Clarke's alpha, beta and zero components: A possible approach for the conceptual design of instrumentation compatible with IEEE Std. 1459-2000

The paper explains the conceptual design of instrumentation that measures electric quantities defined in the trial-use Std. 1459-2000. It is shown how the Instantaneous-Space-Phasor (ISP) approach, based on α, β, 0 components, can be used to monitor electric energy flow, evaluate the utilization of transmission line and quantify the level of harmonic pollution injected by nonlinear loads.

2,3,4,6-Tetra-O-(3-nitropropanoyl)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, a new antimicrobial from the roots of Heteropteris aphrodisiaca

A new 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-(3-nitropropanoyl)-O-β-D-glucopyranoside anomer was isolated from the roots of Heteropteris aphrodisiaca and characterized by spectroscopic methods. Activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. krusei, and C. tropicalis was demonstrated.

Focando na variação: Métodos e aplicações do conceito de diversidade beta em ecossistemas aquáticos

Ecologists usually estimate means, but devote much less attention to variation. The study of variation is a key aspect to understand natural systems and to make predictions regarding them. In community ecology, most studies focus on local species diversity (alpha diversity), but only in recent decades have ecologists devoted proper attention to variation in community composition among sites (beta diversity). This is in spite of the fact that the first attempts to estimate beta diversity date back to the pioneering work by Koch and Whittaker in the 1950s. Progress in the last decade has been made in the development both of methods and of hypotheses about the origin and maintenance of variation in community composition. For instance, methods are available to partition total diversity in a region (gamma diversity), in a local component (alpha), and several beta diversities, each corresponding to one scale in a hierarchy. The popularization of the so-called raw-data approach (based on partial constrained ordination techniques) and the distance-based approach (based on correlation of dissimilarity/distance matrices) have allowed many ecologists to address current hypotheses about beta diversity patterns. Overall, these hypotheses are based on niche and neutral theory, accounting for the relative roles of environmental and spatial processes (or a combination of them) in shaping metacommunities. Recent studies have addressed these issues on a variety of spatial and temporal scales, habitats and taxonomic groups. Moreover, life history and functional traits of species such as dispersal abilities and rarity have begun to be considered in studies of beta diversity. In this article we briefly review some of these new tools and approaches developed in recent years, and illustrate them by using case studies in aquatic ecosystems.

Utilização do 'beta' - glucano sobre o desempemho produtivo, indicadores de estresse, perfil hematológico e sobrevivência do pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

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

Frequência dos mutantes C282Y e H63D do gene HFE e sua influência no metabolismo do ferro e na expressão da beta talassemia heterozigota

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Detecção de genes de beta-lactamases de amplo espectro em Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistentes aos carbapenêmicos isoladas em São José do Rio Preto - SP

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Foto e eletroluminescência de complexos de samário, európio e gadolínio trivalentes com a beta-dicetona tta e o fosfinóxido quelante dppmo

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

'Beta'-D-frutofuranosidases de Fusarium graminearum: produção, purificação, imobilização e determinação das propriedades bioquímicas de enzimas solúveis e secas em Spray dryer

Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia - IQ

Produção de beta-glucanases por Trichoderma harzianum Rifai para obtenção gluco-oligossacarídeos a partir de botriosferana

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

Estresse oxidativo em pacientes beta talassêmicos heterozigotos e com deficiência de glicose-6-fosfato desidrogenase

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estudo agronômico de fáfia (Pfaffia glomerata (Spreng) Pedersen: sazonalidade na produção de raízes e conteúdo de' Beta'- ecdisona em diferentes acessos de São Paulo, Paraná e Mato Grosso do Sul

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Horticultura) - FCA

Genetic relationships among native americans based on beta-globin gene cluster haplotype frequencies

The distribution of b-globin gene haplotypes was studied in 209 Amerindians from eight tribes of the Brazilian Amazon: Asurini from Xingú, Awá-Guajá, Parakanã, Urubú-Kaapór, Zoé, Kayapó (Xikrin from the Bacajá village), Katuena, and Tiriyó. Nine different haplotypes were found, two of which (n. 11 and 13) had not been previously identified in Brazilian indigenous populations. Haplotype 2 (+ - - - -) was the most common in all groups studied, with frequencies varying from 70% to 100%, followed by haplotype 6 (- + + - +), with frequencies between 7% and 18%. The frequency distribution of the b-globin gene haplotypes in the eighteen Brazilian Amerindian populations studied to date is characterized by a reduced number of haplotypes (average of 3.5) and low levels of heterozygosity and intrapopulational differentiation, with a single clearly predominant haplotype in most tribes (haplotype 2). The Parakanã, Urubú-Kaapór, Tiriyó and Xavante tribes constitute exceptions, presenting at least four haplotypes with relatively high frequencies. The closest genetic relationships were observed between the Brazilian and the Colombian Amerindians (Wayuu, Kamsa and Inga), and, to a lesser extent, with the Huichol of Mexico. North-American Amerindians are more differentiated and clearly separated from all other tribes, except the Xavante, from Brazil, and the Mapuche, from Argentina. A restricted pool of ancestral haplotypes may explain the low diversity observed among most present-day Brazilian and Colombian Amerindian groups, while interethnic admixture could be the most important factor to explain the high number of haplotypes and high levels of diversity observed in some South-American and most North-American tribes.

Ação de beta-glucanos em leitões recém-desmamados alimentados com dietas com diferentes densidades nutricionais

Pós-graduação em Zootecnia - FMVZ

Medidas de não-linearidades utilizando a técnica de varredura-Z aplicada a mistura ácido oleico e beta-caroteno

Neste trabalho utilizamos a técnica de varredura-Z para a determinação dos parâmetros ópticos não-lineares (índice de refração não-linear e coeficiente de absorção não-linear) do ácido oleico e das soluções de beta-caroteno diluído em ácido oleico. As concentrações das soluções estudadas foram as seguintes: 0, 5:6, 11:3, 22:5, 30, 45 e 60 μg=ml, os índices de refração foram calculados levando-se em consideração os dados experimentais e o modelo teórico previsto por Sheik-Bahae. As soluções de ácido oleico puro e de ácido oleico com beta-caroteno (60 μg=ml) apresentaram absorção não-linear e seus respectivos coeficientes foram calculados. Obtivemos também os índices de refração não-linear para os óleos de andiroba, buriti e copaíba, todos nativos da região Amazônica.

Análise morfológica das células beta-pancreáticas de ratas diabéticas em diferentes idades de vida

Pós-graduação em Ginecologia, Obstetrícia e Mastologia - FMB