We present 17 high-precision light curves of five transits of the planet Qatar-2 b, obtained from four defocused 2 m-class telescopes. Three of the transits were observed simultaneously in the Sloan ...g
′
r
′
i
′
z
′ passbands using the seven-beam Gamma Ray Burst Optical and Near-Infrared Detector imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-m telescope. A fourth was observed simultaneously in Gunn grz using the Centro Astronómico Hispano Alemán 2.2-m telescope with Bonn University Simultaneous Camera, and in r using the Cassini 1.52-m telescope. Every light curve shows small anomalies due to the passage of the planetary shadow over a cool spot on the surface of the host star. We fit the light curves with the prism+gemc model to obtain the photometric parameters of the system and the position, size and contrast of each spot. We use these photometric parameters and published spectroscopic measurements to obtain the physical properties of the system to high precision, finding a larger radius and lower density for both star and planet than previously thought. By tracking the change in position of one star-spot between two transit observations, we measure the orbital obliquity of Qatar-2 b to be λ = 4
$_{.}^{\circ}$
3 ± 4
$_{.}^{\circ}$
5, strongly indicating an alignment of the stellar spin with the orbit of the planet. We calculate the rotation period and velocity of the cool host star to be 11.5 ± 0.2 d and 3.28 ± 0.04 km s−1 at a colatitude of 74°. We assemble the planet's transmission spectrum over the 386–976 nm wavelength range and search for variations of the measured radius of Qatar-2 b as a function of wavelength. Our analysis highlights a possible H2/He Rayleigh scattering in the blue.
Planets with orbital periods shorter than 1 day are rare and have formation histories that are not completely understood. Small (
R
p
< 2
R
⊕
) ultra-short-period (USP) planets are highly irradiated, ...probably have rocky compositions with high bulk densities, and are often found in multi-planet systems. Additionally, USP planets found around small stars are excellent candidates for characterization using present-day instrumentation. Of the current full sample of approximately 5500 confirmed exoplanets, only 130 are USP planets and around 40 have mass and radius measurements. Wolf 327 (TOI-5747) is an M dwarf (
R
*
= 0.406 ± 0.015
R
⊙
,
M
*
= 0.405 ± 0.019
M
⊙
,
T
eff
= 3542 ± 70 K, and
V
= 13 mag) located at a distance
d
= 28.5 pc. NASA’s planet hunter satellite, TESS, detected transits in this star with a period of 0.573 day (13.7 h) and with a transit depth of 818 ppm. Ground-based follow-up photometry, high resolution imaging, and radial velocity (RV) measurements taken with the CARMENES spectrograph confirm the presence of this new USP planet. Wolf 327b is a super-Earth with a radius of
R
p
= 1.24 ± 0.06
R
⊕
and a mass of
M
p
= 2.53 ± 0.46
M
⊕
, yielding a bulk density of 7.24 ± 1.66 g cm
−3
and thus suggesting a rocky composition. Owing to its close proximity to its host star (
a
= 0.01 au), Wolf 327b has an equilibrium temperature of 996 ± 22 K. This planet has a mass and radius similar to K2-229b, a planet with an inferred Mercury-like internal composition. Planet interior models suggest that Wolf 327b has a large iron core, a small rocky mantle, and a negligible (if any) H/He atmosphere.
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•Highly fluorescent FM-CDs have shown maximum emission wavelength at 435 nm.•FM-CDs proved to be excellent nanoprobes for analysis of additives in food.•Detection of food additives by ...FM-CDs and LDA algorithm was successfully performed.•The identification in pickled olives samples was performed with 100 % of accuracy.
A robust fluorescence-based sensing strategy was designed considering relevance of analyzing chemical additives in industrialized food. In this study, a sensing approach was developed using fluorescent carbon quantum dots (CQDs) as a chemometric tool. CQDs were synthesized by a simple one-step hydrothermal route using the American natural seed Caelsalpinia pulcherrima, and further characterized regarding their chemical structure. Five food additives were identified, citric acid, lactic acid, ascorbic acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, which showed a highly sensitive response with a limit of detection (LOD) as low as 252 ng mL−1. The sensing platform was designed using the supervised method for recognizing patterns of linear discriminant analysis (LDA), where we could identify different concentrations of additives, after optimization of experimental parameters. Furthermore, the sensing strategy successfully identified all tested additives in a pickled olives sample with 95 % of confidence, where 100 % of combinations were correctly identified based on classification matrix. Overall, the obtained results evidence the accuracy and potential of CQDs-based fluorescence sensing in the identification of food additives.
A cerveja é a bebida alcoólica mais consumida no mundo. Estando bem relacionado com festividades e comemorações, porém essa bebida contém uma variedade de compostos bioativos, vitaminas e minerais, ...capazes de promover benefícios quando a sua ingestão é feita de maneira moderada. O mercado está a cada dia buscando produtos diferenciados e até exclusivos, surge assim o campo das cervejas artesanais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver uma cerveja artesanal com acerola e abacaxi, trazendo uma nova alternativa ao nicho de mercado, além da associação ao aumento de suas características funcionais. O experimento foi conduzido no Laboratório de Cereais, Universidade Federal do Ceará – UFC, onde a cerveja foi produzida em escala laboratorial passando pelos processos de moagem do malte, mosturação, cozimento, decantação, filtração, fermentação, envase, maturação e primming, sendo adicionada a polpa de fruta em percentagem definidas por DIC, pasteurização e armazenamento. As amostras foram submetidas à análise físico-química, microbiológica e sensorial. Os resultados foram submetidos ao teste de normalidade, ao teste de média tukey e a ANOVA pelo software STATISTIC 10. A utilização das polpas de abacaxi e acerola como adjuntos no processamento da cerveja mostrou-se uma alternativa viável demostrada pelos resultados satisfatórios na avaliação sensorial, além de características físico-químicas de uma cerveja artesanal ácida/frutada.
Development of craftbeer with Acerola (Malpighia emarginata DC) and pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merril)
Abstract: The beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world. It is well associated with holidays and celebrations, but this beverage contains a variety of bioactive compounds, vitamins and minerals that promote benefits when its intake is made moderate manner. The market is every day looking for different and even unique products, thus arises the field of craft beers. The objective of this study was to develop a craft beer with pineapple and acerola, it brings a new alternative in this niche market, in addition to membership in increasing their functional characteristics. The experiment was conducted at the Cereals Laboratory, Federal University of Ceará - UFC, where beer was produced in laboratory scale past the malt milling processes, mashing, baking, decantation, filtration, fermentation, bottling, maturation and primming, where he was added to fruit pulp as a percentage defined by DIC, pasteurization and storage. The samples were subjected to physical-chemical and sensory analysis. The results were submitted to normality test, the mean test Tukey and the ANOVA by STATISTIC 10 software. The use of pineapple pulp and acerola as adjunct in beer processing was considered a viable alternative due to satisfactory results in the sensory evaluation, as well as physical and chemical characteristics that have proven a craft beer with sour / fruity characteristics.
The number of super-Earth and mini-Neptune planet discoveries has increased significantly in the last two decades thanks to transit and radial velocity (RV) surveys. When it is possible to apply both ...techniques, we can characterise the internal composition of exoplanets, which in turn provides unique insights on their architecture, formation and evolution. We performed a combined photometric and RV analysis of TOI-238 (TYC 6398-132-1), which has one short-orbit super-Earth planet candidate announced by NASA’s TESS team. We aim to confirm its planetary nature using radial velocities taken with the ESPRESSO and HARPS spectrographs, to measure its mass, and to detect the presence of other possible planetary companions. We carried out a joint analysis by including Gaussian processes and Keplerian orbits to account for the stellar activity and planetary signals simultaneously. We detected the signal induced by TOI-238 b in the RV time series, and the presence of a second transiting planet, TOI-238 c, whose signal appears in RV and TESS data. TOI-238 b is a planet with a radius of 1.402
−0.086
+0.084
R
⊕
and a mass of 3.40
−0.45
+0.46
M
⊕
. It orbits at a separation of 0.02118 ± 0.00038 au of its host star, with an orbital period of 1.2730988 ± 0.0000029 days, and has an equilibrium temperature of 1311 ± 28 K. TOI-238 c has a radius of 2.18 ± 0.18
R
⊕
and a mass of 6.7 ± 1.1
M
⊕
. It orbits at a separation of 0.0749 ± 0.0013 au of its host star, with an orbital period of 8.465652 ± 0.000031 days, and has an equilibrium temperature of 696 ± 15 K. The mass and radius of planet b are fully consistent with an Earth-like composition, making it a likely rocky super-Earth. Planet c could be a water-rich planet or a rocky planet with a small H-He atmosphere.
Trypanosomes of anurans and fish are grouped into the Aquatic Clade which includes species isolated from fish, amphibians, turtles and platypus, usually transmitted by leeches and phlebotomine sand ...flies. Trypanosomes from Brazilian frogs are grouped within the Aquatic Clade with other anuran trypanosome species, where there seems to be coevolutionary patterns with vertebrate hosts and association to Brazilian biomes (Atlantic Forest, Pantanal and Amazonia Rainforest). We characterised the anuran trypanosomes from two different areas of the Cerrado biome and examined their phylogenetic relationships based on the SSU rRNA gene. A total of 112 anurans of six species was analysed and trypanosome prevalence evaluated through haemoculture was found to be 7% (8 positive frogs). However, only three isolates (2.7%) from two anuran species were recovered and cryopreserved. Analysis including SSU rDNA sequences from previous studies segregated the anuran trypanosomes into six groups, the previously reported An01 to An04, and An05 and An06 reported herein. Clade An05 comprises the isolates from
Leptodactylus latrans
(Steffen) and
Pristimantis
sp. captured in the Cerrado biome and
Trypanosoma chattoni
Mathis & Leger, 1911. The inclusion of new isolates in the phylogenetic analyses provided evidence for a new group (An06) of parasites from phlebotomine hosts. Our results indicate that the diversity of trypanosome species is underestimated since studies conducted in Brazil and other regions of the world are still few.
Nonlinearity, Complexity and Randomness in Economics presents a variety of papers by leading economists, scientists, and philosophers who focus on different aspects of nonlinearity, complexity and ...randomness, and their implications for economics. A theme of the book is that economics should be based on algorithmic, computable mathematical foundations. Features an interdisciplinary collection of papers by economists, scientists, and philosophers Presents new approaches to macroeconomic modelling, agent-based modelling, financial markets, and emergent complexity Reveals how economics today must be based on algorithmic, computable mathematical foundations
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