The Stealth Creativity Manifesto: Better Living Through Creativity

This project focuses on the creation of a manifesto to be used as a guide to better living through creativity. The literature review covers aspects of self-discovery, development of personal strengths, and investigating the future of creative thinking. The finished product for this project is the Stealth Creativity Manifesto, presented as the liner notes for a cassette tape. The process in this paper may be used as a guideline for investigating and creating a manifesto, and developing a more creative life

Oxalis sect. Palmatifoliae (Oxalidaceae): pollen grains morphology and orbicules diversity

La morfología del polen y las características de las orbículas fueron estudiadas en todas las especies de Oxalis sección Palmatifoliae, endémica del sur de Sudamérica, empleando microscopio óptico (M.O.) y microscopio electrónico de barrido (M.E.B.). Los granos de polen son 3-colpados, de forma prolato esferoidales, oblato esferoidales o esferoidales. La exina es microrreticulada. Lúmen circular a poligonal; disminuyendo de tamaño hacia los polos. Las orbículas están dispersas irregularmente en la superficie interna de las anteras; son generalmente aplanadas, redondeadas o con forma de "dona", de superficie lisa. La homogeneidad observada en la morfología de granos de polen de las especies de Oxalis sección Palmatifoliae refuerza la hipótesis de su origen monofilético y la variedad de tipos de orbículas podría contribuir a la diferenciación interespecífica.Pollen morphology and orbicules characteristics were studied by means of transmitted light microscopy (LM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) within five species of Oxalis section Palmatifoliae endemic from southern South America. Oxalis pollen grain is generally 3-colpate and the shape is prolate spheroidal, oblate spheroidal or spheroidal. The exine is microreticulate. The brochi are circular to polygonal; brochi decrease in size near the colpi. The orbicules are randomly dispersed on the inner surface of the anther locule. They are mostly plate-like, rounded shape, or doughnut, with smooth surface. The homogeneity observed in the pollen grains of all species of Oxalis section Palmatifoliae may reinforce the hypothesis of the monophyletic origin of the group, and the variability in orbicles types may contribute to the interspecific differentiation.Fil: López, Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion; ArgentinaFil: Rosenfeldt, Sonia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentin

Oxalis section Alpinae (Oxalidaceae): orbicule diversity and pollen grain morphology

Orbicule characteristics and pollen morphology were studied using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy with 13 species of Oxalis section Alpinae, endemic to South America. Orbicules are either homogeneous or heterogeneous in size; surface smooth or with punctuations; margin smooth, lobed, or wavy; rounded, oblong, or irregular shapes; variable clustering. According to orbicule characteristics, six groups are proposed. The Oxalis pollen grain is 3-colpate and the shape is prolate spheroidal, oblate spheroidal, or spheroidal; ambit rounded or triangular. Exine microreticulate, semitectate, brochate. Brochi circular, oval, triangular to polygonal. Lumen with or without content. Sporopollenin generally forming groups that may be in rows in the margins or in the center of colpus.Fil: López, Alicia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion; ArgentinaFil: Rosenfeldt, Sonia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentin

Morphology of the seed coat of Oxalis spp. from Buenos Aires Province (Argentina)

864-876The aim of the present study is to provide detailed morphological descriptions of the seed coat in 10 species of Oxalis from Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The seed is ovate and brown, and its surface is smooth. Oxalis has a mechanism of spermobolia by which a part of the seed coat is detached by the rupture of cells, leaving exposed a layer of opened cells, generally with oxalate crystals. This new coat surface has different characteristics in the species studied in this work. Three types are recognized, mostly on the basis of anatomical and ultrastructural characteristics of the seed coat. The species grouped in each of the 3 types of seeds belong to different sections of the genus; thus, the seed morphology could be of taxonomic value for the genus Oxalis

Softening of the stiffness of bottlebrush polymers by mutual interaction

We study bottlebrush macromolecules in a good solvent by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), static light scattering (SLS), and dynamic light scattering (DLS). These polymers consist of a linear backbone to which long side chains are chemically grafted. The backbone contains about 1600 monomer units (weight average) and every second monomer unit carries side-chains with ca. 60 monomer units. The SLS- and SANS data extrapolated to infinite dilution lead to the form factor of the polymer that can be described in terms of a worm-like chain with a contour length of 380 nm and a persistence length of 17.5 nm. An analysis of the DLS data confirm these model parameters. The scattering intensities taken at finite concentration can be modeled using the polymer reference interaction site model. It reveals a softening of the bottlebrush polymers caused by their mutual interaction. We demonstrate that the persistence decreases from 17.5 nm down to 5 nm upon increasing the concentration from dilute solution to the highest concentration 40.59 g/l under consideration. The observed softening of the chains is comparable to the theoretically predicted decrease of the electrostatic persistence length of linear polyelectrolyte chains at finite concentrations.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure

Structure factor and thermodynamics of rigid dendrimers in solution

The ''polymer reference interaction site model'' (PRISM) integral equation theory is used to determine the structure factor of rigid dendrimers in solution. The theory is quite successful in reproducing experimental structure factors for various dendrimer concentrations. In addition, the structure factor at vanishing scattering vector is calculated via the compressibility equation using scaled particle theory and fundamental measure theory. The results as predicted by both theories are systematically smaller than the experimental and PRISM data for platelike dendrimers.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures, submitte

Leaflet trichome micromorphology in the Dolentes-Brevipedes taxonomic complex (Mimosa L., Mimosoideae)

We studied leaflets of 18 taxa of the genus Mimosa, specifically the Dolentes-Brevipedes taxonomic complex, focusing on micromorphology, type, shape, and density of trichomes. Within the nonglandular trichomes we described 3 types of nonbranched and 2 types of branched trichomes. We also described 2 types of stalked glandular trichomes, extending the recent classifications of trichomes in Mimosa. Multiseriate trichomes with lateral projections, which resemble incipient branching, are described here for many taxa. Most studied taxa have pubescent leaflets and show great variability in trichome density values. We also found 3 different types of blade margins with variation in type, alignment, and orientation of trichomes. Results show that the micromorphology of blade trichomes allows distinguishing groups of taxa in this complex, which could be a new tool for performing taxonomic treatment of both subseries.Instituto de Recursos BiológicosFil: Grohar, Mariana Cecilia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; Argentina.Fil: Rosenfeldt, Sonia. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental; ArgentinaFil: Morales, Matias. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Recursos Biológicos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad de Morón. Facultad de Agronomía y Ciencias Agroalimentarias; Argentin

Effect of coenzyme Q10 in Europeans with chronic heart failure: A sub-group analysis of the Q-SYMBIO randomized double-blind trial

Background: Geographical differences in patient characteristics, management and outcomes in heart failure (HF) trials are well recognized. The aim of this study was to assess the consistency of the treat- ment effect of coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in the European sub-population of Q-SYMBIO, a randomized double-blind multinational trial of treatment with CoQ10, in addition to standard therapy in chronic HF.  Methods: Patients with moderate to severe HF were randomized to CoQ10 300 mg daily or placebo in addition to standard therapy. At 3 months the primary short-term endpoints were changes in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional classification, 6-min walk test, and levels of N-terminal pro–B type natriuretic peptide. At 2 years the primary long-term endpoint was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Results: There were no significant changes in short-term endpoints. The primary long-term endpoint of MACE was reached by significantly fewer patients in the CoQ10 group (n = 10, 9%) compared to the placebo group (n = 33, 27%, p = 0.001). The following secondary endpoints were significantly improved in the CoQ10 group compared with the placebo group: all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, NYHA classification and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). In the European sub-population, when compared to the whole group, there was greater adherence to guideline directed therapy and similar results for short- and long-term endpoints. A new finding revealed a significant improvement in LVEF. Conclusions: The therapeutic efficacy of CoQ10 demonstrated in the Q-SYMBIO study was confirmed in the European sub-population in terms of safely reducing MACE, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, hospitalization and improvement of symptoms