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Fungal Respiratory Infections in Cystic Fibrosis (CF): Recent Progress and Future Research Agenda
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Combinação entre turfa vermelha e areia na obtenção de substrato-inóculo do fungo micorrízico arbuscular Glomus clarum.
O objetivo com o presente estudo foi verificar a influência de diferentes proporções de turfa vermelha e areia na composição do substrato sobre a colonização radicular por fungos micorríozicos arbusculares (FMA) e no desenvolvimento vegetativo de aveia branca. O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação e os tratamentos foram constituídos a partir de combinações de turfa vermelha (T) e areia (A): 100%A; 25%T+75%A; 50%T+50%A; 75%T+25%A; 100%T. Dez sementes de aveia foram emeadas por vaso plástico preto (350ml de volume), contendo 5 gramas de inóculo de Glomus clarum. Quarenta e três dias após a semeadura da aveia, foram realizadas avaliações de desenvolvimento vegetativo e colonização micorrízica do sistema radicular das plantas, através da presença de estruturas, como hifas, arbúsculos e vesículas. Substratos com maior quantidade de turfa induziram maior desenvolvimento da parte aérea e maior qualidade de raízes (QR), em termos de volume de raízes. Entretanto, a presença da turfa acima de 50% no substrato diminuiu a percentagem de colonização micorrízica da aveia. A similaridade verificada entre as curvas de regressões de percentagem de colonização e Água Facilmente Disponível, com mesmo ponto de máximo, sugerem que a quantidade de mesoporos resultante da combinação turfa/areia influencia na resposta dos FMA, a melhor resposta é obtida em mistura com 32,5% de turfa vermelha
Symmetries of Differential Equations via Cartan's Method of Equivalence
We formulate a method of computing invariant 1-forms and structure equations
of symmetry pseudo-groups of differential equations based on Cartan's method of
equivalence and the moving coframe method introduced by Fels and Olver. Our
apparoach does not require a preliminary computation of infinitesimal defining
systems, their analysis and integration, and uses differentiation and linear
algebra operations only. Examples of its applications are given.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX 2.0
Sequential Strong Measurements and Heat Vision
We study scenarios where a finite set of non-demolition von-Neumann
measurements are available. We note that, in some situations, repeated
application of such measurements allows estimating an infinite number of
parameters of the initial quantum state, and illustrate the point with a
physical example. We then move on to study how the system under observation is
perturbed after several rounds of projective measurements. While in the finite
dimensional case the effect of this perturbation always saturates, there are
some instances of infinite dimensional systems where such a perturbation is
accumulative, and the act of retrieving information about the system increases
its energy indefinitely (i.e., we have `Heat Vision'). We analyze this effect
and discuss a specific physical system with two dichotomic von-Neumann
measurements where Heat Vision is expected to show.Comment: See the Appendix for weird examples of heat visio
Pressure-induced metal-insulator transition in MgV_2O_4
On the basis of experimental thermoelectric power results and ab initio
calculations, we propose that a metal-insulator transition takes place at high
pressure (approximately 6 GPa) in MgV_2O_4.Comment: 2 pages, 3 figures, accepted in Physica B (Strongly Correlated
Electron Systems '07
A long-term optical and X-ray ephemeris of the polar EK Ursae Majoris
We searched for long-term period changes in the polar EK UMa using new
optical data and archival X-ray/EUV data. An optical ephemeris was derived from
data taken remotely with the MONET/N telescope and compared with the X-ray
ephemeris based on Einstein, Rosat, and EUVE data. A three-parameter fit to the
combined data sets yields the epoch, the period, and the phase offset between
the optical minima and the X-ray absorption dips. An added quadratic term is
insignificant and sets a limit to the period change. The derived linear
ephemeris is valid over 30 years and the common optical and X-ray period is
P=0.0795440225(24) days. There is no evidence of long-term O-C variations or a
period change over the past 17 years Delta P = -0.14+-0.50 ms. We suggest that
the observed period is the orbital period and that the system is tightly
synchronized. The limit on Delta P and the phase constancy of the bright part
of the light curve indicate that O-C variations of the type seen in the polars
DP Leo and HU Aqr or the pre-CV NN Ser do not seem to occur in EK UMa. The
X-ray dips lag the optical minima by 9.5+-0.7 deg in azimuth, providing some
insight into the accretion geometry.Comment: 4 pages, 2 Postscript figures, accepted for publication in Astronomy
& Astrophysic
Theory of traveling filaments in bistable semiconductor structures
We present a generic nonlinear model for current filamentation in
semiconductor structures with S-shaped current-voltage characteristics. The
model accounts for Joule self-heating of a current density filament. It is
shown that the self-heating leads to a bifurcation from static to traveling
filament. Filaments start to travel when increase of the lattice temperature
has negative impact on the cathode-anode transport. Since the impact ionization
rate decreases with temperature, this occurs for a wide class of semiconductor
systems whose bistability is due to the avalanche impact ionization. We develop
an analytical theory of traveling filaments which reveals the mechanism of
filament motion, find the condition for bifurcation to traveling filament, and
determine the filament velocity.Comment: 13 pages, 5 figure
Invariants from classical field theory
We introduce a method that generates invariant functions from perturbative
classical field theories depending on external parameters. Applying our methods
to several field theories such as abelian BF, Chern-Simons and 2-dimensional
Yang-Mills theory, we obtain, respectively, the linking number for embedded
submanifolds in compact varieties, the Gauss' and the second Milnor's invariant
for links in S^3, and invariants under area-preserving diffeomorphisms for
configurations of immersed planar curves.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure, to appear in J. Math. Phy
Exterior Differentials in Superspace and Poisson Brackets
It is shown that two definitions for an exterior differential in superspace,
giving the same exterior calculus, yet lead to different results when applied
to the Poisson bracket. A prescription for the transition with the help of
these exterior differentials from the given Poisson bracket of definite
Grassmann parity to another bracket is introduced. It is also indicated that
the resulting bracket leads to generalization of the Schouten-Nijenhuis bracket
for the cases of superspace and brackets of diverse Grassmann parities. It is
shown that in the case of the Grassmann-odd exterior differential the resulting
bracket is the bracket given on exterior forms. The above-mentioned transition
with the use of the odd exterior differential applied to the linear even/odd
Poisson brackets, that correspond to semi-simple Lie groups, results,
respectively, in also linear odd/even brackets which are naturally connected
with the Lie superalgebra. The latter contains the BRST and anti-BRST charges
and can be used for calculation of the BRST operator cohomology.Comment: 12 pages, LATEX 2e, JHEP format. Correction of misprints. The titles
for some references are adde
On the non-Abelian Stokes theorem for SU(2) gauge fields
We derive a version of non-Abelian Stokes theorem for SU(2) gauge fields in
which neither additional integration nor surface ordering are required. The
path ordering is eliminated by introducing the instantaneous color orientation
of the flux. We also derive the non-Abelian Stokes theorem on the lattice and
discuss various terms contributing to the trace of the Wilson loop.Comment: Latex2e, 0+14 pages, 3 figure
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