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Fermentative characteristics and chemical composition of cochineal nopal cactus silage containing chemical and microbial additives
- W. C. C. S. Sá, E. M. Santos, J. S. de Oliveira, G. G. L. de Araujo, A. F. Perazzo, A. L. da Silva, D. M. Pereira, J. M. César Neto, F. N. S. Santos, G. M. Leite
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- The Journal of Agricultural Science / Volume 158 / Issue 7 / September 2020
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- 28 October 2020, pp. 574-582
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the fermentative characteristics and chemical composition of cochineal nopal cactus silage additives with urea or Lactobacillus buchneri (LB), as well as the association of both additives in four storage times (7, 15, 60 and 120 days) and during aerobic stability, with evaluations at 0, 48 and 96 h. Four silages were used: no additive, addition of 2% urea, addition of LB and addition of 2% urea and LB. The study was divided into two experiments: the first experiment evaluated the silages at different storage times, and the second experiment evaluated the silages during the aerobic stability test. In both experiments, the experimental design was completely randomized in a factorial scheme (4 × 4 and 4 × 3) with three replicates per treatment. After the ensiling process, lactic acid bacteria predominated in all treatments. The concentration of lactic acid increased significantly from 60 days of ensiling. The concentration of acetic acid varied significantly between the storage times only for the silages treated with urea and LB alone. The silage treated with urea maintained a constant pH value up to 120 days of storage. During the 96 h aerobic stability test, no breaking in the stability of silages was observed. The exclusive or associated use of urea and LB promotes improvement in the fermentative characteristics of cochineal nopal cactus silage, without major alterations in the chemical composition or interfering with the aerobic stability of the silages.
Trypanosoma rhipicephalis sp. nov. (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) isolated from Rhipicephalus microplus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Carolina R. Marotta, Priscilla N. Dos Santos, Matheus D. Cordeiro, Paulo Cesar M. Matos, Juliana Helena Da S. Barros, Maria De Fatima Madeira, Lesley Bell-Sakyi, Adivaldo H. Fonseca
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- Parasitology Open / Volume 4 / 2018
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- 11 January 2018, e2
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Parasites of the genus Trypanosoma are unicellular flagellated microorganisms of the Trypanosomatidae. This study describes an isolate of the genus Trypanosoma naturally infecting Rhipicephalus microplus ticks, characterized through molecular, morphological and biological analysis. Trypanosome cultures, designated strain P1RJ, were obtained by isolation from R. microplus haemolymph in cultures of the tick cell line IDE8. After isolation, strain P1RJ grew well axenically in L15B medium at temperatures of 30, 32 and 34 °C. The new trypanosome remained stable in axenic culture over 14 passages in L15B at 30 °C and was successfully cryopreserved and resuscitated. Morphometric analysis was performed on randomly selected developmental forms. 18S rRNA and 24Sα rDNA sequence analyses confirmed that strain P1RJ is a new species of the genus Trypanosoma. The nucleotide sequences described were submitted to Genbank. Pathogenicity, involvement in vertebrate hosts, epidemiology, developmental cycle and transmission mechanisms of strain P1RJ are still unknown. Therefore, more studies will be necessary to determine life cycle aspects of this trypanosome, for which we propose the name Trypanosoma rhipicephalis sp. nov.
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- By Krista Adamek, Ana Luisa K. Albernaz, J. Marcio Ayres†, Andrew J. Baker, Karen L. Bales, Adrian A. Barnett, Christopher Barton, John M. Bates, Jennie Becker, Bruna M. Bezerra, Júlio César Bicca-Marques, Richard Bodmer, Jean P. Boubli, Mark Bowler, Sarah A. Boyle, Christini Barbosa Caselli, Janice Chism, Elena P. Cunningham, José Maria C. da Silva, Lesa C. Davies, Nayara de Alcântara Cardoso, Manuella A. de Souza, Stella de la Torre, Ana Gabriela de Luna, Thomas R. Defler, Anthony Di Fiore, Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Stephen F. Ferrari, Wilsea M.B. Figueiredo-Ready, Tracy Frampton, Paul A. Garber, Brian W. Grafton, L. Tremaine Gregory, Maria L. Harada, Amy Harrison-Levine, Walter C. Hartwig, Stefanie Heiduck, Eckhard W. Heymann, André Hirsch, Leandro Jerusalinsky, Gareth Jones, Richard F. Kay, Martin M. Kowalewski, Shawn M. Lehman, Laura Marsh, Jesús Martinez, William A. Mason, Hope Matthews, Wynlyn McBride, Shona McCann-Wood, W. Scott McGraw, D. Jeffrey Meldrum, Sally P. Mendoza, Nohelia Mercado, Russell A. Mittermeier, Mirjam N. Nadjafzadeh, Marilyn A. Norconk, Robert Gary Norman, Marcela Oliveira, Marcelo M. Oliveira, Maria Juliana Ospina Rodríguez, Erwin Palacios, Suzanne Palminteri, Liliam P. Pinto, Marcio Port-Carvalho, Leila Porter, Carlos Portillo-Quintero, George Powell, Ghillean T. Prance, Rodrigo C. Printes, Pablo Puertas, P. Kirsten Pullen, Helder L. Queiroz, Luis Reginaldo R. Rodrigues, Adriana Rodríguez, Alfred L. Rosenberger, Anthony B. Rylands, Ricardo R. Santos, Horacio Schneider, Eleonore Z.F. Setz, Suleima S.B. Silva, José S. Silva Júnior, Andrew T. Smith, Marcelo C. Sousa, Antonio S. Souto, Wilson R. Spironello, Masanaru Takai, Marcelo F. Tejedor, Cynthia L. Thompson, Diego G. Tirira, Raul Tupayachi, Bernardo Urbani, Liza M. Veiga, Marianela Velilla, João Valsecchi, Jean-Christophe Vié, Tatiana M. Vieira, Suzanne E. Walker-Pacheco, Rob Wallace, Patricia C. Wright, Charles E. Zartman
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- Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Titis, Sakis and Uacaris
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Assessment of the radiological impact of a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Italy
- A. Petraglia, C. Sabbarese, M. De Cesare, N. De Cesare, F. Quinto, F. Terrasi, A. D'onofrio, P. Steier, L. K. Fifield, A. M. Esposito
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- Radioprotection / Volume 47 / Issue 2 / April 2012
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- 04 July 2012, pp. 285-297
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The assessment of the radiological impact of a decommissioned nuclear power plant is presented here through the results of an environmental monitoring survey carried out in the area surrounding the Garigliano Power Plant. The levels of radioactivity in soil, water, air and other environmental matrices are shown, in which α, β and γ activity and the γ equivalent dose rate are measured. Radioactivity levels of the samples from the Garigliano area are analyzed and then compared with those from a control zone situated more than 100 km away. Moreover, a comparison is made with a previous survey carried out in 2001. The analyses and comparisons show no significant alteration in the radiological characteristics of the area surrounding the plant, with the overall radioactivity depending mainly on the global fallout and natural sources.
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- By Rose Teteki Abbey, K. C. Abraham, David Tuesday Adamo, LeRoy H. Aden, Efrain Agosto, Victor Aguilan, Gillian T. W. Ahlgren, Charanjit Kaur AjitSingh, Dorothy B E A Akoto, Giuseppe Alberigo, Daniel E. Albrecht, Ruth Albrecht, Daniel O. Aleshire, Urs Altermatt, Anand Amaladass, Michael Amaladoss, James N. Amanze, Lesley G. Anderson, Thomas C. Anderson, Victor Anderson, Hope S. Antone, María Pilar Aquino, Paula Arai, Victorio Araya Guillén, S. Wesley Ariarajah, Ellen T. Armour, Brett Gregory Armstrong, Atsuhiro Asano, Naim Stifan Ateek, Mahmoud Ayoub, John Alembillah Azumah, Mercedes L. García Bachmann, Irena Backus, J. Wayne Baker, Mieke Bal, Lewis V. Baldwin, William Barbieri, António Barbosa da Silva, David Basinger, Bolaji Olukemi Bateye, Oswald Bayer, Daniel H. Bays, Rosalie Beck, Nancy Elizabeth Bedford, Guy-Thomas Bedouelle, Chorbishop Seely Beggiani, Wolfgang Behringer, Christopher M. Bellitto, Byard Bennett, Harold V. Bennett, Teresa Berger, Miguel A. Bernad, Henley Bernard, Alan E. Bernstein, Jon L. Berquist, Johannes Beutler, Ana María Bidegain, Matthew P. Binkewicz, Jennifer Bird, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Dmytro Bondarenko, Paulo Bonfatti, Riet en Pim Bons-Storm, Jessica A. Boon, Marcus J. Borg, Mark Bosco, Peter C. Bouteneff, François Bovon, William D. Bowman, Paul S. Boyer, David Brakke, Richard E. Brantley, Marcus Braybrooke, Ian Breward, Ênio José da Costa Brito, Jewel Spears Brooker, Johannes Brosseder, Nicholas Canfield Read Brown, Robert F. Brown, Pamela K. Brubaker, Walter Brueggemann, Bishop Colin O. Buchanan, Stanley M. Burgess, Amy Nelson Burnett, J. Patout Burns, David B. Burrell, David Buttrick, James P. Byrd, Lavinia Byrne, Gerado Caetano, Marcos Caldas, Alkiviadis Calivas, William J. Callahan, Salvatore Calomino, Euan K. Cameron, William S. Campbell, Marcelo Ayres Camurça, Daniel F. Caner, Paul E. Capetz, Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, Patrick W. Carey, Barbara Carvill, Hal Cauthron, Subhadra Mitra Channa, Mark D. 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Yee, Viktor Yelensky, Yeo Khiok-Khng, Gustav K. K. Yeung, Angela Yiu, Amos Yong, Yong Ting Jin, You Bin, Youhanna Nessim Youssef, Eliana Yunes, Robert Michael Zaller, Valarie H. Ziegler, Barbara Brown Zikmund, Joyce Ann Zimmerman, Aurora Zlotnik, Zhuo Xinping
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Optimization of 236U AMS at CIRCE
- M De Cesare, Y Guan, F Quinto, C Sabbarese, N De Cesare, A D'Onofrio, L Gialanella, A Petraglia, V Roca, F Terrasi
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- Radiocarbon / Volume 52 / Issue 2 / 2010
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- 18 July 2016, pp. 286-294
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Actinide isotopes are present in environmental samples at ultra-trace levels (236U concentration is quoted to be on the order of pg/kg or fg/kg). Their detection requires the resolution of mass spectrometry (MS) techniques, but only accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) has the sensitivity required. In order to perform the isotopic ratio measurements of actinides, such as 236U/238U, an upgrade of the Center for Isotopic Research on Cultural and Environmental Heritage accelerator (CIRCE) in Caserta, Italy, has been performed. The system was originally equipped for radiocarbon AMS measurements. The main difficulty of AMS measurement of 236U is the intense neighboring beam of 238U. Although most of the 238U ions are suppressed by means of magnetic and electrostatic elements, a small fraction of this intense beam can interfere with the rare isotopes. This paper reports the preliminary results of the 236U/238U isotopic ratio measurement limit (<5.6 x 10–11), aimed also to better understand the origin of background ions. For this purpose, a large 16-strip silicon detector providing spatial resolution has been used. In addition, calculations to assess the performance of the system obtained by adding a high-resolution time of flight-energy (TOF-E) detector are discussed.
Zinc Reduction as an Alternative Method for AMS Radiocarbon Dating: Process Optimization at Circe
- F Marzaioli, G Borriello, I Passariello, C Lubritto, N De Cesare, A D'Onofrio, F Terrasi
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- Radiocarbon / Volume 50 / Issue 1 / 2008
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- 18 July 2016, pp. 139-149
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The pretreatment of samples for radiocarbon measurements, transforming a variety of materials into graphite solid targets, represents a critical point in the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) procedure. We describe the new, state-of-the-art CIRCE AMS preparation laboratory, particularly the setup and optimization of an alternative method, the zinc reduction method, for graphite target production, compared to the more common hydrogen reduction method. Measured 14C values on standard and blank samples reduced via zinc reaction revealed mean background levels, accuracy, and sensitivity comparable to those obtained by our conventional hydrogen reaction lines. Zinc line reduction at the CIRCE laboratory represents an effective and powerful alternative to the conventional hydrogen reduction, ensuring higher sample throughput with lower costs at a comparable performance level.
HgI2 Two-Dimensional Arrays Based on Resistive Charge Division Readout
- S. Alfieri, N. De Cesare, D. Grassi, E. Perillo, G; Spadaccini, M. Vigilante, W. Dusi, M. Amann, J. M. Koebel, P. Siffert
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 487 / 1997
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Newly designed HgI2 two-dimensional arrays based on resistive charge division, obtained by depositing a Ge surface resistive layer between the readout Pd strips, have been fabricated. These detectors, coupled with very low noise preamplifiers, have shown a high detection efficiency over a large active area and an energy resolution of 15% for X-ray energy Ex =60 keV (241Am), becoming ≈ 9% at Ex = 122 keV (57Co). Further, a spatial sensitivity of ≈ 5 μm and a spatial resolution of ≈ 40 μim in both the directions parallel to the anode and to the cathode strips have been obtained at an energy equivalent to ≈ 40 keV, by making use, for a fine spatial characterization of the devices, of a laser beam spot with wavelength tuned to match the crystal bandgap (582 nm). These devices, with optimized cathode layer resistances, could be successfully employed in basic research (for example Bragg X-ray spectrometry) and for imaging in radiological and space applications, at least in the important energy range 40 <Ex <120 keV.
Spectroscopic Response Versus Interelectrodic Charge Formation Position in CdTe Detectors
- N. Auricchio, E. Caroli, G. De Cesare, W. Dusi, D. Grassi, M. Hage-Ali, E. Perillo, P. Siffert, G. Spadaccini
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 487 / 1997
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- 10 February 2011, 309
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- 1997
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The electron-hole pair production energy (∼ 4.43 eV) in cadmium telluride semiconductor based detector would allow, in principle, to achieve spectroscopic performance close to germanium. In fact the material impurities, crystal lattice defects and low charge mobility, mainly for holes, can severely degrade the spectroscopic properties through charge trapping/detrapping and recombination phenomena, limiting the usable distance between the electrodes. The charge collection efficiency depends, following the Hecht relation, on the distance between the charge production location and the collecting cathode; we have studied the dependence of some CdTe spectroscopic parameters (energy resolution, photo-peak gain and efficiency) from this distance. A set of experimental tests were performed using a well collimated photon beam. The beam spot, obtained from a 57Co radioactive source through a thick (20 mm) tungsten collimator having a 0.2×2 mm window, was positioned between the two electrodes of a CdTe crystal of size 3×5×2 mm3, with the electrodes deposited on the 3×5 mm2 sides.
The detector was irradiated on the face having the area of 2×3 mm2, in the arrangement with the collecting field orthogonal to the incoming radiation (PTF configuration), and the largest side of the spot parallel to the electrode plane. Using a micro-positioning system a fine scanning of the interelectrodic region was performed.
In order to evaluate the detector behavior in a wider energy range, further tests using energies between 14 keV to 662 keV have been performed.
The results of these measurements are presented and discussed in order to emphasize a method to improve CdTe detector spectroscopic capabilities and to understand the detection behavior
Fabrication of Photoluminescent Amorphous Pillar Silicon Structures
- S. Lazarouk, S. Katsuba, N. Kazuchits, G. De Cesare, S.La Monica, G. Maiello, E. Proverbio, A. Ferrari
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 358 / 1994
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- 28 February 2011, 93
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- 1994
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Fabrication of amorphous pillar silicon structures showing visible photoluminescence (PL) by naked eye is reported. Some attempts involving silicon etching processes were previously performed by other authors, but PL from the resulting pillar structures was never observed.
The pillar silicon structures were grown by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition (PECVD) of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) over the surface of porous aluminum oxide films, previously formed by anodization process. Alumina pore dimensions varied between 4-200 nm, depending on the parameters of the anodization process. The size of the grown a-Si:H pillars was quite homogeneous and could be tightly controlled by the anodization conditions. Immediately after PECVD process, PL from the pillar structure was very weak and not visible by naked eye, but after a short electrochemical treatment in 1% wt HF at 2 mA/cm2 it became quite bright and visible at normal daylight. A red shift, very similar to the one shown by porous silicon formed on monocrystalline substrates, was observed during samples drying after the electrochemical treatment.