Influence of the external pressure on the quantum correlations of molecular magnets

The study of quantum correlations in solid state systems is a large avenue for research and their detection and manipulation are an actual challenge to overcome. In this context, we show by using first-principles calculations on the prototype material KNaCuSi$_{4}$O$_{10}$ that the degree of quantum correlations in this spin cluster system can be managed by external hydrostatic pressure. Our results open the doors for research in detection and manipulation of quantum correlations in magnetic systems with promising applications in quantum information science

Comportamento de mudas enxertadas e crescimento in vitro do Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae em diferentes pH do meio.

O maracujá amarelo é plantado em quase todas as regiões brasileiras. O Nordeste produz 76% da produção, com destaque para a Bahia, com 50% da produção do país. Apesar da posição de destaque, a vida útil do maracujazeiro vem sendo reduzida, principalmente, devido aos danos causados por doenças do sistema radicular com destaque para a fusariose (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Passiflorae ? Fop)

Fertilização in vivo, modo de reprodução e viabilidade polínica em passifloras com potencial ornamental.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a biologia floral de dez espécies de Passiflora (P. capsularis L., P. racemosa Brot., P. morifolia L., P. edmundoi Sacco, P. suberosa Mast. P. gibertii N.E.Br, P. edulis f. flavicarpa, P. galbana L., P. tenuifila Killip e P. muchronata Sessé & Moc.) por meio da polinização in vivo e viabilidade polínica. O sistema reprodutivo foi determinado por três tipos de polinizações controladas in vivo (autogamia, xenogamia e interespecífica), sendo 4 botões florais para cada tipo de cruzamento

Hibridação interespecífica e viabilidade polínica em Passiflora com potencial ornamental.

As passifloras são mundialmente conhecidas por seu valor ornamental, atribuído, principalmente, à beleza intrínseca de suas flores de coloração e tamanhos variados, com número abundante de flores, florescimento mais uma vez ao ano e folhagem exuberante. A hibridação interespecífica tem demonstrado ser a melhor alternativa empregada em programas de melhoramento de passiflora, não apenas quando se deseja melhorar alguma característica das espécies genitoras, como também na produção de híbridos ornamentais. Nesse contexto, o objetivo do trabalho foi desenvolver híbridos interespecíficos ornamentais de passiflora e avaliar a sua viabilidade polínica

Caracterização morfológica de híbridos interespecíficos de maracujazeiro (Passiflora spp.).

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo utilizar descritores morfológicos de 17 híbridos interespecíficos provenientes do cruzamento entre Passiflora edulis Sims e Passiflora cincinnatta Mast. Os parentais P. edulis (BGM330) e P. cincinnatta (BGM077), bem como os 21 híbridos resultantes deste cruzamento foram caracterizados com uso de 27 descritores qualitativos incluindo atributos relacionados à folha e flor, no período de abril a julho de 2011. As flores foram coletadas obedecendo-se o horário de abertura para cada acesso e, as medições foram obtidas com o auxílio de paquímetro.PDF. 083_11

Pearling: stroke segmentation with crusted pearl strings

We introduce a novel segmentation technique, called Pearling, for the semi-automatic extraction of idealized models of networks of strokes (variable width curves) in images. These networks may for example represent roads in an aerial photograph, vessels in a medical scan, or strokes in a drawing. The operator seeds the process by selecting representative areas of good (stroke interior) and bad colors. Then, the operator may either provide a rough trace through a particular path in the stroke graph or simply pick a starting point (seed) on a stroke and a direction of growth. Pearling computes in realtime the centerlines of the strokes, the bifurcations, and the thickness function along each stroke, hence producing a purified medial axis transform of a desired portion of the stroke graph. No prior segmentation or thresholding is required. Simple gestures may be used to trim or extend the selection or to add branches. The realtime performance and reliability of Pearling results from a novel disk-sampling approach, which traces the strokes by optimizing the positions and radii of a discrete series of disks (pearls) along the stroke. A continuous model is defined through subdivision. By design, the idealized pearl string model is slightly wider than necessary to ensure that it contains the stroke boundary. A narrower core model that fits inside the stroke is computed simultaneously. The difference between the pearl string and its core contains the boundary of the stroke and may be used to capture, compress, visualize, or analyze the raw image data along the stroke boundary

Contextual determinants of Intimate Partner Violence: a multi-level analysis in six European cities

Objectives: To assess whether city-level characteristics influence the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization across six European cities. Methods: The DOVE Study included 3496 participants from Athens-Greece, Budapest-Hungary, London-UK, Östersund-Sweden, Porto-Portugal and Stuttgart-Germany. IPV victimization was assessed using the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales and several contextual variables were included: GINI coefficient, gender equality index, an index of social support, unemployment rate and proportion of residents with tertiary education. Multilevel models were fitted to estimate the associations (Odds ratio, 95% Confidence Intervals) between each type of victimization and contextual and individual-level variables. Results: 62.3% of the participants reported being a victim of IPV during the previous year, with large between-city differences (53.9%-72.4%). Contextual variables accounted for a substantial amount of this heterogeneity. Unemployment rates were associated with psychological (1.05, 1.01-1.08) and physical IPV (1.07, 1.01-1.13). GINI coefficient showed a positive association with any form of IPV (1.06, 1.01-1.11) and sexual coercion (1.13, 1.01-1.25). Conclusions: We found significant associations between contextual determinants and IPV, which emphasizes the importance of considering contextual socioeconomic conditions when policy measures are designed to address IPV

Synthesis and characterization of new dialkylacylphosphonylhydrazones.

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On exact time-averages of a massive Poisson particle

In this work we study, under the Stratonovich definition, the problem of the damped oscillatory massive particle subject to a heterogeneous Poisson noise characterised by a rate of events, \lambda (t), and a magnitude, \Phi, following an exponential distribution. We tackle the problem by performing exact time-averages over the noise in a similar way to previous works analysing the problem of the Brownian particle. From this procedure we obtain the long-term equilibrium distributions of position and velocity as well as analytical asymptotic expressions for the injection and dissipation of energy terms. Considerations on the emergence of stochastic resonance in this type of system are also set forth.Comment: 21 pages, 5 figures. To be published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experimen

Fixadores e porta-enxertos para enxertia hipocotiledonar de maracujazeiro amarelo.

O maracujazeiro-amarelo (Passiflora edulis Sims. f. flavicarpa Deg.) é a principal Passifloraceae cultivada no Brasil. Mas apesar da posição de destaque, a vida útil do maracujazeiro vem sendo reduzida, principalmente em decorrência dos danos causados por doenças do sistema radicular, com destaque para a fusariose, cujo agente causal é o fungo Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. passiflorae (FOP)