Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Martha Andréia Brand, Rodolfo Cardoso Jacinto,
Residues from management activities of fruit growing can be an important source of biomass for energy generation. The aim of this study was to determine the potential use of apple pruning residues for energy generation as process steam or power energy. To this end, branches from the pruning of commercial apple orchards have been evaluated in the Santa Catarina State, Brazil. To compare with the traditional biomass used for energetic purposes, particles of Pinus sp. from the industrial timber processing ...
Tópico(s): Energy and Environment Impacts
2020 - Elsevier BV | Renewable Energy
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Filipe Brandão Martins, Rodolfo Cardoso, Iara Tammela, Danilo Colombo, Bruno Acioli de Matos,
The sensibility originated by the Blowout Preventer (BOP) theme, due to all attention gathered after the Macondo event, established a high level of requirements from regulatory agencies, clients and Drilling Contractors themselves. Based on these pillars, the concept of reliability has been constantly applied in the oil industry, especially in the Well Safety and Control System, where it is extremely important for the equipment to be reliable and operational when required. In parallel, the Condition ...
Tópico(s): Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
2018 - Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção | Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management
Produção Nacional
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Martha Andréia Brand, Ricardo Ritter de Souza Barnasky, Carolina Alves Carvalho, Rodrigo Buss, Deyvis Borges Waltrick, Rodolfo Cardoso Jacinto,
ABSTRACT: The pelleting of forest and agricultural materials, mainly because many residues from both industries can be used in this process, has been an alternative in obtaining added value products to energy generation. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the energy quality of the pellets produced from forest and agricultural residues as raw materials and to verify the utility of the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and the differential thermogravimetric analysis (DTG) in characterizing the ...
Tópico(s): Environmental Impact and Sustainability
2018 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA MARIA | Ciência Rural
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Farayde Matta Fakhouri, Sílvia Maria Martelli, Thiago Caon, José Ignácio Velasco, Rodolfo Cardoso Buontempo, Ana Paula Bilck, Lucía Helena Innocentini Mei,
In this study, edible films were prepared with different wheat gluten (GLU) and gelatin (GEL) ratios by the solvent casting technique using glycerol (GLY) or sorbitol (SOR) as plasticizers. Fatty acids (caproic, caprylic, capric, lauric, myristic or palmitic) were also added to a previously selected GLU/GEL/sorbitol film, and the effect of GLU:GEL proportion and type of fatty acid on the film properties were tested. Films plasticized with GLY presented a more significant reduction in the elongation at ...
Tópico(s): Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
2017 - Elsevier BV | LWT
Produção Nacional
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Martha Andréia Brand, Rodolfo Cardoso Jacinto, Rodrigo Antunes, Alexsandro Bayestorff da Cunha,
The aim of this study was to analyse the quality of briquettes produced with different proportions of rice husk, rice straw and rice husk ash. The waste of rice production chain was collected in the harvest of 2015, in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The properties evaluated were moisture content, basic density, bulk density, particle size, gross calorific value and proximate analysis on the rice husk, rice straw and rice husk ash. Moreover, the extractives and acid insoluble lignin content ...
Tópico(s): Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
2017 - Elsevier BV | Renewable Energy
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Rodolfo Cardoso, Ana Claudia Balestro, Adriano Dellallibera, Eduardo C. Marques Costa, Joceli Maria Giacomini Angelini, Lucía Helena Innocentini Mei,
Tópico(s): Thermal Analysis in Power Transmission
2014 - Elsevier BV | Measurement
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Farayde Matta Fakhouri, Daryne Lu Maldonado Gomes da Costa, Fábio Yamashita, Sílvia Maria Martelli, Rodolfo Cardoso de Jesus, Katlen Alganer, Fernanda Paula Collares‐Queiroz, Lucía Helena Innocentini Mei,
In this work, the influence of processing methods on the properties of starch/gelatin films plasticized with glycerol and sorbitol is reported. Four different processing techniques: casting; pressing; pressing followed by blowing and extrusion followed by blowing were evaluated. Bioplastics prepared by casting were homogeneous and transparent with lower opacity and water vapor permeability (WVP) values when compared to films prepared by other techniques. Among the cast films studied, those with 3% ...
Tópico(s): Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
2013 - Elsevier BV | Carbohydrate Polymers
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Daiana Antonio da Silva, Eduardo C. Marques Costa, Jorge Luiz De Franco, Marcel Antonionni, Rodolfo Cardoso de Jesus, Sanderson Rocha de Abreu, Kari Lahti, Lucía Helena Innocentini Mei, José Pissolato Filho,
This technical report describes an experimental analysis of metal–oxide surge arresters applied to power distribution network. This analysis is performed from periodical measurements of leakage current of the samples and hydrophobicity of the external polymeric housing correlated to the aging/degradation process by saline water immersion at 90 °C for 3 months, in order to simulate 20 years of field application. Based on this evaluation, the useful life and time degradation of polymer arresters are ...
Tópico(s): Electrical Fault Detection and Protection
2013 - Elsevier BV | International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
Produção Nacional
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Rafael Paim, Heitor Mansur Caulliraux, Rodolfo Cardoso,
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to defining the tasks necessary to process management, considering both conceptual and practical views. Design/methodology/approach Bibliographic review for tasks mentioned as typically necessary to process management, plus a field survey involving professionals working in process management. Findings The bibliographic review yielded a set of tasks that were grouped conceptually into “designing processes”, “managing processes from day to day” and “ ...
Tópico(s): Quality and Supply Management
2008 - Emerald Publishing Limited | Business Process Management Journal
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Andre Luis Ferrari de Moura Giraldi, Rodolfo Cardoso de Jesus, Lucía Helena Innocentini Mei,
The interfacial adhesion and mechanical properties of injection-molded recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) with glass fibre has been studied as a function of two variables involved in the extrusion process: screw speed and screw torque. The composites properties studied included DMTA, flexural strength, Young's modulus and impact strength. The Young's modulus and impact resistance of the composites increased with the addition of glass fibre in recycled PET matrix. A factorial experimental design ( ...
Tópico(s): Polymer crystallization and properties
2005 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Materials Processing Technology
Produção Nacional
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Francisco Veríssimo Mello-Filho, Fernando Cesar França Araujo, Paulo Barrero Marques Marques Netto, Francisco Januário Farias Pereira-Filho, Rodolfo Cardoso de Toledo-Filho, Ana Célia Faria,
The aim of this study was to determine the rate of success and complications of juvenile nasoangiofibroma resection by Le Fort I osteotomy. Data were obtained from the medical records of 40 patients with a diagnosis of juvenile nasoangiofibroma confirmed by anatomopathological examination. All tumors were resected by Le Fort I osteotomy between 1983 and 2010. The data obtained were gender, age, symptoms, sites of invasion, preoperative embolization, routes of surgical access, duration of surgery, ...
Tópico(s): Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments
2015 - Elsevier BV | Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Reinaldo F Cooke, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, R.L.A. Cerri, G. C. Lamb, Ky G Pohler, David G. Riley, J.L.M. Vasconcelos,
Abstract Efforts to understand biological functions and develop management schemes specific to Bos indicus-influenced cattle raised in tropical and subtropical environments are critical to meet the increasing global demand for protein. In the United States, B. indicus breeds are mostly used to generate B. indicus × B. taurus crosses with increased thermal and parasite tolerance, while retaining some productive characteristics of B. taurus cattle. Although crossbreeding represents a proven strategy ...
Tópico(s): Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
2020 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Animal Science
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Sarah West, Tatiane S Maia, B. R. C. Alves, Gary L. Williams,
Puberty is a complex biological event that requires maturation of the reproductive neuroendocrine axis and subsequent initiation of high-frequency, episodic release of GnRH and LH. Nutrition is a critical factor affecting the neuroendocrine control of puberty. Although nutrient restriction during juvenile development delays puberty, elevated rates of body weight gain during this period facilitate pubertal maturation by programming hypothalamic centers that underlie the pubertal process. Recent findings ...
Tópico(s): Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
2020 - Elsevier BV | Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Vasantha Padmanabhan, Rodolfo C. Cardoso,
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is a glycoprotein hormone produced by gonadotropes in the anterior pituitary that plays a central role in controlling ovarian folliculogenesis and steroidogenesis in females. Moreover, recent studies strongly suggest that FSH exerts extragonadal actions, particularly regulating bone mass and adiposity. Despite its crucial role, the mechanisms regulating FSH secretion are not completely understood. It is evident that hypothalamic, ovarian, and pituitary factors are ...
Tópico(s): Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
2019 - Elsevier BV | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex disorder that results from a combination of multiple factors, including genetic, epigenetic, and environmental influences. Evidence from clinical and preclinical studies indicates that elevated intrauterine androgen levels increase the susceptibility of the female offspring to develop the PCOS phenotype. Additionally, early postnatal endocrine and metabolic imbalances may act as a "second-hit", which, through activational effects, might unmask or amplify ...
Tópico(s): Ovarian function and disorders
2019 - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | Medical Sciences
Produção Nacional
Kethelin Cristine Laurindo de Oliveira, Dejânia Vieira de Araújo, Angélica Carmos de Meneses, Jéssica Moreira e Silva, Rodolfo Luis Cardoso Tavares,
ABSTRACT The efficiency of biological products combined with biological fertilization for controlling Pratylenchus brachyurus in soybean crops, and effects of these treatments on soybean crops were evaluate. A greenhouse experiment was conducted at the Mato Grosso State University, in Brazil, using a randomized block design with a 10×2 factorial arrangement, and four replications. The treatments consisted of Trichoderma asperellum, B. subtilis, Purpureocillium lilacinum, B. subtilis + T. asperellum, ...
Tópico(s): Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
2019 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DO SEMI-ARIDO | Revista Caatinga
Produção Nacional
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Lidiane Pignaton Agostini, Raquel Spinassé Dettogni, Raquel Reis, Elaine Stur, Eldamária V. W. Santos, D.P. Ventorim, Fernanda Mariano Garcia, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Jones Bernardes Graceli, Iúri Drumond Louro,
Glyphosate (GLY) is a broad-spectrum, post-emergent, non-selective and synthetic universal herbicide, whose commercial formulations are referred to as glyphosate-based-herbicides (GBHs). These chemicals and their metabolites can be found in soil, air, water, as well as groundwater and food products. This review summarizes to summarize current in vitro and epidemiological studies investigating the effects of GLY exposure on human health. Recent human cell studies have reported several GLY and GBH toxicological ...
Tópico(s): Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
2019 - Elsevier BV | The Science of The Total Environment
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, B. R. C. Alves, Gary L. Williams,
Puberty is a complex physiological process in females that requires maturation of the reproductive neuroendocrine system and subsequent initiation of high- frequency, episodic release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). Genetics and nutrition are two major factors controlling the timing of puberty in heifers. While nutrient restriction during the juvenile period delays puberty, accelerated rates of body weight gain during this period have been shown to facilitate ...
Tópico(s): Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
2018 - Colégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA) | Animal Reproduction
Produção Nacional
Revisado por pares
Eduardo Merlo, Ian V. Silva, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Jones Bernardes Graceli,
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous syndrome characterized by abnormal reproductive cycles, irregular ovulation, and hyperandrogenism. This complex disorder has its origins both within and outside the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis. Cardio-metabolic factors, such as obesity and insulin resistance, contribute to the manifestation of the PCOS phenotype. Polycystic ovary syndrome is one of the most common endocrine disorders among women of reproductive age. Growing evidence suggested ...
Tópico(s): Dyeing and Modifying Textile Fibers
2018 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part B
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
Prenatal exposure to excess steroids or steroid mimics can disrupt the normal developmental trajectory of organ systems, culminating in adult disease. The metabolic system is particularly susceptible to the deleterious effects of prenatal steroid excess. Studies in sheep demonstrate that prenatal exposure to excess native steroids or endocrine-disrupting chemicals with steroidogenic activity, such as bisphenol A, results in postnatal development of numerous cardiometabolic perturbations, including ...
Tópico(s): Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
2018 - Annual Reviews | Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
C. C. Allen, L. O. Tedeschi, D. H. Keisler, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, B. R. C. Alves, M. Amstalden, Gary L. Williams,
Using a previously established model for nutritional acceleration of puberty, beef heifers ( = 48; 1/2 Angus × 1/4 Hereford × 1/4 Brahman) were used in a replicated 2 × 2 factorial design to examine the effects of diet type (high forage [HF] vs. high concentrate [HC]) and rate of BW gain (low gain [LG], 0.45 kg/d, vs. high gain [HG], 0.91 kg/d) on key metabolic hormones and age at puberty. After weaning at 14 ± 1 wk of age, heifers were assigned randomly to be fed HC-HG, HC-LG, HF-HG, or HF-LG ( = 12/group) beginning ...
Tópico(s): Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock
2017 - Oxford University Press | Journal of Animal Science
Seleno Glauber de Jesus-Silva, João Pedro de Oliveira, Matheus Henrique Colepicolo Brianezi, Melissa Andreia de Moraes Silva, Arturo Eduardo Krupa, Rodolfo Souza Cardoso,
Resumo Contexto As amputações dos membros inferiores, sejam definidas como maiores ou menores, são um grave problema de saúde, com altos índices de morbimortalidade e de relevante impacto social. Diferentes características clínicas dos pacientes parecem estar relacionadas aos diferentes tipos de amputação realizados. Objetivos Analisar os fatores de risco presentes em pacientes submetidos a amputações de membros inferiores em hospital terciário. Métodos Estudo retrospectivo, transversal, envolvendo ...
Tópico(s): Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
2017 - Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) | Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
Michelle N. Bedenbaugh, Marcella Cândia D’Oliveira, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Stanley M. Hileman, Gary L. Williams, M. Amstalden,
In this study, we investigated whether decreased sensitivity to estradiol negative feedback is associated with reduced estrogen receptor α (ESR1) expression in kisspeptin neurons as ewe lambs approach puberty. Lambs were ovariectomized and received no implant (OVX) or an implant containing estradiol (OVX+E). In the middle arcuate nucleus (mARC), ESR1 messenger RNA (mRNA) was greater in OVX than OVX+E lambs but did not differ elsewhere. Post hoc analysis of luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion from OVX+E ...
Tópico(s): Ovarian function and disorders
2017 - Oxford University Press | Endocrinology
Chunxia Lü, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Muraly Puttabyatappa, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome often manifest insulin resistance. Using a sheep model of polycystic ovary syndrome-like phenotype, we explored the contribution of androgen and insulin in programming and maintaining disruptions in insulin signaling in metabolic tissues. Phosphorylation of AKT, ERK, GSK3beta, mTOR, and p70S6K was examined in the liver, muscle, and adipose tissue of control and prenatal testosterone (T)-, prenatal T plus androgen antagonist (flutamide)-, and prenatal T plus insulin ...
Tópico(s): Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
2016 - Oxford University Press | Biology of Reproduction
Vasantha Padmanabhan, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Muraly Puttabyatappa,
Accumulating evidence suggests that insults occurring during the perinatal period alter the developmental trajectory of the fetus/offspring leading to long-term detrimental outcomes that often culminate in adult pathologies. These perinatal insults include maternal/fetal disease states, nutritional deficits/excess, stress, lifestyle choices, exposure to environmental chemicals, and medical interventions. In addition to reviewing the various insults that contribute to developmental programming and ...
Tópico(s): Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
2016 - Oxford University Press | Endocrinology
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Ashleigh Burns, Jacob Moeller, Donal C. Skinner, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
Prenatal testosterone (T) treatment recapitulates the reproductive and metabolic phenotypes of polycystic ovary syndrome in female sheep. At the neuroendocrine level, prenatal T treatment results in disrupted steroid feedback on gonadotropin release, increased pituitary sensitivity to GnRH, and subsequent LH hypersecretion. Because prenatal T-treated sheep manifest functional hyperandrogenism and hyperinsulinemia, gonadal steroids and/or insulin may play a role in programming and/or maintaining these ...
Tópico(s): Birth, Development, and Health
2016 - Oxford University Press | Endocrinology
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, B. R. C. Alves, S. M. Sharpton, Gary L. Williams, M. Amstalden,
The timing of puberty and subsequent fertility in female mammals are dependent on the integration of metabolic signals by the hypothalamus. Pro‐opiomelanocortin ( POMC ) neurones in the arcuate nucleus ( ARC ) comprise a critical metabolic‐sensing pathway controlling the reproductive neuroendocrine axis. α‐Melanocyte‐stimulating hormone (αMSH), a product of the POMC gene, has excitatory effects on gonadotrophin‐releasing hormone (Gn RH ) neurones and fibres containing α MSH project to Gn RH and kisspeptin neurones. ...
Tópico(s): Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
2015 - Wiley | Journal of Neuroendocrinology
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Almudena Veiga‐Lopez, Jacob Moeller, Evan M. Beckett, Anthony Pease, E. Keller, V. Madrigal, Gregorio D. Chazenbalk, Daniel A. Dumesic, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
Abstract Prenatally testosterone (T)-treated sheep present metabolic disruptions similar to those seen in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. These females exhibit an increased ratio of small to large adipocytes, which may be the earliest event in the development of adult insulin resistance. Additionally, our longitudinal studies suggest the existence of a period of compensatory adaptation during development. This study tested whether 1) in utero cotreatment of prenatally T-treated sheep with androgen ...
Tópico(s): Hormonal and reproductive studies
2015 - Oxford University Press | Endocrinology
Muraly Puttabyatappa, Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder with both reproductive and metabolic abnormalities affecting women of reproductive age. While the exact origin of PCOS is unknown, observations from clinical and animal studies suggest that maternal hyperandrogenism may be a contributing factor. Because women with PCOS manifest hyperandrogenism during pregnancy, changes in the gestational endocrine milieu may play a role in the vertical transmission of this syndrome. This review ...
Tópico(s): Birth, Development, and Health
2015 - Elsevier BV | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Rodolfo C. Cardoso, Muraly Puttabyatappa, Vasantha Padmanabhan,
The susceptibility of the reproductive system to early exposure to steroid hormones has become a major concern in our modern societies. Human fetuses are at risk of abnormal programming via exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals, inadvertent use of contraceptive pills during pregnancy, as well as from excess exposure to steroids due to disease states. Animal models provide an unparalleled resource to understand the developmental origin of diseases. In female sheep, prenatal exposure to testosterone ...
Tópico(s): Birth, Development, and Health
2015 - Karger Publishers | Neuroendocrinology