents (12–14 y old). Bivariate correlation coefficients were calculated to assess the relationships between DXA standard regions of interest and QUS parameters. Intraclass correlation coefficients and Bland–Altman plots were used to assess the level of agreement between bone mineral content regions derived from DXA and stiffness index. The measurements were z score transformed for comparison.
Results: Most QUS parameters were positive and significantly correlated with DXA outcomes (stiffness index: r = .43–.52; broadband ultrasound attenuation: r = .50–.58; speed of sound: r = .25–.27) with the hip showing the highest correlations. Moreover, the present study found fair to good intraclass correlation coefficients of agreement (.60–.68) between DXA and QUS to assess bone health. The Bland–Altman analysis showed a limited percentage of outliers (3.2%–8.6%).
Conclusion: QUS device could represent an acceptable alternative method to assess bone health in active adolescent males
A Columnar Liquid Crystal with Permanent Polar Order
The self-assembly of axial dipolar subphthalocyanine molecules in the presence of electric fields leads to uniaxially oriented columnar liquid crystalline materials that exhibit permanent polarizationFunding from MINECO (MAT2012-38538-CO3-01, 02 and CTQ2012- 31914), MICINN and MEC (F.P.U. fellowship (JG), CTQ-2011- 24187/BQU, CTQ2011-23659 and Consolider-Ingenio Nanociencia Molecular, CDS2007-00010), Comunidad de Madrid (MADRISOLAR-2, S2009/PPQ/1533), European Research Council (StG-279548), Aragon government, E04, Basque Country Government GI/IT-449-10, Generalitat Valenciana (PROMETEO/ 2012/053), and FEDER is acknowledge
Efeito de Trichoderma spp. no controle de Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet agente causal da sigatoka-negra da bananeira em condições de campo.
O objetivo deste trabalho foi contribuir com alternativas de controle para Sigatoka negra utilizando isolados de Trichoderma spp
Spin Seebeck effect in insulating epitaxial Âż-Fe2O3 thin films
We report the fabrication of high crystal quality epitaxial thin films of maghemite (¿-Fe2O3), a classic ferrimagnetic insulating iron oxide. Spin Seebeck effect (SSE) measurements in ¿-Fe2O3/Pt bilayers as a function of sample preparation conditions and temperature yield a SSE coefficient of 0.5(1) µV/K at room temperature. Dependence on temperature allows us to estimate the magnon diffusion length in maghemite to be in the range of tens of nanometers, in good agreement with that of conducting iron oxide magnetite (Fe3O4), establishing the relevance of spin currents of magnonic origin in magnetic iron oxides
Evaluation of the Casimir Force for a Dielectric-diamagnetic Cylinder with Light Velocity Conservation Condition and the Analogue of Sellmeir's Dispersion Law
We study the Casimir pressure for a dielectric-diamagnetic cylinder subject
to light velocity conservation and with a dispersion law analogous to
Sellmeir's rule. Similarities to and differences from the spherical case are
pointed out.Comment: 19 pages Latex, no figures; discussion expanded. To appear in Physica
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Vacuum energy in conical space with additional boundary conditions
Total vacuum energy of some quantized fields in conical space with additional
boundary conditions is calculated. These conditions are imposed on a
cylindrical surface which is coaxial with the symmetry axis of conical space.
The explicit form of the matching conditions depends on the field under
consideration. In the case of electromagnetic field, the perfectly conducting
boundary conditions or isorefractive matching conditions are imposed on the
cylindrical surface. For a massless scalar field, the semi-transparent
conditions (-potential) on the cylindrical shell are investigated. As a
result, the total Casimir energy of electromagnetic field and scalar field, per
a unit length along the symmetry axis, proves to be finite unlike the case of
an infinitely thin cosmic string. In these studies the spectral zeta functions
are widely used. It is shown briefly how to apply this technique for obtaining
the asymptotics of the relevant thermodynamical functions in the high
temperature limit.Comment: 29 pages, 2 figures, the title was changed for a more adequate one,
the abstract was rewritten, a few typos and minor grammar mistakes were
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