Spectrally narrow exciton luminescence from monolayer MoS2 exfoliated onto epitaxially grown hexagonal BN

The strong light-matter interaction in transition Metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) monolayers (MLs) is governed by robust excitons. Important progress has been made to control the dielectric environment surrounding the MLs, especially through hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) encapsulation, which drastically reduces the inhomogeneous contribution to the exciton linewidth. Most studies use exfoliated hBN from high quality flakes grown under high pressure. In this work, we show that hBN grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) over a large surface area substrate has a similarly positive impact on the optical emission from TMD MLs. We deposit MoS$_2$ and MoSe$_2$ MLs on ultrathin hBN films (few MLs thick) grown on Ni/MgO(111) by MBE. Then we cover them with exfoliated hBN to finally obtain an encapsulated sample : exfoliated hBN/TMD ML/MBE hBN. We observe an improved optical quality of our samples compared to TMD MLs exfoliated directly on SiO$_2$ substrates. Our results suggest that hBN grown by MBE could be used as a flat and charge free substrate for fabricating TMD-based heterostructures on a larger scale.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure

Estimativas de (co)variâncias genéticas de características de carcaça e maciez da carne em bovinos Nelore mocho.

Objetivou-se estimar as variâncias e covariâncias genéticas para área de olho de lombo (AOL), espessura de gordura na garupa (P8) e entre a 12º e 13º costela (EG) e maciez da carne (WBSF) de 415 bovinos da raça Nelore mocho, com idade variando de 24 a 26 meses, filhos de 22 touros acasalados com 552 vacas, provenientes do Programa OB Choice da Marca OB.Pôster - graduação

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of endophytic bacteria associated with transgenic and non-transgenic soybean plants.

Endophytic bacteria isolated from non-transgenic and transgenic Roundup Ready® glyphosate-resistant (GR) soybean plants were investigated to analyze the correspondence between phenotypic and genotypic characteristics and to determine whether or not the strains could be grouped based on the source of isolation in transgenic or non-transgenic plants, respectively. Most of the strains recovered from GR plants have shown the ability for plant growth promotion (PGP) by means of IAA production and inorganic phosphate solubilization, and 100% of the strains showed great motility (swarm or swim); in addition, 90% of the strains were able to metabolize the majority of carbon sources tested. GR soybean felds showed higher endophytes abundance than non-transgenic; however, analyzing the phylogenetic trees constructed using the partial 16SrRNA gene sequences, higher diversity was observed in non-transgenic soybean felds. Overall the majority of isolated endophytes could utilize multiple patterns of carbon sources and express resistance to antibiotics, while isolates varied widely in the PGP ability. The greater pattern and frequency of utilization of carbon sources and frequency and intensity of antibiotic resistance compared with PGP ability within the soybean endophytes community suggest that carbon sources metabolism and antibiotic resistance confer a greater relative ftness beneft than PGP ability. In conclusion, cluster analysis of the phenotypes and 16SrRNA gene sequences reveals lack of correspondence between the pattern of bacterial isolates and the transgenic character of plants, and the heterogeneity of clustering suggested that various adaptive processes, such as stress response, could have contributed to generate phenotypic variability to enhance endophytes overall ftness. Keywords Transgenic soybean · Endophytic bacteria · 16SrRNA · Antibiotics · Carbon sources metabolism · Plant growth promotio

O uso de valores moleculares de características produtivas e reprodutivas para seleção de touros da raça Nelore por meio de análises multivariadas.

O uso de análises multivariadas para conhecer melhor a relação entre os valores genômicos e, com isso, agrupar e selecionar os melhores animais.Pôster - graduação

Spherical harmonic decomposition applied to spatial-temporal analysis of human high-density EEG

We demonstrate an application of spherical harmonic decomposition to analysis of the human electroencephalogram (EEG). We implement two methods and discuss issues specific to analysis of hemispherical, irregularly sampled data. Performance of the methods and spatial sampling requirements are quantified using simulated data. The analysis is applied to experimental EEG data, confirming earlier reports of an approximate frequency-wavenumber relationship in some bands.Comment: 12 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. E, uses APS RevTeX style

Estudo genético quantitativo de características relacionadas à velocidade de crescimento de bovinos Nelore Mocho.

Pesquisas efetivas que avaliam a eficiência produtiva de bovino da raça Nelore, variedade mocho, são incipientes. Por isto, este estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de estimar (co)variâncias e parâmetros genéticos para as características de dias para se ganhar 160 kg (D160) na fase pré-desmama, e dias para se ganhar 240 kg (D240) na fase pós-desmama, em bovinos da raça Nelore, variedade mocho, criados na região de Mato Grosso. Os componentes de (co)variância e parâmetros genéticos foram estimados por meio do software MTDFREML. As estimativas de herdabilidade para D160, devido ao efeito genético aditivo e maternal foram 0,15±0,027 e 0,08±0,031 respectivamente. Para D240, a estimativa de herdabilidade para efeito genético aditivo foi 0,16±0,26. As estimativas de herdabilidade evidenciaram a existência de variabilidade suficiente para promover melhoria do rebanho em estudo, Embora estas características não sejam adotadas como critérios de seleção, sua utilização proporcionaria melhoria do rebanho, por meio da seleção de animais mais precoces e com maior velocidade de crescimento

Biocorrosion and biofilm formation in a nutrient limited heating system subjected to alternating microaerophilic conditions

Severe biofilm formation and biocorrosion have been observed in heating systems even when the water quality complied with existing standards. The coupling between water chemistry, biofilm formation, species composition, and biocorrosion in a heating system was investigated by adding low concentrations of nutrients and oxygen under continuous and alternating dosing regimes. Molecular analysis of 16S rRNA gene fragments demonstrated that the amendments did not cause changes in the overall bacterial community composition. The combined alternating dosing of nutrients and oxygen caused increased rates of pitting (bio-) corrosion. Detection of bacteria involved in sulfide production and oxidation by retrieval of the functional dsrAB and apsA genes revealed the presence of Gram-positive sulfate- and sulfite-reducers and an unknown sulfur-oxidizer. Therefore, to control biocorrosion, sources of oxygen and nutrients must be limited, since the effect of the alternating operational conditions apparently is more important than the presence of potentially corrosive biofilm bacteria

A Note on Exact Solutions and Attractor Mechanism for Non-BPS Black Holes

We obtain two extremal, spherically symmetric, non-BPS black hole solutions to 4D supergravity, one of which carries D2-D6 charges and the other carries D0-D2-D4 charges. For the D2-D6 case, rather than solving the equations of motion directly, we assume the form of the solution and then find that the assumption satisfies the equations of motion and the constraint. Our D2-D6 solution is manifestly dual to the solution presented in 0710.4967. The D0-D2-D4 solution is obtained by performing certain $[SL(2,{\bf Z})]^{3}$ duality transformations on the D0-D4 solution in 0710.4967.Comment: 20 pages, LaTe

Tendência genética de características relacionadas à velocidade de crescimento de bovinos Nelore Mocho.

Pesquisas efetivas que avaliam a eficiência produtiva de bovino da raça Nelore, variedade mocho, são incipientes. Por isto, este estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de estimar tendências genéticas para as características de dias para se ganhar 160 kg (D160) na fase pré-desmama, e dias para se ganhar 240 kg (D240) na fase pós-desmama, em bovinos da raça Nelore, variedade mocho, criados na região de Mato Grosso. Os componentes de (co)variância e parâmetros genéticos foram estimados por meio do software MTDFREML. As predições médias para tendência genética de D160 e D240 foram -3,29 e -4,48, respectivamente. As estimativas de tendências genéticas evidenciaram a existência de variabilidade suficiente para promover melhoria do rebanho em estudo. Embora estas características não sejam adotadas como critérios de seleção, sua utilização proporcionaria melhoria do rebanho, por meio da seleção de animais mais precoces e com maior velocidade de crescimento