Utilização da distração osteogênica mediana sagital para tratamento da atresia mandibular

OBJETIVO: relatar o tratamento de uma paciente com apinhamento severo decorrente de uma atresia maxilomandibular, tratada por meio da Distração Osteogênica da Sínfise Mandibular (DOSM). RESULTADOS: neste caso, observamos bom engrenamento dentário, diminuição do corredor bucal escuro, correção do apinhamento, boa forma de arcos e boa estética facial, num período de tempo bastante satisfatório, sem trazer dano ao tecido periodontal adjacente. CONCLUSÃO: pacientes com arcos atrésicos e apinhamento dentário podem ser beneficiados com a DOSM que, quando bem indicada, surge como uma nova forma de tratamento para casos limítrofes de apinhamento dentário, nos quais as alternativas convencionais oferecem limitações, tais como o achatamento do perfil facial, o aumento do corredor bucal e a instabilidade.

Photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms present on complete dentures. A clinical investigation

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Scarification, temperature and light in germination of Senna occidentalis seed (Caesalpinaceae)

The purpose of the present work was to study various aspects of the germination of seeds of Senna occidentalis Link, which had presented promising results in biological activity against the etiological agent of malaria. These aspects were dormancy, temperatures of germination and photoblastic response. In the dormancy studies, the treatments used were: unscarified seed (control); tegument puncture with sharp point; and scarification with sand-paper and immersion in concentrated sulfuric acid during 5, 10, 15 and 20 minutes. For the study of temperature and photoblast, the seeds were immersed in sulfuric acid for 20 minutes, submitted to temperatures of 10 to 45degreesC, at intervals of 5degreesC, both under light and in the dark. The seeds presented dormancy related to tegument, the best treatments for breaking dormancy were immersion in sulfuric acid for 15 and 20 minutes. At temperatures 25 and 30degreesC, the best results of percentage and index of velocity of germination were observed, at which the seeds behaved as neutral photoblastic; there was no germination at 10 or at 45degreesC.

Influence of light quality on germination and initial growth of canephori seedlings Peltophorum dubium (Sprenge) Taub.

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Períodos de estratificação na germinação de sementes de alface (Lactuca sativa L.) sob diferentes condições de luz e temperatura

Lettuce seeds have a high sensitivity to variations in humidity and temperature of the environment where they germinate, therefore, studies with the aim of improve the germination and physiological performance of these have been conducted. Thus, the study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of pre-germination treatment stratification (5 degrees C) for different periods, and increase the uniformity of germination of lettuce seeds submitted to different conditions of light and germination temperatures. In the pre-germinative treatment, the seeds of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) var. American Great Lakes were placed in plastic boxes dark of the type "gerbox" and subjected to temperature stratification of 5 degrees C and the dark for 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 hours. After periods of stratification the seeds were submitted to germination tests which were transferred to plastic boxes type "gerbox" transparent (constant light) and dark (no light) and were maintained in a germination chamber B.O.D with light constant at temperatures of 20, 25, 30 and 35 degrees C. The design used was the entirely randomized with four repetitions, in a factorial outline 5x4x2, five pre-germinative treatments, four germination temperatures and two light conditions. Stratification for 16 hours and temperatures of 20 and 25 degrees C stimulated the germination of lettuce seeds, providing a higher germination percentage, germination speed index and minor mean germination time. The presence of light resulted in increased germination at 0, 4, 8 and 12 hours of stratification.

Adrenergic response patterns in vas deferens isolated from rats under diurnal rhythms - Influence of stress

The aim of this study was to verify, by means of functional methods, whether the circadian rhythm changes adrenergic response patterns in the epididymal half of the vas deferens isolated from control rats as well as from rats submitted to acute stress. The experiments were performed at 9:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 9:00 p.m., and 3:00 a.m. The results showed a light-dark dependent variation of the adrenergic response pattern on organs isolated from control as well as from stressed rats. In the control group, only the phenylephrine sensitivity was changed throughout the circadian rhythm. Under the stress condition, both norepinephrine and phenylephrine response patterns were changed, mainly during darkness. The maximal contractile response to both alpha- and beta-agonist and alpha(1)-agonist was increased in the dark phase, corresponding to high plasmatic concentrations of endogenous melatonin. The vas deferens isolated from stressed rats during the light phase simultaneously incubated with exogenous melatonin showed the same pattern of response obtained in the dark phase, thus indicating a peripheric action of melatonin on this organ. Therefore, the circadian rhythms are important to the adrenergic response pattern in rat vas deferens from both control and stressed rats. In conclusion, we suggest a melatonin modulation on alpha(1)-postsynaptic adrenergic response in the rat vas deferens. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Expressão diferencial dos genes VuUCP1a e VuUCP1b em caupi sob estresse salino

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Interaction of temperature and light on seed germination in Tecoma stans L. Juss. ex Kunth (Bignoniaceae)

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Influence of light and temperature on seed germination of Cereus pernambucensis Lemaire (Cactaceae)

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Tribute to R.G. Boutilier: Skin colour and body temperature changes in basking Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Bokermann 1956)

In amphibians solar basking far from water sources is relatively uncommon since the highly permeable amphibian skin does not represent a significant barrier to the accompanying risk of losing water by evaporation. A South American frog, Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Bokermann 1956), however, spends a significant amount of the day exposed to full sun and relatively high temperatures. The means by which this frog copes with potentially high rates of evaporative water loss and high body temperatures are unknown. Thus, in this study, skin colour changes, body surface temperature, and evaporative water loss rates were examined under a mixture of field and laboratory conditions to ascertain whether changes in skin reflectivity play an important role in this animal's thermal and hydric balance. Field data demonstrated a tight correlation between the lightness of skin colour and frog temperature, with lighter frogs being captured possessing higher body temperatures. Laboratory experiments supported this relationship, revealing that frogs kept in the dark or at lower temperatures (20 degrees C) had darker skin colours, whereas frogs kept in the light or higher temperatures (30 degrees C) had skin colours of a lighter hue. Light exhibited a stronger influence on skin colour than temperature alone, suggesting that colour change is triggered by the increase in incident solar energy and in anticipation of changes in body temperature. This conclusion is corroborated by the observation that cold, darkly coloured frogs placed in the sun rapidly became lighter in colour during the initial warming up period (over the first 5 min), after which they warmed up more slowly and underwent a further, albeit slower, lightening of skin colour. Surprisingly, despite its natural disposition to bask in the sun, this species does not possess a 'waterproof' skin, since its rates of evaporative water loss were not dissimilar from many hylid species that live in arboreal or semi-aquatic environments. The natural history of B. alvarengai is largely unknown and, therefore, it is likely that the herein reported colour change and basking behaviour represent a complex interaction between thermoregulation and water balance with other ecologically relevant functions, such as crypsis.

Age constraints and fine tuning in variable-mass particle models

VAMP (variable-mass particle) scenarios, in which the mass of the cold dark matter particles is a function of the scalar field responsible for the present acceleration of the Universe, have been proposed as a solution to the cosmic coincidence problem, since in the attractor regime both dark energy and dark matter scale in the same way. We find that only a narrow region in parameter space leads to models with viable values for the Hubble constant and dark energy density today. In the allowed region, the dark energy density starts to dominate around the present epoch and consequently such models cannot solve the coincidence problem. We show that the age of the Universe in this scenario is considerably higher than the age for noncoupled dark energy models, and conclude that more precise independent measurements of the age of the Universe would be useful in distinguishing between coupled and noncoupled dark energy models.

DM particles: how warm they can be?

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Characterization of melanin pigment produced by Aspergillus nidulans

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Resposta à qualidade de luz como estratégia para estabelecimento de Bidens gardneri

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Aplicação do teste de tetrazólio em sementes de Gleditschia amorphoides Taub. Caesalpinaceae

Este trabalho teve como objetivos padronizar a metodologia do teste de tetrazólio e avaliar a aplicabilidade deste para estimar a viabilidade de sementes de Gleditschia amorphoides. Inicialmente, foram avaliados os seguintes tratamentos de pré-condicionamento: semente intacta, escarificação mecânica, escarificação seguida de 24 ou 48 horas de embebição em água, com e sem posterior retirada do tegumento. em seguida, as sementes foram submetidas a 1, 3 ou 6 horas de coloração em solução de 2, 3, 5 trifenil cloreto de tetrazólio às concentrações de 0,025; 0,050; 0,075 ou 0,10% a 35ºC, no escuro. Sementes escarificadas e embebidas por 48 horas, com retirada do tegumento, imersas em solução de tetrazólio a 0,075% por 3 horas apresentaram coloração ideal, possibilitando a identificação das sementes em viáveis e inviáveis. Utilizando o protocolo acima descrito, avaliou-se a adequação do teste de tetrazólio em estimar a viabilidade de sementes de Gleditschia amorphoides através da comparação com o teste de germinação. A comparação não resultou em diferenças significativas entre eles. O teste de tetrazólio utilizando solução a 0,075% por 3 horas pode ser utilizado na estimativa da viabilidade de sementes de Gleditschia amorphoides.