Sistemas ecológicos modelados por equações de reação-difusão

Pós-graduação em Física - IFT

Comparação de modelos mistos, AMMI e Eberhart-Russel via simulação no estudo da interação genótipo x ambiente em cana-de-açúcar

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Genética e Melhoramento de Plantas) - FCAV

Influência da temperatura nos parâmetros de modelos bi-paramétricos que predizem isotermas de adsorção de umidade do guaraná (Paullinia cupana) em pó

Oito modelos matemáticos bi-paramétricos, existentes na literatura e com larga aplicação na predição de isotermas de adsorção foram submetidos à análise. O guaraná (Paullinia cupana) em pó objeto deste estudo foi obtido em "spray dryer", a partir de um extrato hidroalcoólico. Ajustaram-se os pontos experimentais das isotermas de adsorção de umidade do produto à 15°C, 25°C e 35°C, por análise de regressão não-linear. Para estudar o efeito da temperatura nos parâmetros dos modelos utilizaram-se regressões dos tipos: linear, exponencial, logarítmica e inversa. Utilizou-se para fazer os ajustes o aplicativo STATGRAPHICS 5.1. Entre os modelos testados os que apresentam melhores resultados foram as equações de Handerson, Oswin e Mizrahi.

Mecanismos de movimentação animal embasados na memória espacial

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Nonlinear dynamics of within-host parasite competition

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Modelos de programação inteira mista para a alocação ótima de bancos de capacitores em sistemas de distribuição de energia elétrica radias

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Elétrica - FEIS

Avaliação de parâmetros farmacêuticos em comprimidos matriciais empregando a técnica de Biosusceptometria AC

Oral administration is widely accepted route for drug delivery and solid dosage forms are commonly employed. The variation of absorption profiles along the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and the ability to target drugs by adequate dosage forms to distinct sites is the challenge in the pharmaceutical development of solid dosage forms. AC Biosusceptometry (ACB) is a technique that deserves consideration due to its features, accuracy of results and versatility. The purpose of this work was to evaluate, by employing the AC Biosusceptometer, the rate of swelling of systems matrices consisting of hydrophilic polymer (hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose) and magnetic material. Matrices tablets were evaluated in vitro to a more detailed analysis of kinetics of swelling, in addition to the study and application of mathematical models to correlate the magnetic area variation and the water uptake. All the procedures for qualitative and quantitative analysis of digital signals as well as the magnetic images processing were performed in MatLab® (Mathworks Inc.). ACB technique proved to be useful towards estimating the swelling properties of hydrophilic matrices in vitro, showing a promising capacity for further analyses involving dissolution test and in vivo studies, supporting their innovative potential pharmaceutical applications

Avaliação de compostos modelos visando propor um método de diferenciação de matéria orgânica lábil e recalcitrante em ambientes aquáticos

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Aplicação da equação de Fokker-Planck no estudo de canais iônicos

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Avaliação da erosão hídrica e transporte de sedimentos através do modelo hidrossedimentológico SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool)

Pós-graduação em Geociências e Meio Ambiente - IGCE

Modelos de previsão de ocorrência de adultos de diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) em cana-de-açúcar (Saccharum spp.)

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Mechanical Alterations in airway smooth muscle after interaction with indoor pollutant – A mathematical model.

The viscoelasticity of mammalian lung is determined by the mechanical properties and structural regulation of the airway smooth muscle (ASM). The exposure to polluted air may deteriorate these properties with harmful consequences to individual health. Formaldehyde (FA) is an important indoor pollutant found among volatile organic compounds. This pollutant permeates through the smooth muscle tissue forming covalent bonds between proteins in the extracellular matrix and intracellular protein structure changing mechanical properties of ASM and inducing asthma symptoms, such as airway hyperresponsiveness, even at low concentrations. In the experimental scenario, the mechanical effect of FA is the stiffening of the tissue, but the mechanism behind this effect is not fully understood. Thus, the aim of this study is to reproduce the mechanical behavior of the ASM, such as contraction and stretching, under FA action or not. For this, it was created a two-dimensional viscoelastic network model based on Voronoi tessellation solved using Runge-Kutta method of fourth order. The equilibrium configuration was reached when the forces in different parts of the network were equal. This model simulates the mechanical behavior of ASM through of a network of dashpots and springs. This dashpot-spring mechanical coupling mimics the composition of the actomyosin machinery of ASM through the contraction of springs to a minimum length. We hypothesized that formation of covalent bonds, due to the FA action, can be represented in the model by a simple change in the elastic constant of the springs, while the action of methacholine (MCh) reduce the equilibrium length of the spring. A sigmoid curve of tension as a function of MCh doses was obtained, showing increased tension when the muscle strip was exposed to FA. Our simulations suggest that FA, at a concentration of 0.1 ppm, can affect the elastic properties of the smooth muscle ¯bers by a factor of 120%. We also analyze the dynamic mechanical properties, observing the viscous and elastic behavior of the network. Finally, the proposed model, although simple, incorporates the phenomenology of both MCh and FA and reproduces experimental results observed with in vitro exposure of smooth muscle to FA. Thus, this new mechanical approach incorporates several well know features of the contractile system of the cells in a tissue level model. The model can also be used in different biological scales.

Nonlocal asymmetric exclusion process on a ring and conformal invariance

We present a one-dimensional nonlocal hopping model with exclusion on a ring. The model is related to the Raise and Peel growth model. A nonnegative parameter u controls the ratio of the local backwards and nonlocal forwards hopping rates. The phase diagram, and consequently the values of the current, depend on u and the density of particles. In the special case of half-lling and u = 1 the system is conformal invariant and an exact value of the current for any size L of the system is conjectured and checked for large lattice sizes in Monte Carlo simulations. For u > 1 the current has a non-analytic dependence on the density when the latter approaches the half-lling value.