Produção do monóxido de titânio em estrelas variáveis

Mira are pulsating variable stars in advanced stages of evolution. Their atmospheres are sources of intense absorption bands attributed to molecular titanium monoxide (TiO). It has been suggested that the abundance of TiO reaches its maximum value near the minimum light. In this sense, the study of the processes of formation and destruction of TiO in circumstellar envelopes of Mira stars, not only allows us to understand the physical and chemical processes that occur in these environments, as it allows to verify the correlation between the abundance of TiO and its light curve. However, the main mechanisms of formation and destruction of TiO are poorly known and, consequently, the possible correlation between the abundance of this species and the light curve. In these sense, we studied the main processes of formation and destruction of titanium monoxide in molecular layers of Mira atmospheres and determined its temporal variation as function of the stellar radius. The TiO profile along the radius was expected for the different stellar phase, however its abundance is not enough to explain the light curve. The reasons behind it are discussed in details

Aplicação de sílica mesoporosa modificada com moléculas contendo bases de Lewis na pré-concentração de Cd(II) em amostras aquosas

Em razão ao uso intensivo e por ser altamente não-degradável, o metal Cd (II) tem causado uma grande preocupação na sociedade moderna devido a sua capacidade de acumular-se em matrizes ambientais manifestando toxicidade. O projeto teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento da síntese da Sílica Mesoporosa para o ancoramento do ligante Ácido Rubeânico sobre a superfície do material. A caracterização do mesmo, por espectroscopia na região do infravermelho (FTIR), após a etapa de funcionalização indicou a presença de grupamento amina, com banda em 3350 cm-1, bandas na região de 2940 e 2850 cm-1 atribuídas a grupos metileno e a atenuação da banda C-Cl (700 cm-1), devido ao ancoramento da molécula do ligante. O material foi aplicado em experimentos de batelada e o efeito de tempo de contato e do pH sobre a adsorção de íons Cd (II) foi avaliado. O material apresentou cinética rápida, a qual foi alcançada em 1 minuto e a maior adsorção foi atingida em pH 6 (próximo ao ponto de carga zero) para ambos os metais. As condições ótimas obtidas foram aplicadas para a determinação da capacidade máxima de adsorção. Os dados obtidos da isoterma de adsorção foram aplicados à Equação Linearizada de Langmuir, fornecendo 0,03 mmol g-1, com o coeficiente de determinação dos dados sendo R² de 0,9961. Na segunda etapa, o material modificado foi aplicado em sistema de fluxo contínuo, ajustando as melhores condições como massa de amostra, tipos de eluente bem como o volume de eluato. Os resultados das concentrações do metal foram obtidos por determinação direta por espectrometria de absorção atômica

Discriminação de classes de cobertura vegetal utilizando técnicas de classificação digital de imagens de sensoriamento remoto

The aim of this work is to discriminate vegetation classes throught remote sensing images from the satellite CBERS-2, related to winter and summer seasons in the Campos Gerais region Paraná State, Brazil. The vegetation cover of the region presents different kinds of vegetations: summer and winter cultures, reforestation areas, natural areas and pasture. Supervised classification techniques like Maximum Likelihood Classifier (MLC) and Decision Tree were evaluated, considering a set of attributes from images, composed by bands of the CCD sensor (1, 2, 3, 4), vegetation indices (CTVI, DVI, GEMI, NDVI, SR, SAVI, TVI), mixture models (soil, shadow, vegetation) and the two first main components. The evaluation of the classifications accuracy was made using the classification error matrix and the kappa coefficient. It was defined a high discriminatory level during the classes definition, in order to allow separation of different kinds of winter and summer crops. The classification accuracy by decision tree was 94.5% and the kappa coefficient was 0.9389 for the scene 157/128. For the scene 158/127, the values were 88% and 0.8667, respectively. The classification accuracy by MLC was 84.86% and the kappa coefficient was 0.8099 for the scene 157/128. For the scene 158/127, the values were 77.90% and 0.7476, respectively. The results showed a better performance of the Decision Tree classifier than MLC, especially to the classes related to cultivated crops, indicating the use of the Decision Tree classifier to the vegetation cover mapping including different kinds of crops.

Classificação de imagens em áreas cultivadas com citrus por técnicas de sensoriamento remoto e geoestatística

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Caracterização de conflitos de uso do solo em apps na bacia hidrográfica do córrego barra seca (pederneiras/sp)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Diagnóstico de potenciliade das unidades ambientais na bacia do Rio Capivara, Botucatu - SP

This work has the objective to elaborate the potentialities of the farming expand diagnosis of the Capivara River Hydrographic basin, in the Botucatu – SP municipal district, to obtain an interpretation of the system actual situation through the historical trajectory and possible evolution with the assistance of the SIG Ilwis 3.4 and orbital images CBERS 2B, in the pancromatics bands, obtained in 12/07/2008. The potentialities of the farming expand diagnosis was obtained through the physical mean modeling, of the farming expand presents in the studied environment and shows possible line actions to minimize the impacts e reach a sustainable development to the region. The Capivara river basin presents more than 70% of your areas occupied by the anthropic expanding, with the extensive farming predominance, forestall planting, orange and sugar cane. In the potentiality diagnostic analyses notes the good quality of the basin to the farming expand, except the region comprehended by the Botucatu Cuesta and the meadows area. The basin until has a good environmental quality and this diagnosis must serve for a start point to the realization of the territorial ordination as quick as possible to the environment conditions finds remains the same, granting the recovery capability.

Análise da efetividade de polimerização, adaptação marginal e interna de restaurações Classe II de resinas compostas de inserção em bloco utilizando diferentes matrizes

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Nanopartículas magnéticas como suporte para imobilização de lipases

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Detecção e quantificação eletroquímica de substâncias de interesse clínico, ambiental e forense utilizando eletrodo de pasta de grafite modificado com trisilanol poss ligado a suportes porosos e eletrodos impressos obtidos via screen-printed

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Desenvolvimento e avaliação de um sistema de liberação sustentada de gentamicina em biomembranas de látex natural

Pós-graduação em Biociências - FCLAS

Síntese e caracterização de nanocompósitos constituídos por nanoargila e hidrogel para uso agrícola

Pós-graduação em Ciência dos Materiais - FEIS

Avaliação da teneurina-2 (Ten-2) nos astrócitos do córtex cerebral de ratos adultos após lesão mecânica. Estudo imuno-histoquímico e de expressão gênica

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Estrutura e algumas propriedades ópticas de difenilfosfinatos de terras-raras

Coordination compounds of trivalent lanthanides cations with diphenylphosphinate are originated from direct reaction between a lanthanide salt and diphenylphosphinic acid. These complexes have peculiar and intriguing features, as (i) quickly obtainment through wet process precipitation, (ii) appreciable thermal stability, similar to inorganic phosphates, (iii) polymeric structure, and consequently, (iv) low solubility in both polar and non-polar solvents. Nowadays, coordination polymers are classified as coordination networks or, in case of porous materials, as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). By this study, we aim to determine some optical properties of rare-earth diphenylphosphinate (RE = La3+, Eu3+, Gd3+, Lu3+) and conduct an updated classification of these compounds, bringing more details of its structure and the possible proposal of new materials with applications in lighting, detection of ionizing radiation and magnetism. The complexes of trivalent rare-earth cation with diphenylphosphinate were prepared by direct mixture of diphenylphosphinic acid with rare-earth metal chloride, both in ethanolic solution. The solution of diphenylphosphinic acid was kept in a beaker under constant stirring with pH measurements of the solution and gadolinium chloride solution was then dripped slowly with the aid of a burette until its complete addition; the following metal:ligand molar ratios were tested: 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 2:1 e 3:1. The compounds were characterized by spectroscopic and structural techniques. By Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), it was possible to check the total ionization of diphenylphosphinic acid in synthesized complexes, confirmed by the absence of the band type A, B, C related to ѵ(O-H) of the acid (2663 cm-1, 2168 cm-1, 1684 cm-1), as well as the disappearance of ѵ(P-OH)=961 cm-1. Furthermore, the occurrence of bands shifts of ѵ(POO-) [symmetrical and asymmetrical] of...