Revised and extended analysis of five times ionized Xenon, Xe VI

A capillary discharge tube was used to record the Xe spectrum in the 400-5500 Å region. A set of 243 lines of the Xe VI spectrum was observed, and 146 of them were classified for the first time. For all known lines, we calculated the weighted oscillator strengths (gf) and weighted transition probabilities (gA) using the configuration interaction in a relativistic Hartree-Fock approach. The energy matrix was calculated using energy parameters adjusted to fit the experimental energy levels. Core polarization effects were taken into account in our calculations. Experimental energy values and calculated lifetimes are also presented for a set of 88 levels. From these levels, 32 were classified for the first time and 33 had their values revised. Our analysis of the 5s5p5d and 5s5p6s configurations was extended in order to clarify discrepancies among previous works.Centro de Investigaciones ÓpticasFacultad de Ciencias Exacta

Revised and extended analysis of five times ionized Xenon, Xe VI

A capillary discharge tube was used to record the Xe spectrum in the 400-5500 Å region. A set of 243 lines of the Xe VI spectrum was observed, and 146 of them were classified for the first time. For all known lines, we calculated the weighted oscillator strengths (gf) and weighted transition probabilities (gA) using the configuration interaction in a relativistic Hartree-Fock approach. The energy matrix was calculated using energy parameters adjusted to fit the experimental energy levels. Core polarization effects were taken into account in our calculations. Experimental energy values and calculated lifetimes are also presented for a set of 88 levels. From these levels, 32 were classified for the first time and 33 had their values revised. Our analysis of the 5s5p5d and 5s5p6s configurations was extended in order to clarify discrepancies among previous works.Centro de Investigaciones ÓpticasFacultad de Ciencias Exacta

Nematodos asociados al cultivo de poroto en el Departamento Palpalá (provincia de Jujuy, Argentina) = Nematodes associated with bean crop in Palpala Department (Jujuy province, Argentina)

El cultivo de poroto (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) reviste gran importancia para la economía del noroeste argentino. Entre las múltiples adversidades fitosanitarias del cultivo se encuentran los nematodos, quienes ocasionan importantes pérdidas de rendimiento en distintas partes del mundo. Sin embargo poco se sabe acerca de la nematofauna asociada al cultivo en Jujuy. Por ello los objetivos del estudio fueron identificar los géneros de nematodos presentes en esta leguminosa de grano y establecer el grupo trófico de cada una de ellas. Para este fin se tomaron muestras de suelo y raíz de cuatro lotes cultivados con poroto blanco var. “alubia”. Los nematodos presentes se separaron mediante la técnica de flotación - centrifugación. Las especies de vida libre pertenecen al orden Rhabditida mientras que entre los ejemplares fitoparásitos se encontraron especies de Tylenchida correspondientes a los géneros: Aphelenchoides, Helycotylenchus, Meloidogyne, Mesocriconema, Psylenchus y Tylenchorhynchus. Durante todo el muestreo que abarcó desde la siembra hasta la cosecha del cultivo la estructura trófica estuvo dominada por nematodos bacteriófagos.Bean cropping (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is very important for the economy in the Argentinian northwest region. Nematodes which cause significant yield losses in different places worldwide are among the many crop phytosanitary setbacks. However, little is known about nematodes associated with cropping in Jujuy. Therefore, the study aims were identifying genera nematode present in this grain legume and to establish the trophic group of each one of them. For this purpose soil and root samples were taken from four plots cropped with “alubia” bean. The nematodes present were separated by the centrifugal flotation technique. The identified free-living species correspond to the Rhabditida order whereas among phytoparasitic specimens Tylenchida species pertaining to the Aphelenchoides, Helycotylenchus, Meloidogyne, Mesocriconema, Psylenchus y Tylenchorhynchus genera were found. In each of the sampling dates the trophic structure was dominated by bacteriophage nematodes.EEA AMBAFil: Gallardo, Claudia S. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Cátedra de Zoología Agrícola; ArgentinaFil: Quintana de Quinteros, Sara. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Cátedra de Zoología Agrícola; ArgentinaFil: Cap, Guillermo Bartolome. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Agencia de Extensión Rural La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Nico, A. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales. Cátedra de Horticultura; Argentin

Caracterización molecular de Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood nematodo nodulador del cultivo de poroto en la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina = Molecular characterization of Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood root-knot nematode of beans crops in Jujuy province, Argentina

Argentina es el quinto productor de poroto (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) del continente americano y el 99% de la producción nacional se concentra en las provincias del noroeste. Los nematodos del nudo de la raíz pertenecientes al género Meloidgoyne son importantes plagas del cultivo de poroto en esta región pero hasta el presente, la identificación de las especies se realiza sobre la base de los caracteres morfológicos externos de la hembra adulta. El objetivo de este estudio fue identificar Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood, asociada al cultivo de poroto alubia en la provincia de Jujuy (Argentina). Las muestras procedieron de raíces noduladas de plantas de var. alubia de un campo ubicado en Río Blanco (Jujuy, Argentina). Para aumentar el número de individuos se realizó la cría en plantas de Impatiens sp. en invernadero. Hembras adultas coincidieron con la descripción de Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal). Para el análisis molecular hembras extraídas de raíces se mantuvieron individualmente en etanol 96%. El ADN mitocondrial fue amplificado usando los siguientes cebadores: MORF (5’-ATCGGGGTTTAATAATGGG-3’), MTHIS (5’-AAATTCAATTGAATTAATAGC-3’), TRNAH (5’-TGA ATT TTT TAT TGT GAT TAA-3’) y MHR 106 (5’ – ATT TCC TAA AGA CTT TTC TTA GT-3’). Un fragmento de 740 y 550 pares de bases respetivamente se obtuvo con los cebadores descriptos anteriormente. Posteriormente se usó el cebador SCAR específico de M. arenaria Far (5’-TCGGCGATAGAGGTAAATGAC-3’), Rar (5’TCGGCGATAGACACTACAACT-3’) obteniendo un fragmento de aproximadamente 430 pb coincidiendo con M. arenaria. Este reporte constituye la primera caracterización molecular de M. arenaria sobre raíces de poroto alubia para Argentina.Argentina is the fifth largest producer of beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) on the American continent, 99% of the national production is concentrated in the northwest provinces. Root knot nematodes belonging to the genus Meloidogyne are important pests of the bean crop in this region but until now, species identification is made on the basis of the external morphological characters of the adult female. The objective of this study was to identify Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood, associated with bean crops in the province of Jujuy (Argentina). The samples came from nodular roots of var. Alubia from a field located in Río Blanco (Jujuy, Agentina). To increase the number of individuals, they were bred in Impatiens sp. in greenhouse. Adult females coincided with the description of Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal).To perform the molecular analysis females extracted from roots were individually kept in 96% ethanol. Mitochondrial DNA was amplified using the following primers: MORF (5’ - ATCGGGGTTTAATAATGGG-3’), MTHIS (5’ - AAATTCAATTGAATTAATAGC-3’), TRNAH (5’ - TGA ATT TTT TAT TGT GAT TAA-3’) and MHR 106 (5’ - ATT TCC TAA AGA CTT TTC TTA GT-3’). A fragment of 740 and 550 base pairs respectively was obtained with the primers described above. Subsequently, the specific SCAR primer of Meloidogyne arenaria Far (5’ - TCGGCGATAGAGGTAAATGAC-3’), Rar (5’-TCGGCGATAGACACTACAACT-3’) was used, obtaining a fragment of approximately 430 bp coinciding with M. arenaria. This report is the first molecular characterization of M. arenaria on alubia beans for ArgentinaEEA AMBAFil: Gallardo, Claudia. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Cátedra de Zoología Agrícola; ArgentinaFil: Achinelly, Maria Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores; ArgentinaFil: Cap, Guillermo Bartolome. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires. Agencia de Extensión Rural La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Nico, A. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales. Cátedra de Horticultura; ArgentinaFil: Brito, J.A. DPI/FDACS. División of Plant Industry; Estados Unido

Revised and extended analysis of five times ionized Xenon, Xe VI

A capillary discharge tube was used to record the Xe spectrum in the 400-5500 Å region. A set of 243 lines of the Xe VI spectrum was observed, and 146 of them were classified for the first time. For all known lines, we calculated the weighted oscillator strengths (gf) and weighted transition probabilities (gA) using the configuration interaction in a relativistic Hartree-Fock approach. The energy matrix was calculated using energy parameters adjusted to fit the experimental energy levels. Core polarization effects were taken into account in our calculations. Experimental energy values and calculated lifetimes are also presented for a set of 88 levels. From these levels, 32 were classified for the first time and 33 had their values revised. Our analysis of the 5s5p5d and 5s5p6s configurations was extended in order to clarify discrepancies among previous works.Centro de Investigaciones ÓpticasFacultad de Ciencias Exacta

Evidence‐based treatment for gynoid lipodystrophy: A review of the recent literature

Resumen La lipodistrofia ginoide (LDG) es una alteracion estructural, inflamatoria y bioquımica del tejido subcutaneo que causa modificaciones topograficas en la piel. Conocida comunmente como “celulitis”, la LDG afecta hasta a 90% de las mujeres, practicamente en todas las etapas de la vida, iniciando en la pubertad. Se trata de una condicion que afecta considerablemente la calidad de vida de quien la padece. Es motivo frecuente de consulta aunque las pacientes recurren a tratamientos empıricos, improvisados, sin bases ni evidencia cientıfica, los cuales desmotivan y producen frustracion no solo por su falta de resultados, sino por complicaciones derivadas de dichos tratamientos. Un grupo de expertos de diversas especialidades involucradas en el manejo de este problema presenta en este artıculo el resultado de una busqueda bibliografica sistematica y de la discusion consensuada de la evidencia obtenida de diversos tratamientos disponibles actualmente. El analisis se dividio en tratamientos topicos, tratamientos sistemicos, tratamientos no invasivos y tratamientos mınimamente invasivos

México y Jalisco en la coyuntura : segundo semestre de 1998

Análisis de coyuntura sobre los principales sucesos del segundo semestre de 1998 en Jalisco y México. El caso del FOBAPROA, la seguridad pública, los derechos humanos, las elecciones efectuadas en el período y las estrategias de los partidos políticos en Jalisco son analizados por autores diversos. Se estudia también el caso de la industria electrónica en Guadalajara y la relación de los grupos de la sociedad civil con el gobierno.ITESO, A.C

México y Jalisco en la coyuntura : primer semestre de 1998

Análisis de coyuntura sobre los principales sucesos del primer semestre de 1997 en Jalisco, a nivel político, económico y social: la situación en el estado de los tres principales partidos políticos (PAN, PRI y PRD), la cuestión laboral, los derechos humanos y el problema de abastecimiento de agua en la zona metropolitana de Guadalajara.ITESO, A.C

Multi-scale stamps for real-time classification of alert streams

In recent years, automatic classifiers of image cutouts (also called "stamps") have shown to be key for fast supernova discovery. The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Observatory will distribute about ten million alerts with their respective stamps each night, which it is expected to enable the discovery of approximately one million supernovae each year. A growing source of confusion for these classifiers is the presence of satellite glints, sequences of point-like-sources produced by rotating satellites or debris. The currently planned Rubin stamps will have a size smaller than the typical separation between these point sources. Thus, a larger field of view image stamp could enable the automatic identification of these sources. However, the distribution of larger field of view stamps would be limited by network bandwidth restrictions. We evaluate the impact of using image stamps of different angular sizes and resolutions for the fast classification of events (AGNs, asteroids, bogus, satellites, SNe, and variable stars), using available data from the Zwicky Transient Facility survey. We compare four scenarios: three with the same number of pixels (small field of view with high resolution, large field of view with low resolution, and a proposed multi-scale strategy) and a scenario with the full ZTF stamp that has a larger field of view and higher resolution. Our multi-scale proposal outperforms all the scenarios, with a macro f1-score of 87.39. We encourage Rubin and its Science Collaborations to consider the benefits of implementing multi-scale stamps as a possible update to the alert specification.Comment: Submitted to ApJ

Hospital-based proton therapy implementation during the COVID pandemic: early clinical and research experience in a European academic institution

Introduction A rapid deploy of unexpected early impact of the COVID pandemic in Spain was described in 2020. Oncology practice was revised to facilitate decision-making regarding multimodal therapy for prevalent cancer types amenable to multidisciplinary treatment in which the radiotherapy component searched more efcient options in the setting of the COVID-19 pandemic, minimizing the risks to patients whilst aiming to guarantee cancer outcomes. Methods A novel Proton Beam Therapy (PBT), Unit activity was analyzed in the period of March 2020 to March 2021. Institutional urgent, strict and mandatory clinical care standards for early diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 infection were stablished in the hospital following national health-authorities’ recommendations. The temporary trends of patients care and research projects proposals were registered. Results 3 out of 14 members of the professional staf involved in the PBR intra-hospital process had a positive test for COVID infection. Also, 4 out of 100 patients had positive tests before initiating PBT, and 7 out of 100 developed positive tests along the weekly mandatory special checkup performed during PBT to all patients. An update of clinical performance at the PBT Unit at CUN Madrid in the initial 500 patients treated with PBT in the period from March 2020 to November 2022 registers a distribution of 131 (26%) pediatric patients, 63 (12%) head and neck cancer and central nervous system neoplasms and 123 (24%) re-irradiation indications. In November 2022, the activity reached a plateau in terms of patients under treatment and the impact of COVID pandemic became sporadic and controlled by minor medical actions. At present, the clinical data are consistent with an academic practice prospectively (NCT05151952). Research projects and scientifc production was adapted to the pandemic evolution and its infuence upon professional time availability. Seven research projects based in public funding were activated in this period and preliminary data on molecular imaging guided proton therapy in brain tumors and post-irradiation patterns of blood biomarkers are reported. Conclusions Hospital-based PBT in European academic institutions was impacted by COVID-19 pandemic, although clinical and research activities were developed and sustained. In the post-pandemic era, the benefts of online learning will shape the future of proton therapy education