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Análise do transcriptoma de Fusarium decemcellulare agente causal do superbrotamento em guaranazeiro (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis).
O guaraná da Amazônia é muito apreciado por suas propriedades medicinais e energéticas, sendo o Amazonas a segunda contribuição nacional na produção. Esta produção, entretanto, acaba sendo afetada por uma das principais doenças da cultura: o superbrotamento, que tem como agente causal o fungo Fusarium decemcellulare. Os sintomas da doença são: o superbrotamento de gemas, a hiperplasia e hipertrofia floral e as galhas do caule. Em diversos estudos, associa-se sintomas semelhantes aos do superbrotamento a uma produção, ou ainda modulação, do hormônio auxina por parte do patógeno. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi de identificar genes de vias de síntese do hormônio auxina em Fusarium decemcellulare e analisar diferenças entre perfis transcriptômicos de isolados homotálicos e heterotálicos.Dissertação (Mestrado em Biotecnologia) - Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus. Orientador: Dr. Gilvan Ferreira da Silva; coorientador: Dr. Michel Eduardo Beleza Yamagishi
Localization of Narrowband Single Photon Emitters in Nanodiamonds
© 2016 American Chemical Society. Diamond nanocrystals that host room temperature narrowband single photon emitters are highly sought after for applications in nanophotonics and bioimaging. However, current understanding of the origin of these emitters is extremely limited. In this work, we demonstrate that the narrowband emitters are point defects localized at extended morphological defects in individual nanodiamonds. In particular, we show that nanocrystals with defects such as twin boundaries and secondary nucleation sites exhibit narrowband emission that is absent from pristine individual nanocrystals grown under the same conditions. Critically, we prove that the narrowband emission lines vanish when extended defects are removed deterministically using highly localized electron beam induced etching. Our results enhance the current understanding of single photon emitters in diamond and are directly relevant to fabrication of novel quantum optics devices and sensors
Laser Interferometric Detectors of Gravitational Waves
A laser interferometric detector of gravitational waves is studied and a
complete solution (to first order in the metric perturbation) of the coupled
Einstein-Maxwell equations with appropriate boundary conditions for the light
beams is determined. The phase shift, the light deflection and the rotation of
the polarization axis induced by gravitational waves are computed. The results
are compared with previous literature, and are shown to hold also for detectors
which are large in comparison with the gravitational wavelength.Comment: 13 pages, LaTe
Radial stability analysis of the continuous pressure gravastar
Radial stability of the continuous pressure gravastar is studied using the
conventional Chandrasekhar method. The equation of state for the static
gravastar solutions is derived and Einstein equations for small perturbations
around the equilibrium are solved as an eigenvalue problem for radial
pulsations. Within the model there exist a set of parameters leading to a
stable fundamental mode, thus proving radial stability of the continuous
pressure gravastar. It is also shown that the central energy density possesses
an extremum in rho_c(R) curve which represents a splitting point between stable
and unstable gravastar configurations. As such the rho_c(R) curve for the
gravastar mimics the famous M(R) curve for a polytrope. Together with the
former axial stability calculations this work completes the stability problem
of the continuous pressure gravastar.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, References corrected, minor changes wrt v1,
matches published versio
Self sustained traversable wormholes and the equation of state
We compute the graviton one loop contribution to a classical energy in a
\textit{traversable} wormhole background. The form of the shape function
considered is obtained by the equation of state . We investigate
the size of the wormhole as a function of the parameter . The
investigation is evaluated by means of a variational approach with Gaussian
trial wave functionals. A zeta function regularization is involved to handle
with divergences. A renormalization procedure is introduced and the finite one
loop energy is considered as a \textit{self-consistent} source for the
traversable wormhole.The case of the phantom region is briefly discussed.Comment: Uses RevTeX 4. 21 pages. Submitted to Classical and Quantum Gravity.
Extended version of the talk given at ERE2006 (Palma de Mallorca, September
4-8, 2006) and of the talk given at MG11-GT5, Berlin, 23-29 July, 200
Traversable wormholes coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics
In this work we explore the possible existence of static, spherically
symmetric and stationary, axisymmetric traversable wormholes coupled to
nonlinear electrodynamics. Considering static and spherically symmetric (2+1)
and (3+1)-dimensional wormhole spacetimes, we verify the presence of an event
horizon and the non-violation of the null energy condition at the throat. For
the former spacetime, the principle of finiteness is imposed, in order to
obtain regular physical fields at the throat. Next, we analyze the
(2+1)-dimensional stationary and axisymmetric wormhole, and also verify the
presence of an event horizon, rendering the geometry non-traversable.
Relatively to the (3+1)-dimensional stationary and axisymmetric wormhole
geometry, we find that the field equations impose specific conditions that are
incompatible with the properties of wormholes. Thus, we prove the non-existence
of the general class of traversable wormhole solutions, outlined above, within
the context of nonlinear electrodynamics.Comment: 9 pages, Revtex4. V2: major change in title; considerable additions
in the Introduction and in the rotating solution, no physics changes;
correction of a reference, one reference added; now 10 pages. This version to
appear in Classical and Quantum Gravit
Charged anisotropic matter with linear equation of state
We consider the general situation of a compact relativistic body with
anisotropic pressures in the presence of the electromagnetic field. The
equation of state for the matter distribution is linear and may be applied to
strange stars with quark matter. Three classes of new exact solutions are found
to the Einstein-Maxwell system. This is achieved by specifying a particular
form for one of the gravitational potentials and the electric field intensity.
We can regain anisotropic and isotropic models from our general class of
solution. A physical analysis indicates that the charged solutions describe
realistic compact spheres with anisotropic matter distribution. The equation of
state is consistent with dark energy stars and charged quark matter
distributions. The masses and central densities correspond to realistic stellar
objects in the general case when anisotropy and charge are present.Comment: 17 pages, To appear in Class. Quantum Gra
Notes on wormhole existence in scalar-tensor and F(R) gravity
Some recent papers have claimed the existence of static, spherically
symmetric wormhole solutions to gravitational field equations in the absence of
ghost (or phantom) degrees of freedom. We show that in some such cases the
solutions in question are actually not of wormhole nature while in cases where
a wormhole is obtained, the effective gravitational constant G_eff is negative
in some region of space, i.e., the graviton becomes a ghost. In particular, it
is confirmed that there are no vacuum wormhole solutions of the Brans-Dicke
theory with zero potential and the coupling constant \omega > -3/2, except for
the case \omega = 0; in the latter case, G_eff < 0 in the region beyond the
throat. The same is true for wormhole solutions of F(R) gravity: special
wormhole solutions are only possible if F(R) contains an extremum at which
G_eff changes its sign.Comment: 7 two-column pages, no figures, to appear in Grav. Cosmol. A misprint
corrected, references update
How to tell a gravastar from a black hole
Gravastars have been recently proposed as potential alternatives to explain
the astrophysical phenomenology traditionally associated to black holes,
raising the question of whether the two objects can be distinguished at all.
Leaving aside the debate about the processes that would lead to the formation
of a gravastar and the astronomical evidence in their support, we here address
two basic questions: Is a gravastar stable against generic perturbations? If
stable, can an observer distinguish it from a black hole of the same mass? To
answer these questions we construct a general class of gravastars and determine
the conditions they must satisfy in order to exist as equilibrium solutions of
the Einstein equations. For such models we perform a systematic stability
analysis against axial-perturbations, computing the real and imaginary parts of
the eigenfrequencies. Overall, we find that gravastars are stable to axial
perturbations, but also that their quasi-normal modes differ from those of a
black hole of the same mass and thus can be used to discern, beyond dispute, a
gravastar from a black hole.Comment: 16 pages, 13 figures, minor improvemen
ITS (Intergenic Transcribed Spacer) e Íntron-RFLP para caracterização de Colletotrichum spp. isolado de guaranazeiro.
O objetivo do trabalho foi utilizar as regiões ITS e o íntron do gene GS (Glutamine Synthetase) na caracterização de Colletotrichum spp., obtidos a partir de isolamento direto das lesões foliares típicas de antracnose em guaranazeiro
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