Contribuição para a construção de um modelo matemático da produção da pêra "Rocha"

Trabalho apresentado no 1.º Simpósio Nacional de Fruticultura que decorreu em Alcobaça de 12 a 13 de Outubro de 2006 e que foi organizado pela Associação Portuguesa de Horticultura.Neste trabalho, apresentam-se resultados preliminares relativos a alguns sub-modelos da produção de pêra ‘Rocha’: crescimento do fruto, relação entre a carga de frutos e a produção da árvore, influência do volume da copa (compasso de plantação, idade) na produtividade de árvores e pomares

Glycosylation of cancer extracellular vesicles: Capture strategies, functional roles and potential clinical applications

Glycans are major constituents of extracellular vesicles (EVs). Alterations in the glycosylation pathway are a common feature of cancer cells, which gives rise to de novo or increased synthesis of particular glycans. Therefore, glycans and glycoproteins have been widely used in the clinic as both stratification and prognosis cancer biomarkers. Interestingly, several of the known tumor-associated glycans have already been identified in cancer EVs, highlighting EV glycosylation as a potential source of circulating cancer biomarkers. These particles are crucial vehicles of cell–cell communication, being able to transfer molecular information and to modulate the recipient cell behavior. The presence of particular glycoconjugates has been described to be important for EV protein sorting, uptake and organ-tropism. Furthermore, specific EV glycans or glycoproteins have been described to be able to distinguish tumor EVs from benign EVs. In this review, the application of EV glycosylation in the development of novel EV detection and capture methodologies is discussed. In addition, we highlight the potential of EV glycosylation in the clinical setting for both cancer biomarker discovery and EV therapeutic delivery strategies.This work was funded by FEDER funds through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016585; POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007274) and national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under the projects:PTDC/BBB-EBI/0567/2014 to C.A.R and UID/BIM/04293/2013; and the project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000029, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

Eletroforese de isoenzimas de plântulas na identificação de espécies de Brachiaria.

Lotes de sementes de braquiaria comercializados no Brasil vem apresentando contaminacoes som sementes de outras especies pertencentes ao mesmo genero. Deste modo, uma das especies de braquiaria atuaria como planta infestante da outra no agroecossistema e a erradicacao da especie infestante seria dificultada pela agressividade caracteristca do genero e pela falta de seletividade dos herbecidas disponiveis no mercado

(Benzoato-κ2 O,O′)(quinoline-2-carboxyl­ato-κ2 N,O)(quinoline-2-carboxylic acid-κ2 N,O)copper(II)

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu(C10H6NO2)(C7H5O2)(C10H7NO2)], contains copper(II) ions five-coordinated in a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal environment. The equatorial plane is occupied by three O atoms, one from the carboxyl­ate group of the benzoate ion considered as occupying a single coordination site, the other two from two carboxyl­ate groups of the quinaldic acid and quinaldate ligands. The axial positions are occupied by the N atoms of the quinoline ring system. The metal ion lies on a twofold axis that bisects the benzoate ion. The quinaldate and quinaldic acid ligands are equivalent by symmetry, and the carboxyl­ate/carboxyl groups are disordered. The disordered H atom is shared between the carboxyl­ate groups of adjacent quinaldic acid mol­ecules. Such hydrogen bonds delineate zigzag chains that run along the c axis. The structure is very similar to that of the MnII analog

Depth dependent local structures in thin films unraveled by grazing incidence x-ray absorption spectroscopy

A method of using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) together with resolved grazing incidence geometry for depth profiling atomic, electronic, chemical or magnetic local structures in thin films is presented. The quantitative deconvolution of thickness-dependent spectral features is performed by fully considering both scattering and absorption formalisms. Surface oxidation and local structural depth profiles in nanometric FePt films are determined, exemplifying the application of the method.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure

Algebraic Bethe ansatz approach for the one-dimensional Hubbard model

We formulate in terms of the quantum inverse scattering method the algebraic Bethe ansatz solution of the one-dimensional Hubbard model. The method developed is based on a new set of commutation relations which encodes a hidden symmetry of 6-vertex type.Comment: appendix additioned with Boltzmann weigths and R-matrix. Version to be published in J.Phys.A:math.Gen. (1997

(Benzoato-κ2 O,O′)(quinoline-2-carboxyl­ato-κ2 N,O)(quinoline-2-carboxylic acid-κ2 N,O)manganese(II)

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Mn(C7H5O2)(C10H6NO2)(C10H7NO2)], contains manganese(II) ions six-coordinated in a distorted octa­hedral environment. The equatorial plane is occupied by four O atoms, two from the carboxyl­ate group of the benzoate ion, the other two from carboxyl­ate/carboxyl groups of the quinaldate/quinaldic acid mol­ecules. The axial positions are occupied by the N atoms of the quinoline ring systems. The metal ion lies on a twofold rotation axis that bisects the benzoate ligand; the quinaldate and quinaldic acid ligands are therefore equivalent by symmetry, and the carboxylate/carboxyl groups are disordered. The complexes are joined together by hydrogen bonds between the carboxyl­ate/carboxyl groups of adjacent quinaldate/quinaldic acid mol­ecules, forming zigzag chains that run along the c axis

Exact solution of the lattice vertex model analog of the coupled Bariev XY chains

We present the algebraic Bethe Ansatz solution for the vertex model recently proposed by Zhou as the classical analog of the Bariev interacting XY chains. The relevant commutation rules between the creation fields contain the Hecke symmetry pointed out recently by Hikami and Murakami. The eigenvalues of the corresponding transfer matrix are explicitly given.Comment: Plain latex, 8 pag