Ação Sacietogênica de um inibidor de tripsina da semente de tamarindo (Tamarindus indica L.)

The seeds are excellent sources of proteinase inhibitors and have been highlighted owing to various applications. Among these applications are those in effect on food intake and weight gain that stand out because of the increasing number of obese individuals. This study evaluated the effects of trypsin inhibitor present in the seed of tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) reduction in weight gain, biochemical and morphological alterations in Wistar rats. For this, we partially purified a trypsin inhibitor tamarind seed. This inhibitor, ITT2 at a concentration of 25 mg / kg body weight, over a period of 14 days was able to reduce food intake in rats (n = 6) by approximately 47%, causing a reduction in weight gain approximately 70% when compared with the control group. With the evaluation of the in vivo digestibility was demonstrated that the animals lost weight due to satiety, presented by the reduction of food intake, since there were significant differences between true digestibility for the control group (90.7%) and the group treated with inhibitor (89.88%). Additionally, we checked the deeds of ITT2 on biochemical parameters (glucose, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, gamma glutamyl transferase albumin, globulin, total protein and C-reactive protein) and these, when assessed in the study groups showed no statistically significant variations. We also evaluate the histology of some organs, liver, stomach, intestine, and pancreas, and showed no changes. And to evaluate the effect of trypsin inhibitor on food intake due to the satiety is regulated by cholecystokinin (CCK) were measured plasma levels, and it was observed that the levels of CCK in animals receiving ITT2 were significantly higher ( 20 + 1.22) than in animals receiving only solution with casein (10.14 + 2.9) or water (5.92 + 1.15). Thus, the results indicate that the effect caused ITT2 satiety, reducing food intake, which in turn caused a reduction in weight gain in animals without causing morphological and biochemical changes, this effect caused by the elevation of plasma levels CCK

Influência do lodo de ETE na massa para fabricação de cerâmica vermelha

The WTP produce many kinds of residue on your treatment stages, but the sludge is the more problematic from the final disposition point view. The actual rate of residue production deriving from technological evolution and the crescent population needs prevents the subtle equilibrium generation between consumption and recycling/reuse, creating problems of pollution resulting from inappropriate management of residues. Thus, is necessary achieve a new equilibrium between the grow from raw materials and energy and the residue generation. This equilibrium should be achieved by technical and economic feasibility of environmental supported models through recycling and reuse. The red ceramic industry stand out in residue absorption question as raw material due their clay mass heterogeneity, constituted by clay minerals and non-clay minerals with wide mineralogical variation, allowing residue inclusion which act like plastic or non-plastic materials, contributing to retain heavy metals contained in residues in the vitreous mass formed during the burning of the ceramic bodies. This work propose the study of the influence of incorporation of 25 wt.% sludge from wastewater treatment plant, according preliminary results, in the mass to produce ceramic bodies. The raw materials was characterized through chemical composition analyses by XRF, mineralogical analyses by XRD, thermal analyses by TG and DTA, Atterberg limits and thermodilatometry. Subsequently was composed the mass with 75 wt.% of clay and 25 wt.% of dried wastewater sludge from UFRN WWTP. Samples with 6,0 x 2,0 x 0,5 cm was produced with unidirectional compacting under pressure of 20MPa and burned in temperatures between 950 and 1,200ºC. After fired, the ceramic bodies have been submitted to physical and mechanical analyses through the measure of firing shrinkage, water absorption, density, apparent porosity and flexural strength; crystallographic analyses through XRD and microstructure analyses by SEM. The technological properties obtained was satisfactory to production of roof tiles with 25 wt.% at 1,200 ºC, but the production of others products at lower temperatures was not feasible

Efeito da adição de carbonatos em formulação de massa para revestimento cerâmico utilizando matérias-primas do Piauí

Piauí state is a major producer of traditional red ceramic burning as bricks, tiles and ceramic tiles, with its main production center located in the city of Teresina. The state has large reserves of raw materials that can be used in the ceramic coating as clays, quartz, talc and carbonates. However, in the preparation of ceramic bodies using only a mixture of clays with different characteristics. The study aims to evaluate the effect of adding two types of carbonates in the ceramic semiporous mass coating produced in Piauí and then to verify the potential use of these carbonates as supplementary raw material product manufactured or the feasibility of obtaining a ceramic plate that meets the specifications for the porous coating. For this, were characterized the ceramic Piauí coating mass, a calcitic carbonate and a dolomitic, were made in the levels of 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32%. The masses were formed by pressing and burneds in two environments: a laboratory furnace (1080°C, 1120°C, 1140°C, and 1160°C) and an industrial furnace (1140°C). Then, following tests of linear shrinkage water absorption, apparent porosity, bulk density and flexural strength. Furthermore, the fired specimens were tested for their macrostructure and microstructure. The results showed the possibility of using the carbonate in ceramic mass flooring produced in Piauí, as added in small proportions improved dimensional stability and increased mechanical strength of ceramics pieces. It also proved itself possible to produce porous coating when added in higher levels

São Miguel de Machede: uma semente de felicidade

Este artigo apresenta um projeto de aprendizagem, construído, em 1998, na pequena vila de São Miguel de Machede (concelho de Évora), por um grupo de cidadãos, maioritariamente jovens, preocupados com o crescente declínio da sua terra, a desertificação galopante que grassa no Alentejo e a falta de esperança que se começava a sentir, relativamente ao futuro.

Estudo de massa cerâmica triaxial visando à otimização do ciclo de queima da indústria de cerâmica estrutural

Over recent years the structural ceramics industry in Brazil has found a very favorable market for growth. However, difficulties related to productivity and product quality are partially inhibiting this possible growth. An alternative for trying to solve these problems and, thus, provide the pottery industry the feasibility of full development, is the substitution of firewood used in the burning process by natural gas. In order to contribute to this process of technological innovation, this paper studies the effect of co-use of ceramic phyllite and kaolin waste on the properties of a clay matrix, verifying the possible benefits that these raw materials can give to the final product, as well as the possibility of such materials to reduce the heat load necessary to obtain products with equal or superior quality. The study was divided into two steps: characterization of materials and study of formulations. Two clays, a phyllite and a residue of kaolin were characterized by the following techniques: laser granulometry, plasticity index by Atterberg limits, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, mineralogical composition by Rietveld, thermogravimetric and differential thermal analysis. To study the formulations, specifically for evaluation of technological properties of the parts, was performed an experimental model that combined planning involving a mixture of three components (standard mass x phyllite x kaolin waste) and a 23 factorial design with central point associated with thermal processing parameters. The experiment was performed with restricted strip-plot randomization. In total, 13 compositional points were investigated within the following constraints: phyllite ≤ 20% by weight, kaolin waste ≤ 40% by weight, and standard mass ≥ 60% by weight. The thermal parameters were used at the following levels: 750 and 950 °C to the firing temperature, 5 and 15 °C/min at the heating rate, 15 and 45min to the baseline. The results showed that the introduction of phyllite and/or kaolin waste in ceramic body produced a number of benefits in properties of the final product, such as: decreased absorption of water, apparent porosity and linear retraction at burn; besides the increase in apparent specific mass and mechanical properties of parts. The best results were obtained in the compositional points where the sum of the levels of kaolin waste and phyllite was maximal (40% by weight), as well as conditions which were used in firing temperatures of 950 °C. Regarding the prospect of savings in heat energy required to form the desired microstructure, the phyllite and the residue of kaolin, for having small particle sizes and constitutions mineralogical phases with the presence of fluxes, contributed to the optimization of the firing cycle.

Caracterização 3D de movimentos de massa em terrenos com permafrost nas Ilhas Shetland do Sul (1956 - 2010) através de detecção remota, na banda do visível

Dissertação de Mestrado, Geomática, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Adição de subprodutos da cinza da casca de café (coffea canephora) em massa cerâmica para porcelanato

To produce porcelain tiles fluxing agents are used in order to obtain a liquid phase during firing. This liquid phase fills the pores decreasing porosity, water absorption and contributes to material densification. In the porcelain tiles industry, feldspar is the main flux material used, with quantities ranging between 35 and 50%. Studies focus on the discovery of materials with flux characteristics that can reduce the consumption of feldspar by porcelain tiles industry. In this context, the coffee husk ashes, a residue obtained when coffee husks are burned to produce heat for the dryers during the processing of the green fruit, have as main chemical constituents potassium, calcium and magnesium, giving them characteristics of fluxing material. Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world and is responsible for over 30% of the world s production. In this work a physical treatment of coffee husk ash was carried out in order to eliminate the organic matter and, after this, two by-products were obtained: residual wastes R1 and R2. Both residues were added separately as single fluxes and also in association with feldspar in mixtures with raw materials collected in a porcelain industry located in Dias d Ávila-Ba. The addition of these residues aimed to contribute to the reduction of the consumption of feldspar in the production of porcelain tiles. Specimens were produced with dimensions of 60 mm x 20 mm x 6 mm in an uniaxial die with compacting pressure of 45 MPa. The samples were heated to a temperature of 1200 °C, for 8 minutes. Tests were performed to characterize the raw materials by XRF, XRD, particle size analysis, DTA and TGA and, additionally, the results of the physical properties of water absorption, apparent porosity, linear shrinkage, density, dilatometry, flexural strength and SEM of sintered body were analyzed. Additions of less than 8% of the residue R1 contributed to the decrease of porosity, but the mechanical strength of the samples was not satisfactory. Additions of 5% the R2 residue contributed significantly to decrease the water absorption and apparent porosity, and also to increase the mechanical strength. Samples with addition of feldspar associated with the R2 residue, in proportions of 6.7% of R2 and 6.7% of feldspar, led to results of water absorption of 0.12% and mechanical strength of 46 MPa, having parameters normalized to the manufacture of porcelain stoneware tiles

Método de melhoramento por descendência de semente única, para obtenção de linhagens de feijoeiro resistentes ao crestamento bacteriano comum.

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi a obtenção de linhagens de feijoeiro comum resistentes aos crestamento bacteriano comum, utilizando-se o método de melhoramento por descendência de semente única. Foram obtidas 30 linhagens com resistência ao crestamento bacteriano comum e uma considerável diminuição do tempo para o avanço das gerações.

Clementina 'SRA63' tangerina sem semente meia-estação.

2016

Potencial de acúmulo de massa e nutrientes e estádio mais adequado de manejo do sorgo-forrageiro em sistemas de transição agroecológica.

2014

Uso de espectrometria de massa por ionização e dessorção a laser assistida por matriz : tempo de voo (MALDI-TOF MS) para formação de bibliotecas e caracterização da ocupação nodular em soja por estirpes de Bradyrhizobium

Dissertação (mestrado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Microbiana, 2016.

Organizações de Massa do PAICV/PAIGC na Primeira República 1975-1990

O presente trabalho académico “As Organizações de Massa do PAIGC/ PAICV na Primeira República, de 1975 a 1990”, insere-se no âmbito do curso de Licenciatura em Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais, pela Universidade do Mindelo, e pretende analisar o papel das organizações de massa, no desenvolvimento do País, durante a Primeira República. O trabalho incide, portanto, na investigação dessas organizações, como surgiram no contexto cabo-verdiano, a contribuição que deram para a organização da sociedade civil e no despertar da consciência cívica da população, e ainda, da relação existente entre elas e o Partido PAIGC (Partido Africano Independente da Guiné-Bissau e Cabo Verde) / PAICV (Partido Africano Independente de Cabo Verde), numa primeira fase. Para depois analisar o impacto do processo democrático do País nas mesmas, visto que elas surgiram num período de partido único, tendo-se verificado um decréscimo na sua dinâmica, após essa mudança política, em que algumas delas acabaram mesmo por desaparecer. Este trabalho contará com a participação das pessoas que fizeram parte dessas organizações e entidades políticas, que, prontamente, disponibilizaram dados para a sua elaboração.

Contribuição da variedade e da fermentação maloláctica para o perfil em compostos fenólicos de baixa massa molecular de vinhos varietais alentejanos

O presente trabalho teve como objectivo identificar a influência da variedade e o impacto da fermentação maloláctica, no perfil em compostos fenólicos de baixa massa molecular de vinhos varietais do Alentejo. Para o efeito, foram doseados alguns compostos fenólicos (aldeído protocatéquico e ácidos gálico, protocatéquico, caftárico, vanílico, fertárico, siringico, cafeíco, p-coumárico, ferúlico e coutárico) em 81 vinhos varietais produzidos na Adega Experimental da Universidade de Évora, 48 da casta Trincadeira, e os restantes das castas Aragonez, Cabernet Sauvignon, Alfrocheiro, Castelão e Touriga Nacional. A análise dos dados obtidos, através do método da partição de variância, permitiu identificar a variedade como a variável que mais influência teve no perfil em compostos fenólicos de baixa massa molecular dos vinhos varietais

Processos de recrutamento, seleção e admissão, em massa, de trabalhadores agrícolas numa média empresa

O presente relatório surge do seguimento do estágio curricular em contexto do trabalho final do Mestrado em Gestão – Recursos Humanos, realizado no período de seis meses na organização Vale da Rosa, especificamente no departamento de Recursos Humanos. Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo identificar e descrever pormenorizadamente todo o procedimento efetuado, em contexto profissional, os processos de recrutamento, seleção e admissão de trabalhadores agrícolas. Esta experiência serviu para o desenvolvimento e aquisição de novas competências, onde a mestranda conjugou a base teórica com a prática. As atividades desenvolvidas durante o estágio curricular, como foi referido anteriormente, foram o recrutamento, a seleção e a admissão de trabalhadores agrícolas na entidade acolhedora. Estes processos foram feitos em grande escala devido ao número de indivíduos que são colocados durante o período da colheita, que é aproximadamente cinco meses, para abranger os 250 hectares de vinha. São processamentos adaptados para a área em questão, área de viticultura, o que implica serem utilizados métodos pouco idênticos aos que são referidos pelos diferentes autores; ABSTRACT: Recruitment Processes, Selection and Admission, Mass, Farm Workers in Medium Enterprises This report arises from the follow-up of the curricular internship in the context of the final work of the Masters in Management - Human Resources, carried out during the six-month period in the Vale da Rosa organization, specifically in the Human Resources department. The main objective of this work is to identify and describe in detail the entire procedure carried out, in a professional context, the recruitment, selection and admission processes of agricultural workers. This experience served to develop and acquire new skills, where the master student combined the theoretical base with the practice. The activities developed during the curricular internship, as mentioned previously, were the recruitment, selection and admission of agricultural workers to the welcoming entity. These processes were carried out on a large scale due to the number of individuals being placed during the harvest period, which is approximately five months, to cover the 250 hectares of vineyard. They are adapted processes for the area in question, area of viticulture, which implies using methods not very similar to those that are mentioned by different authors.

Teste de vigor em semente de arroz (Oryza Sativa)

2015