Estudo da combustão de carvões e misturas com o coque verde de petróleo injetadas em altos fornos

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Avaliação do controle de azevém (Lolium multiflorum) nas condições de cana crua em Louisiana/EUA e dinâmica dos herbicidas na palha

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Agricultura) - FCA

Farinha de folhas e amido de mandioca como matérias-primas para misturas e massa alimentícia extrusadas

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Efeitos da elevada ingestão de sacarose e da restrição no tempo de ingestão alimentar sobre parâmetros morfométricos, bioquímicos séricos e cardíacos de ratos

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

Estimação de parâmetros genéticos para características de crescimento em bovinos da raça Canchim com modelos de dimensão finita e infinita

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

Avaliação nutricional da torta de dendê para suplementação de ruminantes na Amazônia Oriental

O trabalho foi realizado na Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, em Belém, Pará, (1º28´ S 48º27´ W de Greenwich), com o objetivo de avaliar a influência da adição da torta de dendê (Elaeis guineensis) como alternativa para suplementação alimentar de ruminantes, em períodos críticos de produção de forragem na Amazônia Oriental. Foram determinadas as características nutricionais da torta de dendê, durante um período de 21 dias, com 16 ovinos, em gaiolas metabólicas individuais, distribuídas em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, em quatro tratamentos e quatro repetições, onde os tratamentos (T1, T2, T3 e T4) continham quicuio-da-amazônia (Brachiaria humidicola) e níveis crescentes de 10%, 20%, 30% e 40% de inclusão de torta de dendê. Os consumos de matéria seca, em g/dia e % do peso vivo, foram de 666,6 e 2,5; 686.9 e 2,4; 649,4 e 2,4; e 540,9 e 2,0, de matéria orgânica 706,5; 710,8; 708,1 e 632,3 g/dia, e de proteína bruta 37,3; 42,9; 58,7 e 56,4 g/dia. O consumo de FDN, em g/dia, foi de 584,7; 583,5; 565,2; 527,0. Os coeficientes de digestibilidade da matéria seca foram de 50,3; 47,8; 52,2; e 55,2%, da matéria orgânica de 50,8; 49,6; 53,5; e 56,3% e de proteína bruta de 48,0; 38,7; 66,8; 69,4%, em T1, T2, T3 e T4, respectivamente. A torta de dendê possui potencial produtivo, com elevada disponibilidade de matéria seca e bom valor nutritivo, constituindo-se em alternativa para ser utilizada como suplemento alimentar para ruminantes, principalmente em períodos críticos de estiagem, em níveis em torno de 30%, e possibilita maior consumo e digestibilidade de matéria seca, matéria orgânica, proteína bruta, com suprimento adequado de energia.

Resistência de progênies de Stylosanthes capitata e S. macrocephala à antracnose causada por Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Proteção de Plantas) - FCA

Mapeamento de oportunidades de negócios a partir de laboratórios de pesquisa e desenvolvimento: estudo de caso CEAMAZON

Este trabalho volta-se a área de inovação e a tecnologia como fator de diferenciação e geração de negócios de base tecnológica a partir de projetos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento do Centro de Excelência em Eficiência Energética na Amazônia – CEAMAZON, visando identificar e classificar o potencial de empreendimentos oriundos dos projetos dos laboratórios de P&D em energia deste centro. Utilizou-se a metodologia do Radar de negócios em tecnologia e inovação (RANTI) para levantar e gerar um portifólio de negócios em energia, e o potencial de inovação do CEAMAZON para que a sociedade faça uso do conhecimento gerado a partir desse centro de pesquisa para a criação de empresas e negócios por empreendedores, investidores e/ou empresários, a fim de gerar empregos, mais tecnologia e multiplicar a capacidade do CEAMAZON de criar mais projetos de P&D com interface com o mercado.

Sexagem molecular em aves: contribuições à conservação biológica e á divulgação científica

Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Genética) - IBB

Wolf presence in the ranch of origin: Impacts on temperament and physiological responses of beef cattle following a simulated wolf encounter

This experiment evaluated temperament, vaginal temperature, and plasma cortisol in beef cows from wolf-naive and wolf-experienced origins that were subjected to a simulated wolf encounter. Multiparous, pregnant, nonlactating Angus-crossbreed cows from the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center located near Burns, OR (CON; n = 50), and from a commercial operation near Council, ID (WLF; n = 50), were used. To date, grey wolves are not present around Burns, OR, and thus CON were naive to wolves. Conversely, wolves are present around Council, ID, and WLF cows were selected from a herd that had experienced multiple confirmed wolf-predation episodes from 2008 to 2012. Following a 50-d commingling and adaptation period, CON and WLF cows were ranked by temperament, BW, and BCS and allocated to 5 groups (d 0; 10 CON and 10 WLF cows/group). Groups were individually subjected to the experimental procedures on d 2 (n = 3) and d 3 (n = 2). Before the simulated wolf encounter, cow temperament was assessed and blood samples and vaginal temperatures (using intravaginal data loggers) were collected (presimulation assessments). Cows were then sorted by origin, moved to 2 adjacent drylot pens (10 WLF and 10 CON cows/pen), and subjected to a simulated wolf encounter event for 20 min, which consisted of 1) cotton plugs saturated with wolf urine attached to the drylot fence, 2) continuous reproduction of wolf howls, and 3) 3 leashed dogs that were walked along the fence perimeter. Thereafter, WLF and CON cows were commingled and returned to the handling facility for postsimulation assessments, which were conducted immediately after exposure to wolf-urine-saturated cotton plugs, wolf howl reproduction, and 20-s exposure to the 3 dogs while being restrained in a squeeze chute. Chute score, temperament score, and plasma cortisol concentration increased (P <= 0.01) from pre- to postsimulation assessment in WLF but did not change in CON cows (P >= 0.19). Exit velocity decreased (P = 0.01) from pre-to postsimulation assessment in CON but did not change (P = 0.79) in WLF cows. In addition, WLF cows had a greater (P = 0.03) increase in temperature from pre-to postsimulation assessments compared with CON cows. In conclusion, the simulated wolf encounter increased excitability and fear-related physiological stress responses in cows that originated from a wolf-experienced herd but not in cows that originated from a wolf-naive herd.

Orange Juice and Hesperidin Promote Differential Innate Immune Response in Macrophages ex vivo

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Phosphorus reduction by sifting fish waste meal

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

Bioavailability of plant pigment phytochemicals in Angelica keiskei in older adults: A pilot absorption kinetic study

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Angelica keiskei is a green leafy vegetable rich in plant pigment phytochemicals such as flavonoids and carotenoids. This study examined bioavailability of flavonoids and carotenoids in Angelica keiskei and the alteration of the antioxidant performance in vivo.SUBJECTS AND MATERIALS: Absorption kinetics of phytochemicals in Angelica keiskei were determined in healthy older adults (>60 y, n = 5) and subjects with metabolic syndrome (n = 5). Subjects consumed 5 g dry Angelica keiskei powder encapsulated in gelatin capsules with a low flavonoid and carotenoid liquid meal. Plasma samples were collected at baseline, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 h. Samples were analyzed for flavonoids and carotenoids using HPLC systems with electrochemical and UV detection, respectively, and for total antioxidant performance by fluorometry.RESULTS: After ingestion of Angelica keiskei increases in plasma quercetin concentrations were observed at 1-3 and 6-8 hr in the healthy group and at all time points in the metabolic syndrome group compared to baseline (P < 0.05). Plasma lutein concentrations were significantly elevated in both the healthy and metabolic syndrome groups at 8 hr (P < 0.05). Significant increases in total antioxidant performance were also observed in both the healthy and the metabolic syndrome groups compared to baseline (P < 0.05).CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study clearly demonstrate the bioavailability of phytonutrients of Angelica keiskei and their ability to increase antioxidant status in humans.

Análise da prática de meditação em duas escolas do município de Rio Claro - SP

Nowadays, meditation had become larger than the mystic’s scope, entering the academy through the scientific interest in this topic. Results documented for so many centuries or the experienced monks that practice meditation for a long time are the aims for researches that want, ultimately, establish the real effects of such techniques upon the human body. Research has gone far, and many effects can be evaluated using more precise methods, specially in the medical field and neuroscience, which had greatly backed up new discoveries about the correlation between the mind, emotions, thoughts and the body, making so that mediation can walk the therapeutic ways and complementary health with more certainty and reliable results, as it is happening with acupuncture and yoga. Facing a promising scenario in the correlation between meditation and life’s quality, well being sensation and happiness, there is the possibility of using it in schools, since because of the difficulties and present challenges, those factors are not commonly associated with the acts of teaching and learning, and acupuncture and Yoga have more restrictions because of their own limitations of time and space necessary for their wide application. Therefore, the current study focused on contextualizing the meditation’s fundaments in the scientific perspective, and apply it, even if qualitatively, in two schools of Rio Claro municipality, researching 57 students from Educação de Jovens e Adultos (EJA). Therefore, it was chosen only one meditation tecnique to be applied on the treatment group. As for the control group, it perfomed normal breathing, i.e., without tecniques. The differences were then analyzed through the filmings of all the sessions of the meetings, counting the number of movements and the agitation among the students for the two groups. Another method of analysis was forms filled by both groups and the presence in a meeting at Unesp – Rio Claro. At the end,...

Estudo e aplicação de diferentes métodos de resolução para problemas dinâmicos não-lineares em presença de atrito

The friction phenomena is present in mechanical systems with two surfaces that are in contact, which can cause serious damage to structures. Your understanding in many dynamic problems became the target of research due to its nonlinear behavior. It is necessary to know and thoroughly study each existing friction model found in the literature and nonlinear methods to define what will be the most appropriate to the problem in question. One of the most famous friction model is the Coulomb Friction, which is considered in the studied problems in the French research center Laboratoire de Mécanique des Structures et des Systèmes Couplés (LMSSC), where this search began. Regarding the resolution methods, the Harmonic Balance Method is generally used. To expand the knowledge about the friction models and the nonlinear methods, a study was carried out to identify and study potential methodologies that can be applied in the existing research lines in LMSSC and then obtain better final results. The identified friction models are divided into static and dynamic. Static models can be Classical Models, Karnopp Model and Armstrong Model. The dynamic models are Dahl Model, Bliman and Sorine Model and LuGre Model. Concerning about nonlinear methods, we study the Temporal Methods and Approximate Methods. The friction models analyzed with the help of Matlab software are verified from studies in the literature demonstrating the effectiveness of the developed programming