Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:07:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 FlaviaMA_TESE_partes_autorizadas.pdf: 1059426 bytes, checksum: e2aa7ae9084b3b21cbc8a9c274f271a1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-11-13 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Alternative and clean energy generation research has been intensified in last decades. Among the alternatives, fuel cells are one of the most important. There are different types of fuel cells, among which stands out intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell (IT-SOFC) matter of the present work. For application as cathode on this type of devices, the ceramic Ba0.5Sr0.5C0.8Fe0.2O3-? doped with rare earth ions (Nd, Sm) have been quite promising because they show good ionic conductivity and operate at relatively low temperatures (500 - 800?C). In this work, Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-?, (BaSr)0.5Sm0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3-? and (BaSr)0.5Nd0.5C0.8Fe0.2O3-? were obtained by modified Pechini method, making use of gelatin as polymerizing agent. The powders were characterized by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Temperature Programmed Reduction (TPR) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The perovskite phase was observed in all X-ray patterns for the materials Ba0.5Sr0.5C0.8Fe0.2O3-? doped with rare earth ions (Nd, Sm). The SEM images showed that the materials have a characteristics porous, with very uniform pore distribution, which are favorable for application as cathodes. Subsequently, screen-printed assymmetrical cells were studied by impedance spectroscopy, to assess the kinetics of the cathode for the reduction reaction of oxygen. The best resistance to the specific area was found for the cathode BSSCF sintered at 1050 ?C for 4 hours with around 0.15 ?.cm2 at 750 ?C as well as cathodes BSNCF and BSCF obtained resistances specific area of 0.2 and 0.73 ?.cm2, respectively, for the same conditions. The polarization curves showed similar behavior to the best cathodes BSSCF and BSNCF, such combination of properties indicates that the film potentially depict good performance as IT-SOFC cathodes / Pesquisas voltadas para formas alternativas e n?o poluentes de gera??o de energia que v?m se intensificando. Entre essas, destacam-se as c?lulas a combust?vel de ?xido s?lido de temperatura intermedi?ria (IT-SOFC). Para aplica??o como catodo deste tipo de dispositivo, os ?xidos cer?micos Ba0,5Sr0,5C0,8Fe0,2O3-? dopadas com ?ons de terras raras (Nd, Sm) t?m se mostrado bastante promissores pelo fato de possu?rem boa condutividade i?nica e operarem em temperaturas relativamente baixas (500-800?C). Neste trabalho, Ba0,5Sr0,5C0,8Fe0,2O3-? (BSCF), (BaSr)0,5Sm0,5C0,8Fe0,2O3-? (BSSCF) e (BaSr)0,5 Nd0,5C0,8Fe0,2O3-? (BSNCF) foram obtidos pelo m?todo Pechini modificado, fazendo uso de gelatina que atua como agente polimerizante e coordenante. Os p?s obtidos foram caracterizados por Difra??o de Raios X (DRX), Redu??o ? Temperatura Programada (RTP) e Microscopia Eletr?nica de Varredura (MEV) e Microscopia Eletr?nica de Transmiss?o (MET). A fase perovsquita foi evidenciada em todos os difratogramas de raios X nos ?xidos Ba0,5Sr0,5C0,8Fe0,2O3-? dopados com ?ons de terras raras (Nd, Sm). As imagens de MEV evidenciaram que o p? obtido ? poroso, o que favorece seu uso como c?todos. Posteriormente, foram preparadas c?lulas assim?tricas por screen-pritting para estudos de microestrutura e de espectroscopia de imped?ncia, a fim de avaliar a cin?tica de c?todo da rea??o de redu??o do oxig?nio no c?todo. A melhor resist?ncia ? ?rea espec?fica foi encontrada para o c?todo BSSCF sinterizado a 1050 ?C durante 4 horas com 0,15 ?.cm2 na temperatura de 750?C, bem como os c?todos BSNCF e BSCF obtiveram resist?ncias ? ?rea espec?fica de 0,20 e 0,73 ?.cm2 , respectivamente, para as mesmas condi??es. As curvas de polariza??o demonstraram comportamentos semelhantes aos melhores c?todos BSSCF e BSNCF, sendo assim, adequados para aplica??o como material cat?dico nas SOFC

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No. of bitstreams: 5 saulo.pdf: 2174121 bytes, checksum: 837d6359c95ce3c616f0b0f600ff2489 (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 3d480ae6c91e310daba2020f8787d6f9 (MD5) license_text: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) license_rdf: 23898 bytes, checksum: e363e809996cf46ada20da1accfcd9c7 (MD5) license.txt: 2109 bytes, checksum: aa477231e840f304454a16eb85a9235f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Muito ainda se discute com rela??o ? fisiopatologia das les?es perif?ricas de c?lulas gigantes (LPCG) e les?es centrais de c?lulas gigantes (LCCG). Ambas as les?es apresentam caracter?sticas cl?nicas distintas, apesar de possu?rem caracter?sticas histol?gicas semelhantes. Assim, estudos imunoistoqu?micos em LPCG e LCCG est?o sendo realizados, para permitir um melhor entendimento dessas les?es. Tem sido relatado que a express?o aumentada de FASN e a angiog?nese est?o diretamente ligadas com desenvolvimento dos tumores. No entanto, ainda n?o se sabe se estes eventos est?o envolvidos na patog?nese das LPCG e LCCG. O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a express?o de FASN e o grau de angiog?nese entre LPCG e LCCG, al?m de verificar a correla??o entre essas vari?veis. Assim, 13 casos de LCCG e 14 casos de LPCG foram selecionados para an?lise da express?o imunoistoqu?mica de FASN, CD34, CD105 e D2-40. A express?o de FASN foi avaliada nos componentes celulares da les?o, seguida da mensura??o da densidade microvascular (DMV) e ?rea microvascular (AMV) para cada uma das amostras selecionadas. Os dados coletados foram submetidos ? an?lise descritiva e sequencialmente aos testes de Mann Whitney, teste t para amostras independentes e testes de correla??o de Pearson e Spearman. Os resultados do nosso estudo indicam que: (1) n?o h? diferen?as na imunoexpress?o de FASN entre os grupos de les?es (CM ? 8% FASN+ / CGM ? 38% FASN+); (2) LPCG possuem maior DMV em CD34; n?o houve diferen?as na DMV em CD105 e D2-40 entre as les?es. A AMV em LPCG foi maior que em LCCG para CD34, CD105 e D2-40; (3) em LPCG houve correla??o positiva entre (CM ? FASN+ com DMV/CD105); (4) nas LCCG houve correla??o positiva entre (CM ? FASN+ com DMV/CD105), (CM ? FASN+ com AMV/CD105 e CD34), (CGM ? FASN+ com AMV/CD105). A partir dos resultados obtidos concluiu-se que os n?veis similares da express?o imunoistoqu?mica de FASN indicam processos constitutivos da manuten??o tissular de ambas as les?es. No entanto, as diferen?as na vasculariza??o, entre os grupos de les?es, parecem ser influenciadas por CM positivas para FASN. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Odontologia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, 2012. / ABSTRACT There is still a lot of discussion about the pathophysiology of Peripheral Giant Cell Lesion (PGCL) and Central Giant Cell Lesion (CGCL). These lesions show distinct clinical features, although they have similar histological characteristics. Thus, immunohistochemical studies in PGCL and CGCL are being done to improve understanding these diseases. It has been reported that high level of FASN and angiogenesis are linked with tumors development. However, remains unknown whether these events are involved in the pathogenesis of LPCG and LCCG. The aim of this research was to study FASN expression and angiogenesis degree between PGCL and CGCL, in addition, verify the correlation between this variables. Thus, 13 cases of CGCL and 14 cases of PGCL were selected and examined by immunoexpression of FASN, CD34, CD105 and D2-40. The immunoexpression of FASN was assessed in components cells of lesions, followed by measurement of Microvassel Density (MVD) and Microvassel Area (MVA) for each selected sample. Data collected was submitted to descriptive analysis and followed by Mann Whitney test, ?t? test to independent samples and Person?s and Spearman?s correlation. The results of this study indicate that: (1) there are no differences in FASN immunoexpression between group lesions (MC ? 8% FASN+ / MGC ? 38% FASN+); (2) PGCL have greater MVD in CD34 than CGCL; there are no MDV differences in CD105 and D2-40 between lesions. PGCL have greater MVA in CD34, CD105 and D2-40 than CGCL; (3) in PCGL there was a positive correlation between (MC ? FASN+ and MVD/CD105); (4) in CGCL there was a positive correlation between (MC ? FASN+ and MVD/CD105), (MC ? FASN+ and MVA/CD105 and CD34), (MGC ? FASN+ and MVA/CD105). With base on these results it is concluded that similar expression of FANS levels indicate constituent process of tissue maintenance in both lesions. On the other hand, differences on angiogenesis between lesions seem be influenced by FASN+ mononuclear cells.

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O desencadeamento da doen?a ? relacionado ? exposi??o aos fatores de risco e ao decl?nio da fun??o imune associada ao envelhecimento cronol?gico. Alguns estudos t?m demonstrado um aumento na incid?ncia de CECO em adultos jovens, sugerindo envolvimento de outros fatores na etiologia da doen?a, como uma altera??o do sistema imunol?gico. As c?lulas dendr?ticas (CDs) s?o c?lulas apresentadoras de ant?geno profissionais e estimuladoras eficazes para a expans?o clonal de linf?citos. Acredita-se que uma altera??o da fun??o das CDs em pacientes com c?ncer contribui para a falha da resposta antitumoral, levando a uma consequente progress?o da doen?a. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar, atrav?s da imunoistoqu?mica, se h? diferen?a na quantifica??o tissular dos subgrupos de CDs, associada ? idade, em esp?cimes de bi?psias de CECO. Para isso, foram selecionados casos de CECO de pacientes em tr?s diferentes faixas et?rias: G1 (< 40 anos de idade, n = 12), G2 (? 40 at? < 60 anos de idade, n = 15) e G3 (? 60 anos de idade, n = 14). Os marcadores utilizados foram S100, CD1a, CD207 (para CDs imaturas, imCDs), CD83 e CD208 (para CDs maduras, mCDs). As imagens foram capturadas dos campos com maior intensidade de marca??o nas l?minas histol?gicas e a quantifica??o celular foi realizada com o aux?lio do software Image J. A frequ?ncia e localiza??o das CDs foram avaliadas e analizadas estatisticamente nas regi?es intratumoral (intertumoral e ou estromal) e extratumoral. No geral, imCDs foram significativamente mais frequentes que mCDs em todos os grupos. ImCDs e mCDs mostraram preferencialmente localiza??o intratumoral e extratumoral respectivamente. Comparando G1 versus G2 / G3 foi observada um significativo menor n?mero de mCDs em G1. Na compara??o de G1 em rela??o a G2 ou G3 houve um n?mero significativamente menor de ambas, imCDs e mCDs. Nossos resultados mostram que existe uma menor quantidade de imCDs e mCDs em CECO afetando pacientes jovens em compara??o com idosos, sugerindo um comprometimento da resposta imune antitumoral em G1e permitindo a progress?o do tumor. / Disserta??o (Mestrado) ? Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Odontologia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, [2016]. / Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is a malignant neoplasm that mainly affects elderly people. The onset of the disease is related with exposure to risk factors and the decline of immune function associated with chronological aging. Previous studies have demonstrated an increased incidence of CECO in young adults, suggesting involvement of other factors in the etiology of the disease, such as a change in the immune system. Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen presenting cells and effective for stimulating clonal expansion of lymphocytes. It is believed that a change in the function of DC in cancer patients contributes to the failure of the anti-tumor response, leading to a consequent progression of the disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate, by immunohistochemistry, if there were differences in tissue quantification of DCs subsets, associated with age in specimens of OSCC biopsies. For this OSCC cases were selected at three different ages: G1 (< 40 years old, n = 12), G2 (? 40 to <60 years old, n = 15) and G3 (? 60 years old, n = 14). The markers used were S100, CD1a, CD207 (for immature DCs, imDCs), CD83 and CD208 (for mature DCs, mDCs). Images were captured from fields with higher intensity staining in histological sections and cell quantification was performed with Image J software help. The frequency and localization of immunostained DCs were analyzed in intratumoral (intranestal and/or extranestal) and extratumoral areas and statistically compared. Overall, imDCs than mDCs were significantly more frequent in all groups. ImDCs and mDCs showed preferential intratumoral and extratumoral localization, respectivel. Comparing G1 than G2/G3 showed a significant lesser number of mDCs. G1 versus G2 or G3 there is a significantly lower number of both imDCs and mDCs. Our results show a lower number of both imDCs and mDCs in OSCC affecting younger than elderly patients, suggesting impairment of an effective antitumor immune response in G1 and enabling tumor progression, showing a gradual establishment of the antitumor immune response mediated by DCs according to the age, but with defects in quality.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CinthiaBST.pdf: 1239764 bytes, checksum: b0f986e10d6574ec55e837255b634b41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-11 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / The exopolysaccharides are extracellular compounds produced by some species of fungi and bacteria. It is suggested that these molecules, even when in the form of complex polysaccharide-peptide, are the main bioactive molecules of many fungus. Some of the biological activities displayed by these compounds can be accentuated and others may arise when you add chemically polar or nonpolar groups to polysaccharides. The fruiting body of Pleurotus sajor-caju produces a heteropolysaccharide with antineoplastic and antimicrobial activity, but other biological activities of this polymer have not been evaluated. In this work the exopolysaccharide of Pleurotus sajor-caju was sulfated chemically and structurally characterized. We also evaluated the antiproliferative, antioxidant and anticoagulant activities from native exopolysaccharide (PN) and its sulfated derivated (PS). Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance (??C) proved successful in sulfation of PN to obtain PS. Analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy showed that PN and PS are composed of mannose, galactose, 3-O-methyl-galactose and glucose in proportion percentage of 44,9:16,3:19,8:19 and 49, 7:14,4:17,7:18,2, respectively. The percentage of sulfate found in PS was 22.5%. Antioxidants assays revealed that the sulfation procedure affects differently the activities of exopolysaccharides, while the total antioxidant capacity, the scavenging activity of superoxide radical and ferric chelating were not affected by sulfation, on the other hand the chemical modification of PN enhanced the scavenging activity of hydroxyl radical and reducing power. PS also showed anticoagulant activity in a dose-dependent manner and clotting time was 3.0 times higher than the baseline value in APTT at 2 mg/mL. The exopolysaccharide not presented antiproliferative activity against HeLa tumor cells, but PS affects the cellular proliferation in a time-dependent manner. After 72 h, the inhibition rate of PS (2.0 mg/mL) on HeLa cells was about 60%. The results showed that PN sulfation increase some of their activities. / Os exopolissacar?deos s?o compostos extracelulares produzidos por algumas esp?cies de fungos e bact?rias. ? sugerido que estas mol?culas, inclusive quando na forma de complexo polissacar?deo-pept?deo, s?o as principais mol?culas bioativas de v?rios fungos. Muitas das atividades biol?gicas apresentadas por esses compostos podem ser acentuadas e outras podem surgir quando se adiciona quimicamente aos polissacar?deos grupamentos polares ou apolares. O corpo de frutifica??o de Pleurotus sajor-caju produz um heteropolissacar?deo com atividade antioneopl?sica e antimicrobiana, contudo outras atividades biol?gicas desse pol?mero ainda n?o foram avaliadas. Neste trabalho o exopolissacar?deo de Pleurotus sajor-caju foi sulfatado quimicamente e caracterizado estruturalmente. Tamb?m foram avaliadas as atividades antiproliferativa, antioxidante e anticoagulante do exopolissacar?deo nativo (PN) e de seu derivado sulfatado (PS). Eletroforese em gel de agarose, espectroscopia de infravermelho e resson?ncia magn?tica nuclear (??C) comprovaram o sucesso na sulfata??o de PN para a obten??o de PS. An?lise por cromatografia gasosa acoplada a espectroscopia de massa mostrou que PN e PS s?o constitu?dos de manose, galactose, 3-O-metil-galactose e glicose na propor??o percentual de 44,9:16,3:19,8:19 e 49,7:14,4:17,7:18,2, respectivamente. O percentual de sulfato encontrado em PS foi de 22,5%. Testes antioxidantes revelaram que o processo de sulfata??o influencia de forma diferente nas atividades do exopolissacar?deo. Enquanto a capacidade antioxidante total, a capacidade de seq?estro de radical super?xido e a quela??o f?rrica n?o foram influenciadas pela sulfata??o, essa potencializou a atividade seq?estradora de radicais hidroxila e o poder redutor do exopolissacar?deo. Ap?s o processo de sulfata??o o exopolissacar?deo passou a apresentar atividade anticoagulante de forma dose-dependente, triplicando o tempo de coagula??o em rela??o ao controle numa concentra??o de aproximadamente 2 mg/mL. O exopolissacar?deo n?o apresentou atividade antiproliferativa frente ?s c?lulas tumorais HeLa, por?m ap?s sulfata??o ele passou a apresentar essa atividade de forma tempo- ependente, chegando a inibir em 60% a taxa de prolifera??o das c?lulas com 2 mg/mL, ap?s 72 h de exposi??o. Os resultados aqui obtidos mostraram que a sulfata??o do exopolissacar?deo potencializou algumas de suas atividades.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:03:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RaquelHBA_DISSERT.pdf: 1772501 bytes, checksum: 51cea5d11ac1524fb197874e85c15f64 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-20 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Heparin is a pharmaceutical animal widely used in medicine due to its potent anticoagulant effect. Furthermore, it has the ability to inhibit the proliferation, invasion and adhesion of cancer cells to vascular endothelium. However, its clinical applicability can be compromised by side effects such as bleeding. Thus, the search for natural compounds with low bleeding risk and possible therapeutic applicability has been targeted by several research groups. From this perspective, this study aims to evaluate the hemorrhagic and anticoagulant activities and citotoxic effect for different tumor cell lines (HeLa, B16-F10, HepG2, HS-5,) and fibroblast cells (3T3) of the Heparin-like from the crab Chaceon fenneri (HEP-like). The HEP-like was purified after proteolysis, ion-exchange chromatography, fractionation with acetone and characterized by electrophoresis (agarose gel) and enzymatic degradation. Hep-like showed eletroforetic behavior similar to mammalian heparin, and high trisulfated /Nacetylated disaccharides ratio. In addition, HEP-like presented low in vitro anticoagulant activity using aPTT and a minor hemorrhagic effect when compared to mammalian heparin. Furthermore, the HEP-like showed significant cytotoxic effect (p<0.001) on HeLa, HepG2 and B16-F10 tumor cells with IC50 values of 1000 ug/mL, after incubation for 72 hours. To assess the influence of heparin-like on the cell cycle in HeLa cells, analysis was performed by flow cytometry. The results of this analysis showed that HEP-like influence on the cell cycle increasing S phase and decreasing phase G2. Thus, these properties of HEP-like make these compounds potential therapeutic agents / A heparina ? um agente farmac?utico amplamente utilizado em medicina devido ao seu potente efeito anticoagulante. Al?m disso, tem a capacidade de inibir a prolifera??o, invas?o e ades?o de c?lulas cancerosas ao endot?lio vascular. No entanto, a sua aplicabilidade cl?nica pode ser comprometida por efeitos secund?rios tais como hemorragia. Assim, a busca de compostos naturais com baixo risco hemorr?gico e poss?vel aplicabilidade terap?utica tem sido alvo de v?rios grupos de pesquisa. A partir desta perspectiva, este estudo visa avaliar as atividades hemorr?gica, anticoagulante e efeito citot?xico para as diferentes linhagens de c?lulas tumorais (HeLa, B16-F10, HepG2, HS-5,) e c?lulas de fibroblastos (3T3) proporcionadas pelo composto tipo heparina obtido do caranguejo Chaceon fenneri. Dessa forma, o composto foi purificado ap?s prote?lise, cromatografia de troca i?nica e fracionamento com acetona, e caracterizado por eletroforese em gel de agarose e degrada??o enzim?tica. O composto em estudo mostrou comportamento eletrofor?tico semelhante ? heparina de mam?fero, e alta raz?o de propor??o de dissacar?deos trissulfatado / N-acetilado. Al?m disso, o composto apresentou baixa atividade anticoagulante in vitro usando aPTT e um efeito hemorr?gico menor quando comparado com heparina de mam?fero. O composto tipo heparina obtido do caranguejo Chaceon fenneri mostrou efeito citot?xico significativo (p <0,001) em c?lulas linhagens de c?lulas tumorais HeLa, HepG2 e B16-F10 com valores de IC50 de 1000 ug / mL, ap?s a incuba??o durante 72 horas. Para avaliar a influ?ncia do composto sobre o ciclo celular em c?lulas HeLa, foi realizada uma an?lise por citometria de fluxo. Os resultados desta an?lise mostraram que a influ?ncia do composto sobre o ciclo celular aumenta a fase S e diminui a fase G2. Assim, essas propriedades do composto tipo heparina obtido do caranguejo Chaceon fenneri sugerem este composto como um agente terap?utico em potencial

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-02-29T22:55:50Z No. of bitstreams: 1 StefaniaJeronimoFerreira_TESE.pdf: 1963411 bytes, checksum: 83b197f2ea9b0bdbd5ac4b4732412733 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-02T19:57:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 StefaniaJeronimoFerreira_TESE.pdf: 1963411 bytes, checksum: 83b197f2ea9b0bdbd5ac4b4732412733 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-02T19:57:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 StefaniaJeronimoFerreira_TESE.pdf: 1963411 bytes, checksum: 83b197f2ea9b0bdbd5ac4b4732412733 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-24 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico - CNPq / As vias de reparo por excis?o de base (BER) e por excis?o de nucleot?deo (NER) desempenham um papel crucial na manuten??o da integridade gen?mica. Polimorfismos em genes das vias BER e NER, que modulam a capacidade de reparo do DNA, podem estar relacionados ao risco de desenvolvimento e progn?stico do c?ncer oral. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo investigar a frequ?ncia de polimorfismos de nucleot?deos simples, em dois genes da via de reparo do DNA por excis?o de base (XRCC1 ? rs25487 e APEX1 ? rs1130409) e dois genes da via de reparo por excis?o de nucleot?deo (XPD ? rs13181 e XPF ? rs1799797), em pacientes com carcinoma de c?lulas escamosas oral (CCEO), buscando associa??es com o risco de desenvolver esta neoplasia maligna e o seu progn?stico. Um total de 92 amostras de DNA de pacientes com CCEO e 130 controles foram genotipadas utilizando o m?todo da rea??o em cadeia da polimerase em tempo real. O software estat?stico GraphPad Prism version 6.0.1. foi utilizado para a aplica??o dos testes apropriados. Odds ratio (OR) e hazard ratio (HR), e seus intervalos de confian?a (IC) de 95%, foram calculados pela regress?o log?stica. A avalia??o do progn?stico foi realizada por meio da curva de Kaplan-Meier e an?lise multivariada de Cox. A presen?a das variantes polim?rficas nos genes XRCC1, APEX1, XPD, e XPF n?o foram associadas ao risco de desenvolver CCEO. A intera??o da presen?a da variante polim?rfica com o h?bito de fumar n?o foi significativa para nenhum dos polimorfismos analisados. J? a presen?a do polimorfismo em XPD, somada ao h?bito de beber, aumentou o risco de desenvolver CCEO (OR 1,86, 95% IC: 0,86 ? 4,01, p=0,03). Apenas o SNP do APEX1 (rs1130409) esteve associado a uma diminui??o da sobrevida espec?fica (HR 3,94, 95% IC: 1,31 ? 11,88, p=0,01). O presente estudo sugere uma intera??o entre o consumo de ?lcool e a presen?a do polimorfismo estudado no gene XPD. Al?m disso, indica um pior progn?stico para pacientes que possuem o polimorfismo estudado em APEX1. / Base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways play critical role in maintaining genome integrity. Polymorphisms in BER and NER genes which modulate the DNA repair capacity may affect the susceptibility and prognosis of oral cancer. This study was conducted with genomic DNA from 92 patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) and 130 controls. The cases were followed up to explore the associations between BER and NER genes polymorphisms and the risk and prognosis of OSCC. Four single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in XRCC1 (rs25487), APEX1 (rs1130409), XPD (rs13181) and XPF (rs1799797) genes were tested by polymerase chain reaction ? quantitative real time method. The GraphPad Prism version 6.0.1 statistical software was applied for statistical analysis of association. Odds ratio (OR), hazard ratio (HR), and their 95 % confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by logistic regression. Kaplan-Meier curve and Cox proportional hazard model were used for prognostic analysis. The presence of polymorphic variants in XRCC1, APEX1, XPD and XPF genes were not associated with an increased risk of OSCC. Gene-environment interactions with smoking were not significant for any polymorphism. The presence of polymorphic variants of the XPD gene in association with alcohol consumption conferred an increased risk of 1.86 (95% CI: 0.86 ? 4.01, p=0.03) for OSCC. Only APEX1 was associated with decreased specific survival (HR 3.94, 95% CI: 1.31 ? 11.88, p=0.01). These results suggest an interaction between polymorphic variants of the XPF gene and alcohol consumption. Additionally APEX1 may represent a prognostic marker for OSCC.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-03-10T21:38:11Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BryanDaCostaSouza_DISSERT.pdf: 4719044 bytes, checksum: 0f6079a62146ca8bda3028f6b52ae503 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-03-17T22:42:15Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 BryanDaCostaSouza_DISSERT.pdf: 4719044 bytes, checksum: 0f6079a62146ca8bda3028f6b52ae503 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-17T22:42:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BryanDaCostaSouza_DISSERT.pdf: 4719044 bytes, checksum: 0f6079a62146ca8bda3028f6b52ae503 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-13 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES / As principais vias aferentes ao hipocampo v?m do c?rtex entorrinal e fazem parte de um loop que retorna ao entorrinal ap?s passar pelo giro denteado, e pelas subareas do hipocampo CA3 e CA1. Desde a descoberta nos anos 50 de que o hipocampo est? envolvido na forma??o de mem?rias, esta regi?o vem sendo extensivamente estudada. Al?m desta fun??o mnem?nica, o hipocampo tamb?m est? associado a navega??o espacial. Em camundongos e ratos, c?lulas de lugar exibem um aumento da taxa de disparo relacionado ? posi??o do animal. O local do ambiente onde uma determinada c?lula de lugar se ativa ? chamado de campo de lugar. A taxa de disparo das c?lulas de lugar ? m?xima quando o animal est? no centro do campo de lugar, e diminui a medida que ele se afasta desse ponto, sugerindo a exist?ncia de uma codifica??o espacial baseada em taxa de disparos. Entretanto, pesquisas pr?vias v?m mostrando a exist?ncia de oscila??es hipocampais em m?ltiplas frequ?ncias e ligadas a diferentes estados comportamentais, e muitos acreditam que estas oscila??es s?o importantes para uma codifica??o temporal. Em particular, oscila??es teta (5-12 Hz) possuem uma rela??o espa?o-temporal com as c?lulas de lugar conhecida como precess?o de fase. Na precess?o, a fase de disparos da c?lula de lugar muda gradualmente do pico de teta para o fundo e, posteriormente, para a fase ascendente, a medida que o animal atravessa o campo de lugar. Al?m disso, as teorias vigentes sugerem que CA1, a porta de sa?da do hipocampo, intermediaria a comunica??o com o c?rtex entorrinal e CA3 atrav?s de oscila??es em diferentes frequ?ncias chamadas, respectivamente, de gama alto (60-100 Hz; HG) e gama baixo (30-60 Hz; LG). Essas oscila??es se relacionam com teta, estando aninhadas dentro de cada ciclo desta frequ?ncia mais lenta. Nesta disserta??o, utilizamos dados disponibilizados online para fazer an?lises computacionais visando reproduzir resultados cl?ssicos e recentes acerca da atividade das c?lulas de lugar no hipocampo de ratos em livre movimento. Em particular, n?s revisitamos o debate sobre a rela??o da precess?o de fase com varia??es na taxa de disparos e na posi??o do animal no campo de lugar. Conclu?mos que este fen?meno n?o pode ser explicado por nenhuma dessas vari?veis sozinha, e sim pela intera??o entre elas. N?s tamb?m realizamos novas an?lises investigando as propriedades das c?lulas de lugar em rela??o ?s oscila??es. N?s mostramos que o n?vel de modula??o dos disparos por teta afeta apenas levemente a informa??o espacial contida nas c?lulas de lugar, enquanto a fase de disparo m?dia n?o tem nenhuma influ?ncia na informa??o espacial. Tamb?m encontramos que as c?lulas de lugar est?o moduladas por teta quando disparam fora do campo de lugar. Al?m disso, nossos resultados mostram que o disparo das c?lulas de lugar dentro do ciclo de teta segue os padr?es de modula??o de HG e LG por teta presentes nos potenciais de campo local de CA1 e c?rtex entorrinal. Por ?ltimo, achamos um acoplamento fase-amplitude em CA1 associado apenas aos disparos dentro do campo de lugar na faixa de 40-80 Hz. Conclu?mos que o disparo de c?lulas de lugar est? ligado a estados de rede refletidos no potencial de campo local e sugerimos que a atividade dessas c?lulas sejam interpretadas como um estado din?mico ao inv?s de uma propriedade fixa da c?lula. / The main inputs to the hippocampus arise from the entorhinal cortex (EC) and form a loop involving the dentate gyrus, CA3 and CA1 hippocampal subfields and then back to EC. Since the discovery that the hippocampus is involved in memory formation in the 50's, this region and its circuitry have been extensively studied. Beyond memory, the hippocampus has also been found to play an important role in spatial navigation. In rats and mice, place cells show a close relation between firing rate and the animal position in a restricted area of the environment, the so-called place field. The firing of place cells peaks at the center of the place field and decreases when the animal moves away from it, suggesting the existence of a rate code for space. Nevertheless, many have described the emergence of hippocampal network oscillations of multiple frequencies depending on behavioral state, which are believed to be important for temporal coding. In particular, theta oscillations (5-12 Hz) exhibit a spatio-temporal relation with place cells known as phase precession, in which place cells consistently change the theta phase of spiking as the animal traverses the place field. Moreover, current theories state that CA1, the main output stream of the hippocampus, would interplay inputs from EC and CA3 through network oscillations of different frequencies, namely high gamma (60-100 Hz; HG) and low gamma (30-50 Hz; LG), respectively, which tend to be nested in different phases of the theta cycle. In the present dissertation we use a freely available online dataset to make extensive computational analyses aimed at reproducing classical and recent results about the activity of place cells in the hippocampus of freely moving rats. In particular, we revisit the debate of whether phase precession is due to changes in firing frequency or space alone, and conclude that the phenomenon cannot be explained by either factor independently but by their joint influence. We also perform novel analyses investigating further characteristics of place cells in relation to network oscillations. We show that the strength of theta modulation of spikes only marginally affects the spatial information content of place cells, while the mean spiking theta phase has no influence on spatial information. Further analyses reveal that place cells are also modulated by theta when they fire outside the place field. Moreover, we find that the firing of place cells within the theta cycle is modulated by HG and LG amplitude in both CA1 and EC, matching cross-frequency coupling results found at the local field potential level. Additionally, the phase-amplitude coupling in CA1 associated with spikes inside the place field is characterized by amplitude modulation in the 40-80 Hz range. We conclude that place cell firing is embedded in large network states reflected in local field potential oscillations and suggest that their activity might be seen as a dynamic state rather than a fixed property of the cell.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-04-25T23:51:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RenatoFerreiraDeAlmeidaJunior_DISSERT.pdf: 1495100 bytes, checksum: f007a8b773603ddf1cf491e66172e839 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-28T20:17:55Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RenatoFerreiraDeAlmeidaJunior_DISSERT.pdf: 1495100 bytes, checksum: f007a8b773603ddf1cf491e66172e839 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:17:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RenatoFerreiraDeAlmeidaJunior_DISSERT.pdf: 1495100 bytes, checksum: f007a8b773603ddf1cf491e66172e839 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-16 / Os v?rus dengue pertence ? fam?lia Flaviviridae e ao g?nero Flavivirus, sendo composto por 4 sorotipos antigenicamente distintos, s?o considerados os arbov?rus mais importantes no mundo por causar altas taxas de morbidade e mortalidade em regi?es tropicais e subtropicais do planeta, colocando em risco at? 3,6 bilh?es de pessoas em mais de 100 pa?ses. Por ser uma doen?a com amplo espectro cl?nico e por n?o possuir vacina ou tratamento eficaz, o estudo de poss?veis antivirais que visam diminuir a viremia do paciente ? de suma import?ncia, j? que este ? um dos fatores que pode levar a febre hemorr?gica da dengue e a s?ndrome do choque da dengue que s?o as formas grave da doen?a. No presente estudo foi avaliado o potencial antiviral do extrato da folhada planta Caesalpinia echinata contra o v?rus dengue-2 (DENV-2) em cultura de c?lulas C6/36 e Vero e a a??o antiviral da Rifampicina em c?lulas Vero. A escolha da Caesalpinia echinata se deve ao fato de que j? foi observada sua a??o antiinflamat?ria e antimal?rica, al?m de n?o ter sido encontrado nenhum trabalho que tenha avaliado seu potencial de a??o frente a v?rus. A Rifampicina foi escolhida por demonstrado a??o antiviral, principalmente contra os poxvirus, por?m poucos s?os os relatos da utiliza??o deste f?rmaco contra v?rus de RNA. O resultado foi obtido atrav?s da quantifica??o da carga viral pela t?cnica da qRT-PCR em Tempo Real. As c?lulas infectadas por DENV-2 foram submetidas ao tratamento pelo per?odo de 7 dias em diferentes concentra??es do extrato da planta Caesalpinia echinataque variou entre 0,68 a 0,0068mg/mL. N?o foi poss?vel observar neste estudo, evid?ncias de inibi??o significativa da replica??o do v?rus DENV-2 em ambas as culturas celulares. ARifampicina foi utilizada em diferentes condi??es de tratamento, no qual foi avaliado ao longo de 72 horas a carga viral produzida nas c?lulas Vero.Nas condi??es de tratamento p?s-infec??o e no ensaio virucida o f?rmaco apresentou atividade antiviral, reduzindo a taxa de replica??o em 100 vezes em rela??o ao controle. De acordo com os nossos resultados conclui-se que a Rifampicina mostrou-se eficaz no combate a infec??o do DENV-2 em cultura de c?lulas Vero. / The dengue virus belongs to the Flaviviridae family and the Flavivirus genus, consisting of four serotypes antigenically distinct, are considered the most important arbovirus in the world to cause high rates of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical regions of the world, threatening to 3, 6 billion people in over 100 countries. Because it is a disease with a wide clinical spectrum and has no vaccine or effective treatment, the study of possible antiviral drugs aimed at reducing viremia of patients is of paramount importance, since this is one of the factors which can lead to dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome that are severe forms of the disease. In the present study we evaluated the antiviral potential of the leaf extract of the plant Caesalpinia echinata against dengue-2 virus (DENV-2) in cultured C6/36 and Vero cells and the antiviral action of Rifampicin on Vero cells. The choice of Caesalpinia echinata is due to the fact that has been observed its action anti-inflammatory and antimalarial , and not have been found no study evaluated its antiviral effect. Rifampin was chosen was chosen for demonstrated antiviral action, especially against poxviruses, but few sane reports usage of this drug against RNA viruses. The result was obtained by quantifying the viral load bythe technique of Real-time qRT-PCR. Cells infected with DENV-2 were subjected to treatment for 7 days in different concentrations of plant extract Caesalpinia echinata (0.68 - 0,0068mg / ml). As a result, we could not observe a inhibition significant of virus replication in both cell cultures. The Rifampicin was used for different treatment condition,which were evaluated over 72 hours the amount of viral load produced in Vero cells, In the conditions treatment and the test virucidal theantiviral activity, which is capable of reducing the rate of 100X replication as compared to control. According to our results we can conclude that Rifampicin was effective in action against to infection DENV-2 in Vero cell culture.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-04-25T23:51:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 TabataLoiseCunhaLima_DISSERT.pdf: 1403767 bytes, checksum: 7424c70f286f04743b45ac7531e6829b (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-28T20:23:59Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 TabataLoiseCunhaLima_DISSERT.pdf: 1403767 bytes, checksum: 7424c70f286f04743b45ac7531e6829b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:23:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 TabataLoiseCunhaLima_DISSERT.pdf: 1403767 bytes, checksum: 7424c70f286f04743b45ac7531e6829b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-13 / A dengue ? uma doen?a de notifica??o compuls?ria e cerca de 50 a 100 milh?es de casos s?o registrados anualmente. Possui amplo espectro cl?nico e ? transmitida ao homem atrav?s da picada dos mosquitos do g?nero Aedes, tendo como principal vetor a esp?cie Aedes aegypti. O agente etiol?gico da doen?a ? o v?rus dengue (DENV) pertencente ao g?nero Flavivirus, fam?lia Flaviviridae e s?o conhecidos quatro sorotipos antigenicamente distintos (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 e DENV-4). Atualmente o tratamento da dengue ? apenas de suporte, feito atrav?s de intensa hidrata??o. Ainda n?o existe uma vacina comprovadamente eficaz ou tratamento espec?fico, o estudo de poss?veis antivirais que possam diminuir a viremia no paciente ? de alt?ssima relev?ncia, uma vez que a carga viral ? um dos fatores associado ao aparecimento das formas graves da doen?a (febre hemorr?gica da dengue e s?ndrome do choque da dengue). No presente estudo n?s avaliamos o potencial antiviral de extratos brutos obtidos a partir das folhas das plantas do Nordeste brasileiro Annona muricata (graviola) e Spondias mombin (caj?) contra o DENV-2 em cultura de c?lulas C6/36 e Vero. A avalia??o da a??o dos extratos brutos foi feita por meio da quantifica??o da carga viral atrav?s da PCR em Tempo Real (qRT-PCR) e pela t?cnica de contagem de unidades formadoras de placa (PFU). As concentra??es dos extratos de ambas as plantas utilizadas foram: 0,01, 0,1 e 1mg/mL. As culturas de c?lulas infectadas foram submetidas ao tratamento com os extratos durante os per?odos de 24-168h horas (7 dias). C?lulas Vero tratadas com o extrato da S. mombin n?o apresentaram redu??o na carga viral. Em contrapartida, quando estas c?lulas foram tratadas com o extrato da A. muricata, uma hora ap?s infec??o, observou-se uma redu??o significativa na carga viral nas primeiras horas (24h), quando comparadas com as c?lulas n?o tratadas utilizadas como controle positivo. Ao serem tratadas em intervalos de 24 horas apresentaram uma redu??o na carga viral nos dias subsequentes (at? o s?timo dia). N?o foi observada redu??o na carga viral em c?lulas C6/36 tratadas com ambos os extratos. De acordo com os nossos resultados, o extrato da planta A. muricata possui potencial antiviral promissor contra a infec??o pelo DENV-2 em cultura de c?lulas Vero. / Dengue is a reportable disease and about 50 to 100 million cases are reported annually. It has a wide clinical spectrum and is transmitted to humans through the bite of Aedes mosquitos, the main vector the Aedes aegypti species. The causative agent of disease is dengue virus (DENV) belonging to the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae and are known four antigenically distinct serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4). Currently the treatment of dengue is supportive, made by intense hydration. Although there is no proven effective vaccine or specific treatment, the study of potential antiviral drugs that can reduce viremia in patients is very high importance, since the viral load is one of the factors associated with the development of severe forms of the disease (hemorrhagic fever dengue and dengue shock syndrome). In the present study we evaluated the antiviral potential of crude extracts obtained from the leaves of plants in Northeastern Brazil Annona muricata (soursop) and Spondias mombin (caja) against DENV-2 in cultured C6/36 and Vero. The evaluation of the activity of the crude extracts was performed by the quantification of viral load by RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) and counting technique of plaque forming units (PFU). The concentrations of extracts of both plants used were 0.01, 0.1 and 1 mg/mL. The infected cell cultures were subjected to treatment with the extracts during periods of 24-168h hours (7 days). Vero cells treated with the S. mombin extract showed no reduction in viral load. In contrast, when these cells were treated with the extract of A. muricata, one hour after infection, significant reductions in viral load in the first hour was observed (24 h) when compared to untreated cells used as positive control. When they are treated at 24 hour intervals showed a reduction in viral load in subsequent days (until day). There was no reduction in viral load in C6/36 cells treated with both extracts. According to our results, the plant extract has antiviral A. muricata promising potential against infection by DENV-2 in Vero cell culture.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2016-04-26T19:29:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DiogoRosemberghDaSilvaNobrega_DISSERT.pdf: 3407619 bytes, checksum: a00b7d07c5d402e8c57a1d3b73198713 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-04-28T23:50:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DiogoRosemberghDaSilvaNobrega_DISSERT.pdf: 3407619 bytes, checksum: a00b7d07c5d402e8c57a1d3b73198713 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T23:50:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DiogoRosemberghDaSilvaNobrega_DISSERT.pdf: 3407619 bytes, checksum: a00b7d07c5d402e8c57a1d3b73198713 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-05 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior (CAPES) / Na ind?stria do petr?leo, a ?gua produzida ? o maior volume l?quido produzido com grande capacidade poluidora. Dentre os contaminantes org?nicos, os arom?ticos apresentam o principal risco ao meio ambiente e ? sa?de da popula??o principalmente BTEX. Ao longo dos ?ltimos anos, a eletroqu?mica tem se mostrado eficiente na degrada??o desses compostos, envolvendo apenas a utiliza??o de el?trons como reagentes. Entretanto, o desenho do reator eletroqu?mico, hidrodin?mica e, consequentemente, o coeficiente de transfer?ncia de massa s?o par?metros determinantes na efici?ncia do processo eletroqu?mico. Dentro desse contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar geometrias de c?lulas eletroqu?micas, visando determinar os coeficientes de transfer?ncia de massa e entender a sua hidrodin?mica. Foram estudadas c?lulas em batelada e em fluxo, variando a pot?ncia da agita??o, posi??o da agita??o e espa?amento entre os eletrodos, empregando a t?cnica de corrente limite, com um gradiente de concentra??o de 4 a 24 mmol/dm? de K4[Fe(CN)]6 em propor??o molar de 2:1 para K3[Fe(CN)]6 em meio de NaOH 0,5 mol/dm?, a fim de determinar a corrente limite, e consequentemente o coeficiente de transfer?ncia de massa (km). Os resultados obtidos mostraram claramente que na c?lula em batelada, o aumento da agita??o e a posi??o da agita??o influenciaram o km; na c?lula em fluxo, o afastamento dos eletrodos n?o mostra influencia significativa quando a agita??o (fluxo) ? direcionada ? superf?cie do eletrodo; e ainda, as c?lulas em fluxo se mostraram mais eficientes no que diz respeito ? elimina??o de resist?ncias f?sicas inerentes ao tratamento eletro-oxidativo. Por fim, os resultados alcan?ados mostraram que ? poss?vel a aplica??o do reator eletroqu?mico no tratamento de BTX, uma vez que foi identificada uma geometria com o melhor coeficiente de massa, favorecendo a oxida??o das esp?cies na superf?cie do eletrodo, de forma mais r?pida e eficiente. / The oil and gas production processes generate large volumes of waste with high toxicity. In this industry, produced water is the most produced liquid volume with great polluting capacity. Among the organic contaminants, the aromatics, mainly BTEX, present a major risk to the environment and people's health. Over the past years, many studies have been conducted under the electrooxidation of aromatic compounds, showing that the electrochemical degradation is efficient for these substances, even more importantly, the process involves only the use of electrons as reactants. However, the design of the electrochemical reactor, hydrodynamics and mass transfer coefficients are critical parameters on the efficiency of the electrochemical process. In this context, the objective of this study was to investigate geometries of electrochemical cells, to determine the mass transfer coefficients and understand their hydrodynamics. Cells were studied in batch and flow design, varying stirring rate, the stirring position and spacing between electrodes. In order to determine the current limit, and thus the mass transfer coefficient (Km), it was used a concentration gradient of K4[FeCN]6 / K3[FeCN]6 (2:1) from 4 to 24 mM, in medium of 0.5 M NaOH. The results clearly showed that regarding the batch cell, increasing stirring rate and changing its position promote a considerable effect on Km; in the flow cell, no influences were achieved when the spacing of the electrodes was modified when the stirring (flow) is directed to the electrode surface; and, the flow cells are more efficient with regard to the elimination of inherent physical resistance to the electrochemical treatment. Finally, the results showed that the application of reactor is possible to treat electrochemically BTX because the better geometry has been identified, favoring the oxidation of the species on the electrode surface more rapidly and efficiently.