An investigation of children's peer trust across culture: is the composition of peer trust universal?

The components of children's trust in same-gender peers (trust beliefs, ascribed trustworthiness, and dyadic reciprocal trust) were examined in samples of 8- to 11-year-olds from the UK, Italy, and Japan. Trust was assessed by children's ratings of the extent to which same-gender classmates kept promises and kept secrets. Social relations analyses confirmed that children from each country showed significant: (a) actor variance demonstrating reliable individual differences in trust beliefs, (b) partner variance demonstrating reliable individual differences in ascribed trustworthiness, and (c ) relationship variance demonstrating unique relationships between interaction partners. Cultural differences in trust beliefs and ascribed trustworthiness also emerged and these differences were attributed to the tendency for children from cultures that value societal goals to share personal information with the peer group

Um modelo orientado a objetos para o cálculo da estimativa da área acessível a solvente.

Estimativa da ASA. Descrição do método utilizado. Modelo orientado a objetos proposto.bitstream/CNPTIA/10655/1/doc46.pdfAcesso em: 29 maio 2008

Effects of high-energy ionizing particles on the Si:As mid-infrared detector array on board the AKARI satellite

We evaluate the effects of high-energy ionizing particles on the Si:As impurity band conduction (IBC) mid-infrared detector on board AKARI, the Japanese infrared astronomical satellite. IBC-type detectors are known to be little influenced by ionizing radiation. However we find that the detector is significantly affected by in-orbit ionizing radiation even after spikes induced by ionizing particles are removed. The effects are described as changes mostly in the offset of detector output, but not in the gain. We conclude that the changes in the offset are caused mainly by increase in dark current. We establish a method to correct these ionizing radiation effects. The method is essential to improve the quality and to increase the sky coverage of the AKARI mid-infrared all-sky-survey map.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in PAS

Dilepton and Photon Emission Rates from a Hadronic Gas III

We extend our early analyses of the dilepton and photon emission rates from a hadronic gas to account for strange mesons using a density expansion. The emission rates are reduced to vacuum correlation functions using three-flavor chiral reduction formulas, and the latters are assessed in terms of empirical data. Using a fire-ball, we compare our results to the low and intermediate mass dilepton data available from CERN. Our results suggest that a baryon free hadronic gas does not account for the excess of low mass dielectrons observed at CERES but do well in accounting for the intermediate dimuons at HELIOS. The same observations apply to the recent low and high $p_t$ dielectron rates from CERES.Comment: 12 pages LaTeX, 11 eps figure

Dilepton and Photon Emission Rates from a Hadronic Gas

We analyze the dilepton and photon emission rates from a hadronic gas using chiral reduction formulas and a virial expansion. The emission rates are reduced to pertinent vacuum correlation functions, most of which can be assessed from experiment. Our results indicate that in the low mass region, the dilepton and photon rates are enhanced compared to most of the calculations using chiral Lagrangians. The enhancement is further increased through a finite pion chemical potential. An estimate of the emission rates is also made using Haag's expansion for the electromagnetic current. The relevance of these results to dilepton and photon emission rates in heavy-ion collisions is discussed.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX using revTeX, 6 figures imbedded in text. Figures slightly changed, text left unchange

Detecção de erros de montagens em regiões gênicas.

Muitos genomas ainda apresentam erros de montagem. Tais erros são particularmente graves se ocorrerem em regiões gênicas, pois muitos trabalhos científicos se concentram exatamente nessas regiões por razões óbvias. Uma forma de tentar identificar erros de montagens em regiões gênicas é utilizar sequencias adquiras de forma independente, como, por exemplo bases de ESTs ou bases de Full length cDNA (FlcDNA). O foco deste trabalho é propor uma metodologia de Bioinformática que utiliza bibliotecas de FlcDNA para detectar tais erros

An indirect evidence of the Fibonacci String model for DNA repetitive sequence growth.

In this work, we present some results that are indirect evidences of Fibonacci String model fro DNA repetitive sequences growth.X-Meeting 2007

Análise de agrupamento de dados de expressão gênica na Rede Genômica Animal.

O objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar a análise de agrupamento de dados de expressão gênica, conforme realizada no escopo da ?Rede Genômica Animal?. Na seção 2, são apresentados conceitos básicos sobre análises de agrupamento. Em particular, os algoritmos de agrupamento utilizados nessas análises compreendem aqueles mais conhecidos, como k-means, SOM e agrupamento hierárquico. A plataforma de análise escolhida para realização das análises de agrupamento na ?Rede Genômica Animal? é o ambiente de análise estatística R (R DEVELOPMENT CORE TEAM, 2010) e o projeto Bioconductor (GENTLEMAN et al., 2004). Assim, na seção 3 é apresentado um exemplo completo de análise de agrupamento e seu respectivo script R.bitstream/item/32433/1/ct101-10-4.pd

Genes e vias metabólicas envolvidos nos mecanismos de resistência e susceptibilidade de bovinos infestados com carrapato Rhipicephalus microplus.

Entre os principais problemas da pecuária brasileira está o parasitismo pelo carrapato bovino, Rhipicephalus microplus, acarretando prejuízos de mais de dois bilhões de dólares por ano. A compreensão dos mecanismos envolvidos na resistência genética aos carrapatos é importante porque pode auxiliar a identificação de genes ou marcadores para essa característica. O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar genes e vias regulatórias envolvidos na discriminação de grupos de bovinos resistentes e sensíveis submetidos à infestação artificial com o carrapato Rhipicephalus microplus