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  "date" : "2009-07-01",
  "identifier_doecontract" : "",
  "subject" : "60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; ANASTREPHA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; COBALT 60; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA RADIATION; PEST CONTROL; PUPAE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSES; RBE; STERILE MALE TECHNIQUE; STERILITY; STERILIZATION; X RADIATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; CONTROL; DATA; DIPTERA; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLIES; FRUIT FLIES; INFORMATION; INSECTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; INVERTEBRATES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES",
  "description" : "Recent fears of terrorism provoked an increase in delays and denials of transboundary shipments of radioisotopes. This represents a serious constraint to sterile insect technique (SIT) programs around the world as they rely on the use of ionizing energy from radioisotopes for insect sterilization. In order to validate a novel Xray irradiator, a series of studies on Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) and Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) were carried out, comparing the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) between X-rays and traditional gamma radiation from {sup 60}Co. Male C. capitata pupae and pupae of both sexes of A. fraterculus, both 24 to 48 h before adult emergence, were irradiated with doses ranging from 15 to 120 Gy and 10 to 70 Gy respectively. Estimated mean doses of 91.2 Gy of X and 124.9 Gy of gamma radiation induced 99% sterility in C. capitata males. Irradiated A. fraterculus were 99% sterile at about 40-60 Gy for both radiation treatments. Standard quality control parameters were not significantly affected by the two types of radiation. There were no significant differences between X and gamma radiation regarding mating indices. The RBE did not differ significantly between the tested X and gamma radiation, and X-rays are as biologically effective for SIT purposes as gamma rays are. This work confirms the suitability of this new generation of X-ray irradiators for pest control programs in UN Member States. (author)",
  "language" : "English",
  "identifier_report" : "INIS-BR-7258",
  "publisher_sponsor" : "",
  "publisher_country" : "Brazil",
  "source" : "BRN",
  "purl" : "",
  "title" : "Assessment of differences between X and gamma rays in order to validate a new generation of irradiators for insect sterilization",
  "type" : "Conference",
  "subject_related" : "ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; CONTROL; DATA; DIPTERA; DOSES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FLIES; FRUIT FLIES; INFORMATION; INSECTS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; INVERTEBRATES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES",
  "relation" : "Conference: INAC 2009: International nuclear atlantic conference. Innovations in nuclear technology for a sustainable future;16. Brazilian national meeting on reactor physics and thermal hydraulics;9. Brazilian national meeting on nuclear applications;1. Meeting on nuclear industry, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil);Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil);Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil);Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil), 27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009;27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009;27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009;27 Sep - 2 Oct 2009; Other Information: Published only in CD-Rom. Code: e09_366_fullpaper.pdf",
  "entry_date" : "2012-12-21",
  "subject_list" : [ "60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES", "ANASTREPHA", "CERATITIS CAPITATA", "COBALT 60", "EXPERIMENTAL DATA", "GAMMA RADIATION", "PEST CONTROL", "PUPAE", "QUALITY CONTROL", "RADIATION DOSES", "RBE", "STERILE MALE TECHNIQUE", "STERILITY", "STERILIZATION", "X RADIATION", "ANIMALS", "ARTHROPODS", "BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES", "BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES", "COBALT ISOTOPES", "CONTROL", "DATA", "DIPTERA", "DOSES", "ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION", "FLIES", "FRUIT FLIES", "INFORMATION", "INSECTS", "INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI", "INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES", "INVERTEBRATES", "IONIZING RADIATIONS", "ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES", "ISOTOPES", "MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES", "NUCLEI", "NUMERICAL DATA", "ODD-ODD NUCLEI", "RADIATIONS", "RADIOISOTOPES", "YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES" ],
  "publisher_availability" : "Available from INIS in electronic form;INIS",
  "rights" : "",
  "announced_date" : "2011-01-24",
  "type_qualifier" : "",
  "has_fulltext" : false,
  "coverage" : "",
  "identifier" : "",
  "journal_volume" : "",
  "creator" : "Mastrangelo, Thiago; Walder, Julio M.M., E-mail: piaui@cena.usp.b [Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA), Piracicaba, SP (Brazil)]; Parker, Andrew G; Jessup, Andrew; Orozco-Davila, Dina; Islam, Amirul; Dammalage, Thilakasiri [Joint FAO/IAEA-UN A-2444, Seibersdorf (Austria). Insect Pest Control Subprogramme]; Pereira, Rui [Joint FAO/IAEA-UN, Vienna (Austria). Insect Pest Control Subprogramme]",
  "site_ownership_code" : "BRN",
  "osti_id" : "21385249",
  "journal_issue" : "",
  "resource_type" : "CONF",
  "format" : "Medium: X; Size: [16 p.] pages",
  "journal_name" : [ ],
  "contributing_organizations" : "",
  "citation_location" : "https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/21385249",
  "publication_year" : 2009,
  "subject_list_commas" : "60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES, ANASTREPHA, CERATITIS CAPITATA, COBALT 60, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, GAMMA RADIATION, PEST CONTROL, PUPAE, QUALITY CONTROL, RADIATION DOSES, RBE, STERILE MALE TECHNIQUE, STERILITY, STERILIZATION, X RADIATION, ANIMALS, ARTHROPODS, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, COBALT ISOTOPES, CONTROL, DATA, DIPTERA, DOSES, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION, FLIES, FRUIT FLIES, INFORMATION, INSECTS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, INVERTEBRATES, IONIZING RADIATIONS, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEI, NUMERICAL DATA, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, RADIATIONS, RADIOISOTOPES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES",
  "publisher" : "",
  "identifier_other" : "TRN: BR1049332113383",
  "publisher_research" : "Associacao Brasileira de Energia Nuclear, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)",
  "creators_list" : [ "Mastrangelo, Thiago", "Walder, Julio M.M., E-mail: piaui@cena.usp.b [Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA), Piracicaba, SP (Brazil)]", "Parker, Andrew G", "Jessup, Andrew", "Orozco-Davila, Dina", "Islam, Amirul", "Dammalage, Thilakasiri [Joint FAO/IAEA-UN A-2444, Seibersdorf (Austria). Insect Pest Control Subprogramme]", "Pereira, Rui [Joint FAO/IAEA-UN, Vienna (Austria). Insect Pest Control Subprogramme]" ],
  "doi" : "https://doi.org/"
}