Orientação para o mercado e desenvolvimento de novos produtos: um estudo de caso

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Implementação da Marcação CE para estruturas metálicas: estudo de caso na serralharia da Carpincasais

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Industrial

Melhoria na gestão de compras em uma indústria do Pólo Industrial de Manaus (PIM)

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Call Center como forma organizacional de implementação de serviços de Brokering para empresas virtuais

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial

Cheese whey: a cost-effective alternative for hyaluronic acid production by Streptococcus zooepidemicus

This study focuses on the optimization of cheese whey formulated media for the production of hyaluronic acid HA by Streptococcus zooepidemicus. Culture media containing whey (W; 2.1 g/L) or whey hydrolysate (WH; 2.4 g/L) gave the highest HA productions. Both W and WH produced high yields on protein consumed, suggesting cheese whey is a good nitrogen source for S. zooepidemicus production of HA. Polysaccharide concentrations of 4.0 g/L and 3.2 g/L were produced in W and WH in a further scale-up to 5 L bioreactors, confirming the suitability of the low-cost nitrogen source. Cheese whey culture media provided high molecular weight (> 3000 kDa) HA products. This study revealed replacing the commercial peptone by the low-cost alternative could reduce HA production costs by up to a 70%compared to synthetic media.

The powerful in vitro bioactivity of Euterpe oleracea Mart. seeds and related phenolic compounds

The Euterpe oleracea Mart. (açaí) is a plant from the Amazon region, classified as "super fruit" because of its various functional properties. However, limited investigation has been performed on açaí by-products, such as seeds. Therefore, the aim of this work was to characterized the phenolic compounds of the aqueous extract of açaí seeds and further evaluate its bioactivity (antioxidant and cytotoxic activities. Only proanthocyanidins were detected, being a B-type (epi)catechin tetramer the most abundant; however, procyanidin trimmers were the most predominant form. Açaí seeds extract revealed a high antioxidant (EC50 ranging from 3.6 to 19.4 μg/mL) and cytotoxic activity, being more effective in the cervical carcinoma cell line (HeLa; GI50 = 18 μg/mL); it did not show toxicity for non-tumor cells. Açaí seeds are considered a waste and could have an added economic benefit, through the extraction of natural antioxidants, particularly proanthocyanidins, that could find applications in food and pharmaceutical industries.

Estudo e melhoramento de técnica de aparafusamento de um autorrádio

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Mecânica

Aplicação web para configuração e acesso a câmaras ONVIF

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia Eletrónica Industrial e Computadores

Degradação fotocatalítica de petróleo e seus derivados através da utilização de nanopartículas de dióxido de titânio puro e misturado com óxido de grafeno reduzido

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia de Materiais

Redução do tempo de montagem final de transformadores CORE através da aplicação de ferramentas LEAN

Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Industrial

Materiais compósitos com incorporação de cânhamo industrial

Projeto de Investigação integrado de mestrado Internacional em Sustentabilidade do Ambiente Construído

Development of a model for occupational risk acceptance criteria definition in industrial settings

Doctoral Dissertation for PhD degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering

Development of procedures for the design, optimization and manufacturing of customized orthopaedic and trauma implants: Geometrical/anatomical modelling from 3D medical imaging

Tese de Doutoramento (Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Biomédica)

Development of sandwich panels of customized functionalities for the rehabilitation of the built patrimony

Dissertação de International Master in Sustainable Built Environment

Algorithms and computational tools for metabolic flux analysis

PhD thesis in Biomedical Engineering