8 results on '"Carlos A. Rossi"'
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2. Non-hazardous Electrochemical Sensing Approach for Health and Environmental Monitoring: Use of the Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode
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Coldibeli, Bruna, primary, Fonseca, Mayara Martins, additional, Mariano, Renan Silva, additional, Salamanca-Neto, Carlos Alberto Rossi, additional, and Sartori, Elen Romão, additional
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- 2023
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3. Non-hazardous Electrochemical Sensing Approach for Health and Environmental Monitoring: Use of the Boron-Doped Diamond Electrode
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Bruna Coldibeli, Mayara Martins Fonseca, Renan Silva Mariano, Carlos Alberto Rossi Salamanca-Neto, and Elen Romão Sartori
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- 2023
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4. Molten Salt Reactor thermal-fluid dynamics evaluation using a CFD code for a theoretical power density distribution
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Deiglys Borges Monteiro, Letícia Caroline Gonçalvez, José Rubens Maiorino, and Pedro Carlos Russo Rossi
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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences - Abstract
The molten salt reactors are a kind of nuclear reactor that had received additional attention worldwide due to their inherent safety features and the possibility of use the Thorium, a more abundant resource than Uranium, as a fuel. Despite of this promise concept and works being developed or under course, some aspects related to their thermal hydraulics should be better understand. In this work, the initial thermal-hydraulics results obtained using the ANSYS-CFXÒ code are presented. The simulations were conducted in 3D for 1/16 of a cylinder volume that represents the molten reactor core. The results show a good agreement for this simplified geometry and for a theoretical power density distribution between the benchmark work and those obtained within this for the temperature. An evaluation for the other properties and for different turbulence models, among others, are planned for future.
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- 2022
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5. Development of (bio)sensors based on biomaterials from Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05 : analysis of pharmaceutical, biological, and alimentary matrices
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Carlos Alberto Rossi Salamanca Neto, Elen Julciléia Romão Sartori Braz ., Andressa Galli Salante, Edivaldo Egea Garcia, Ieda Spacino Scarmínio, and Marcos Fernando de Souza Teixeira
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Botriosferana e lacase são biomoléculas produzidas pelo fungo ascomiceto Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05. Esses biomateriais foram empregados na modificação de eletrodos para a construção de (bio)sensores voltamétricos. O polissacarídeo derivatizado carboximetil-botriosferana foi usado para melhorar a dispersão de nanotubos de carbono de paredes múltiplas em água. Essa dispersão foi aplicada na modificação de um eletrodo de carbono vítreo para construir um sensor voltamétrico sensível para a determinação de desloratadina, um anti-histamínico tricíclico. Já a associação de botriosferana e lacase foi empregada na construção de um biossensor para a determinação de ácidos clorogênicos em amostras de café coado. A composição do biossensor foi otimizada e apenas e uma pequena quantidade de lacase em relação a botriosferana proporcionou uma maior resposta do biossensor, indicando uma maior atividade de lacase quando mantida em condições próximas a do seu habitat natural. Ambos, sensor e biossensor foram caracterizados usando espectroscopia de impedância eletroquímica, e os parâmetros experimentais foram avaliados. Os eletrodos quimicamente modificados (sensor e biossensor) foram empregados em análises compreendendo matrizes farmacêutica, biológica e alimentícia. O sensor foi aplicado em análises para o controle de qualidade de formulações farmacêuticas contendo desloratadina, e foi capaz de determinar esse fármaco em soro de rato, enquanto o biossensor de lacase apresentou exatidão satisfatória para a análise de ácidos clorogênicos em cafés coados, e com auxílio de ferramentas quimiométricas foi capaz de diferenciar cafés especiais de tradicionais. Botryosphaeran and laccase are biomolecules produced by the ascomycete fungus Botryosphaeria rhodina MAMB-05. These biomaterials were used in the modification of electrodes for the construction of voltammetric (bio)sensors. The derivatized polysaccharide carboxymethyl-botryosphaeran improved the dispersion of multi-walled carbon nanotubes in water. This feature was applied to modify a glassy carbon electrode for the sensitive determination of a desloratadine, a tricyclic antihistamine. The association of botryosphaeran and laccase was used in the construction of a biosensor for chlorogenic acid determination in brewed coffee beverages. The biosensor composition was optimized and only a small amount of laccase in relation to botryosphaeran resulted in a greater biosensor response, indicating a higher laccase activity when it is kept in conditions close to its natural habitat. Both sensor and biosensor were characterized using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, and the experimental parameters were evaluated. The chemically modified electrodes (sensor and biosensor) were employed in pharmaceutical, biological, and alimentary matrices. The sensor was applied in the quality control analysis of pharmaceutical formulations containing desloratadine and was able to determine this drug in rat serum; the laccase biosensor presented satisfactory accuracy for analysis of chlorogenic acid content in brewed coffees, and with the aid of chemometrics was able to discriminate specialty coffees from traditional ones.
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- 2022
6. Morfometria de populações de >i<Heterodera glycines>/i< Ichinohe, 1952 (Nemata: Heteroderidae) e efeito de plantas hospedeiras sobre a morfometria de uma população
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Carlos Eduardo Rossi and Carolina Moretti Fonseca
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Realizaram-se dois experimentos, em casa de vegetação, para verificar as variações que ocorrem na morfometria de populações brasileiras de Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, 1952 e o efeito de espécies vegetais com diferentes graus de eficiência hospedeira sobre a morfometria de uma população do nematóide. No primeiro, utilizaram-se oito populações procedentes dos Estados de Mato Grosso (MT), São Paulo (SP1 e SP2), Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Goiás (GO1 e GO2), Paraná (PR) e Minas Gerais (MG). Cada planta foi inoculada com 1000 juvenis de segundo estádio, em 20 repetições para cada população, sendo a parcela representada por uma planta de soja FT Cristalina. Após 45 dias, foram extraídos os juvenis de segundo estádio, machos e cistos. Os ovos foram extraídos dos cistos. Estudaram-se 23 caracteres relativos a juvenis, 19 a machos, 12 a cistos e 2 a ovos. Os resultados do primeiro estudo confirmaram que as populações apresentam as características da espécie H. glycines. Apesar disso, foram verificadas diferenças significativas entre as populações, não sendo possível caracterizar uma ou mais populações por causa da sobreposição dos valores numéricos. Entretanto, as populações GO1 e GO2, no caso dos juvenis, e GO2, no caso dos machos, mostraram valores significativamente superior aos das demais para determinados caracteres. Por outro lado, para juvenis, MG, MS e SP1, e para machos, MG, foram as populações que mostraram valores significativamente menores que os das demais para determinados caracteres. Para cistos e ovos, não foi possível verificar alguma população que se destacasse das demais com caracteres apresentando diferenças significativas. Na segunda parte do estudo, inoculou-se cada planta de soja FT Cristalina, feijão comum IAC Carioca, ervilha Maria, chícharo, crotalária (Crotalaria juncea L.) IAC 1-2, feijão azuki vermelho AL-9, feijão mungo verde M-80 e tremoço branco com 1000 juvenis de segundo estádio, num total de 20 repetições para cada espécie vegetal. A partir daí, os procedimentos adotados foram semelhantes aos do primeiro estudo. Verificou-se que a ervilha, a crotálaria e o chícharo foram hospedeiras altamente desfavoráveis ao nematóide, obtendo-se a partir delas número insuficiente de espécimes para o estudo morfométrico comparativo com as demais hospedeiras, não sendo possível, inclusive, analisar estatisticamente os seus dados. Para os feijões comum, mungo e azuki e para o tremoço branco, considerados moderadamente resistentes, verificaram-se poucos caracteres com diferenças significativas em comparação à soja, não permitindo evidenciar efeitos negativos dessas hospedeiras sobre a morfometria do parasito. Two trials were carried out, under greenhouse conditions, to assess the morphometric variations occurring among brazilian populations of Heterodera glycines Ichinohe, 1952 as well as the effect of plant species with different host suitability degrees on the morphometry of one population of the nematode. In the first one, eight populations proceeding from the States of Mato Grosso (MT), São Paulo (SP1 and SP2), Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Goiás (GO1 and GO2), Paraná (PR) and Minas Gerais (MG) were used. Each soybean FT-Cristalina plant was inoculated with 1,000 second-stage juveniles, in 20 repetitions for each population. The juveniles, males and cysts were extracted after 45 days of the inoculations. The eggs were subsequently extracted from the cysts. The study comprised 23 characters regarding to juveniles, 19 to males, 12 to cysts and 2 to eggs. The results confirmed that all the populations featured characteristics of the species H glycines. Even so, significant differences occurred between the populations with regard to some characters, but it was not possible to properly characterize one or more populations because of the frequent overlapping of the numerical values observed. It should be noticed that the populations GO1 and GO2, for juveniles, and GO2, for males, showed significantly higher values for some characters than all other populations. Otherwise, MG, MS and SP1, for juveniles, and MG, for males, showed significantly lower values for some characters than all other populations. For cysts and eggs, no significant differences were observed among the population used in this study. ln the second trial, each plant of the tested hosts (soybean FT-Cristalina, common bean IAC-Carioca, pea Maria, chickpea, sunn hemp IAC 1-2, adzuki bean AL-9 mung bean M-80 and white lupin) was inoculated with 1,000 second-stage juveniles, with 20 repetitions. The other procedures were similar to those adopted in the first trial. Pea, sunn hemp and chickpea showed to be very poor/unfavourable hosts not allowing to the formation of nematode specimens in their roots in sufficient numbers to make possible a comparative study together with the other tested host plants. For common bean, adzuki bean, mung bean and white lupin, rated as moderately resistant hosts, significant differences occurred for some characters in relation to soybean data, but no evidence of negative effects of these plant species on the morphometry of the nematode could be noticed.
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- 2022
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7. Fast surface water quality analysis based on an ultra-sensitive determination of the antidepressant drug duloxetine hydrochloride on a diamond electrode by voltammetry.
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Manrique, Gabriel Rainer Pontes, Salamanca-Neto, Carlos Alberto Rossi, Tobias Moraes, Jaqueline, and Sartori, Elen Romão
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DULOXETINE , *WATER analysis , *WATER quality , *ANTIDEPRESSANTS , *ELECTRODES - Abstract
Duloxetine hydrochloride (DUL) is an antidepressant drug that is being increasingly consumed and so, it is classified as an emerging pollutant. As it is found at very low concentration in the environment, in this work, we investigated the electrochemical monitoring of surface waters for trace determination of DUL based on the use of cathodically pretreated boron-doped diamond electrode (CP-BDDE) coupled to differential pulse voltammetry. The antidepressant was determined in Britton-Robinson buffer solution at pH 7.0 and the current was linearly dependent to the concentration in the range of 0.030–0.333 µmol L−1 with a limit of detection of 5.87 nmol L−1. The precision, selectivity, and accuracy were evaluated, and the method was applied to the analysis of real lake, river, and tap water with an average recovery of 101%. The CP-BDDE proved to be an excellent electrochemical platform for trace DUL monitoring in surface waters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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8. The Rise and Fall of the Oil Nation Venezuela
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Carlos A. Rossi and Carlos A. Rossi
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- Petroleum industry and trade--Venezuela
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This book explains why Venezuela is so rich in natural resources—it has been producing oil since 1922 and harbors the largest oil reserves in the world—and yet it is also a failed nation of class-divided citizens exhibiting deep poverty in a corrupt, incompetent state. Venezuela is a bipolar nation, where two marked poles in the society exist which have historical origins and are mutually exclusive.The book provides a critical analysis of Venezuela's history, economy and politics and explains the context and implications of the bipolar poles, known as the elite pole and the resentful pole. Both, it shows, have done serious harm to Venezuela's prosperity.The author describes the vicious circle of oil wealth, corruption, inefficiency and world market dependency and gives recommendations for a better future.
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- 2023
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