Cancro do tronco da lima ácida Tahiti.

Esta enfermidade afeta somente a lima ácida Tahiti não causando nenhum dano a outras variedades de citros, ainda que sejam cultivadas no mesmo pomar. Inicialmente registrada no Texas em 1987, foi relatada no Brasil em 1993 na comunidade de Lagoa do Cedro no estado da Bahia e o seu agente causal identificado como Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Atualmente já foi registrada em vários estados do Norte, do Nordeste e do Sudeste do Brasil

Linear Object Classes and Image Synthesis from a Single Example Image

The need to generate new views of a 3D object from a single real image arises in several fields, including graphics and object recognition. While the traditional approach relies on the use of 3D models, we have recently introduced techniques that are applicable under restricted conditions but simpler. The approach exploits image transformations that are specific to the relevant object class and learnable from example views of other "prototypical" objects of the same class. In this paper, we introduce such a new technique by extending the notion of linear class first proposed by Poggio and Vetter. For linear object classes it is shown that linear transformations can be learned exactly from a basis set of 2D prototypical views. We demonstrate the approach on artificial objects and then show preliminary evidence that the technique can effectively "rotate" high- resolution face images from a single 2D view.

CAPACITAÇÃO de profissionais da extensão rural em manejo integrado de insetos-praga (MIP) e de doenças (MID) associadas à cultura do milho no Brasil.

2010

Automatic Qualitative Analysis of Ordinary Differential Equations Using Piecewise Linear Approximations

This paper explores automating the qualitative analysis of physical systems. It describes a program, called PLR, that takes parameterized ordinary differential equations as input and produces a qualitative description of the solutions for all initial values. PLR approximates intractable nonlinear systems with piecewise linear ones, analyzes the approximations, and draws conclusions about the original systems. It chooses approximations that are accurate enough to reproduce the essential properties of their nonlinear prototypes, yet simple enough to be analyzed completely and efficiently. It derives additional properties, such as boundedness or periodicity, by theoretical methods. I demonstrate PLR on several common nonlinear systems and on published examples from mechanical engineering.

Human plasma proteome analysis by multidimensional chromatography prefractionation and linear ion trap mass spectrometry identification

A resurgence of interest in the human plasma proteome has occurred in recent years because it holds great promise of revolution in disease diagnosis and therapeutic monitoring. As one of the most powerful separation techniques, multidimensional liquid chromatography has attracted extensive attention, but most published works have focused on the fractionation of tryptic peptides. In this study, proteins from human plasma were prefractionated by online sequential strong cation exchange chromatography and reversed-phase chromatography. The resulting 30 samples were individually digested by trypsin, and analyzed by capillary reversed-phase liquid chromatography coupled with linear ion trap mass spectrometry. After meeting stringent criteria, a total of 1292 distinct proteins were successfully identified in our work, among which, some proteins known to be present in serum in < 10 ng/mL were detected. Compared with other works in published literatures, this analysis offered a more full-scale list of the plasma proteome. Considering our strategy allows high throughput of protein identification in serum, the prefractionation of proteins before MS analysis is a simple and effective method to facilitate human plasma proteome research.

Characteristics of elution profile in radial chromatography under linear conditions

Based on the mass balance equations of solute transfer in the radial chromatographic column, the theoretical expression to describe the column efficiency and shape of elution profile is obtained under linear isotherm case. Moreover, the tendency for the variation of column efficiency and symmetry of peak profile is systematically discussed. The results showed that in radial chromatography the relationship between the column efficiency and volumetric flow rate is similar with that relationship in axial chromatography; relatively high column efficiency still can be obtained under high flow rate in radial chromatography. Accompanying the increase of retention factor of solutes and injection time, the column efficiency decreases monotonously. The effect of column diameter and column length on the column efficiency interfere with each other. It is more advantageous to increase the column efficiency by applying columns with larger column diameter and shorter column length. According to the discussion of the effect of diffusion on the column efficiency, radial chromatography is proved to be suitable for the separation of samples with relatively high diffusion coefficient, which predicts its obvious advantage in the preparative separation of samples such as proteins and DNA.

Filtro de difusão complexa não-linear para atenuação de ruídos: implementação Java.

Filtro de difusão complexa não linear. Aspecto da implementação. Estudo de caso.

Filtro de difusão linear complexa para detecção de bordas: implementação Java.

O objetivo deste comunicado é mostrar a implementação Java do filtro de difusão linear complexa para a detecção de bordas.

Identification of phospholipid structures in human blood by direct-injection quadrupole-linear ion-trap mass spectrometry

Direct-injection electrospray ionization mass spectrometry in combination with information-dependent data acquisition (IDA), using a triple-quadrupole/linear ion trap combination, allows high-throughput qualitative analysis of complex phospholipid species from child whole blood. In the IDA experiments, scans to detect specific head groups (precursor ion or neutral loss scans) were used as survey scans to detect phospholipid classes. An enhanced resolution scan was then used to confirm the mass assignments, and the enhanced product ion scan was implemented as a dependent scan to determine the composition of each phospholipid class. These survey and dependent scans were performed sequentially and repeated for the entire duration of analysis, thus providing the maximum information from a single injection. In this way, 50 different phospholipids belonging to the phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin classes were identified in child whole blood. Copyright (C) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Irrigação: equipamento de deslocamento linear.

1998

Avaliação do crescimento da Teca (Tectona grandis L. F.) pela análise de tronco.

No Estado do Acre, o manejo da Teca é executado em plantios puros ou consorciados com espécies nativas. A espécie tem demonstrado boa resistência ao fogo, o que a torna importante para a região, devido à prática de queimadas de pastagens na Amazônia.

Uso da função discriminante linear na classificação dos fatores que determinam o êxodo rural.

A presente aplicacao da funcao discriminante linear na classificacao de fatores que determinam o exodo rural foi realizada a partir dos dados coletados em pequenas propriedades na regiao de Ouricuri, no alto sertao de Pernambuco. Dentro do complexo de problemas que condicionam o exodo rural foi escolhido um conjunto de variaveis que explicariam o fenomeno. Estas variaveis foram estudadas em duas populacoes (com exodo rural e sem exodo), para verificar em que grau se explica esse fenomeno. O objetivo do trabalho consistiu em testar instrumentos tecnicos e metodos estatisticos sobre problemas socio-economicos que possam ser usados posteriormente pelos orgaos de desenvolvimento.

Diretrizes para articulação pesquisa-extensão.

A identificacao de problemas de pesquisa; Desenvolvimento da pesquisa; Avaliacao dos resultados de pesquisa; A disseminacao da tecnologia.

Recovery of linear and nonlinear heart rate dynamics after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Background: Conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (C-CABG) and off-pump CABG (OPCAB) surgery may produce different patients' outcomes, including the extent of cardiac autonomic (CA) imbalance. the beneficial effects of an exercise-based inpatient programme on heart rate variability (HRV) for C-CABG patients have already been demonstrated by our group. However, there are no studies about the impact of a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on HRV behaviour after OPCAB. the aim of this study is to compare the influence of both operative techniques on HRV pattern following CR in the postoperative (PO) period.Methods: Cardiac autonomic function was evaluated by HRV indices pre- and post-CR in patients undergoing C-CABG (n = 15) and OPCAB (n = 13). All patients participated in a short-term(approximately 5 days) supervised CR programme of early mobilization, consisting of progressive exercises, from active-assistive movements at PO day 1 to climbing flights of stairs at PO day 5.Results: Both groups demonstrated a reduction in HRV following surgery. the CR programme promoted improvements in HRV indices at discharge for both groups. the OPCAB group presented with higher HRV values at discharge, compared to the C-CABG group, indicating a better recovery of CA function.Conclusion: Our data suggest that patients submitted to OPCAB and an inpatient CR programme present with greater improvement in CA function compared to C-CABG.

Qualitative Modelling of Linear Networks in Engineering Applications

Lee M.H., Qualitative Modelling of Linear Networks in Engineering Applications, in Proc. ECAI?2000, 14th European Conf. on Artificial Intelligence, Berlin, August 19th - 25th 2000, pp161-5.