Atividade antitumoral e imunológica de abrina e pulchelina em tumor mamário murino

O termo “câncer” corresponde ao conjunto de cerca de 100 doenças que têm em comum o crescimento desordenado de células que invadem os tecidos e órgãos, podendo metastatisar para outras regiões do corpo. Os tumores de mama e colo do útero são os mais frequentes no sexo feminino. Neste estudo, avaliou-se o efeito tóxico de injeções intratumorais de abrina e pulchelina com ou sem β-D-galactose sobre o desenvolvimento do tumor mamário murino, verificando sua influência sobre o sistema imune. Proteínas inativadoras de ribossomos (RIPs) abrina, obtida de sementes de Abrus precatorius, e pulchelina, de sementes maduras de Abrus pulchellus subsp. tenuiflorus, foram utilizadas e como droga controle foi usada a Doxorrubicina. As RIPs foram administradas em camundongos fêmeas Balb/c. A partir dos tumores retirados dos animais em estudo, verificou-se o percentual de inibição do crescimento tumoral, medindo-se o tamanho e os pesos dos tumore. A partir de culturas de macrófagos obtidos dos animais de estudo, avaliou-se a produção de NO, TNF-α e IL-12 pelas RIPs na presença ou ausência de β-D-galactose. A IL-10 foi quantificada a partir de linfócitos esplênicos. A viabilidade celular foi verificada quando as células foram sujeitas às ações das RIPs. Com base nos resultados obtidos, observou-se que as RIPs não apresentaram potencial antitumoral, pois não houve redução do tamanho do tumor em relação ao controle, exceto pela abrina (p<0,05). Contudo, verificou-se que houve um possível efeito inibitório da toxicidade de abrina e pulchelina pela galactose sobre as células tumorais. As substâncias testadas (abrina, pulchelina e doxorrubicina) nas concentrações utilizadas nos testes de citotoxicidade ...

O uso do vídeo como recurso didático para o ensino de Ciências e Biologia

As características dos animais do Filo Echinodermata e seus principais representantes são conteúdos abordados no ensino médio, na disciplina de Biologia. Dessa maneira, é importante a produção de um material didático que favoreça o entendimento dos alunos frente a esse tema. Sendo assim, os objetivos do trabalho foi elaborar um material didático na forma de vídeo para professores e alunos do ensino médio, que facilite a visualização e compreensão das principais características dos animais representantes do Filo Echinodermata e um guia de utilização do recurso para os professores, propondo a formas de abordar os conteúdos, utilizando as fotos e esquemas contidos no vídeo e o desenvolvimento de atividades como mais uma forma de avaliar os alunos. Todo o conteúdo abordado foi retirado de livros didáticos específicos de zoologia de invertebrados, a fim de prevenir a ocorrência de erros conceituais

As contribuições dos jogos para o desenvolvimento e aprendizagem da matemática em crianças da pré-escola

This research aimed do verify the contribution of the games of rules to the development and learning of the mathematics of a philantropic institution for preschool children – Centro de Educação Infantil Santo Antônio (CEISA) - from March to September 2010. The overall universe comprehends one teacher, one class auxiliary, one trainee, the organization teaching coordinator and twenty six students. The main objective was to explore games as a strategic resource for the development and learning, by searching auxiliary contributions for teaching the mathematics, and ways to wake and keep the interest of the students for the games as tools of development and learning; to identify important points for such development and learning by using games; to detect the difficulties of the students in the process of teaching-learning mathematics; to use games as a moment for fun; to show the teachers the possibilities of using ludic materials as methodic resources and to make interventions, by means of the games, to enhance the process of teaching-learning the matematics, through a qualitative approach, using the interview as instrument by means of an observation and study of case

Bloqueios anestésicos perineurais da região distal do membro torácico do equino para diagnóstico em claudicações

This work demonstrates the technique of perineural anesthetic blocks made in the distal forelimb of the horse, and also covers aspects relating to the interpretation of the results obtained with the procedure. The limit of the subject the distal forelimb of horses is explained by the distribution of common lameness, being more frequent in this region. The procedure is intended to provide analgesia to a region of the limb, causing the animal to stop limping or decrease the intensity of claudication temporarily, since this region is responsible for the claudication, allowing thus, the likely location of the lesion, which may be investigated by other helper methods to confirm the diagnosis. Besides the description of the technique, were approached concerning aspects to the location of the anatomical structures involved, materials needed, cares with the animals, and possible complications from the procedure

A matemática no ciberespaço: um olhar fenomenológico para a expressão dos sujeitos

With the implementation of new technologies on the world stage of communication, Internet access has become increasingly numerous. Being sought by this means all kinds of information, from knowledge to entertainment. This paper intends to report the experience in two communities of the Internet, particularly in the social network Orkut, entitled I Hate Mathematics and I Love Mathematics, whose members are students, teachers and people who want to express how they feel about mathematics. The goal is to understand what took the members of these communities to hate or love Mathematics, clarifying the nature of the network Orkut and its contribution to mathematics education. For the analysis of data from field work, we use the phenomenological approach. The procedures followed by such approach allowed us to build four open categories: Research and Background, revealing that the research activities allow students to develop strategies, develop creativity and shows that what is learned in classroom is not just an accumulation of knowledge; Teacher's Role shows that it is necessary that the teacher understands the meaning of being a teacher and worry about being a student; Acquisition Technique, it is necessary that students be able to understand what is done and how it is done, and Sense of What is Done, to do is not directly linked to comprehend. The interpretation of these categories helped us understand the investigated giving us source to analyze how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can help the teacher understand the student's relationship with Mathematics

Carga viral e genotipagem do vírus de Epstein-Barr (EBV) e análise da frequência das variantes do gene viral BNLF-1 em indivíduos portadores do vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV)

Indivíduos imunocomprometidos possuem maior risco de desenvolver linfomas associados ao EBV. A detecção desse vírus em sangue periférico e a determinação de sua carga viral podem ter importância na evolução clínica de indivíduos portadores do HIV. Foram avaliadas 156 amostras de pacientes HIVpositivos pela reação em cadeia da polimerase em tempo real (qPCR) para detecção e quantificação da carga viral do EBV. 123/156 (78,8%) casos apresentaram carga viral detectável para o EBV, sendo que a carga viral média foi de 6,9x10-3 cópias de EBV/célula. Foi detectada elevada carga viral do EBV em indivíduos com falha terapêutica ou sem HAART (p =0,0076), em coinfectados pelos EBVs 1 e 2 (p=0,0205), em pacientes com altas cargas de HIV (rho=0,27614, p=0,0005) e longos períodos de infecção pelo HIV (rho= 0,24164, p =0,0026) e os que apresentavam altos níveis de linfócitos T CD8 + (rho=0,19286, p =0,0159). A amplificação do gene EBNA-2 para realização da tipagem viral foi possível em 95/123 (77,2%) amostras, das quais 72 (75,8%) revelaram infecção pelo EBV-1, 9 (9,5%) pelo EBV-2 e 14 (14,7%) apresentavam coinfecção entre os EBVs 1 e 2. Esses dados estão de acordo com a literatura visto que o tipo 1 é predominante em países ocidentais e 70,0% da coorte era composta por indivíduos caucasianos e heterossexuais. A maioria dos pacientes que apresentaram coinfecção pelos EBVs 1 e 2 tiveram contagem de linfócitos T CD4 + entre 200 e 499 células/μL de sangue segundo classificação CDC (p =0,0272). Quanto a analise do gene BNLF-1, a amplificação foi possível em 99/123 (80,5%). Desses 50/99 (50,5%) apresentavam a deleção de 30pb no gene, enquanto 49/99 (49,5%) não a possuíam. Em conjunto, os resultados obtidos evidenciam deterioração do sistema imunitário, caracterizada...(Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)

Neoplasia mamária em cadelas: aspectos clínico-cirúrgicos

Oncology is presenting an important role in clinical practice as a speciality in recent years in Veterinary Medicine. Mammary gland tumors are detected mainly in old and middleaged bitches that are sexually intact or spayed and the caudal abdominal and inguinal mammary glands are the most affected and they present a percentage up to 75% of malignancy. The majority of dogs with mammary neoplasms are clinically healthy at the time of diagnosis and the tumors can be identified by the owner or a professional during a routine physical examination. Cytological examination of fine needle aspirates can be performed. This procedure is easy and low cost and some criteria that may indicate malignancy are evaluated, however to obtain a definitive diagnosis is performed histopathology of the excised tissue or from biopsy. Regional lymph nodes are the first lymph node to receive lymphatic drainage from the neoplasm. They are at the highest risk of regional metastasis, while the lung is the most common site for distant metastasis. Determining the clinical stage enables the definition of the extension of the tumor. As a consequence, this allows a prognosis to be established and treatment to be planned. The type of therapy to be chosen incites controversy since there are numerous treatment options described, but the surgery is the chosen treatment. However, surgery is not always effective for malignant tumors, and recurrences may occur and in these cases, auxiliary chemotherapy treatments are used. The prognosis for animals that have mammary tumors depends on several factors, such as: size, stage, type of tumor cells and clinical behavior of the tumor, age and medical condition of the animal, and presence of metastasis. Because of this, more detailed studies are needed based on epidemiological surveys in order to provide more informations about risk factors, prevalence and follow-up after treatment of mammary... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Modelagem e avaliação de um sistema de refrigeração por absorção para residências e instalações de pequeno porte

This work presents a study of the absorption refrigeration system and the modeling and evaluation of two cycles using the binary solutions water-lithium bromide and ammonia-water for an equipment to be used in small size plants like residences. The study and evaluation aims the complete understanding of all parts of the system and the influence of each one of them as well as the spread of the knowledge to raise the use of this type of equipment in all sizes in order to decrease the energetic consumption of plants of all scales and making viable the alternative sources. The study is done in each element of the cycle separately and in some auxiliary equipments required in the operation such as the main power source, the solar collector. The software used for modeling, with emphasis on thermal part, was the EES (Engineering Equation Solver), that permitted the thermal balance calculus and acquisition of the used fluids properties. The results obtained for the equipment shows the system is more complex than the widely used in business, however, it can be viable and represents an alternative to increase the energetic efficiency

Guia de identificação do Filo Echinodermata

As principais características morfológicas dos animais do Filo Echinodermata são conteúdos abordados no ensino fundamental e médio, na disciplina de Ciências e Biologia. Dessa forma, é relevante a produção de um material didático que favoreça o entendimento dos alunos frente a esse tema. O objetivo do trabalho foi elaborar um material didático na forma de guia de identificação de equinodermos para alunos do ensino médio que facilite a compreensão das principais características dos animais representantes do Filo Echinodermata. Junto ao guia, algumas questões sobre cada classe de animais foram elaboradas, a fim de auxiliar o aluno no entendimento do conteúdo. O material foi elaborado com estudos de livros didáticos específicos de zoologia de invertebrados, a fim de prevenir a ocorrência de erros conceituais

Genotipagem de HLA de classe I e II para seleção de células precursoras dendríticas para estudo da imunobiologia do vírus associado ao Sarcoma de Kaposi (KSHV)

The Kaposi-associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) also known as Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) is associated with the development of Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) and others limphoprolipheratives diseases such as Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL) and Multicentric Castleman Disease (MCD). Even though the virus is considered lymphotropic, it is able to infect others cell types such as macrophages, dendritic cells, endothelial cells, monocytes and fibroblasts. After infection, KSHV be latent expressing essential viral genes to its maintenance in a infected cell. However, in some circumstances may occur the reactivation of lytic cycle producing new viral particles. K1 protein of KSHV interferes in the cellular signaling inducing proliferation and supporting cellular transformation. K1 is encoded by viral ORF-K1, which shows high variability between different genotypes of KSHV. So far, it is not clear whether different isoforms of K1 have specific immunobiological features. The KSHV latency is maintained under strict control by the immune system supported by an adequate antigen presentation involving Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) class I and II. Polymorphisms of HLA class I and II genes confer an enormous variability in molecules that recognize a large amount of antigens, but also can increase the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases. Therefore, the present study aims to genotype HLA class I (A and B) and class II (DR and DQ) from volunteers to identify haplotypes that can provide better response to K1 epitopes of different KSHV genotypes. First of all, 20 volunteers were selected to genotype HLA genes. In our results we observed prevalence of certain HLA class I haplotypes as HLAA1, HLA-A2, HLA-A24, HLA-A26, HLA-B8, HLA-B18 e HLA-B44. After the in silico analysis using BIMAS and SYFPEITHI databases, we observed high scores for epitopes from the B genotype of KSHV, indicating...(Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Avaliação da permeação cutânea do acetato de dexametasona incorporado em sistemas nanoestruturados

O acetato de dexametasona (DXM) é um glicocorticoide com eficácia antiinflamatória e imunossupressora, sendo utilizado nas doenças autoimunes. Sua ação antiinflamatória advém da inibição do acúmulo de células (macrófagos, linfócitos e neutrófilos) na área da inflamação, inibindo também a liberação de mediadores da inflamação como interferon-γ e TNF-α. Já a atividade imunossupressora é alcançada com a redução do concentrado de linfócitos e inibição da síntese e/ou liberação de interleucinas. Porém o uso contínuo do DXM ocasiona uma série de efeitos colaterais sistêmicos, sendo interessante sua aplicação tópica para viabilizar a promoção do aumento da liberação e a estabilização dos níveis plasmáticos do fármaco. Sistemas nanoestruturados como microemulsões (ME) e os cristais líquidos (CL) vêm sendo estudados como novos sistemas de liberação, pois além de se comportarem como reservatórios de fármacos também possibilitam o aumento da estabilidade e da solubilidade dos princípios ativos. Os objetivos deste trabalho foram desenvolver e caracterizar sistemas micro e nanoestruturados, com intuito de incorporar DXM e avaliar sua permeação cutânea in vitro. Foram desenvolvidos sistemas utilizando água, silicone (DC® 193C fluido) e polioxietileno-20-oleil éter (Brij® 98). Os 36 pontos do diagrama de fases foram avaliados, sendo elaboradas formulações com diferentes proporções de água, óleo e tensoativo, sendo possível delimitar regiões como: sistemas transparentes de alta viscosidade (STAV), sistemas transparentes de baixa viscosidade (STBV), sistemas líquido-transparentes (SLT), emulsão viscosa (EV) e emulsão líquida (EL). Três formulações foram selecionadas para os ensaios de caracterização, fixando-se a concentração de tensoativo (T) em 40% e variando-se as concentrações de água e de silicone, denominadas A, B e C. As análises de microscopia de luz polarizada ...

Elaboração de mapa de susceptibilidade de corridas de massa/detritos e ondas de cheia, aplicado a empreendimentos dutoviários, na bacia hidrográfica do Ribeirão da Prata (SP)

Given the intense expansion of the industries in Brazil and the discovery of hydrocarbons in the pre-salt layer of the Santos and Campos Basin, there is a need to expand the distribution of oil and gas network in the country. The present work aims to present the development of susceptibility map by two distinct methods of two events (debris flows and full wave), applied to the establishment of pipelines on Ribeirão da Prata Basin. The research area covers two municipalities: São João da Boa Vista and Águas da Prata, in total 145 km2. In the paper was used the methodology proposed by Zaine (2011) for the physiographic subdivision method, which uses geological maps, geomorphological maps, digital terrain models and aerial photographs, used to extract the main elements of the physical environment, as rivers, lines, ridges, tops forms and valley forms and historical processes. Thus, the basin was divided into 11 physiographic zones, considering the following elements: thickness of soil, rock type, geomorphology, amplitude, ridges orientation, erosion occurences and mass movements. Were subsequently performed location maps of dams, that had as main purpose to localize major dams in the study area along with their area and perimeter of the reservoir, and land use map that subdivided the area in woody vegetation, permanent culture, temporary culture and urban area. Along with the preparation of the auxiliar maps was conducted a field campaign with three days and approximately 2 points per km2, which aimed to better understand the physical environment and check the main peculiarities of the study area. Criteria have been established for susceptibility maps physiographic subdivision and land use, and a survey of criteria weights used in each map for both processes under study. For the preparation of susceptibility maps were adopted two different methods, which treat the weighted average and the multiplicand. The weighted average method it is...

Uso de abraçadeira autoestática de náilon em intervenções cirúrgicas veterinárias

The wide variety of materials and auxiliaries both in hemostasis and in the use of several surgical techniques is in ascendancy. Many experimental studies have been done in order to reduce costs and surgical time, besides, provide less chance of infection during surgery. This paper aims to present a literature review about the use of nylon cable ties in major surgical procedures performed both in small and large animals

Aplicação do método AHP para hierarquização de condicionantes de corrida de massa

Among the flow, the flows have the highest destructive potential, may cause disasters with a very high number of victims, as recorded in the events Caraguatatuba (SP) and the Serra das Araras (RJ) in 1967; Valeu do Rio Figueira, in Timbé do Sul (SC) between 1995 and 1996; Vale do Itajaí in Santa Catarina, in 2008, Teresópolis, Petrópolis and Nova Friburgo (RJ), in December 2010 and January 2011. This project aimed to prioritize the main determinants of inducing processes of debris flows by applying the method of decision making AHP (Analytical Hierarch Process). Therefore, the following stages of work were defined: research of the major factors of debris flows, questionnaire design method for application of AHP expert on the subject, analysis of the results obtained from calculating the ratio of consistency and preparation of proposal for hierarchical of conditions for debris flows. From the surveys it was possible to establish a relationship of conditions according to the scale of work, defining three levels: regional (1:250,000 to 1:100,000), Semi-Detail (1:50,000 to 1:25,000) and Detail (1: 10,000 or higher). The factors found were: concentration time, the flood wave, rain, landslide susceptibility (slope), drainage and development in the deposition. The project analyzed the results obtained from the questionnaires, which allowed the ranking of the constraints, contributing to weight constraints in studies of multicriteria mapping of susceptibility to the occurrence of debris flows. The study showed that the most of the analyzed datas were inconsistent because of the different opinion of the judges

Sistema de Acelerador Linear Comercial para Radioterapia

This paper presents a study about the operation of the major system’s components of a linear particle acclerator (Linac). It addresses the components mainly responsible for the formation of the beam, through the inclusion of several block diagrams showing the details of the structure. Among the systems discussed may be mentioned the system modulator, automatic frequency control, dosimetry and auxiliary systems. The main objective is the dissemination of basic technology applied in linear accelerators and create literature about this subject in national language. Despite the high complexity and large number of devices that comprise a linear accelerator, it has been developed an easy to understand text that adresses the most relevant issues to the operation of the linear accelerator from the point of view of electrical engineering