On explicit results at the intersection of the Z_2 and Z_4 orbifold subvarieties in K3 moduli space

We examine the recently found point of intersection between the Z_2 and Z_4 orbifold subvarieties in the K3 moduli space more closely. First we give an explicit identification of the coordinates of the respective Z_2 and Z_4 orbifold theories at this point. Secondly we construct the explicit identification of conformal field theories at this point and show the orthogonality of the two subvarieties.Comment: Latex, 23 page

Produção de grãos e relação com reação a doenças em feijoeiro comum cultivado em sistema de manejo orgânico.

Este trabalho objetivou avaliar a produção de grãos do feijoeiro comum em sistema de manejo orgânico e os efeitos do crestamento bacteriano comum e da mancha angular sobre a produção do feijoeiro comum da cultivar BRS Supremo sob diferentes tipos de cultura de cobertura e manejo do solo

Produção de grãos em relação com reação a doenças em feijoeiro comum cultivado em sistema de manejo orgânico.

Este trabalho objetivou avaliar a produção de grãos do feijoeiro-comum em sistema de manejo orgânico e os efeitos do crestamento bacteriano comum e da mancha angular sobre a produção do feijoeiro-comum da cultivar BRS supremo sob diferentes tipos de cultura de cobertura e manejo do solo.CONAFE

Numerical Ricci-flat metrics on K3

We develop numerical algorithms for solving the Einstein equation on Calabi-Yau manifolds at arbitrary values of their complex structure and Kahler parameters. We show that Kahler geometry can be exploited for significant gains in computational efficiency. As a proof of principle, we apply our methods to a one-parameter family of K3 surfaces constructed as blow-ups of the T^4/Z_2 orbifold with many discrete symmetries. High-resolution metrics may be obtained on a time scale of days using a desktop computer. We compute various geometric and spectral quantities from our numerical metrics. Using similar resources we expect our methods to practically extend to Calabi-Yau three-folds with a high degree of discrete symmetry, although we expect the general three-fold to remain a challenge due to memory requirements.Comment: 38 pages, 10 figures; program code and animations of figures downloadable from http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~wiseman/K3/ ; v2 minor corrections, references adde

Novel Data Acquisition System for Silicon Tracking Detectors

We have developed a novel data acquisition system for measuring tracking parameters of a silicon detector in a particle beam. The system is based on a commercial Analog-to-Digital VME module and a PC Linux based Data Acquisition System. This DAQ is realized with C++ code using object-oriented techniques. Track parameters for the beam particles were reconstructed using off-line analysis code and automatic detector position alignment algorithm. The new DAQ was used to test novel Czochralski type silicon detectors. The important silicon detector parameters, including signal size distributions and signal to noise distributions, were successfully extracted from the detector under study. The efficiency of the detector was measured to be 95 %, the resolution about 10 micrometers, and the signal to noise ratio about 10.Comment: Talk from the 2003 Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP03), La Jolla, Ca, USA, March 2003, 6 pages, LaTeX, 5 eps figures. PSN TUGP00

Eficiência do uso de produtos cúpricos no controle de Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans, Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. phaseoli e Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens in vitro.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência de produtos comerciais na base de cobre no controle de Xanthomonas citri pv. fuscans, Xanthomonas phaseoli pv. phaseoli e Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens

Variedades tradicionais de feijão comum (Phaseolus vulgaris), com tipo de grão vermelho, resistentes à antracnose.

O objetivo do trabalho foi a determinação de fontes de resistência a seis patótipos de Colletotrichum lindemuthianum em variedades tradicionais de feijão comum (Phaseolus vulgaris) com tipo de grão vermelho. Foram avaliadas 50 variedades tradicionais para os patótipos 65, 73, 77 81 91 e 1609 de Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Metastable liquid lamellar structures in binary and ternary mixtures of Lennard-Jones fluids

We have carried out extensive equilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to investigate the Liquid-Vapor coexistence in partially miscible binary and ternary mixtures of Lennard-Jones (LJ) fluids. We have studied in detail the time evolution of the density profiles and the interfacial properties in a temperature region of the phase diagram where the condensed phase is demixed. The composition of the mixtures are fixed, 50% for the binary mixture and 33.33% for the ternary mixture. The results of the simulations clearly indicate that in the range of temperatures $78 < T < 102 ^{\rm o}$K, --in the scale of argon-- the system evolves towards a metastable alternated liquid-liquid lamellar state in coexistence with its vapor phase. These states can be achieved if the initial configuration is fully disordered, that is, when the particles of the fluids are randomly placed on the sites of an FCC crystal or the system is completely mixed. As temperature decreases these states become very well defined and more stables in time. We find that below $90 ^{\rm o}$K, the alternated liquid-liquid lamellar state remains alive for 80 ns, in the scale of argon, the longest simulation we have carried out. Nonetheless, we believe that in this temperature region these states will be alive for even much longer times.Comment: 18 Latex-RevTex pages including 12 encapsulated postscript figures. Figures with better resolution available upon request. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. E Dec. 1st issu

TVL₁ Planarity Regularization for 3D Shape Approximation

The modern emergence of automation in many industries has given impetus to extensive research into mobile robotics. Novel perception technologies now enable cars to drive autonomously, tractors to till a field automatically and underwater robots to construct pipelines. An essential requirement to facilitate both perception and autonomous navigation is the analysis of the 3D environment using sensors like laser scanners or stereo cameras. 3D sensors generate a very large number of 3D data points when sampling object shapes within an environment, but crucially do not provide any intrinsic information about the environment which the robots operate within. This work focuses on the fundamental task of 3D shape reconstruction and modelling from 3D point clouds. The novelty lies in the representation of surfaces by algebraic functions having limited support, which enables the extraction of smooth consistent implicit shapes from noisy samples with a heterogeneous density. The minimization of total variation of second differential degree makes it possible to enforce planar surfaces which often occur in man-made environments. Applying the new technique means that less accurate, low-cost 3D sensors can be employed without sacrificing the 3D shape reconstruction accuracy

Variabilidade patogenica de Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli.

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi caracterizar a variabilidade de F.oxysporum f.sp. phaseoli