Assessment of scientific programs: a necessary procedure for Brazilian scientific policy--the Young Investigator Program of the State of São Paulo Research Foundation.

abstract：:Establishment of infection by Trypanosoma cruzi, the agent of Chagas' disease, depends on a series of events involving interactions of diverse parasite molecules with host components. Here we focus on the mechanisms of target cell invasion by metacyclic trypomastigotes (MT) and mammalian tissue culture trypomastigotes...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Yoshida N

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Lippia (Verbenaceae) comprise around 160 species spread out mainly in South and Central Americas with few African species, some of them with potential medicinal use. Brazil is one the most important centers of diversity with approximately 75% of the species described so far. Innumerous species are endemic an...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sousa SM,Torres GA,Viccini LF

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane protein patterns in SDS-PAGE clearly characterized Azospirillum amazonense, A. brasilense, A. lipoferum, and Herbaspirillum seropedicae. Each species showed also a typical major band with approximate molecular weights (AMWs) of 44, 39.5, 35.5, and 37.5 Kdaltons for the four species respectively. Characteristi...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Dianese JC,Döbereiner J,Dos Santos LT

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we study the problem of modeling identification of a population employing a discrete dynamic model based on the Richards growth model. The population is subjected to interventions due to consumption, such as hunting or farming animals. The model identification allows us to estimate the probability or the ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Loibel S,Andrade MG,do Val JB,de Freitas AR

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The centesimal composition and the physical and chemical analyses of Lentinus strigosus, an edible mushroom occurring in the Brazilian Amazon and produced in alternative substrates based on wood and agroindustrial residues, were evaluated. For this purpose, the C, N, pH, soluble solids, water activity, protein, lipids...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sales-Campos C,Araujo LM,Minhoni MT,Andrade MC

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cyperaceae species are present in different ecosystems and constitute the herbaceous extract. Of the approximately 5,500 species of the family; a third has Kranz anatomy, representing an important characteristic of the taxonomy and phylogeny of the group. In Cyperus laxus L. (non-Kranz) and Fimbristylis dichotoma ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Martins S,Scatena VL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the polliniferous floral sources used by Apis mellifera (L.) (africanized) in an apiary situated in Pará de Minas, Minas Gerais state, and evaluate the pollen prefences among the beehives. Two beehives of Langstroth type with frontal pollen trap collectors were used. The harves...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： da Luz CF,Bacha Junior GL,Fonseca RL,Sousa PR

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro and in vivo activity of the Lippia alba essential oil (EO) against Aeromonas sp. was evaluated. In the in vitro assay the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and a minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of EO for Aeromonas cells were determined using the microdilution method. Twenty five strains of Aerom...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Sutili FJ,Cunha MA,Ziech RE,Krewer CC,Zeppenfeld CC,Heldwein CG,Gressler LT,Heinzmann BM,Vargas AC,Baldisserotto B

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue engineering holds as a prominent technique to repair or replace the damaged human parts to recreate its native function. In this research, a novel scaffold based on polyurethane (PU) comprising megni oil was electrospun for tissue engineering applications. The obtained polyurethane blended with megni oil nanofi...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Jaganathan SK,Mani MP,Supriyanto E

更新日期：2019-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro metabolism of a widespread natural product, trachyloban-19-oic acid (1), by the fungal species Mucor plumbeus was studied in a sucrose-yeast liquid medium. Two products were isolated, and their structures were determined by spectroscopic means as 7β-hydroxytrachyloban-19-oic acid (5) and trachyloban-19-O-...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos GFD,Takahashi JA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streamwater is affected by several processes in the watershed including anthropogenic activities that result in changes in water quality as well as in the functioning of these stream ecosystems. Therefore, this work aims to evaluate the concentration of major ions (Ca(2+), Mg(2+), Na(+), K(+), NH4(+), NO3(-), NO2(-), ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Silva DM,Camargo PB,McDowell WH,Vieira I,Salomão MS,Martinelli LA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation kinetics of vitamin C in different citrus juice types (tangerine, grapefruit, orange and lime) were investigated during four hours storage at temperatures of 4 and 25°C under different storage conditions in terms of light and oxygen presence. The loss of vitamin C at each sample followed the first-orde...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： NakilcioĞlu-TaŞ E,ÖtleŞ S

更新日期：2020-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of controlled atmosphere (CA) on quality preservation of 'Laetitia' plums, mainly on internal breakdown, in order to determine the best CA storage conditions. Two experiments were carried out one in 2010, and another in 2011. In 2010, besides cold storage (CS; 21....

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Steffens CA,do Amarante CV,Alves EO,Brackmann A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of different carbohydrate and lipid (CHO/L) ratios on the performance and energy metabolism of hybrid catfish (♂Pseudoplatystoma corruscans × ♀ Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum). One hundred and sixty-eight fish (104.9±16.5 g BW) were distributed into 24 100-L tanks. The ex...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Okamura D,Fortes-Silva R,Paulino RR,Araújo FG,Costa DVD,Pereira RT,Rosa PV

更新日期：2019-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This article analyzes the existing collaboration networks in the Brazilian scientific output in Evolutionary Biology, considering articles published during the period from 2000 to 2012 in journals indexed by Web of Science. The methodology integrates bibliometric techniques and Social Network Analysis resources to des...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santin DM,Vanz SA,Stumpf IR

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypostomus commersoni Valenciennes 1836, Hypostomus cordovae (Günther 1880) and Hypostomus laplatae (Eigenmann 1907) have been little studied since their original descriptions. This study shows a comprehensive review of these species from the Lower La Plata Basin, including their taxonomic history, distribution, color...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Cardoso YP,Brancolini F,Protogino L,Paracampo A,Bogan S,Posadas P,Montoya-Burgos JI

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agapanthus (Agapanthaceae) has 10 species described. However, most taxonomists differ respect to this number because the great phenotypic plasticity of the species. The cytogenetic has been an important tool to aid the plant taxon identification, and to date, all taxa of Agapanthus L'Héritier studied cytologically, pr...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Reis AC,Franco AL,Campos VR,Souza FR,Zorzatto C,Viccini LF,Sousa SM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to study the density of trichomes and hydrocarbons associated with the resistance by antixenosis of 42 subsamples of tomato plants from the Horticultural Germplasm Bank of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (HGB-UFV) to Liriomyza trifolii. These subsamples were studied in addition to 'Sa...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Fernandes ME,Fernandes FL,Silva DJ,Picanço MC,Jhamc GN,Carneiro PC,Queiroz RB

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bee Melipona scutellaris is considered the reared meliponine species with the largest distribution in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil, with records from the state of Rio Grande do Norte down to the state of Bahia. Considering the importance of this species in the generation of income for family agricultu...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Alves RM,Carvalho CA,Souza BA,Santos WS

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A soil isolate, Penicillium janthinellum sw09 has been found to produce significant amounts of an extracellular pectinase subsequently characterized as exo-polygalacturonase (exo-PG). By optimizing growth conditions, P. janthinellum sw09 produced high amount of exo-PG (16.54 units/mL). The crude enzyme was purified by...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Ma Y,Sun S,Hao H,Xu C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to investigate the phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of infusions of commercial herb samples (fennel, anise, peppermint, lemon grass and lemon balm) popularly consumed in Brazil. The infusion preparation for phenolic extraction was optimized using multivariate planning. Spectrophotomet...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Santos WNLD,MagalhÃes BEA

更新日期：2020-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological capability evaluation is referred to as evaluation of potential capability of land and determination of its natural land use. In this paper, ecological capability of Lille Basin in Lahijan was evaluated for afforestation and forest expansion using Geographical Information Systems (GIS). For this purpose, in...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Hashemi SA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we prove that the dimension of the second space of reduced L2 cohomology of M is finite if is a complete noncompact hypersurface in a sphere ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Zhu P

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Japanese Islands are covered with weathered volcanic rocks and soils. Terraced rice field are located in green-tuff areas which are very fertile but where landslides occur associated to strong earthquakes. The Xray diffraction and X-ray fluorescence analyses of the soils in landslide area identified predominant smecti...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Tazaki K

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera) is a major pest of soybean in the Brazil. It is known that the reduction of proteolytic activity by the ingestion of protease inhibitors reduces digestion and larval development of the insects. Control via inhibition of the digestive enzymes necessitates deeper knowledg...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Patarroyo-Vargas AM,Cordeiro G,Silva CRD,Silva CRD,Mendonça EG,Visôtto LE,Zanuncio JC,Campos WG,Oliveira MGA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seagrass beds are used by juvenile fishes in different ways, generally as nursery sites, shelter from predators, reducing competition and increasing availability of food resources, thus establishing a relationship of connectivity with other ecosystems. In the present study, the community structure of the ichthyofauna ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Pereira PH,Ferreira BP,Rezende SM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in this paper demonstrate that mitochondrial damage associated to NAD(P)+-induced Ca2+ efflux, is the consequence of inappropriate reaction conditions. The major findings are (i) Added oxaloacetate and acetoacetate readily oxidize NAD(P)H in intact rat liver mitochondria without causing swelling or membran...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Vercesi AE

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of this study was to test the hypothesis that there would be no difference between the biocompatibility of resin-modified glass ionomer cements. Sixty male Wistar rats were selected and divided into four groups: Control Group; Crosslink Group; RMO Group and Transbond Group. The materials were inserted into r...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Mesquita JA,Lacerda-Santos R,Sampaio GAM,Godoy GP,Nonaka CFW,Alves PM

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents information from different sampling surveys carried out along the Santa Catarina coast in order to outline the biogeographical characteristics of the zooplankton in this region and identify species or groups of species with potential use as bioindicators. Based on a checklist of species of the zoop...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Resgalla C Jr

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primaquine and chloroquine are used for the treatment of malaria; evidence from the literature suggests that these drugs may induce oxidative stress. In this study we investigated the effects of primaquine and chloroquine on oxidative damage and DNA damage in brain, liver and kidney of rats after 7, 14 and 21 days of ...

journal_title：Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

authors： Giovanella F,Ferreira GK,de Prá SD,Carvalho-Silva M,Gomes LM,Scaini G,Gonçalves RC,Michels M,Galant LS,Longaretti LM,Dajori AL,Andrade VM,Dal-Pizzol F,Streck EL,de Souza RP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00