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Salinity-dependent expression of the branchial Na+/K+/2Cl(-) cotransporter and Na+/K+-ATPase in the sailfin molly correlates with hypoosmoregulatory endurance
In the branchial mitochondrion-rich (MR) cells of euryhaline teleosts, the Na+/K+/2Cl(-)cotransporter (NKCC) is an important membrane protein that maintains the internal Cl -concentration, and the branchial Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) is crucial for providing the driving force for many other ion-transporting systems. Hence this study used the sailfin molly (Poecilia latipinna), an introduced aquarium fish in Taiwan, to reveal that the potential roles of NKCC and NKA in sailfin molly were correlated to fish survival rates upon salinity challenge. Higher levels of branchial NKCC were found in seawater (SW)-acclimated sailfin molly compared to freshwater (FW)-acclimated individuals. Transfer of the sailfin molly from SW to FW revealed that the expression of the NKCC and NKA proteins in the gills was retained over 7 days in order to maintain hypoosmoregulatory endurance. Meanwhile, their survival rates after transfer to SW varied with the duration of FW-exposure and decreased significantly when the SW-acclimated individuals were acclimated to FW for 21 days. Double immunofluorescence staining showed that in SW-acclimated sailfin molly, NKCC signals were expressed on the basolateral membrane of MR cells, whereas in FW-acclimated molly, they were expressed on the apical membrane. This study illustrated the correlation between the gradual reductions in expression of branchial NKCC and NKA (i.e., the hypoosmoregulatory endurance) and decreasing survival rates after hyperosmotic challenge in sailfin molly
Effect of disorder in MgB2 thin films
We report on scanning tunneling spectroscopy studies of magnesium diboride (MgB2) thin films grown by different techniques. The films have critical temperatures ranging between 28 and 41 K with very different upper critical fields. We find that the superconducting gap associated with the sigma band decreases almost linearly with decreasing critical temperature while the gap associated with the pi band is only very weakly affected in the range of critical temperatures above 30 K. In the sample with the lowest critical temperature (28 K) we observe a small increase of the pi gap that can only be explained in terms of an increase in the interband scattering. The tunneling data was analyzed in the framework of the two-band model. The magnetic-field-dependent tunneling spectra and the upper critical field measurements of these disordered samples can be consistently explained in terms of an increase of disorder that mostly affects the pi band in samples with reduced critical temperatures
Superconducting Transition and Phase Diagram of Single Crystal MgB2
The superconducting phase diagram of MgB2 was determined from magnetization,
magneto-transport and the first single-crystal specific heat measurements. A
zero-temperature in-plane coherence length of 8 nm is determined. The
superconducting anisotropy increases from a value around 2 near Tc to above 4.5
at 22 K. For H||c a pronounced peak effect in the critical current occurs at
the upper critical field. Evidence for a surface superconducting state is
presented for H||c which might account for the wide spread in reported values
of the anisotropy
Microstructure and Velocity of Field-Driven SOS Interfaces: Analytic Approximations and Numerical Results
The local structure of a solid-on-solid (SOS) interface in a two-dimensional
kinetic Ising ferromagnet with single-spin-flip Glauber dynamics, which is
driven far from equilibrium by an applied field, is studied by an analytic
mean-field, nonlinear-response theory [P.A. Rikvold and M. Kolesik, J. Stat.
Phys. 100, 377 (2000)] and by dynamic Monte Carlo simulations. The probability
density of the height of an individual step in the surface is obtained, both
analytically and by simulation. The width of the probability density is found
to increase dramatically with the magnitude of the applied field, with close
agreement between the theoretical predictions and the simulation results.
Excellent agreement between theory and simulations is also found for the
field-dependence and anisotropy of the interface velocity. The joint
distribution of nearest-neighbor step heights is obtained by simulation. It
shows increasing correlations with increasing field, similar to the skewness
observed in other examples of growing surfaces.Comment: 18 pages RevTex4 with imbedded figure
Two-band effects in the angular dependence of Hc2 of MgB2 single crystals
International audienceThe angular dependence of the upper critical field Hc2 of MgB2 single crystals is studied at various temperatures by means of specific-heat and transport measurements in magnetic fields up to 17T. Clear deviations from Ginzburg-Landau behavior are observed at all temperatures and are explained by two-band effects. The angular dependence and temperature dependence of the deviations are in qualitative agreement with theoretical predictions based on band-structure calculations. Quantitative agreement is obtained with an interband coupling slightly stronger than the calculated one, enabling band-structure anisotropies and interband coupling strength to be experimentally estimated. This provides a pathway to the study of disorder and doping effects in MgB2
Magnetic and quantum entanglement properties of the distorted diamond chain model for azurite
We present the results of magnetic properties and entanglement of the
distorted diamond chain model for azurite using pure quantum exchange
interactions. The magnetic properties and concurrence as a measure of pairwise
thermal entanglement have been studied by means of variational mean-field like
treatment based on Gibbs-Bogoliubov inequality. Such a system can be considered
as an approximation of the natural material azurite, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2. For values
of exchange parameters, which are taken from experimental results, we study the
thermodynamic properties, such as azurite specific heat and magnetic
susceptibility. We also have studied the thermal entanglement properties and
magnetization plateau of the distorted diamond chain model for azurite
Desempenho do inhame (taro) em plantio direto e no consórcio com crotalária, sob manejo orgânico.
Estudaram-se os efeitos do plantio direto em cobertura morta de aveia-preta e do consórcio com Crotalaria juncea, em sistema orgânico de produção de inhame, em ensaio na EE de Nova Friburgo(Pesagro-Rio), região serrana do estado do Rio de Janeiro. Utilizouse o delineamento de blocos ao acaso com quatro repetições, em esquema fatorial 2 x 2, onde os tratamentos corresponderam ao: modo de plantio (direto ou convencional) e modo de cultivo (monocultivo ou consórcio com crotalária). O cultivo consorciado com a
leguminosa promoveu maior altura nas plantas do inhame, assim como reduziu a queima de folhas pelos raios solares. A população infestante de ervas espontâneas foi mais efetivamente controlada com a combinação entre consórcio e plantio direto. Nenhum dos tratamentos influenciou a produtividade do inhame, que foi considerada satisfatória, indicando o potencial do manejo orgânico adotado
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