Influencia del estrés térmico en la calidad panadera del trigo: progenies con diferentes niveles de sensibilidad

Picos de altas temperaturas durante el llenado del grano de trigo están relacionados con modificaciones de la calidad panadera, especialmente con disminuciones en la fuerza de la masa. Se evaluó la influencia del estrés térmico en la calidad de progenies de trigo pan clasificándolas en grupos según su sensibilidad.Se analizaron 60 progenies de trigo durante 3 años consecutivos. Se tomaron fechas de siembra, espigazón, cosecha y temperaturas máximas diarias.Se determinó, para cada muestra, la variable estrés térmico total (ETT), definida como la sumatoria de grados de los episodios de estrés térmico (al menos 2 días consecutivos con temperaturas > 30 ºC) durante el periodo del llenado efectivo del grano, estableciéndose 3 niveles: bajo, medio y alto. Se midieron proteína en grano (PTG), gluten húmedo (GH) y variables mixográficas. Se realizaron análisis de la varianza y coeficientes de correlación de Pearson. Para niveles de ETT medio y alto disminuyeron PTG, GH y altura mixográfica (Amix), mientras que la fuerza de la masa medida en tiempo de desarrollo mixográfico (TDmix) disminuyó sólo en 62% de las muestras. En este sentido, se identificaron genotipos que poseen tolerancia al estrés térmico y una mayor estabilidad de la masa

Formation of a stable deacagonal quasicrystalline Al-Pd-Mn surface layer

We report the in situ formation of an ordered equilibrium decagonal Al-Pd-Mn quasicrystal overlayer on the 5-fold symmetric surface of an icosahedral Al-Pd-Mn monograin. The decagonal structure of the epilayer is evidenced by x-ray photoelectron diffraction, low-energy electron diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction. This overlayer is also characterized by a reduced density of states near the Fermi edge as expected for quasicrystals. This is the first time that a millimeter-size surface of the stable decagonal Al-Pd-Mn is obtained, studied and compared to its icosahedral counterpart.Comment: Submitted to Phys. Ref. Lett. (18 July 2001

Noise-specific beats in the higher-level Ramsey curves of a transmon qubit

In the higher levels of superconducting transmon devices, and more generally charge sensitive devices, $T_2^*$ measurements made in the presence of low-frequency time-correlated $1/f$ charge noise and quasiparticle-induced parity flips can give an underestimation of the total dephasing time. The charge variations manifest as beating patterns observed in the overlay of several Ramsey fringe curves, and are reproduced with a phenomenological Ramsey curve model which accounts for the charge variations. $T_2^*$ dephasing times which more accurately represent the total dephasing time are obtained. The phenomenological model is compared with a Lindblad master equation model. Both models are found to be in agreement with one another and the experimental data. Finally, the phenomenological formulation enables a simple method in which the power spectral density (PSD) for the low-frequency noise can be inferred from the overlay of several Ramsey curves.Comment: 4 pages and 5 main figures, supplementary information has 2 figure

Quantum fluctuations of D5dD_{5d} polarons on C60C_{60} molecules

The dynamic Jahn-Teller splitting of the six equivalent $D_{5d}$ polarons due to quantum fluctuations is studied in the framework of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes formalism. The tunneling induced level splittings are determined to be $^2 T_{1u} \bigoplus ^2 T_{2u}$ and $^1 A_g \bigoplus ^1 H_g$ for $C_{60}^{1-}$ and $C_{60}^{2-}$, respectively, which should give rise to observable effects in experiments.Comment: REVTEX 3.0, 13 pages, to be published in Phys. Rev.

A CTMC study of collisions between protons and H2+H_2^+ molecular ions

We study numerically collisions between protons and $H_2^+$ molecular ions at intermediate impact energies by using the Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo method (CTMC). Total and differential cross sections are computed. The results are compared with: a) the standard one electron--two nucleon scattering, and b) the quantum mechanical treatment of the $H^{+} - H^{+}_{2}$ scattering.Comment: ReVTeX, 5 pages + 5 figs. (EPS) To be published in Physica Script

Minimizing energy below the glass thresholds

Focusing on the optimization version of the random K-satisfiability problem, the MAX-K-SAT problem, we study the performance of the finite energy version of the Survey Propagation (SP) algorithm. We show that a simple (linear time) backtrack decimation strategy is sufficient to reach configurations well below the lower bound for the dynamic threshold energy and very close to the analytic prediction for the optimal ground states. A comparative numerical study on one of the most efficient local search procedures is also given.Comment: 12 pages, submitted to Phys. Rev. E, accepted for publicatio

Autonomous clustering using rough set theory

This paper proposes a clustering technique that minimises the need for subjective human intervention and is based on elements of rough set theory. The proposed algorithm is unified in its approach to clustering and makes use of both local and global data properties to obtain clustering solutions. It handles single-type and mixed attribute data sets with ease and results from three data sets of single and mixed attribute types are used to illustrate the technique and establish its efficiency

Mid-infrared plasmons in scaled graphene nanostructures

Plasmonics takes advantage of the collective response of electrons to electromagnetic waves, enabling dramatic scaling of optical devices beyond the diffraction limit. Here, we demonstrate the mid-infrared (4 to 15 microns) plasmons in deeply scaled graphene nanostructures down to 50 nm, more than 100 times smaller than the on-resonance light wavelength in free space. We reveal, for the first time, the crucial damping channels of graphene plasmons via its intrinsic optical phonons and scattering from the edges. A plasmon lifetime of 20 femto-seconds and smaller is observed, when damping through the emission of an optical phonon is allowed. Furthermore, the surface polar phonons in SiO2 substrate underneath the graphene nanostructures lead to a significantly modified plasmon dispersion and damping, in contrast to a non-polar diamond-like-carbon (DLC) substrate. Much reduced damping is realized when the plasmon resonance frequencies are close to the polar phonon frequencies. Our study paves the way for applications of graphene in plasmonic waveguides, modulators and detectors in an unprecedentedly broad wavelength range from sub-terahertz to mid-infrared.Comment: submitte

Opportunistic routing in wireless mesh networks

Opportunistic Routing (OR) has been proposed as a way to increase the performance of wireless networks by exploiting its broadcast nature. In OR, instead of pre-selecting a single specific node to be the next-hop as a forwarder for a packet, multiple nodes can potentially be selected as the next-hop forwarder. Thus the source can use multiple potential paths to deliver the packets to the destination. More specially, when the current node transmits a packet, all the candidates that receive the packet successfully will coordinate with each other to determine which one would actually forward the packet according to some criteria, while the other nodes will simply discard the packet. In this chapter, we survey the state of the art in OR, then focus on the candidates selection algorithms and carry out a comparative performance evaluation of the most relevant proposals appeared in the literature.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author’s final draft

CP violation from noncommutative geometry

If the geometry of space-time is \nc, i.e. $[x_{\mu},x_{\nu}]=i \theta_{\mu \nu}$, then \nc \cpviolng effects may be manifest at low energies. For a \nc scale $\Lambda \equiv \theta^{-1/2} \leq 2 TeV$, \cpviol from \ncg is comparable to that from the Standard Model (SM) alone: the \nc contributions to $\epsilon$ and $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ in the $K$-system, may actually dominate over the Standard Model contributions. Present data permit \ncg to be the only source of \cpviol. Furthermore the most recent findings for g-2 of the muon are consistent with predictions from \ncg. If the geometry of space-time is \nc, $i.e.$ $[x_{\mu},x_{\nu}]=i \theta_{\mu \nu}$, then \nc \cpviolng effects may be manifest at low energies. For a \nc scale $\Lambda \equiv \theta^{-1/2} \leq 2 TeV$, \cpviol from \ncg is comparable to that from the Standard Model (SM) alone: the \nc contributions to $\epsilon$ and $\epsilon'/\epsilon$ in the K-system, may actually dominate over the Standard Model contributions. Present data permit \ncg to be the only source of \cpviol. Furthermore the most recent findings for g-2 of the muon are consistent with predictions from \ncg.Comment: fixed notation, corrected some typo