Calibration of the ATLAS electromagnetic calorimeter using calibration hits

In the present note a method to determine the electron energy from the energies measured in an electron cluster is discussed. The method is based on a detailed Monte-Carlo simulation (labeled \textit{Calibration Hits}) of electrons in the ATLAS detector in which also the energies deposited in the passive and dead materials are recorded. It allows also to compute the different contributions (energy deposited in front, in and behind the Accordion) to the total electron energy. To better understand the various contributions to the energy reconstruction three rounds of simulations have been performed: electrons hitting the middle cell centre, electrons spread uniformly over a cell in absence of magnetic field and electrons spread uniformly over a cell in presence of magnetic field. The method is applied to the Barrel calorimeter and to electrons. Its extension to the End Caps and to photons does not pose problems. In the operative ATLAS conditions an energy resolution sampling term varying from 9.9$\%$ at $\eta$=0.3 and 16.8$\%$ at $\eta$=1.2 is obtained. The linearity varies between 0.1$\%$ and 0.4$\%$ in the energy interval 10-100GeV over the same $\eta$ range

A cultivar de videira sémillon: características e comportamento no Rio Grande do Sul.

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Perinatal transmission of human papilomavirus DNA

The purpose was to study the perinatal transmission of human papillomavirus DNA (HPV-DNA) in 63 mother-newborn pairs, besides looking at the epidemiological factors involved in the viral DNA transmission. The following sampling methods were used: (1) in the pregnant woman, when was recruited, in cervix and clinical lesions of the vagina, vulva and perineal region; (2) in the newborn, (a) buccal, axillary and inguinal regions; (b) nasopharyngeal aspirate, and (c) cord blood; (3) in the children, buccal was repeated in the 4th week and 6th and 12th month of life. HPV-DNA was identified using two methodologies: multiplex PCR (PGMY09 and MY11 primers) and nested-PCR (genotypes 6/11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 42, 52 and 58). Perinatal transmission was considered when concordance was found in type-specific HPV between mother/newborn or mother/child. HPV-DNA genital was detected in 49 pregnant women submitted to delivery. Eleven newborns (22.4%, n = 11/49) were HPV-DNA positive. In 8 cases (16.3%, n = 8/49) there was type specific HPV concordance between mother/newborn samples. At the end of the first month of life three children (6.1%, n = 3/49) became HPV-DNA positive, while two remained positive from birth. In 3 cases (100%, n = 3/3) there was type specific HPV concordance between mother/newborn samples. In the 6th month, a child (2%, n = 1/49) had become HPV-DNA positive between the 1st and 6th month of life, and there was type specific HPV concordance of mother/newborn samples. All the HPV-DNA positive children (22.4%, n = 11/49) at birth and at the end first month of life (6.1%, n = 3/49) became HPV-DNA negative at the age of 6 months. The HPV-DNA positive child (2%, n = 1/49) from 1st to the 6th month of life became HPV-DNA negative between the 6th and 12th month of life and one child had anogenital warts. In the twelfth month all (100%, n = 49/49) the children studied were HPV-DNA negative. A positive and significant correlation was observed between perinatal transmission of HPV-DNA and the immunodepression of maternal variables (HIV, p = 0.007). Finally, the study suggests that perinatal transmission of HPV-DNA occurred in 24.5% (n = 12/49) of the cases studied

Transplacental transmission of Human Papillomavirus

This paper aimed at studying the transplacental transmission of HPV and looking at the epidemiological factors involved in maternal viral infection. The following sampling methods were used: (1) in the pregnant woman, (a) genital; (b) peripheral blood; (2) in the newborn, (a) oral cavity, axillary and inguinal regions; (b) nasopharyngeal aspirate, and (c) cord blood; (3) in the placenta. The HPV DNA was identified using two methods: multiplex PCR of human β-globin and of HPV using the PGMY09 and PGMY11 primers; and nested-PCR, which combines degenerated primers of the E6/E7 regions of the HPV virus, that allowed the identification of genotypes 6/11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 42, 52 and 58. Transplacental transmission was considered when type-specific HPV concordance was found between the mother, the placenta and the newborn or the mother and cord blood. The study included 49 HPV DNA-positive pregnant women at delivery. Twelve placentas (24.5%, n = 12/49) had a positive result for HPV DNA. Eleven newborn were HPV DNA positive in samples from the nasopharyngeal or buccal and body or cord blood. In 5 cases (10.2%, n = 5/49) there was HPV type-specific agreement between genital/placenta/newborn samples. In one case (2%, n = 1/49) there was type specific HPV concordance between genital/cord blood and also suggested transplacental transmission. A positive and significant correlation was observed between transplacental transmission of HPV infection and the maternal variables of immunodepression history (HIV, p = 0.011). In conclusion the study suggests placental infection in 23.3% of the cases studied and transplacental transmission in 12.2%. It is suggested that in future HPV DNA be researched in the normal endometrium of women of reproductive age. The possible consequence of fetal exposure to HPV should be observed

Towards a Digital Twin of Coronary Stenting: A Suitable and Validated Image-Based Approach for Mimicking Patient-Specific Coronary Arteries

Considering the field of application involving stent deployment simulations, the exploitation of a digital twin of coronary stenting that can reliably mimic the patient-specific clinical reality could lead to improvements in individual treatments. A starting step to pursue this goal is the development of simple, but at the same time, robust and effective computational methods to obtain a good compromise between the accuracy of the description of physical phenomena and computational costs. Specifically, this work proposes an approach for the development of a patient-specific artery model to be used in stenting simulations. The finite element model was generated through a 3D reconstruction based on the clinical imaging (coronary Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and angiography) acquired on the pre-treatment patient. From a mechanical point of view, the coronary wall was described with a suitable phenomenological model, which is consistent with more complex constitutive approaches and accounts for the in vivo pressurization and axial pre-stretch. The effectiveness of this artery modeling method was tested by reproducing in silico the stenting procedures of two clinical cases and comparing the computational results with the in vivo lumen area of the stented vessel

O cultivo da videira: informações básicas.

bitstream/item/87140/1/o-cultivo.pdfEsta publicação tem dois exemplares editados em anos diferentes:m 1984 e 1996

Produtividade de videiras Moscato Giallo sob cultivo protegido.

Este trabalho teve por objetivos avaliar a influência da cobertura plástica impermeável sobre o potencial e a estabilidade de produção, considerando a análise dos componentes de rendimento da cultivar Moscato Giallo (Vitis vinifera).bitstream/item/31569/1/cot101.pd

Fenologia e requerimento térmico de videira sob cobertura plástica.

O objetivo desse trabalho foi caracterizar a fenologia e o requerimento térmico da videira Vitis vinifera L., cv. Moscato Giallo sob cobertura plástica, nas condições da Serra Gaúcha.bitstream/CNPUV-2009-09/10531/1/cot093.pd