Rendimiento y composición mineral del forraje de una pradera permanente fertilizada con magnesio

Como una alternativa de manejo agronómico de la hipomagnesemia en rebaños a pastoreo se estudió, durante dos años, el efecto de la fertilización magnésica (0, 24, 48 y 96 kg ha-1 año-1 de Mg) sobre la concentración de magnesio, calcio, potasio y sodio y sus relaciones en la materia seca del forraje cosechado de una pradera permanente compuesta por Lolium perenne y Trifolium repens. El ensayo se realizó en un suelo Hapludand (Serie Valdivia) con un nivel inicial de 0,8 cmol c kg-1 de Mg. No se detectó un efecto de la fertilización magnésica sobre la producción de materia seca de la pradera, pero la concentración de magnesio en la materia seca se incrementó proporcionalmente a la dosis de magnesio aplicada. Considerando el promedio ponderado anual el aumento de la concentración de magnesio fue de 0,006 y 0,012 g kg-1 de materia seca por cada kg de magnesio aplicado, durante el primero y segundo año, respectivamente. La fertilización magnésica disminuyó la concentración de calcio, pero no afectó la concentración de potasio ni de sodio en la materia seca del forraje cosechado. Las relaciones entre Ca/Mg, K/Mg y Na/Mg en general disminuyeron en la medida que aumentó la dosis de fertilización con magnesio.

Fotodegradación heterogénea de bisfenol A en agua con dióxido de titanio

Bisphenol A (BPA) is a monomer used in epoxy resin and polycarbonate manufacture. This molecule is considered as an endocrine disruptor that causes different diseases. The human exposition to this non biodegrable substance is increasing in the time; in particular, water is contaminated by industrial remainder flow. In this article heterogeneous photo degradation of a solution of BPA in water solution using a catalytic photo reactor with UV light and titanium dioxide (TiO2) was evaluated. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to analyze the photo degradation of BPA solutions. The influence of titanium dioxide amount, BPA concentration, reaction temperature and the catalyst state like suspension and immobilized were also determinated. The highest elimination of BPA was 83.2%, in 240 min, beginning with 0.05 mM of BPA and 100 mg/L of TiO2 in suspension.

Histopatologia da leishmaniose tegumentar por Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. 2. Resposta humoral tissular

Os A.A. analisaram a resposta humoral nas lesões de 90 pacientes de Leishmaniose Tegumentar — causada por Leishmania braziliensis brasiliensis —, utilizando o método da imunoperoxidase para identificar nos tecidos a presença de IgA, IgG, IgM, fração C3 do complemento e fibrina. Constataram a presença de IgA, IgC e IgM nos plasmócitos tissulares, com predomínio de IgG. Admitiram aue a passagem dessas imunoglobulinas para os tecidos possibilitando a opsonização do parasites e/ou de seus antígenos, permitiria a ocorrência de fenômenos necróticos que representam um dos mecanismos eficazes de redução da carga parasitária. Efetivamente, nas áreas de necrose e nas paredes dos vasos inflamados identificaram depósito de imunoglobulinas, fração C3 do complemento e fibrina — elementos do hospedeiro que fazem parte dos imunocomplexos. Interpretaram essa necrose tissular como o resultado da ação de imunocomplexos na região de equivalência ou com discreto excesso de antígenos ítipos ABTHTJS). A presença de antígenos parasitários, expressos nas membranas dos macrófagos quando em contato com imunoglobulinas tissulares, na fase inicial da lesão, possibilitaria a instalação de uma reação antígeno-anticorpo, a qual explicaria o aparecimento da necrose na Leishmaniose Tegumentar.

Immunoperoxidase technique in experimental chronic chagasic myocarditis

Chagas'disease has been described as the commonest form of chronic myocarditis. An immunologic pathogenesis has been discribed for this form of the disease. So far, no immunoperoxidase technique has been used for the detection of immunological deposits in chronic experimental Chagas'myocardiopathy. Forty-one Swiss mice, three months old were inoculated intraperitoneally with doses between 10 and 10(5) Tulahuen trypomastigotes. Mice were reinoculated one month after with doses between 10² and 10(5) and sacrificed at 6 (n=21) and 9 months (n=9) after the first inoculation. ECGs were recorded before sacrifice. Immunoperoxidase technique (peroxidase-antiperoxidase method), immunofluorescence (direct and indirect) as well as histological studies were performed in myocardiums and skeletal muscles of the surviving animals. The most sensitive methods for detecting chronic chagasic infection were the routine histologic studies (73%) and the ECGs 83% and 89% on 6 and 9 mo. post-infected mice, respectively. Myocardial involvement varied from interstitial mild focal lymphocyte infiltrates up to replacement of myocytes by loose connective tissue. Atrial myocardiums (21/23, 91%) were more affected than ventricles (9/23, 39%). Typical chagasic nests were rarely found. Skeletal muscle involvement (11/18 and 7/9) varied from mild to extensive lymphocyte and plasmacell infiltrates, and necrotic fibers. The involved antigen were shown in skeletal muscles by the immunoperoxidase technique as diffusely arranged granular intracytoplasmatic deposit for both IgC and total immunoglobulins. The coincidence between this technique and histologic muscle lesions was 11/18 (61(%) in 6 mo. and 6/8 (75%) at 9 mo. post-infection. In heart, delicate granular deposits of total immunoglobulins were seen diffusely arranged within the ventricular myocytes; coincidence between immunoperoxidase technique anl histologic involvement increased from 36 to 66% in animals sacrifeced 6 and 9 mo. post-infection. This strongly stressed the increase of immunologic phenomena with the chronification of infection. Concerning sensitivity, immunoperoxidase and direct immunofluorescence were highly sensitive in skeletal muscle (100%, p < 0.01). Conversely, direct immunofluorescence technique showed poor results in heart while immunoperoxidase increased its sensitivity from 21.4% (at 6 mo.) to 66.6% (at 9 mo.) post-infection (p < 0.001). Considering the necessity of obtaining an adequate vaccine in order to prevent this disease an experimental model like this, rendering immunological reactions as revealed by the immunoperoxidase technique, would be useful.

The mineralogy and chemistry of the German and Portuguese tiles used to face a historic building in the Amazon region and their natural susceptibility to tropical weathering

During the 19th century, the most prominent buildings of the city of Belém were faced entirely with tiles manufactured in Portugal and Germany, which now exhibit distinct degrees of degradation. The Pinho mansion is one of the most important of these buildings and was selected for the investigation of the action of the tropical Amazonian climate on the degradation of the tiles. To achieve this objective, the tiles were mapped for organic and inorganic degradation, and samples were collected for analysis. The minerals were determined by XRD, the chemical composition by classical wet methods and SEM/EDS, and the microorganisms under the microscope. The results show that the German and Portuguese tiles are quite different in their composition. While both ceramic bodies are composed of SiO2 and Al2O3, CaO was found only in the Portuguese tile. The low Na2O and K2O contents indicate the addition of materials to reduce the fusion temperature. SiO2 and PbO are the main constituents of the glaze, with CoO and FeO being added as pigment. The ceramic body of the German tiles is constituted of quartz, mullite, and cristobalite, in contrast with the Portuguese tiles, which are made of quartz, gehlenite, diopside, calcite, and feldspars. The glazes are XRD-amorphous. The chemical and mineralogical differences between the German and Portuguese tiles indicate that they were produced from different raw materials under distinct thermal processes. The most prominent weathering-related modifications are the thin layers (German tiles), oxidation stains, dark stains, the detachment of the tile (Portuguese tiles), loss of the glaze and powdering of the ceramic body (Portuguese tiles) through the establishment of Cyanophyta and Bacillariophyta.. The distinct degradation patterns of the tiles exposed to the tropical Amazon climate are a consequence of their distinct mineralogy and chemistry.

Nutrição mineral de plantas ornamentais I : absorção de nutrientes pela cultura de gladíolos

Bulbos de gladíolos (Gladiolus communis, var. Itapetininga) foram postos a germinar em vasos com capacidade de 7 kg de silica. Após a germinação, as plantas foram irrigadas com solução nutritiva completa de HOAGLAND & ARNON (1950). Quinze dias, após a germinação e em períodos de 10 dias subsequentes, plantas foram coletadas e divididas em: parte aérea, bulbo velho, bulbo em formação e bulbilhos. Os materiais foram pesados e analisados para nitrogênio, fosforo, potássio, calcio, magnésio, enxofre, boro, cobre, ferro, manganês e zinco. Foi constatado que o gladíolo tem um crescimento acentuado ate aos 55 dias de idade, sendo que após êste período somente aumenta em peso ate aos 75 dias de idade. Uma planta de gladíolo no fim do ciclo acumula 362,6 mg de nitrogênio, 78,4 mg de fosforo, 586,4 mg de potássio, 78,4 mg de calcio, 27,9 mg de magnesio, 35,9 mg de enxofre, 1019,4 ug de boro, 94,7 ug de cobre, 1655,6 ug de ferro, 914,6 ug de manganês e 272,8 ug de zinco. Foi constatado igualmente que os nutrientes contidos no bulbo velho sao insuficientes para a nutrição da planta.

Nutrição mineral de hortaliças VII : absorção de nutrientes pela cultura da cebola

Plantas de cebola (Alium cepa L.var. Baia Piriforme Precoce de Piracicaba) foram cultivadas em vasos contendo silica e irrigadas com solução nutritiva completa. Cada 15 dias a partir dos 70 dias da germinação foram coletadas plantas e separadas em folhas e bulbo. Até aos 85 dias o crescimento da cebola é lento intensificando-se apôs esta idade ate o fim do ciclo. A absorção dos nutrientes acompanha o crescimento. Uma produção de 36.700 kg de bulbo, correspondentes a um ha extrai as seguintes quantidades de nutrientes em kg: nitrogênio - 132,3, fosforo - 21,9, potássio - 177,0, cálcio - 15,9, magnesio - 17,3, enxofre - 33,8.

A solubilidade do magnésio do calcário dolomítico no solo: II. ensaio em vasos com fumo

Os autores apresentam um trabalho executado em vasos e casa de vegetação em que procuraram estudar a eficiência do calcário dolomítico, como fonte de magnesio, utilizando o fumo (Niootiana tabacum L., var. Goiano) como planta teste. Concluem que o Mg empregado como calcário dolomítico ou como sulfato nao exerceu influencia sobre a altura das plantas nem sobre o peso da materia seca e dimensão das folhas. Contudo, o calcário dolomítico mostrou-se tao eficiente quanto o sulfato de magnesio como fonte deste nutriente, a julgar pela analise química das folhas.

Nutrição mineral de leguminosas tropicais: I. Absorção dos macronutrientes pela centrosema (Centrosema pubescens Benth.), siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. 'Siratro') e soja perene (Glycine wightii Willd.) cultivadas em condições de campo

As leguminosas tropicais constituem opção como fonte de alimento para o gado, e como revestimento para proteger taludes e aterros contra a erosão. Com a finalidade de se conhecer o habito alimentar das leguminosas tropicais centrosema (Centrosema pubescens Benth.), siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. 'Siratro') e soja perene (Glycine wightii Willd.) instalou-se o presente ensaio no campo, em Piracicaba, SP, visando obter dados para estabelecer equações para o crescimento, para a concentração e extração dos macronutrientes (N, P, K, Ca, Mg e S), e para a matéria seca digestível das folhas e caules, "in vivo", no bovino, em função da idade da planta. Da apreciação geral dos resultados obtidos, verificou-se diferenças entre as três espécies quanto aos fatores estudados, tais como: a. A máxima produção de matéria seca é da soja perene, seguida pela centrosema e siratro, ocorrendo entre 134 e 140 dias. A maior velocidade no crescimento ocorre entre 83 e 91 dias, para as três espécies. b. O caule apresenta as maiores concentrações de potássio; as folhas, todos os outros macronutrientes. Existem diferenças entre as espécies quanto aos teores de nitrogênio, potássio, cálcio, magnesio e enxofre. O enxofre é absorvido e acumulado continuamente pela centrosema. c. A maior velocidade de acumulação de nitrogênio, fósforo, magnesio e enxofre pelas folhas ocorre entre 80 e 95 dias para as três espécies; de potássio aos 83 e 90 dias para a centrosema e soja perene, respectivamente; de cálcio, aos 116 e 135 dias para a soja perene e siratro. A quantidade maxima e a idade em que ocorre são: d. Existem diferenças na digestibilidade da matéria seca das partes entre as leguminosas. Essa digestibilidade aumenta com a idade da centrosema e do siratro; na soja perene, a digestibilidade mínima ocorre aos 74 dias (39,2%) para o caule e 88 dias (30,2%) para a folha. A matéria seca digestível das folhas de centrosema é 29,8% e das do siratro, 20%, aos 42 dias de idade; aos 147 dias, a da soja perene e 58,8%, seguida do siratro, 56,5%, e da centrosema, 44,0%.

Método simplificado de solubilização de amostras de calcários agrícolas para a determinação de cálcio e do magnésio

Foram estudados comparativamente dois métodos de solubilização de amostras de calcários agrícolas para a determinação do cálcio e do magnesio: um, baseado em digestão ácida enérgica, é recomendado para a determinação dos teores totais daqueles elementos, e outro, mais simples e rápido, é usado na rotina dos laboratórios; ambos foram aplicados em diferentes frações granulométricas das amostras. Os resultados, analisados estatisticamente, não mostraram diferenças significativas entre os dois métodos estudados, assim como nos teores de óxidos de cálcio e de magnésio contidos nas diferentes frações granulométricas que compõem os calcários moídos para uso na agricultura. O método simplificado de solubilizaçao da amostra pode perfeitamente ser indicado para caracterizar os "teores solúveis de óxidos de cálcio e de magnésio" nos calcários agrícolas.

Indirect immunofluorescence test in new world Leishmaniasis: serological and clinical relation-ship

The indirect immunofluorescence test (IF) for anti-Leishmania antibodies (IgC and IgM) was performed with sera form the following groups of individuals: 214 cutaneous leishmaniasis patients, 28 healthy subjects with positive Montenegro's skin test (MST), 29 healthy subjects with negativeMST and 16 visceral leishmaniasis patients. The first four groups came from a suburban area of Rio de Janeiro (Jacarepaguá) where cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis is endemic. It was observed that IF-IgM titers were significantly higher amongst the cutaneous leishmaniasis patients with less than four months of disease as compared to those with longer periods and that IF-IgG titers were significantly higher in patients with multiple lesions as compared to those with single lesions. The visceral leishmaniasis patients had IF-IgG titers significantly higher than those from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. A group of 28 individuals selected amongst the 214 cutaneous leishmaniasis patients had their IF-titers (IgG and IgM) compared to those of the two control groups of healthy subjects from the endemic area, respectively with positive and negative MST. Significantly higher titers of IF-IgG and IF-IgM were found in the group with active disease. The same group of patients showed IF-IgG titers significantly lower at the end of the antimonial therapy than those observed during this tratment.

Experimental chagas' disease in rhesus monkeys. I. Clinical parasitological, hematological and anatomo-pathological studies in the acute and indeterminate phase of the disease

Rhesus monkeys (macaca mulatta) were infected subcutaneously with 1.0 x 10**4 to 1.5 x 10**4 metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi (Colombian strain). Parasitological and immunological parameters were evaluated in these animals for periods of 1 month to over 3 years. a chagona was observed between the 3 rd and the 13th day after infection (a.i) and patent parasitaemia between the 13th and 59th day a.i.. Thereafter, parasites were demonstrated only by haemoculture and/or xenodiagnosis. Circulating specifc IgM and IgC antibodies were observed as early as in the 2nd week a. i. IgG levels persisted until the end of the expriment, but IgM antibodies were detectable nine months a. i. Haematological alterations comprised leucocytosis and lymphocytosis. Eletrocardiographic alterations were minor and transient, similar to those observe in non-lethal human acute Chagas' myocarditis. Myocarditis and myositis, characterized by multiple foci of lympho-histiocyte inflammatory infiltrate, were present in monkeys sacrificed on the 41 th, 70th and 76 th day but not in the animal sacrificed 3 years and 3 months a. i.. The results suggest that Chagas' disease in rhesus monkeys reproduces the acute and indeterminate phases of human Chagas' disease.

Fate of nickel ion in (II-III) hydroxysulphate green rust synthesized by precipitation and coprecipitation

In order to investigate the efficiency of sulfate green rust (GR2) to remove Ni from solution, GR2 samples were synthesized under controlled laboratory conditions. Some GR2 samples were synthesized from Fe(II) and Fe(III) sulfate salts by precipitation. Other samples were prepared by coprecipitation, of Ni(II), Fe(II) and Fe(III) sulfate salts, i.e., in the presence of Ni. In another sample, Ni(II) sulfate salt was added to pre-formed GR2. After an initial X-ray diffraction (XRD) characterization all samples were exposed to ambient air in order to understand the role of Ni in the transformation of the GR2 samples. XRD was repeated after 45 days. The results showed that Nious GR2 prepared by coprecipitation is isomorphous to Ni-free GR2, i.e. Ni is incorporated into the crystalline structure. Fe(II) was not replaced by Ni(II) in the crystalline structure of GR2 formed prior to exposure to solution-phase Ni. This suggests Ni was adsorbed to the GR2 surface. Sulfate green rust is more efficient in removing Ni from the environment by coprecipitation.

Cristallochemical characterization of synthetic Zn-substituted maghemites (g-Fe2-xZn xO3)

Maghemite (g-Fe2O3) is the most usually found ferrimagnetic oxide in red basalt-derived soils. The variable degrees of ionic substitution of Fe3+ for different metals (e.g. Ti4+, Al3+, Mg2+, Zn2+, and Mn2+) and non-metals in the maghemite structure influence some cristallochemical features of this iron oxide. In this study, synthetic Zn-substituted maghemites were prepared by co-precipitation in alkaline aqueous media of FeSO4.7H2O with increasing amounts of ZnSO4.7H2O to obtain the following sequence of Fe3+ for Zn2+ substitutions: 0.0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, and 0.30 mol mol-1. The objective of this work was to evaluate the cristallochemical alterations of synthetic Zn-substituted maghemites. The dark black synthetic precipitated material was heated to 250 °C during 4 h forming a brownish maghemite that was characterized by chemical analysis as well as X ray diffraction (XRD), specific surface area and mass-specific magnetic susceptibility. The isomorphic substitution levels observed were of 0.0013, 0.0297, 0.0590, 0.1145, 0.1764, 0.2292 and 0.3404 mol mol-1, with the formation of a series of maghemites from Fe2Zn0O3 to Fe(1.49)Zn(0.770)O3 . The increase in Fe3+ for Zn2+ substitution, [Zn mol mol-1] increased the dimension a0 of the cubic unit cells of the studied maghemites according to the regression equation: a0 = 0.8343 + 0.02591Zn (R² = 0.98). On the other hand, the mean crystallite dimension and mass-specific magnetic susceptibility of the studied maghemites decreased with increasing isomorphic substitution.

Aluminum hydroxy-interlayered minerals and chemical properties of a subtropical Brazilian Oxisol under no-tillage and conventional tillage

No tillage systems significantly influence the soil system, but knowledge about the effects on the mineralogy of tropical and subtropical soils is limited. This study evaluated the long-term effects (26 years) of no-tillage (NT) on aluminum hydroxy-interlayered minerals of a subtropical Oxisol in Southern Brazil (Guarapuava, PR), compared to the same soil under conventional tillage (CT). The clay fraction (< 2 µm) in soil samples of the surface horizons of a field experiment under both management systems was analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) to identify and characterize Al hydroxy-interlayered minerals before and after treatment with sodium citrate to remove intra-layer material. Soil liquid (solution) and solid phases were also characterized. The contents of total organic C, exchangeable cations, P, and the values of extractable acidity and cation exchange capacity as well as electrical conductivity and levels of dissolved organic C, basic cations, aluminum, Si, and sulfur in the soil solution were higher in the NT soil. Under both soil management systems, more than 90 % of the total soluble Al was complexed with organic compounds, with similar Al activity. No significant changes were detected by 2:1 clay mineral XRD analyses in terms of extension or intercalation of Al-hydroxy-polymers in the no-tilled in comparison to the conventionally tilled soil. In both soil management systems, Al and Si activities in the soil solution indicated thermodynamic stability of 2:1 clay minerals with partially occupied by hydroxy-Al, suggesting deceleration in the intercalation process and a tendency of transforming clay minerals from extensive into partial intercalation.