17 research outputs found

    Collision of protostellar jets in the star-forming region IC 1396N: Analysis of knot proper motions

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    Context. The bright-rimmed cloud IC 1396N is believed to host one of the few known cases where two bipolar CO outflows driven by young stellar objects collide. The CO outflows are traced by chains of knots of H2 emission, with enhanced emission at the position of the possible collision. Aims. The aim of this work is to use the proper motions of the H2 knots to confirm the collision scenario. Methods. A second-epoch H2 image was obtained, and the proper motions of the knots were determined with a time baseline of ∼11 yr. We also performed differential photometry on the images to check the flux variability of the knots. Results. For each outflow (N and S), we classified the knots as pre-collision or post-collision. The axes of the pre-collision knots, the position of the possible collision point, and the axes of the post-collision knots were estimated. The difference between the proper motion direction of the post-collision knots and the position angle from the collision point was also calculated. For some of the knots, we obtained the 3D velocity using the radial velocity derived from H2 spectra. Conclusions. The velocity pattern of the H2 knots in the area of interaction (post-collision knots) shows a deviation from that of the pre-collision knots, consistent with being a consequence of the interaction between the two outflows. This favours the interpretation of the IC 1396N outflows as a true collision between two protostellar jets instead of a projection effect

    Infrared and optical polarimetry around the low-mass star-forming region NGC 1333 IRAS 4A

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    We performed J- and R-band linear polarimetry with the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos and with the 1.6 m telescope at the Observat\'orio do Pico dos Dias, respectively, to derive the magnetic field geometry of the diffuse molecular cloud surrounding the embedded protostellar system NGC 1333 IRAS 4A. We obtained interstellar polarization data for about two dozen stars. The distribution of polarization position angles has low dispersion and suggests the existence of an ordered magnetic field component at physical scales larger than the protostar. Some of the observed stars present intrinsic polarization and evidence of being young stellar objects. The estimated mean orientation of the interstellar magnetic field as derived from these data is almost perpendicular to the main direction of the magnetic field associated with the dense molecular envelope around IRAS 4A. Since the distribution of the CO emission in NGC 1333 indicates that the diffuse molecular gas has a multi-layered structure, we suggest that the observed polarization position angles are caused by the superposed projection along the line of sight of different magnetic field components.Comment: 37 pages, 9 figures, 5 tables, accepted for publication in A

    Expediciones Humboldt: San Francisco, Cundinamarca

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    Este informe presenta los resultados de la caracterización biológica de uno de los últimos grandes corredores ecológicos del territorio CAR, ubicado en el margen occidental del altiplano cundiboyacense. Este corredor, también conocido como el Espcarpe, incluye áreas prioritarias para la conservación de bosques alto andinos y páramos de la provincia de Gualivá y hace parte del Corredor de Conservación Bogotá-Región. Esperamos que esta información producto de la capacidad científica del Instituto Humboldt, sea relevante y útil en las decisiones de planificación estratégica tanto en el ordenamiento territorial de los municipios de San Francisco, Subachoque y Supatá, como para las decisiones de conservación de la Corporación Autónoma Regional.BogotáCiencias Básicas de la Biodiversida

    AVANCES DEL PROYECTO DEVAG - UNICA. INVESTIGACIONES EN SISTEMAS DIVERSIFICADOS DE FRUTALES Y PEQUEÑOS RUMIANTES EN LA REGIÓN DEL CARIBE

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    El proyecto DEVAG-UNICA es desarrollado entre el Polo Regional de Investigaciones Agroambientales de la Martinica (PRAM), específicamente el Centro de Cooperación Internacional en Investigaciones Agronómicas para el Desarrollo (CIRAD) y la Universidad “Máximo Gómez Báez” de Ciego de Ávila, en el marco del financiamiento otorgado por el Programa INTERREG IV CARAIBES 2007- 2013. Dicho proyecto desarrolla seis tareas fundamentales: (1) Potencial forrajero de especies arvenses en la cobertura del frutal; (2) Optimización de la carga en la asociación frutal- planta de cobertura- ovino; (3) Sustancia alternativa para lograr el acondicionamiento aversivo de ovinos a ramas de frutales; (4) Método alternativo para reducir la utilización de antiparasitarios convencionales en ovinos integrados a agro- ecosistemas de frutales; (5) Dinámica de la descomposición de excretas y hojarascas en el suelo y su impacto en el agroecosistema; y (6) Capacitación de productores. Se tienen hasta el momento nueve resultados de investigación- capacitación y, en etapas siguientes, se pretende evaluar métodos de manejo para incrementar, de forma armónica, la carga de ovinos integrados a huertas de frutales, utilizando el acondicionamiento aversivo y otros métodos de selección de alimentos; también se avizoran alternativas para el control de las nematodosis gastrointestinales en esta especie animal, permitiendo reducir importaciones de productos químicos para producir antiparasitarios. Estos resultados constituirán una oportunidad para incrementar la población de ovinos de la provincia y otras regiones del país. La crianza de animales integrada a frutales posibilitará nuevas oportunidades de empleo, especialmente para mujeres del campo, idóneas en las labores de pastores de ovejas en el mundo

    Expediciones Humboldt: Honda-Méndez, Tolima

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    Este informe presenta los resultados de la caracterización biológica de uno de los bosques secos con mejor estado de conservación en el departamento del Tolima, ubicado entre los municipio de Honda, Méndez y Armero-Guayabal. Estos bosques se encuentran en una matriz de ganadería y producción agropecuaria, donde las coberturas boscosas son conservadas por los propietarios, conscientes de la importancia de este ecosistema para la provisión de bienes y servicios ecosistémicos. Esperamos que esta información producto de la capacidad científica del Instituto Humboldt, sea relevante y útil en las decisiones de planificación estratégica tanto en el ordenamiento territorial de los municipios de Honda, Méndez y Armero-Guayabal, como para las decisiones de conservación que se tomen en la regiónBogotáCiencias Básicas de la Biodiversida

    Carbosilane Dendron–Peptide Nanoconjugates as Antimicrobial Agents

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    Over the last decades, multidrug-resistant bacteria have emerged and spread, increasing the number of bacteria, against which commonly used antibiotics are no longer effective. It has become a serious public health problem whose solution requires medical research in order to explore novel effective antimicrobial molecules. On the one hand, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are regarded as good alternatives because of their generally broad-spectrum activities, but sometimes they can be easily degraded by the organism or be toxic to animal cells. On the other hand, cationic carbosilane dendrons, whose focal point can be functionalized in many different ways, have also shown good antimicrobial activity. In this work, we synthetized first- and second-generation cationic carbosilane dendrons with a maleimide molecule on their focal point, enabling their functionalization with three different AMPs. After different microbiology studies, we found an additive effect between first-generation dendron and AMP3 whose study reveals three interesting effects: (i) bacteria aggregation due to AMP3, which could facilitate bacteria detection or even contribute to antibacterial activity by preventing host cell attack, (ii) bacteria disaggregation capability of second-generation cationic dendrons, and (iii) a higher AMP3 aggregation ability when dendrons were added previously to peptide treatment. These compounds and their different effects observed over bacteria constitute an interesting system for further mechanism studies. © 2019 American Chemical Society.This work has been supported by grants from CTQ2017-86224-P (MINECO), Consortiums NANODENDMED II-CM ref B2017/BMD-3703, and IMMUNOTHERCAN-CM B2017/BMD-3733 (CAM) to UAH. This study was funded by grants from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad (SAF2014-60138-R to M.R. those grants may include FEDER funds) and Generalitat de Catalunya (2017SGR1439). This work was also supported from ERDF/ESF project “UniQSurf—Centre of Biointerfaces and Hybrid Functional Materials” (no. CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/17_048/0007411) and from the Research Infrastructure NanoEnviCz, supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic under project no. LM2015073. CIBER-BBN as an initiative funded by VI National R-D-i Plan 2008-2011, Iniciativa Ingenio 2010, Consolider Program, CIBER Actions and financed by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III with assistance from the European Regional Development Fund. A.B. Acknown Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad for a predoctoral fellowship.Peer reviewe
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