Fractional Hamiltonian analysis of higher order derivatives systems

The fractional Hamiltonian analysis of 1+1 dimensional field theory is investigated and the fractional Ostrogradski's formulation is obtained. The fractional path integral of both simple harmonic oscillator with an acceleration-squares part and a damped oscillator are analyzed. The classical results are obtained when fractional derivatives are replaced with the integer order derivatives.Comment: 13 page

The Seyfert Population in the Local Universe

The magnitude-limited catalog of the Southern Sky Redshift Survey (SSRS2), is used to characterize the properties of galaxies hosting Active Galactic Nuclei. Using emission-line ratios, we identify a total of 162 (3%) Seyfert galaxies out of the parent sample with 5399 galaxies. The sample contains 121 Seyfert 2 galaxies and 41 Seyfert 1. The SSRS2 Seyfert galaxies are predominantly in spirals of types Sb and earlier, or in galaxies with perturbed appearance as the result of strong interactions or mergers. Seyfert galaxies in this sample are twice as common in barred hosts than the non-Seyferts. By assigning galaxies to groups using a percolation algorithm we find that the Seyfert galaxies in the SSRS2 are more likely to be found in binary systems, when compared to galaxies in the SSRS2 parent sample. However, there is no statistically significant difference between the Seyfert and SSRS2 parent sample when systems with more than 2 galaxies are considered. The analysis of the present sample suggests that there is a stronger correlation between the presence of the AGN phenomenon with internal properties of galaxies (morphology, presence of bar, luminosity) than with environmental effects (local galaxy density, group velocity dispersion, nearest neighbor distance).Comment: 35 pages, 13 figures, Accepted to be publised in Astronomical Journa

Evidence of Low-Temperature Superparamagnetism in Mn3O_{3}O_{4}$ Nanoparticle Ensembles

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Nitrogen assimilation efficiency in maize genotypes under ammonia stress.

Crescimento de plantas, amonia livre, acucares soluveis, atividade da glutamina sintetase (GS) nitrate reductase (NR) nas folhas e pH de rizosfera em quatro genotipos de milho foram comparados na presenca de NH4+e NO3- como forma de N em cultura hidroponica com areia: vermiculita. Na presenca de nitrato, todos os genotipos de milho testados exibiram semelhantes valores para todos os parametros analisados, exceto a atividade da NR. Esta enzima teve uma tendencia inversa ao crescimento da planta, com alta atividade foliar no Pionner 3230 que exibiu um menor crescimento de planta, indicando nao ser este um bom parametro de eficiencia na assimilacao de nitrogenio. Na presenca de amonio como unica fonte de N, os genotipos de milho podem ser facilmente separados em termos de crescimento da planta e resposta de assimilacao de nitrogenio. A atividade da GS em folhas de milho tratado com NH4+, foi positivamente correlacionada com o crescimento da planta e a acumulacao de amonia livre decresceu a medida que a atividade de GS aumentou, indicando estes dois parametros fisiologicos como fatores chave na eficiencia de assimilacao de N. O teor de acucares soluveis no tecido da parte aerea foi significativamente reduzido em plantas supridas com NH4+ devido ao alto requerimento de esqueleto de carbono para incorporacao de NH4+ em amino acido

Extraction of value-added compounds from spent coffee grounds using supercritical fluid

In this work, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) using carbon dioxide (CO2) as solvent was used for the recovery of antioxidant phenolic compounds and proteins from spent coffee grounds (SCG). Extraction assays were carried out under different conditions of temperature and pressure. The highest contents of flavonoids (164.57 mg QE/g extract), protein (160.97 mg BSA/g extract), and antioxidant activity (FRAP = 0.5843 mM Fe (II)/g extract; and total antioxidant capacity = 272.26 mg α-tocopherol/g extract) were obtained when using 250 bar and 333.15k. On the other hand, SFE at 200 bar and 313.15k was the best condition to recover phenolic compounds from SCG (33.63 mg GAE/g extract)

Hamiltonian formulation of systems with linear velocities within Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives

The link between the treatments of constrained systems with fractional derivatives by using both Hamiltonian and Lagrangian formulations is studied. It is shown that both treatments for systems with linear velocities are equivalent.Comment: 10 page

Lagrangian formulation of classical fields within Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives

The classical fields with fractional derivatives are investigated by using the fractional Lagrangian formulation.The fractional Euler-Lagrange equations were obtained and two examples were studied.Comment: 9 page