On the dimensional dependence of duality groups for massive p-forms

We study the soldering formalism in the context of abelian p-form theories. We develop further the fusion process of massless antisymmetric tensors of different ranks into a massive p-form and establish its duality properties. To illustrate the formalism we consider two situations. First the soldering mass generation mechanism is compared with the Higgs and Julia-Toulouse mechanisms for mass generation due to condensation of electric and magnetic topological defects. We show that the soldering mechanism interpolates between them for even dimensional spacetimes, in this way confirming the Higgs/Julia-Toulouse duality proposed by Quevedo and Trugenberger \cite{QT} a few years ago. Next, soldering is applied to the study of duality group classification of the massive forms. We show a dichotomy controlled by the parity of the operator defining the symplectic structure of the theory and find their explicit actions.Comment: Reference [8] has been properly place

On duality of the noncommutative extension of the Maxwell-Chern-Simons model

We study issues of duality in 3D field theory models over a canonical noncommutative spacetime and obtain the noncommutative extension of the Self-Dual model induced by the Seiberg-Witten map. We apply the dual projection technique to uncover some properties of the noncommutative Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory up to first-order in the noncommutative parameter. A duality between this theory and a model similar to the ordinary self-dual model is estabilished. The correspondence of the basic fields is obtained and the equivalence of algebras and equations of motion are directly verified. We also comment on previous results in this subject.Comment: Revtex, 9 pages, accepted for publication PL

Fasceíte Necrotizante Causada por Photobacterium Damselae: o Primeiro Caso Descrito em Portugal

Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe soft tissue infection with a high mortality rate and therefore requires emergent surgical treatment. Several microorganisms can cause this infection, Photobacterium damselae being one of them, with only eight cases previously published in the literature. We report the first ever case of necrotizing fasciitis, caused by this microorganism, in Portugal. In this case report the patient survived after several debridement procedures and reconstruction of the upper limb with acellular dermal matrix and skin graft. A brief review of the Photobacterium damselae soft tissue infection reports as well as the clinical presentation, diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment of necrotizing fasciitis can also be found in this paper.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Métodos de avaliação das condições hídricas das plantas.

O funcionamento normal das células demanda condições hídricas próximas da saturação, entretanto, essas condições não ocorrem e a célula encontra-se insaturada. O teor de água nas diferentes partes da planta pode variar enormemente. O armazenamento de água na planta é regido pelos fenômenos de interação da água com a planta. As condições hídricas nos tecidos das plantas podem ser avaliadas tanto pelo teor como pela energia livre da água e podem ser inferidas por métodos indiretos, como a temperatura das folhas. Pode-se avaliar o teor de água nas plantas r o potencial da água na célula, tecido ou órgão - avaliação com câmara de pressão Scholander. A resistência difusiva estomática pode ser avaliada através de quatro métodos: fluxo de massa, difusão de vapor, manutenção de fluxo, estado de equilíbrio, temperatura foliar (uso de termômetro de infravermelho).bitstream/CNPAF-2009-09/27961/1/comt_161.pd