Filtragem do sêmen de garanhão para a seleção de espermatozóides móveis e aumento na taxa de fertilidade.

Foi estudado método em que o semem passa por um tratamento de filtragem que permite separar os espermatozóides móveis, melhorando as taxas de normalidade e fertilidade

Chandra Observations of ULIRGs: Extended Hot Gas Halos in Merging Galaxies

We study the properties of hot gaseous halos in 10 nearby ultraluminous IRAS galaxies observed with the ACIS instrument on board Chandra. For all sample galaxies, diffuse soft X-ray emissions are found within ~10 kpc of the central region; their spectra are well fitted by a MEKAL model plus emission lines from alpha-elements and other ions. The temperature of the hot gas is about 0.7 keV and metallicity is about 1 solar. Outside the central region, extended hot gaseous halos are found for nine out of the ten ULIRGs. Most spectra of these extended halos can be fitted with a MEKAL model with a temperature of about 0.6 keV and a low metallicity (~ 0.1 solar). We discuss the implications of our results on the origin of X-ray halos in elliptical galaxies and the feedback processes associated with starbursts.Comment: 31 pages, 6 figuers, ApJ in press, accepted versio

Efficacy of Integrated Straw Formulations on Lowland Rice Field Organic Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Using CCAFS-MOT Model in Niger State, Nigeria

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MUSTANG: 90 GHz Science with the Green Bank Telescope

MUSTANG is a 90 GHz bolometer camera built for use as a facility instrument on the 100 m Robert C. Byrd Green Bank radio telescope (GBT). MUSTANG has an 8 by 8 focal plane array of transition edge sensor bolometers read out using time-domain multiplexed SQUID electronics. As a continuum instrument on a large single dish MUSTANG has a combination of high resolution (8") and good sensitivity to extended emission which make it very competitive for a wide range of galactic and extragalactic science. Commissioning finished in January 2008 and some of the first science data have been collected.Comment: 9 Pages, 5 figures, Presented at the SPIE conference on astronomical instrumentation in 200

Taxa de reação acrossomica como indicador de fertilidade de touros.

O presente estudo tem por objetivo desenvolver e avaliar a eficiência da técnica de reação acrossomica em zebuínos como indicador do potencial de fertilidade de touros.Resumo expandido

Searching for keV Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter with X-ray Microcalorimeter Sounding Rockets

High-resolution X-ray spectrometers onboard suborbital sounding rockets can search for dark matter candidates that produce X-ray lines, such as decaying keV-scale sterile neutrinos. Even with exposure times and effective areas far smaller than XMM-Newton and Chandra observations, high-resolution, wide field-of-view observations with sounding rockets have competitive sensitivity to decaying sterile neutrinos. We analyze a subset of the 2011 observation by the X-ray Quantum Calorimeter instrument centered on Galactic coordinates l = 165, b = -5 with an effective exposure of 106 seconds, obtaining a limit on the sterile neutrino mixing angle of sin^2(2 theta) < 7.2e-10 at 95% CL for a 7 keV neutrino. Better sensitivity at the level of sin^2(2 theta) ~ 2.1e-11 at 95\% CL for a 7 keV neutrino is achievable with future 300-second observations of the galactic center by the Micro-X instrument, providing a definitive test of the sterile neutrino interpretation of the reported 3.56 keV excess from galaxy clusters.Comment: 13 pages, 13 figures, submitted to Ap

Primary Coronary Angioplasty in the Elderly

Introdução: A angioplastia primária é a terapêutica de reperfusão com melhores resultados no enfarte agudo do miocárdio (EAM). Este facto assume particular relevância na população acima dos 75 anos, em que o risco hemorrágico relacionado com a trombólise se associa ao acréscimo de mortalidade condicionado pela idade. Objectivos: Avaliar em doentes com síndrome coronário agudo (SCA) com supradesnivelamento do segmento ST e submetidos a angioplastia directa, a influência da idade nos resultados, incluindo evolução clínica, morbilidade e mortalidade intrahospitalar. População e métodos: Análise retrospectiva de 245 doentes consecutivos admitidos entre Janeiro de 2000 e Dezembro de 2001 por SCA com supradesnivelamento ST, com idades entre os 31 e 90 anos (63+-13), submetidos a angioplastia primária. Destes, 46 doentes (18,8%) com idade superior a 75 anos foram comparados com os restantes. Avaliaram-se os seguintes parâmetros: factores de risco cardiovascular – hipertensão arterial (HTA), diabetes mellitus (DM), tabagismo, dislipidémia, história familiar -, antecedentes de angina ou EAM e angioplastia prévia; extensão de doença coronária, resultados, evolução clínica e mortalidade intrahospitalar. Resultados: Nos doentes com idade superior a 75 anos, o sexo feminino foi predominante (26 doentes, 56,5%), assim como a existência de HTA, angina e DM tipo2, embora sem significado estatístico. O tabagismo foi mais prevalente em idades inferiores (54,3% vs 13%;p<0,001), assim como EAM antigo (p<0,05). A taxa de sucesso primário global foi de 96,7% (93,5% no grupo acima de 75 anos). A doença de 3 vasos foi significativamente mais frequente na população idosa (41,3% vs 26,2%; p<0,05); a utilização de inibidores da glicoproteína IIb/IIIa foi menor (80,4% vs 91%;p<0,05). A evolução em classe clínica Killip (KK) foi mais favorável no grupo com menos de 75 anos (KKI: 88,4% vs 69,8%;p<0,001). Dos eventos estudados, observámos na população idosa maior ocorrência de complicações hemorrágicas minor (3,5% vs 13,0%; p<0,05) e de morte intrahospitalar (4,5% vs 19,6%; p<0,001). Conclusão: A angioplastia primária mantém nesta população uma taxa de sucesso primário semelhante. A maior incidência de complicações hemorrágicas implica um maior cuidado na selecção da terapêutica antitrombótica adjuvante. A mortalidade significativamente mais alta neste grupo etário mantém-se, mesmo quando a angioplastia é o método de reperfusão escolhido

Drug-Eluting Stents in Primary Angioplasty Long-Term Clinical Outcomes

INTRODUCTION: The use of drug-eluting stents in the context of mechanical reperfusion following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (MI) was initially viewed with concern. The main fear was that the drugs' action in unstable lesions could increase the risk of thrombotic stent occlusion. Furthermore, there was no evidence that the proven benefit of reduced instent restenosis could be extended to such patients, since they were excluded from the initial clinical trials. OBJECTIVES: To assess the safety and long-term clinical outcomes of the use of drug-eluting stents in primary angioplasty. METHODS: The first 100 consecutive and non-selected patients admitted for MI and treated by primary angioplasty with drug-eluting stent implantation in the target lesion were analyzed retrospectively. The efficacy and safety of the procedure, in-hospital clinical evolution and the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events in the first year were assessed. RESULTS: Patients' mean age was 58.2 +/- 11.5 years, and 78 were male. The success rate of primary angioplasty was 99%. Stents coated with sirolimus were used in 67 patients, paclitaxel in 19 and dexamethasone in 16. In-hospital mortality was 3%. The follow-up rate at 12 months was 98%. During this period, the rate of target vessel revascularization was 1% (with no patient requiring target lesion revascularization), MI 2%, and overall mortality 3.9%. Fourteen patients had clinical indication for repeat coronary angiography, which showed no significant in-stent restenosis. One event was considered to be due to acute stent thrombosis. The incidence of major adverse events was 5.9%. CONCLUSION: The use of drug-eluting stents in MI patients undergoing primary mechanical revascularization is safe and is associated with a reduced incidence of major adverse events, thrombosis and clinical restenosis at one year