The 6dF galaxy survey: fundamental plane data

We report the 6dFGS Fundamental Plane (6dFGSv) catalogue that is used to estimate distances and peculiar velocities for nearly 9000 early-type galaxies in the local (z < 0.055) universe. Velocity dispersions are derived by cross-correlation from 6dF V-band spectra with typical S/N of 12.9 Å−1 for a sample of 11 315 galaxies; the median velocity dispersion is 163 km s−1 and the median measurement error is 12.9 per cent. The photometric Fundamental Plane (FP) parameters (effective radii and surface brightnesses) are determined from the JHK 2MASS images for 11 102 galaxies. Comparison of the independent J- and K-band measurements implies that the average uncertainty in XFP, the combined photometric parameter that enters the FP, is 0.013 dex (3 per cent) for each band. Visual classification of morphologies was used to select a sample of nearly 9000 early-type galaxies that form 6dFGSv. This catalogue has been used to study the effects of stellar populations on galaxy scaling relations, to investigate the variation of the FP with environment and galaxy morphology, to explore trends in stellar populations through, along and across the FP, and to map and analyse the local peculiar velocity field

Vírus da leucemia felina: análise da classificação da infecção, das técnicas de diagnóstico e da eficácia da vacinação com o emprego de técnicas sensíveis de detecção viral Feline leukemia virus: infection outcomes, diagnostic techniques and vaccine efficacy analysis employing sensitive techniques of virus detection

O Vírus da leucemia felina (FeLV) pertence à família Retroviridae, gênero Gammaretrovirus. Diferentemente de outras retroviroses, uma parcela dos gatos jovens e adultos exposta ao FeLV não apresenta antigenemia/viremia, de acordo com as técnicas convencionais de detecção viral, como isolamento em cultivo celular, imunofluorescência direta e ELISA. O emprego de técnicas de maior sensibilidade para detecção e quantificação viral, como o PCR quantitativo, permitiu a identificação de animais positivos para a presença de DNA proviral e RNA na ausência de antigenemia/viremia e, com isso, um refinamento da análise das diferentes evoluções da infecção. Assim, reclassificou-se a patogenia do FeLV em 4 categorias: infecção abortiva, regressiva, latente e progressiva. Foi possível também detectar DNA proviral e RNA em animais considerados imunes ao FeLV após vacinação. Diante disso, os objetivos desta revisão de literatura foram demonstrar as implicações da utilização de técnicas sensíveis de detecção viral na interpretação e classificação da infecção do FeLV e rever as técnicas de detecção do vírus para fins de diagnóstico. Além disso, apresentar os resultados referentes à eficácia da vacinação contra o FeLV com a utilização dessas técnicas.<br>Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) belongs to the Retroviridae family, genus Gammaretrovirus. Unlike other retroviruses, a portion of FeLV exposed animals eliminates antigenemia/viremia, according to convectional techniques of virus detection, such as isolation in cell culture, direct fluorescent antibody test and ELISA. The use of more sensitive techniques to detect and quantify viruses enabled the detection of proviral DNA and RNA in cats with undetectable antigenemia/viremia, and thus the refinement of the different infection outcomes analysis. As a result, FeLV pathogenesis was reclassified in 4 categories: abortive, regressive, latent and progressive infections. It was also demonstrated the detection of proviral DNA and RNA in cats believed to be immune to infection after vaccination. Therefore, the objectives of this review were to demonstrate the implications of the use of sensitive techniques for viral detection in the interpretation and classification of FeLV infection and reconsider the techniques for FeLV diagnostic purposes. In addition, it was presented the results concerning the effectiveness of FeLV vaccination with the use of these techniques

Deformation and strength behavior of two nickel-base turbine disk alloys at 650 °c

The strength and deformation behavior of two nickel-base turbine disk alloys at 650 ° C was analyzed. The compression tests consisted of a combination of antiphase boundary (APB)-connected dislocation pairs and partials creating superlattice intrinsic stacking faults (SISF). Experimental results showed an increase in the fault density for unimodal alloys with a decrease in both particle size and strain rate

Re-Os isotope characteristics of postorogenic lavas: Implications for the nature of young lithospheric mantle and its contribution to basaltic magmas

Re-Os isotopes have been measured on postorogenic potassic lavas from the Tibetan Plateau, the Betic domain of southeastern Spain, and the Colorado Plateau of the southwestern United States. Previous work has established that these lavas were all derived from parts of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle that had undergone metasomatic enrichment in incompatible elements, following various degrees of melt depletion. Cratonic depleted subcontinental lithospheric mantle peridotites typically have subchondritic 187Os/188Os; however, the postorogenic lavas are characterized by radiogenic 187Os/188Os ratios (0.139-0.559). Simple modeling shows that only very large degrees of melt depletion (&gt;25-30) can lower source Re/Os ratios sufficiently to permit time-integrated development of subchondritic 187Os/188Os ratios. Such processes may have been largely restricted to the older Precambrian, and the peridotite component of the postorogenic lavas source was probably depleted by &lt;25. The more radiogenic values may reflect increasing contributions from metasomatic components or possibly crustal contamination. Our findings imply the need for caution in the use of Os isotopes as a diagnostic tracer of subcontinental lithospheric mantle contributions to lavas erupted through younger Proterozoic and Phanerozoic lithosphere