Atualmente, a preocupação com a redução da poluição industrial tem motivado os pesquisadores na busca de novas tecnologias para o tratamento de resíduos industriais. Tecnologias limpas, como a eletrodiálise, são capazes de tratar alguns destes resíduos, como por exemplo o efluente da indústria de galvanoplastia, minimizando os impactos que ocorreriam caso eles fossem descartados diretamente no meio ambiente. O componente principal desta técnica é a membrana na qual ocorre a etapa de retirada dos íons da solução. Atualmente estas membranas são importadas e caras, o que justifica o desenvolvimento de membranas eficientes e acessíveis. Neste sentido, no presente trabalho membranas de poliestireno sulfonado/ poliestireno de alto impacto (SPS/HIPS), polianilina dopada com ácido canforsulfônico/ poliestireno sulfonado/ poliestireno de alto impacto (PAniCSA/SPS/HIPS), polianilina sulfonada/ poliestireno sulfonado/ poliestireno de alto impacto (SPAN/SPS/HIPS), e polianilina dopada com ácido p-tolueno sulfônico/ poliestireno sulfonado/ poliestireno de alto impacto (PAniTSA/SPS/HIPS) foram desenvolvidas usando o método de mistura química. As membranas foram caracterizadas utilizando as técnicas Análise termogravimétrica (TGA), Análise dinâmico Mecânica (DMA), e Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura (MEV). Membranas foram submetidas a curvas corrente-potencial e ensaios de eletrodiálise em soluções de NaCl e KCl, a fim de determinar o transporte iônico através das mesmas. Os resultados foram comparados com uma membrana comercial Selemion CMT. A extração percentual média para íons de Na+ obtidos pelas membranas desenvolvidas foi superior a 20%. / Nowadays the concern with the reduction of industrial pollution has motivated researchers to found out new technologies for treatment of industrial waste. The clean technologies, as electrodialysis, are capable of treating some these residues, as for example the galvanoplasty’s waste, minimizing the impacts that would happen to them if they were discarded directly on the environment. The main component of this technique is the membrane on which occurs the ions removal stage of the solution. The membranes are imported and expensive what justifies the development of efficient and accessible membranes. In this sense, in the present work membranes of sulfonated polystyrene / high impact polystyrene (SPS/HIPS), polyaniline doped with camphorsulfonic acid / sulfonated polystyrene / high impact polystyrene (PAniCSA/SPS/HIPS), sulfonated polyaniline/ sulfonated polystyrene / high impact polystyrene (SPAN/SPS/HIPS), and polyaniline doped with p-toluenesulfonic acid / sulfonated polystyrene / high impact polystyrene (PAniTSA/SPS/HIPS) were developed using chemical mixture method. Membranes were characterized by Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA), Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA) and Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM). Membranes were submitted to current-voltage curves and electrodialysis experiments with NaCl and KCl solutions, in order to determine ionic transport through them. Results were compared with a commercial membrane, Selemion CMT. The average percent extraction for Na+ ions obtained by membranes developed were beyond 20%.

Tabagistas atendem seletivamente a estímulos ambientais relacionados ao cigarro, um processo cognitivo implícito denominado viés na atenção (VA). Contudo, não está claro se o VA persiste em ex-fumantes. Por isso, avaliou-se a influência do tempo de abstinência no VA em 62 ex-fumantes (de 50±11 anos) através de uma tarefa de atenção visual em computador. Independente do tempo de abstinência, os participantes evitaram as pistas associadas ao tabaco. Esta esquiva foi mais pronunciada em tempos de exposição maiores. Os ex-fumantes também atribuíram pouca valência emocional às imagens associadas ao cigarro e reportaram índices baixos de fissura antes e após a tarefa. O VA negativo e a menor valência emocional destas pistas podem constituir um processo de modulação da atenção típico da abstinência prolongada, no qual estratégias cognitivas são empregadas para manter este estado. Os resultados obtidos contribuem para a compreensão da cognição implícita na adição e sua importância no tratamento e prevenção do tabagismo. / Smokers selectively attend to smoking-related cues, an implicit cognitive process called attentional bias (AB). However, it is unclear whether former smokers present AB. Therefore, we evaluated the influence of abstinence time in VA in 62 exsmokers (50 ± 11 years-old) through a visual probe task. Participants avoided smoking cues despite of abstinence time. This avoidance was more pronounced in longer stimuli exposition. Former smokers also attributed little emotional valence to smoking cues and reported low craving rates both before and after the task. The negative AB and low emotional valence of smoking cues might constitute a process of attentional modulation typical of longer abstinence, in which cognitive strategies are employed to maintain this state. The results contribute to the understanding of implicit cognition in addiction and its importance to smoking treatment and prevention.

Group commitments such as partisanship and religion can bias the way individuals seek information and weigh evidence. This psychological process can lead to distorted views of reality and polarization between opposing social groups. Substantial research confirms the existence and persistence of numerous identity-driven divides in society, but means of attenuating them remain elusive. However, because identity-protective cognition is driven by a need to maintain global and not domain specific integrity, researchers have found that affirming an unrelated core aspect of the self can eliminate the need for ego defense and result in more evenhanded evaluation. This study proposes a competing intervention. Individuals possess numerous social identities that contextually vary in relative prominence; therefore a different means to unbiased cognition may be to make many social identities salient simultaneously, reducing influence of any potentially threatened identity. This may also reduce selective exposure to congenial information, which has not been found with affirmation. This study also advances research on the phenomenon of selective exposure by considering individuals’ interpersonal networks in information search. Because networks are not static, and are instead contextually activated, inducing a more complex representational structure of the self may broaden the set of contacts from whom individuals seek information. The bias-mitigative potential of self-affirmation and social identity complexity is examined here in a series of dispute contexts — two partisan, one religious — over a mining spill, an advanced biofuels mandate, and gene editing technology. Results from the three experiments (total N = 1,257) show modest support for social identity complexity reducing group-alignment of beliefs, behavior, and information search, while affirmation failed to reduce, and in some cases increased, group alignment.

xii, 55 p. : ill. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Selective attention refers to perceptual selection and working memory refers to the active maintenance of mental representations. Selective attention and working memory are believed to be two of the most important functions in human cognition and have been intensively investigated in cognitive psychology. However, it is quite recent that the link between attention and working memory has been systematically researched. One question that remains controversial is the effect of working memory on attentional control with inconsistent results reported in the human psychophysical literature, despite clear and strong evidence from physiological studies with nonhuman primates that working memory is the main source of top-down attentional control. The main goal of the current study is to provide a plausible solution to the puzzle of attentional control by introducing the concept of goal-specificity and competition between working memory representations. I hypothesized that the strength of the biasing effect of working memory on attention depends on the specificity of representations in working memory, and developed an experimental paradigm (the goal-specificity paradigm) to test this hypothesis using psychophysical and neuroimaging methods. One of the most important manipulations in the goal-specificity paradigm is how specifically targets in different tasks are defined. The results demonstrate that there is competition between items in working memory for attentional control that is influenced by the specificity of each representation as well as task relevancy. Also, it is shown that the effect of goal-specificity is present in both spatial and temporal domains as revealed by visual search and rapid serial visual presentation tasks. The results suggest the possibility that the negligible effect of working memory in some previous studies may be due to insufficient specificity of the objects in working memory or to the presence of other specifically-defined information in working memory. Furthermore, based on the implication from the current study that goal-specificity has a significant influence on attentional control, I expect that the experimental paradigm introduced in the current study can be utilized as an objective psychophysical measure of attentional control. / Committee in charge: Margaret Sereno, Chairperson, Psychology; Scott Frey, Member, Psychology; Michael Wehr, Member, Psychology; Richard Taylor, Outside Member, Physics

Multiple theoretical frameworks posit that interactions between the autonomic nervous system and higher-order neural networks are crucial for cognitive regulation. However, few studies have directly examined whether autonomic physiology influences brain activity during cognitive tasks, and even fewer of those studies have examined both autonomic branches when doing so. Measures of selective attention derived from event-related brain potentials (ERPs) are particularly well-suited for addressing this question, given that ERP selective attention tasks are designed to control for the influences of psychomotor processes and arousal and are predictive of higher-order cognitive function in children and adults. Such research is particularly promising for understanding how early adversity impacts neurocognitive development in children, given that stress experienced early in life impacts both autonomic function and selective attention. Here, a broad literature review is presented, integrating findings across studies of autonomic physiology, cognition, and brain activity in children and adults (Chapter 1). Then, two experiments are described where cardiac measures of parasympathetic and sympathetic activity were recorded concurrently with ERPs during an auditory selective task in a sample of adults (Chapter 2) and in a sample of preschool-aged children (Chapter 3). Results from both experiments demonstrate a key role for the sympathetic nervous system in selective attention for adults and children, such that greater sympathetic activity is associated with larger effects of selective attention on ERPs. These findings are then reviewed with suggestions for how existing models of neurovisceral integration might be updated to better emphasize the role of sympathetic nervous system activity in neurocognitive processes, emphasizing measures of threat-related and reward-related arousal, as represented by galvanic skin response and pre-ejection period, respectively (Chapter 4). Future directions are also discussed, including recommendations for future studies of neurovisceral integration to examine associations between physiology, behavior, and brain activity at the single-trial level, to incorporate participants from more diverse backgrounds of life experience, and to examine the plasticity of autonomic mechanisms implicated in neurocognitive function.

Parents and Children Making Connections – Highlighting Attention (PCMC-A) is a dual-generation intervention program for families from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds that includes parenting training for parents and attention training for preschool-aged children. PCMC-A has been shown to impact brain function for selective attention in children, the ability to enhance relevant information and suppress competing, distracting information. With the goal of increasing our understanding of how PCMC-A operates to promote gains in child brain function for selective attention, the main objective of this dissertation was to test intervention-related changes in supportive parenting behaviors as an explanatory mechanism for the effect of PCMC-A on neural indices of selective attention. To better understand the profile of those who benefit from PCMC-A to different extents, we also examined moderators of the effect of PCMC-A on supportive parenting and on child brain function for selective attention. These questions were examined as part of the randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of PCMC-A on Head Start preschoolers and their parents, employing a multi-method approach. We found that participation in PCMC-A led to increases in specific aspects of supportive parenting behaviors coded from observed parent-child interactions, which were moderated by child and mother characteristics at the pre-assessment, including mother reports of child behavior problems, child age, and maternal interactive language use. We also replicated with a larger sample an effect of PCMC-A on child selective attention measured using the event-related potential technique, which was moderated by mother reports of child social skills at the pre-assessment. Even though we documented changes in both of these outcomes as a function of PCMC-A, we did not find evidence that changes in supportive parenting explained gains in child selective attention, suggesting that other explanatory mechanisms may be at play. Together, the findings of the present dissertation characterize the effect of PCMC-A on supportive parenting behaviors and child selective attention, begin to paint a picture of the families who benefit most and least from this intervention, and contribute to our understanding of the mechanisms through which PCMC-A impacts child brain function for selective attention. This dissertation includes unpublished co-authored material.

NASCIMENTO, Clesley Maria Tavares do.Educação Ambiental:Práxis educativa na conscientização da problemática do lixo. 2006. 116 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente - PRODEMA, Fortaleza-CE, 2006. / Submitted by demia Maia (demiamlm@gmail.com) on 2016-04-28T14:38:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_dis_cmtnascimento.pdf: 1035240 bytes, checksum: 0a8ea4807317f0fdf563cec054d0c866 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by demia Maia (demiamlm@gmail.com) on 2016-04-28T14:42:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_dis_cmtnascimento.pdf: 1035240 bytes, checksum: 0a8ea4807317f0fdf563cec054d0c866 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:42:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2006_dis_cmtnascimento.pdf: 1035240 bytes, checksum: 0a8ea4807317f0fdf563cec054d0c866 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / The basic reflection of this work isn’t restricted to waste selective recollection itself, but it is mainly linked to the educational aspect of it, putting it into context at the scholar environment and in the present day industrial capitalist society. Thus, a case study was carried out at Clóvis Beviláqua state school aiming to analyze a selective recollection project developed there, identifying the chief challenges and solutions found by its collaborators and whether that experience contributes to build a new paradigm before the problem of solid waste. We aimed to identify, during discussions about waste selective recollection, the way how we can build an environmental educational process concerned to solid waste at the core of scholar institutions. We chose the dialectical method to guide the inquiring look of the study, build a reflexive bridge between the capitalist productive system and the solid waste productive chain, revealing the dialectical nature of the considered social relations. The field work showed that the waste selective recollection trespasses the condition of simple recycling step, having a conscious and effective educational potential. If that recollection is developed under dialectical perspective, it contributes to develop a new position in relation to waste problems, not only attitudinal but social. Thus, it should be developed in all educational institutions. / A reflexão básica deste trabalho não se restringe à prática da coleta seletiva de lixo em si, mas se faz vinculada, principalmente, ao aspecto educacional da mesma, contextualizando-o no espaço escolar e na sociedade capitalista industrial contemporânea. Assim sendo, foi realizado um estudo de caso na escola pública estadual Clóvis Beviláqua com o intuito de analisar um projeto de coleta seletiva, ali desenvolvido, identificando os principais desafios e soluções encontradas por seus participantes na sua implementação, e se esta experiência contribui para a construção de uma nova postura diante da problemática dos resíduos sólidos. Buscou-se identificar, nas discussões levantadas a partir da coleta seletiva de lixo, como se constrói um processo educativo ambiental da problemática dos resíduos sólidos no interior das instituições escolares. Optou-se pelo método dialético para nortear o olhar investigativo do estudo, construindo uma ponte reflexiva entre o sistema produtivo capitalista e a cadeia produtiva dos resíduos sólidos, desvelando a dialética das relações sociais envolvidas. A pesquisa de campo mostrou que a coleta seletiva de lixo ultrapassa a condição de simples etapa da reciclagem e possui um significativo potencial educativo conscientizador. Se realizada sob a perspectiva dialética, contribui para o desenvolvimento de uma nova postura em relação à problemática do lixo; não apenas atitudinal, mas também societária; e deve, portanto, ser desenvolvida em todas as instituições educacionais.

O quartzo é um mineral abundante na crosta terrestre e pode ser valorizado através do design. A cor é um importante elemento de design e algumas gemas são incolores ou possuem cores e tonalidades pouco atrativas, necessitando de tratamento para serem revalorizadas. O intuito desta pesquisa é usar o recurso tecnológico da irradiação industrial para estudar parâmetros desse processo, a fim de gerar contribuições aos desenvolvedores de materiais gemológicos exclusivos e diferenciados ou de joias de arte (design autoral). Para isso, foram realizados experimentos com fonte panorâmica de Cobalto-60 estocada a seco, com aproximadamente 33398,34 TBq de atividade. Foram selecionadas variedades de quartzo de diferentes regiões brasileiras a fim de gerar materiais bicolores para futuro estudo do desenvolvimento de desenhos pela técnica de irradiação seletiva. A pesquisa foi dividida em duas etapas: 1) A primeira etapa consistiu no desenvolvimento de diretrizes, seleção de materiais e experimentos piloto. Foram testados principalmente variedades de quartzo provenientes do Rio Grande do Sul, 2) A segunda etapa consistiu na irradiação homogênea e seletiva do quartzo rosa de Águas vermelhas-MG e rosa-pálido límpido de Pedra Lavrada-PB. Com relação à irradiação homogênea, foi estudada a variação de tonalidade de cor obtida após a irradiação em amostras com diferentes espessuras e dose mínima e máxima da irradiação para alteração cromática; já com relação à irradiação seletiva, foi estudada a relação da espessura de amostras de chumbo para atenuação da irradiação, contraste de tonalidade resultante da atenuação, espessura de fresta entre as amostras de chumbo, afastamento da amostra em relação à atenuação provocada pelo chumbo, altura do experimento em relação à fonte de irradiação e sobreposição de doses para o desenvolvimento de efeito estético “xadrez”. A irradiação seletiva foi realizada através da atenuação da radiação gama com amostras de diferentes espessuras de chumbo, 20, 10, 5 e 3 cm. As espessuras das fatias polidas de quartzo para visualização da cor foram de 2 mm e 4 mm. Os resultados foram analisados por sistema de cores hue, saturation e brigh (HSB) de modo experimental, por espectrometria no Infravermelho (FTIR) e na região de luz visível (UV-Vis). Nesta pesquisa pôde-se destacar alguns parâmetros para a irradiação seletiva do quartzo rosa-pálido de Pedra Lavrada, PB, pois as outras variedades de quartzo não apresentaram aspectos tão interessantes. / Quartz is an abundant mineral in the earth's crust and can be enhanced by design. The color is an important design element and some gems are colorless or have unattractive colors and shades, requiring treatment to be enhanced. Among various ways to change or improve the color of a gem, gamma irradiation Cobalt-60 has been approved in the world trade. The purpose of this research is to use the installed resources of Brazilian industrial irradiation, to study parameters of this process to apply in design, in order to generate contributions to develop unique gemological materials or art jewelry (authorial design). For this, experiments were conducted with a dry stored panoramic source of Cobalt-60, with approximately 33,398.34 terabecquerel (TBq) activity. Different quartz varieties of several Brazilian regions were selected in order to produce bi-colored materials, for development of future drawing studies by selective irradiation techniques. The research was separated into two stages: 1) The first step was the development of guidelines, materials selection and pilot experiments, being tested mainly quartz varieties from Rio Grande do Sul, 2) The second step was of homogeneous and selective irradiation of massive pink quartz of Águas Vermelhas-MG and clear pale pink quartz of Pedra Lavrada-PB. In the homogeneous irradiation studies, the variation in shade obtained after irradiation (in different thicknesses of samples) and maximum and minimum dose of radiation to color change was analyzed; In the selective irradiation, it was studied the relation between the thickness of lead samples to the radiation attenuation, the final color tone contrast attenuation, thickness gap between the lead samples, the sample distance from the lead, in relation to the radiation attenuation, elevations of the experiment samples relative to the irradiation source, and overlapping doses to the development of a “chess” aesthetic effect. Selective irradiation was performed through the attenuation of gamma radiation with lead samples of thickness of, 10, 20, 5 and 3 cm. The thicknesses of quartz polished slices for color visualization was of 2 mm and 4 mm. The results were analyzed by experimental color systems that include hue, saturation and bright (HSB) analysis, by Infrared (FT-IR) and visible light region (UV-Vis) spectrometry. In this research it was possible to point out some parameters for selective irradiation of pale pink quartz of Pedra Lavrada-PB, once the other quartz varieties tested did not present such interesting results.

A fotocatálise heterogênea é um processo que apresenta baixa seletividade de degradação. Nesse sentido, a síntese de materiais dotados de impressão molecular (IM) deve ajudar a contornar este problema. Os fotocatalisadores dotados de IM foram sintetizados de acordo com duas classes: uma inorgância (via diferentes rotas sol-gel e TEOS como percursor de sílica) e outra orgânica (via impressão não-covalente por precipitação e ácido metacrílico como monômero). No caso da primeira, a impressão molecular foi investigada através do uso de corante (rodamina B) e diferentes fármacos como template (substrato molde). No caso da matriz orgânica, o fármaco diclofenaco foi usado como molécula template. Os materiais foram caracterizados por análises texturais, estruturais e morfológicas. Com respeito à matriz à base de sílica, os sistemas com maiores valores de área específica foram observados pela rota ácida. Como efeito da rota, foi observado que a rota ácida apresentou um fator de seletividade 47% maior que a rota não-hidrolítica em testes de adsorção seletiva. Os resultados obtidos por análise de isotermas também convergem no sentido de revelarem que a rota ácida apresentou a maior capacidade de adsorção (997,9 mg/g) dentre as diferentes rotas de síntese pelo método sol-gel. Nos ensaios de fotocatálise (rodamina como template), foi conseguido um aumento de seletividade e competitividade na fotodegradação da rodamina de até 187% e 290%, respectivamente, comparado ao P25 (amostra comercial de TiO2). Quanto ao uso de fármacos como template em matriz inorgânica, os fotocatalisadores com impressão molecular obtiveram um aumento na adsorção e fotodegradação de até 751 e 427%, respectivamente, em comparação ao P25. Os materiais baseados em matriz orgânica também apresentaram seletividade em comparação ao P25. O valor médio do coeficiente de seletividade (estimado a partir da degradação de moléculas não-alvo, a fluxetina e o paracetamol) foi estimado em 2,8 – portanto sugerindo que a presença de cavidades tridimensionais é um dos principais fatores da seletividade observada. Com o objetivo de explorar o potencial de adsorção das cavidades de impressão molecular, os estudos dos fotocatalisadores seletivos com adição de P25 foram conduzidos de maneira a manter baixa a concentração de TiO2 (de 7 a 44 mg/L em cada teste fotocatalítico). Estudos de reuso do fotocatalisador (com e sem regeneração) também foram conduzidos. Tanto os materiais de matriz inorgânica como orgânica mantiveram em pelo menos 60% da eficiência fotocatalítica original após vários ciclos. / Heterogeneous photocatalysis is a process that has a low selectivity for degradation. In this sense, the synthesis of materials with molecularly imprinting (MI) should help to overcome this problem. The photocatalyst containing MI was synthesized according to two classes: An inorganic one (via different sol-gel routes and TEOS as silica precursor) and an organic one (via non-covalent imprinting by precipitation having methacrylic acid as monomer). In the first case, MI was investigated by use of the dye (rhodamine B) and several pharmaceutical compounds as template. In case the organic matrix, diclofenac was used as the template molecule. The samples were extensively characterized by textural, structural and morphological analysis. With respect to the silica-based matrix, the systems with larger surface area values were obtained by acid route. As effect of the route, it was observed that the acid route showed a selectivity factor 47% higher than that of the non-hydrolytic route in selective adsorption tests. Among the different synthesis routes prepared by sol-gel method, the isotherms analysis showed that acid route has the highest adsorption capacity (997.9 mg/g). Compared to the P25 (commercial sample of TiO2), the photocatalysis assays (rhodamine as the template) have shown an increase in selectivity and competitiveness up to 187% and 290%, respectively. Regarding the use of pharmaceutical as template in the inorganic matrix, the imprinted photocatalyst had an increase in adsorption and photodegradation up to 751 and 427%, respectively. The systems based on the organic matrix have also showed selectivity compared to the P25. The mean value of selectivity coefficient for degradation (estimated from the non-target molecules, such as fluoxetine and paracetamol) was estimated to be 2.8 – thus, suggesting that the presence of three-dimensional cavities is a major factor in the observed selectivity. In order to explore the full potential of adsorption from the MI cavities, the photocatalyst containing P25 were prepared with the low concentration of TiO2 (from 7 to 44 mg/L in each photocatalytic test). The reuse of photocatalysts (with and without regeneration) was also studied. Both inorganic and organic matrix retained at least 60% of the original efficiency after several cycles.

Este ensaio clinico randomizado controlado avaliou a eficácia do uso da proteção pulpar indireta com cimento de hidróxido de cálcio (HC) ou sistema adesivo universal (AU) num período de seis meses de acompanhamento em lesões profundas de cáries em dentes permanentes após a remoção seletiva de tecido cariado (RSTC). Métodos: Participaram do estudo 48 pacientes, (mediana de idade de 27 anos [distribuição 7-54 anos]), com 41 molares e 15 premolares com lesões profundas de cárie (envolvimento radiográfico ≥50% de profundidade de dentina), sensibilidade pulpar positiva ao teste frio (gás refrigerado, -50°C, Maquira, PR, Brasil), ausência de dor espontânea, sensibilidade negativa aos testes de percussão, ausência de perda cuspídea e ausência de imagem radiográfica sugestiva de lesão periapical (radiografia periapical - VistaScan®). Após a remoção seletiva de tecido cariado para dentina amolecida, o grupo teste do ensaio recebeu um sistema adesivo universal (Universal single bond, 3M Espe, Brasil), enquanto o grupo controle recebeu a proteção pulpar indireta com cimento de hidróxido de cálcio (Dycal, Dentisply, Rj, Brasil). Todos os dentes foram imediatamente restaurados seguindo o condicionamento ácido seletivo em esmalte, aplicação de um sistema adesivo universal (AU) e resina composta nanoparticulada (Filtek Z350, 3M Espe, SP, Brasil). O desfecho de sucesso para vitalidade pulpar avaliou após seis meses: sensibilidade pulpar positiva ao teste frio, ausência de imagem sugestiva de lesão periapical (radiografia periapical - VistaScan®), ausência de dor espontânea e sensibilidade negativa à percussão vertical. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de sobrevida de Kaplan-Meier e teste Log Rank, e as variáveis idade (mediana), gênero, escolaridade, IPV, ISG, CPO-D, CPO-S, número de faces da restauração, tipo do dente, proteção pulpar indireta, profundidade da lesão (≥50% da profundidade da dentina ou ≥75% da profundidade da dentina) e presença de antagonista, quanto as suas distribuições nos dois grupos de tratamento pelos testes qui-quadrado e de Mann-Whitney. Resultados: As taxas de sucesso foram de 93.3% para o grupo controle (HC) e de 95.8% para o grupo teste (AU) (P=0.976). Dois casos de insucesso foram registrados, sendo necrose pulpar (grupo controle) e pulpite (grupo teste). As variáveis analisadas no início do estudo mostram uma amostra igualmente distribuída entre os grupos de tratamento. Nenhuma das variáveis foi relacionada ao insucesso. Os resultados sugerem que não há diferença entre o uso ou não de HC na proteção pulpar indireta após remoção 7 seletiva de tecido cariado em seis meses de acompanhamento, apresentando uma taxa de sucesso alta independente do tratamento. / This randomized controlled clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness of using indirect pulp protection with calcium hydroxide liner (CH) or universal adhesive (UA) over a period of 6 months in deep caries lesions on permanent teeth after selective removal to soft dentin (SCRSD). Methods: The sample consisted of 41 molars and 15 premolars (with radiographic involvement of the inner half of the dentin), from 48 patients, (median age 27 [distribution 7-54 years]), with positive response to cold test (refrigerated gas, -50 °C, Maquira, PR, Brazil), absence of spontaneous pain, negative sensitivity to percussion tests, absence of cuspid loss and absence of radiographic imaging suggestive of periapical lesion (periapical radiography). After the selective removal to soft dentin, the test group received a universal adhesive system (Universal Single Bond, 3M Espe, Brazil) whereas the control group received indirect pulp protection with calcium hydroxide liner (Dycal, Dentisply, Rj, Brazil). All teeth were restored following selective acid condition for enamel, adhesive system (UA) and nanoparticulate composite resin (Filtek Z350, 3M Espe, SP, Brazil). The successful outcome for pulp vitality assessed after six months: positive pulpal sensitivity to the cold test, absence of image suggestive of periapical lesion (periapical radiography - VistaScan®), absence of spontaneous pain and negative response to vertical percussion test. The results were submitted to the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and the Log Rank test and the variables: age of subjects, gender, schooling, plaque index, gingival bleeding index, DMF-T, DMF-S, number of surfaces involved in the filling, type of the tooth, indirect pulp material, size of lesion (≥50% of dentine or ≥75% of dentine) and antagonist, analyzed for their distribution in the two treatment groups by the tests chi-square and Mann-Whitney. Results: The success rates were 93.3% for the control group (CH) and 95.8% for the test group (UA) (P=0,976). Only two cases of failure were recorded, one pulp necrosis (control group) and pulpitis (test group). The variables analyzed at the beginning of the study show a similarly distributed sample between treatment groups. The results suggest that there is no difference between the use of CH or UA in indirect pulp protection after SCRSD followed by composite restoration at six months of follow-up, showing a high rate of success for both treatments.