Orientador: Orlando Petrucci Junior / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-11T21:17:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_PedroPauloMartinsde_D.pdf: 3207291 bytes, checksum: 643cd7870725684beed7998d60351274 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Introdução: Reoperações representam cerca de 20% das cirurgias cardíacas, quase na totalidade com esternotomia, onde há a formação de aderências entre o coração, esterno e estruturas adjacentes. Lesões das câmaras cardíacas e grandes vasos pela serra esternal ou na dissecção dessas estruturas resultam em aumento da morbimortalidade e do sangramento perioperatório. Vários autores propuseram o uso de substitutos pericárdicos biológicos e sintéticos na tentativa de diminuir o risco de acidentes nas reoperações, porém sem resultados consistentes em longo prazo. A membrana de poli (álcool vinílico) - PVAl reticulado formam um hidrogel bastante estudado como biomaterial, com boa biocompatibilidade e características favoráveis ao seu emprego como substituto pericárdico. Objetivo: Caracterizar a membrana de PVAl quanto à capacidade de absorção de água, calcificação e citotoxidade e estudar o comportamento biológico da mesma como substituto pericárdico. Metodologia: Foram utilizadas amostras da membrana de PVAl reticulada por irradiação e realizados ensaios de citotoxicidade em culturas de células VERO, da capacidade de absorção de água e de calcificação após o implante in vivo. Ratos da Raça Wistar foram divididos em quatro grupos: Grupo controle - pericardiotomia. Grupo Talco - colocação de talco sobre o epicárdio. Grupo PVAl - colocada membrana de PVAl circundando o coração. Grupo PVAl + Talco - colocado talco sobre o epicárdio e a membrana de PVAl circundando o coração. Após oito semanas foi realizada análise macroscópica e histológica dos corações. Avaliação estatística foi realizada com análise de variância (ANOVA) e teste de Dunnett com significância p<0,05. Resultados: A membrana de PVAl não apresentou citotoxicidade, sua capacidade de absorção de água foi de 42,4 ± 0,89% e mostrou valor médio de 0,00422± 0,00256% de cálcio da massa total do material analisado. Na análise macroscópica observou-se maior aderência no grupo Talco. Na análise histológica o grupo PVAl + Talco apresentou maior espessura epicárdica. Os grupos T e PVAl + Talco apresentaram maior número de células inflamatórias. Conclusão: A membrana não é citotóxica, apresentou boa capacidade de hidratação, a absorção de cálcio foi desprezível, não induziu formação de aderências pericárdicas, não provocou aumento da espessura epicárdica e não induziu aumento de migração de células de resposta inflamatória para o epicárdio, mostrando-se interessante para a aplicação desejada. / Abstract: Background: Cardiac surgery reoperations represent around 20% of all surgical procedures. The main incision is sternotomy and after the first operation there are adherences joining the heart, sternum and neighboring structures. Cardiac chambers and great vessels lesions caused by sternal saw increase morbidity and mortality as well as perioperatory bleeding. Several authors had tried pericardial replacement with biological or synthetic materials in order to decrease risks at reoperations, however with no significant results on long term. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVAl) is a well-known hydrogel, with good biocompatibility and favorable properties as a pericardium replacement. Objective: Describe the biological PVAl behavior as a pericardial replacement. Methodology: PVAl samples were reticulated by radiation. Cytotoxicity direct and indirect tests with VERO cells were performed. We tested absorption water capability and in vivo calcification. Wistar rats were divided in four groups: Control - pericardium abrasion; Talc - talc insertion surrounding the heart; PVAl membrane - PVAl surrounding the heart; PVAl + talc - talc and PVAl membrane insertion surrounding the heart. All animals were kept for 8 weeks and euthanized for study. Macroscopic and microscopic analyses were performed. Statistical analyses were performed with ANOVA and Dunnett post test. Results: The PVAl membrane showed no cytotoxicity. The water absorption capability was 42,4 ± 0,89%. The calcification test showed only 0.00422± 0.00256% of calcium in the total mass of analyzed material. Macroscopic analysis showed higher adherences in the talc group. Histological analysis showed higher epicardium thickness in the PVAl + talc group, higher inflammatory cells in the talcum and PVAl + talc groups. Conclusion: The PVAl membrane hasn't cytotoxicity. It has good water absorption capability and calcification was insubstantial. The membrane showed neither adherences formation nor inflammatory response ...Note: The complete abstract is available with the full electronic digital thesis or dissertations. / Doutorado / Pesquisa Experimental / Doutor em Cirurgia

Orientadores: William Dias Belangero, Vanessa Petrilli Bavaresco / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T13:54:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Batista_NilzaAlzira_M.pdf: 2999795 bytes, checksum: 62c4ef5808533e1bb33930f97cede278 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Hidrogel de álcool de polivinil (PVA) foi utilizado como potencial reparador de defeitos osteocondrais da cartilagem articular. A citotoxicidade in vitro foi avaliada com células Vero e células-tronco mesenquimais da medula óssea de ratos Wistar-Kyoto. Para análise in vivo, os implantes foram colocados em defeitos produzidos nos joelhos de ratos Wistar. Após tempos de seguimento de 0, 3, 6, 12 e 24 semanas, as amostras foram analisadas por microscopia óptica convencional, ensaio mecânico de fluência à indentação, espectrometria de fluorescência raio X e microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Os resultados in vitro motraram que o hidrogel de PVA não afetou a atividade metabólica de ambas as células estudadas, nem tampouco a diferenciação osteogênica das células mesenquimais. Atividade da enzima fosfatase alcalina e formação de matriz mineralizada foram identificadas. O PVA implantado não apresentou sinais de desgastes ou qualquer mudança de aspecto quando comparado com o dia do implante. A interface do implante/tecido mostrou a formação e manutenção de tecido conjuntivo denso e osso recém-formado em todos os grupos estudados. Foi observado um aumento no módulo de fluência e concentração de cálcio e fósforo no PVA longo do tempo. O desempenho do higrogel de PVA irradiados e acetalizadas foi considerado satisfatório para a aplicação proposta / Abstract: Irradiated and acetalized polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) hydrogel was investigated as a potential material for osteochondral defect repair in articular cartilage. The in vitro cytotoxicity of the material was evaluated with Vero cells and mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow of Wistar-Kyoto rats. For in vivo analyses, plugs of the material were implanted into defects produced in the knees of male Wistar rats-WH. After follow-up times of 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 weeks, the samples were analyzed by conventional optical and scanning electron microscopy, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and submitted to mechanical testing of creep indentation. The in vitro results suggest that the PVA hydrogel did not affect the viability and morphology of any of the cell types studied. The hydrogel affected neither the metabolic activity of both studied cells nor the osteogenic differentiation of the mesenchymal cells. Activity of alkaline phosphatase and mineralized organic matrix formation could be identified. The implanted plugs showed no sign of wear or aspect change. The interface plug/tissue exhibited dense connective tissue and newly formed bone in all groups. It was observed an increase in the creep modulus and in the concentration of calcium and phosphorus in the PVA over time. The performance of the irradiated and acetalized PVA was considered satisfactory for the proposed application / Mestrado / Fisiopatologia Cirúrgica / Mestre em Ciências

Submitted in fulfilment of the Degree of Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2017. / A pertinent issue facing the materials industry is that of the lifespan of materials when exposed to certain solvents/ environments. Limitations to the applications of materials require further research into understanding their failure mechanisms and how such problems can be addressed in terms of re-engineering such materials to be more durable. PVC and HDPE are two common polymers used extensively in industrial applications. Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulations were used to simulate systems of PVC and HDPE with methanol, respectively. The temperatures used in this work were 25, 30 and 40 oC and all systems were at atmospheric pressure. Laboratory tests were used to complement simulations for analysis purposes. Results showed an increase in temperature resulted in a decrease in the overall clustering in both polymers although PVC displayed a greater decrease than HDPE. Linear clustering dominated over other forms of clustering with increases in temperature, with dimers being the most prevalent topology type. The results of this study suggest that the presence of chlorine atoms in PVC may not directly affect clustering of absorbed methanol, and their effect may instead be indirect by means of altering the accessible free volume within the polymer. Swelling was also investigated in the simulated systems and it was found that PVC displayed a greater degree of swelling than HDPE despite its lower rate of clustering. The effect of cluster radius on the cluster analysis was also considered. / M

Conventional urea-based moulding compounds for investment casting patterns are manufactured using a slow “cooking” process. Nowadays in industrial processes the use of a faster process is highly recommended to increase throughput levels. At the same time, for quality control purposes, the requirements of an investment caster must be met. This study is therefore focused on: <ul><li> Finding the appropriate conventional process and conditions to prepare urea-based investment casting moulding compounds. </li><li> Optimising the composition variables to meet the mechanical, thermal, surface, flow and cost properties needed in investment casting. </li><li> Characterising the moulding compounds to meet the requirements of an investment caster by comparing them with an industrial, “cooked” urea-based compound. </li></ul> Polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) urea-based moulding compounds were prepared using a two-roll mill and a conventional extrusion processes respectively. It was possible to injection mould PVOH urea-based moulding compounds with a urea content of up to 90 wt % which had been compounded using a two-roll mill. Using the conventional extrusion process, it was also possible to compound and injection mould EVA urea-based moulding compounds containing up to 70 wt % urea. The effects on composition variables on the properties of the moulding compound were studied and compared to those of the existing “cooked” urea-based moulding compound (Benchmark). The mechanical properties were characterised using the three-point bending test and Charpy impact test. The thermal properties were determined using simultaneous differential thermal analysis and thermogravimetric analysis (SDTA/TGA) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC). The thermo-mechanical and visco-elastic properties were determined using a dynamic mechanical analyser. A scanning electron microscope was used to study the surface texture of the mouldings. The EVA urea-based moulding compounds showed two endothermic melting peaks and multiple exothermic crystallisation peaks in the DSC curves. The peak at ca. 55 - 66°C corresponds to the melting of the wax/EVA blend, while the large peak at 130 - 132°C corresponds to the melting of the urea. The DSC heating curve of the PVOH urea-based moulding compounds showed two endothermic peaks. The small peak corresponds to the melting of the wax, while the large peak corresponds to the melting of the urea/PVOH blend. PVOH urea-based moulding compound had better mechanical properties than the industrial benchmark. The mechanical properties of the EVA urea-based compound were generally lower. The effect of the wax and polymer content on the mechanical properties was as follows: <ul><li> Increasing polymer content produced weaker but tougher moulding compounds. </li><li> Increasing wax content improved the strength and stiffness but gave compounds that were less tough. </li><li> Two-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) indicated significant polymer-wax interactions. </li></ul> The urea content determined the stiffness (elastic modulus) of the compounds. PVOH mouldings had superior stiffness compared with the EVA and cooked urea-based mouldings. The Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) results confirmed the result obtained from the modulus of elasticity determination in the three-point bending test. The impact strength increased with an increase in polymer content and reduced with an increase in wax content. The linear thermal expansion coefficient decreased as the urea content was increased. Measured values (100 to 156x10-6°C) were comparable to those of the benchmark. The cooked urea-based moulding compound had the lowest melt viscosity at 110°C, as indicated by its melt flow index (MFI). Fluidity increased with the polymer content. The thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) results confirmed that both the PVOH and EVA urea-based moulding compounds decomposed readily and left less than 1 wt % ash after combustion. From the SEM results apparent surface roughness appeared to increase with wax content. The EVA urea-based moulding compound had an irregular surface texture. Based on the criteria of cost-effectiveness and environmental friendliness, the synthesis of PVOH urea-based patterns is preferable. The use of a conventional extrusion process to prepare PVOH urea-based patterns is recommended. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Chemical Engineering / unrestricted

>Magister Scientiae - MSc / Rapid industrialization growth without appropriate emission standards for discharging environmental pollutants had exposed the ecosystem to detrimental effect. Due to their bioaccumulation propensity in organisms, toxicity and non-biodegradable aspect, heavy metal spoliation is currently a significant ecological obligation. Owing to their natural abundance and extensive use, cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), among different heavy metals, are the predominant toxic metals. The intrusion of Cd and Pb metal ions into the ecosystem is accomplished by widely accepted methods such as anticorrosive coating of steel, electronic circuit and batteries. / 2023

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were dispersed into polyvinyl acetate (PVAc ) adhesive cured by radio frequency (RF) to investigate their loading effects on PVAc adhesive curing time and lap shear bond strength performance. Main factors are CNT loading (0.08, 0.25 and 0.41%), RF curing time (15, 30, 45, 60 seconds), and clamping pressure (100, 160, and 240 psi). Experimental results indicated that CNT loading had significant effects on PVAc curing time and lap shear bond strength. Specifically, single lap shear joints bonded with 0.41% CNT loading adhesive had significantly higher lap shear bond strengths than one with PVAc only (0% CNT loading). The curing time of PVAc dispersed with a 41% CNT loading (15 seconds) was 30 seconds shorter than the one with a 0% CNT loading (45 seconds).

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