Estudo do comportamento térmico de edifícios de habitação segundo o RCCTE e o REH

Com a melhoria das condições de vida verificada nas últimas décadas em Portugal e no mundo, tem-se assistido a um importante desenvolvimento dos atributos funcionais dos edifícios, onde o conforto térmico assume um papel importante, é nesse sentido que a presente dissertação aborda a área do Desempenho Térmico de Edifícios, mais precisamente os do sector residencial. Esta dissertação dividiu-se em três grandes partes: inicialmente é feito um enquadramento teórico do tema, em seguida faz-se a apresentação das metodologias de cálculo e, por último, a apresentação do caso de estudo e análise dos resultados. Procura-se analisar a situação energética no sector residencial, dando particular ênfase às causas e medidas correctivas a aplicar para evitar o aumento do consumo de energia. Também são abordadas as metodologias presentes na Legislação Portuguesa em vigor, e nas novas propostas que espera-se que entrem em vigor a 1 de Dezembro de 2013. Sendo que o principal objectivo desta dissertação é o estudo da nova proposta legislativa e apresentar um documento que procure efectuar uma comparação detalhada entre o DL 80/2006, de 4 de Abril e o DL 118/20013, de 20 de Agosto e sobretudo referir quais as implicações ao nível das soluções construtivas adoptadas e da certificação energética. Após esta analise, é apresentado um caso de estudo que consiste num edifício de habitação unifamiliar que será alvo da aplicação destes dois documentos. Por último é apresentada uma análise dos resultados comparando a classe energética conseguida pelo edifício através das duas metodologias de cálculo.

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Novel derivatives of spirohydantoin induce growth inhibition followed by apoptosis in leukemia cells

Hydantoin derivatives possess a variety of biochemical and pharmacological properties and consequently are used to treat many human diseases. However, there are only few studies focusing on their potential as cancer therapeutic agents. In the present study, we have examined anticancer properties of two novel spirohydantoin compounds, 8-(3,4-difluorobenzyl)-1'-(pent-4-enyl)-8-azaspiro[bicyclo[3.2.1] octane-3,4'-imidazolidine]-2',5'-dione (DFH) and 8-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-1'-(pent-4-enyl)-8-azaspiro[bicyclo[3.2.1]octane-3,4'-imidazolidine]-2',5'-dione (DCH). Both the compounds exhibited dose- and time-dependent cytotoxic effect on human leukemic cell lines, K562, Reh, CEM and 8ES. Incorporation of tritiated thymidine ([H-3) thymidine) in conjunction with cell cycle analysis suggested that DFH and DCH inhibited the growth of leukemic cells. Downregulation of PCNA and p-histone H3 further confirm that the growth inhibition could be at the level of DNA replication. Flow cytometric analysis indicated the accumulation of cells at subG1 phase suggesting induction of apoptosis, which was further confirmed and quantified both by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and confocal microscopy following annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide (PI) staining. Mechanistically, our data support the induction of apoptosis by activation of the mitochondrial pathway. Results supporting such a model include, elevated levels of p53, and BAD, decreased level of BCL2, activation and cleavage of caspase 9, activation of procaspase 3, poly (ADP-ribosyl) polymerase (PARP) cleavage, downregulation of Ku70, Ku80 and DNA fragmentation. Based on these results we discuss the mechanism of apoptosis induced by DFH and its implications in leukemia therapy. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Synthesis and identification of a new class of (S)-2,6-diamino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazole derivatives as potent antileukemic agents

Benzothiazoles are multitarget agents with broad spectrum of biological activity. Among the antitumor agents discovered in recent years, the identification of various 2-(4-aminophenyl) benzothiazoles as potent and selective antitumor drugs against different cancer cell lines has stimulated remarkable interest. Some of the benzothiazoles are known to induce cell cycle arrest, activation of caspases and interaction with DNA molecule. Based on these interesting properties of benzothiazoles and to obtain new biologically active agents, a series of novel 4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazole derivatives 5(a-i) were synthesized and evaluated for their efficacy as antileukemic agents in human leukemia cells (K562 and Reh). The chemical structures of the synthesized compounds were confirmed by H-1 NMR, LCMS and IR analysis. The cytotoxicity of these compounds were determined using trypan blue exclusion, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assays. Results showed that, these compounds mediate a significant cytotoxic response to cancer cell lines tested. We found that the compounds having electron withdrawing groups at different positions of the phenyl ring of the thiourea moiety displayed significant cytotoxic effect with IC50 value less than 60 mu M. To rationalize the role of electron withdrawing group in the induction of cytotoxicity, we have chosen molecule 5g (IC50 similar to 15 mu M) which is having chloro substitution at ortho and para positions. Flow cytometric analysis of annexin V-FITC/ propidium iodide (PI) double staining and DNA fragmentation suggest that 5g can induce apoptosis.

Synthesis and Antileukemic Activity of 1-((S)-2-Amino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazol-6-yl)-3-(substituted phenyl)urea Derivatives

Heterocyclic urea derivatives play an important role as anticancer agents because of their good inhibitory activity against receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs), raf kinases, protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs), and NADH oxidase, which play critical roles in many aspects of tumorigenesis. Benzothiazole moiety constitutes an important scaffold of drugs, possessing several pharmacological functions, mainly the anticancer activity. Based on these interesting properties of benzothiazoles and urea moiety to obtain new biologically active agents, we synthesized a series of novel 1-((S)-2-amino-4,5,6.7-tetrahydrobenzo[d]thiazol-6-yl)-3-(substituted phenyl)urea derivatives and evaluated for their efficacy as antileukemic agents against two human leukemic cell lines (K562 and Reh). These compounds showed good and moderate cytotoxic effect to cancer cell lines tested. Compounds with electron-withdrawing chloro and fluoro substituents on phenyl ring showed good activity and compounds with electron-donating methoxy group showed moderate activity. Compound with electron-withdrawing dichloro substitution on phenyl ring of aryl urea showed good activity. Further, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay, flow cytometric analysis of annexin V-FITC/propidium iodide (PI) double staining and DNA fragmentation studies showed that compound with dichloro substitution on phenyl ring of aryl urea can induce apoptosis.

Synthesis and Antileukemic Activity of Novel 4-(3-(Piperidin-4-yl) Propyl)Piperidine Derivatives

To explore the anticancer effect associated with the piperidine framework, several (substituted phenyl) {4-[3-(piperidin-4-yl)propyl]piperidin-1-yl} methanone derivatives 3(a-i) were synthesized. Variation in the functional group at N-terminal of the piperidine led to a set of compounds bearing amide moiety. Their chemical structures were confirmed by (1)H NMR, IR and mass spectra analysis. Among these, compounds 3a, 3d and 3e were endowed with antiproliferative activity. The most active compound among this series was 3a with nitro and fluoro substitution on the phenyl ring of aryl carboxamide moiety, which inhibited the growth of human leukemia cells (K562 and Reh) at low concentration. Comparison with other derivative (3h) results shown by LDH assay, cell cycle analysis and DNA fragmentation suggested that 3a is more potent to induce apoptosis.

Synthesis and evaluation of the biological activity of N `-2-oxo-1,2 dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene] benzohydrazides as potential anticancer agents

New N'-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene]benzohydrazide derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their cytotoxic properties against murine leukemia, L1210, human leukemia, REH and K562, human T-cell leukemia, CEM and human cervix carcinoma, HeLa cells. Among the tested compounds, the 3,4,5-trimethoxy-N'-5-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-3H-indol-3-ylidene]ben zohydrazide derivative (5t) emerged as the most potent inhibitor against all the tumor cell lines evaluated. To investigate the mechanism of action, 5t was further studied by cell cycle analysis, mitochondrial membrane potential analysis, DNA fragmentation and Annexin V-FITC flow cytometric analysis, which suggested that 5t was able to induce apoptosis at submicromolar range.

Antiproliferative and tumor inhibitory studies of 2,3 disubstituted 4-thiazolidinone derivatives

4-Thiazolidinone derivatives were synthesized using T3P (R)-DMSO media as a cyclodehydrating agent. All the molecules were tested for their cytotoxicity against leukemic cell lines. The compound 3-(4-bromophenyl)-2-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)thiazolidin-4-one (4e) with electron donating substituent at para position of phenyl ring displayed considerable cytotoxicity against Reh and Nalm6 cells with an IC50 value of 11.9 and 13.5 mu M, respectively. Furthermore, the compound 4e tested for tumor regression studies induced by EAC in Swiss albino mouse. Both in vitro and in vivo results suggested significant antiproliferative activity of compound 4e in Reh cells and mouse tumor tissue treated with compound 4e showed multifocal areas of necrosis and numerous number of apoptotic cells. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Structural Basis for Feed-Forward Transcriptional Regulation of Membrane Lipid Homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus

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猴和人T淋巴细胞表面TRBC受体和E受体的比较研究

1985年贲昆龙等首次发现人和猴T淋巴细胞能与树鼩(Tupaia belangeri)的红细胞(TRBC)形成亲和力极强的玫瑰花结，它与绵羊红细胞(SRBC)玫瑰花结(E花结)明显不同。例如，TRBC经神经氨酸酶处理之后，结花率明显下降，TRBC与T淋巴细胞所形成的玫瑰花结，经45℃保温，仍不受影响，为了进一步探讨TRBC受体和SRBC受体(CD2)，以及与其它T细胞表面分化搞原(CD)的系。我用某些抗人T细胞CD的单克隆抗体(McAb)对人和猴淋巴细胞进行玫瑰花结抑制试验，抗原调变和共调变(Antigenic modulation or co-modulation)实验，并且研究了TRBC受体在其它免疫细胞和某些人类和长臂猿细胞系的分布。结果表明，TRBC与外周血E~+-PBL形成玫瑰花结的百分率为88.8%。而E~--PBL仅为4.16%。TRBC受体存在于所有被试T细胞系(CEM, H33JHJA1, Jurkat, MLA-144, Molt-3, Molt-4, Molt-4 clone-8 和PEER)，但不存在于外周血粒细胞，B细胞，以及B细胞系的绝大多数细胞表面(Daudi, Raji和Reh)。分布于全T细胞的CD3, TCR, CD5, CD6和CD7的相McAb OKT3, T108(F1), T136(F101-15), T149(M-T604)和T152(7G5)均不能调变和共调变TRBC受体。猴和人外周血淋巴细胞与TRBC玫瑰花结的形成，不被T11.1 McAb OKT11所阻断，相反，OKT11显著地阻断猴和人外周血淋巴细胞E玫瑰花结的形成，最大抑制率分别为49.3%和77.7%。在世界各地10个实验室送交第四次国际人白细胞化化抗原讨论会待鉴定的13个CD2 McAb中，除T089 (39C1.5)因抗体量不够未作实验外，对其他12种McAb都进行试验，T081 (x/3)，T082 (GLB-T11.2/1)，T083 (GLB-T11.1/1)，T085 (RPA-2.10)，T1088 (0-275)和T092 (M-T201)对TRBC玫瑰花结和E玫瑰花结都呈现明显的阻断作用，T084 (F110.08)，T091 (AICD2.1)以及已知参数CD2 McAb-T086 (D-66 clonel)和T087 (GT-2)都不阻TRBC玫瑰花结的形成，亦不调变TRBC受体，而对E玫瑰花结则有不同程度阻断效应，并且调变E变体，使E玫瑰花结形成细胞百分率下降。T090 (6F10.3)和T198 (JOR-T2)即不阻TRBC玫瑰花结的形成，也不抑制E玫瑰花结的形成。由此可见，TRBC受体分布于全T细胞，它不同于已知的全T细胞表面分化抗原CD2 (gp50), CD3/TCR复合物，CD5, CD6和CD7。CD2分子不与TRBC玫瑰花结的形成，也不是介导E玫瑰花结的唯一分子。至少有二个或三个以上的蛋白质与E玫瑰花结和TRBC玫瑰花结的形成有关，其中有的分子为E受体和TRBC受体所共有。TRBC受体很有可能包括新的T淋巴细胞分化抗原。

Comparação energética de sistemas de aquecimento a energia solar para o conforto térmico dos ocupantes de um edifício residencial

Dissertação de mestrado, Energia e Climatização de Edifícios, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Optimização da gestão de energia e da segurança de um edifício baseada num sistema técnico centralizado

Trabalho Final de Mestrado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica Perfil Energia, Refrigeração e Climatização

Projeto de comportamento térmico, certificação energética e ensaios acústicos

O presente relatório incluído na Unidade Curricular de Dissertação/Projeto/Estágio do Mestrado (DIPRE) em Engenharia Civil do Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP) e desenvolvido no âmbito do estágio curricular realizado na empresa Asl & Associados, tem como principais objetivos a minha integração no mercado de trabalho e obtenção de experiência profissional. Neste trabalho, serão abordados temas como as introduções teóricas ao Comportamento Térmico e Acústico de Edifícios de Habitação, estudos de casos práticos como o Projeto de Comportamento Térmico de uma grande intervenção, Certificação Energética de edifícios existentes com base no Regulamento de Desempenho Energético dos Edifícios de Habitação e Ensaios Acústicos de Edifícios de acordo com o Regulamento dos Requisitos Acústicos dos Edifícios. O projeto realizado consistiu no estudo do comportamento térmico do edifício na Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa nº802, no Porto. Nesse estudo realizou-se a verificação das soluções construtivas, por vezes foram propostas alterações das mesmas de modo a verificar os requisitos impostos pelo REH e foi realizada a emissão do seu pré-certificado. A maior parte do período em que decorreu o estágio na empresa foi preenchida com a realização de certificados energéticos de frações autónomas e de moradias. Para a recolha da informação necessária à sua elaboração, foram efetuadas várias vistorias aos imóveis referidos. Foram também efetuados durante o estágio, ensaios acústicos a edifícios de habitação e comércio e elaborado o respetivo relatório de ensaio.