Unesp Informa, 2014, número 55

Boletim elaborado pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

Unesp Ciência, 2014, ano 5, número 55

Revista elaborada pela Assessoria de Comunicação e Imprensa da Reitoria da UNESP

Sallie Pearce Musser Papers - Accession 55

Sallie Alta Pearce Musser (1902-1974) was a home demonstration agent (1930-1957), and head of the South Carolina Home Demonstration Service (1957-1965). The Sallie Pearce Musser Papers consist of biographical data, correspondence, letters of appreciation upon her retirement, newspaper clippings, photographs, and term papers written by Mrs. Musser while she was working on her MA in 1950 at George Peabody College for Women.

Analisi LCA delle case di paglia di Pescomaggiore (AQ)

Questa tesi di laurea ha un duplice scopo: da un lato l’analisi delle caratteristiche delle balle di paglia usate come materiale da costruzione, dall’altro la valutazione ambientale tramite metodologia LCA di un intervento di reinsediamento post-sisma a Pescomaggiore, in Abruzzo, realizzato con edifici in balle di paglia autocostruiti. Nella parte prima si focalizza l’attenzione sulle direttive europee e i loro recepimenti italiani a cui fare riferimento per le gestione energetica degli edifici, oltre ad una panoramica sulla certificazione energetica. Si riportano inoltre sinteticamente quelle parti della normativa edilizia che riguardano le costruzioni con materiali innovativi. La parte seconda è il frutto di una lunga fase di ricerca bibliografica, in cui si è cercato di fare chiarezza sulle caratteristiche della paglia: traspirabilità, isolamento termico, resistenza al fuoco e fonoassorbenza le parti su cui si è maggiormente rivolta l’attenzione. Nella parte terza viene descritta dettagliatamente la metodologia LCA, e in particolare la sua applicazione nel campo dell’edilizia: le diverse fasi in cui si compone, l’uso di software e di banche dati appropriate e i metodi più utilizzati per l’analisi degli impatti. Nella quarta ed ultima parte viene descritto dettagliatamente il caso di studio: una delle case di paglia dell’Ecovillaggio di Pescomaggiore; segue una descrizione accurata della fase di inventario, effettuata anche tramite un sopralluogo in sito. Infine vengono riportati e commentati i risultati dell’analisi, ed espresse considerazioni e proposte migliorative.

Development of an LC-MS/MS method for the quantitation of 55 compounds prescribed in combined cardiovascular therapy

This paper reports an LC-MS/MS method with positive electrospray ionization for the screening of commonly prescribed cardiovascular drugs in human plasma, including compounds with antihypertensive (57), antidiabetic (12), hypolipemiant (5), anticoagulant (2) and platelet anti-aggregation (2) effects. Sample treatment consisted of a simple protein precipitation with MeOH/0.1 M ZnSO₄ (4:1, v/v) solution after the addition of internal standard, followed by evaporation and reconstitution. Analytes separation was performed on a Polar-RP column (150 m x 2 mm, 4 μm) using a gradient elution of 15 min. The MS system was operated in MRM mode, monitoring one quantitation and one confirmation transition for each analyte. The recovery of the protein precipitation step ranged from 50 to 70% for most of the compounds, while some were considerably affected by matrix effects. Since several analytes fulfilled the linearity, accuracy and precision values required by the ICH guidelines, the method proved to be suitable for their quantitative analysis. The limits of quantitation varied from 0.38 to 9.1 μg/L and the limits of detection from 0.12 to 5.34 μg/L. The method showed to be suitable for the detection of plasma samples of patients under cardiovascular treatment with the studied drugs, and for 55 compounds reliable quantitative results could be obtained.

[Endoscopic decompression of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel syndrome: about 55 patients]

Sulcus ulnaris syndrome is the second most common neurocompression syndrome in the upper limb after carpal tunnel syndrome. Its severity can be appreciated by the Dellon Classification. We present our experience and results after endoscopic decompression.

A refined TALDICE-1a age scale from 55 to 112 ka before present for the Talos Dome ice core based on high-resolution methane measurements

A precise synchronization of different climate records is indispensable for a correct dynamical interpretation of paleoclimatic data. A chronology for the TALDICE ice core from the Ross Sea sector of East Antarctica has recently been presented based on methane synchronization with Greenland and the EDC ice cores and δ18Oice synchronization with EDC in the bottom part (TALDICE-1). Using new high-resolution methane data obtained with a continuous flow analysis technique, we present a refined age scale for the age interval from 55–112 thousand years (ka) before present, where TALDICE is synchronized with EDC. New and more precise tie points reduce the uncertainties of the age scale from up to 1900 yr in TALDICE-1 to below 1100 yr over most of the refined interval and shift the Talos Dome dating to significantly younger ages during the onset of Marine Isotope Stage 3. Thus, discussions of climate dynamics at sub-millennial time scales are now possible back to 110 ka, in particular during the inception of the last ice age. Calcium data of EDC and TALDICE are compared to show the impact of the refinement to the synchronization of the two ice cores not only for the gas but also for the ice age scale.