Influência de parâmetros físicos e do processamento digital utilizado nos sinais oriundos do ensaio charpy instrumentado

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Civil - FEIS

Interferência de sistemas de manejo na floresta nacional de Caxiuanã, PA nos atributos físicos e químicos na composição isotópica de solo antropizado

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Agricultura) - FCA

Variabilidade espacial de atributos físicos de solos antropogênico e não antropogênico na região de Manicoré, AM

Better knowledge of the anthropogenic soils can help create future scenarios for the Amazon region through information that supports the sustainable planning. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatial variability of soil physical anthropogenic and not anthropogenic in the region of Manipur, AM. In the study area we selected two, one with no anthropogenic soils (native forest) and another with anthropogenic soils (black earth archaeological). In each area, we established a grid measuring 70 x 70 m and the soils were sampled at the points of intersection of the grid with regular spacing of 10 by 10 feet, making a total of 64 sampling points in each landscape. Soil samples were collected at a depth from 0.0 to 0.10 I did the analyzes physical (texture, bulk density, macroporosity, microporososidade, porosity and aggregate stability). Then, the data were subjected to descriptive statistics and geostatistics. It was found that the anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic soils showed different behaviors in relation ace their spatial structures. The spatial variability that prevailed in anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic soil was moderate and weak indicating that these soils are strongly linked to changes in the soil by extrinsic factors. The soil was observed anthropogenic best results for total porosity, microporosity and bulk density, showing superior characteristics compared for agronomic soil not anthropogenic. And the range of values found in the above two areas were used in the mesh, showing greater spatial continuity in these environments.

Comportamento da cana-de-açúcar em duas safras e atributos físicos do solo, sob diferentes tipos de preparo

The tillage comprises on average 25% of the cost of deploying a reed, so this cost reduction measures are desirable since they do not compromise the quality of the operation and longevity of sugarcane. The objective was to evaluate the effect of different tillage systems in Acrustox, correlating soil physical properties and characteristics of sugarcane agroindustrial plant cane and ratoon cane. We used five types of soil tillage, over experimental design in blocks with five replications. The particle size was measured every 0.1 m to 0.4 m depth, through deformed soil samples collected at the end of the first growth cycle of the culture. For other soil physical properties: bulk density, total porosity and water content, assessments were performed at the end of each cycle, collecting soil samples in layers of 0-0.20 to 0.21-0.40 m, in addition to performing the penetration resistance, using a penetrometer impact. The response of sugarcane depending on the types of tillage was determined from the evaluation of productivity per hectare of stem (TCH), sugar (TPH), the values of pol % cane (AP), sugar total recoverable (ATR) and fiber samples collected at harvest stalk of sugarcane plant and ratoon cane. In the tillage studied, there was a change of the physical attributes of the soil, causing reduced productivity in 2009/2010 crop, compared with the 2008/2009 season. In tillage system of furrowing direct lowest result was observed for TCH, especially in 2009/2010 crop, when the difference with conventional tillage was 20.53 Mg ha(-1).

Avaliação da flexibilidade e dor de idosos fisicamente ativos e sedentários

Introduction: Among others things, ageing results in neuromuscular decrease. The physical activity practice may to influence positively the ageing process. Objective: To evaluate the flexibility and the level of pain on the sedentary and physically active elderly. Method: Forty-two elderly participated of this study, both male and female, (twenty-two physically active and twenty sedentary), over sixty years old and functionally capable to perform the evaluations suggested. They were submitted to tests of decrease in anterior flexion of the trunk, Stibor and Shoeber to evaluate the flexibility and then they signalized the level of pain on the analogic visual scale. The data obtained on the valuations has been analyzed utilizing the non-parametric statistic test Mann-Whitney, considering the level of significance of 5% (p<0,05), in order to compare the performance among the groups. Results: It has not been observed significant di- fferences among the groups referring to the tests Stibor and analogic visual scale. On Shoeber and FAT tests has been observed significant differences (p<0,05) among the groups, with a better performance to the active group. Conclusion: The physical activity practicing interfere on the mobility and on the flexibility of the elderly body segment.

Comparação da flexibilidade, qualidade de vida e capacidade funcional entre idosos ativos e sedentários dos meios urbano e rural

Introduction:The regular practice of physical activity is being used as a therapeutic resource to the elderly population, with the objective of reduction of the losses provoked by the growing old process. The home place (urban or rural) is still little explored in literature about your infl uence in the physical capacity of the elderly people. Objective: The aim of this study was to value and compare the quality of life, motion and functional capacity between physically active and sedentary elderly people, residents in the urban and rural area. Methods: Sixty people with age above 60 years old were valued, 20 physically active residents in the urban area (66,5 ± 4,32 years), 20 sedentary residents in the urban area (68,8± 7,24 years), 10 physically active residents in the rural area (64,4±2,46 years) and 10 sedentary residents in the rural area (68±5,78 years). It was realized the evaluation of the fl exibility (previous fl exon of the trunk), mobility (timed up and go test), a six-minute walk test and answered a quality of life’s questionnaire SF-36. To compare the results obtained by the two groups was used the Kruskal-Wallis test, and the signifi cant presence of the test was performed post hoc Newman-Keuls. The level of signifi cance used in statistical analysis was 5% (p<0,05).Results: It was observed that the physically active elderly people obtaine better performance on the six-minutes walk test. It wasn’t found difference in the mobility among the groups. In relation to the quality of life, the elderly residents in the rural area, were better in the component Vitally. In relation to the fl exibility the elderly residents in the urban area obtained the best results. So, we can conclude that the practice of physical activity realized by the volunteers contributed to a better functional capacity, observed by the biggest distance gone through on the walk test. The rural home place positively infl uenced the vitality control, while the fl exibility was worse presented in these elderly people.

Teorias de potência conservativa e instantânea: análise comparativa

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEB

Estudo da acessibilidade aos sítios ativos e desativação na desidratação do glicerol utilizando catalisadores zeolíticos lamelares

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Aplicação da espectrofotometria de fluorescência para identificação de inibidores de proteases em plantas de Cerrado e Mata Atlântica: uma ferramenta enzimática moderna para a busca de novos hits biologicamente ativos

O presente trabalho de conclusão de curso reporta os resultados obtidos durante o estágio de Iniciação Científica realizado no Núcleo de Biossíntese, Bioensaios e Ecofisiologia de Produtos Naturais do Departamento de Química Orgânica do Instituto de Química da UNESP-Araraquara. Foram realizados ensaios de triagem de substâncias naturais, semissintéticas e sintéticas com atividade inibitória sobre a protease aspártica pepsina e a protease serínica subtilisina. As amostras foram obtidas de extratos vegetais e de fungos endofíticos e foram testadas tanto substâncias puras naturais como diterpenos clerodânicos, cromenos, peptídeos e amidas bem como derivados sintéticos do ácido caféico, ferúlico, alcalóides piridínicos, entre outros resultantes das pesquisas realizadas por pesquisadores do NuBBE. Resultados mostraram que os ensaios de inibição da pepsina e da subtilisina apresentaram seletividade para os diferentes tipos de substâncias testadas. Ainda mais, foi possível observar diferenças nos resultados obtidos com os enantiômeros dos cromanos e dos cromenos. As substâncias que apresentaram maiores porcentagens de inibição foram os cromenos, os derivados do ácido cafeico, do ácido ferúlico e do ácido benzóico, as amidas, bem como os diterpenos clerodânicos. Alguns destes resultados foram publicados em revistas indexadas (Flausino et al., 2009; López et al., 2010; Oliveira et al., 2011) e outros estão sendo preparados para publicação

Influência de protetores físicos coloridos nas trocas gasosas de Canafístula (Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.)

The aim of this experiment was to study the influence of transparent, blue and red tree shelters on gas exchanges of canafístula’s (Peltophorum dubium (Spreng.) Taub.) seedlings. This study was carried out in Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, U ESP, Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil. The experiment design was randomized blocks, with 5 replications, each one containing 6 units of each treatment (nonsheltered, transparent tree shelters, blue tree shelters and red tree shelters). The evaluations of gas exchanges were made through an infrared gas analyzer. It follows that the tree shelters use may limit the photosynthesis, increase the transpiration and stomatal opening, besides reducing the water use efficiency. The colored tree shelters use created unfavorable conditions for the development, reducing the photosynthesis, because they reflected the blue and red wavelengths, allowing only the passage of the other components of the white light or of the photosynthetically active radiation

Busca de parceiros físicos das proteínas ADAM23 e MX1, utilizando o sistema de duplo híbrido em Saccharomyces cerevisae

A metilação de ilhas CpG em regiões regulatórias de vários genes tem sido descrita como um processo importante no silenciamento de genes supressores de tumor e diretamente envolvida no processo de carcinogênese de uma série de tumores. O estudo desses genes afetados pela metilação em tumores visa identificar possíveis marcadores moleculares para o diagnóstico, prognóstico e tratamento de tumores, além de possibilitar a descoberta de fatores importantes no processo biológico do câncer. Os genes MX1 e ADAM23 foram identificados como diferencialmente metilados em linhagens celulares provenientes de carcinoma de cabeça e pescoço. Neste sentido, ao estudar o perfil diferencial de metilação de genes em carcinomas de células escamosas de cabeça e pescoço, o gene MX1 foi identificado como diferencialmente expresso. Dessa forma, para elucidar a função destes genes no controle da carcinogênese, o presente estudo buscou identificar ligantes celulares das proteínas MX1 e ADAM23 por meio de rastreamentos de duplo-híbrido, usando bibliotecas de cDNA de cérebro fetal humano. Os rastreamentos com a proteína ADAM23 não geraram resultados positivos por isso não são aqui discutidos. Foi realizado rastreamento com a proteína MX1, que resultou em aproximadamente 1,0x106 transformantes, dos quais 74 foram confirmados pelo ensaio de duplo-híbrido e codificam para 9 ligantes já conhecidos e 21novos ligantes prováveis de MX1. Entre esses novos ligantes prováveis estão proteínas que já haviam sido descritas como ligantes de MX1, incluindo a própria proteína MX1, o que valida os resultados obtidos com este rastreamento. Além disso, grande parte dos ligantes identificados são fatores envolvidos no processo de SUMOilação de proteínas, na formação de corpúsculos nucleares denominados PML-NB e uma série de proteínas relacionadas ao controle da transcrição e apoptose... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Diagnóstico ambiental no período frio e seco do Córrego Bandeirantes, município de Rio Claro, SP: parâmetros físicos, químicos e físico-químicos

The present study was concerned with checking the water quality, the recovery of the riparian vegetation and vegetation around the springhead of stream Bandeirantes, such as the inadequate disposal of waste along this stream, which is located in Rio Claro, SP, in the period from March to July of 2010. Aiming to propose mitigation measures to reverse the degradation processes and develop activities to help a better awareness of the population directly related to this water resource. The water quality was analyzed by performing monthly sampling in three different points along the stream. The first point of sampling is in the spring of the stream, the second at the region called estradão and the third near its mouth, when it flows into the Ribeirão Claro, a tributary of the right bank of the Corumbataí river. It was calculated from the Water Quality Index (WQI) developed by Cetesb. The results were compared with current law. The riparian vegetation, which is responsible for the protection of rivers and streams, was observed and examined during the field work. The results indicated the stream as class 2 and the WQI has been classified, in the most of the analysis, such as a water of good quality. However, some parameters showed a worrying situation and highlighted the current situation, with waste deposits, furniture and animal waste into the pit of the stream studied

Ativos alisantes em cosméticos

A utilização de produtos cosméticos que resultem em alisamento ou relaxamento dos cabelos tem-se tornado cada vez mais comum. O desejo das mulheres em possuir um cabelo liso é registrado desde a época de escravidão e, em 1940, foram lançadas formulações contendo hidróxido de sódio para essa finalidade. O alisamento dos cabelos pode ser obtido por processos térmicos ou químicos, onde o primeiro apresenta efeito temporário (até o contato com umidade) e o segundo apresenta efeito definitivo. Por esse motivo, os alisamentos a base de substâncias químicas é chamado de alisamento definitivo. Diversas substâncias foram historicamente utilizadas a fim de obter o efeito alisante, tais como hidróxido de sódio, hidróxido de lítio, hidróxido de guanidina e tioglicolato de amônia. Em comum, estas substâncias agem profundamente na fibra capilar, alterando as ligações químicas da queratina, resultando em uma reestruturação destas ligações. Entretanto, essas substâncias também causam diversos danos a fibra capilar devido ao mecanismo de ação destes produtos. A supervalorização da imagem feminina e a busca incansável pela beleza fizeram com que, cada vez mais, estas substâncias químicas sejam utilizadas de modo indiscriminado e ilegal. O uso irracional dessas substâncias traz conseqüências graves à saúde dos consumidores e profissionais cabeleleiros, tais como dermatites, intoxicações e riscos de carcinogênese. Como exemplo, o uso de formaldeído como agente alisante foi proibido pela Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária Brasileira (ANVISA) desde 2009, assim como sua venda e exposição em estabelecimentos públicos de todo o país, devido ao alto risco apresentado aos consumidores e profissionais. Dessa forma, a pesquisa e o desenvolvimento de produtos alisantes devem ser feita de modo responsável ...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Efeito de um programa de ginástica laboral na saúde, estados de ânimo e estresse diário do trabalhador

The practice of regular physical activity has been widely recommended in the literature, indicating an improvement of the physical and psychological activities promoted through the routine of workers. In this sense, physical activity has become of great importance in the workplace, for the prevention of injuries caused by normalizing bodily functions and staff providing relaxation and socialization, basic elements of daily life a worker. This study aimed to analyze the effects of a active break program in the routine of workers in their mood and stress, even checking the influence of physical activity on quality of life of participants. We selected 15 individuals of both genders, the restaurant staff University, UNESP - Rio Claro-SP. The activities lasted four months, two times a week, at the beginning of the workday, for 15 minutes, followed by stretching and playful activity. The evaluations were answered a week before the execution of the program and lists of mood states have been answered before and after the activity, and the end of working hours and also at the beginning and end of the days when there were no interventions. After analyzing the results, we concluded that the participants have a good index of perception of quality of life with total score of 76.6 for mental and physical health and that all assets are considered in accordance with the recommendations of 150 minutes of physical activity per week. More than 50% of them have symptoms of stress found mostly in the resistance stage, and no changes were found in the mood states when practicing active break or not. We conclude that the changing of moods can be associated with the fact that workers are already active, another reason may be due to low number of participants in the study, given other studies show that there is a change and that active break interferes positively in mood states of individuals