Removal of Malachite Green from Aqueous Medium Employing Polyurethane Foam as Adsorbent and Sodium Dodecylsulfate as Carrier     

Breno Tenório Leite  Nicolle Figueira Robaina  Luis Gustavo Teixeira dos Reis  Annibal Duarte Pereira Netto  Ricardo Jorgensen Cassella 《Water, air, and soil pollution》2012,223(3):1303-1313

The present work describes a detailed study about the adsorption of malachite green (MG) by a polyether-type polyurethane foam (PUF) using sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) as a carrier. The adsorption process was based on the formation of a hydrophobic ionic-pair between the MG cationic dye and the dodecylsulfate anion, which presented high affinity for the PUF. The manifold employed in the study was built up by adjusting a cylinder of PUF with 200 mg in the arm of an overhead stirrer, which was soaked (and stirred) in the solution containing the dye and SDS. The adsorption process was characterized in relation to equilibrium and kinetic aspects. Langmuir (r ² = 0.842) and Freundlich (r ² = 0.996) isotherms were also employed for modeling the system as well as the Nernst partition law (r ² = 0.999). A study about the recovery of MG and the PUF regeneration was conducted, and the acetonitrile was the most efficient solvent for the desorption of the adsorbed ionic pair. The obtained results showed that the concentration of SDS added to the medium plays an important role on the adsorption process, which can be better described by employing a second-order kinetic model.  相似文献   

The effect of land use on aboveground biomass and soil quality indicators in spontaneous forests and agroforests of eastern Amazonia     

Márcio Fernandes Alves Leite  Ronildson Lima Luz  Karol Henry Mavisoy Muchavisoy  Marcelo Luís Corrêa Zelarayán  Ernesto Gomez Cardoso  Flávio Henrique Reis Moraes  Guillaume Xavier Rousseau  Christoph Gehring 《Agroforestry Systems》2016,90(6):1009-1023

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Chromosome markers confirm origin of Heliconia hybrids and triploids     

Marília Gabriela de Santana Costa  Brunno Sérgio Ferreira Leite  Vivian Loges  Ebenézer Bernardes Correia Silva  Andreza Santos da Costa  Walma Nogueira Ramos Guimarães  Ana Christina Brasileiro-Vidal 《Euphytica》2016,207(3):501-514

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Antineoplastic activity of selected constituents of Duguetia glabriuscula     

Matos MF  Leite LI  Brustolim D  de Siqueira JM  Carollo CA  Hellmann AR  Pereira NF  da Silva DB 《Fitoterapia》2006,77(3):227-229

The cytotoxic effects of seven constituents isolated from Duguetia glabriuscula were evaluated against Hep2 human larynx carcinoma cells. The cytotoxicity exhibited by beta-sitosterol was as strong as that of cis-platin. (+)-Alloaromadendran-10,14beta-diol caused inhibition of cellular growth with IC50 values lower than 25 microg/ml, a feature that was considered as revealing significant activity. Polycarpol showed borderline cytotoxicity, whereas the other compounds were inactive.  相似文献   

Economical and financial analysis of lamb finishing fed with diets formulated according to the NRC (1985) and the NRC (2007)     

Marcos Cláudio Pinheiro Rogério  Eliane Minervina de Castro  Espedito Cezário Martins  Jomar Patrício Monteiro  Kleibe de Moraes Silva  Magno José Duarte Cândido  Tereza Cristina Lacerda Gomes  Antoine Francis Roux Bloc  Ângela Maria de Vasconcelos  Eneas Reis Leite  Hélio Henrique Araújo Costa 《Tropical animal health and production》2012,45(1):259-266

This study compares both versions of the nutritional requirement system determined by the National Research Council (NRC) version 1985 (NRC85) and NRC version 2007 (NRC07), for finishing lambs in feedlots. Nineteen crossbred lambs were divided in four groups representing four experimental treatments: one diet according to NRC85 and three diets according to NRC07. The diets recommended by NRC07 considers crude protein intake relative to ruminal undegradable protein at 20, 40, and 60 % levels (NRC07/20, NRC07/40, and NRC07/60). Diets were composed of Brazilian semi-arid native grass silage, soybean meal, corn, annatto byproduct, and limestone. Purchases and sales of lambs were done according to average market prices in Brazil. The economic indicators considered pointed that all treatments were viable but NRC07/20 and NRC07/60 were more profitable with similar net present values (NPVs) and internal return rates (IRRs). NRC07/20 was the best option showing an IRR of 17.20 % and a payback period (PP) of 5.07 considering a fixed annual interest rate of 6 %. Sensitivity analysis considering a 10 % raise in variable costs showed negative NPVs, IRRs inferior to the opportunity cost rates adopted and PPs that exceeded the planning horizon of 7 years for both NRC85 and NRC07/40.  相似文献   

Gastroprotective mechanism of Vanillosmopsis arborea bark essential oil     

Gerlânia de O. Leite  Antonia Rosângela da Penha  Cícera N. Fernandes  Heloísa Helena F. Souza  José Galberto M. da Costa  Adriana R. Campos 《Fitoterapia》2009

This study was aimed to clarify the mechanism of gastroprotection by Vanillosmopsis arborea Baker essential oil (EOVA) using ethanol-induced gastric mucosal damage in mice. Gastric lesions were significantly reduced by EOVA (200 and 400 mg/kg). Chemical analysis showed that the major compound of EOVA was α-bisabolol. Pretreatment of mice with yohimbine, the α2-antagonist, greatly suppressed the gastroprotective effect of OEVA. Furthermore, OEVA gastroprotection was not attenuated in mice pretreated with indomethacin, L-NAME or glibenclamide, the respective inhibitors of cyclooxygenase, nitric oxide synthase and K⁺_ATP channel activation. These data suggest that OEVA affords gastroprotection most possibly by α2-receptor activation.  相似文献   

Investigating pig survival in different production phases using genomic models     

Natlia Galoro Leite  Egbert Frank Knol  Andr Luiz Seccatto Garcia  Marcos Soares Lopes  Louisa Zak  Shogo Tsuruta  Fabyano Fonseca e Silva  Daniela Lourenco 《Journal of animal science》2021,99(8)

Pig survival is an economically important trait with relevant social welfare implications, thus standing out as an important selection criterion for the current pig farming system. We aimed to estimate (co)variance components for survival in different production phases in a crossbred pig population as well as to investigate the benefit of including genomic information through single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) on the prediction accuracy of survival traits compared with results from traditional BLUP. Individual survival records on, at most, 64,894 crossbred piglets were evaluated under two multi-trait threshold models. The first model included farrowing, lactation, and combined postweaning survival, whereas the second model included nursery and finishing survival. Direct and maternal breeding values were estimated using BLUP and ssGBLUP methods. Furthermore, prediction accuracy, bias, and dispersion were accessed using the linear regression validation method. Direct heritability estimates for survival in all studied phases were low (from 0.02 to 0.08). Survival in preweaning phases (farrowing and lactation) was controlled by the dam and piglet additive genetic effects, although the maternal side was more important. Postweaning phases (nursery, finishing, and the combination of both) showed the same or higher direct heritabilities compared with preweaning phases. The genetic correlations between survival traits within preweaning and postweaning phases were favorable and strong, but correlations between preweaning and postweaning phases were moderate. The prediction accuracy of survival traits was low, although it increased by including genomic information through ssGBLUP compared with the prediction accuracy from BLUP. Direct and maternal breeding values were similarly accurate with BLUP, but direct breeding values benefited more from genomic information. Overall, a slight increase in bias was observed when genomic information was included, whereas dispersion of breeding values was greatly reduced. Combined postweaning survival presented higher direct heritability than in the preweaning phases and the highest prediction accuracy among all evaluated production phases, therefore standing out as a candidate trait for improving survival. Survival is a complex trait with low heritability; however, important genetic gains can still be obtained, especially under a genomic prediction framework.  相似文献   

Cytologic features of a feline inductive odontogenic tumor          下载免费PDF全文

Ronaldo V. Leite‐Filho  Nelson J. Tagliari  Fabrizio Grandi  Cláudio J. M. Laisse  Daniel G. Gerardi  Saulo P. Pavarini 《Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology》2017,46(3):516-519

The feline inductive odontogenic tumor (FIOT) is a rare entity among oral tumors in cats, the cytologic features of which are not well characterized but may prove useful. A fine‐needle aspiration biopsy was performed on the right mandible between the permanent canine (404) and permanent fourth premolar (408) of an 8‐month‐old female mongrel cat. Cytologic smears showed epithelial cells and occasional spindle cells with extracellular homogenous acidophilic material in a hematic background. The initial diagnosis of benign tumor was confirmed by histopathologic examination of the biopsy specimen. This report describes the cytologic findings in a case of FIOT.  相似文献   

First detection of porcine norovirus GII.18 in Latin America     

J.B. Cunha  M.C.L. de Mendonça  M.P. Miagostovich  J.P.G. Leite 《Research in veterinary science》2010,89(1):126-1234

Human (Hu) noroviruses (NoVs) circulate worldwide infecting people of all ages in developing and developed countries. Animal NoVs present some antigenic and genetic relationship to HuNoVs, although their zoonotic potential has not been established yet. Among animal NoVs, porcine (Po) NoVs are the most genetically related to HuNoVs. PoNoVs have only been detected in healthy finisher pigs in a few developed countries. Information about them lacks in developing countries. In this study 96 fecal samples from pigs of different ages from five farms in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil were tested for NoVs. We report detection and genotyping by RT-PCR, nucleotide sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of partial polymerase and capsid regions of viral genome PoNoV genogroup II genotype 18 (GII.18) in one stool sample from a healthy finisher pig. This is the first report of PoNoV detection in Latin America and it supports the assumption that PoNoVs present a worldwide distribution.  相似文献   

The Brazil Eucalyptus Potential Productivity Project: Influence of water,nutrients and stand uniformity on wood production     

Jose Luiz Stape  Dan Binkley  Michael G. Ryan  Sebastiao Fonseca  Rodolfo A. Loos  Ernesto N. Takahashi  Claudio R. Silva  Sergio R. Silva  Rodrigo E. Hakamada  Jose Mario de A. Ferreira  Augusto M.N. Lima  Jose Luiz Gava  Fernando P. Leite  Helder B. Andrade  Jacyr M. Alves  Gualter G.C. Silva  Moises R. Azevedo 《Forest Ecology and Management》2010

We examined the potential growth of clonal Eucalyptus plantations at eight locations across a 1000+ km gradient in Brazil by manipulating the supplies of nutrients and water, and altering the uniformity of tree sizes within plots. With no fertilization or irrigation, mean annual increments of stem wood were about 28% lower (16.2 Mg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, about 33 m³ ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) than yields achieved with current operational rates of fertilization (22.6 Mg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, about 46 m³ ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹). Fertilization beyond current operational rates did not increase growth, whereas irrigation raised growth by about 30% (to 30.6 Mg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹, about 62 m³ ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹). The potential biological productivity (current annual increment) of the plantations was about one-third greater than these values, if based only on the period after achieving full canopies. The biological potential productivity was even greater if based only on the full-canopy period during the wet season, indicating that the maximum biological productivity across the sites (with irrigation, during the wet season) would be about 42 Mg ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ (83 m³ ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹). Stands with uniform structure (trees in plots planted in a single day) showed 13% greater growth than stands with higher heterogeneity of tree sizes (owing to a staggered planting time of up to 80 days). Higher water supply increased growth and also delayed by about 1 year the point where current annual increment and mean annual increment intersected, indicating opportunities for lengthening rotations for more productive treatments as well as the influence of year-to-year climate variations on optimal rotations periods. The growth response to treatments after canopy closure (mid-rotation) related well with full-rotation responses, offering an early opportunity for estimating whole-rotation yields. These results underscore the importance of resource supply, the efficiency of resource use, and stand uniformity in setting the bounds for productivity, and provide a baseline for evaluating the productivity achieved in operational plantations. The BEPP Project showed that water supply is the key resource determining levels of plantation productivity in Brazil. Future collaboration between scientists working on silviculture and genetics should lead to new insights on the mechanisms connecting water and growth, leading to improved matching of sites, clones, and silviculture.  相似文献