47 research outputs found

    Study on Λ6H hypernucleus by the (π−, K+) reaction at J-PARC

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    We carried out an experiment to produce the neutron-rich hypernucleus 6H via the (¼ − , K + ) reaction on 6 Li target at the pion beam momentum of 1.2 GeV/c (J-PARC E10). In order to calibrate the scale of the missing-mass or of thebinding energy of the hypernucleus, we also measured the 12 C(¼ + , K + ) 12 ¤ C, p(¼ − , K + )§ − and p(¼ + , K + )§ + reactions. The experiment was performed at the J-PARC Hadron Hall K1.8 beam line in December 2012 and January 2013. The overall collected data sample corresponds to an integrated beam intensity of 1.65× 10 12 pions

    Pervasive gaps in Amazonian ecological research

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    Biodiversity loss is one of the main challenges of our time, and attempts to address it require a clear understanding of how ecological communities respond to environmental change across time and space. While the increasing availability of global databases on ecological communities has advanced our knowledge of biodiversity sensitivity to environmental changes, vast areas of the tropics remain understudied. In the American tropics, Amazonia stands out as the world's most diverse rainforest and the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity, but it remains among the least known forests in America and is often underrepresented in biodiversity databases. To worsen this situation, human-induced modifications may eliminate pieces of the Amazon's biodiversity puzzle before we can use them to understand how ecological communities are responding. To increase generalization and applicability of biodiversity knowledge, it is thus crucial to reduce biases in ecological research, particularly in regions projected to face the most pronounced environmental changes. We integrate ecological community metadata of 7,694 sampling sites for multiple organism groups in a machine learning model framework to map the research probability across the Brazilian Amazonia, while identifying the region's vulnerability to environmental change. 15%–18% of the most neglected areas in ecological research are expected to experience severe climate or land use changes by 2050. This means that unless we take immediate action, we will not be able to establish their current status, much less monitor how it is changing and what is being lost

    Hb Köln [a2b298(FG5) val-met] identified by DNA analysis in a Brazilian family

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    Hb Köln was identified by DNA analysis in a Brazilian patient. A four-year old Brazilian female, with jaundice since birth, presented an abnormal band, between A2 and S, in hemoglobin electrophoresis on a cellulose acetate membrane, and a band with electrophoretic migration similar to Hb C on agar gel. Thermic instability and isopropanol precipitation tests were positive. Heinz bodies were observed in the patient?s peripheral blood. Sequencing of the three exons of the b globin gene detected a transition from G to A in the first position of codon 98. This alteration does not create or abolish any known restriction site. In this case, confirmation of the mutation was accomplished by allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization, which is a simple and fast identification method when the clinical data and hematological and electrophoretic patterns are suggestive of Hb Köln.Hb Köln resulta da substituição do aminoácido valina por metionina na posição 98 da cadeia da hemoglobina. Embora seja a mais freqüente das hemoglobinas instáveis, possui poucas características que permitem distinguíla sem a realização de análise estrutural da molécula. Com o objetivo de desenvolver um procedimento alternativo à análise protéica, este trabalho descreve a identificação da Hb Köln através de análise de DNA. Uma paciente branca, sexo feminino, 4 anos de idade, com icterícia desde o nascimento, foi analisada, apresentando uma banda anômala entre A2 e S em eletroforese em acetato de celulose, e migração eletroforética semelhante a Hb C em gel de agar. Os testes de instabilidade térmica e de precipitação pelo isopropanol foram positivos e foram observados corpúsculos de Heinz no sangue periférico. Os três exons do gene da globina foram seqüenciados e uma transição de G ® A foi identificada na primeira posição do codon 98. Essa alteração não cria ou abole nenhum sítio conhecido de enzima de restrição. Desta forma, a confirmação da mutação foi levada a efeito através de hibridização com oligonucleotídeos aleloespecíficos, o que permitiu o estabelecimento de um método simples e rápido de identificação de novos casos quando os dados clínicos e o padrão hematológico e eletroforético sugerem Hb Köln.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq

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    Ξ− atomic X-ray spectroscopy is one of the most useful methods for investigation of the Ξ-nucleus strong interaction. A serious problem in the measurement is the significant background coming from in-flight Ξ− decay. For the first Ξ− atomic X-ray spectroscopy experiment, a novel method of identifying stopped Ξ− events using nuclear emulsion was developed to reject background photons from in-flight Ξ− decay. We succeeded in reducing the background to 1/170 by this method employing coincidence measurements using the nuclear emulsion and X-ray detectors
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