Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-03-31Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T21:00:47Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 vismara_mvg_me_bauru.pdf: 1607998 bytes, checksum: 8efc51b01e3badc0e6233d3ef3f7d4ab (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Este trabalho teve como objetivo a investigação da interação de radiação gama com três polímeros: o polímero Poli(2-metóxi, 5-(2'-etil-hexilóx)-1,4- fenileno vinileno) (MEH-PPV)n e os polímeros solúveis em água Poly {[2,5-bis(2-(N,N-diethylamino)ethoxy) -1,4 -phenylene]-alt-1,4-phenylene} e o Poly [(2,5-bis (2 - (N,N - diethylammonium bromide) ethoxy) - 1,4 -phenylene) - alt - 1,4-phenylene]. O polímero MEH-PPV foi dissolvido nos solventes orgânicos clorofórmio e bromofórmio, já os outros dois polímeros, em água destilada e solução de HCI 1M. As amostras foram preparadas em várias concentrações e irradiadas com doses que variaram desde 0,01 Gy, sendo que cada amostra foi irradiada com apenas uma dose. Os resultados foram avaliados com técnicas espectroscópicas, sendo elas, espectroscopia de absorção óptica UV-visível e espectroscopia de fluorescência. Foi avaliada a alteração na posição do pico principal de absorção óptica com a dose absorvida pelas amostras. Como resultado principal, observou-se que os polímeros solúveis em água não apresentam alteração espectral após serem irradiados. Não sendo interessante para aplicação dosimétrica. Já para as amostras do polímero MEH-PPV diluídas em bromofórmio apresentaram alta sensibilidade para doses inferiores a 1 Gy, e apresentaram certa linearidade com a dose recebida (fator importante para aplicação dosimétrica). Para as amostras em clorofórmio, não foi observado deslocamento significativo do escpectro de absorção para doses inferiores a 1 Gy. No entanto para doses de 1 Gy à 90 Gy, o comportamento observado pode ser descrito por duas regiões lineares: uma com maior inclinação da reta para doses até cerca 30 Gy, e outro com inclinação da reta menor para doses entre 30 Gy e 90 Gy. O comportamento linear, assim como a inclinação da reta, do deslocamento da posição... / The subject of this work is the investigation of gamma radition interaction with tree polymers: the polymer Poli(2-metóxi, 5-(2'-etil-hexilóx)-1,4- fenileno vinileno) (MEH-PPV)n e os polímeros solúveis em água Poly {[2,5-bis(2-(N,N-diethylamino)ethoxy) -1,4 -phenylene]-alt-1,4-phenylene} e o Poly [(2,5-bis (2 - (N,N - diethylammonium bromide) ethoxy) - 1,4 -phenylene) - alt - 1,4-phenylene]. The MEH-PPV polymer was dissolved in organic solvents, choloroform and bromoform, the other two polymers in distilled water and 1 M aqueous HCI solution. The samples were prepared at various concentrations and irradiated with doses ranging from 0.01 Gy to 90 Gy. The results were evaluated by spectroscopic techniques, which were, UV-visible absorption spectroscopy and fluorescence spectroscopy. They were evaluated the changes in the position of main optical absorption peak with the dose absorbed by the samples. As main result, it was observed that water-soluble polymers did not show spectral change after being irradiated. For dosimetric application this results are not interesting. For the MEH-PPV polymer samples diluted in bromoform presented highly sensitive to doses below 1 Gy, and showed some linearity with the dose received. For samples in chloroform, doses below 1 Gy did not showed significant shift in the absorption spectra. However, the samples irradiated with doses from 1 Gy to 90 Gy, the behavior can be described by two linear regions: one with a higher slope for doses up to about 30 Gy, and another with a lower slope for doses between 30 Gy and 90 Gy. A greater slope to doses up to about 30 Gy, and another with lower slope to doses between 30 and 90 Gy. The linear behavior and the slope of the main peak position is a important factor for dosimetric application. At the same time, a study of stability of the samples was performed. It was observed that the MEH-PPV samples in bromoform... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Previous studies have shown that the incidence rate of intervening strong Mg II absorbers towards gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) were a factor of 2-4 higher than towards quasars. Exploring the similar sized and uniformly selected legacy data sets XQ-100 and XSGRB, each consisting of 100 quasar and 81 GRB afterglow spectra obtained with a single instrument (VLT/X-shooter), we demonstrate that there is no disagreement in the number density of strong Mg II absorbers with rest-frame equivalent widths W-r(lambda 2796) > 1 angstrom towards GRBs and quasars in the redshift range 0.1 less than or similar to z less than or similar to 5. With large and similar sample sizes, and path length coverages of Delta z = 57.8 and 254 : 4 for GRBs and quasars, respectively, the incidences of intervening absorbers are consistent within 1 sigma uncertainty levels at all redshifts. For absorbers at z < 2.3, the incidence towards GRBs is a factor of 1.5 +/- 0.4 higher than the expected number of strong Mg II absorbers in Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) quasar spectra, while for quasar absorbers observed with X-shooter we find an excess factor of 1.4 +/- 0.2 relative to SDSS quasars. Conversely, the incidence rates agree at all redshifts with reported high-spectral-resolution quasar data, and no excess is found. The only remaining discrepancy in incidences is between SDSS Mg II catalogues and high-spectral-resolution studies. The rest-frame equivalent-width distribution also agrees to within 1 sigma uncertainty levels between the GRB and quasar samples. Intervening strong Mg II absorbers towards GRBs are therefore neither unusually frequent, nor unusually strong.

Magister Scientiae - MSc / High-spin states in the oblate deformed odd-odd thallium nucleus ( ) 109 190 81 Tl have been investigated through the reaction 175Lu(20Ne, 5n)190Tl at a beam energy of 115 MeV. The gamma rays emitted from 190Tl nucleus were detected with Ge detectors using the AFRODITE array at iThemba LABS, South Africa. Gamma-gamma coincidence data were obtained and used to construct the level scheme. In this work, Directional Correlations from Oriented (DCO) state ratios and linear polarization anisotropies were measured in order to deduce spin and parity of energy levels in the decay scheme. It was possible to determine the spin and parity of two additional signature-partner bands which decay to the ground-state band. / South Africa

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Ph.D. (Biochemistry) / This study consistsof two parts namely: • Phosphoproteins in ripening mango fruit tissue: Effect of y-irradiation and various effectors on protein phosphorylation during the climacteric rise, climacteric peak and post-climacteric stages of ripening. • Protein kinase (EC 2.7.10 and EC 2.7.11) activities in ripening mango fruit tissue: Classification, purification and characterisation.

The purpose of this investigation was to observe the excited states of the Cs¹³³ nucleus when neutrons are inelastically scattered from the nucleus.

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<p> A variety of experiments has been performed in order to establish and identify the states in 191Ir and 193Ir. From radioactive decay, the energies and intensities of the gamma rays and internal conversion electrons have been measured with high precision using Ge(Li) detectors and the Chalk River π√2 spectrometer. A series of gamma-gamma coincidence experiments were performed using Ge(Li) detectors. The gamma rays following Coulomb excitation of 191Ir and 193Ir were also measured with Ge(Li) detectors. In addition, (3He,d) and (α,t) transfer reactions were performed and the reaction products analyzed by means of an Enge split-pole spectrograph. From these data, the energies, spins, parities and spectroscopic factors for the states in 191Ir and 193Ir have been established and interpreted in terms of the Nilsson model with band mixing.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

<p> Twenty-two energy levels of 105Ru populated in the beta decay of 105Ru have been determined. The internal conversion coefficients of the eighteen strongest transitions were measured using a magnetic spectrometer and were used to obtain their multipole assignments. The energies and intensities of seventy gamma rays were measured using germanium detectors and scintillation counters. Gamma-gamma and beta-gamma coincidence measurements carried out with magnetic spectrometers, NaI(Tl) and Ge(Li) detectors were used with these energy measurements to establish a decay scheme. An interpretation of the decay scheme in the light of current nuclear models was attempted.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)