Efeito da assepsia na germinação de sementes de Caatingueira-verdadeira.

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar a influência da assepsia na germinação de sementes de catingueira-verdadeira (poincianella pyramidalis (Tu!.) L.P. Queiroz).Edição dos Resumos do V Workshop de Tecnologia e Fisiologia de Sementes e Mudas, Petrolina, dez. 2014

Response of Specific Immunoglobulin E to Foods in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Food allergy is a common condition that plays an important role in the pathogenicity and maintenance of atopic dermatitis (AD), however, must be carefully investigated before imposing a restrictive diet. the aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity to foods in patients with AD, correlating it with the severity of the disease and other possible associated factors. One hundred and eleven children (6-180 months of age) with AD were evaluated and later followed up at the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division, Department of Pediatrics at FMABC. the serum concentrations of specific IgE to cow's milk (CM), egg, soy, wheat, corn, peanut and fish were measured using an enzymatic fluorescence method (ImmunoCAP (TM)). in order to identify the clinical reactivity, the open oral provocation test was performed when specific IgE was positive to CM, egg and wheat and in all those who related symptoms after the intake of such foods regardless of the presence or absence of sensitization. in total, 40.5 % of the studied population was sensitized to at least one food allergen, especially those between 73 and 180 months of age. There was a higher prevalence of sensitization in children with more severe AD, and foods like CM, egg and wheat were the most involved, but with low clinical reactivity. We observed increased severity of AD in cases that initiated symptoms earlier and who had shorter duration of exclusive breastfeeding as well as a linear increase in sensitization in the most serious cases. Serum-specific immunoglobulin E was the only factor associated with the relationship that showed sensitization. the occurrence of sensitization to foods was frequent, mainly in the age group of 6-9 years and in patients with severe AD; however, the validation of the clinical reactivity was negative in most of the provocations performed, which agrees with the need to prove the same before the imposition of restrictive diets, often unnecessary and complex.Assoc Brasileira Alergia & Imunopatol ASBAI, FMABC, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, FMABC, São Paulo, BrazilFMABC, Dept Pediat, São Paulo, BrazilUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, FMABC, São Paulo, BrazilWeb of Scienc

The Evolution of Professional Nursing Culture in Italy: Metaphors and Paradoxes

We explored the perceptions of Italian nurses regarding their developing culture as a health profession. We sought to understand the ongoing evolution of the nursing profession and the changes that were central to it becoming an intellectual discipline on par with the other health professions in Italy. In 2010, the Regulatory Board of Nursing established a center of excellence to build evidence-based practice, advocate for interdisciplinary health care, and champion health profession reforms for nursing. In this study, focus groups—involving 66 nurse participants from various educational, clinical, and administrative backgrounds—were utilized to better ascertain how the profession has changed. Six themes, three of them metaphors—“vortex,” “leopard spots,” and “deductive jungle”—explain nurses’ experiences of professional change in Italy between 2001 and 2011 and the multiple dimensions that characterize their professional identity and autonomy

Curva de embebição de sementes Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell) Morong (FABACEAE).

Objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar o padrão de embebição das sementes Enterolobium contortisiliquum submetida a diferentes concentrações polietilenoglicol.Edição dos Resumos do V Workshop de Tecnologia e Fisiologia de Sementes e Mudas, Petrolina, dez. 2014

Identification of naturalized goat breeds under conservation from northeastern Brazil using chromosomal markers.

Abstract: In order to provide the first cytogenetic data of naturalized and threatened goat breeds from northeastern Brazil, cytogenetic analyses were carried out in individuals of Repartida and Moxotó breeds raised in Bahia and Ceará States. Males and females of both breeds had 2n = 60, with 29 autosomal acrocentric pairs plus the sex chromosome pair. The number of nucleolar organizer region (NOR)-bearing chromosomes ranged from 6 to 8 per metaphase in Moxotó and Repartida goats, respectively. The active NORs in Repartida individuals were located exclusively at the terminal regions of the long arms, as usually detected in Bovidae. Otherwise, Moxotó specimens presented a large autosomal pair with NORs on short arms. GC-rich heterochromatin was detected at the centromeres in both breeds, although polymorphic terminal C-bands were visualized on pair 25 in Moxotó. In addition, GC-rich regions were detected at the terminal regions of the long arms of a single pair in Repartida and of 20 chromosomes in Moxotó goats. The differences in both the number and/or position of Ag-NORs and GC-rich sites between Repartida and Moxotó breeds represent efficient cytogenetic markers that can be used in the identification and conservation of the genetic integrity of each lineage. In spite of the small effective population size of these breeds, chromosomal abnormalities related to drift or inbreeding effects were absent in the samples analyzed

TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER ANALYSIS UP TO DRYOUT IN 3D FUEL RODS UNDER UNIDEAL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPUTER CODE

In this paper we analyze a conjugated transient heat transfer problem consisting of a nuclear reactor’s fuel rod and its intrinsic coolant channel. Our analysis is made possible through a computer code being developed at the Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN/CNEN). This code is meant to study the temperature behavior in fuel rods which exhibit deviation from their ideal conditions, that is, rods in which the cladding is deformed or the fuel is dislocated. It is also designed to avoid the use of the computationally expensive Navier-Stokes equations. For these reasons, its physical model has as basis a three-dimensional fuel rod coupled to a one-dimensional coolant channel, which are discretized using the finite element method. Intending to study accidental conditions in which the coolant (light water) transcends its saturation temperature, turning into vapor, a homogeneous mixture is used to represent the two-phase flow, and so the coolant channel’s energy equation is described using enthalpy. Owing to the fact that temperature and enthalpy are used in the physical model, it became impractical to generate a fully coupled method for solving the pertinent equations. Thus, the conjugated heat transfer problem is solved in a segregated manner through the implementation of an iterative method. Finally, as study cases for this paper we present analyses concerning the behavior of the hottest fuel rod in a Pressurized Water Reactor during a shutdown wherein the residual heat removal system is lost (loss of the reactor’s coolant pumps). These studies contemplate cases in which the fuel rod’s geometry is ideal or curved. Analyses are also performed for two circumstances of positioning of the fuel inside the rod: concentric and eccentric.In this paper we analyze a conjugated transient heat transfer problem consisting of a nuclear reactor’s fuel rod and its intrinsic coolant channel. Our analysis is made possible through a computer code being developed at the Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN/CNEN). This code is meant to study the temperature behavior in fuel rods which exhibit deviation from their ideal conditions, that is, rods in which the cladding is deformed or the fuel is dislocated. It is also designed to avoid the use of the computationally expensive Navier-Stokes equations. For these reasons, its physical model has as basis a three-dimensional fuel rod coupled to a one-dimensional coolant channel, which are discretized using the finite element method. Intending to study accidental conditions in which the coolant (light water) transcends its saturation temperature, turning into vapor, a homogeneous mixture is used to represent the two-phase flow, and so the coolant channel’s energy equation is described using enthalpy. Owing to the fact that temperature and enthalpy are used in the physical model, it became impractical to generate a fully coupled method for solving the pertinent equations. Thus, the conjugated heat transfer problem is solved in a segregated manner through the implementation of an iterative method. Finally, as study cases for this paper we present analyses concerning the behavior of the hottest fuel rod in a Pressurized Water Reactor during a shutdown wherein the residual heat removal system is lost (loss of the reactor’s coolant pumps). These studies contemplate cases in which the fuel rod’s geometry is ideal or curved. Analyses are also performed for two circumstances of positioning of the fuel inside the rod: concentric and eccentric.In this paper we analyze a conjugated transient heat transfer problem consisting of a nuclear reactor’s fuel rod and its intrinsic coolant channel. Our analysis is made possible through a computer code being developed at the Instituto de Engenharia Nuclear (IEN/CNEN). This code is meant to study the temperature behavior in fuel rods which exhibit deviation from their ideal conditions, that is, rods in which the cladding is deformed or the fuel is dislocated. It is also designed to avoid the use of the computationally expensive Navier-Stokes equations. For these reasons, its physical model has as basis a three-dimensional fuel rod coupled to a one-dimensional coolant channel, which are discretized using the finite element method. Intending to study accidental conditions in which the coolant (light water) transcends its saturation temperature, turning into vapor, a homogeneous mixture is used to represent the two-phase flow, and so the coolant channel’s energy equation is described using enthalpy. Owing to the fact that temperature and enthalpy are used in the physical model, it became impractical to generate a fully coupled method for solving the pertinent equations. Thus, the conjugated heat transfer problem is solved in a segregated manner through the implementation of an iterative method. Finally, as study cases for this paper we present analyses concerning the behavior of the hottest fuel rod in a Pressurized Water Reactor during a shutdown wherein the residual heat removal system is lost (loss of the reactor’s coolant pumps). These studies contemplate cases in which the fuel rod’s geometry is ideal or curved. Analyses are also performed for two circumstances of positioning of the fuel inside the rod: concentric and eccentric

Crescimento inicial de mudas de Aspidosperma pyrifolium irrigadas com água com diferentes níveis de salinidade.

O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da salinidade no crescimento inicial de mudas de Aspidosperma pyrifolium.Edição dos Resumos do V Workshop de Tecnologia e Fisiologia de Sementes e Mudas, Petrolina, dez. 2014