Recent data from animal models indicate that the eNOS null mice present a phenotype that resemble... more Recent data from animal models indicate that the eNOS null mice present a phenotype that resemble the human metabolic syndrome (hypertension, insulin resistance and hypertriglyceridemia). In this work, we have studied whether NOS3 gene, previously related to endothelial dysfunction, might have a role in metabolic syndrome susceptibility in hypertensive patients. To carry out the study, we genotyped 105 hypertensive patients < or = 60 years old with two polymorphisms of NOS3 gene: 1132…
The cell surface glycoconjugates of blood lymphocytes from 19 dogs with and without neoplastic di... more The cell surface glycoconjugates of blood lymphocytes from 19 dogs with and without neoplastic disease were quantitated using flow cytofluorometric analysis of the binding characteristics of 3 lectins, namely, wheat germ agglutinin, concanavalin-A, and Lens culinaris agglutinin. The specificity of lectin binding was determined using competitive monosaccharide inhibitors. The results show enhanced binding of concanavalin-A to blood lymphocytes from dogs with lymphosarcoma relative to healthy dogs, or those with a variety of neoplastic and nonneoplastic diseases.
Accurate simultaneous analysis of different anionic species using ion-selective electrodes (ISEs)... more Accurate simultaneous analysis of different anionic species using ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) can be achieved even for non-specific sensors by resorting to an ordinary least squares multiple regression in the vicinity of the predicted concentrations. In this work the potentialities of this approach are evidenced by the determination of nitrate and chloride in synthetic and real water samples in which chloride concentration was significantly higher than nitrate. An AgCl/Ag 2 S electrode based on a homogeneous crystalline membrane together with a PVC electrode based on tert-octylammonium bromide dissolved in dibutylphthalate were used as potentiometric detectors for chloride and nitrate, respectively. For the implementation of the procedure, an automatic system based on sequential injection analysis was used. The results obtained by the standard addition method were biased for low concentrations of nitrate and were dependant on the relative proportion of NO 3 − /Cl − . The results obtained by the proposed methodology for chloride determination were slightly better when compared to those obtained by the standard addition method. In relation to nitrate determination, the proposed methodology yielded values with a relative root mean square error of prediction (RRMSEP) of 2.8%, while for standard addition calibration, mean error values were approximately 12.1%.
This study was conducted in order to assess the effect of the inoculation of Glycine max (soybean... more This study was conducted in order to assess the effect of the inoculation of Glycine max (soybean) with Bradyrhizobium japonicum on the metabolite profile and antioxidant potential of its aerial parts. Extracts containing phenolic compounds and organic acids were analysed by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-UV, respectively. Volatiles profile was determined by HS-SPME/GC-IT-MS. The antioxidant activity of acidic and methanolic extracts was assessed against DPPH. Nodulation caused by B. japonicum led to an increase in the contents of phenolic compounds and organic acids. The same was observed for volatile compounds, with compounds like linalyl acetate, menthyl acetate and a-farnesene being detected only in inoculated plants. The phenolic extracts showed stronger antioxidant capacity than the organic acid extracts. In addition, extracts from plants nodulated with B. japonicum exhibited significantly higher antioxidant activity than control samples. These findings suggest that the inoculation with nodulating B. japonicum strains may be employed to manipulate the content of interesting metabolites in G. max aerial parts.
Background: There are different types and parameters of dry needling (DN) that can affect its eff... more Background: There are different types and parameters of dry needling (DN) that can affect its efficacy in the treatment of pain that have not been assessed properly.
... 6 * Arte de cozinha: alimentação e dietética em Portugal e no Brasil (séculos XVII-XIX) 87 Do... more ... 6 * Arte de cozinha: alimentação e dietética em Portugal e no Brasil (séculos XVII-XIX) 87 Do saber renascentista à história natural 89 Processo &amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;civilizatório&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;: os alimentos importados 91 A resistência do europeu à alimentação nativa 99 Negras de tabuleiro e cafés franceses ...
Page 1. Avaliaç ao de Causalidade entre Métricas de Qualidade Interna e Defeitos César Couto1,2,... more Page 1. Avaliaç ao de Causalidade entre Métricas de Qualidade Interna e Defeitos César Couto1,2, Marco Túlio Valente2, Roberto da Silva Bigonha2 1Departamento de Computaçao, CEFET-MG 2Departamento de Ciência da Computaçao, UFMG ...
Texture properties are 'natural' in textiles. There can be considered mainly two types: those res... more Texture properties are 'natural' in textiles. There can be considered mainly two types: those resulting from the weaving process and those related to the printing to get patterns of one or more colors directly on the textile materials.
CHARLES W. EINOLF, JR., President Consultant [email protected] SETA BOGOSYAN,VP, Membership Activ... more CHARLES W. EINOLF, JR., President Consultant [email protected] SETA BOGOSYAN,VP, Membership Activities University of Alaska Fairbanks [email protected] GERHARD P. HANCKE, Secretary University of Pretoria [email protected] ... KOUHEI OHNISHI, President Elect Keio Univ. [email protected] KAREL JEZERNIK,VP Technical Activities Univ. of Maribor [email protected] JOHN Y. HUNG, Treasurer Auburn Univ. [email protected] TERRY MARTIN, Asst. Treasurer Univ. of Arkansas [email protected] ... LEOPOLDO GARCIA ...
Human activities can cause strong alterations in the environment. As physically sensitive areas, ... more Human activities can cause strong alterations in the environment. As physically sensitive areas, coastal lagoons are particularly vulnerable to water quality deterioration and eutrophication problems caused by population growth, urbanization and effluent disposal. Óbidos Lagoon is a small and shallow coastal lagoon subjected to different environmental pressures. One of these pressures is the effluent disposal of the Casalito Waste Water Treatment Plant. Presently, this urban discharge serves a population of 920 resident inhabitants but is expected to serve a population of 10000 in the near future.
A randomized pulse width modulation (RPWM) algorithm is applied in the control unit of the boost ... more A randomized pulse width modulation (RPWM) algorithm is applied in the control unit of the boost rectifier to achieve improved frequency characteristics in the wide band. First, the introduction of the RPWM switching is reflected in a smaller increase of the total harmonic distortion ( ...
Isie '97 - Proceedings of the Ieee International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Vols 1-3, 1997
Computer-based fuzzy temperature controller for environmental chambers. Paulo Salgado, JBoaventur... more Computer-based fuzzy temperature controller for environmental chambers. Paulo Salgado, JBoaventura Cunha, Carlos Couto 1997. This paper describes a computer-based temperature control system for an environmental chamber. ...
Recent data from animal models indicate that the eNOS null mice present a phenotype that resemble... more Recent data from animal models indicate that the eNOS null mice present a phenotype that resemble the human metabolic syndrome (hypertension, insulin resistance and hypertriglyceridemia). In this work, we have studied whether NOS3 gene, previously related to endothelial dysfunction, might have a role in metabolic syndrome susceptibility in hypertensive patients. To carry out the study, we genotyped 105 hypertensive patients < or = 60 years old with two polymorphisms of NOS3 gene: 1132…
The cell surface glycoconjugates of blood lymphocytes from 19 dogs with and without neoplastic di... more The cell surface glycoconjugates of blood lymphocytes from 19 dogs with and without neoplastic disease were quantitated using flow cytofluorometric analysis of the binding characteristics of 3 lectins, namely, wheat germ agglutinin, concanavalin-A, and Lens culinaris agglutinin. The specificity of lectin binding was determined using competitive monosaccharide inhibitors. The results show enhanced binding of concanavalin-A to blood lymphocytes from dogs with lymphosarcoma relative to healthy dogs, or those with a variety of neoplastic and nonneoplastic diseases.
Accurate simultaneous analysis of different anionic species using ion-selective electrodes (ISEs)... more Accurate simultaneous analysis of different anionic species using ion-selective electrodes (ISEs) can be achieved even for non-specific sensors by resorting to an ordinary least squares multiple regression in the vicinity of the predicted concentrations. In this work the potentialities of this approach are evidenced by the determination of nitrate and chloride in synthetic and real water samples in which chloride concentration was significantly higher than nitrate. An AgCl/Ag 2 S electrode based on a homogeneous crystalline membrane together with a PVC electrode based on tert-octylammonium bromide dissolved in dibutylphthalate were used as potentiometric detectors for chloride and nitrate, respectively. For the implementation of the procedure, an automatic system based on sequential injection analysis was used. The results obtained by the standard addition method were biased for low concentrations of nitrate and were dependant on the relative proportion of NO 3 − /Cl − . The results obtained by the proposed methodology for chloride determination were slightly better when compared to those obtained by the standard addition method. In relation to nitrate determination, the proposed methodology yielded values with a relative root mean square error of prediction (RRMSEP) of 2.8%, while for standard addition calibration, mean error values were approximately 12.1%.
This study was conducted in order to assess the effect of the inoculation of Glycine max (soybean... more This study was conducted in order to assess the effect of the inoculation of Glycine max (soybean) with Bradyrhizobium japonicum on the metabolite profile and antioxidant potential of its aerial parts. Extracts containing phenolic compounds and organic acids were analysed by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-UV, respectively. Volatiles profile was determined by HS-SPME/GC-IT-MS. The antioxidant activity of acidic and methanolic extracts was assessed against DPPH. Nodulation caused by B. japonicum led to an increase in the contents of phenolic compounds and organic acids. The same was observed for volatile compounds, with compounds like linalyl acetate, menthyl acetate and a-farnesene being detected only in inoculated plants. The phenolic extracts showed stronger antioxidant capacity than the organic acid extracts. In addition, extracts from plants nodulated with B. japonicum exhibited significantly higher antioxidant activity than control samples. These findings suggest that the inoculation with nodulating B. japonicum strains may be employed to manipulate the content of interesting metabolites in G. max aerial parts.
Background: There are different types and parameters of dry needling (DN) that can affect its eff... more Background: There are different types and parameters of dry needling (DN) that can affect its efficacy in the treatment of pain that have not been assessed properly.
... 6 * Arte de cozinha: alimentação e dietética em Portugal e no Brasil (séculos XVII-XIX) 87 Do... more ... 6 * Arte de cozinha: alimentação e dietética em Portugal e no Brasil (séculos XVII-XIX) 87 Do saber renascentista à história natural 89 Processo &amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;civilizatório&amp;amp;amp;amp;quot;: os alimentos importados 91 A resistência do europeu à alimentação nativa 99 Negras de tabuleiro e cafés franceses ...
Page 1. Avaliaç ao de Causalidade entre Métricas de Qualidade Interna e Defeitos César Couto1,2,... more Page 1. Avaliaç ao de Causalidade entre Métricas de Qualidade Interna e Defeitos César Couto1,2, Marco Túlio Valente2, Roberto da Silva Bigonha2 1Departamento de Computaçao, CEFET-MG 2Departamento de Ciência da Computaçao, UFMG ...
Texture properties are 'natural' in textiles. There can be considered mainly two types: those res... more Texture properties are 'natural' in textiles. There can be considered mainly two types: those resulting from the weaving process and those related to the printing to get patterns of one or more colors directly on the textile materials.
CHARLES W. EINOLF, JR., President Consultant [email protected] SETA BOGOSYAN,VP, Membership Activ... more CHARLES W. EINOLF, JR., President Consultant [email protected] SETA BOGOSYAN,VP, Membership Activities University of Alaska Fairbanks [email protected] GERHARD P. HANCKE, Secretary University of Pretoria [email protected] ... KOUHEI OHNISHI, President Elect Keio Univ. [email protected] KAREL JEZERNIK,VP Technical Activities Univ. of Maribor [email protected] JOHN Y. HUNG, Treasurer Auburn Univ. [email protected] TERRY MARTIN, Asst. Treasurer Univ. of Arkansas [email protected] ... LEOPOLDO GARCIA ...
Human activities can cause strong alterations in the environment. As physically sensitive areas, ... more Human activities can cause strong alterations in the environment. As physically sensitive areas, coastal lagoons are particularly vulnerable to water quality deterioration and eutrophication problems caused by population growth, urbanization and effluent disposal. Óbidos Lagoon is a small and shallow coastal lagoon subjected to different environmental pressures. One of these pressures is the effluent disposal of the Casalito Waste Water Treatment Plant. Presently, this urban discharge serves a population of 920 resident inhabitants but is expected to serve a population of 10000 in the near future.
A randomized pulse width modulation (RPWM) algorithm is applied in the control unit of the boost ... more A randomized pulse width modulation (RPWM) algorithm is applied in the control unit of the boost rectifier to achieve improved frequency characteristics in the wide band. First, the introduction of the RPWM switching is reflected in a smaller increase of the total harmonic distortion ( ...
Isie '97 - Proceedings of the Ieee International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Vols 1-3, 1997
Computer-based fuzzy temperature controller for environmental chambers. Paulo Salgado, JBoaventur... more Computer-based fuzzy temperature controller for environmental chambers. Paulo Salgado, JBoaventura Cunha, Carlos Couto 1997. This paper describes a computer-based temperature control system for an environmental chamber. ...
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