[1] We provide comprehensive low-temperature magnetic results for greigite (Fe3S4) across the spectrum from superparamagnetic (SP) to multidomain (MD) behavior. It is well known that greigite has no lowtemperature magnetic transitions, but we also document that it has strong domain-state dependence of magnetic properties at low temperatures. Blocking of SP grains and increasing thermal stabilit...

Bean constitutes, with rice, the staple diet of the Brazilian people. The quality control of beans includes computing the percentages of different varieties present in a batch of beans. The selling price of the batch depends on these percentages. In this work, we propose a computer system for visual inspection of beans. We use “correlation-based multi-shape granulometry” for the first time to s...

Grain-size analysis has long been used as a descriptor of transport and depositional processes. This paper presents the possibility of using image-based granulometries, not yet widely used in the earth sciences, to characterize granulometric composition of unconsolidated estuarine and marine sediments. To test the method, conventional sediment analysis of siliceous and calcareous sediments are ...

The size of nuclei in histological preparations from excised breast tumors is predictive of patient outcome (large nuclei indicate poor outcome). Pathologists take into account nuclear size when performing breast cancer grading. In addition, the mean nuclear area (MNA) has been shown to have independent prognostic value. The straightforward approach to measuring nuclear size is by performing nu...

Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri Claparede, 1862 is a cosmopolitan Oligochaeta widely used as indicator of organic pollution in water bodies. Previous contributions have shown the effects of organic matter and temperature on the life history of the species, although very little is known about the factors that influence its reproduction. This study aimed 1) to test whether the larger weight of individua...

Standard granulometry methods are used to count the number of disjoint grains in digital images. For the case of overlapping grains, the standard method is not effective. Two alternative methods for counting overlapping grains in digital images are proposed. The methods are based on mathematical morphology and are suitable for grains of circular shape. The standard and overlapping methods were ...

This paper extends to gray-scale the method proposed by Hildebrand and Rüegsegger for estimating thickness of trabecular bone, which is the most used in trabecular bone research, where local thickness at a point is defined as the diameter of the maximum inscribed ball that includes that point. The proposed extension takes advantage of the equivalence between this method and the opening function...

Vapor pressure 5.29 hPa at 25°C Surface tension 69.6 mN/m at 20°C and 1000 mg/L Water solubility 1000 g/l at 25°C Partition coefficient n-octanol/water (log value) 0.46 @ 25°C Flash point 48.5°C at 1013 hPa Flammability Flammable liquid cat. 3 The substance has no pyrophoric properties and does not liberate flammable gases on contact with water. Explosive properties non explosive Self-ignition ...

The durability of concrete structures is a major issue in civil engineering. Cover concrete monitoring is particularly important as it is in direct contact with the outside. High frequency surface waves (50-200 kHz) are adapted to provide information about this part of concrete, since they investigate materials at a depth close to the wavelength. The high degree of heterogeneities in concrete i...