The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: NGC 346-013 as a test case for massive close binary evolution

Context. NGC 346-013 is a peculiar double-lined eclipsing binary in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) discovered by the VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars.

Modelos de justicia y sistema jurídico Wayuú

Modelo utilizado por los indígenas wayuú, donde existe una institución encargada de resolver los conflictos intraétnicos, que tiene un origen mítico pero goza de tanta credibilidad y confianza, que hace imposible que caiga en desuso

Sistemas de contratación en la comunidad indígena Wayuu

Las minorías cada día han venido teniendo mayor fuerza y reconocimiento en nuestra nación, sin embargo, el desconocimiento de su forma de vida y de su organización social y económica no ha permitido una real aceptación de sus sistemas jurídicos

The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: observations centered on the Magellanic Cloud clusters NGC 330, NGC 346, NGC 2004, and the N11 region

We present new observations of 470 stars using the Fibre Large Array Multi-Element Spectrograph ( FLAMES) instrument in fields centered on the clusters NGC330 and NGC346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), and NGC2004 and the N11 region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A further 14 stars were observed in the N11 and NGC330 fields using the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) for a separate programme. Spectral classifications and stellar radial velocities are given for each target, with careful attention to checks for binarity. In particular, we have investigated previously unexplored regions around the central LH9/LH10 complex of N11, finding similar to 25 new O-type stars from our spectroscopy. We have observed a relatively large number of Be-type stars that display permitted Fe II emission lines. These are primarily not in the cluster cores and appear to be associated with classical Be-type stars, rather than pre main-sequence objects. The presence of the Fe II emission, as compared to the equivalent width of Ha, is not obviously dependent on metallicity. We have also explored the relative fraction of Be- to normal B-type stars in the field-regions near to NGC330 and NGC2004, finding no strong evidence of a trend with metallicity when compared to Galactic results. A consequence of service observations is that we have reasonable time-sampling in three of our FLAMES fields. We find lower limits to the binary fraction of O- and early B-type stars of 23 to 36%. One of our targets (NGC346-013) is especially interesting with a massive, apparently hotter, less luminous secondary component.

ACE research vignette 013 : does policy for women's entrepreneurship promote gender equality, or not?

This series of research vignettes is aimed at sharing current and interesting research findings from our team and other international Entrepreneurship researchers. In this vignette, Professor Helene Ahl from Jonkoping University considers the consequences for gender equality of policy for women's entrepreneurship in two countries with distinctly different welfare state regimes.

Teología, 1968, Tomo VI nº 013 (número completo)

Presentación / Juan F. Radrizzani -- Interpretación cristiana de los signos de los tiempos en América Latina / Eduardo F. Pironio -- Eucaristía y vida cotidiana / Lucio Gera -- El diálogo y la Verdad / Eduardo Briancesco -- La Iglesia: de los Hechos de los Apóstoles al Vaticano II / Féliz Casa -- Posibilidades de aplicar la “capacidad creadora” al Plan de Pastoral / Justino O´Farrell -- La consagración episcopal de Medrano en el Brasil (1830) / Américo Tonda -- Instauración del diaconado permanente en América Latina / Carmelo J. Giaquinta -- Primera Semana nacional de Teología Estanislao Karlic -- Crónica de la Facultad de Teología -- Notas bibliográficas -- Libros recibidos

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 013]

A Comissão da Ordem Econômica da Assembleia Nacional Constituinte (ANC) tem a função de propor um novo modelo econômico brasileiro. Os constituintes terão que definir o papel do Estado na economia. Muitos acham que o Estado deve ter um controle direto sobre o desenvolvimento do país, outros que a iniciativa privada é a base de sustentação do avanço econômico brasileiro. O Senador Severo Gomes (PMDB-SP), relator da Comissão da Ordem Econômica, defende a modernização com o aperfeiçoamento de algumas questões para que a futura Constituição tenha um caráter progressista com a visão voltada para a maioria da população. A Comissão é dividida em três Subcomissões: De Princípios Gerais, Intervenção do Estado, Regime da Propriedade, do Subsolo e da Atividade Econômica; Da Questão Urbana e Transporte, e Da Política Agrícola e Fundiária e da Reforma Agrária. O Deputado José Lins (PFL-CE) disse que o importante é a produção da terra. Severo Gomes (PMDB-SP) acredita que a nova Constituição irá traduzir o pensamento do povo brasileiro.

C165 INST-D 2013. 346 Surtido de sombreros tradicionales tejidos en fibras vegetales de fique, estropajo, amero de maíz, palmas e hilo, calceta de plátano y otras fibras vegetales.

15 fotografías, diez a color.

A search for star formation around the Galactic halo B-type star PHL 346 with the 2dF spectrograph

A preliminary search for stars that may have formed coevally with the apparently young halo B-type star PHL 346 has been performed with the 2dF multifibre spectrograph on the Anglo- Australian Telescope (AAT). Candidates were selected for spectroscopy from APM scans of B and R Schmidt plates centred on PHL 346. A total of 476 stars of spectral type A or F were found; radial velocity estimates and more accurate spectral type assignments narrowed the number of possible coeval candidates to 6 A-type and 14 F-type stars. A statistical analysis of these results using a comparison with a control field suggests that the number of A-type or F-type candidate stars around PHL 346 is not unexpected, and that they need not be associated with PHL 346. A number of ways to improve the project are suggested.

SGK1 activity in Na+ absorbing airway epithelial cells monitored by assaying NDRG1-Thr(346/356/366) phosphorylation

Studies of HeLa cells and serum- and glucocorticoid-regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) knockout mice identified threonine residues in the n-myc downstream-regulated gene 1 protein (NDRG1-Thr(346/356/366)) that are phosphorylated by SGK1 but not by related kinases (Murray et al., Biochem J 385:1-12, 2005). We have, therefore, monitored the phosphorylation of NDRG1-Thr(346/356/366) in order to explore the changes in SGK1 activity associated with the induction and regulation of the glucocorticoid-dependent Na+ conductance (G (Na)) in human airway epithelial cells. Transient expression of active (SGK1-S422D) and inactive (SGK1-K127A) SGK1 mutants confirmed that activating SGK1 stimulates NDRG1-Thr(346/356/366) phosphorylation. Although G (Na) is negligible in hormone-deprived cells, these cells displayed basal SGK1 activity that was sensitive to LY294002, an inhibitor of 3-phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase (PI3K). Dexamethasone (0.2 mu M) acutely activated SGK1 and the peak of this response (2-3 h) coincided with the induction of G (Na), and both responses were PI3K-dependent. While these data suggest that SGK1 might mediate the rise in G (Na), transient expression of the inactive SGK1-K127A mutant did not affect the hormonal induction of G (Na) but did suppress the activation of SGK1. Dexamethasone-treated cells grown on permeable supports formed confluent epithelial sheets that generated short circuit current due to electrogenic Na+ absorption. Forskolin and insulin both stimulated this current and the response to insulin, but not forskolin, was LY294002-sensitive and associated with the activation of SGK1. While these data suggest that SGK1 is involved in the control of G (Na), its role may be minor, which could explain why sgk1 knockout has different effects upon different tissues.

ARCR 013

Dark brown sediment with a few clay rich areas. The clast size ranges from small to medium and clast shape ranges from angular to rounded. Lineations and comet structures are the most common micro-structures present in this sample. Edge-to-edge grain crushing, as well as crushed grains, can also be seen.

Les diplômés – no 346, été 1984

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Diferencias microbiológicas en pacientes con exacerbación severa de EPOC con o sin consolidación neumónica

La EPOC es una causa importante de morbilidad y mortalidad en el mundo y su prevalencia en Bogotá alcanza hasta 8,5%. Las exacerbaciones están asociadas a deterioro funcional y de la calidad de vida por lo que se consideran un factor cardinal de la enfermedad. En la literatura se ha descrito que las infecciones por bacterias y/o virus son las responsables del 78% de las exacerbaciones. Estos datos han sido descritos en poblaciones diferentes y no hay datos en la literatura que muestren cual es la epidemiología local de las exacerbaciones de EPOC y menos aún de aquellas que se asocian a consolidaciones neumónicas. Objetivo: Comparar la microbiología de las exacerbaciones severas de la EPOC que requieren ingreso a UCI con y sin infiltrados alveolares. Materiales y métodos: Estudio de corte transversal en el que se estudiaron pacientes con EPOC que ingresaron a la UCI Médica de la FCI-IC por exacerbación severa, asociada o no a infiltrados alveolares. Se tomaron muestras de microbiología, serológicas y radiografía de tórax para evaluar la etiología de la exacerbación, si se asocia a coinfección viral y a consolidación neumónica o no. Resultados: No se encontró una diferencia estadísticamente significativa en la microbiología de los diferentes grupos evaluados. Se encontró un resistencia global del 24% y llama la atención que hay una alta prevalencia de Serratia Marcescens AMPc entre los 2 grupos, germen que no está descrito como patógeno común en la literatura. Se encontraron diferencias en cuanto a factores de riesgo para presentar neumonía asociada como lo son un mayor índice de paquetes/año (55.1.6 vs. 36.3 paq/año, sig.=0.021). Así mismo se demostró que los pacientes con neumonía asociada presentan mayor necesidad de IOT (48.9 vs. 23.9, sig.=0.013). No hay diferencia significativa en desenlaces como mortalidad (20.5 vs. 13.0, sig.=0.346). Conclusiones: A pesar de no haber diferencia microbiológica entre los 2 grupos se encontraron variables como factores de riesgo y variables clínicas que pueden ayudar a proponer planes de manejo en los dos escenarios. El hecho de encontrar un paciente con neumonía asociada al cuadro de exacerbación no debe afectar en la toma de decisiones en relación al tratamiento antibiótico.