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Braz. j. biol ; 65(3): 451-458, Aug. 2005. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-418147

ABSTRACT

O objetivo desta pesquisa foi estudar as influências do pulso de inundação e do impacto antrópico causado pelo rejeito de bauxita sobre a composição química de O. glumaepatula no lago Batata (PA, Brasil). As amostras foram realizadas em estandes de O. glumaepatula nos períodos de águas baixas, enchente, águas altas e vazante nas áreas natural e impactada desse ecossistema. Nos períodos de águas baixas e vazante, a área coletada encontrava-se exposta, enquanto nos períodos de enchente e águas altas, a profundidade da coluna d'água era de 1,4 e 3,8 m, respectivamente. O material coletado foi seco a 70ºC, moído e suas concentrações de fósforo total, nitrogênio total, carbono orgânico e conteúdo energético foram mensuradas. Os resultados indicaram que o aumento da biomassa causado pela elevação do nível d'água teve efeito diluidor sobre as concentrações de nitrogênio e fósforo em O. glumaepatula. O conteúdo energético não variou significativamente entre as áreas e os períodos estudados. Os resultados sugerem que, à medida que o nível d'água aumenta, O. glumaepatula torna-se limitada por nitrogênio na área impactada e por fósforo na área natural. A população de O. glumaepatula contribui para a recuperação da área impactada do lago Batata em decorrência do acúmulo de detritos dessa espécie sobre o sedimento, impedindo a resuspensão do rejeito de bauxita e promovendo aumento das concentrações de matéria orgânica e nutrientes.


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Aluminum Oxide/metabolism , Biomass , Environmental Monitoring , Nutritive Value , Oryza/chemistry , Water Pollutants, Chemical/metabolism , Brazil , Carbon/analysis , Fresh Water , Nitrogen/analysis , Oryza/metabolism , Phosphorus/analysis
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Braz. j. microbiol ; 34(2): 129-137, Apr.-Jun. 2003. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-355161

ABSTRACT

Alumina channeled beads and rough surface membranes prepared from aqueous sols of fibrillar pseudoboehmite are able to immobilize yeasts for ethanol fermentation of sugar solutions. This paper describes comparative results of assays carried out with yeasts immobilized onto alpha-alumina beads and membranes prepared under two different conditions of processing and firing. The fermentation tests evaluated by the decrease of fermentable sugars, referred as Brix degrees per hour, indicated that the yeasts immobilized on beads had similar performance, probably because their surfaces, even being morphologically different, presented the same value of open porosity. One type of membrane (asymmetrical; precursor: pseudoboehmite; firing temperature 1,150liC; crystal structure; alpha-alumina) had better performance than the other type (asymmetrical; precursor: fibrillar pseudoboehmite plus aluminum hydroxiacetate mixture; 1,150liC; alpha-alumina) because the yeast cells entered into their porous interior through the surface slits, were immobilized and their growth was easier than on the external surface.


Subject(s)
Ethanol , Yeasts/chemistry , Aluminum Oxide/analysis , Cells, Immobilized , Ethanol , Fermentation , Aluminum Oxide/metabolism , Production of Products
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 27(11): 2569-71, Nov. 1994.
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-153977

ABSTRACT

The use of alumina (Ó-Al2O3) as a material for cardiovascular applications was investigated on the basis of protein adsorption and thrombus formation on the material. The adsorption of 125I-labelled albumin and fibrinogen from phosphate buffered saline (pH 7.35, 0.100 M NaCl, 8.66 mM KH2PO4 and 41 mM Na2HPO4) solution on ceramic discs of alumina was studied. Both albumin and fibrinogen presented affinity for ceramic surfaces, with adsorptions of 1.47 + or - 0.6 ng/cm2 and 0.198 + or - 0.01 ng/cm2, respectively. Scanning electron micrographs of the Ó-Al2O3 surfaces after contact of the discs with whole human blood showed a thrombogenic behavior of alumina alpha. These results indicate a hemoincompatible property. Although critical surface tension (YC: 21.8 dynes/cm) of the disc surfaces determined by contact angle technique of sessile drops indicates that alumina alpha is a biocompatible material, by this criterion, the data reported here indicate that Ó-Al2O3 cannot be used for cardiovascular applications


Subject(s)
Humans , Blood Vessel Prosthesis , Ceramics , Aluminum Oxide/metabolism , Adsorption , Albumins/metabolism , Biocompatible Materials , Fibrinogen , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Platelet Activation , Blood Proteins/metabolism
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