Distributional chaos for linear operators

We characterize distributional chaos for linear operators on Fréchet spaces in terms of a computable condition (DCC), and also as the existence of distributionally irregular vectors. A sufficient condition for the existence of dense uniformly distributionally irregular manifolds is presented, which is very general and can be applied to many classes of operators. Distributional chaos is also analyzed in connection with frequent hypercyclicity, and the particular cases of weighted shifts and composition operators are given as an illustration of the previous results. © 2013 Elsevier Inc.The fourth author was supported in part by MEC and FEDER, Project MTM2010-14909.Bernardes, NC.; Bonilla, A.; Müller, V.; Peris Manguillot, A. (2013). Distributional chaos for linear operators. Journal of Functional Analysis. 265(9):2143-2163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfa.2013.06.019S21432163265

NEOTROPICAL XENARTHRANS: a data set of occurrence of xenarthran species in the Neotropics

Xenarthrans – anteaters, sloths, and armadillos – have essential functions for ecosystem maintenance, such as insect control and nutrient cycling, playing key roles as ecosystem engineers. Because of habitat loss and fragmentation, hunting pressure, and conflicts with 24 domestic dogs, these species have been threatened locally, regionally, or even across their full distribution ranges. The Neotropics harbor 21 species of armadillos, ten anteaters, and six sloths. Our dataset includes the families Chlamyphoridae (13), Dasypodidae (7), Myrmecophagidae (3), Bradypodidae (4), and Megalonychidae (2). We have no occurrence data on Dasypus pilosus (Dasypodidae). Regarding Cyclopedidae, until recently, only one species was recognized, but new genetic studies have revealed that the group is represented by seven species. In this data-paper, we compiled a total of 42,528 records of 31 species, represented by occurrence and quantitative data, totaling 24,847 unique georeferenced records. The geographic range is from the south of the USA, Mexico, and Caribbean countries at the northern portion of the Neotropics, to its austral distribution in Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and Uruguay. Regarding anteaters, Myrmecophaga tridactyla has the most records (n=5,941), and Cyclopes sp. has the fewest (n=240). The armadillo species with the most data is Dasypus novemcinctus (n=11,588), and the least recorded for Calyptophractus retusus (n=33). With regards to sloth species, Bradypus variegatus has the most records (n=962), and Bradypus pygmaeus has the fewest (n=12). Our main objective with Neotropical Xenarthrans is to make occurrence and quantitative data available to facilitate more ecological research, particularly if we integrate the xenarthran data with other datasets of Neotropical Series which will become available very soon (i.e. Neotropical Carnivores, Neotropical Invasive Mammals, and Neotropical Hunters and Dogs). Therefore, studies on trophic cascades, hunting pressure, habitat loss, fragmentation effects, species invasion, and climate change effects will be possible with the Neotropical Xenarthrans dataset

Search for jet extinction in the inclusive jet-pT spectrum from proton-proton collisions at s=8 TeV

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published articles title, journal citation, and DOI.The first search at the LHC for the extinction of QCD jet production is presented, using data collected with the CMS detector corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 10.7  fb−1 of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV. The extinction model studied in this analysis is motivated by the search for signatures of strong gravity at the TeV scale (terascale gravity) and assumes the existence of string couplings in the strong-coupling limit. In this limit, the string model predicts the suppression of all high-transverse-momentum standard model processes, including jet production, beyond a certain energy scale. To test this prediction, the measured transverse-momentum spectrum is compared to the theoretical prediction of the standard model. No significant deficit of events is found at high transverse momentum. A 95% confidence level lower limit of 3.3 TeV is set on the extinction mass scale

Searches for electroweak neutralino and chargino production in channels with Higgs, Z, and W bosons in pp collisions at 8 TeV

Searches for supersymmetry (SUSY) are presented based on the electroweak pair production of neutralinos and charginos, leading to decay channels with Higgs, Z, and W bosons and undetected lightest SUSY particles (LSPs). The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of about 19.5 fb(-1) of proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 8 TeV collected in 2012 with the CMS detector at the LHC. The main emphasis is neutralino pair production in which each neutralino decays either to a Higgs boson (h) and an LSP or to a Z boson and an LSP, leading to hh, hZ, and ZZ states with missing transverse energy (E-T(miss)). A second aspect is chargino-neutralino pair production, leading to hW states with E-T(miss). The decays of a Higgs boson to a bottom-quark pair, to a photon pair, and to final states with leptons are considered in conjunction with hadronic and leptonic decay modes of the Z and W bosons. No evidence is found for supersymmetric particles, and 95% confidence level upper limits are evaluated for the respective pair production cross sections and for neutralino and chargino mass values

Prevalence and identification of Salmonella spp. in water buffaloes from São Paulo State, Brazil

RESUMO O objetivo do estudo foi investigar a prevalência de Salmonella spp. em amostras de fezes de búfalos do estado de São Paulo, Brasil, e identificar os sorotipos isolados. Foram examinadas 116 amostras de suabes retais de búfalos das raças Jafarabadi e Murrah, coletadas em triplicata, em seis propriedades rurais localizadas nas regiões Central, Centro-Oeste e Nordeste do estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Para avaliar a presença de Salmonella spp., foram utilizados três diferentes caldos de enriquecimento (caldo selenito cistina, caldo tetrationado Muller-Kauffmann e caldo Rappaport-Vassiliadis) e dois diferentes meios de cultura (ágar verde brilhante modificado e ágar XLT4). Das 116 amostras de suabes retais examinadas, oito amostras (6,90%; 8/116) foram positivas para Salmonella spp., incluindo quatro sorotipos: S. Panama (50%; 4/8), S. Agona (25%; 2/8) , S. Newport (12,5%; 1/8) e S. Saintpaul (12,5%; 1/8), todos isolados de búfalos sem sinais clínicos de salmonelose, indicando a importância dos animais assintomáticos como fonte de infecção para outros animais e seres humanos. Das seis propriedades rurais avaliadas, apenas em duas fazendas (33,3%; 2/6) não foi detectada Salmonella spp. O uso de mais de um caldo de enriquecimento seletivo e de mais de um meio de cultura é indicado para o isolamento de Salmonella

Efeito do número de ramos produtivos sobre o desenvolvimento da área foliar e produtividade da figueira Effect of the number of productive branches on the leaf area development and fig tree yield

O objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar o efeito do número de ramos produtivos sobre o desenvolvimento da área foliar e produtividade de figos verdes do cultivar Roxo de Valinhos. O experimento utilizando plantas de seis anos de idade, foi conduzido de novembro de 2002 a abril de 2003 na Pesagro-RJ, em Campos dos Goytacazes-RJ (21º19'23" de latitude sul, 41º19'40" de longitude oeste, altitude de 20 a 30 m e clima tipo Aw Köppen). Os tratamentos consistiram de plantas conduzidas com 16; 20; 24; 28 e 32 ramos. Utilizou-se do delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso e cinco repetições. O IAF aumentou linearmente em função do número de ramos produtivos, enquanto a produtividade mostrou um modelo de resposta quadrática aos tratamentos, provavelmente, limitada pelo sombreamento no interior do dossel que reduz a formação de gemas frutíferas. A maior produtividade observada de figos verdes foi obtida quando as plantas foram conduzidas com 24 ramos, sendo que, neste tratamento, a área foliar média de cada planta foi de 6,2 m².<br>The objective of the present work was to study the effect of number of productive branches on the leaf area development and green fig tree yield of Roxo de Valinhos cultivar. The experiment using six year-old plants was carried out between November/2002 and April/2003 at Pesagro-RJ, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ (21º19'23" South latitude, 41º19'40", West longitude, altitude of 20 a 30 m and Aw Koppen climate). The treatments consisted of plants conducted with 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 productive branches in a randomized block design with five replicates. The LAI incresead linearly in function of productive branches, whereas the yield showed a quadratic response pattern to the treatments, probably, limited by shading in canopy that decrease the fruit bud formation. The highest green fig yield was observed in the treatment which had plants conducted with twenty four branches, where the mean leaf area was 6,2 m²

Distributional chaos for strongly continuous semigroups of operators

Distributional chaos for strongly continuous semigroups is studied and characterized. It is shown to be equivalent to the existence of a distributionally irregular vector. Finally, a sufficient condition for distributional chaos on the point spectrum of the generator of the semigroup is presented. An application to the semigroup generated in L-2 (R) by a translation of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator is also given.This work is supported in part by MEC and FEDER, Project MTM2010-14909, by Generalitat Valenciana, Projects PROMETEO/2008/101 and GV/2010/091, and by Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Project PAID-06-0-92932. The second author also wants to acknowledge the support of the Project PAID-00-10 and of the grant FPI-UPV2009-04 from Programa de Ayudas de Investigacion y Desarrollo de la Universitat Politecnica de Valencia.Albanese, AA.; Barrachina Civera, X.; Mangino, EM.; Peris Manguillot, A. (2013). Distributional chaos for strongly continuous semigroups of operators. Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis. 12(5):2069-2082. https://doi.org/10.3934/cpaa.2013.12.2069S2069208212