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Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco
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About: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco is a education organization based out in Recife, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Soil water. The organization has 9004 authors who have published 13046 publications receiving 124304 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new family of generalized distributions for double-bounded random processes with hydrological applications is described, including Kw-normal, Kw-Weibull and Kw-Gamma distributions.
Abstract: Kumaraswamy [Generalized probability density-function for double-bounded random-processes, J. Hydrol. 462 (1980), pp. 79–88] introduced a distribution for double-bounded random processes with hydrological applications. For the first time, based on this distribution, we describe a new family of generalized distributions (denoted with the prefix ‘Kw’) to extend the normal, Weibull, gamma, Gumbel, inverse Gaussian distributions, among several well-known distributions. Some special distributions in the new family such as the Kw-normal, Kw-Weibull, Kw-gamma, Kw-Gumbel and Kw-inverse Gaussian distribution are discussed. We express the ordinary moments of any Kw generalized distribution as linear functions of probability weighted moments (PWMs) of the parent distribution. We also obtain the ordinary moments of order statistics as functions of PWMs of the baseline distribution. We use the method of maximum likelihood to fit the distributions in the new class and illustrate the potentiality of the new model with a...
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TL;DR: An extensive review regarding knowledge accumulated over the years and advances achieved in the incorporation of biomolecules in different industries is offered.
Abstract: In the era of global industrialisation, the exploration of natural resources has served as a source of experimentation for science and advanced technologies, giving rise to the manufacturing of products with high aggregate value in the world market, such as biosurfactants. Biosurfactants are amphiphilic microbial molecules with hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties that partition at liquid/liquid, liquid/gas or liquid/solid interfaces. Such characteristics allow these biomolecules to play a key role in emulsification, foam formation, detergency and dispersal, which are desirable qualities in different industries. Biosurfactant production is considered one of the key technologies for development in the 21st century. Besides exerting a strong positive impact on the main global problems, biosurfactant production has considerable importance to the implantation of sustainable industrial processes, such as the use of renewable resources and “green” products. Biodegradability and low toxicity have led to the intensification of scientific studies on a wide range of industrial applications for biosurfactants in the field of bioremediation as well as the petroleum, food processing, health, chemical, agricultural and cosmetic industries. In this paper, we offer an extensive review regarding knowledge accumulated over the years and advances achieved in the incorporation of biomolecules in different industries.
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TL;DR: A survey of published information on the phytochemical and pharmacological status of the plants demonstrating the highest RI supported the veracity of their attributed folk uses.
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TL;DR: Using broadband spectroscopic ellipsometry, the complex valued dielectric function of silver films from 0.05 eV to 4.14 eV with a statistical uncertainty of less than 1% was determined in this article.
Abstract: Using broadband spectroscopic ellipsometry, the authors determine the complex valued dielectric function of silver films from 0.05 eV (\ensuremath{\lambda}=25 \ensuremath{\mu}) to 4.14 eV (\ensuremath{\lambda} = 300 nm) with a statistical uncertainty of less than 1%. While several previous similar measurements exist, they span considerably shorter energy ranges and report partially inconsistent results. In view of the wide-ranging applications of silver in nanophotonics, plasmonics and optical metamaterials, we anticipate this paper to become a standard reference for many scientists and engineers.
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Nalin N. Wijayawardene, Kevin D. Hyde1, L. K. T. Al-Ani2, L. K. T. Al-Ani3 +160 more•Institutions (74)
TL;DR: This article provides an outline of the classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi), and treats 19 phyla of fungi, including all currently described orders of fungi.
Abstract: This article provides an outline of the classification of the kingdom Fungi (including fossil fungi. i.e. dispersed spores, mycelia, sporophores, mycorrhizas). We treat 19 phyla of fungi. These are Aphelidiomycota, Ascomycota, Basidiobolomycota, Basidiomycota, Blastocladiomycota, Calcarisporiellomycota, Caulochytriomycota, Chytridiomycota, Entomophthoromycota, Entorrhizomycota, Glomeromycota, Kickxellomycota, Monoblepharomycota, Mortierellomycota, Mucoromycota, Neocallimastigomycota, Olpidiomycota, Rozellomycota and Zoopagomycota. The placement of all fungal genera is provided at the class-, order- and family-level. The described number of species per genus is also given. Notes are provided of taxa for which recent changes or disagreements have been presented. Fungus-like taxa that were traditionally treated as fungi are also incorporated in this outline (i.e. Eumycetozoa, Dictyosteliomycetes, Ceratiomyxomycetes and Myxomycetes). Four new taxa are introduced: Amblyosporida ord. nov. Neopereziida ord. nov. and Ovavesiculida ord. nov. in Rozellomycota, and Protosporangiaceae fam. nov. in Dictyosteliomycetes. Two different classifications (in outline section and in discussion) are provided for Glomeromycota and Leotiomycetes based on recent studies. The phylogenetic reconstruction of a four-gene dataset (18S and 28S rRNA, RPB1, RPB2) of 433 taxa is presented, including all currently described orders of fungi.
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Pedro Silva | 124 | 961 | 74015 |
João Rocha | 93 | 1521 | 49472 |
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque | 59 | 397 | 12037 |
Gauss M. Cordeiro | 58 | 482 | 12144 |
Joaquim J. Ferreira | 56 | 409 | 13044 |
Carlos Augusto Fernandes de Oliveira | 52 | 572 | 9657 |
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves | 52 | 251 | 8708 |
Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani | 48 | 346 | 9012 |
Mauro Santos | 46 | 259 | 7219 |
Leonie Asfora Sarubbo | 41 | 212 | 5635 |
Carlos Raimundo Ferreira Grosso | 36 | 98 | 5293 |
Sophie Bertrand | 35 | 120 | 3756 |
Galba Maria de Campos-Takaki | 35 | 157 | 3608 |
Matt K. Broadhurst | 34 | 222 | 4266 |
Arnaud Bertrand | 33 | 86 | 3209 |