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Aperiodic quantum XXZ chains: Renormalization-group results
We report a comprehensive investigation of the low-energy properties of
antiferromagnetic quantum XXZ spin chains with aperiodic couplings. We use an
adaptation of the Ma-Dasgupta-Hu renormalization-group method to obtain
analytical and numerical results for the low-temperature thermodynamics and the
ground-state correlations of chains with couplings following several two-letter
aperiodic sequences, including the quasiperiodic Fibonacci and other
precious-mean sequences, as well as sequences inducing strong geometrical
fluctuations. For a given aperiodic sequence, we argue that in the easy-plane
anisotropy regime, intermediate between the XX and Heisenberg limits, the
general scaling form of the thermodynamic properties is essentially given by
the exactly-known XX behavior, providing a classification of the effects of
aperiodicity on XXZ chains. We also discuss the nature of the ground-state
structures, and their comparison with the random-singlet phase, characteristic
of random-bond chains.Comment: Minor corrections; published versio
Estabilidade de cultivares de milho-pipoca em diferentes ambientes, no Estado de Minas Gerais.
O desempenho das cultivares de milho-pipoca varia com os ambientes, de modo que uma cultivar dificilmente é a melhor em todas as condições de cultivo. A resposta diferenciada das cultivares à variação ambiental denomina-se interação genótipo por ambientes. Este trabalho teve como objetivo estimar a adaptabilidade e estabilidade de cultivares de milho-pipoca quando estas foram submetidas a diferentes doses de adubação de semeadura, em diferentes locais e anos agrícolas, no estado de Minas Gerais. Foram avaliadas oito cultivares de milho-pipoca, utilizando duas doses de adubação de semeadura, em Lavras, Ijaci e Sete Lagoas, nos anos agrícolas de 2000/01 e 2001/02, perfazendo 12 ambientes. Em um dos experimentos de cada local foram utilizados 250 kg.ha-1 da formulação 8 (N): 28 (P2O5): 16 (K2O) na adubação de semeadura, e no outro experimento, 500 kg.ha-1 da mesma formulação. A adubação de cobertura foi semelhante para ambos os experimentos. O delineamento experimental para cada experimento foi o de blocos casualizados, com quatro repetições. Cada experimento foi considerado um ambiente, uma vez que foram conduzidos em diferentes locais, doses de adubação e anos agrícolas. Os resultados obtidos em todos os experimentos foram submetidos à análise de variância conjunta, considerando o peso de grão (Kg.ha-1) e a capacidade de expansão (m1.g-1). Os parâmetros que avaliaram a adaptabilidade e estabilidade foram estimados a partir das metodologias de Eberhart e Russell (1966) e Annicchiarico (1992). As cultivares diferiram quanto à adaptabilidade e estabilidade para o peso de grão, não sendo observado o mesmo para a capacidade de expansão. As cultivares Zélia, IAC 112 e Ames-4198 apresentaram os melhores resultados para a produção de grãos, 2.710, 2.728 e 2.696 kg.ha-1 e capacidade de expansão, 28,6, 27,6 e 27,5 ml.g-1, respectivamente, tanto para ambientes favoráveis como desfavoráveis. Esses cultivares apresentaram comportamento previsível e alto índice de confiança na recomendação para as regiões avaliadas
A DSS for operational management of wastewaters under uncertain conditions
Wastewater treatment facilities of the Ave River basin (located in NW Portugal) are especially vulnerable to infiltration since they present considerable extensions of sewers installed in streams and rivers and collect wastewaters from longstanding sewer networks of five municipalities. The operational management of this complex system involves decision variables such as the selection of the treatment plant where collected wastewater will be treated, with implications for pumped volumes and consequent energy consumption. Aiming to reduce these inflows and increase the management performance of TRATAVE, the company responsible for operating the system, a monitoring network that includes the entire drainage network and treatment facilities operated by the company was designed and implemented. Several flow measurement devices were installed at strategic locations within the sewer network and integrated with a SCADA system responsible for its operation. All measured data was organized in databases. This monitoring platform will support the implementation of a decision support system (DSS) based on a hydrological model of the basin, a hydrodynamic model of the river network and the sewer network. The DSS is being implemented using the Delft-FEWS platform, integrating monitoring data and models. The DSS conceptual framework and the first results of the estimated infiltration volumes are presentedinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Adaptabilidade e estabilidade de cultivares de milho para a produção de silagem em Minas Gerais.
Purely elastic flow instabilities in microscale cross-slot devices
We present an experimental investigation of viscoelastic fluid flow in a cross-slot microgeometry under low Reynolds number flow conditions. By using several viscoelastic fluids, we investigate the effects of the microchannel bounding walls and of the polymer solution concentration on the flow patterns. We demonstrate that for concentrated polymer solutions, the flow undergoes a bifurcation above a critical Weissenberg number (Wi) in which the flow becomes asymmetric but remains steady. The appearance of this elastic instability depends on the channel aspect ratio, defined as the ratio between the depth and the width of the channels. At high aspect ratios, when bounding wall effects are reduced, two types of elastic instabilities were observed, one in which the flow becomes asymmetric and steady, followed by a second instability at higher Wi, in which the flow becomes time-dependent. When the aspect ratio decreases, the bounding walls have a stabilizing effect preventing the occurrence of the steady asymmetric flow and postponing the transition to unsteady flow to higher Wi. For less concentrated solutions, the first elastic instability to steady asymmetric flow is absent and only the time-dependent flow instability is observed
Simultaneous determination of ketoacid and dicarbonyl compounds key maillard intermediates on the generation of aged wine aroma
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