Computer modelling studies of ribonuclease A-pyrimidine nucleotide complexes

Different modes of binding of pyrimidine monophosphates 2'-UMP, 3'-UMP, 2'-CMP and 3'-CMP to ribonuclease (RNase) A are studied by energy minimization in torsion angle and subsequently in Cartesian coordinate space. The results are analysed in the light of primary binding sites. The hydrogen bonding pattern brings out roles for amino acids such as Asn44 and Ser123 apart from the well known active site residues viz., His12,Lys41,Thr45 and His119. Amino acid segments 43-45 and 119-121 seem to be guiding the ligand binding by forming a pocket. Many of the active site charged residues display considerable movement upon nucleotide binding.

Method for measurement of the angles of 90-, 45-, 45-deg and 60-, 30-, 90-deg prisms

A simple technique is devised to measure the angles of 90-, 45-, 45-deg and 60-, 30-, 90-deg prisms without using expensive spectrometers, autocollimators, and angle gauges. The method can be extended to unpolished and opaque prisms made of materials other then glass. (C) 1997 Society of Photo-Optical instrumentation Engineers.

Role of rigidity and temperature in the kinetics of photodarkening in Ge(x)As((45-x))Se(55) thin films

We present insightful results on the kinetics of photodarkening (PD) in Ge(x)As(45-x)Se(55) glasses at the ambient and liquid helium temperatures when the network rigidity is increased by varying x from 0 to 16. We observe a many fold change in PD and its kinetics with decreasing network flexibility and temperature. Moreover, temporal evolution of PD shows a dramatic change with increasing x. (C)2011 Optical Society of America

Controlling phase separation in La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 (y=0.45) epitaxial thin films by strain disorder

Present study reveals that the length-scale of phase separation in La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 thin films can be controlled by strain disorder invoked during the growth and relaxation process of film. Strain disorder provides an additional degree of freedom to tune colossal magnetoresistance. Magneto-transport measurements following cooling and heating in unequal fields protocol demonstrate that coherent strain stabilizes antiferromagnetic insulating phase, while strain disorder favors ferromagnetic metallic phase. Compared to bulk, antiferromagnetic-insulating phase freezes at lower temperatures in strain disordered films. Raman spectroscopy confirms the coexistence of charge-ordered-insulating and ferromagnetic-metallic phases which are structurally dissimilar and possess P2(1)/m and R-3C like symmetries, respectively. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.

Numerical analysis of segmented-electrode Orbitraps

Simple geometries which are possible alternatives for the Orbitrap are studied in this paper. We have taken up for numerical investigation two segmented-electrode structures, ORB1 and ORB2, to mimic the electric field of the Orbitrap. In the ORB1, the inner spindle-like electrode and the outer barrel-like electrode of the Orbitrap have been replaced by 35 rings and 35 discs of fixed radii, respectively. In this structure two segmented end cap electrodes have been added. In this geometry, different potentials are applied to the different electrodes keeping top-bottom symmetry intact. In the second geometry, ORB2, the inner and outer electrodes of the Orbitrap were replaced by an approximate step structure which follows the profile of the Orbitrap electrodes. In the present study 45 steps have been used. In the ORB2, like the Orbitrap, the inner electrode is held at a negative potential and the outer electrode is at ground potential. For the purpose of comparing the performance of ORB1 and ORB2 with that of the Orbitrap, the following studies have been undertaken: (1) variation of electric potential, (2) computation of ion trajectories, (3) simulation of image currents. These studies have been carried out using both 2D and 3D Boundary Element Method (BEM), the 3D BEM was developed specifically for this study. It has been seen in these investigations that ORB1 and ORB2 have performance similar to that of the Orbitrap, with the performance of the ORB1 being seen to be marginally superior to that of the ORB2. It has been shown that with proper optimization, geometries containing far fewer electrodes can be used as mass analyzers. A novel technique of optimization of the electric field has been proposed with the objective of minimizing the dependence of axial frequency of ion motion on the initial position of an ion. The results on the optimization of 9 and 15 segmented-electrode traps having the same design as ORB1 show that it can provide accurate mass analysis. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Numerical analysis of segmented-electrode Orbitraps

Simple geometries which are possible alternatives for the Orbitrap are studied in this paper. We have taken up for numerical investigation two segmented-electrode structures, ORB1 and ORB2, to mimic the electric field of the Orbitrap. In the ORB1, the inner spindle-like electrode and the outer barrel-like electrode of the Orbitrap have been replaced by 35 rings and 35 discs of fixed radii, respectively. In this structure two segmented end cap electrodes have been added. In this geometry, different potentials are applied to the different electrodes keeping top-bottom symmetry intact. In the second geometry, ORB2, the inner and outer electrodes of the Orbitrap were replaced by an approximate step structure which follows the profile of the Orbitrap electrodes. In the present study 45 steps have been used. In the ORB2, like the Orbitrap, the inner electrode is held at a negative potential and the outer electrode is at ground potential. For the purpose of comparing the performance of ORB1 and ORB2 with that of the Orbitrap, the following studies have been undertaken: (1) variation of electric potential, (2) computation of ion trajectories, (3) simulation of image currents. These studies have been carried out using both 2D and 3D Boundary Element Method (BEM), the 3D BEM was developed specifically for this study. It has been seen in these investigations that ORB1 and ORB2 have performance similar to that of the Orbitrap, with the performance of the ORB1 being seen to be marginally superior to that of the ORB2. It has been shown that with proper optimization, geometries containing far fewer electrodes can be used as mass analyzers. A novel technique of optimization of the electric field has been proposed with the objective of minimizing the dependence of axial frequency of ion motion on the initial position of an ion. The results on the optimization of 9 and 15 segmented-electrode traps having the same design as ORB1 show that it can provide accurate mass analysis. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Source Model for Blasting Vibration

By analyzing and comparing the experimental data, the point source moment theory and the cavity theory, it is concluded that the vibrating signals away from the blasting explosive come mainly from the natural vibrations of the geological structures near the broken blasting area. The source impulses are not spread mainly by the inelastic properties (such as through media damping, as believed to be the case by many researchers) of the medium in the propagation pass, but by this structure. Then an equivalent source model for the blasting vibrations of a fragmenting blasting is proposed, which shows the important role of the impulse of the source's time function under certain conditions. For the purpose of numerical simulation, the model is realized in FEM, The finite element results are in good agreement with the experimental data.

Sapientia, 1957, Vol. XII, nº 45 (número completo)

Contenido: Interioridad y fecundidad espiritual / La Dirección – Relaciones del bien de la persona y del bien de la sociedad / Octavio N. Derisi – Los ángeles caídos / A. García Vieyra – Indeterminismo, causalidad y física cuántica / J. E. Bolzán – Notas y comentarios -- Bibliografía

Caracterización biofísica y de suelos de los sistemas agroforestales de café bajo sombra en la zona del Pacífico de Nicaragua. Uso y efectividad de los nutrientes

En los meses de Diciembre (2003) y Enero (2004) se realizó en los departamentos de Masaya y Carazo, en la Zona del Pacífico de Nicaragua una caracterización de sistemas agroforestales con café, bajo diferentes niveles tecnológicos, cafetal con sombra de árboles leguminosos + moderado insumo químico, cafetal con sombra de árboles leguminosos + moderado insumo orgánico, cafetal con sombra de árboles leguminosos + bajo insumo orgánico, cafetal con árboles de sombra no leguminosos + moderado insumo químico, cafetal con árboles de sombra no leguminosos + moderado insumo orgánico, cafetal con árboles de sombra no leguminosos + bajo insumo orgánico y pleno sol. Se seleccionó un área de 40 a 45 m2 para realizar la caracterización física de suelo la cual se realizó en el centro de esta, recolección de hojarasca en cinco puntos de 0.25 m2 cada uno en calle e hilera, caracterización química de suelo la cual se llevó a cabo en los mismos cinco puntos donde se recolectó la hojarasca a profundidades de 0-5, 5-15 y 15-30 cm, la caracterización de los árboles de sombra se realizó proyectando la misma área del cafetal 5m sobre el surco y 5m en posición vertical a este obteniendo un área mayor a los 225 m2. Los cafetales del sistema pleno sol y un cafetal con sombra leguminoso + moderado químico presentaron la producción más alta de café en los últimos cinco años (1998-2003) mayor a los 900 kg ha-1, la diversidad de los árboles de sombra en esta zona es de 1 a 3 especies diferentes predominando la especie Gliricidia sepium Jacq., con un 47 % del total. Los sistemas con sombra leguminoso + moderado orgánico y no leguminoso + moderado químico presentaron densidades mayores a los 6000 plantas ha-1, mientras pleno sol fue el de menor densidad con 3480 plantas ha-1, el sistema con sombra leguminoso + moderado orgánico presentó mayor porcentaje de sombra 76.96 % y densidad de árboles 395 plantas ha-1. Por lo general los sistemas presentaron textura franca a franco limoso (FL), con colores que van de pardo (10YR 4/3) a pardo oscuro (10 YR3/3) y profundidades que van de 33 a mayores de 100 cm, con presencia de talpetate y grava fina. El sistema con sombra no leguminoso + moderado orgánico presentó las mayores cantidades de los elementos N, P, K en las hojas y cantidad de materia seca de hojarasca. Estos suelos son ricos en materia orgánica mayores a 9.5 % con altos porcentajes de carbono 5 %, con contenido medio a altos de Nitrógeno de 0.08 a 0.46 %, con buena disponibilidad de Fósforo mayores a 13 ppm, con pH que van de ácidos a ligeramente ácidos y con buena capacidad de intercambio catiónico de 35 a 50 meq / 100g de suelo.

Prudentia Iuris, 1997, n° 45 (número completo)

Contenido: Ïndice general del nº 1 al nº 43 (1980-1997)

Letras, 2002, nº 45 (número completo)

Contenido: “Ni razón ni palabra” de Edgar Bayley: momento de transición / María Amelia Arancet Ruda – Metonimia y fantasma. Modalidades del ectoplasma en el Río de la Plata / José Mariano García – “Hombres de maíz”, una rapsodia americana / Graciela Maturo – Autobiografía y ficción en “Un verano en Tenerife” de Dulce María Loynaz / María Lucía Puppo – La condición posmoderna en la narrativa española / Analía Vélez de Villa – La armoniosa poesía de Francisco Luis Bernárdez / Gloria Videla de Rivero – Borges y Schopenhauer / Carmen Balzer – El catálogo de los ejércitos: un motivo tradicional en “The lord of the rings” / Jorge Ferro – Función y significado de las historias en “Stiller” de Max Frisch / María Esther Mangariello – La ciudad de New York a comienzos del siglo XX, bajo las miradas de Henry James y Edith Wharton / Rosa E. M. D. Penna – Reseñas bibliográficas

A Emenda Constitucional nº 45, de 2004 : o novo perfil do Poder Judiciário brasileiro

Consultoria Legislativa - Área I - Direito Constitucional, Eleitoral, Municipal, Direito Administrativo, Processo Legislativo e Poder Judiciário.

Edital nº 45/87 : concurso público para Assistente Administrativo : retificação

Retifica o Edital nº 44/87, que trata do concurso público destinado ao preenchimento de cargos de Assistente Administrativo, do Grupo-Atividades de Apoio Legislativo da Câmara dos Deputados.