El Jardín Botánico Mediterráneo de la ETSI Agrónomos: Caracterización de la flora herbácea en relación a la flora arbóreo-arbustiva.

En este trabajo se ha caracterizado la flora herbácea del Jardín Botánico Mediterráneo situado en los Campos de Prácticas de la ETSI Agrónomos de Madrid. Se ha realizado tanto para el Jardín en su conjunto como para cada una de las formaciones vegetales representadas y de forma comparativa entre ellas. Considerando el Jardín en su conjunto o determinada comunidad vegetal, los resultados muestran un predominio de tres-cuatro familias botánicas. Predominan los biotipos terofítico y hemicriptofítico, la indiferencia edáfica y la clase fitosociológica Ruderali-Secalietea. Se ha podido corroborar que la flora herbácea del Jardín es principalmente de carácter arvense-ruderal, nitrófila e invasora

Aproximación al catálogo florístico de especies pratenses de los jardines de la Escuela T. S. de Ingenieros Agrónomos en la Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid

Se ha llevado a cabo un inventario florístico de las especies pratenses de los jardines de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos (ETSIA) de la Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid. El catálogo florístico preliminar obtenido incluye 65 especies pertenecientes a 25 familias, siendo Compositae, Gramineae y Leguminosae las predominantes

Electron transport and energy relaxation in dilute magnetic alloys

We consider the effect of the RKKY interaction between magnetic impurities on the electron relaxation rates in a normal metal. The interplay between the RKKY interaction and the Kondo effect may result in a non-monotonic temperature dependence of the electron momentum relaxation rate, which determines the Drude conductivity. The electron phase relaxation rate, which determines the magnitude of the weak localization correction to the resistivity, is also a non-monotonic function of temperature. For this function, we find the dependence of the position of its maximum on the concentration of magnetic impurities. We also relate the electron energy relaxation rate to the excitation spectrum of the system of magnetic impurities. The energy relaxation determines the distribution function for the out-of-equilibrium electrons. Measurement of the electron distribution function thus may provide information about the excitations in the spin glass phase.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure

Developement of real time diagnostics and feedback algorithms for JET in view of the next step

Real time control of many plasma parameters will be an essential aspect in the development of reliable high performance operation of Next Step Tokamaks. The main prerequisites for any feedback scheme are the precise real-time determination of the quantities to be controlled, requiring top quality and highly reliable diagnostics, and the availability of robust control algorithms. A new set of real time diagnostics was recently implemented on JET to prove the feasibility of determining, with high accuracy and time resolution, the most important plasma quantities. With regard to feedback algorithms, new model–based controllers were developed to allow a more robust control of several plasma parameters. Both diagnostics and algorithms were successfully used in several experiments, ranging from H-mode plasmas to configuration with ITBs. Since elaboration of computationally heavy measurements is often required, significant attention was devoted to non-algorithmic methods like Digital or Cellular Neural/Nonlinear Networks. The real time hardware and software adopted architectures are also described with particular attention to their relevance to ITER.Comment: 12th International Congress on Plasma Physics, 25-29 October 2004, Nice (France

Caracterización Proteómica del trombo coronario en pacientes con infarto agudo de miocardio con elevación del segmento ST

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Prevalencia de anticuerpos contra el virus de la encefalomielitis murina de Theiler en colonias de ratones de Argentina

En el presente estudio se analizó la prevalencia de anticuerpos contra el virus de la encefalomielitis de Theiler en colonias de ratones de Argentina. En el primer ensayo se analizaron 352 sueros por ELISA indirecto (iELISA) e inmunofluorescencia indirecta (IFI). La prevalencia establecida fue del 73 y 67 %, respectivamente, siendo los valores de sensibilidad, especificidad y kappa de 100%, 76,2% y 0,8 respectivamente. En un segundo análisis realizado unicamente por iELISA, en 558 sueros provenientes de 53 colonias, se obtuvo una seroprevalencia de 72.6%, entre valores de 0% hasta 100% .La prevalencia más elevada se observó en bioterios sin barreras sanitarias. Las infecciones del virus Theiler en colonias de ratones puede interferir con los resultados experimentales; esto se relaciona con una infraestructura deficiente, falta de entrenamiento del personal y un manejo inadecuado de la colonia.This study analyzes the prevalence to antibodies of Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) in mice colonies of Argentina. A first study performed by indirect enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (iELISA) and indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFI) on 352 sera determined a prevalence of antibodies of 73% and 67% respectively with sensitivity of 100% and 76,2% respectively and 0,8 of kappa value. In a second assay performed only by iELISA on 558 sera from 53 colonies a seroprevalence of 72,6% varying between 0% to 100% was obtained. The higher values were found in those animal facilities without barrier systems. Theiler virus infections in mouse colonies could interfere with experimental results; this may be due to a lack of barriers, and poor staff training and colony management in the facility

Development of Improved Cable Yarding Productivity in Southern Africa for Small-Sized Trees

Production rates of cable yarding by fixed skyline in Southern Africa were found to be low, usually between 50 m3 to 60 m3 of timber per day on average. Investigations identified four major sources of lost productivity. Implementation of simple techniques selected to reduce losses resulted in a quadrupling of productivity though only a tripling is expected in the long term

Dating of the hominid (Homo neanderthalensis) remains accumulation from El Sidrón Cave (Piloña, Asturias, North Spain): an example of a multi-methodological approach to the dating of Upper Pleistocene sites.

The age of Neanderthal remains and associated sediments from El Sidrón cave has been obtained through different dating methods (14CAMS, U/TH, OSL, ESR and AAR) and samples (charcoal debris, bone, tooth dentine, stalagmitic flowstone, carbonate-rich sediments, sedi- mentary quartz grains, tooth enamel and land snail shells). Detrital Th contamination ren- dered Th/U dating analyses of flowstone unreliable. Recent 14C contamination produced spurious age-values from charcoal samples as well as from inadequately pretreated tooth samples. Most consistent 14C dates are grouped into two series: one between 35 and 40 ka and the other between 48 and 49 ka. Most ESR and AAR samples yielded concordant ages, ranging between 39 and 45 ka; OSL dating results permitted adequate bracketing of the sedimentary layer that contained the human remains. Our results emphasize the value of multi-dating approaches for the establishment of reliable chronologies of human remains

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in failed bioprosthetic surgical valves.

IMPORTANCE: Owing to a considerable shift toward bioprosthesis implantation rather than mechanical valves, it is expected that patients will increasingly present with degenerated bioprostheses in the next few years. Transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation is a less invasive approach for patients with structural valve deterioration; however, a comprehensive evaluation of survival after the procedure has not yet been performed. OBJECTIVE: To determine the survival of patients after transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation inside failed surgical bioprosthetic valves. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Correlates for survival were evaluated using a multinational valve-in-valve registry that included 459 patients with degenerated bioprosthetic valves undergoing valve-in-valve implantation between 2007 and May 2013 in 55 centers (mean age, 77.6 [SD, 9.8] years; 56% men; median Society of Thoracic Surgeons mortality prediction score, 9.8% [interquartile range, 7.7%-16%]). Surgical valves were classified as small (≤21 mm; 29.7%), intermediate (>21 and <25 mm; 39.3%), and large (≥25 mm; 31%). Implanted devices included both balloon- and self-expandable valves. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Survival, stroke, and New York Heart Association functional class. RESULTS: Modes of bioprosthesis failure were stenosis (n = 181 [39.4%]), regurgitation (n = 139 [30.3%]), and combined (n = 139 [30.3%]). The stenosis group had a higher percentage of small valves (37% vs 20.9% and 26.6% in the regurgitation and combined groups, respectively; P = .005). Within 1 month following valve-in-valve implantation, 35 (7.6%) patients died, 8 (1.7%) had major stroke, and 313 (92.6%) of surviving patients had good functional status (New York Heart Association class I/II). The overall 1-year Kaplan-Meier survival rate was 83.2% (95% CI, 80.8%-84.7%; 62 death events; 228 survivors). Patients in the stenosis group had worse 1-year survival (76.6%; 95% CI, 68.9%-83.1%; 34 deaths; 86 survivors) in comparison with the regurgitation group (91.2%; 95% CI, 85.7%-96.7%; 10 deaths; 76 survivors) and the combined group (83.9%; 95% CI, 76.8%-91%; 18 deaths; 66 survivors) (P = .01). Similarly, patients with small valves had worse 1-year survival (74.8% [95% CI, 66.2%-83.4%]; 27 deaths; 57 survivors) vs with intermediate-sized valves (81.8%; 95% CI, 75.3%-88.3%; 26 deaths; 92 survivors) and with large valves (93.3%; 95% CI, 85.7%-96.7%; 7 deaths; 73 survivors) (P = .001). Factors associated with mortality within 1 year included having small surgical bioprosthesis (≤21 mm; hazard ratio, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.14-3.67; P = .02) and baseline stenosis (vs regurgitation; hazard ratio, 3.07; 95% CI, 1.33-7.08; P = .008). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this registry of patients who underwent transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for degenerated bioprosthetic aortic valves, overall 1-year survival was 83.2%. Survival was lower among patients with small bioprostheses and those with predominant surgical valve stenosis