Effect of ABA and GA3 on protein mobilization in embryos and Cotyledons of angico (Anadenanthera peregrina (L.) sepg) seeds during germination.

In this work, a woody species [A. peregrina (L.) Speg.] was studied in order to observe the effect of ABA and GA3 at the biochemical level during the process of seed germination. Embryos incubated in sucrose solution containing ABA and/or GA3 were analyzed through SDS-PAGE to observe the mobilization pattern of storage proteins during the beginning of germination. Cotyledons isolated from seeds incubated in aqueous solutions containing ABA and/or GA3, were also analyzed through SDS-PAGE and by PAGE/Activity Gels (polyacrylamide gels copolymerized with substrate for enzymes) to observe the mobilization pattern of storage proteins and protease activity after the beginning of the germination. Results of these experiments show that ABA blocks protein mobilization by inhibiting protease activity in cotyledons. This inhibition is not sufficient to prevent germination showing that the effect of ABA on germination is not dependent on protease activity. The blockage of storage protein mobilization was also observed in embryos, but no protease activity inhibition was clearly detected. ABA was able to induce the synthesis of proteins in cotyledons but not in embryos. A polypeptide with an approximate molecular weight of 17 kD, was degraded within 6 hours in control embryos, but this degradation was blocked by ABA and GA3. Using the same concentrations of ABA and GA3 on embryos and cotyledons, the effect of ABA was counteracted by GA3 in embryos, but not in cotyledons. Although the effects of ABA and GA3 were not so different from those shown in the literature, the behavior of 17 kD-polypeptide contradicts these reports suggesting that specific studies should be performed

Photoassociative ionization of Na inside a storage ring

Motivated by recent interest in low dimensional arrays of atoms, we experimentally investigated the way cold collisional processes are affected by the geometry of the considered atomic sample. More specifically, we studied the case of photoassociative ionization (PAI) both in a storage ring where collision is more unidirectional in character and in a trap with clear undefinition of collision axis. First, creating a ring shaped trap (atomotron) we investigated two-color PAI dependence with intensity and polarization of a probing laser. The intensity dependence of the PAI rate was also measured in a magneto-optical trap presenting equivalent temperature and density conditions. Indeed, the results show that in the ring trap, the value of the PAI rate constant is much lower and does not show evidences of saturation, unlike in the case of the 3D-MOT. Cold atomic collisions in storage ring may represent new possibilities for study.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures; Accepted by Optics Communicatio

Estudo da divergência genética em castanha-do-Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa H. B. K.) utilizando marcadores moleculares RAPD (Random Amplied Polymorphic DNA).

A devastação de castanhais nativos na Amazônia, devido à implantação de programas de colonizaçã::; e/ou de atividades comerciais, está provocando a diminuição da variabilidade genética de castanha-do-bras (Bertholletia excelsa H.B.K.), imprescindível na manutenção da diversidade genética da cultura e como base de trabalho para programas de melhoramento, essenciais para a expansão das áreas de cultivo. O presente trabalho te e por objetivo estudar a divergênda genética da castanha-do-brasil, utilizando marcadores moleculares RAPD. Trin;a e quatro indivíduos foram avaliados, sendo dezessete provenientes do Banco de Germoplasma do Centro de Pes-quisa Agroflorestal da Amazônia Oriental (EMBRAPNAmazônia Oriental), localizado na cidade de Belém-PA e outros 17 indivíduos, de um reflorestamento na cidade de Cláudia-MT. O DNA destes indivíduos foi extraído, pur""'- cado e quantificado. Nas análises foram utilizados 51 iniciadores de reação (primers), que geraram 144 bandas pc - mórficas. As distâncias genéticas foram obtidas pelo complemento do coeficiente de similaridade de Sorensen-Dice. Os resultados indicaram a presença de divergência genética entre e dentro das populações estudadas. Três grupos de indivíduos foram formados no gráfico de agrupamento: o primeiro grupo constituiu-se de indivíduos dos dois estados, o segundo apresentou apenas indivíduos do Estado do Mato Grosso e o terceiro, apenas indivíduos do Estado do Pará. Os marcadores RAPD mostraram-se eficientes na separação dos indivíduos de acordo com os centros de origem

Análise do comportamento in vitro de explantes foliares de pequizeiro (Caryocar brasiliense camb.) através de RAPD.

xEdição de resumos do 7º Congresso Brasileiro de Fisiologia Vegetal, Brasília, 1999

On the limits of Brans-Dicke spacetimes: a coordinate-free approach

We investigate the limit of Brans-Dicke spacetimes as the scalar field coupling constant omega tends to infinity applying a coordinate-free technique. We obtain the limits of some known exact solutions. It is shown that these limits may not correspond to similar solutions in the general relativity theory.Comment: LaTeX, 16 pp, report DF/UFPB/02-9

Human-robot interaction in groups: Methodological and research practices

Understanding the behavioral dynamics that underline human-robot interactions in groups remains one of the core challenges in social robotics research. However, despite a growing interest in this topic, there is still a lack of established and validated measures that allow researchers to analyze human-robot interactions in group scenarios; and very few that have been developed and tested specifically for research conducted in the wild. This is a problem because it hinders the development of general models of human-robot interaction, and makes the comprehension of the inner workings of the relational dynamics between humans and robots, in group contexts, significantly more difficult. In this paper, we aim to provide a reflection on the current state of research on human-robot interaction in small groups, as well as to outline directions for future research with an emphasis on methodological and transversal issues.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio