Ontogenesis, structure and ultrastructure of Hymenaea stigonocarpa (Fabaceae : Caesalpinioideae) colleters

The genus Hymenaea is characterized by a great diversity of secretory structures, but there are no reports of colleters yet. The objectives of this study are to report the occurrence and describe the origin and structure of colleters in Hymenaea stigonocarpa Mart. ex Hayne. Shoot apex samples were collected, fixed, and processed for light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy as per usual methods. Colleters occur predominantly on the stipule's adaxial side. These structures are found at the base on a narrow strip, corresponding to the median vein up to half the length of the stipule. When present on the abaxial side, they are concentrated at the base and restricted to the margins. Colleters develop from the protoderm; they are elongate and club-shaped. Their body has no stratification; their surface cells differ from the inner cells only in position and presence of cuticle. Colleter cells have thin walls, dense cytoplasm, large nuclei, many mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticulum, and abundant dictyosomes. Histochemical tests with Ruthenium red showed pectic compounds in the cytosol. In H. stigonocarpa, colleter arrangement is compatible with the hypothesis that they protect shoot apex. In this species, protection is reinforced by the sheath formed by the stipule pairs.

The 'club' cell and behavioural and physiological responses to chemical alarm cues in the Nile tilapia

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

Commissioning and performance of the CMS silicon strip tracker with cosmic ray muons

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Analytic element modelling for strip aquifers

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

Effects of hand weeding strip and nitrogen fertilizer on corn plants

The objective of the present research was to evaluate effects of different strip weed control associated with nitrogen fertilizer on corn applied after planting. The experiment was set and conducted in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil, and the hybrid planted was Dekalb 333-B. A completely randomized block design with four replications was used. Experimental plots were disposed as a factorial scheme 2 x 2 x 4, constituted by two types of weeding on row (with or without manual hoeing), two types of weeding on inter-row (with or without manual hoeing), and four nitrogen levels applied after planting (00, 60, 90, and 120 kg ha-1). Plots were composed by six rows with 5 m length. Nitrogen fertilizer was applied at 35 days after emergence (d.a.e). For weed community it was evaluated: weed density, dominancy, frequency, and relative importance. The main weed species were: Brachiaria plantiginea, Amaranthus retroflexus, Bidens pilosa, Cyperus rotunds, Brachiaria decumbens, Euphorbia heterofila, Oxalis latifolia, Acanthospermum hispidum, Commelina benghalensis. It was evaluated corn height at 40 and 100 d.a.e., first ear insertion height at 100 d.a.e., and final grain yield at harvesting. Plants and first ear insertion height were affected when nitrogen fertilizer was not applied. Treatments without weed control showed that weed interfered negatively with plants height. There were no correlation between weeds and nitrogen fertilizer for all parameters evaluated. Parcels without weed showed the highest ear weights and final grain production. Treatments that received nitrogen fertilizer, independently of studied arrangement, provided higher yields.

Performance of the CMS cathode strip chambers with cosmic rays

The Cathode Strip Chambers (CSCs) constitute the primary muon tracking device in the CMS endcaps. Their performance has been evaluated using data taken during a cosmic ray run in fall 2008. Measured noise levels are low, with the number of noisy channels well below 1%. Coordinate resolution was measured for all types of chambers, and fall in the range 47μm to 243μm. The efficiencies for local charged track triggers, for hit and for segments reconstruction were measured, and are above 99%. The timing resolution per layer is approximately 5 ns. © 2010 IOP Publishing Ltd and SISSA.

Estudo analítico das endoscopias das vias aéreas de equinos PSI durante o período de 1993-2003 e avaliação dos resultados de procedimentos cirúrgicos laringeanos realizados no Jockey Club de São Paulo durante o período de 1998-2003

Pós-graduação em Medicina Veterinária - FMVZ

Low toxic effects of a whitening strip to cultured pulp cells

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

Pesquisa de genes de resistência do M. tuberculosis a isoniazida e rifampicina por sequenciamento e pela tecnologia de DNA-STRIP

Tuberculose (TB), causada por Mycobacterium tuberculosis, é uma das doenças infecciosas que mais causam mortes. Estima-se que mais de dois bilhões de pessoas estejam infectadas no mundo. O tratamento da TB consite em associação de fármacos, isoniazida, rifampicina, pirazinamida e etambutol, nos primeiros 2 meses e 4 meses de isoniazida e de rifampicina. Internacionalmente, são consideradas cepas multi resistentes (MDR), as que apresentam resistência simultânea a isoniazida e a rifampicina. A rápida detecção de resistência é essencial para o controle e tratamento da TB, reduzindo, assim, o custo do tratamento e a transmissão da doença. Neste projeto, os isolados já identificados fenotipicamente como resistentes a isoniazida e/ou rifampicina, foram submetidos ao sequenciamento de Sanger para pesquisa de 3 genes relacionados a resistência a isoniazida (katG, inhA e ahpC) e 1 gene de resistência a rifampicina (rpoB). Foi realizada uma comparação destes genes mutados para a resistência utilizando o novo teste desenvolvido pela Biomérieux, denominado GenoType® MTBDRplus, que se baseia na tecnologia DNA-STRIP. Através deste novo teste, foi observada mutação em 22 isolados clínicos de M. tuberculosis para genes de resistência a isoniazida e/ou rifampicina, sendo 4 provenientes do MS e 18 de SP. Já pelo sequenciamento genético foi observada mutação em 24 isolados para genes de resistência a isoniazida e/ou rifampicina, sendo 6 provenientes do MS e 18 de SP. Portanto, através do sequenciamento de Sanger, foi possível detectar um número maior de isolados mutados e mais mutações quando comparado ao teste GenoType® MTBDRplus. Isso acontece porque na técnica de sequenciamento, um fragmento do gene como um todo é analisado e no caso do teste GenoType® MTBDRplus, é verificada apenas a ausência ou presença das mutações mais frequentes descritas na literatura, além de não ser analisado o gene ahpC. A grande ...

Low toxic effects of a whitening strip to cultured pup cells

Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de sao Paulo (FAPESP)

Glória e tragédia: a dualidade da prestação de contas do Sport Club Corinthians Paulista em seus relatórios de sustentabilidade

Pós-graduação em Comunicação - FAAC

Rock Hill Music Club Records - Accession 535

The Rock Hill Music Club Records consist of correspondence, an annual report, numerous awards, news clippings, yearbooks, conventions programs, musical programs, scrapbook pages, presidents’ reports, and magazines relating to the Rock Hill, SC Music Club.

Rock Hill Music Club Records - Accession 932

The Rock Hill Music Club Records consists of correspondence, yearbooks, and programs of the meetings, convention programs, numerous awards, newspaper articles, sheet music, presidents’ reports, handbooks, constitutions, photographs, and scrapbooks pertaining to the Rock Hill, SC club.