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Hormonal alterations due to antipsychotic-related hyperprolactinemia
- A.L. Montejo, B. Buch, M.J. López, M.T. Arias, M.D. Corrales, E. Dominguez, C. Matos, B. Cortés, Y. Santana, I. Valrriberas, J. Matías, T. Prieto, J.M. Acosta
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 65 / Issue S1 / June 2022
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- 01 September 2022, p. S782
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Introduction
The use of antipsychotics (APS) is essential. Despite their great efficacy, some of them are associated with an increase in prolactin levels that can lead to hormonal changes needing to be identified and managed [1,2,3]. Hormonal changes use to have clinical implications including hypogonadism, infertility and sexual dysfunction
ObjectivesTo evaluate possible hormonal alterations and some clinical implications produced by hyperprolactinemia (HPRL) derived from the use of some antipsychotic compounds.
MethodsA complete fasting blood test was performed on a sample of 113 subjects (69 men and 44 women). 54% (n = 61) showed a normal prolactin level and 46% (n = 52) showed hyperprolactinaemia ( >50ng / ml). On the global sample, 39.8% (n = 45) was treated with some hyperprolactinemic drug , mostly risperidone and paliperidone.
ResultsSome differences were found depending on the gender of the subjects. A highly significant inverse relationship between the values of prolactin and testosterone was found in males (p=0.020, r=-0.285). In females, increased prolactin level was significantly related to decreased cortisol values.
ConclusionsAntipsychotic-related Hyperprolactinaemia ( mainly risperidone and paliperidone) is related with a decrease in testosterone levels in males and with an increase in cortisol levels in females.
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Differences in physical activity in subjects with psychosis versus a control group
- A.L. Montejo, B. Buch, M.J. López, M.T. Arias, M.D. Corrales, E. Dominguez, C. Matos, B. Cortés, Y. Santana, I. Valrriberas, J. Matías, T. Prieto, M. Gómez-Marcos, L. García-Ortiz, J.M. Acosta
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 65 / Issue S1 / June 2022
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- 01 September 2022, p. S763
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Psychiatric illnesses are related with a reduced life expectancy and an increase of mortality rates (around 60%) mainly associated with cardiovascular diseases [1]. The high prevalence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus and tobacco use among these patients undoubtelly predispose to the impairment in physical health and mortaility increase. Regular physical activity in the general population is associated with a decrease in cardiovascular risk but litle is know about iss influence in some chronic and severe mental disorders like schizophrenia [2].
ObjectivesTo quantify the physical activity performed by a sample of subjects with psychosis, borth males and female, compared to a control group.
MethodsA sample composed of 141 patients with schizoprenia was compared to 103 healthy subjects as a control group. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form (IPAQ) scale was applied to all participants. The time (minutes) of physical activity performed in a week (METs) was collected by each participant [3].
ResultsThe differences in the total physical activity Mets for the patients with schizophrenia were highly significant (p = 0.001), showing a lower degree of physical activity compared to the control group. A higher and significant percentage of sedentary lifestyle among the psychiatric group (64.5%), compared to 35.5% in the control group was found.
ConclusionsThe group of pateints with Schizophrenia showed a significant higher sedentary lifestile including less physical activity. This finding could be highly related with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and deterioration of the physical health.
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In vivo kinetic study of the materno-fetal fatty acid transfer in obese and normal weight pregnant women
- Antonio Gázquez, María T. Prieto-Sánchez, José E. Blanco-Carnero, Dewi van Harskamp, Simone Perazzolo, J. Efraim Oosterink, Hans Demmelmair, Henk Schierbeek, Bram G. Sengers, Rohan M. Lewis, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Berthold Koletzko, Elvira Larqué
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- Proceedings of the Nutrition Society / Volume 79 / Issue OCE2 / 2020
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- 10 June 2020, E661
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Placental function can be modified by maternal obesity affecting the materno-fetal fatty acid transport process. We analyze for the first time the in vivo materno-fetal kinetic transfer of fatty acids (FA) labeled with stable isotopes in control and obese pregnant women.
Materials and Methods:Labelled FA with similar metabolism (stearic acid: 13C-SA, palmitic acid: 13C-PA and oleic acid: 13C-OA) were orally administered at -4 h, -8 h, and -12 h, respectively prior to elective caesarean section to 10 pregnant women with a body mass index (BMI) > 30 and 10 with BMI 25–30 (control). Placenta, venous and arterial cord blood were collected obtaining a wide range of FA enrichments. A combined experimental and computational modeling analysis was applied.
Results:FA Fractional synthesis rate (FSR) in placenta was 11–12% per hour. No differences were observed between control and normo-lipidemic obese pregnant women. It was not possible to estimate FA FSR in cord blood with this oral bolus dose approach. Computational modelling demonstrated a good fit to the data when all maternal plasma lipid classes were included but not with modelling based only on the non-esterified FA fraction (NEFA). The estimated materno-fetal 13C-FA transfer was around 1%.
Conclusions:Our approach using multiple 13C-FA tracers allowed us to estimated FSR in placental/maternal plasma but not in fetal/maternal compartments. Computational modelling showed a consistent time course of placental 13C-FA transfer and predicted total fetal FA accumulation during the experiment. We conclude that in addition to NEFA in the maternal circulation, maternal plasma VLDL and other lipoproteins are important contributors to placental FA transfer to the fetus.
Enhanced Signal Micro-Raman Study of SiGe Nanowires and SiGe/Si Nanowire Axial Heterojunctions Grown Using Au and Ga-Au Catalysts
- J. Anaya, A. Torres, J. Jiménez, C. Prieto, A. Rodríguez, T. Rodríguez, C. Ballesteros
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 1751 / 2015
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- 10 February 2015, mrsf14-1751-ll09-02
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MicroRaman spectroscopy was used for the characterization of heterostructured SiGe/Si nanowires. The NWs were grown with alloyed AuGa catalysts droplets with different Ga compositions aiming to make more abrupt heterojunctions. The heterojunctions were first characterized by TEM; then the NWs were scanned by the laser beam in order to probe the heterojunction. The capability of the MicroRaman spectroscopy for studying the heterojunction is discussed. The results show that the use of catalysts with lower Ge and Si solubility (AuGa alloys) permits to achieve more abrupt junctions.
Systematic review of surveillance systems and methods for early detection of exotic, new and re-emerging diseases in animal populations
- V. RODRÍGUEZ-PRIETO, M. VICENTE-RUBIANO, A. SÁNCHEZ-MATAMOROS, C. RUBIO-GUERRI, M. MELERO, B. MARTÍNEZ-LÓPEZ, M. MARTÍNEZ-AVILÉS, L. HOINVILLE, T. VERGNE, A. COMIN, B. SCHAUER, F. DÓREA, D. U. PFEIFFER, J. M. SÁNCHEZ-VIZCAÍNO
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- Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 143 / Issue 10 / July 2015
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- 12 September 2014, pp. 2018-2042
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In this globalized world, the spread of new, exotic and re-emerging diseases has become one of the most important threats to animal production and public health. This systematic review analyses conventional and novel early detection methods applied to surveillance. In all, 125 scientific documents were considered for this study. Exotic (n = 49) and re-emerging (n = 27) diseases constituted the most frequently represented health threats. In addition, the majority of studies were related to zoonoses (n = 66). The approaches found in the review could be divided in surveillance modalities, both active (n = 23) and passive (n = 5); and tools and methodologies that support surveillance activities (n = 57). Combinations of surveillance modalities and tools (n = 40) were also found. Risk-based approaches were very common (n = 60), especially in the papers describing tools and methodologies (n = 50). The main applications, benefits and limitations of each approach were extracted from the papers. This information will be very useful for informing the development of tools to facilitate the design of cost-effective surveillance strategies. Thus, the current literature review provides key information about the advantages, disadvantages, limitations and potential application of methodologies for the early detection of new, exotic and re-emerging diseases.
Three-dimensional electrodes and battery architectures
- Timothy S. Arthur, Daniel J. Bates, Nicolas Cirigliano, Derek C. Johnson, Peter Malati, James M. Mosby, Emilie Perre, Matthew T. Rawls, Amy L. Prieto, Bruce Dunn
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- MRS Bulletin / Volume 36 / Issue 7 / July 2011
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- 14 July 2011, pp. 523-531
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Three-dimensional (3D) battery architectures have emerged as a new direction for powering microelectromechanical systems and other small autonomous devices. Although there are few examples to date of fully functioning 3D batteries, these power sources have the potential to achieve high power density and high energy density in a small footprint. This overview highlights the various architectures proposed for 3D batteries, the advances made in the fabrication of components designed for these devices, and the remaining technical challenges. Efforts directed at establishing design rules for 3D architectures and modeling are providing insight concerning the energy density and current uniformity achievable with these architectures. The significant progress made on the fabrication of electrodes and electrolytes designed for 3D batteries is an indication that a number of these battery architectures will be successfully demonstrated within the next few years.
Raman spectrum of group IV nanowires: influence of temperature
- J. Anaya, C. Prieto, J. Souto, J. Jiménez, A. Rodríguez, J. Sangrador, T. Rodríguez
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 1305 / 2011
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- 22 March 2011, mrsf10-1305-aa12-03
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Group IV semiconductor nanowires are characterized by Raman spectroscopy. The results are analyzed in terms of the heating induced by the laser beam on the nanowires. By solving the heat transport equation one can simulate the temperature reached by the NWs under the exposure to a laser beam. The results are illustrated with Si and Si1-xGex nanowires. Both bundles of nanowires and individual nanowires are studied. The main experimental conditions contributing to the nanowire heating are discussed.
The science of EChO
- Giovanna Tinetti, James Y-K. Cho, Caitlin A. Griffith, Olivier Grasset, Lee Grenfell, Tristan Guillot, Tommi T. Koskinen, Julianne I. Moses, David Pinfield, Jonathan Tennyson, Marcell Tessenyi, Robin Wordsworth, Alan Aylward, Roy van Boekel, Angioletta Coradini, Therese Encrenaz, Ignas Snellen, Maria R. Zapatero-Osorio, Jeroen Bouwman, Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Ingo Mueller-Wodarg, Enric Pallé, Franck Selsis, Alessandro Sozzetti, Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, Thomas Henning, Michael Meyer, Giuseppina Micela, Ignasi Ribas, Daphne Stam, Mark Swain, Oliver Krause, Marc Ollivier, Emanuele Pace, Bruce Swinyard, Peter A.R. Ade, Nick Achilleos, Alberto Adriani, Craig B. Agnor, Cristina Afonso, Carlos Allende Prieto, Gaspar Bakos, Robert J. Barber, Michael Barlow, Peter Bernath, Bruno Bézard, Pascal Bordé, Linda R. Brown, Arnaud Cassan, Céline Cavarroc, Angela Ciaravella, Charles Cockell, Athéna Coustenis, Camilla Danielski, Leen Decin, Remco De Kok, Olivier Demangeon, Pieter Deroo, Peter Doel, Pierre Drossart, Leigh N. Fletcher, Matteo Focardi, Francois Forget, Steve Fossey, Pascal Fouqué, James Frith, Marina Galand, Patrick Gaulme, Jonay I. González Hernández, Davide Grassi, Matt J. Griffin, Ulrich Grözinger, Manuel Guedel, Pactrick Guio, Olivier Hainaut, Robert Hargreaves, Peter H. Hauschildt, Kevin Heng, David Heyrovsky, Ricardo Hueso, Pat Irwin, Lisa Kaltenegger, Patrick Kervella, David Kipping, Geza Kovacs, Antonino La Barbera, Helmut Lammer, Emmanuel Lellouch, Giuseppe Leto, Mercedes Lopez Morales, Miguel A. Lopez Valverde, Manuel Lopez-Puertas, Christophe Lovi, Antonio Maggio, Jean-Pierre Maillard, Jesus Maldonado Prado, Jean-Baptiste Marquette, Francisco J. Martin-Torres, Pierre Maxted, Steve Miller, Sergio Molinari, David Montes, Amaya Moro-Martin, Olivier Mousis, Napoléon Nguyen Tuong, Richard Nelson, Glenn S. Orton, Eric Pantin, Enzo Pascale, Stefano Pezzuto, Ennio Poretti, Raman Prinja, Loredana Prisinzano, Jean-Michel Réess, Ansgar Reiners, Benjamin Samuel, Jorge Sanz Forcada, Dimitar Sasselov, Giorgio Savini, Bruno Sicardy, Alan Smith, Lars Stixrude, Giovanni Strazzulla, Gautam Vasisht, Sandrine Vinatier, Serena Viti, Ingo Waldmann, Glenn J. White, Thomas Widemann, Roger Yelle, Yuk Yung, Sergey Yurchenko
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 6 / Issue S276 / October 2010
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- 10 November 2011, pp. 359-370
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The science of extra-solar planets is one of the most rapidly changing areas of astrophysics and since 1995 the number of planets known has increased by almost two orders of magnitude. A combination of ground-based surveys and dedicated space missions has resulted in 560-plus planets being detected, and over 1200 that await confirmation. NASA's Kepler mission has opened up the possibility of discovering Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around some of the 100,000 stars it is surveying during its 3 to 4-year lifetime. The new ESA's Gaia mission is expected to discover thousands of new planets around stars within 200 parsecs of the Sun. The key challenge now is moving on from discovery, important though that remains, to characterisation: what are these planets actually like, and why are they as they are?
In the past ten years, we have learned how to obtain the first spectra of exoplanets using transit transmission and emission spectroscopy. With the high stability of Spitzer, Hubble, and large ground-based telescopes the spectra of bright close-in massive planets can be obtained and species like water vapour, methane, carbon monoxide and dioxide have been detected. With transit science came the first tangible remote sensing of these planetary bodies and so one can start to extrapolate from what has been learnt from Solar System probes to what one might plan to learn about their faraway siblings. As we learn more about the atmospheres, surfaces and near-surfaces of these remote bodies, we will begin to build up a clearer picture of their construction, history and suitability for life.
The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory, EChO, will be the first dedicated mission to investigate the physics and chemistry of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. By characterising spectroscopically more bodies in different environments we will take detailed planetology out of the Solar System and into the Galaxy as a whole.
EChO has now been selected by the European Space Agency to be assessed as one of four M3 mission candidates.
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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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Gaia spectroscopy: processing, performances and scientific returns
- C. Turon, F. Meynadier, F. Arenou, D. Katz, M. Cropper, F. Meynadier, A. Jean-Antoine, C. Allende Prieto, S. Baker, K. Benson, J. Berthier, L. Bigot, R. Blomme, S. Boudreault, L. Chemin, F. Crifo, Y. Damerdji, M. David, P. David, C. Delle Luche, C. Dolding, Y. Frémat, N. Gerbier, J. Gerssen, A. Gómez, E. Gosset, A. Guerrier, L. Guy, D. Hall, D. Hestroffer, H. Huckle, G. Jasniewicz, H.-G. Ludwig, C. Martayan, T. Morel, A.-T. Nguyen, P. Ocvirk, C. Parr, F. Royer, P. Sartoretti, G. Seabroke, E. Simon, M. Smith, C. Soubiran, M. Steinmetz, F. Thévenin, C. Turon, S. Udry, L. Veltz, Y. Viala
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During the five years of the mission, the Gaia spectrograph, the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) will repeatedly survey the celestial sphere down to magnitude V ~ 17–18. This talk presents: (i) the system which is currently developed within the Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC) to reduce and calibrate the spectra and to derive the radial and rotational velocities, (ii) the RVS expected performances and (iii) scientific returns.
Myocardial protection by isoflurane vs. sevoflurane in ultra-fast-track anaesthesia for off-pump aortocoronary bypass grafting
- T. Hemmerling, J.-F. Olivier, N. Le, I. Prieto, D. Bracco
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- European Journal of Anaesthesiology / Volume 25 / Issue 3 / March 2008
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Background and objectives
Volatile anaesthetics have gained more popularity recently due to the potential for cardiac protection. Ultra-fast-track anaesthesia implies the immediate extubation after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this prospective randomized double-blind controlled study is to compare the cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane and isoflurane in off-pump cardiac bypass surgery.
MethodsForty patients undergoing elective off-pump cardiac bypass surgery with high thoracic epidural analgesia and immediate extubation at the end of surgery were randomized into two groups. During surgery, anaesthesia was provided with either 1 minimum alvelolar anaesthetic concentration of sevoflurane or 1 minimum alvelolar anaesthetic concentration of isoflurane. Troponin-T, creatine kinase-MB, left ventricular wall motion anomalies, time to extubation, respiratory functions and haemodynamic parameters were compared between the two groups by analysis of variance.
ResultsAll patients were successfully extubated in the operating theatre with minimal postoperative pain. Serial creatine kinase-MB and troponin-T concentrations were not significantly different between the two volatile agents. Haemodynamic stability throughout surgery and contractility was not different between groups. However, extubation time was significantly shorter with sevoflurane (10 ± 5 min) compared to isoflurane (18 ± 4 min).
ConclusionThis study indicates that during off-pump cardiac bypass surgery, sevoflurane and isoflurane provide the same ischaemic cardioprotective effects. There is no difference for heart contractility and haemodynamic values during and after off-pump cardiac bypass surgery between the two agents. Sevoflurane allows a more rapid recovery from anaesthesia, but this does not translate into better pulmonary function or haemodynamics. Both agents are similar in ultra–fast-track off-pump cardiac bypass surgery.
The first galaxies: instrument requirements and concept study for OWL
- J.-G. Cuby, J.-P. Kneib, F. Hammer, E. Prieto, M. Marteaud, P. Vola, P. Jagourel, P.-E. Blanc, T. Fusco
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 1 / Issue S232 / November 2005
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A highlight science case for the European ELT is: First light - The First Galaxies and the Ionization State of the Early Universe. It aims at understanding the formation and evolution of the first sources of light at the end of the Dark Ages and of the re-ionization of the Universe. The corresponding instrument requirements are: a few tens of integral field units with spatial sampling $\sim$20mas and individual fields of ${\sim}1''$ over a wide field of view of $5' \times 5'$ or larger. Multi-Object Adaptive Optics is required to locally provide significant image quality enhancement. Spectroscopic observations are required in the near IR domain with a spectral resolution of a few 1000. MOMFIS is a preliminary instrument concept designed for OWL around this science case. The instrument concept and preliminary design are presented. Development efforts are estimated, as well as development risks and required R&D activities.
Study of the Oxidation of Polycrystalline SiGe: Formation of Ge Nanocrystals and their Related Luminescence
- A. C. Prieto, M. Avella, J. Jiménez, A. Rodríguez, J. Sangrador, T. Rodríguez, A. Kling
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 862 / 2005
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Polycrystalline SiGe layers have been oxidized in either dry or wet atmospheres. The evolution of the growing oxides and the SiGe layer during the oxidation processes have been characterized using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Formation of Ge nanocrystals has been observed for both oxidation atmospheres. Violet luminescence emission has been observed and its relation to the oxidation processes has been studied. The luminescence is unambiguously related to the presence of these Ge nanocrystals. Since it does not exhibit quantum confinement, it must be related to defects linked to the nanocrystals.
Evolution of the Luminescence Spectrum During the Dry and Steam Oxidation of SiGe Films
- A. Rodríguez, J. Sangrador, T. Rodríguez, A. C. Prieto, M. Avella, J. Jiménez
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 832 / 2004
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The luminescence emission arising from SiGe layers oxidized in dry or wet atmospheres has been studied and the results obtained in both cases have been compared. Additional characterization of the samples by Raman and FTIR spectroscopies, which give information on the remaining SiGe layer and on the composition of the growing oxides respectively, have allowed the luminescence and the structural features of the samples at each stage of the oxidation processes to be correlated. SiGe layers of two different thickness have been used in order to clearly establish the origin of the different emissions, eliminating the contribution of the oxide and linking them to the presence of nanoparticles.
Studies of new polysaccharides from lasallia pustulata (L.) Hoffm
- M. T. Pereyra, A. Prieto, M. Bernabé, J. A. Leal
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- The Lichenologist / Volume 35 / Issue 2 / March 2003
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Polysaccharides from thalli of Lasallia pustulata were extracted and characterized. The major fractions were characterized as pustulan, a β-glucan-chitin complex and a β-(1→3)-glucan. Other polysaccharides, which are minor components (less than 5%) solubilized with water from the alkali extracts of thalli, were shown to be galactomannans with a backbone of α-(l→6)- mannose partially substituted at positions 2 by galactofuranose and/or mannopyranose side chains of variable length. The relationship between these polysaccharides and those obtained by the same method from free-living fungi is discussed. The proportion or composition of the different polysaccharides studied was not affected by seasonal environmental conditions over a 2-year period.
Controlled Fabrication by LPCVD of Luminescent SiGe/SiO2 (LTO) Very Thin Multilayers
- A. Rodríguez, J. Sangrador, T. Rodríguez, M. Avella, A. C. Prieto, J. Jiménez, M. I. Ortiz, C. Ballesteros
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- MRS Online Proceedings Library Archive / Volume 794 / 2003
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Amorphous SiGe/SiO2 multilayers with controlled thickness in the range of nanometers have been deposited by LPCVD at low temperature in a single multistep run. Continuous and discontinuous layers have been deposited. No intermixing between the SiGe and SiO2 layers has been observed. As-deposited and crystallized multilayers have been characterized by Raman spectroscopy, Cathodoluminescence and TEM. The luminescence emission is more intense in the discontinuous layers than in the continuous ones.
Control and Assessment of Structure and Composition in Bismuth Telluride Nanowire Arrays
- M. S. Sander, A. L. Prieto, R. Gronsky, T. Sands, A. M. Stacy
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Due to effects of reduced dimensionality, Bi2Te3 nanowires are predicted to have increased thermoelectric efficiency relative to bulk Bi2Te3, one of the most efficient thermoelectric materials known. High-density arrays of nanowires have desirable characteristics for accessing nanowire properties in potential applications and also allow for facile nanowire property assessment. Here we describe a fabrication method to produce Bi2Te3 nanowire arrays by direct current electrochemical deposition into porous anodic alumina templates. The characteristics of the arrays have been assessed to determine the composition and structure in the arrays as well as in individual nanowires. Thefabricated arrays have a high-density of uniform diameter (∼40nm), high aspect ratio wires that are stoichiometric, polycrystalline Bi2Te3.
Pulse frequency effect on neutron damage in α-Iron:A KMC analysis
- J.M. Perlado, D. Lodi, E. Dominguez, F. Ogando, J. Prieto, T. Diaz de la Rubia, M. J. Caturla
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The pulsed nature of the irradiation and the high neutron dose are the critical factors in an Inertial Fusion Energy reactor (IFE). The damage that structural materials suffer under these extremes conditions require a careful study and assessment. The goal of our work is to simulate, trough the multiscale modelling approach, the damage accumulation in μ-Fe under conditions relevant to a IFE Reactor. We discuss how the pulse frequency, 1 Hz, 10 Hz, and the dose rate of 10 ⊏2 and 10 ⊏1 dpa/s affect the damage production and accumulation. Results of the damage that this demanding environment can produce on a protected first structural exposed to 150 keV average recoil ion will be presented. A further comparison it has been made with the damage produced by a continuous irradiation at similar average dose.
Environmental Factors Affecting the Distribution of Lichens on Granitic Monuments in the Iberian Peninsula
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- The Lichenologist / Volume 31 / Issue 3 / May 1999
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The phytosociology of lichens colonizing granitic churches and dolmens in Galicia (N.W. Spain) and Alentejo (central Portugal) was studied so as to identify (a) a group of species whose frequency on these structures would make them potentially useful as test species for the evaluation of biocides used for conservation, (b) environmental factors likely to control species distribution, and (c) species that may be useful as bioindicators of environmental factors in this kind of construction in the region studied. Chief among the factors correlating with species distribution is the class of structure (church or dolmen), which is attributed to the probable influence of this factor on environmental parameters affected by structural complexity, the presence of non-granitic materials and the influence of man in the immediate surroundings. The bioindicator species most sensitive to this complex of parameters appear to be three species found only on churches (Caloplaca citrina, Sarcogyne davits and Verrucaria macrostoma) and the most widespread of the species found only on dolmens (Lasallia pustulata). Other important factors, probably affecting the influence of class of structure, are pH and the availability of nitrogen and moisture.