Argamassas com base em cal aérea e cinzas de casca de arroz para conservação do património construído

2º Congresso Nacional de Argamassas de Construção, APFAC, Lisboa, 2007 (CD-ROM)

Plasmodium vivax resistance to chloroquine (R2) and mefloquine (R3) in Brazilian Amazon region

We report for the first time a patient with malaria due to Plasmodium vivax who showed R2 resistance to chloroquine and R3 resistance to mefloquine in the Brazilian Amazon region based on WHO clinical criteria for diagnosis of malaria resistance. Failure was observed with unsupervised oral chloroquine, chloroquine under rigorous supervision and mefloquine in the same scheme. Finally, the patient was cured with oral artesunate.

Argamassas de cal aérea e metacaulino: a influência do traço e da cura

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau Mestre em Engenharia Civil – Perfil de Construção

Influência de agregados provenientes de RCD e cinzas volantes não conformes em argamassas de cal aérea

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau Mestre em Engenharia Civil – Perfil de Construção

The seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C in an Amerindian population in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon

We have investigated the seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C among Karitiana Indians (n = 119) living in the State of Rondônia, southwestern Brazilian Amazon. The prevalences of anti-HBs and anti-HBc were 16.1% and 35.3%, respectively, with HBsAg being found in only four (3.4%) subjects. Anti-HCV antibodies were detected in two subjects (1.7%). Age-stratified prevalence data suggest that both vertical and horizontal (the last among adults) routes of HBV transmission are important in this community.

Avaliação da durabilidade de fios metálicos embebidos em argamassa de cal aérea e pozolana sujeita a envelhecimento artificial

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau Mestre em Engenharia Civil – Perfil de Construção

Influência das cinzas volantes não conformes em argamassas de cal aérea

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau Mestre em Engenharia Civil – Perfil de Construção

Influência de agregados reciclados provenientes de RCD no desempenho de argamassa de cal aérea

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau Mestre em Engenharia Civil – Perfil de Construção

How prevalent is Plasmodium malariae in Rondônia, Western Brazilian Amazon?

We have compared results of Plasmodium species identification obtained with conventional on-site microscopy of Giemsa-stained thick smears (GTS) and a semi-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 96 malaria patients from Rondônia, Western Brazilian Amazon. Mixed-species infections were detected by PCR in 30% patients, but no such case had been found on GTS. Moreover, P. malariae infections were detected in 9 of 96 patients (10%) by PCR, but were not identified by local microscopists. The potential impact of species misidentification on malaria treatment and control is discussed.

Molecular evidence of mother-to-child transmission of HTLV-IIc in the Kararao Village (Kayapo) in the Amazon Region of Brazil

Blood samples from native Indians in the Kararao village (Kayapo), were analysed using serological and molecular methods to characterize infection and analyse transmission of HTLV-II. Specific reactivity was observed in 3/26 individuals, of which two samples were from a mother and child. RFLP analysis of the pX and env regions confirmed HTLV-II infection. Nucleotide sequence of the 5' LTR segment and phylogenetic analysis showed a high similarity (98%) between the three samples and prototype HTLV-IIa (Mot), and confirmed the occurrence of the HTLV-IIc subtype. There was a high genetic similarity (99.9%) between the mother and child samples and the only difference was a deletion of two nucleotides (TC) in the mother sequence. Previous epidemiological studies among native Indians from Brazil have provided evidence of intrafamilial and vertical transmission of HTLV-IIc. The present study now provides molecular evidence of mother-to-child transmission of HTLV-IIc, a mechanism that is in large part responsible for the endemicity of HTLV in these relatively closed populations. Although the actual route of transmission is unknown, breast feeding would appear to be most likely.

Duffy blood group genotypes among malaria patients in Rondônia, Western Brazilian Amazon

We have compared Duffy blood group genotype distribution, as determined by polymerase chain reaction with allele-specific primers, in 68 Plasmodium vivax-infected patients and 59 non-vivax malaria controls from Rondônia, Brazil. Homozygosity for the allele Fy, which abolishes Duffy antigen expression on erythrocytes, was observed in 12% non-vivax controls but in no P. vivax patient. However, no significant association was found between Fy heterozygosity and protection against P. vivax. The Fy x allele, which has recently been associated with very weak erythrocyte expression of Duffy antigen, was not found in local P. vivax patients.

Características de argamassas de cal aérea com diferentes traços e teores de metacaulino sujeitas a aspersão com água potável e do mar a idades jovens

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em: Engenharia Civil – Perfil de Construção

Caracterização de argamassas de cal aérea e terra

Argamassas 2014 - I Simpósio de Argamassas e Soluções Térmicas de Revestimento, 5-6 Junho, ITeCons, Universidade de Coimbra

Caracterização de rebocos de argamassas de cal aérea e de cal hidráulica natural com metacaulino e resíduos cerâmicos em exposição natural

Argamassas 2014 - I Simpósio de Argamassas e Soluções Térmicas de Revestimento, 5-6 Junho, ITeCons, Universidade de Coimbra

Argamassas de reboco com cal aérea, terra e fibras naturais: avaliação preliminar da suscetibilidade à contaminação biológica

Argamassas 2014 - I Simpósio de Argamassas e Soluções Térmicas de Revestimento, 5-6 Junho, ITeCons, Universidade de Coimbra