Magnetic field dependent magnetization of a conducting plasticized poly(aniline) film

We report magnetic data of free standing films of poly( aniline) (PANI) protonated with a plasticizing di-ester of succinic acid. The data have been obtained using the electron spin resonance (ESR) technique at two different frequencies, X-band (9.4 GHz) and Q-band ( 34 GHz), on one hand, and by magnetization measurements in broad ranges of temperatures and magnetic fields on the other hand. All the data can be explained assuming a transition as a function of temperature from delocalized magnetic moments in the valence band to localized positive polarons in several antiferromagnetically correlated bands. By increasing the magnetic field, the magnetic properties are affected in several ways. An intra-band admixture of states occurs; it contributes to increase the spins' localization and finally promotes an antiferromagnetic-metamagnetic transition.

Preparation and characterization of Langmuir-Blodgett films of 16-membered azobenzocrown ether with naphthalene residue

Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of 16-membered azobenzocrown ether with naphthalene residue were prepared and characterized. The Langmuir monolayers were successfully transferred to form LB films onto solid substrates. The films deposited onto ITO electrodes were also used as electrodes in cyclic voltammetry and the results showed that the films had a distinct response to metal ions. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

One-dimensional analytical model for oxide thin film growth on Ti metal layers during laser heating in air

This paper presents the theoretical and experimental results for oxide thin film growth on titanium films previously deposited over glass substrate. Ti films of thickness 0.1 μm were heated by Nd:YAG laser pulses in air. The oxide tracks were created by moving the samples with a constant speed of 2 mm/s, under the laser action. The micro-topographic analysis of the tracks was performed by a microprofiler. The results taken along a straight line perpendicular to the track axis revealed a Gaussian profile that closely matches the laser's spatial mode profile, indicating the effectiveness of the surface temperature gradient on the film's growth process. The sample's micro-Raman spectra showed two strong bands at 447 and 612 cm -1 associated with the TiO 2 structure. This is a strong indication that thermo-oxidation reactions took place at the Ti film surface that reached an estimated temperature of 1160 K just due to the action of the first pulse. The results obtained from the numerical integration of the analytical equation which describes the oxidation rate (Wagner equation) are in agreement with the experimental data for film thickness in the high laser intensity region. This shows the partial accuracy of the one-dimensional model adopted for describing the film growth rate. © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.

A comparison of the film thickness of two adhesive luting agents and the effect of thermocycling on their microTBs to feldspathic ceramic.

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of thermocycling (TC) on the microtensile bond strength (microTBS) of two luting agents to feldspathic ceramic and to measure their film thickness (FT). For the microTBS test, sixteen blocks (6.4 x 6.4 x 4.8 mm) were fabricated using a feldspathic ceramic, etched with 10% hydrofluoric acid, rinsed and treated with the silane agent. The ceramic blocks were divided into two groups (n= 8): Gr1: dual-cured resin cement and Gr2: flowable resin. The luting agents were applied on the treated surfaces. Microsticks (1 +/-0. 1mm2) were prepared and stored under two conditions: dry, specimens immediately submitted to the microTBS test, and TC (6,000 cycles; 5 degrees C-55 degrees C). The microTBS was evaluated using a universal testing machine (1 mm/min). The microTBS data (MPa) were submitted to two-way ANOVA and Tukey' test (5%). For the FT test (ISO 4049), 0.05 ml of each luting agent (n=8) was pressed between two Mylar-covered glass plates (150 N) for 180 seconds and light polymerized. FT was measured using a digital paquimeter (Model 727-2001). The data (mm) were submitted to one-way ANOVA. The luting cement did not influence the microTBS results (p= 0.4467). Higher microtensile bond values were found after TC (20.5 +/- 8.6 MPa) compared to the dry condition (13.9 +/- 4. 7MPa), for both luting agents. The luting agents presented similar film thicknesses: Gr1- 0.052 +/- 0.016 mm; Gr2-0.041 +/- 0.003 mm. The luting agents presented similar film thickness and microTBS values, in dry and TC conditions and TC increased the bond strength regardless of the luting agent.

Measurements of simulated periodontal bone defects in inverted digital image and film-based radiograph: An in vitro study

Purpose: This study was performed to compare the inverted digital images and film-based images of dry pig mandibles to measure the periodontal bone defect depth. Materials and Methods: Forty 2-wall bone defects were made in the proximal region of the premolar in the dry pig mandibles. The digital and conventional radiographs were taken using a Schick sensor and Kodak F-speed intraoral film. Image manipulation (inversion) was performed using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software. Four trained examiners made all of the radiographic measurements in millimeters a total of three times from the cementoenamel junction to the most apical extension of the bone loss with both types of images: inverted digital and film. The measurements were also made in dry mandibles using a periodontal probe and digital caliper. The Student's t-test was used to compare the depth measurements obtained from the two types of images and direct visual measurement in the dry mandibles. A significance level of 0.05 for a 95% confidence interval was used for each comparison. Results: There was a significant difference between depth measurements in the inverted digital images and direct visual measurements (p>|t|=0.0039), with means of 6.29 mm (IC95%:6.04-6.54) and 6.79 mm (IC95%:6.45-7.11), respectively. There was a non-significant difference between the film-based radiographs and direct visual measurements (p>|t|=0.4950), with means of 6.64mm (IC95%:6.40-6.89) and 6.79mm(IC95%:6.45-7.11), respectively. Conclusion: The periodontal bone defect measurements in the inverted digital images were inferior to film-based radiographs, underestimating the amount of bone loss. copy; 2012 by Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.

Maruins (Diptera : Ceratopogonidae) que atacam o homem no litoral atlântico e estuário do rio Pará, Estado do Pará , Brasil

A família Ceratopogonidae tem aproximadamente 5360 espécies, das quais 205 são extintas. Estas espécies estão distribuídas em 125 gêneros. As espécies de Culicoides estão entre as menores moscas hematófagas do mundo, medindo de um a três milimetros de comprimento. Mais de 1400 espécies têm sido identificadas em todo o mundo, das quais 96%, obrigatoriamente, sugam sangue de mamíferos (inclusive humanos) e aves, tendo sua principal importância como vetores de viroses humanas e de animais. Apesar da importância epidemiológica são poucos os trabalhos realizados no Brasil sobre biologia, comportamento de ataque e ecologia das espécies de Ceratopogonidae que sugam o homem. Este trabalho teve como objetivo fazer o levantamento das espécies de Ceratopogonidae que ocorrem em áreas costeiras do Estado do Pará, estudando as atividades horárias de ataque das espécies a procura do repasto sanguíneo no ser humano e fornecer informações básicas importantes para definição de períodos menos e mais problemáticos por causa do ataque destes dípteros. Foram dois os pontos amostrados na região costeira do Estado do Pará, um no litoral atlântico a nordeste do estado do Pará (município de Marapanim) e outro na área costeira do estuário do rio Pará (Outeiro, município de Belém). As coletas foram realizadas mensalmente de abril e outubro de 2003, utilizando-se isca humana e armadilhas CDC. Foram coletados 4083 exemplares de Ceratopogonidae distribuídos em 29 espécies pertencentes a seis gêneros, sendo 620 exemplares provenientes de Outeiro distribuídos em 21 espécies, pertencentes a cinco gêneros e 3463 exemplares provenientes de Marapanim de nove espécies, pertencentes a quatro gêneros. A fauna da região litorânea mostrou-se bastante diferente da zona do estuário do rio Pará, sendo Leptoconops brasiliensis a única espécie comum aos dois pontos amostrados. Em Outeiro as espécies mais abundantes foram Culicoides batesi e Culicoides denisae e em Marapanim Culicoides maruim e Culicoides phiebotomus. As espécies Culicoides crucifèr e Culicoides daviesi coletadas em Outeiro são registradas pela primeira vez no Brasil e Culicoides denisae e Culicoides phlebotomus tiveram suas distribuições ampliadas ao estado do Pará. Em Outeiro encontrou-se correlação negativa significativa entre a temperatura e a atividade de antropofilia por horas do dia de Culicoides batesi, Culicoides cruciftr e Culicoides paramaruim e correlação positiva significativa com a umidade relativa do ar. Em Marapanim Culicoides maruim apresentou correlação negativa significativa com a temperatura e positiva significativa com a umidade do ar. Em Outeiro, de acordo com os horários de ataque das duas espécies mais abundantes (C. batesi e C. denisae), principalmente, durante o período seco do ano, as pessoas são mais incomodadas pelos maruins pela parte da manhã das 5:00 as 9:00h e menos intensamente no período da tarde a partir das 16:00h e se estendendo pela noite. Em Marapanim durante o período seco os maruins não causam problemas aos visitantes, pois a espécie mais abundante (C. maruim) ocorreu preferencialmente nos primeiros horários do dia e é restrita a áreas de mangue, porém esta causa ataques vorazes as pessoas que precisam entrar nos manguezais. Entretanto, os visitantes podem ter problemas no período chuvoso com a espécie C. phlebotomus, que ocorre também em áreas de praia; durante este estudo ocorreu em todos os meses de coleta em baixos números de exemplares, próximo ao mangue, sendo mais abundante em junho (início do período seco) e apresentou correlação positiva significativa com a umidade do ar. A coleção de Invertebrados do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi foi enriquecida com o material deste trabalho, acondicionado em lâminas e em pequenos tubos de ensaio.

Uso de antioxidantes para elevação da qualidade do sêmen criopreservado de búfalos (Bubalus bubalis)

O sêmen bubalino sofre com o processo de congelação que leva ao estresse oxidativo. O objetivo do trabalho foi desenvolver mecanismo de C de sêmen, com adição de substâncias antioxidantes, que permita reduzir a mortalidade espermática e as injúrias celulares, a fim de aumentar a potencial fertilidade do sêmen bubalino pós-descongelação. Foram utilizados 5 touros bubalinos da raça Murrah (4-8 anos). As coletas de sêmen foram realizadas pelo método de “vagina artificial. Os ejaculados foram aliquotados para congelação, configurando quatro tratamentos distintos: Grupo Controle - congelação com diluidor TESTRIS; Grupo Vitamina C - TES-TRIS associado à vitamina C (2,5 mM); Grupo Pentoxifilina - TES-TRIS com pentoxifilina (3,5 mM); e Grupo Vitamina C + Pentoxifilina - TES-TRIS com vitamina C (2,5 mM) e pentoxifilina (3,5 mM). Foram analisadas no sêmen in natura (Fase Pré-Congelação) o volume, pH, cor, aspecto, turbilhonamento, concentração do ejaculado, motilidade progressiva, vigor, integridade de membrana plasmática e morfologia espermática. Após os processos de congelação-descongelação (Fase Pós-Descongelação) e após o teste de termo-resistência (Fase Pós-TTR), as análises de motilidade, vigor, integridade de membrana plasmática e morfologia espermática foram realizadas. Os resultados foram analisados por ANOVA, Teste de Tukey e as correlações foram calculadas pelo teste de Pearson, com uso dos programas BioEstat 5.0 e SPSS 12. O nível de significância adotado foi de 5%. Houve diferença estatística significativa entre tratamentos para motilidade progressiva na Fase Pós- TTR (Controle: 15,1 ± 15,3%; Vitamina C: 25,6 ± 16,3%; Pentoxifilina: 23,3 ± 14,6 e Vitamina C + Pentoxifilina: 28,6 ± 16,2%; P<0,05). Para as demais características espermáticas, não houve diferença estatística significativa entre tratamentos (P>0,05). Dessa forma, , o uso do antioxidante vitamina C, isolado ou associado à pentoxifilina, no sêmen bubalino, pode aumentar sua potencial fertilidade e maximizar a disseminação de material genético superior.

Tratamento fotocatalítico de corante ácido usando filmes finos de vidro/Ti 'O IND. 2' e degradação fotoeletrocatalítica de corante vat sobre eletrodos de filmes finos de Ti/Ti 'O IND. 2'

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Farmacocinética pré-clínica e avaliação toxicológica preliminar da nova tiazolidinadiona desenvolvida para o tratamento do diabetes mellitus tipo 2: 5-(4-cloro-benzilideno)-3-(4-metil-benzil)-tiazolidina-2,4-diona (GQ-2)

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Análise de equilíbrio corporal submetido á esforços de aceleração e desaceleração na direção antero-posterior: estudo transversal

Pós-graduação em Engenharia Mecânica - FEG

Carbon Film Coating of Abutment Surfaces: Effect on the Abutment Screw Removal Torque

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating of prefabricated implant abutment on screw removal torque (RT) before and after mechanical cycling (MC).Materials and Methods: Fifty-four abutments for external-hex implants were divided among 6 groups (n = 9): S, straight abutment (control); SC, straight coated abutment; SCy, straight abutment and MC; SCCy, straight coated abutment and MC; ACy, angled abutment and MC; and ACCy, angled coated abutment and MC. The abutments were attached to the implants by a titanium screw. RT values were measured and registered. Data (in Newton centimeter) were analyzed with analysis of variance and Dunnet test (alpha = 0.05).Results: RT values were significantly affected by MC (P = 0.001) and the interaction between DLC coating and MC (P = 0.038). SCy and ACy showed the lowest RT values, statistically different from the control. The abutment coated groups had no statistical difference compared with the control. Scanning electron microscopy analysis showed DLC film with a thickness of 3 mm uniformly coating the hexagonal abutment.Conclusion: DLC film deposited on the abutment can be used as an alternative procedure to reduce abutment screw loosening.

Tetraethylortossilicate plasma thin film with hydrophilic and hydrophobic characteristics: Use on passive mixers

This work aims to obtain plasma thin film composites with hydrophobic/hydrophilic alternated regions, which are useful for the production of miniaturized mixers. These regions were acquired by two different strategies: either the codeposition of TEOS and HFE plasma thin films or the exposition of TEOS plasma films to ultraviolet radiation (UVA and UVC). These films were characterized by several chemical and physical techniques. The refractive indexes vary from 1.4 to 1.7; infrared and photoelectron spectroscopy detect Si-O-Si and CHn species. Silicone-like structures with high or low number of amorphous carbon microparticles and with fluorinated organic clusters were produced. Cluster dimensions were in the 1-5 mm range and they are made of graphite or COF (carbon/oxygen/fluorine) compounds. Scanning electron and optical microscopy showed rough surfaces. Water contact angles were 90º; however, for TEOS films that value changed after 6 hr of UVC exposure. Moreover, after UV exposure, organic polar compounds could be adsorbed in those films and water was not. The passive mixer performance was simulated using the FemLab 3.2® program and was tested with 20 nm thick films on a silicon wafer, showing the capacity of these films to be used in such devices.

Espectroscopia de impedância eletroquímica da biodissolução da calcopirita na presença de íons ferrosos

Pós-graduação em Química - IQ

Lifespan and reproductive dynamics of the commercially important sea bob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Penaeoidea): synthesis of a 5-year study

Population parameters of the shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller, 1862) (sex ratio, length-frequency distributions (carapace length, CL), growth, lifespan, size of sexual maturity, spawning and recruitment) were analyzed in a long-term study from January 1998 through June 2003. The data on these parameters were collected and analyzed to test the hypothesis that the main period of juvenile recruitment in the bay coincides with the period of fishery closures currently designated by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources. Monthly collections were conducted along the southeastern Brazilian coast, using a shrimp fishing boat with “double-rig” nets sampling at stations up to 40 m depth. Sex ratios were female-biased only in zones with high reproductive activity such as in stations deeper than 15 m (χ2 test, p<0.05). The mean size of males and females was 15.3 ± 3.1 mm CL and 16.2 ± 4.7 mm CL, respectively, with size at sexual maturity estimates (CL50) of 14.8 mm for males and 15.5 mm for females. Mean growth curves provided estimates of CL∞ = 29.31 mm, k = 0.009/day, t0=−0.25 and CL∞ = 35.33 mm, k = 0.006/day, t0=−0.23 for males and females, respectively, and average lifespans of 1.35 for males and 2.12 years for females. Recruitment and abundances of reproductive females were highly correlated with the environmental factors such as higher water temperature and finer-grained bottom sediment (canonical correlation, r=0.63, p<0.001). The reproductive peaks in February-April 1998, March-May 1999 and February-May 2002 were followed by recruitment peaks in May-July 1998, July-September 1999 and April-June 2002, respectively. Thus, the proposed period of fisheries closure (March to May) does not coincide with the main recruitment periods observed for X. kroyeri.

Avaliação das características de superfície e formação de biofilmes em materiais odontológicos tratados em plasmas de HMDSO

Pós-graduação em Reabilitação Oral - FOAR