Polysaccharide-rich fraction of Agaricus brasiliensis enhances the candidacidal activity of murine macrophages

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Tobacco Smoke Induces Ventricular Remodeling Associated with an Increase in NADPH Oxidase Activity

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Influence of different doses of retinoic acid on cardiac remodeling

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Differentiation of the XY Sex Chromosomes in the Fish Hoplias malabaricus (Characiformes, Erythrinidae): Unusual Accumulation of Repetitive Sequences on the X Chromosome

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Cytotoxicity of water-soluble fraction from biodiesel and its diesel blends to human cell lines

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The Allium cepa bioassay to evaluate landfarming soil, before and after the addition of rice hulls to accelerate organic pollutants biodegradation

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The Q-D algorithm for transforming series expansions into a corresponding continued fraction: an extension to cope with zero coefficients

An algorithm for deriving a continued fraction that corresponds to two series expansions simultaneously, when there are zero coefficients in one or both series, is given. It is based on using the Q-D algorithm to derive the corresponding fraction for two related series, and then transforming it into the required continued fraction. Two examples are given. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The effects of extrusion conditions and the addition of volatile compounds and flavour enhancers to corn grits on the retention of the volatile compounds and texture of the extrudates

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Estrutura dos grânulos de amido de milho normal e ceroso

Visando obter informações a respeito da estrutura dos grânulos, amidos de milho normal e ceroso foram isolados e submetidos à ação da a-amilase e amiloglucosidase. Para elucidar a estrutura dos grânulos, os resíduos desta hidrólise foram submetidos à cromatografia de permeção em gel Sephadex G-50, diretamente e após sucessivas digestões enzimáticas com pululanase e b-amilase. Os resultados mostraram que existem diferenças nos resíduos dos amidos de milho ceroso e normal, tratados com a-amilase e amiloglucosidase. No resíduo do amido de milho ceroso, os perfis de eluição mostraram duas frações a 290 e 350 ml (picos I e II) respectivamente, que não eram suscetíveis ao ataque da a-amilase e amiloglucosidase, indicando que estas frações faziam parte das zonas cristalinas do amido. Estas frações também faziam parte das áreas cristalinas no amido normal. A presença do pico V à 390 ml na a-glucana do amido de milho normal sugeriu que além das duas frações não suscetíveis à hidrólise existia outra que também participava das zonas cristalinas deste amido como regiões não suscetíveis às enzimas formando, consequentemente, rede cristalina fortemente associada. A presença deste pico a 390 ml sugeriu arranjo cristalino distinto entre o amido de milho ceroso e o normal.

The role of counterion on the thermotropic phase behavior of DODAB and DODAC vesicles

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Taxonomic diversity, niche width and similarity in the use of plant resources by bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) in a cerrado area

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Effect of the addition of silanated silica on the mechanical properties of microwave heat-cured acrylic resin

Effect of the addition of silanated silica on the mechanical properties of microwave heat-cured acrylic resinObjectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the flexural strength and Vickers hardness of a microwave energy heat-cured acrylic resin by adding different concentrations of silane surface-treated nanoparticle silica.Methods: Acrylic resin specimens with dimensions of 65 x 10 x 2.5 mm were formed and divided into five experimental groups (n = 10) according to the silica concentration added to the acrylic resin mass (weight %) prior to polymerisation : G1, without silica; G2, 0.1% silica; G3, 0.5% silica; G4, 1.0% silica; and G5, 5.0% silica. The specimens were submitted to a three-point flexural strength test and to the Vickers hardness test (HVN). The data obtained were statistically analysed by ANOVA and the Tukey test (alpha = 0.05).Results: Regarding flexural strength, G5 differed from the other experimental groups (G1, G2, G3 and G4) presenting the lowest mean, while G4 presented a significantly higher mean, with the exception of group G3. Regarding Vickers hardness, a decrease in values was observed, in which G1 presented the highest hardness compared with the other experimental groups.Conclusion: Incorporating surface-treated silica resulted in direct benefits in the flexural strength of the acrylic resin activated by microwave energy; however, similar results were not achieved for hardness.

Heavy-flavor tagging and the supersymmetry reach of the CERN Large Hadron Collider

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Measurement of the production fraction times branching fraction f(b -> Lambda(b)) . B(Lambda(b) -> J/psi Lambda)

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