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About: Rio de Janeiro State University is a education organization based out in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 16631 authors who have published 30919 publications receiving 465753 citations. The organization is also known as: UERJ & Rio de Janeiro State University.
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TL;DR: Investigation of the specific status of S. fluviatilis ecotypes and their population structure along the Brazilian coast showed that marine and riverine ecotypes form very divergent monophyletic groups, which have been evolving independently since an old allopatric fragmentation event.
Abstract: The current taxonomic status of Sotalia species is uncertain. The genus once comprised five species, but in the twentieth century they were grouped into two (riverine Sotalia fluviatilis and marine Sotalia guianensis) that later were further lumped into a single species (S. fluviatilis), with marine and riverine ecotypes. This uncertainty hampers the assessment of potential impacts on populations and the design of effective conservation measures. We used mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome b sequence data to investigate the spe- cific status of S. fluviatilis ecotypes and their population structure along the Brazilian coast. Nested-clade (NCA), phylogenetic analyses and analysis of molecular variance of control region sequences showed that marine and riverine ecotypes form very divergent monophyletic groups (2.5% sequence divergence; 75% of total molec- ular variance found between them), which have been evolving independently since an old allopatric fragmen- tation event. This result is also corroborated by cyto- chrome b sequence data, for which marine and riverine specimens are fixed for haplotypes that differ by 28 (out of 1,140) nucleotides. According to various species defi- nition methods, we conclude that marine and riverine Sotalia are different species. Based on priority criteria, we recommend the revalidation of Sotalia guianensis (Van Beneden 1864) for the marine animals, while riverine dolphins should retain the species name Sotalia fluviatilis (Gervais 1853), thus becoming the first exclusively riv- erine delphinid. The populations of S. guianensis show a strong subdivision (FST=0.628) along the Brazilian coast, with at least three evolutionarily significant units: north, northeastern and south/southeastern.
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11 Aug 2010-Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A-accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the methods that have been used to identify b-quark jets, exploiting in particular the long lifetimes of b-flavored hadrons, and the calibration of the performance of these algorithms based on collider data.
Abstract: Algorithms distinguishing jets originating from b quarks from other jet flavors are important tools in the physics program of the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron p-pbar collider. This article describes the methods that have been used to identify b-quark jets, exploiting in particular the long lifetimes of b-flavored hadrons, and the calibration of the performance of these algorithms based on collider data.
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TL;DR: In this article, the operation and general performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter using cosmic-ray muons are described and the stability of crucial operational parameters, such as high voltage, temperature and electronic noise, is summarised and the performance of light monitoring system is presented.
Abstract: The operation and general performance of the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter using cosmic-ray muons are described. These muons were recorded after the closure of the CMS detector in late 2008. The calorimeter is made of lead tungstate crystals and the overall status of the 75 848 channels corresponding to the barrel and endcap detectors is reported. The stability of crucial operational parameters, such as high voltage, temperature and electronic noise, is summarised and the performance of the light monitoring system is presented.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the top quark mass m{sub t} was determined using t{bar t} pairs produced in the DO/ detector by {radical} (s) = 1.8thinspTeV p{bar p} collisions in a 125thinsppb{sup {minus}1} exposure at the Fermilab Tevatron.
Abstract: We determine the top quark mass m{sub t} using t{bar t} pairs produced in the DO/ detector by {radical} (s) =1.8thinspTeV p{bar p} collisions in a 125thinsppb{sup {minus}1} exposure at the Fermilab Tevatron. We make a two constraint fit to m{sub t} in t{bar t}{r_arrow}bW{sup +}{bar b}W{sup {minus}} final states with one {ital W} boson decaying to q{bar q} and the other to e{nu} or {mu}{nu}. Likelihood fits to the data yield m{sub t}(l+jets)=173.3{plus_minus}5.6thinsp(stat)thinsp{plus_minus}thinsp5.5thinsp(s st) GeV/c{sup 2}. When this result is combined with an analysis of events in which both {ital W} bosons decay into leptons, we obtain m{sub t}=172.1{plus_minus}5.2thinsp(stat)thinsp{plus_minus}thinsp4.9thinsp(syst) GeV/c{sup 2}. An alternate analysis, using three constraint fits to fixed top quark masses, gives m{sub t}(l+jets)=176.0{plus_minus}7.9thinsp(stat){plus_minus}thinsp4.8thinsp(syst) GeV/c{sup 2}, consistent with the above result. Studies of kinematic distributions of the top quark candidates are also presented. {copyright} {ital 1998} {ital The American Physical Society}
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TL;DR: Evaluating how sampling effort typically used in inventories affects the number of bat species captured in areas of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil found that genera richness showed a similar pattern to that of species richness.
Abstract: Species lists are sources of information for studies of both conservation and macroecology. It is, however, important to differentiate between relatively complete lists and extremely incomplete ones. The aim of this study was to evaluate how sampling effort typically used in inventories affects the number of bat species captured in areas of Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil. We also evaluated if the number of sampled sites, size of the sampled area, and sampling effort (net hours) affect species richness. We used previously reported data from studies in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Minas Gerais States, and our own data collected during 1989 and 2001. Nonlinear models fit well the data for Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais States and all states together, but not for Sao Paulo State. Genera richness showed a similar pattern to that of species richness. The model used to explain the relationship between species richness and size of the study area, number of sites, and sampling effort sampled wa...
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Hyun-Chul Kim | 176 | 4076 | 183227 |
Maria Elena Pol | 139 | 1414 | 99240 |
Wagner Carvalho | 135 | 1395 | 94184 |
Alberto Santoro | 135 | 1576 | 100629 |
Andre Sznajder | 134 | 1464 | 98242 |
Luiz Mundim | 133 | 1413 | 89792 |
Helio Nogima | 132 | 1274 | 84368 |
D. De Jesus Damiao | 128 | 1162 | 82707 |
Magdalena Malek | 128 | 598 | 67486 |
Sudha Ahuja | 127 | 1016 | 75739 |
Helena Malbouisson | 125 | 1151 | 82692 |
Jose Chinellato | 123 | 1116 | 64267 |
Flavia De Almeida Dias | 120 | 590 | 59083 |
Gilvan Alves | 119 | 829 | 69382 |
C. De Oliveira Martins | 119 | 880 | 66744 |