Utilização de um algoritmo de caminho mínimo no processo de recolhimento do palhiço da cana-de-açúcar

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

Composição físico-química e propriedades tecnológicas da farinha de folhas de mandioca

Cassava leaves can be considered an important nutritional source when compared to other commonly consumed vegetables leaves. Cassava leaves have high levels of protein, fiber and minerals, and arestill underexplored due to the lack of information regarding the use of them as afood product, as well as, their use as an industrial raw material. The consumption of cassava leaves in fresh form is impractical due to the presence of cyanide, thereby it is required a pretreatment to be performed to reduce this component. The objective of this study was to produce and characterize the four made with cassava leaves as its chemical composition, color, indices of absorption and water solubility, and pasting properties, aiming to provide information of interest for possible application as an ingredient in the food industry. Cassava leaf flour showed low moisture content (6.6 %)and significant amounts of fiber (30.68 %), protein (23.00 %), and total carbohydrate (22.27%). Drying and milling processes allowed to obtain a flour with a low content of total cyanide (0.3 mg 100g-1 ), and the presence of vitamin C (56.6 mg 100g-1 ) and β –carotene (38 mg 100g- 1 ). The color analysis of cassava leaf flour showed low lightness with, predominantly, green and yellow pigments. The cassava leaf flour presented good solubility (14.85 %) and water absorption (6.87 g gel. g-1 ). Pasting properties showed a low peak of viscosity and a higher final viscosity with a retrogradation tendency, indicating a low capacity of this flour to form gel. The flour of cassava leaves can be a good source of nutrition when used as a food ingredient in soups and pasta. However, it is not indicated to products that require high gel formation.

Distribuição de espécies com folhas homobáricas e heterobáricas no Cerrado e na Floresta Estacional Semidecídua

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Avaliação de um sistema florestal de curta rotação de Eucalyptus spp. em função da desbrota e adubação

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Produção de biomassa e teor de cumarina em folhas de guaco (Mikania laevigata Sch. Bip. ex Baker) em diferentes idades da planta

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Efeito da época da queima na dinâmica de campo sujo de Cerrado

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Caracterização por espectrometria de massas e investigação das atividades anti-inflamatória e gastroprotetora do extrato etanólico e diterpenos clerodânicos de folhas de Casearia sylvestris Swartz

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Estudo fitoquímico e biológico dos extratos das folhas de Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Bentham

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

Comparação energética de tijolos comum e sem queima pela análise do ciclo de vida

This work is part of several research related to the plan of design and construction of a sustainable house. The previous researches focused on sustainable materials and it have shown that ceramic material are more interesting to improve the thermal comfort and the reduction of fees and prices of the house, making possible to construct popular home, mainly clay bricks, that have high thermal inertia and low costs, besides the fact that it is easy to find the raw materials in nature and process them. However, a major issue in using clay bricks is that it uses too many energy to be processed during the sintering (burning), a crucial part of the process that assures mechanical resistance. Alternative materials are being proposed by the researchers, as the clay bricks without the sintering mixed with Portland cement, assuring the proper resistance to the brick. Raw materials of cement, however, also need to be thermally processed in rotary kilns, in a process called clinckerization. This research was proposed for comparing the energy used by the two types of bricks and other objectives, in order to determinate which one uses less thermal energy. The intention was to compare the energy used during the sintering of regular clay bricks and the unfired bricks with 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% of Portland cement. The paper also investigated and compared the use of electrical and thermal energy of all the bricks to identify how important were the thermal stages (sintering or clinkerization) relatively to the total energy spent. At last, a resumed analysis was performed to identify the possible health damages of the many life cycles of the bricks. The conclusion was that unfired bricks with less than 40% of cement use less thermal energy to be processed. In addition, their carbon dioxides emissions were less dangerous to ... (Complete abastract click electronic access below)

Produção de biomassa e teor de cumarina em folhas de guaco (Mikania laevigata Sch. Bip. ex Baker) em diferentes idades da planta

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Efeito da época da queima na dinâmica de campo sujo de Cerrado

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Caracterização por espectrometria de massas e investigação das atividades anti-inflamatória e gastroprotetora do extrato etanólico e diterpenos clerodânicos de folhas de Casearia sylvestris Swartz

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Estudo fitoquímico e biológico dos extratos das folhas de Mimosa caesalpiniifolia Bentham

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

Comparação energética de tijolos comum e sem queima pela análise do ciclo de vida

This work is part of several research related to the plan of design and construction of a sustainable house. The previous researches focused on sustainable materials and it have shown that ceramic material are more interesting to improve the thermal comfort and the reduction of fees and prices of the house, making possible to construct popular home, mainly clay bricks, that have high thermal inertia and low costs, besides the fact that it is easy to find the raw materials in nature and process them. However, a major issue in using clay bricks is that it uses too many energy to be processed during the sintering (burning), a crucial part of the process that assures mechanical resistance. Alternative materials are being proposed by the researchers, as the clay bricks without the sintering mixed with Portland cement, assuring the proper resistance to the brick. Raw materials of cement, however, also need to be thermally processed in rotary kilns, in a process called clinckerization. This research was proposed for comparing the energy used by the two types of bricks and other objectives, in order to determinate which one uses less thermal energy. The intention was to compare the energy used during the sintering of regular clay bricks and the unfired bricks with 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% of Portland cement. The paper also investigated and compared the use of electrical and thermal energy of all the bricks to identify how important were the thermal stages (sintering or clinkerization) relatively to the total energy spent. At last, a resumed analysis was performed to identify the possible health damages of the many life cycles of the bricks. The conclusion was that unfired bricks with less than 40% of cement use less thermal energy to be processed. In addition, their carbon dioxides emissions were less dangerous to ... (Complete abastract click electronic access below)

Eficiência agronômica de adubos nitrogenados em soqueira de cana-de-açúcar colhida sem queima

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a eficiência agronômica das fontes nitrogenadas ureia (U), nitrato de amônio (NA), sulfato de amônio (SA) e cloreto de amônio (CA) em soqueira de cana-de-açúcar colhida sem queima, bem como determinar o efeito residual dessas fontes sobre a produtividade da cultura no ano agrícola subsequente. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos consistiram da aplicação de 120 kg ha-1 de N a um Latossolo Vermelho distrófico, coberto por palhada resultante da colheita sem queima da primeira soqueira. Incluiu-se um tratamento de controle sem adição de N fertilizante. Para avaliar o efeito residual dos adubos nitrogenados, aplicaram-se 450 kg ha-1 do formulado 20-5-19 após o corte da cana-soca. A maior produção de colmos e de açúcar na safra 2006/2007 foi obtida com a fonte SA. Na safra 2007/2008, não foi verificado efeito residual da adubação nitrogenada e houve queda de produtividade do tratamento CA em comparação ao controle. A fonte CA, à dose de 120 kg ha-1 de N em adubação de soqueira de segundo corte, é agronomicamente tão eficiente quanto as demais fontes de N utilizadas, mas tem menor eficiência no ano agrícola subsequente.