BACKGROUND AND AIMS Marcgraviaceae are a rather small family of seven genera and approx. 130 neotropical species. This study aims to present a detailed palynological survey of the family in order to comment on the intrafamily relationships and possible correlations with pollinators. METHODS In total, 119 specimens representing 67 species and all genera are observed using light microscopy and ...

We study a system comprising a spheroidal particle with permittivity epsilon 2 and conductivity sigma 2 immersed in a host medium with permittivity epsilon 1 and conductivity sigma 1 in the ac external electric field with a strength Epsilon 0 and frequency omega. We determined conditions when orientation of a spheroidal particle with a finite electric conductivity at t --> infinity coincides wi...

We provide exact expressions for the electrostatic energy of uniformly charged prolate and oblate spheroidal shells. We find that uniformly charged prolate spheroids of eccentricity greater than 0.9 have lower Coulomb energy than a sphere of the same area. For the volume-constrained case, we find that a sphere has the highest Coulomb energy among all spheroidal shells. Further, we derive the ch...

Background: Sheroidal degeneration , reported as a rare entity in western literature is a common ocular morbidity in our parts of India. It is commonly seen in persons who are exposed to intense sun light (excess UV radiation) reflected off the surface of the sea, snow and sand. Hence, its prevalence is more in fishermen. Clinically, it is characterised by the presence of amber coloured spherul...

Generalized Prolate Spheroidal Functions (GPSF) are the eigenfunctions of the truncated Fourier transform, restricted to D-dimensional balls in the spatial domain and frequency domain. Despite their useful properties in many applications, GPSFs are often replaced by crude approximations. The purpose of this paper is to review the elements of computing GPSFs and associated eigenvalues. This pape...

Sunlight is an important cause of damage to plastics, textiles, paints, and other organic materials. Short wavelength ultraviolet light has long been recognized as being responsible for most of this damage2. Spectroradiometric measurements were made to quantify the wide variations in UV content of sunlight under the following conditions: direct summer sunlight, winter sunlight, sunlight filtere...