AEGIS at CERN: Measuring Antihydrogen Fall

The main goal of the AEGIS experiment at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator is the test of fundamental laws such as the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) and CPT symmetry. In the first phase of AEGIS, a beam of antihydrogen will be formed whose fall in the gravitational field is measured in a Moire' deflectometer; this will constitute the first test of the WEP with antimatter.Comment: Presented at the Fifth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, June 28-July 2, 201

Long-range Angular Correlations On The Near And Away Side In P-pb Collisions At √snn=5.02 Tev

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Relações hídricas em povoamento de eucalipto com diferentes densidades populacionais.

Em experimento realizado na regiao de Santa Barbara (MG) no periodo de agosto de 1994 a fevereiro de 1995, avaliaram-se a precipitacao pluviometrica interna, a evapotranspiracao da cultura (ETc) e o regime hidrico do solo sob povoamento de Eucalyptus grandis (dos 32 aos 38 meses de idade) com densidades populacionais variando de 500 a 5.000 plantas ha-1. A unidade volumetrica do solo, em uma secao de controle de 0 a 285 cm de profundidade, foi determinado quinzenalmente, por meio de moderacao de neutrons. A interpretacao de agua pelas copas aumentou linearmente com o aumento da populacao de plantas, enquanto a ETc nao foi significativamente influenciada. A unidade do solo tendeu a aumentar com a reducao da populacao de plantas. A umidade do solo em todas as epocas monitoradas nunca apresentou valores inferiores aquele correspondente a agua retida a tensao de 1,5 MPa.199

Relações hídricas em povoamento de eucalipto com diferentes densidades populacionais.

Em experimento realizado na região de Santa Bárbara (MG), no período de agosto de 1994 a fevereiro de 1995, avaliaram-se a precipitação pluviométrica interna, a evapotranspiração da cultura (ETc) e o regime hídrico do solo sob povoamento de Eucalyptus grandis (dos 32 aos 38 meses de idade) com densidades populacionais variando de 500 a 5.000 plantas ha-1. A umidade volumétrica do solo, em uma seção de controle de 0 a 285 cm de profundidade, foi determinada quinzenalmente, por meio de moderação de nêutrons. A interceptação de água pelas copas aumentou linearmente com o aumento da população de plantas, enquanto a ETc não foi significativamente influenciada. A umidade do solo tendeu a aumentar com a redução da população de plantas. A umidade do solo em todas as épocas monitoradas nunca apresentou valores inferiores àquele correspondente à água retida à tensão de 1,5 MPa

Zinc and inflammatory/immune response in aging

Life-long antigenic burden determines a condition of chronic inflammation, with increased lymphocyte activation and proinflammatory cytokine production. A large number of studies have documented changes in zinc metabolism in experimental animal models of acute and chronic inflammation and in human chronic inflammatory conditions. In particular, modification of zinc plasma concentration, as well as intracellular disturbance of antioxidant intracellular pathways, has been found in aging and in some age-related diseases. Zinc deficiency is diffused in aged individuals in order to avoid meat and other high zinc content foods due to fear of cholesterol. Rather, they increase the consumption of refined wheat products that lack zinc and other critical nutrients as a consequence of the refining process. On the other hand, plasma zinc concentration is influenced by proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6 and TNF-alpha) and by metallothioneins (MT) homeostasis, which is in turn affected by proinflammatory cytokines. MT increase in aging and chronic inflammation allowing a continuous sequestration of intracellular zinc with subsequent low zinc ion availability against stressor agents and inflammation. This phenomenon leads to an impaired inflammatory/immune response in the elderly. A major target of zinc is NF-kappa B, a transcription factor critical for the expression of proinflammatory cytokines whose production is regulated by extra- and intracellular activating and inhibiting factors interacting with the regulatory elements on cytokine genes. Effects of zinc on translocation of NF-kappa B have been attributed to the suppression of phosphorylation and degradation of the inhibitory proteins (A20) that normally sequester it in the cytoplasm. Moreover, this factor and A20 are regulated by specific genes involved in inflammation and by intracellular zinc ion availability. So, it is not so surprising that zinc deficiency is constantly observed in chronic inflammation, such as in old individuals. On the other hand, cytokine genes are highly polymorphic and some of these polymorphisms are associated with atherosclerosis and diabetes type 2. Therefore, zinc turnover, via MT homeostasis, in individuals genetically predisposed to a dysregulation of the inflammatory/immune response may play a crucial role in causing possible adverse events with the appearance of age-related diseases