Mass formula for T=0 and T=1 ground states of N=Z nuclei

An algebraic model is developed to calculate the T=0 and T=1 ground state binding energies for N=Z nuclei. The method is tested in the sd shell and is then extended to 28-50 shell which is currently the object of many experimental studies.Comment: 5 figure

Efeito de uma geração adicional de recombinação sobre a resposta à seleção recorrente em milho (Zea mays L.).

O presente trabalho foi conduzido com o objetivo de avaliar se uma geração adicional de recombinação liberaria mais variabilidade genética do que uma única geração, além de verificar se a resposta esperada à seleção após duas gerações de recombinação seria de magnitude tal que compensasse a realização do ciclo adicional

Probing the two-scale-factor universality hypothesis by exact rotation symmetry-breaking mechanism

We probe the two-scale factor universality hypothesis by evaluating, firstly explicitly and analytically at the one-loop order, the loop quantum corrections to the amplitude ratios for O($N$) $\lambda\phi^{4}$ scalar field theories with rotation symmetry-breaking in three distinct and independent methods in which the rotation symmetry-breaking mechanism is treated exactly. We show that the rotation symmetry-breaking amplitude ratios turn out to be identical in the three methods and equal to their respective rotation symmetry-breaking ones, although the amplitudes themselves, in general, depend on the method employed and on the rotation symmetry-breaking parameter. At the end, we show that all these results can be generalized, through an inductive process based on a general theorem emerging from the exact calculation, to any loop level and physically interpreted based on symmetry ideas.Comment: 17 pages, 3 figure

Application of MALDI-TOF MS for requalification of a Candida clinical isolates culture collection

Microbial culture collections underpin biotechnology applications and are important resources for clinical microbiology by supplying reference strains and/or performing microbial identifications as a service. Proteomic profiles by MALDI-TOF MS have been used for Candida spp. identification in clinical laboratories and demonstrated to be a fast and reliable technique for the routine identification of pathogenic yeasts. The main aim of this study was to apply MALDI-TOF MS combined with classical phenotypic and molecular approaches to identify Candida clinical isolates preserved from 1 up to 52 years in a Brazilian culture collection and assess its value for the identification of yeasts preserved in this type of collections. Forty Candida spp. clinical isolates were identified by morphological and biochemical analyses. Identifications were also performed by the new proteomic approach based on MALDI-TOF MS. Results demonstrated 15% discordance when compared with morphological and biochemical analyses. Discordant isolates were analysed by ITS sequencing, which confirmed the MALDI-TOF MS identifications and these strains were renamed in the culture collection catalogue. In conclusion, proteomic profiles by MALDI-TOF MS represents a rapid and reliable method for identifying clinical Candida species preserved in culture collections and may present clear benefits when compared with the performance of existing daily routine methods applied at health centres and hospitals.Research leading to these results received partial funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Program (FP7, 2007-2013), Research Infrastructures Action, under grant agreement No. FP7-228310 (EMbaRC project). Thanks are also due to Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES, Brazil) for funding suppor

Características da mangicultura no Vale do Submédio São Francisco.

O cultivo da mangueira na região semiárida brasileira caracteriza-se por práticas agronômicas intensivas, alto investimento tecnológico e produção orientada para o mercado exterior. Estas características são possíveis devido as condições climáticas favoráveis ao rápido metabolismo dos tecidos vegetais, o que aliado a práticas agronômicas adequadas permitem a produção precoce, o encurtamento dos ciclos e fases fenológicos e a possibilidade de frutos com coloração, teores de açucares e ácidos orgânicos compatíveis com os padrão de qualidade mais exigentes

PESQUISA para melhorar as qualidades da variedade de manga Tommy Atkins.

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