The study of the distribution of the crystallographic orientations (the fabric) along ice cores supplies information on the past and current ice flows of ice-sheets. Beside the usually observed formation of a vertical single maximum fabric, the EPICA Dome Con-cordia ice core (EDC) shows an abrupt and unexpected strenghtening of its fabric dur-5 ing termination II around 1750 m depth. Such stren...

Cordia dichotoma is a tall tree which grows in Sri Lanka, India and other warmer countries. Its medicinal properties are known since long time and it is traditionally used to cure several ailments. Its fruits are used as expectorant, astringent, coolant, emollient, purgative and anthelmintic. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hepatoprotective and several other pharmacological activities have also b...

Abstract An x-ray imager is being developed for use in diffraction-limited synchrotron rings and continuous wave free electron lasers. The named CoRDIA (COntinuous Readout Digitising Imager Array) aims at achieving operation a frame rate excess of 100kHz. Other goals include single-photon sensitivity 12 keV (or below), full well 10k photon/pixel/image, 100μm pixel pitch. detector ASIC will be c...

Knowledge of medicinal plants is often the only therapeutic resource of many communities and ethnic groups. "Erva-baleeira", Cordia verbenacea DC., is one of the species of plants currently exploited for the purpose of producing a phytotherapeutic product extracted from its leaves. In Brazil, its major distribution is in the region of the Atlantic Forest and similar vegetation. The crude extrac...