Thermal expansion of irradiated nylon-6 from 10 K to 340 K

Thermal expansion of irradiated nylon-6 has been studied in the temperature range 10 to 340 K using a three-terminal capacitance bridge technique. Irradiation is carried out using cobalt-60 gamma-rays up to 500 Mrad dosage. Radiation enhances chain scission over crosslinking. alpha increases from 0 to 250 Mrad between 10 to 340 K and not much variation is observed between 250 to 500 Mrad for samples from 10 to 250 K.

Thermal expansion of irradiated polyvinyl chloride from 10 K to 340 K

The coefficient of thermal expansion is measured for irradiated Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) from 10K to 340K. The samples of PVC are irradiated, up to 500 Mrad in steps of 100 Mrad, in air at room temperature by using Co gamma rays with a dose rate of 0.3 Mrad/h. The PVC is an amorphous sample which is confirmed by X-ray diffraction. The coefficient of thermal expansion is found to decrease with radiation dose from 10K to 110K and it increaseswith radiation dose from 110K to 340K. The results are explained on the basis of radiation induced degradation of the sample.

Electron Cyclotron Resonance in Strained Si and Si0.94Ge0.06 Channels on Relaxed Si0.62Ge0.38 Buffers Grown by Rapid Thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition

We report the far-infrared measurements of the electron cyclotron resonance absorption in n-type Si/Si0. 62Ge0.38 and Si0.94Ge0.06 /Si0. 62Ge0.38 modulation- doped heterostructures grown by rapid thermal chemical vapor deposition. The strained Si and Si0.94Ge0.06 channels were grown on relaxed Si0.62Ge0.38 buffer layers, which consist of 0.6 μm uniform Si0.62Ge0.38 layers and 0.5 μm compositionally graded relaxed SiGe layers from 0% Ge to 38 % Ge. The buffer layers were annealed at 800 °C for 1 hr to obtain complete relaxation. The samples had 100 Å spacers and 300 Å 2×1019 cm-3 n-type supply layers on the tops of the 75 Å channels. The far-infrared measurements of electron cyclotron resonance were performed at 4K with the magnetic field of 4 – 8 Tesla. The effective masses determined from the slope of center frequency of absorption peak vs applied magnetic field plot are 0.20 mo and 0.19 mo for the two dimensional electron gases in the Si and Si0.94Ge0.06 channels, respectively. The Si effective mass is very close to that of two dimensional electron gas in Si MOSFET (0.198mo). The electron effective mass of Si0.94Ge0.06 is reported for the first time and about 5 % lower than that of pure Si.

Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O nanorings/nanorods and Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O/RGO composite fabricated by a facile one pot synthesis and its lithium storage behavior

In this work, Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O nanorings/nanorods and Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O/reduced graphene oxide (RGO) composites have been prepared through a facile hydrothermal route in acidic medium at 200 degrees C for 2 days. The hydrothermally derived products have been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectroscopy, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electrochemical discharge-charge cycling in lithium ion battery. XRD pattern exhibits the layered structure of Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O and the composite shows the presence of RGO at 2 theta = 25.8 degrees. FTIR spectrum shows that the band at 760 cm(-1) could be assigned to a V-OH2 stretching mode due to coordinated water. Raman spectrum shows that the band at 264 cm(-1) is due to the presence of water molecules between the layers. FESEM/TEM micrographs reveal that the products consist of nanorings of inner diameter 5 mu m and thickness of the ring is found to be 200-300 nm. Addition of exfoliated graphene oxide (EGO) destroys the formation of rings. The reduction of EGO sheets into RGO is also evidenced by the red shift of the absorbance peak from 228 nm to 264 nm. In this composite Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O nanorods may adhere to the surface of RGO and/or embedded in the RGO nanosheets. As a result, an effective three-dimensional conducting network was formed by bridging RGO nanosheets, which can facilitate electron transport effectively and thus improve the kinetics and rate performance of Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O nanorings/nanorods. The Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O/RGO composites exhibited a discharge capacity of 340 mAh g(-1) at a current density of 0.1 mA g(-1) and also an improved cyclic stability. RGO plays a `flexible confinement' function to enwrap Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O nanorods, which can compensate for the volume change and prevent the detachment and agglomeration of pulverized Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O, thus extending the cycling life of the electrode. A probable reaction mechanism for the formation of Na0.33V2O5 center dot 1.5H(2)O nanorings is also discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Functional characterization, homology modeling and docking studies of beta-glucosidase responsible for bioactivation of cyanogenic hydroxynitrile glucosides from Leucaena leucocephala (subabul)

Glycosyl hydrolase family 1 beta-glucosidases are important enzymes that serve many diverse functions in plants including defense, whereby hydrolyzing the defensive compounds such as hydroxynitrile glucosides. A hydroxynitrile glucoside cleaving beta-glucosidase gene (Llbglu1) was isolated from Leucaena leucocephala, cloned into pET-28a (+) and expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) cells. The recombinant enzyme was purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. The optimal temperature and pH for this beta-glucosidase were found to be 45 A degrees C and 4.8, respectively. The purified Llbglu1 enzyme hydrolyzed the synthetic glycosides, pNPGlucoside (pNPGlc) and pNPGalactoside (pNPGal). Also, the enzyme hydrolyzed amygdalin, a hydroxynitrile glycoside and a few of the tested flavonoid and isoflavonoid glucosides. The kinetic parameters K (m) and V (max) were found to be 38.59 mu M and 0.8237 mu M/mg/min for pNPGlc, whereas for pNPGal the values were observed as 1845 mu M and 0.1037 mu M/mg/min. In the present study, a three dimensional (3D) model of the Llbglu1 was built by MODELLER software to find out the substrate binding sites and the quality of the model was examined using the program PROCHEK. Docking studies indicated that conserved active site residues are Glu 199, Glu 413, His 153, Asn 198, Val 270, Asn 340, and Trp 462. Docking of rhodiocyanoside A with the modeled Llbglu1 resulted in a binding with free energy change (Delta G) of -5.52 kcal/mol on which basis rhodiocyanoside A could be considered as a potential substrate.

Efecto de la temperatura y métodos de aplicación en la patogenecidad del aislado 38/87 de Beauveria bassiana (Bals) vuill, contra Plutella xylostella (L) (Lepidoptera: plutellidae)

Con el objetivo de darle seguimiento al manejo de Plutella xylostella (L) considerada como plaga principal del cultivo del repollo (Brassica oleracea (L), Se evaluó el efecto que ejercen las temperaturas sobre el aislado 38/87 de Beauveria bassiana. (Bals) Vuill, realizado en el laboratorio de control microbial de la Universidad Nacional Agraria, (U.NA). Managua, Nicaragua. Las temperaturas evaluadas fueron 23, 25, 26, 28, 30 °C. con 75% de humedad relativa y una misma concentración 10º conidias/ml aplicando las conidias a las larvas por el método de inmersión y aspersión de las hojas de repollo. La prueba de Tukey estableció diferencias significativas entre tratamientos siendo la temperatura de 26ºc la más óptima en la mortalidad de larvas, para ambos métodos, con porcentajes de mortalidad por aspersión de 87.2% e inmersión con 81.7%, seguido de las temperaturas de 30ºC con 73.4% inmersión y 70.9% aspersión. Los valores más bajos del ensayo se obtuvieron con un porcentaje de 37.0% para la temperatura de 23ºC por el método de aspersión. El análisis de varianza realizado para determinar el nivel de significancia entre ambos métodos de aplicación, resultó con diferencias Significativas. El método de aplicación influye en los resultados de bioensayos. Se encontró que la inoculación de larvas por inmersión resulta más eficiente en la mortalidad de larvas. Los valores de TL50(tiempo letal medio) variaron en dependencia de la temperatura siendo el TL50 más bajo en la temperatura de 30ºC por el método de inmersión con O.72 días después de la inoculación , seguida de la temperatura de 26ºC con 2.52 días después de la inoculación. Por el método de aspersión se obtuvo mejores resultados en las temperaturas de 26 y 28ºC con 1.15 y 6.37 días. respectivamente.

Letras, 1998-1999, nº 38-39 (número completo)

Contenido: El amanuense de Borges / Roberto Alifano – Presencia de la muerte en Los conjurados / María Amelia Arancet Ruda – Borges y el género biográfico / Graciela del Carmen Barreiro – Alemania en Borges / Claudia E. de Belva – Perfiles biográficos en La intrusa de Carlos Hugo Christensen / Armando Capalbo – Borges y la literatura oral / Norma Carricaburo – Hacia un cronotopo rioplatense en Borges: su lectura de La tierra purpúrea de Guillermo E. Hudson / Laura F. Cilento – Borges “Autor universal entre dos mundos” / Héctor Ciocchini – Jorge Luis Borges en el canon occidental / Jorge Dubatti – La estructura circular en dos cuentos de Jorge Luis Borges / Sara Beatriz Fernández March – Borges y su concepción de la historia / Teresita Frugoni de Fritzsche – Borges y la isotopía de la incertidumbre / Mariano García ; clara Miri – Algunas consideraciones sobre el uso del diálogo en la narrativa borgeana / Javier Roberto González – Cervantes por Borges: las lecturas posibles / Silvina Cristina Lstra Paz – Civilización y barbarie: dos versiones del sueño de la historia / María Rosa Lojo – Algunas preferencias literarias en “Los Amigos”, de Jorge Luis Borges / Nora Longhini – El Astrólogo postergado: Xul Solar y Borges en la década del 20 / Fabiana Elisa Martínez – El “arte poética” de Borges, una estética de la duración / Luis Martínez Cuitiño – Aproximaciones al pensamiento de Jorge Luis Borges: la vuelta al humanismo / Graciela Maturo – Los hacedores en El hacedor de Borges / Valeria Melchiore – Jorge L. Borges: Autobiografía y (Auto)ficción / Ros aE. M. D. Penna – Polifonía y contrapunto en la narrativa de Jorge Luis Borges / Elisa Rey – Borges o la pregunta por el ser / Ana María Rodríguez Francia – Emerson y Borges, dos americanos ante la Historia / María Alejandra Rosarossa – Un homenaje a Jorge Luis Borges en La prisión de la libertad de Michael Ende / Nora Lía Sormani – La memoria de Shakespeare: Borges y el laberinto de la memoria / María Esther Vázquez – Reseñas bibliográficas

Sapientia, 1955, Vol. X, nº 38 (número completo)

Contenido: El odio a la verdad y a la inteligencia / La Dirección – Sentido, alcance y fundamentación del principio de razón de ser / Octavio N. Derisi – El cristiano y la libertad / Alberto Caturelli – Para una teoría del signo y del concepto mental como signo formal / Juan A. Casaubón – Notas y comentarios – Documentos -- Bibliografía

Vigência do Decreto Lei n° 844/38

Consultoria Legislativa - Área XVII - Segurança Pública e Defesa Nacional.

Presidentes da Câmara dos Deputados : 14 º - Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada

Resumo da vida pública de Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada. Inclui referências bibliográficas de trabalhos escritos por Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada e de trabalhos sobre ele.

Lei Maria da Penha [gravação de som] : Lei nº 11.340, de 7 de agosto de 2006, que dispõe sobre mecanismos para coibir a violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher

Locução: José Carlos Andrade

Evaluation of macrophyte control in 38 Florida lakes using triploid grass carp

Florida’s large number of shallow lakes, warm climate and long growing season have contributed to the development of excessive growths of aquatic macrophytes that have seriously interfered with many water use activities. The introduction of exotic aquatic macrophyte species such as hydrilla ( Hydrilla verticillata ) have added significantly to aquatic plant problems in Florida lakes. The use of grass carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idella ) can be an effective and economical control for aquatic vegetation such as hydrilla. Early stocking rates (24 to 74 grass carp per hectare of lake area) resulted in grass carp consumption rates that vastly exceeded the growth rates of the aquatic plants and often resulted in the total loss of all submersed vegetation. This study looked at 38 Florida lakes that had been stocked with grass carp for 3 to 10 years with stocking rates ranging from < 1 to 59 grass carp per hectare of lake and 1 to 207 grass carp per hectare of vegetation to determine the long term effects of grass carp on aquatic macrophyte communities. The median PAC (percent area coverage) value of aquatic macrophytes for the study lakes after they were stocked with grass carp was 14% and the median PVI (percent volume infested) value of aquatic macrophytes was 2%. Only lakes stocked with less than 25 to 30 fish per hectare of vegetation tended to have higher than median PAC and PVI values. When grass carp are stocked at levels of > 25 to 30 fish per hectare of vegetation the complete control of aquatic vegetation can be achieved, with the exception of a few species of plants that grass carp have extreme difficulty consuming. If the management goal for a lake is to control some of the problem aquatic plants while maintaining a small population of predominately unpalatable aquatic plants, grass carp can be stocked at approximately 25 to 30 fish per hectare of vegetation.

Lei Maria da Penha : Lei nº 11.340, de 07 de agosto de 2006, que dispõe sobre mecanismos para coibir a violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher

Analisa a lei que cria mecanismos para coibir a violência doméstica e familiar contra a mulher, nos termos do § 8º do art. 226 da Constituição Federal, da Convenção sobre a Eliminação de Todas as Formas de Discriminação contra as Mulheres e da Convenção Interamericana para Prevenir, Punir e Erradicar a Violência contra a Mulher; dispõe sobre a criação dos Juizados de Violência Doméstica e Familiar contra a Mulher; altera o Código de Processo Penal, o Código Penal e a Lei de Execução Penal; e dá outras providências.