Searches for Higgs bosons in pp collisions at s=7 and 8 TeV in the context of four-generation and fermiophobic models

Searches are reported for Higgs bosons in the context of either the standard model extended to include a fourth generation of fermions (SM4) with masses of up to 600 GeV or fermiophobic models. For the former, results from three decay modes (ττ, WW, and ZZ) are combined, whilst for the latter the diphoton decay is exploited. The analysed proton-proton collision data correspond to integrated luminosities of up to 5.1 fb-1 at 7 TeV and up to 5.3 fb-1 at 8 TeV. The observed results exclude the SM4 Higgs boson in the mass range 110-600 GeV at 99% confidence level (CL), and in the mass range 110-560 GeV at 99.9% CL. A fermiophobic Higgs boson is excluded in the mass range 110-147 GeV at 95% CL, and in the range 110-133 GeV at 99% CL. The recently observed boson with a mass near 125 GeV is not consistent with either an SM4 or a fermiophobic Higgs boson. © 2013 CERN.

Influência da seleção dos estágios incrementais sobre a intensidade de lactato mínimo: Estudo piloto

The purposes of this study were to assess the influence of stage selection from the incremental phase and the use of peak lactate after hyperlactatemia induction on the determination of the lactate minimum intensity (iLACmin). Twelve moderately active university students (23±5 years, 78.3±14.1 kg, 175.3±5.1 cm) performed a maximal incremental test to determine the respiratory compensation point (RCP) (initial intensity at 70 W and increments of 17.5 W every 2 minutes) and a lactate minimum test (induction with the Wingate test, the incremental test started at 30 W below RCP with increments of 10 W every 3 minutes) on a cycle ergometer. The iLACmin was determined using second order polynomial adjustment applying five exercise stage selection: 1) using all stages (iLACmin P); 2) using all stages below and two stages above iLACminP(iLACminA); 3) using two stages below and all stages above iLACminP(iLACminB); 4) using the largest and same possible number of stages below and above the iLACminP(iLACminI); 5) using all stages and peak lactate after hyperlactatemia induction (iLACminD). No differences were found between the iLACminP(138.2±30.2 W), iLACminA(139.1±29.1 W), iLACminB(135.3±14.2 W), iLACminI(138.6±20.5 W) and iLACmiD(136.7±28.5 W) protocols, and a high level of agreement between these intensities and iLACminPwas observed. Oxygen uptake, heart rate, rating of perceived exertion and lactate corresponding to these intensities was not different and was strongly correlated. However, the iLACminBpresented the lowest success rate (66.7%). In conclusion, stage selection did not influence the determination of iLACmin but modified the success rate. © Creative Commom.

Search for gluino mediated bottom- and top-squark production in multijet final states in pp collisions at 8 TeV

A search for supersymmetry is presented based on events with large missing transverse energy, no isolated electron or muon, and at least three jets with one or more identified as a bottom-quark jet. A simultaneous examination is performed of the numbers of events in exclusive bins of the scalar sum of jet transverse momentum values, missing transverse energy, and bottom-quark jet multiplicity. The sample, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.4fb-1, consists of proton-proton collision data recorded at a center-of-mass energy of 8TeV with the CMS detector at the LHC in 2012. The observed numbers of events are found to be consistent with the standard model expectation, which is evaluated with control samples in data. The results are interpreted in the context of two simplified supersymmetric scenarios in which gluino pair production is followed by the decay of each gluino to an undetected lightest supersymmetric particle and either a bottom or top quark-antiquark pair, characteristic of gluino mediated bottom- or top-squark production. Using the production cross section calculated to next-to-leading-order plus next-to-leading-logarithm accuracy, and in the limit of a massless lightest supersymmetric particle, we exclude gluinos with masses below 1170GeV and 1020GeV for the two scenarios, respectively. © 2013 CERN.

Relevamiento de la oferta y demanda de capacitación en gestión de los recursos hídricos en América Latina y el Caribe: caso Argentina

Incluye Bibliografía

Los servicios de transporte de carga entre Chile y México

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An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the Agriculture, Energy and Health sectors in Trinidad and Tobago

This report analyses the agriculture, energy, and health sectors in Trinidad and Tobago to assess the potential economic impacts of climate change on the sectors. The fundamental aim of this report is to assist with the development of strategies to deal with the potential impact of climate change on Trinidad and Tobago. It also has the potential to provide essential input for identifying and preparing policies and strategies to help advance the Caribbean subregion closer to solving problems associated with climate change and attaining individual and regional sustainable development goals. Some of the key anticipated impacts of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources. The economic impact of climate change on the three sectors was estimated for the A2 and B2 IPCC scenarios until 2050. An exploration of various adaptation strategies was also undertaken for each sector using standard evaluation techniques. The study of the impact of climate change on the agriculture sector focused on root crops, green vegetables and fisheries. For these sectors combined, the cumulative loss under the A2 scenario is calculated as approximately B$2.24 and approximately B$1.72 under the B2 scenario by 2050. This is equivalent to 1.37% and 1.05% of the 2008 GDP under the A2 and B2 scenarios, respectively. Given the potential for significant damage to the agriculture sector a large number of potential adaptation measures were considered. Out of these a short-list of 10 potential options were selected by applying 10 evaluation criteria. All of the adaptation strategies showed positive benefits. The analysis indicate that the options with the highest net benefits are: (1) Building on-farm water storage, (2) Mainstreaming climate change issues into agricultural management and (3) Using drip irrigation. Other attractive options include water harvesting. The policy decisions by governments should include these assessments, the omitted intangible benefits, as well as the provision of other social goals such as employment. The analysis of the energy sector has shown that the economic impact of climate change during 2011-2050 is similar under the A2 (US$142.88 million) and B2 (US$134.83 million) scenarios with A2 scenario having a slightly higher cost (0.737% of 2009 GDP) than the B2 scenario (0.695% of 2009 GDP) for the period. On the supply side, analyses indicate that Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector will be susceptible to the climate change policies of major energy-importing countries (the United States of America and China), and especially to their renewable energy strategies. Implementation of foreign oil substitution policy by the United States of America will result in a decline in Trinidad and Tobago’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export (equivalent to 2.2% reduction in 2009 GDP) unless an alternative market is secured for the lost United States of America market. China, with its rapid economic growth and the highest population in the world, offers a potential replacement market for Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG export. In this context the A2 scenario will offer the best option for Trinidad and Tobago’s energy sector. The cost-benefit analysis undertaken on selected adaptation strategies reveal that the benefit-cost ratio of replacing electric water heaters with solar water heaters is the most cost-effective. It was also found that the introduction of Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) and Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) air conditioners surpasses the projected cost of increased electricity consumption due to climate change, and provides an economic rationale for the adoption of these adaptation options even in a situation of increased electricity consumption occasioned by climate change. Finally, the conversion of motor fleets to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) is a cost-effective adaptation option for the transport sector, although it has a high initial cost of implementation and the highest per capita among the four adaptation options evaluated. To investigate the effect of climate change on the health sector dengue fever, leptospirosis, food borne illnesses, and gastroenteritis were examined. The total number of new dengue cases for the period 2008 to 2050 was 204,786 for BAU, 153,725 for A2 and 131,890 for the B2 scenario. With regard to the results for leptospirosis, A2 and B2 seem to be following a similar path with total number of new cases in the A2 scenario being 9,727 and 9,218 cases under the B2 scenario. Although incidence levels in the BAU scenario coincided with those of A2 and B2 prior to 2020, they are somewhat lower post 2020. A similar picture emerges for the scenarios as they relate to food-borne illnesses and to gastroenteritis. Specifically for food-borne illnesses, the BAU scenario recorded 27,537 cases, the A2 recorded 28,568 cases and the B2 recorded 28,679 cases. The focus on the selected sources of morbidity in the health sector has highlighted the fact that the vulnerability of the country’s health sector to climate change does not depend solely on exogenously derived impacts, but also on the behaviour and practices among the population. It is clear that the vulnerability which became evident in the analysis of the impacts on dengue fever, leptospirosis and food-borne illnesses is not restricted solely to climate or other external factors. The most important adaptation strategy being recommended targets lifestyle, behaviour and attitude changes. The population needs to be encouraged to alter their behaviours and practices so as to minimise their exposure to harmful outcomes as it relates to the incidence of these diseases.

Citogenética de 13 espécies de aranhas haploginas pertencentes às famílias Pholcidae, Sicariidae e Scytodidae (Araneomorphae): evolução cromossômica, sistema cromossômico de determinação sexual e citotaxonomia

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Composição florística e distribuição das espécies arbóreas em florestas paludosas interioranas do sudeste e centro-oeste do Brasil

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Vegetal) - IBRC

Caracterização do genoma de tumores bem diferenciados da tireóide por hibridização genômica comparativa em matriz (aCGH)

Os tumores bem diferenciados da tireóide representam mais de 95% das neoplasias malignas da glândula. A identificação pré-operatória dos carcinomas papilíferos está bem estabelecida através dos métodos de Punção aspirativa por Agulha fina e Ultrassonografia, com quase 100% de acurácia, enquanto os tumores foliculares significam um dilema para o cirurgião, visto que os métodos existentes não conseguem determinar com eficiência o diagnóstico sendo que 60-80% dos casos operados são benignos. Dessa forma, com o intuito de se analisar alterações genômicas do tipo variações no número de cópias (CNVs) que possam diferenciar esse tumor de outros tipos de doenças da tireóide, foram analisados 13 pacientes com doença tireoidiana (3 bócios, 2 hiperplasias, 4 adenomas foliculares e 4 carcinomas foliculares ) mais 1 individuo sadio através do método de aCGH, para identificação de CNVs que pudessem determinar com eficiência a presença de carcinoma folicular. Os achados foram confrontados com dados de carcinomas papilífero clássico (4 pacientes) e variante folicular (2 pacientes). Foram encontradas 725 CNVs na amostra, 703 dos pacientes com patologia. Dentre estas foram selecionadas 18 regiões mais frequentes. Houve um padrão de amplificação maior em pacientes jovens com adenomas e deleção em pacientes mais velhos. Os pacientes com carcinoma apresentaram taxas de CNVs muito próximas. Os carcinomas foliculares apresentaram padrões exclusivos de alteração nos cromossomos 8 e 12. Concluímos, assim, que os carcinomas foliculares da tireoide são uma patologia com um padrão exclusivo de alterações, não havendo correlação de progressão tumoral a partir de adenomas foliculares, sendo que duas regiões -8p22 e 12p13.32-p13.33, estão presentes em 100% e 75% das amostras respectivamente, podendo ser fortes candidatos a marcadores desse tipo tumoral.

Evolução dos fluidos mineralizantes e modelo genético dos veios de quartzo auríferos em zona de cisalhamento do depósito Ouro Roxo, Província Tapajós, Jacareacanga (PA), Brasil

O depósito aurífero Ouro Roxo, localizado no município de Jacareacanga, Província Aurífera do Tapajós, sudoeste do Pará, formou-se em um sistema hidrotermal que gerou veios de quartzo sulfetados, em zona de cisalhamento N-S, dúctil-rúptil, oblíqua, denominada Ouro Roxo-Canta Galo, cortando granitoides calcioalcalinos da Suíte Intrusiva Tropas, de idade paleoproterozoica e hospedeira da mineralização, em rochas localmente milonitizadas. Três tipos de fluidos foram caracterizados como geradores do depósito: 1) fluido aquoso H₂O-NaCl-MgCl₂-FeCl₂ de salinidade baixa a moderada, com temperatura de homogeneização total (Th) = 180-280°C; 2) salmoura H₂O-NaCl-CaCl₂ com Th = 270-400°C, provavelmente portadoras de Cu e Bi, relacionadas geneticamente a um evento magmático contemporâneo ao cisalhamento que sofreu diluição pela mistura com água meteórica, baixando sua salinidade e temperatura (Th = 120-380°C); 3) fluido aquocarbônico de média salinidade, com Th = 230-430°C, que foi interpretado como o fluido mineralizante mais primitivo, provavelmente aurífero, relacionado com o cisalhamento. As condições de temperatura e pressão (T-P) de formação do minério, estimadas conjuntamente pelo geotermômetro da clorita e as isócoras das inclusões fluidas, situam-se entre 315 e 388°C e 2 a 4,1kb. Dois mecanismos simultâneos provocaram a deposição do minério em sítios de transtensão da zona de cisalhamento: 1) mistura de fluido aquocarbônico com salmoura magmática com aumento de fO2 e redução de pH; 2) interação entre os fluidos e os feldspatos e minerais ferromagnesianos do granitoide hospedeiro, com reações de hidrólise e sulfetação, provocaram redução de fO2 e fS2, com precipitação de sulfetos de Fe juntamente com ouro. O ambiente orogênico, o estilo filoneano do depósito, o controle estrutural pela zona de cisalhamento, a alteração hidrotermal (propilítica + fílica + carbonatação), a associação metálica (Au + Cu + Bi), o fluido mineralizante aquocarbônico associado com salmoura magmática na deposição do minério são compatíveis com um modelo orogênico com participação magmática para a gênese do depósito Ouro Roxo.

Sugarcane trash management assessed by the interaction of yield with soil properties

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Formação de mudas de alface em bandejas preenchidas com diferentes substratos

This study was conducted in the Department of Horticulture and Experimentation at the University Jose do Rosario Vellano (UNIFENAS) in Alfenas-MG, Brasil in order to evaluate the formation of lettuce seedlings in trays filled with different substrates. The materials used to compose the substrates were pig bed base with wood shavings (M), pig bed with base coffee straw (C), earthworm humus (H) and commercial substrates Nutriorg (R) and Plantmax (R) The use of these pure substrates and various mixtures permitted the formation of 18 substrates that constituted the treatments. The experimental design was a completely randomized design with three replications. The lettuce seedlings were formed with the lettuce cultivar Regina. The seeds were sown in trays with 128 cells filled with the substrates under study. Each experimental unit was compost of 64 cells. The conduct of the experiment was within a protective structure of 85 m 2, model chapel with transparent plastic cover 100 microns thickness, additives against ultraviolet rays. After 30 days of sowing, ten seedlings were harvested randomly within each experimental unit for evaluating the number of leaves and the plant height. It was also evaluated the fresh and dry mass of aerial part and fresh and dry mass of root. It was concluded that the substrate T1 - M met the best features for the formation of lettuce seedlings in trays of 128 cells.

Performance of different rubber tree clones against South American leaf blight (Microcyclus ulei)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)