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FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI EFEKTIVITAS GABUNGAN KELOMPOK TANI (GAPOKTAN) DALAM PROGRAM PENGEMBANGAN USAHA AGRIBISNIS PERDESAAN (PUAP) DI KECAMATAN PEDAN KABUPATEN KLATEN
n this paper we give the full classification of curves of genus such that a Brill--Noether locus , strictly contained in the jacobian of , contains a variety stable under translations by the elements of a positive dimensional abelian subvariety and such that , i.e., the maximum possible dimension for such a
Influence of Lorentz-violating terms on a two-level system
The influence of Lorentz- and CPT-violating terms of the extended Standard
Model on a semi-classical two-level system is analyzed. It is shown that the
Lorentz-violating background (when coupled with the fermion sector in a vector
way) is able to induce modifications on the Rabi oscillation pattern, promoting
sensitive modulations on the usual oscillations. As for the term involving the
coefficient coupled in an axial vector way, it brings about oscillations both
on energy states and on the spin states (implied by the background). It is also
seen that such backgrounds are able to yield state oscillations even in the
absence of the electromagnetic field. The foreseen effects are used to
establish upper bounds on the Lorentz-violating coefficients.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figures, revtex style
Vanishing Viscosity Limits and Boundary Layers for Circularly Symmetric 2D Flows
We continue the work of Lopes Filho, Mazzucato and Nussenzveig Lopes [LMN],
on the vanishing viscosity limit of circularly symmetric viscous flow in a disk
with rotating boundary, shown there to converge to the inviscid limit in
-norm as long as the prescribed angular velocity of the
boundary has bounded total variation. Here we establish convergence in stronger
and -Sobolev spaces, allow for more singular angular velocities
, and address the issue of analyzing the behavior of the boundary
layer. This includes an analysis of concentration of vorticity in the vanishing
viscosity limit. We also consider such flows on an annulus, whose two boundary
components rotate independently.
[LMN] Lopes Filho, M. C., Mazzucato, A. L. and Nussenzveig Lopes, H. J.,
Vanishing viscosity limit for incompressible flow inside a rotating circle,
preprint 2006
Nambu monopoles interacting with lattice defects in two-dimensional artificial square spin ice
The interactions between an excitation (similar to a pair of Nambu monopoles)
and a lattice defect are studied in an artificial two-dimensional square spin
ice. This is done by considering a square array of islands containing only one
island different from all others. This difference is incorporated in the
magnetic moment (spin) of the "imperfect" island and several cases are studied,
including the special situation in which this distinct spin is zero (vacancy).
We have shown that the two extreme points of a malformed island behave like two
opposite magnetic charges. Then, the effective interaction between a pair of
Nambu monopoles with the deformed island is a problem involving four magnetic
charges (two pairs of opposite poles) and a string. We also sketch the
configuration of the field lines of these four charges to confirm this picture.
The influence of the string on this interaction decays rapidly with the string
distance from the defect.Comment: 7 pages, 13 figure
The WFCAM Multi-wavelength Variable Star Catalog
Stellar variability in the near-infrared (NIR) remains largely unexplored.
The exploitation of public science archives with data-mining methods offers a
perspective for the time-domain exploration of the NIR sky. We perform a
comprehensive search for stellar variability using the optical-NIR multi-band
photometric data in the public Calibration Database of the WFCAM Science
Archive (WSA), with the aim of contributing to the general census of variable
stars, and to extend the current scarce inventory of accurate NIR light curves
for a number of variable star classes. We introduce new variability indices
designed for multi-band data with correlated sampling, and apply them for
pre-selecting variable star candidates, i.e., light curves that are dominated
by correlated variations, from noise-dominated ones. Pre-selection criteria are
established by robust numerical tests for evaluating the response of
variability indices to colored noise characteristic to the data. We find 275
periodic variable stars and an additional 44 objects with suspected variability
with uncertain periods or apparently aperiodic variation. Only 44 of these
objects had been previously known, including 11 RR~Lyrae stars in the outskirts
of the globular cluster M3 (NGC~5272). We provide a preliminary classification
of the new variable stars that have well-measured light curves, but the
variability types of a large number of objects remain ambiguous. We classify
most of the new variables as contact binary stars, but we also find several
pulsating stars, among which 34 are probably new field RR~Lyrae and 3 are
likely Cepheids. We also identify 32 highly reddened variable objects close to
previously known dark nebulae, suggesting that these are embedded young stellar
objects. We publish our results and all light-curve data as the WFCAM Variable
Star Catalog.Comment: 21 pages, 11 figure
Potencial de uso agrícola do sedimento salino proveniente de viveiro de tilápias.
Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho é verificar a potencialidade do uso agrícola do sedimento salino oriundo dos viveiros de cultivo de tilápia rosa. Alíquotas de Argissolo Amarelo foram misturadas ao sedimento, em diferentes doses (10, 20 e 40 t ha-1). As misturas foram transferidas para frascos de respira- ção (500 mL), e a umidade foi ajustada para 70% da capacidade de campo. Os frascos foram incubados por 38 dias. Foram avaliados os efeitos dos tratamentos sobre a respiração microbiana e sobre as propriedades químicas e físicas do solo, antes e após o período de incubação. O sedimento, oriundo dos viveiros de cultivo de peixes mantidos com água proveniente dos dessalinizadores mostrou potencial para ser utilizado em solos ácidos, pois elevou o pH, não inibiu a atividade biológica, permitiu aporte de nitrogênio e contribuiu para a estruturação do solo
Accelerated life testing of frozen green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.) quality loss kinetics: colour and starch
This study uses the information derived from a computational research for the design of accelerated life testing (ALT) to implement
experimentally the step stress methodology for the quantification of frozen green beans (Phaseolus vulgaris, L.) colour and starch degradation kinetics. Colour loss and starch degradation were successfully modelled, respectively, by a first-order reversible
and apparent first-order kinetics, under dynamic temperature fluctuations. Results show that the step stress produces models with lower regression standard errors than the conventional isothermal methodology,
increasing the accuracy of the estimated kinetic parameters. The ALT methodology, produces however, higher confidence
intervals for the estimated kinetic parameters, than the isothermal methodology (e.g. colour b-coordinate by the: (i) isothermal methodology: k₋₁₅ ºC=22.189±0.349 day⁻¹·10⁻³; and (ii) ALT methodology: k₋₁₅ ºC=22.189±0.349 day⁻¹·10⁻³). Furthermore, as expected, higher Arrhenius activation energies (Ea) were estimated by the ALT step-stress methodology, than by the isothermal methodology (e.g. Hunter total colour difference (TCDH): (i) isothermal methodology: Ea=106.272±18.67 kJmol⁻¹; and (ii) ALT methodology: Ea=140.344±18.670 kJmol⁻¹). Accelerated tests are valuable tools, that can aid the study of quality losses in frozen foods. Although ALT tests increase the complexity of data analysis, they produce satisfactory results, when applied to frozen green beans kinetics of starch and colour losses.info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersio
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