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Visitantes florais do algodoeiro Gossypium hirsutum em Quixeramobim e Quixeré no Estado do Cearå.
O objetivo deste estudo foi investigar os visitantes florais em ĂĄreas de algodoeiro comercial, cultivar 187 8R, nos municĂpios de Quixeramobim e QuixerĂ©, CearĂĄ
Cancer Rehabilitation and Physical Activity: the âOncology in Motionâ Project
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Caracterização da ocorrĂȘncia de mastite subclĂnica no rebanho leiteiro da Embrapa PecuĂĄria Sul.
O objetivo deste documento foi caracterizar a ocorrĂȘncia da mastite subclĂnica, levando em consideração o nĂșmero de lactaçÔes dos animais, bem como analisar a correlação de testes laboratoriais e a campo para o diagnĂłstico desta enfermidade no rebanho da Embrapa PecuĂĄria Sul.bitstream/item/166576/1/CoT-92-online.pd
Apis mellifera pollination improves agronomic productivity of anemophilous castor bean (Ricinus communis)
Controlled Radical Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate Mediated by a Bis(imino)pyridine Vanadium Complex
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RAFT aqueous dispersion polymerization yields poly(ethylene glycol)-based diblock copolymer nano-objects with predictable single phase morphologies
A poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) macromolecular chain transfer agent (macro-CTA) is prepared in high yield (>95%) with 97% dithiobenzoate chain-end functionality in a three-step synthesis starting from a monohydroxy PEG113 precursor. This PEG113-dithiobenzoate is then used for the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) aqueous dispersion polymerization of 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate (HPMA). Polymerizations conducted under optimized conditions at 50 °C led to high conversions as judged by 1H NMR spectroscopy and relatively low diblock copolymer polydispersities (Mw/Mn < 1.25) as judged by GPC. The latter technique also indicated good blocking efficiencies, since there was minimal PEG113 macro-CTA contamination. Systematic variation of the mean degree of polymerization of the core-forming PHPMA block allowed PEG113-PHPMAx diblock copolymer spheres, worms, or vesicles to be prepared at up to 17.5% w/w solids, as judged by dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy studies. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis revealed that more exotic oligolamellar vesicles were observed at 20% w/w solids when targeting highly asymmetric diblock compositions. Detailed analysis of SAXS curves indicated that the mean number of membranes per oligolamellar vesicle is approximately three. A PEG 113-PHPMAx phase diagram was constructed to enable the reproducible targeting of pure phases, as opposed to mixed morphologies (e.g., spheres plus worms or worms plus vesicles). This new RAFT PISA formulation is expected to be important for the rational and efficient synthesis of a wide range of biocompatible, thermo-responsive PEGylated diblock copolymer nano-objects for various biomedical applications
Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly of Block Copolymer Nano-objects via RAFT Aqueous Dispersion Polymerization
In this Perspective, we discuss the recent development of polymerization-induced self-assembly mediated by reversible additionâfragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) aqueous dispersion polymerization. This approach has quickly become a powerful and versatile technique for the synthesis of a wide range of bespoke organic diblock copolymer nano-objects of controllable size, morphology, and surface functionality. Given its potential scalability, such environmentally-friendly formulations are expected to offer many potential applications, such as novel Pickering emulsifiers, efficient microencapsulation vehicles, and sterilizable thermo-responsive hydrogels for the cost-effective long-term storage of mammalian cells
Chain transfer kinetics of acid/base switchable n-aryl- n-pyridyl dithiocarbamate RAFT agents in methyl acrylate, n-vinylcarbazole and vinyl acetate polymerization
This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by American Chemistry Society in Macromolecules on 14/05/2012, available online: https://doi.org/10.1021/ma300616g ©American Chemical Society. The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.The structures of the "Z" and "R" substituents of a RAFT agent (Z-C(S)S-R) determine a RAFT agent's ability to control radical polymerization. In this paper we report new acid/base switchable N-aryl-N-pyridyl dithiocarbamates (R = -CH 2CN, Z = -N(Py)(Ar)) which vary in substituent at the 4-position of the aryl ring and the use of these to control molecular weight and dispersity. In their protonated form, the new RAFT agents are more effective in controlling polymerization of the more activated monomer, methyl acrylate (MA), whereas in their neutral form they provide more effective control of the polymerization of less activated monomers, N-vinyl carbazole (NVC) and vinyl acetate (VAc). For each polymerization, the apparent chain transfer coefficient (C trapp) shows a good correlation with Hammett parameters. Dithiocarbamates with more electron-withdrawing aryl ring substituents have the higher C trapp. This demonstrates the influence of polar effects on C trapp and supports the hypothesis that the activity of these RAFT agents is determined by the availability of the lone pair of the dithiocarbamate nitrogen.The authors gratefully acknowledge the Capability Development Fund of CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering for financial support.Published versio
Alquimia, Ocultismo, Maçonaria: o ouro e o simbolismo hermético dos cadinhos (Séculos XVIII e XIX)
Este artigo apresenta a arqueologia das enigmĂĄticas marcas impressas na base de cadinhos dos sĂ©culos XVIII e XIX recuperados nas escavaçÔes da Casa da Moeda do Rio de Janeiro, na dĂ©cada de 1980, e a explanação do seu significado simbĂłlico Ă luz da alquimia, do ocultismo e da Maçonaria. Espraiando-se extraordinariamente mundo afora atravĂ©s de uma bem-sucedida estratĂ©gia de comunicação visual, a Maçonaria utilizou sĂmbolos hermĂ©ticos para a difusĂŁo de seus princĂpios nos mais diferentes suportes. Aparentemente estamos diante de um sinal de reconhecimento maçÎnico, o sinal exterior de uma organização oculta, sĂł partilhado por iniciados e incompreensĂvel para os demais, que contribuiu para difundir veladamente a doutrina maçÎnica por diferentes pontos do globo
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