Monjardino, José Ignacio d'Almeida,
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0000 - Gale Group | The Making of Modern World
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Beatryz Cardoso Mendes, Leonardo Gonçalves Pedroti, Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes, José Carlos Lopes Ribeiro, Carlos Maurício Fontes Vieira, Anderson Almeida Pacheco, Afonso Rangel Garcez de Azevedo,
The high production of iron ore in Brazil necessarily leads to the generation of large amounts of waste from the beneficiation stage. The storage of this material in dams is associated not only to environmental problems, but also with the risks related to the safety of the population. The aim of this research was to study a new alternative for reusing high-silicon iron ore tailings, applying them in the red clay ceramic industry. For this, a mixture design of experiments was developed, using three ...
Tópico(s): Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
2019 - Elsevier BV | Construction and Building Materials
Ana S.H. Costa, P. Costa, R.J.B. Bessa, J.P.C. Lemos, J.A. Simões, José Santos‐Silva, C.M.G.A. Fontes, José A. M. Prates,
This study assessed the effect of breed and diet on carcass composition, particularly fat partitioning, and meat quality in young bulls. An experiment with forty young bulls from two phylogenetically distant Portuguese bovine breeds, Alentejana and Barrosã, fed two diets with different maize silage to concentrate ratios, but isoenergetic and isonitrogenous, was carried out until the animals reached 18 months of age. In the longissimus lumborum muscle, Barrosã bulls fed the low silage diet had the ...
Tópico(s): Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
2012 - Elsevier BV | Meat Science
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Simone Kashima, Andreimar M. Soares, Patrícia G. Roberto, José Odair Pereira, Spartaco Astolfi‐Filho, Adélia O. Cintra, Marcos R.M. Fontes, José R. Giglio, Suzelei de Castro França,
The complete nucleotide sequence of a nerve growth factor precursor from Bothrops jararacussu snake (Bj-NGF) was determined by DNA sequencing of a clone from cDNA library prepared from the poly(A) + RNA of the venom gland of B. jararacussu. cDNA encoding Bj-NGF precursor contained 723 bp in length, which encoded a prepro-NGF molecule with 241 amino acid residues. The mature Bj-NGF molecule was composed of 118 amino acid residues with theoretical pI and molecular weight of 8.31 and 13,537, respectively. ...
Tópico(s): Nerve injury and regeneration
2002 - Elsevier BV | Biochimie
M. Luisa López-Regalado, Ana Clavero, M. Carmen Gonzálvo, María José Serrano, Luis Martínez, Juan Mozas, Fernando Rodríguez‐Serrano, Juan Torres Fontes, José Antonio Castilla,
Objective To analyze the impact of the eSET followed by single-embryo cryotransfer versus double embryo transfer in older women (<38 years) without taking into account embryo quality. Study design This is a prospective randomised clinical trial performed on 194 couples attempting a first IVF cycle in a Public Hospital in Spain. The women in Group 1 received eSET plus a single-embryo cryotransfer, and those in Group 2 received a double embryo transfer (DET). Results In the intention-to-treat analysis, ...
Tópico(s): Ovarian function and disorders
2014 - Elsevier BV | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
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Mendes Feitosa Chistiane, dos Reis Barbosa Alisson, Herbert Santos de Melo Cassio, Mendes Freitas Rivelilson, Eraldo do Nascimento Fontes Jose, Emmanoel Vilaça Costa, Nabih Zaki Rashed Khaled, Soares da Costa Junior Joaquim,
This paper describes the anticholinesterase and antioxidant activities of Eugenia dysenterica DC. (O. Berg. (Myrtaceae) essential oils from leaves (EOED). EOED were obtained by hydrodistillation using a Clevenger-type apparatus and the products were analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography-flame ionization detector (GC-FID). The main constituents of EOED were caryophyllene oxide (66.3%), isoledene (3.9%), 1,3,8-p-menthatriene (3.5%), mustakone (3.46%), β-phellandrene ( ...
Tópico(s): Free Radicals and Antioxidants
2017 - Academic Journals | African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology
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Simone Kashima, Patrícia G. Roberto, Andreimar M. Soares, Spartaco Astolfi‐Filho, José Odair Pereira, Silvana Giuliati, Milton Faria, Mauro Aparecido de Sousa Xavier, Marcos R.M. Fontes, José R. Giglio, Suzelei de Castro França,
Tópico(s): Biochemical and Structural Characterization
2004 - Elsevier BV | Biochimie
Francisco Barro, Agustín González‐Fontes, José Maldonado,
Tópico(s): Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
1991 - Springer Science+Business Media | Plant and Soil
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Magna Maria Macedo Ferreira, G. B. Ferreira, Paulo Cézar Rezende Fontes, José Pires Dantas,
A produção de frutos de tomateiro em resposta a doses de nitrogênio e à adubação orgânica foi avaliada em dois experimentos de campo conduzidos na primavera-verão e no outono-primavera, em 1999. Os experimentos foram instalados Universidade Federal de Viçosa, em solo da classe Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo Câmbico. Em ambos, as doses de N aplicadas, na forma de nitrocálcio, foram 0, 110, 220, 440 e 880 kg/ha e as doses de matéria orgânica, na forma de esterco bovino curtido, foram 0 e 8 t/ha. Os experimentos ...
Tópico(s): Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
2003 - Associação Brasileira de Olericultura | Horticultura Brasileira
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Mário Guevara, Guillermo F. Olmedo, Emma Stell, Yusuf Yiğini, Yameli Aguilar, Carlos Arellano Hernández, Gloria E. Arévalo, Carlos Eduardo Arroyo-Cruz, Adriana Bolívar, Sally Bunning, Nelson Bustamante Cañas, Carlos Omar Cruz-Gaistardo, Fabián Dávila, Martin Dell Acqua, Arnulfo Encina, Hernán Figueredo Tacona, F. C. Fontes, José Antonio Hernández-Herrera, Alejandro Navarro, Verónica Loayza, Alexandra M. Manueles, Fernando Mendoza Jara, Carolina Olivera, Rodrigo Osorio Hermosilla, Gonzalo Pereira, Pablo Viany Prieto, Iván A. Ramos, J.C. Rey Brina, Rafael Rivera, Javier Rodríguez‐Rodríguez, Ronald Roopnarine, Albán Rosales Ibarra, Kenset Amaury Rosales Riveiro, Guillermo Schulz, Adrian Spence, Gustavo M. Vasques, Rodrigo Vargas, Rodrigo Vargas,
Abstract. Country-specific soil organic carbon (SOC) estimates are the baseline for the Global SOC Map of the Global Soil Partnership (GSOCmap-GSP). This endeavor is key to explaining the uncertainty of global SOC estimates but requires harmonizing heterogeneous datasets and building country-specific capacities for digital soil mapping (DSM). We identified country-specific predictors for SOC and tested the performance of five predictive algorithms for mapping SOC across Latin America. The algorithms ...
Tópico(s): Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
2018 - Copernicus Publications | SOIL
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Ronan Batista, Clarissa Cunha Santana, Alene Vanessa Azevedo-Santos, Ana Márcia Suarez-Fontes, José Lucas de Almeida Antunes Ferraz, Luiz Alberto Mattos Silva, Marcos A. Vannier‐Santos,
Prosopis juliflora (Fabaceae) is a small perennial tree used as human food and livestock feed for thousands of years in arid and semi-arid regions worldwide. This study was performed to investigate the in vivo antimalarial activity of alkaloid-enriched extracts and pure alkaloidal constituents of Prosopis juliflora in a murine model. Alkaloid-enriched extracts from leaves (FACB) and pods (BCE) of P. juliflora, as well as FACB pure constituents (as formate salts), were obtained and assayed against Plasmodium ...
Tópico(s): Natural product bioactivities and synthesis
2018 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Functional Foods
César Parcero‐Oubiña, Alejandro Güimil-Fariña, João Fonte, José Manuel Costa García,
Abstract GIS-based digital modelling tools, such as the well-known least cost paths (LCP), have been widely used in archaeology in recent years as ways of approaching forms of mobility in the past. Roman roads are among the best-known examples of ancient networks of paths and have been widely studied using such approaches. In this paper, we shall make a general reflection on the applicability of those tools for the modelling and analysis of ancient routes, with a special focus on Roman roads. Drawing ...
2019 - Springer International Publishing | Computational social sciences
Diogo Coelho, Paula A. Lopes, Vânia Cardoso, P.I.P. Ponte, Joana L. A. Brás, Marta S. Madeira, Cristina M. Alfaia, Narcisa M. Bandarra, Henri Gerken, C.M.G.A. Fontes, José A. M. Prates,
Abstract In this study, a rational combination of 200 pre-selected Carbohydrate-Active enzymes (CAZymes) and sulfatases were tested, individually or combined, according to their ability to degrade Chlorella vulgaris cell wall to access its valuable nutritional compounds. The disruption of microalgae cell walls by a four-enzyme mixture (Mix) in comparison with the control, enabled to release up to 1.21 g/L of reducing sugars (p < 0.001), led to an eight-fold increase in oligosaccharides release (p < 0.001), ...
Tópico(s): Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
2019 - Nature Portfolio | Scientific Reports
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Wanna Carvalho Fontes, José Maria Franco de Carvalho, Luana Caetano Rocha de Andrade, Ana M. Segadães, Ricardo André Fiorotti Peixoto,
Nearly half of the total iron ore volume extracted in mining operations is rejected as tailings and disposed of in containment dams that are liable for considerable environmental impact and human hazard in case of breaching. This work aims to expand the usage possibilities of iron ore tailings and help mitigate the negative impact of tailings-dams without sacrificing the opportunities provided by mining. Materials were collected from four tailings-dams, subjected to a dry separation procedure and ...
Tópico(s): Bauxite Residue and Utilization
2019 - Elsevier BV | Construction and Building Materials
Diogo Coelho, Paula A. Lopes, Vânia Cardoso, P.I.P. Ponte, Joana L. A. Brás, Marta S. Madeira, Cristina M. Alfaia, Narcisa M. Bandarra, C.M.G.A. Fontes, José A. M. Prates,
Abstract The main goal of this study was to test a rational combination of pre‐selected carbohydrate‐active enzymes (CAZymes) and sulphatases, individually or in combination, in order to evaluate its capacity to disrupt Arthrospira platensis cell wall, allowing the release of its valuable nutritional bioactive compounds. By the end, a two‐enzyme constituted mixture (Mix), composed by a lysozyme and a α‐amylase, was incubated with A. platensis suspension. The microalga cell wall disruption was evaluated ...
Tópico(s): Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
2019 - Wiley | Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
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Fernanda Leve, Daniella Paiva Bonfim, Giselle N. Fontes, José Andrés Morgado‐Díaz,
Aim: Colon cancer (CC) is the second cause of cancer death worldwide. The use of nanoparticles for drug delivery has been increasing in cancer clinical trials over recent years. Materials & methods: We evaluated cytotoxicity of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles (GNPs) and the role they play on cell–cell adhesion. We also used GNP for delivery of cetuximab into different CC cell lines. Results: CC cells with well-formed tight junctions impair GNP uptake. Noncytotoxic concentration of GNP increases paracellular ...
Tópico(s): MicroRNA in disease regulation
2019 - Future Medicine | Nanomedicine
E. Agüera, Purificación Cabello, Agustín González‐Fontes, José Maldonado,
Tópico(s): Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
1990 - Springer Science+Business Media | Planta
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Antônio Mauro Rezende, Eduardo Tarazona‐Santos, Álvaro D’ Almeida Couto, Cor Jésus Fernandes Fontes, José Maria de Souza, Luzia H. Carvalho, Cristiana F. A. Brito,
Few genetic markers have been described to analyze populations of Plasmodium vivax . The genetic variability of P. vivax has been analyzed mainly among isolates taken from areas ranging from hyper- to holoendemic areas. These studies of genetic variability have neglected many areas with different epidemiologic profiles. The purpose of this study was to analyze the genetic variability of P. vivax isolates from four different Brazilian Amazon areas. We chose to study the five most polymorphic tandem ...
Tópico(s): Vector-borne infectious diseases
2009 - American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Marcio Schwaab, José Luiz Fontes Monteiro, José Carlos Pinto,
Tópico(s): Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
2008 - Elsevier BV | Chemical Engineering Science
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Antônio Mauro Rezende, Eduardo Tarazona‐Santos, Cor Jésus Fernandes Fontes, José Maria de Souza, Álvaro D’ Almeida Couto, Luzia H. Carvalho, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de Brito,
To describe the genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax isolates from different areas in the Brazilian Amazon using 11 polymorphic microsatellites and to evaluate the correlation between microsatellite variation and repeat array length.Microsatellites with variable repeat units and array lengths were selected using in silico search of the P. vivax genome. We designed primers and amplified the selected loci in DNA obtained from patients with P. vivax acute infections.Positive correlation between repeat ...
Tópico(s): Microbial infections and disease research
2010 - Wiley | Tropical Medicine & International Health
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Silvana Marcussi, Carolina P. Bernardes, Norival A. Santos‐Filho, Maurício V. Mazzi, Clayton Z. Oliveira, Luíz Fernando Moreira Izidoro, André Lopes Fuly, Ângelo J. Magro, Antônio Sérgio Kimus Braz, Marcos R.M. Fontes, José R. Giglio, Andreimar M. Soares,
BjussuMP-II is an acidic low molecular weight metalloprotease (Mr ∼ 24,000 and pI ∼ 6.5), isolated from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom. The chromatographic profile in RP-HPLC and its N-terminal sequence confirmed its high purity level. Its complete cDNA was obtained by RT-PCR and the 615 bp codified for a mature protein of 205 amino acid residues. The multiple alignment of its deduced amino acid sequence and those of other snake venom metalloproteases showed a high structural similarity, mainly among ...
Tópico(s): Bioactive Natural Diterpenoids Research
2007 - Elsevier BV | Peptides
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Marcio Schwaab, Evaristo C. Biscaia, José Luiz Fontes Monteiro, José Carlos Pinto,
Parameter estimation procedures are very important in the chemical engineering field for development of mathematical models, since design, optimization and advanced control of chemical processes depend on model parameter values obtained from experimental data. Model nonlinearity makes the estimation of parameter and the statistical analysis of parameter estimates more difficult and more challenging. In this work, it is shown that many of these difficulties can be overcome with the use of heuristic ...
Tópico(s): Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
2007 - Elsevier BV | Chemical Engineering Science
P.I.P. Ponte, Susana P. Alves, R.J.B. Bessa, L.M.A. Ferreira, L.T. Gama, Joana L. A. Brás, C.M.G.A. Fontes, José A. M. Prates,
Over the last centuries, Western diets acquired a dramatic imbalance in the ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) to saturated fatty acids (SFA) with a concomitant reduction in the dietary proportion of n-3 PUFA. Pastures are a good source of n-3 fatty acids, although the effect of forage intake in the fatty acid profile of meat from free-range chicken remains to be evaluated. In addition, it is unknown if consumer interest in specialty poultry products derived from free-range or organic production ...
Tópico(s): Meat and Animal Product Quality
2007 - Elsevier BV | Poultry Science
Dalila B.M.M. Fontes, José Fernando Gonçalves,
Abstract We address the single‐source uncapacitated minimum cost network flow problem with general concave cost functions. Exact methods to solve this class of problems in their full generality are only able to address small to medium size instances, since this class of problems is known to be NP‐Hard. Therefore, approximate methods are more suitable. In this work, we present a hybrid approach combining a genetic algorithm with a local search. Randomly generated test problems have been used to test ...
Tópico(s): Smart Parking Systems Research
2007 - Wiley | Networks
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Magna Maria Macedo Ferreira, G. B. Ferreira, Paulo Cézar Rezende Fontes, José Pires Dantas,
A qualidade dos frutos do tomateiro, medida pelo pH, pelos sólidos solúveis totais, pela acidez total titulável e pelos teores de N-NO3- na matéria seca, em resposta a doses de nitrogênio e a adubação orgânica, foi avaliada em dois experimentos de campo, conduzidos nas épocas: primavera/verão (nov/98 a fev/99) e outono/primavera (mai a out/99). Os experimentos foram instalados na horta da UFV. As doses de N aplicadas foram 0,0 e 0,0; 93,5 e 110,0; 187,0 e 220,0; 374,0 e 440,0; e 748,0 e 880,0 kg/ha, ...
Tópico(s): Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
2006 - Associação Brasileira de Olericultura | Horticultura Brasileira
Jorge Pimenta, Ana Domingos, P. Santos, C.C. Marques, Cátia Cantante, Ana Paula Santos, J.P. Barbas, M.C. Baptista, António Eduardo Horta, Aldino Viegas, Patrícia Mesquita, João Gonçalves, C.M.G.A. Fontes, José A. M. Prates, R.M. Pereira,
A hallmark of prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopaties is the conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrPC), expressed by the prion gene (prnp), into an abnormally folded isoform (PrPSc) with amyloid-like features that causes scrapie in sheep among other diseases. prnp together with prnd (which encodes a prion-like protein designated as Doppel), and prnt (that encodes the prion protein testis specific - Prt) with sprn (shadow of prion protein gene, that encodes Shadoo or Sho) genes, ...
Tópico(s): Reproductive System and Pregnancy
2012 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Dalila B.M.M. Fontes, José Fernando Gonçalves,
Genetic algorithms and other evolutionary algorithms have been successfully applied to solve constrained minimum spanning tree problems in a variety of communication network design problems. In this paper, we enlarge the application of these types of algorithms by presenting a multi-population hybrid genetic algorithm to another communication design problem. This new problem is modeled through a hop-constrained minimum spanning tree also exhibiting the characteristic of flows. All nodes, except ...
Tópico(s): VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques
2012 - Springer Science+Business Media | Optimization Letters
... minimum cost network flow problemsDalila B.M.M. Fontes and José Fernando Gonçalves1 January 2007 | Networks, Vol. 50, No. ...
Tópico(s): Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization
1993 - | Series on applied mathematics
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Júlia R. Araripe, Fabiane Pereira Ramos, Narcisa L. Cunha‐e‐Silva, Turán P. Ürményi, Rosane Silva, Carlos Frederico Leite Fontes, José Franco da Silveira, Edson Rondinelli,
RAB proteins are small GTPases involved in exocytic and endocytic pathways of eukaryotic cells, controlling vesicle docking and fusion. RABs show a remarkable specificity in subcellular localization, so they can be used as molecular markers for studying protein trafficking in Trypanosoma cruzi, the causal agent of Chagas’ disease. RAB5 is a component of early endosomes. It has been identified in kinetoplastids such as Trypanosoma brucei and Leishmania donovani. In this work, we describe the characterization ...
Tópico(s): Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism
2005 - Elsevier BV | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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Veridiana de Melo Rodrigues, Andreimar M. Soares, Renata Guerra‐Sá, Vanderlei Rodrigues, Marcos R.M. Fontes, José R. Giglio,
A fibrino(geno)lytic nonhemorrhagic metalloprotease (neuwiedase) was purified from Bothrops neuwiedi snake venom by a single chromatographic step procedure on a CM-Sepharose column. Neuwiedase represented 4.5% (w/w) of the crude desiccated venom, with an approximate Mr of 20,000 and pI 5.9. As regards the amino acid composition, neuwiedase showed similarities with other metalloproteases, with high proportions of Asx, Glx, Leu, and Ser. Atomic absorption spectroscopy showed that one mole of Zn2+ and ...
Tópico(s): Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
2000 - Elsevier BV | Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics