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Cultivo in vitro de tecidos do carrapato Boophilus microplus e obtenção de imunógenos. Desenvolvimento de um teste de imunocromatografia para detecção de anticorpos contra Babesia bigemina. Imunidade conferida pela membrana externa dos corpúsculos iniciais de Anaplasma marginale e proteínas principais da superfície MSP-2 E MSP-5, associadas a indutor inespecífico de imunidade celular em bovinos.bitstream/item/136446/1/DOC-94.pd

Reuse of clean waste from the fashion industry in sustainable design development with a focus on social responsibility

The present article relates the concept of design in the social sustainability focusing on the environmental issues in vogue, threatened under an excessive generation of clean solid wastes during the mass production of products from existing industries, textiles and footwear, towards the consume of today's societies. The search for imminent solutions face to this problem are centralized on the sustainable design, aiming essentially the co-design based on upcycling principles and the methods of modular design, between designers and young adults with intellectual or physical disabilities, with intention to make creative proposals for new fashion products more sustainable, differentiated and with added value. In this mode, comes up the importance of a more social and ethical design, giving the participatory opportunity between amateurs and professionals to minimize the resources and production processes, and optimizing the life cycle of the product.FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Programme - COMPETE and by national funds through FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology within the scope of the project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007136

Influence of the external pressure on the quantum correlations of molecular magnets

The study of quantum correlations in solid state systems is a large avenue for research and their detection and manipulation are an actual challenge to overcome. In this context, we show by using first-principles calculations on the prototype material KNaCuSi$_{4}$O$_{10}$ that the degree of quantum correlations in this spin cluster system can be managed by external hydrostatic pressure. Our results open the doors for research in detection and manipulation of quantum correlations in magnetic systems with promising applications in quantum information science

Baseline sensitivity of Amphobotrys ricini to fluazinam and thiophanate-methyl.

Amphobotrys ricini is the causal agent of castor gray mold, one of the most destructive diseases of castor crops. Fungicides are frequently used to manage plant diseases, however no information on the baseline sensitivity of A. ricini to fungicides is available. The aim of the present work was to determine the baseline sensitivity of A. ricini to the fungicides fluazinam and thiophanate-methyl based on 47 isolates from Goias (n=3), Maranhão (n=1), Mato Grosso (n=12), Paraíba (n=3), Rio Grande do Sul (n=18) and São Paulo states (n=10). Mycelial disc (6 mm) removed from 4-day-old colonies were transferred to Petri dishes containing Potato-Dextrose-Agar (PDA) amended with the fungicides in different concentrations. The Petri dishes were then maintained in the dark for 4 days at 25 ± 1 ºC. The evaluation consisted of two perpendicular measurements of the radial fungus growth, which were used to calculate the percentage of mycelial growth inhibition for each treatment (isolate×fungicide×concentration) related to the control. The data of the percentage of mycelial growth inhibition were used to obtain the effective concentration to inhibit 50 % of the fungus mycelial growth (EC50) by means of linear regression. The mean EC50 for fluazinam was 0.1654 ± 0.0879 ?g mL-1 and for thiophanatemethyl 0.3591 ± 0.0903 ?g mL-1. Based on the mean EC50 obtained in the present work, it was possible to conclude that both fungicides have high intrinsic toxicity to A. ricini and they could be an alternative to manage the disease once their efficiency have been corroborated under field condition

Sensitivity of field isolates of Botryotinia ricini to fluazinam and thiophanate-methyl.

This study aimed to determine the sensitivity of 61 Botryotinia ricini isolates to the fungicides fluazinam and thiophanate-methyl. The isolates were originated from Goiás (n = 3), Maranhão (n = 3), Mato Grosso (n = 12), Minas Gerais (n = 1), Paraíba (n = 8), Rio Grande do Sul (n = 19) and São Paulo (n = 15) states. Mycelial discs (6 mm) removed from 5-day-old colonies were transferred to Petri dishes containing potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with different concentrations of the fungicides. Two perpendicular measurements of the radial growth were taken and used to calculate the percentage of mycelial growth inhibition (PMGI) for each treatment (isolate × fungicide × concentration) in relation to the control. PMGI were used to obtain the effective concentration that inhibits 50 and 95% of the mycelial growth (EC50 and EC95) by means of linear regression. For fluazinam, the EC50 and EC95 (mean ± SD) were 0.1738 ± 0.0802 μg/mL and 0.7938 ± 0.1254 μg/mL, while for thiophanatemethyl, the EC50 and EC95 were 0.3487 ± 0.0963 μg/mL and 1.1325 ± 0.2063 μg/mL, respectively. Both fungicides have high intrinsic toxicity to B. ricini but fluazinam was a more potent growth inhibitor compared to thiophanate-methyl

On the quantumness of correlations in nuclear magnetic resonance

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) was successfully employed to test several protocols and ideas in Quantum Information Science. In most of these implementations the existence of entanglement was ruled out. This fact introduced concerns and questions about the quantum nature of such bench tests. In this article we address some issues related to the non-classical aspects of NMR systems. We discuss some experiments where the quantum aspects of this system are supported by quantum correlations of separable states. Such quantumness, beyond the entanglement-separability paradigm, is revealed via a departure between the quantum and the classical versions of information theory. In this scenario, the concept of quantum discord seems to play an important role. We also present an experimental implementation of an analogous of the single-photon Mach-Zehnder interferometer employing two nuclear spins to encode the interferometric paths. This experiment illustrate how non-classical correlations of separable states may be used to simulate quantum dynamics. The results obtained are completely equivalent to the optical scenario, where entanglement (between two field modes) may be present

Contribuição das folhas de lianas na produção de serapilheira em um fragmento de floresta estacional semidecidual em São Carlos, SP.

(Contribuição das folhas de lianas na produção de serapilheira em um fragmento de floresta estacional semidecidual em São Carlos, SP). A produção de serapilheira em um fragmento de floresta estacional semidecidual foi analisada durante 12 meses, sendo o material recolhido separado em frações de: galhos, material reprodutivo, folhas de espécies de lianas e folhas de demais espécies. O total de material produzido foi de 12.221 kg ha-1 ano-1, sem diferença significativa entre os meses observados e sem relação significativa também com o período seco. A fração das folhas teve a maior contribuição com 7.750 kg ha-1 ano-1, da qual 2.317 kg ha-1 ano-1 (19%), correspondem às folhas de lianas, que apresentam ampla distribuição no fragmento. A maioria das lianas contudo, não a presentaram deciduidade marcante como ocorre com algumas espécies arbóreas desse tipo florestal. A produção de folhas de lianas para a serapilheira é constante, porém uma maior queda foi relacionada com a alta evapotranspiração real ocorrida no período de estud