A linkage map for the B-genome of Arachis (Fabaceae) and its synteny to the A-genome

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Crystal structure of a dimeric Ser49 PLA(2)-like myotoxic component of the Vipera ammodytes meridionalis venomics reveals determinants of myotoxicity and membrane damaging activity

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Strain Gauge Analysis of the Effect of Porcelain Firing Simulation on the Prosthetic Misfit of Implant-Supported Frameworks

Objectives: This study investigated the effect of porcelain firing on the misfit of implant-supported frameworks and analyzed the influence of preheat treatment on the dimensional alterations.Materials and Methods: Four external-hex cylindrical implants were placed in polyurethane block. Ten frameworks of screw-retained implant-supported prostheses were cast in Pd-Ag using 2 procedures: (1) control group (CG, n = 5): cast in segments and laser welded; and test group (TG, n = 5): cast in segments, preheated, and laser welded. All samples were subjected to firing to simulate porcelain veneering firing. Strain gauges were bonded around the implants, and microstrain values (mu epsilon = 10(-6)epsilon) were recorded after welding (M1), oxidation cycle (M2), and glaze firing (M3). Data were statistically analyzed (2-way analysis of variance, Bonferroni, alpha = 0.05).Results: The microstrain value in the CG at M3 (475.2 mu epsilon) was significantly different from the values observed at M1 (355.6 mu epsilon) and M2 (413.9 mu epsilon). The values at M2 and M3 in the CG were not statistically different. Microstrain values recorded at different moments (M1: 361.6 mu epsilon/M2: 335.3 mu epsilon/M3: 307.2 mu epsilon) did not show significant difference.Conclusions: The framework misfit deteriorates during firing cycles of porcelain veneering. Metal distortion after porcelain veneering could be controlled by preheat treatment. (Implant Dent 2012;21:225-229)

Two phase transitions in (d(x2-y2)+is)-wave superconductors

We study numerically the temperature dependencies of specific heat, susceptibility, penetration depth, and thermal conductivity of a coupled (d(x2-y2) + is)-wave Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) superconductor in the presence of a weak s-wave component (1) on square lattice and (2) on a lattice with orthorhombic distortion. As the temperature is lowered past the critical temperature T-c, a less ordered superconducting phase is created in d(x2-y2) wave, which changes to a more ordered phase in (d(x2-y2) + is) wave at T-c1. This manifests in two second-order phase transitions. The two phase transitions are identified by two jumps in specific heat at T-c and T-c1. The temperature dependencies of the superconducting observables exhibit a change from power-law to exponential behavior as temperature is lowered below T-c1 and confirm the new phase transition. (C) 1999 Elsevier B.V. B.V. All rights reserved.

Gap solitons in a model of a superfluid fermion gas in optical lattices

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Cosmological forecasts from photometric measurements of the angular correlation function

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Photoluminescence properties of PZT 52/48 synthesized by microwave hydrothermal method using PVA with template

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Strain and vacancy cluster behavior of vanadium and tungsten-doped Ba[Zr(0.10)Ti(0.90)]O(3) ceramics

Strain and vacancy clusters behavior of polycrystalline vanadium (V) and tungsten (W)-doped Ba[Zr(0.10)Ti(0.90)]O(3), (BZT:2%V) and (BZT:2%W) ceramics obtained by the mixed oxide method was evaluated. Substitution of V and W reduces the distortion of octahedral clusters, decreasing the Raman modes. Electron paramagnetic resonance data indicate that the addition of dopants leads to defects and symmetry changes in the BZT lattice. Remnant polarization and coercive field are affected by V and W substitution due the electron-relaxation mode. The unipolar strain E curves as a function of electric field reach its maximum value for BZT:2%V and BZT:2%W ceramics. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.

Structural XANES characterization of Ca0.99Sm0.01TiO3 perovskite and correlation with photoluminescence emission

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Rietveld analysis of mechanically activated BaCO(3)-TiO(2) system

BaTiO(3) powders were prepared through mechanical activation chemistry and analyzed by Rietveld refinement with X-ray diffraction data. Raw BaCO(3) and TiO(2) powders were dry milled for 5 and 20 h and then calcinated for 2 and 4 h at 800 degrees C. The milling process was found to have broken up the BaCO(3) and TiO(2) crystals into smaller crystals and formed only small amounts ( 1.5 wt%) of BaTiO(3). Subsequence calcinations for 2 and 4 h at 800 degrees C successfully produced large amounts (>97.7 wt%) of BaTiO(3) crystals. The calcination process also generated microstrains and crystallite-size anisotropy in BaTiO(3). An increase in the calcination time from 2 to 4 h increased the BaTiO(3) weight percentage and the crystal lite-shape anisotropy, but decreased the tetragonal distortion anisotropic microstrains in BaTiO(3) crystals. (C) 2008 International Centre for Diffraction Data.

Synthesis of Fine Micro-sized BaZrO3 Powders Based on a Decaoctahedron Shape by the Microwave-Assisted Hydrothermal Method

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Improvement of fatigue resistance on La modified BiFeO(3) thin films

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Molecular structures and vibrational frequencies for [PdX2(tdmPz)] (X = Cl-, SCN-): A DFT study

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Último Desejo e Testamento de Wilhelm Reich

O objetivo desta tradução é contribuir para a divulgação do pensamento do médico psiquiatra e inicialmente, psicanalista, Wilhelm Reich. Nascido em 24 de março de 1897, em parte da Galícia pertencente ao Império austro-húngaro, Reich morreu na prisão em 03 de novembro de 1957 nos Estados Unidos da América. Contudo, poucos meses antes do ataque cardíaco que o levou à morte, Reich legou sua obra às crianças do futuro em testamento assinado em 08 de março de 1957, onde registrou seus últimos desejos sob o testemunho de Willian Moise, Michael Silvert e Willian Steig, temendo possíveis distorções, difamações, adulterações e destruição de seus escritos após a sua morte.

O efeito das orelhas externa e média nas emissões otoacústicas

Características como a freqüência de ressonância da orelha externa e da orelha média podem interferir na captação das emissões otoacústicas. OBJETIVO: Investigar a influência da freqüência de ressonância da orelha externa e da orelha média na resposta das emissões otoacústicas. DESENHO CIENTÍFICO: Estudo de série, prospectivo, clínico. MATERIAL E MÉTODO: Foram feitas medidas com microfone-sonda na orelha externa, timpanometria de multifreqüência e teste de emissões otoacústicas por transitório e produto de distorção em 19 orelhas direitas e 20 orelhas esquerdas de indivíduos do sexo masculino e 23 orelhas direitas e 23 orelhas esquerdas de indivíduos do sexo feminino com 17 a 30 anos. As 85 orelhas eram audiologicamente normais. RESULTADOS: Não foram observadas relações estatisticamente significantes entre a melhor freqüência de emissões otoacústicas e a freqüência de ressonância da orelha externa oclusa e da orelha média. CONCLUSÃO: Os níveis de respostas das emissões otoacústicas por transitório e produto de distorção não são influenciadas apenas pela ressonância da orelha externa e da orelha média.