Split-aperture laser pulse compressor design tolerant to alignment and line-density differences

We introduce a four-pass laser pulse compressor design based on two grating apertures with two gratings per aperture that is tolerant to some alignment errors and, importantly, to grating-to-grating period variations. Each half-beam samples each grating in a diamond-shaped compressor that is symmetric about a central bisecting plane. For any given grating, the two half-beams impinge on opposite sides of its surface normal. It is shown that the two split beams have no pointing difference from paired gratings with different periods. Furthermore, no phase shift between half-beams is incurred as long as the planes containing a grating line and the surface normal for each grating of the pair are parallel. For grating pairs satisfying this condition, gratings surfaces need not be on the same plane, as changes in the gap between the two can compensate to bring the beams back in phase. © 2008 Optical Society of America.

Assembly of viral genomes from metagenomes

Viral infections remain a serious global health issue. Metagenomic approaches are increasingly used in the detection of novel viral pathogens but also to generate complete genomes of uncultivated viruses. In silico identification of complete viral genomes from sequence data would allow rapid phylogenetic characterization of these new viruses. Often, however, complete viral genomes are not recovered, but rather several distinct contigs derived from a single entity are, some of which have no sequence homology to any known proteins. De novo assembly of single viruses from a metagenome is challenging, not only because of the lack of a reference genome, but also because of intrapopulation variation and uneven or insufficient coverage. Here we explored different assembly algorithms, remote homology searches, genome-specific sequence motifs, k-mer frequency ranking, and coverage profile binning to detect and obtain viral target genomes from metagenomes. All methods were tested on 454-generated sequencing datasets containing three recently described RNA viruses with a relatively large genome which were divergent to previously known viruses from the viral families Rhabdoviridae and Coronaviridae. Depending on specific characteristics of the target virus and the metagenomic community, different assembly and in silico gap closure strategies were successful in obtaining near complete viral genomes.

Auto-ensamblaje de unidades porfirínicas para la obtención de dispositivos supramoleculares

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Self-assembly of metallated TPP porphyrin by external dipyridyl ligands

Póster presentado en: XXII International Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (UICr), 22–30 Agosto 2011. Madrid, España

Self-assembly of metalloporphyrins: first TPP-bipy coordination polymer with CoII (TPP=meso-tetraphenylporphyrin and bipy=4,4´-bipyridine)

Póster presentado en: 11th International Symposium on Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry. 2-5 Diciembre 2011. Barcelona, España (ISABC 2011)

Pesca experimental de atum com "long line" na ZEE moçambicana

Results of the analysis of statistical data gathered aboard 2 crafts licensed for experimental commercial tuna fishing with long-line in the EEZ of Mozambique are presented.

Line-width reduction of a laser diode array using an external cavity with two feedback mirrors

A novel Littman-Metcalf external cavity laser diode array with two feedback mirrors is introduced. The line-width broadening effect caused by smile can be reduced by the novel external cavity. At the drive current of 16A, the line-width is narrowed to 0.1nm from free-running width of 1.6nm with output efficiency of 84%.

Educação e autonomia no ciberespaço : interrogações sobre a EAD on-line

A presente tese parte do conceito de autonomia, de Cornelius Castoriadis, com o objetivo de produzir interrogações sobre EAD on-line e seu potencial inovador, principalmente no que diz respeito ao possível fortalecimento de uma educação mais democrática e do favorecimento da construção da autonomia do aluno auxiliada pelas novas tecnologias. Para realizar os objetivos que são os seus, o presente estudo propõe-se a refletir sobre as características do modelo de formação humana que, emergindo dos documentos oficiais e da farta literatura que vem sendo produzida para introduzir a EAD on-line nos cursos superiores públicos e privados no país. A intenção manifesta é a de tentar examinar os possíveis avanços e retrocessos que muitas propostas de EAD on-line apresentam para o processo de autonomia do sujeito atualmente no Brasil. Para tentar cumprir os objetivos apresentados, foi realizado o exame de parte da vasta produção acadêmica sobre o tema, dando especial atenção aos escritos que trata do ciberespaço e da cibercultura, destacando-se nesses trabalhos as elaborações de Pierre Lévy, um dos autores mais citados pela literatura especializada. Para aprofundar as reflexões críticas sobre a questão antropológica, usamos o referencial winnicottiano da construção da singularidade, e a reflexão de Hannah Arendt sobre a dimensão política da educação.