Cultivo e caracterização de células-tronco embrionárias de bovinos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Obtenção, manutenção e caracterização de células-tronco embrionárias equinas

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

Espectroscopia de impedância em soluções iônicas e mistura de etanol/água

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Análise do potencial pozolânico da cinza de casca de arroz (CCA) através da técnica de refinamento de Rietveld

É um consenso que a cinza de casca de arroz é um resíduo agrícola com comprovada eficiência pozolânica. Contudo, por se tratar de um resíduo, apresenta problemas de variabilidade decorrente dentre outras coisas de sua origem e dos diferentes processos de geração, fator este que dificulta sua comercialização. Hoje em dia, a determinação da atividade pozolânica do resíduo e determinada pela NBR 5752^[3] (ABNT, 2012) e NBR 5751⁽²⁾(ABNT, 2012). A desvantagem com relação a estes ensaios é o tempo que se leva para ter uma resposta. Nesse sentido, este trabalho visa analisar a eficiência do refinamento de Rietveld para avaliar a pozolanicidade através do parâmetro denominado de índice de amorfismo. Por meio desse refinamento é possível dizer, de forma quantitativa, a porcentagem de elementos reativos que o resíduo apresenta, operadores com conhecimento da técnica de análise levam em torno de dois dias para apresentar os resultados. Para avaliação dessa técnica, as cinzas foram produzidas através da queima em diferentes temperaturas (500, 600, 800, 900 e 1100 ºC). Fixou-se o tempo de queima do material em três horas e a taxa de aquecimento em 5 ºC/min, e resfriamento lento. Posteriormente realizou-se a moagem da cinza e quantificação do índice de amorfismo por meio de refinamento Rietveld. Os resultados demonstraram que o índice de amorfismo pode ser utilizado como parâmetro de controle de cinzas residuais, visto que cinzas com elevado índice de amorfismo apresen-tam uma boa pozolanicidade.

Expressão gênica, caracterização eletroforética e análise ultraestrutural de embriões e tecido materno de cadelas gestantes e não gestantes

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Matéria orgânica do solo em rotações de culturas sob sistema semeadura direta

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Agricultura) - FCA

Subdoses de glyphosate, nitrogênio e lâminas de água em feijoeiro de inverno irrigado

Pós-graduação em Agronomia - FEIS

Internal standard for amorphous pharmaceuticals products quantification and an application of Parametric Rietveld refinement using time, temperature and relative humidity as 'non-crystallographic' parameters

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Efeitos da congelação lenta e da vitrificação na viabilidade, ultraestrutura e expressão gênica de embriões caninos produzidos in vivo

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

Qualidade de vida de pacientes submetidos à radioterapia para tratamento de lesões malignas de cabeça e pescoço

In order to evaluate the quality of life of patients with head and neck cancer, this study analyzed data of 24 patients with squamous cell carcinoma, which indicated therapy was radiotherapy or not be combined with chemotherapy and surgery. The study was conducted in the Unit of Radiotherapy of Megavoltage located in the São José de Rio Preto-SP, in the period August 2007 to January 2008. Then, it was used the questionnaire of quality of life from University of Washington which enabled the identification of different quality of life patterns associated with the different stages of radiotherapy, indicating to be viable the prospect of recognition of prognostic factors of reduction in multiple domains of quality of life. From the data collected and analyzed, it was identified that the areas with the worst score in the begin of radiotherapy were appearance, speech and anxiety; during the treatment were taste, saliva and anxiety; and in the end were taste, saliva and swallowing. Throughout the treatment, it was observed the deterioration of patients' mood. In this regard, emphasizes the importance of dental and psychological follow-up, within the framework of a multidisciplinary care for patients with head and neck cancer during radiotherapy treatment.

Termometria em chamas utilizando a técnica de espalhamento Rayleigh

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Termometria em chamas utilizando a técnica de espalhamento Rayleigh

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Size distributions and temporal variations of biological aerosol particles in the Amazon rainforest characterized by microscopy and real-time UV-APS fluorescence techniques during AMAZE-08

As a part of the AMAZE-08 campaign during the wet season in the rainforest of central Amazonia, an ultraviolet aerodynamic particle sizer (UV-APS) was operated for continuous measurements of fluorescent biological aerosol particles (FBAP). In the coarse particle size range (> 1 mu m) the campaign median and quartiles of FBAP number and mass concentration were 7.3x10(4) m(-3) (4.0-13.2x10(4) m(-3)) and 0.72 mu g m(-3) (0.42-1.19 mu g m(-3)), respectively, accounting for 24% (11-41%) of total particle number and 47% (25-65%) of total particle mass. During the five-week campaign in February-March 2008 the concentration of coarse-mode Saharan dust particles was highly variable. In contrast, FBAP concentrations remained fairly constant over the course of weeks and had a consistent daily pattern, peaking several hours before sunrise, suggesting observed FBAP was dominated by nocturnal spore emission. This conclusion was supported by the consistent FBAP number size distribution peaking at 2.3 mu m, also attributed to fungal spores and mixed biological particles by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), light microscopy and biochemical staining. A second primary biological aerosol particle (PBAP) mode between 0.5 and 1.0 mu m was also observed by SEM, but exhibited little fluorescence and no true fungal staining. This mode may have consisted of single bacterial cells, brochosomes, various fragments of biological material, and small Chromalveolata (Chromista) spores. Particles liquid-coated with mixed organic-inorganic material constituted a large fraction of observations, and these coatings contained salts likely from primary biological origin. We provide key support for the suggestion that real-time laser-induce fluorescence (LIF) techniques using 355 nm excitation provide size-resolved concentrations of FBAP as a lower limit for the atmospheric abundance of biological particles in a pristine environment. We also show some limitations of using the instrument for ambient monitoring of weakly fluorescent particles < 2 mu m. Our measurements confirm that primary biological particles, fungal spores in particular, are an important fraction of supermicron aerosol in the Amazon and that may contribute significantly to hydrological cycling, especially when coated by mixed inorganic material.

Synthesis and properties of substituted Hg-based superconductors

This thesis is focused on studies of substituted Hg-based superconducting copper oxides ((Hg1-xMx)Ba2Can-1CunO2n+2+δ). These compounds are promising objects of investigation, not only from a fundamental point of view but also because of their high values of superconducting transition temperature (Tc) and irreversibility field (Hirr). The first part of the thesis is devoted to optimization of the synthesis procedure for Hg-based cuprates. The influence of different parameters (T, t, p(Hg), p(O2)) on the synthesis of these compounds in sealed silica tubes was studied. Optimal conditions yielded samples containing up to 95% of HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ (Hg-1223). The formation of solid solutions with the formula (Hg1-xCux)Ba2Ca2Cu3O8+δ (where x <= 0.5) was also established. Another technique was developed, using LiF as a flux, for synthesis of samples containing up to 90% of the HgBa2CaCu2O6+δ (Hg-1212) phase. The second part concerns synthesis and studies of oxyfluorides using Hg-1212 and Hg-1223 as starting materials together with XeF2 as a fluorinating agent. It was found that oxyfluorides of both phases have a parabolic dependence of Tc vs. a parameter as well as enhanced Tc values (ΔT ≈ 3-4 K) in comparison with optimally doped non-fluorinated analogues. The crystal structure of Hg-1223 oxyfluoride was studied by X-ray powder and neutron diffraction methods. It is suggested that chemical modification of the crystal structure leads to a decrease in Cu-O distance without noticeable change in Cu-O-Cu angle (in the (CuO2) layers), which may be the significant factors influencing this Tc increase. Hg-1223 oxyfluoride was also studied under high pressure for first time. It was found that this compound has a record-high Tc value (≈ 166 K) at P ≈ 23 GPa. The last part describes the investigation of substituted Hg-based superconductors in the series (Hg0.9M0.1)Ba2CuO4+δ {(Hg,M)-1201}, where M = Tl, Pb, W, Mo, Nb and V. A comprehensive study of these compounds by various methods (X-ray powder diffraction, EDX, IR-, EXAFS- and XANES -spectroscopy) indicated that the change of charge carrier doping level is a crucial factor determining the irreversibility line. (Hg0.9Mo0.1)Ba2CuO4+δ showed the most improved irreversibility line position among the (Hg,M)-1201 compounds studied in this series.

Estudio experimental del Sistema de la Corriente de Bransfield (Antártida)

Programa de doctorado en Oceanografía