219 results on '"Morgana, M."'
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2. AxRSU-2m2m: Higher-Order m-Bit Approximate Encoders for Radix-2m2m Squarer Units
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da Rosa, Morgana M. A., Paim, Guilherme, da Costa, Eduardo A. C., Soares, Rafael, and Bampi, Sergio
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- 2024
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3. Energy-Efficient VLSI Squarer Unit with Optimized Radix-2m Multiplication Logic
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da Rosa, Morgana M. A., da Costa, Eduardo A. C., Rocha, Leandro Giacomini, Paim, Guilherme, and Bampi, Sergio
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- 2023
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4. Controlled shape-morphing metallic components for deployable structures
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McCue, Ian D., Valentino, Gianna M., Trigg, Douglas B., Lennon, Andrew M., Hebert, Chuck E., Seker, Drew P., Nimer, Salahudin M., Mastandrea, James P., Trexler, Morgana M., and Storck, Steven M.
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- 2021
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5. Sinonasal neoplasms in 49 dogs: clinical, macroscopic, and histopathological aspects
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Giulia F.S. Ricaldi, Morgana M. Hennig, Luís A.S. Tondo, Luiz F. Irigoyen, Rafael A. Fighera, Mariana M. Flores, and Glaucia D. Kommers
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Sinonasal neoplasm ,dogs ,clinic ,macroscopy ,histopathology ,nasal cavity ,paranasal sinuses ,upper respiratory tract ,canine ,Veterinary medicine ,SF600-1100 - Abstract
ABSTRACT: This study aimed to quantify nasosinusal neoplasms diagnosed in dogs in 20 years (2000-2019) and characterize the main clinical, macroscopic, and histological aspects of these neoplasms. The sex, breed, age, skull conformation, the main clinical signs, and the anatomopathological characteristics (distribution, macroscopy, and histology) were computed. During this period, 49 dogs were affected by neoplasms in these regions, totaling 50 neoplasms (one dog had two neoplasms of different locations and histogenetic origins). Similar amounts of mixed-breed dogs (25/49) and purebred dogs (24/49) were affected, these distributed in 16 breeds. Among purebreds, it was noted that dogs with mesocephalic cranial conformation (12/24) were the most affected, followed by dolichocephalic (10/24) and brachycephalic (2/24). There were 22 cases in males and 27 in females, making a proportion of 1:1.23. There was an age variation from 11 months to 16 years old. The epithelial neoplasms have occurred in older dogs compared to those of other histogenic origins (mesenchymal and other origins/round cells). The main clinical signs were similar between the histogenetic categories, related to the involvement of the upper respiratory tract, sometimes accompanied by nervous signs (when there was brain invasion of nasal neoplasms or vice versa). The possible origin site was mostly in the nasal cavity concerning the paranasal sinuses (and other locations). Invasions occurred in different tissues adjacent to the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses, resulting in cranial and facial deformities (21/49). The frequency was 48% of epithelial neoplasms, 32% of mesenchymal neoplasms, and 10% of neoplasms with other origins and round cells. The neoplasms most frequently observed, in decreasing order of frequency, were: adenocarcinoma (9/50), squamous cell carcinoma (9/50), transmissible venereal tumor (5/50), osteosarcoma (5/50), chondrosarcoma (4/50), and undifferentiated sarcoma (4/50). Through this study, it was possible to establish the frequency of these neoplasms in 20 years and their clinical, macroscopic, and histological characteristics.
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- 2020
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6. Controlled shape-morphing metallic components for deployable structures
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Ian D. McCue, Gianna M. Valentino, Douglas B. Trigg, Andrew M. Lennon, Chuck E. Hebert, Drew P. Seker, Salahudin M. Nimer, James P. Mastandrea, Morgana M. Trexler, and Steven M. Storck
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Shape memory alloys ,NiTi ,Alloy doping ,Self-actuation ,Panel array ,Additive manufacturing ,Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials ,TA401-492 - Abstract
Transformational advances in additive manufacturing combined with the unique functional behavior of shape memory alloys (SMAs) has propelled the field of 4D printing “smart” materials. In this study, we leverage multiple processing pathways with additive manufacturing to design and fabricate SMA components capable of precise, self-guided shape change that could actuate large-scale (up to 25 × 25 × 33 cm3) structures under external thermal stimuli. The dual benefits of minor alloy doping (
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- 2021
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7. Energy-Efficient VLSI Squarer Unit with Optimized Radix-2m Multiplication Logic
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Morgana M. A. da Rosa, Eduardo A. C. da Costa, Leandro Giacomini Rocha, Guilherme Paim, and Sergio Bampi
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Applied Mathematics ,Signal Processing - Published
- 2022
8. Effects of Yoga Respiratory Practice (Bhastrika pranayama) on Anxiety, Affect, and Brain Functional Connectivity and Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Morgana M. Novaes, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Heloisa Onias, Katia C. Andrade, Bruno Lobão-Soares, Tiago Arruda-Sanchez, Elisa H. Kozasa, Danilo F. Santaella, and Draulio Barros de Araujo
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yoga ,pranayama ,anxiety ,affect ,emotion regulation ,functional MRI ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
Pranayama refers to a set of yoga breathing exercises. Recent evidence suggests that the practice of pranayama has positive effects on measures of clinical stress and anxiety. This study explored the impact of a Bhastrika pranayama training program on emotion processing, anxiety, and affect. We used a randomized controlled trial design with thirty healthy young adults assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks of pranayama practices. Two functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols were used both at baseline and post-intervention: an emotion task as well as a resting-state acquisition. Our results suggest that pranayama significantly decreased states of anxiety and negative affect. The practice of pranayama also modulated the activity of brain regions involved in emotional processing, particularly the amygdala, anterior cingulate, anterior insula, and prefrontal cortex. Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) showed significantly reduced functional connectivity involving the anterior insula and lateral portions of the prefrontal cortex. Correlation analysis revealed that changes in connectivity between the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula were associated with changes in anxiety. Although it should be noted that these analyses were preliminary and exploratory, it provides the first evidence that 4 weeks of B. pranayama significantly reduce the levels of anxiety and negative affect, and that these changes are associated with the modulation of activity and connectivity in brain areas involved in emotion processing, attention, and awareness. The study was registered at https://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-2gv5c2/(RBR-2gv5c2).
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- 2020
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9. A predatory mite that suppresses Diaphorina citri populations on plants with pollen and oviposition sites
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Milena O. Kalile, André C. Cardoso, Angelo Pallini, Morgana M. Fonseca, Tarciso A. Ferreira‐Junior, and Arne Janssen
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Insect Science ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Published
- 2023
10. Menadione (vitamin K) enhances the antibiotic activity of drugs by cell membrane permeabilization mechanism
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Jacqueline C. Andrade, Maria Flaviana B. Morais Braga, Gláucia Morgana M. Guedes, Saulo R. Tintino, Maria A. Freitas, Lucindo J. Quintans, Jr., Irwin R.A. Menezes, and Henrique D.M. Coutinho
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Menadione ,Lipid solubility ,Microdilution ,Antibiotic-modifying ,Permeabilization ,Biology (General) ,QH301-705.5 - Abstract
Menadione, vitamin K3, belongs to the class of lipid-soluble vitamins and lipophilic substances as menadione cause disturbances in the bacterial membrane, resulting in damage to the fundamental elements for the integrity of the membrane, thus allowing increased permeability. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to evaluate in vitro the antibiotic-modifying activity of menadione in multiresistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli, with a gradual increase in its subinhibitory concentration. In addition, menadione was compared with cholesterol and ergosterol for similarity in mechanism of drug modulatory action. Antibiotic-modifying activity and antibacterial effect were determined by the broth microdilution assay. Menadione, cholesterol and ergosterol showed modulatory activity at clinically relevant concentrations, characterizing them as modifiers of bacterial drug resistance, since they lowered the MIC of the antibiotics tested. This is the first report of the antibacterial activity of menadione and its potentiation of aminoglycosides against multiresistant bacteria.
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- 2017
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11. Energy-Efficient VLSI Squarer Unit with Optimized Radix-2m Multiplication Logic
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da Rosa, Morgana M. A., primary, da Costa, Eduardo A. C., additional, Rocha, Leandro Giacomini, additional, Paim, Guilherme, additional, and Bampi, Sergio, additional
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- 2022
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12. Exploring Multi-Level Composition and Efficient MCM Schemes for an Energy-Efficient Wavelet Haar Architecture
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Sergio Bampi, Morgana M. A. da Rosa, Henrique Seidel, Guilherme Paim, Sergio Almeida, and Eduardo Costa
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Very-large-scale integration ,Wavelet ,Computer science ,Haar ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Composition (combinatorics) ,Architecture ,Computational science ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
This work explores multi-level fixed-point Haar transform compositions combined with MCM (multiple constant multiplication) schemes for an energy-efficient hardware architecture. We investigate a set of six lower-level Haar transforms for composing a Haar-9 architecture. The multiple-level Haar transforms use as a base M=1, M=2, and M=3 resolution levels. The processing module (PM) of the Haar explores efficient MCM schemes. The architectures were described in VHDL and synthesized employing the ST 65nm CMOS cell library. The results show that Haar-II architecture presents the lower circuit area results since this architecture requires fewer arithmetic operators. However, the most energy-efficient Haar-9 hardware architecture employs a combination of two M=2 with five M=1 blocks with a efficient MCM architecture reduced to only two arithmetic operators.
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- 2021
13. Approximate Pruned and Truncated Haar Discrete Wavelet Transform VLSI Hardware for Energy-Efficient ECG Signal Processing
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Eduardo Costa, Morgana M. A. da Rosa, Guilherme Paim, Sergio Almeida, Sergio Bampi, and Henrique Seidel
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Discrete wavelet transform ,Hardware architecture ,Very-large-scale integration ,Signal processing ,Computer science ,Truncation ,Filter (signal processing) ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Algorithm ,Pruning (morphology) ,Efficient energy use - Abstract
The approximate computing paradigm emerged as a key alternative for trading off accuracy and energy efficiency. Error-tolerant applications, such as multimedia and signal processing, can process the information with lower-than-standard accuracy at the circuit level while still fulfilling a good and acceptable service quality at the application level. The automatic detection of R-peaks in an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal is the essential step preceding ECG processing and analysis. The Haar discrete wavelet transform (HDWT) is a low-complexity pre-processing filter suitable to detect ECG R-peaks in embedded systems like wearable devices, which are incredibly energy-constrained. This work presents an approximate HDWT hardware architecture for ECG processing at very high energy efficiency. Our best-proposal employing pruning within the approximate HDWT hardware architecture requires just seven additions. The use of a truncation technique to improve energy efficiency is also investigated herein by observing the evolution of the signal-to-noise ratio and the ultimate impact in the ECG peak-detection application. This research finds that our HDWT approximate hardware architecture proposal accepts higher truncation levels than the original HDWT. In summary: Our results show about 9 times energy reduction when combining our HDWT matrix approximation proposal with the pruning and the highest acceptable level of truncation while still maintaining the R-peak detection performance accuracy of 99.68% on average.
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- 2021
14. Modulation of keratocyte phenotype by collagen fibril nanoarchitecture in membranes for corneal repair
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Guo, Qiongyu, Phillip, Jude M., Majumdar, Shoumyo, Wu, Pei-Hsun, Chen, Jiansu, Calderón-Colón, Xiomara, Schein, Oliver, Smith, Barbara J., Trexler, Morgana M., Wirtz, Denis, and Elisseeff, Jennifer H.
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- 2013
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15. An Energy-Efficient Haar Wavelet Transform Architecture for Respiratory Signal Processing
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Morgana M. A. da Rosa, Sergio Bampi, Henrique Seidel, Sergio Almeida, Eduardo Costa, and Guilherme Paim
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Hardware architecture ,Standard cell ,0303 health sciences ,060102 archaeology ,Computer science ,Haar ,06 humanities and the arts ,Haar wavelet ,Computational science ,03 medical and health sciences ,VHDL ,0601 history and archaeology ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,computer ,Energy (signal processing) ,030304 developmental biology ,Block (data storage) ,Efficient energy use ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
This brief proposes an energy-efficient Haar wavelet transform for respiratory signal processing. We analyze and develop a Haar level 5 (Haar-5) transform architecture for separating the frequency bands of respiratory signals. The fixed-point Haar-5 transform herein proposed employs multi-level $M=1$ , $M=2$ , and $M=3$ Haar transforms for the composition of five resolution levels. The architectures were described in VHDL and synthesized in hardware targeting a 65nm CMOS standard cell library. Our investigation results show that most area- and energy-efficient Haar architecture (i.e., version H-IV) employs one $M=1$ block and two $M=2$ blocks. Hardware synthesis results show that the H-IV architecture proposal saves 38.19% of circuit area and 38.26% of power dissipation and energy per operation, compared among the other architectures herein investigated. Our H-IV hardware architecture proposal shows more than 1150 times of energy reduction than state of the art.
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- 2021
16. Structure and properties of collagen vitrigel membranes for ocular repair and regeneration applications
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Calderón-Colón, Xiomara, Xia, Zhiyong, Breidenich, Jennifer L., Mulreany, Daniel G., Guo, Qiongyu, Uy, Oscar M., Tiffany, Jason E., Freund, David E., McCally, Russell L., Schein, Oliver D., Elisseeff, Jennifer H., and Trexler, Morgana M.
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- 2012
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17. Energy-Efficient VLSI Squarer Unit with Optimized Radix-2m Multiplication Logic.
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da Rosa, Morgana M. A., da Costa, Eduardo A. C., Rocha, Leandro Giacomini, Paim, Guilherme, and Bampi, Sergio
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VERY large scale circuit integration , *VIDEO coding , *MULTIPLICATION , *LOGIC design , *LOGIC , *MULTIPLIERS (Mathematical analysis) - Abstract
Multipliers are demanded in a variety of applications. They consume higher power than other blocks. On the other hand, squarer units are less complex than a general-purpose multiplier, with wide use in cryptography, image processing, and video coding. This paper presents a new radix-2m squarer unit. It uses the essential sum trees to avoid redundant operations. Omitting some duplicate multiplications simplifies the final VLSI architecture. This work uses the radix-2m squarer units with m equal to 2 (radix-4), 3 (radix-8) and 4 (radix-16). We evaluate the proposed squarer units using high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) and cryptography algorithms for a range of bits. For performance results, the architectures use random input vectors. The results show that radix-4 and radix-8 units are more area and power efficient than radix-16 units. Moreover, the high energy savings of our proposed radix-4 and radix-8 units are preserved in the case studies addressed, compared to squarer units from the literature. Particularly, we show that radix-4 and radix-8 provide more energy savings in computing sum of squared differences (SSD). Furthermore, radix-4 and radix-8 squarer units are also efficient in the Montgomery-ladder architecture, reducing energy by 58.76% (radix-8) and 63.39% (radix-4) compared to the multiplier automatically selected by the logic synthesis tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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18. Moxifloxacin in situ gelling microparticles–bioadhesive delivery system
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Guo, Qiongyu, Aly, Ahmed, Schein, Oliver, Trexler, Morgana M., and Elisseeff, Jennifer H.
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- 2012
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19. Functional versus Nonfunctional Rehabilitation in Chronic Ischemic Stroke: Evidences from a Randomized Functional MRI Study
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Maristela C. X. Pelicioni, Morgana M. Novaes, Andre S. C. Peres, Altay A. Lino de Souza, Cesar Minelli, Soraia R. C. Fabio, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, Antonio C. Santos, and Draulio B. de Araujo
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Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 - Abstract
Motor rehabilitation of stroke survivors may include functional and/or nonfunctional strategy. The present study aimed to compare the effect of these two rehabilitation strategies by means of clinical scales and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Twelve hemiparetic chronic stroke patients were selected. Patients were randomly assigned a nonfunctional (NFS) or functional (FS) rehabilitation scheme. Clinical scales (Fugl-Meyer, ARA test, and modified Barthel) and fMRI were applied at four moments: before rehabilitation (P1) and immediately after (P2), 1 month after (P3), and three months after (P4) the end of rehabilitation. The NFS group improved significantly and exclusively their Fugl-Meyer scores at P2, P3, and P4, when compared to P1. On the other hand, the FS group increased significantly in Fugl-Meyer at P2, when compared to P1, and also in their ARA and Barthel scores. fMRI inspection at the individual level revealed that both rehabilitation schemes most often led to decreased activation sparseness, decreased activity of contralesional M1, increased asymmetry of M1 activity to the ipsilesional side, decreased perilesional activity, and decreased SMA activity. Increased M1 asymmetry with rehabilitation was also confirmed by Lateralization Indexes. Our clinical analysis revealed subtle differences between FS and NFS.
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20. DESAFIO PARA SAÚDE PÚBLICA: RESISTÊNCIA DE INSETOS VETORES A INSETICIDAS
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Morgana M. C. de S. L. Diniz and Cecília Oliveira Lavitschka
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- 2022
21. Latitudinal disparity in the reproductive cycle of sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Elasmobranchii: Carcharhinidae), in Atlantic waters off South America
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Morgana M. Macedo, Marcia F. Sousa, and Vandick S. Batista
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Coastal waters ,life history ,reproductive traits ,northeastern Brazil ,Zoology ,QL1-991 - Abstract
Geographical variation in biophysical conditions may strongly influence the life history characteristics of widely distributed species, such as the Brazilian sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon lalandii (Müller & Henle, 1839). Here, we use original and secondary data of reproductive traits of R. lalandii to identify population differences among northern/northeastern and southern Atlantic waters of South America. In the southeast region, birth occurs between December and March, and the young become frequent along the coast between April and September. Mating occurs mainly between March and June, when females with bite marks are common. Females in early pregnancy occur between March and September. The reproductive cycle of R. lalandii in the northern/northeastern region was approximately six months ahead of the cycle described for the southeastern region. These results support the hypothesis that environmental conditions in the North-Northeast and Southeast generate differences in life history traits, resulting in at least two distinct populations along the Brazilian coast.
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- 2012
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22. Design Methodology to Explore Hybrid Approximate Adders for Energy-Efficient Image and Video Processing Accelerators
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Claudio Machado Diniz, Morgana M. A. da Rosa, Leonardo Bandeira Soares, Sergio Bampi, and Eduardo Costa
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Standard cell ,Adder ,Optimization problem ,Heuristic (computer science) ,Computer science ,020208 electrical & electronic engineering ,Hardware description language ,Sobel operator ,02 engineering and technology ,Video processing ,Computer engineering ,Hardware and Architecture ,Filter (video) ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,computer ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
This paper proposes a new design methodology to explore the state-of-the-art approximate adders for accelerator architectures conceived in the realm of multiplier-less multiple constant multiplication optimization problem. The proposed methodology is composed of: 1) a search heuristic to seek faster and feasible approximate configurations for the architectures under evaluation; 2) low-power techniques regarding hybrid approximate adders design for accelerators based on trees of shift-and-add operations; 3) high-performance evaluation by exploring parallel prefix adders and low power analysis through the use of the adder optimized by a commercial synthesis tool in the precise part of the approximate adders; and 4) energy efficiency analysis by considering both the approximate techniques and voltage over scaling estimation. Furthermore, improvements are proposed for the state-of-the-art approximate adders under evaluation in this paper. Two case studies are considered to assess the proposed methodology: 1) Gaussian image filter and 2) Sobel operator. The precise and approximate image filters were described in very high-speed integrated circuits hardware description language regarding the proposed methodology. Results are shown after synthesis to a 45-nm standard cell-based technology, where energy reductions ranging from 7.7% up to 73.2% were experienced for multiple levels of quality considering the applications under analysis.
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- 2019
23. Regeneration of corneal epithelium utilizing a collagen vitrigel membrane in rabbit models for corneal stromal wound and limbal stem cell deficiency
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Chae, Jeremy J., Ambrose, Winnette McIntosh, Espinoza, Freddy A., Mulreany, Daniel G., Ng, Shengyong, Takezawa, Toshiaki, Trexler, Morgana M., Schein, Oliver D., Chuck, Roy S., and Elisseeff, Jennifer H.
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- 2015
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24. Gasification of Lignocellulosic Residues at Pilot Scale: Evidence of the Catalytic Effect of its Ash
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Cerone, N., Francesco Zimbardi, Contuzzi, L., Morgana, M., Civita, R., Carnevale, O., Grieco, M., Villone, A., Cerone, N., Zimbardi, F., Contuzzi, L., Morgana, M., Civita, R., Carnevale, O., Grieco, M., and Villone, A.
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Fixed bed ,Ashes, Biorefinery, Fixed bed, Gasification, Lignin ,Biomass ,Ashes ,Lignin ,Biorefinery ,Gasification - Abstract
The updraft gasifications of the two residues of biorefinery having different inert content were carried out at the very close operating conditions, namely at almost the same equivalence ratio of air and steam. The temperature inside the autothermal gasifier was monitored and a detailed profile was obtained. The H2/CO ratio and condensable organics produced from the two feedstock were different. The average temperatures in the reactor differed in the two cases of 89°C. Being the process carried out in authothermal mode, it was correlated the different exothermicity and with the reaction kinetics, in particular to a different degree of advancement of the water gas reaction (WGS) that in the case of high ash content feedstock was more favoured. Metals content affected also the content of organic condensable molecules in the producer gas and it was 50% higher in the case of low ash content feedstock., Proceedings of the 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 27-30 May 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 807-812
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25. Hydrothermal conversion of organosol lignin into phenols by using nickel raney catalyst
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Morgana, M., Viola, E., Francesco Zimbardi, Cerone, N., Romanelli, A., Valerio, V., Morgana, M., Viola, E., Zimbardi, F., Cerone, N., Romanelli, A., and Valerio, V.
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Catalytic conversion, Hydrogen, Lignin ,Catalytic conversion ,Biomass ,Lignin ,Hydrogen - Abstract
The use of lignocellulosic biomass to obtain fuels and chemicals produces a large amount of lignin as byproduct. Lignin valorization into chemicals needs efficient conversion process to be developed. In this work hydrocracking of organosolv lignin was performed by using Nickel Raney catalyst. Organosolv lignin was obtained from the pretreatment of eucalyptus wood at 170° C for 1h by using 1/100/100 (w/v/v) ratios biomass/oxalic acid solution (0.4% w/w)/1-butanol. The obtained organic phase of lignin in 1-butanol was used in hydrogenation tests. The conversion of lignin was carried out with a batch reactor equipped with a 0.3 l vessel with adjustable internal stirrer and heat control. The reactor was pressurized at 5 bar with hydrogen at room temperature, then the temperature was raised to 250°C and kept for 30 min. During the tests COx and C1-C3 hydrocarbons were produced at low percentage, they were quantified by CG in the stream flowing from the batch reactor when it was depressurized at room conditions. The liquid phase was analyzed by GC-MS to determine low molecular weight fragments; GPC (Gel Permeation Chromatography) was used to determine molecular size distribution before and after the hydrogenation., Proceedings of the 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 27-30 May 2019, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 1464-1466
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- 2019
26. An Energy-Efficient Haar Wavelet Transform Architecture for Respiratory Signal Processing
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da Rosa, Morgana M., primary, Seidel, Henrique B., additional, Paim, Guilherme, additional, da Costa, Eduardo A. C., additional, Almeida, Sergio, additional, and Bampi, Sergio, additional
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- 2021
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27. Neurofunctional changes after a single mirror therapy intervention in chronic ischemic stroke
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Maristela C. X. Pelicioni, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, Katia C. Andrade, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Kelley C. Mazzetto-Betti, Morgana M. Novaes, Dráulio Barros de Araújo, Antonio Carlos dos Santos, and André Salles Cunha Peres
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Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Mirror therapy ,Brain Ischemia ,Upper Extremity ,03 medical and health sciences ,ACIDENTE VASCULAR CEREBRAL ,0302 clinical medicine ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Intervention (counseling) ,transcranial magnetic stimulation ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,ischemic stroke ,medicine ,Humans ,Evoked potential ,Stroke ,stroke rehabilitation ,Aged ,Rehabilitation ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,General Neuroscience ,Motor Cortex ,Stroke Rehabilitation ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Evoked Potentials, Motor ,medicine.disease ,functional magnetic resonance imaging ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation ,Transcranial magnetic stimulation ,Chronic Disease ,Female ,Primary motor cortex ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Functional magnetic resonance imaging ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background: Mirror therapy (MT) is becoming an alternative rehabilitation strategy for various conditions, including stroke. Although recent studies suggest the positive benefit of MT in chronic stroke motor recovery, little is known about its neural mechanisms. Purpose: To identify functional brain changes induced by a single MT intervention in ischemic stroke survivors, assessed by both transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Materials and methods: TMS and fMRI were used to investigate 15 stroke survivors immediately before and after a single 30-min MT session. Results: We found statistically significant increase in post-MT motor evoked potential (MEP) amplitude (increased excitability) from the affected primary motor cortex (M1), when compared to pre-MT MEP. Post-MT fMRI maps were associated with a more organized and constrained pattern, with a more focal M1 activity within the affected hemisphere after MT, limited to the cortical area of hand representation. Furthermore, we find a change in the balance of M1 activity toward the affected hemisphere. In addition, significant correlation was found between decreased fMRI β-values and increased MEP amplitude post-MT, in the affected hemisphere. Conclusion: Our study suggests that a single MT intervention in stroke survivors is related to increased MEP of the affected limb, and a more constrained activity of the affected M1, as if activity had become more constrained and limited to the affected hemisphere.
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- 2018
28. Efeitos da inclusão do farelo de coco nas rações de frangos de corte sobre o desempenho e rendimento da carcaça
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Iánglio Márcio Travassos Duarte Jácome, Ludmila da Paz Gomes da Silva, Adriana Guim, Djair Q. Lima, Morgana M. Almeida, Marcos J. de Araújo, Viviane P. Oliveira, Josefa Dêis Brito Silva, and Terezinha D. D. Martins
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aves ,desempenho ,farelo de coco ,carcaça ,Animal culture ,SF1-1100 - Abstract
Com o objetivo de avaliar a inclusão de 0%, 10% e 20% farelo de coco na alimentação de frangos de corte utilizou-se 288 pintos, em experimento em blocos casualizados, com três tratamentos, quatro repetições e 24 aves por unidade experimental de um a 42 dias de idade. As rações foram isoenergéticas e isoprotéicas para cada fase (inicial, crescimento e final). As aves alimentadas com farelo de coco não apresentaram diferenças (p > 0,05) em desempenho. No período total, os tratamentos que não receberam farelo de coco tenderam a uma pior conversão alimentar. Quanto ao rendimento de carcaça, não houve diferenças significativas, mas as alimentadas com farelo de coco apresentaram maior gordura abdominal que o controle.
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29. Controlled shape-morphing metallic components for deployable structures
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Douglas B. Trigg, Gianna M. Valentino, Chuck E. Hebert, A.M. Lennon, Ian McCue, Steven Storck, Morgana M. Trexler, Drew P. Seker, Salahudin Nimer, and James P. Mastandrea
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Materials science ,Shape change ,Additive manufacturing ,Mechanical engineering ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,NiTi ,Thermal stimulation ,Leverage (statistics) ,General Materials Science ,Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials ,4d printing ,Alloy doping ,Mechanical Engineering ,Shape-memory alloy ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,SMA ,0104 chemical sciences ,Morphing ,Shape memory alloys ,Mechanics of Materials ,Self-actuation ,TA401-492 ,Panel array ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
Transformational advances in additive manufacturing combined with the unique functional behavior of shape memory alloys (SMAs) has propelled the field of 4D printing “smart” materials. In this study, we leverage multiple processing pathways with additive manufacturing to design and fabricate SMA components capable of precise, self-guided shape change that could actuate large-scale (up to 25 × 25 × 33 cm3) structures under external thermal stimuli. The dual benefits of minor alloy doping (
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- 2021
30. Sinonasal neoplasms in 49 dogs: clinical, macroscopic, and histopathological aspects
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Ricaldi, Giulia F.S., primary, Hennig, Morgana M., additional, Tondo, Luís A.S., additional, Irigoyen, Luiz F., additional, Fighera, Rafael A., additional, Flores, Mariana M., additional, and Kommers, Glaucia D., additional
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31. Effects of Yoga Respiratory Practice (Bhastrika pranayama) on Anxiety, Affect, and Brain Functional Connectivity and Activity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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Novaes, Morgana M., primary, Palhano-Fontes, Fernanda, additional, Onias, Heloisa, additional, Andrade, Katia C., additional, Lobão-Soares, Bruno, additional, Arruda-Sanchez, Tiago, additional, Kozasa, Elisa H., additional, Santaella, Danilo F., additional, and de Araujo, Draulio Barros, additional
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32. Effects of Yoga Respiratory Practice (
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Morgana M. Novaes, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Heloisa Onias, Katia C. Andrade, Bruno Lobão-Soares, Tiago Arruda-Sanchez, Elisa H. Kozasa, Danilo F. Santaella, and Draulio Barros de Araujo
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emotion regulation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex ,lcsh:RC435-571 ,Audiology ,Affect (psychology) ,insula ,Amygdala ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,lcsh:Psychiatry ,medicine ,Prefrontal cortex ,Psychiatry ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Yoga ,amygdala ,anxiety ,Clinical Trial ,pranayama ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,yoga ,affect ,functional MRI ,Anxiety ,medicine.symptom ,Functional magnetic resonance imaging ,business ,Insula ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Pranayama refers to a set of yoga breathing exercises. Recent evidence suggests that the practice of pranayama has positive effects on measures of clinical stress and anxiety. This study explored the impact of a Bhastrika pranayama training program on emotion processing, anxiety, and affect. We used a randomized controlled trial design with thirty healthy young adults assessed at baseline and after 4 weeks of pranayama practices. Two functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) protocols were used both at baseline and post-intervention: an emotion task as well as a resting-state acquisition. Our results suggest that pranayama significantly decreased states of anxiety and negative affect. The practice of pranayama also modulated the activity of brain regions involved in emotional processing, particularly the amygdala, anterior cingulate, anterior insula, and prefrontal cortex. Resting-state functional MRI (fMRI) showed significantly reduced functional connectivity involving the anterior insula and lateral portions of the prefrontal cortex. Correlation analysis revealed that changes in connectivity between the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula were associated with changes in anxiety. Although it should be noted that these analyses were preliminary and exploratory, it provides the first evidence that 4 weeks of B. pranayama significantly reduce the levels of anxiety and negative affect, and that these changes are associated with the modulation of activity and connectivity in brain areas involved in emotion processing, attention, and awareness. The study was registered at https://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-2gv5c2/(RBR-2gv5c2).
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33. Rapid antidepressant effects of the psychedelic ayahuasca in treatment-resistant depression: a randomized placebo-controlled trial
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Gabriela de Oliveira Silveira, Antonio A. Silva-Junior, Dráulio Barros de Araújo, Katia C. Andrade, João Carlos Alchieri, Flávia de Lima Osório, Francisco Rr Santos, Bruno Lobão-Soares, Jéssica de Andrade Pessoa, Emerson Arcoverde, Jordi Riba, Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho, Rafael Faria Sanches, Rafael Miyashiro Nunes dos Santos, João Paulo Maia-de-Oliveira, Heloisa Onias, Dayanna Barreto, Sérgio A. Mota-Rolim, Morgana M. Novaes, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Luís Fernando Tófoli, Jaime Eduardo Cecilio Hallak, and Mauricio Yonamine
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Hallucinogen ,Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,HRS ,Placebo-controlled study ,Placebo ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,randomized controlled trial (RCT) ,Double-Blind Method ,Antidepressive agents ,law ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Applied Psychology ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Banisteriopsis ,biology ,business.industry ,Depression ,Ayahuasca ,Original Articles ,psychedelics ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Antidepressive Agents ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Treatment Outcome ,MEQ ,depression ,Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) ,Hallucinogens ,Female ,Psychedelic ,business ,Treatment-resistant depression ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Phytotherapy - Abstract
BackgroundRecent open-label trials show that psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, hold promise as fast-onset antidepressants in treatment-resistant depression.MethodsTo test the antidepressant effects of ayahuasca, we conducted a parallel-arm, double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial in 29 patients with treatment-resistant depression. Patients received a single dose of either ayahuasca or placebo. We assessed changes in depression severity with the Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and the Hamilton Depression Rating scale at baseline, and at 1 (D1), 2 (D2), and 7 (D7) days after dosing.ResultsWe observed significant antidepressant effects of ayahuasca when compared with placebo at all-time points. MADRS scores were significantly lower in the ayahuasca group compared with placebo at D1 and D2 (p= 0.04), and at D7 (p< 0.0001). Between-group effect sizes increased from D1 to D7 (D1: Cohen'sd= 0.84; D2: Cohen'sd= 0.84; D7: Cohen'sd= 1.49). Response rates were high for both groups at D1 and D2, and significantly higher in the ayahuasca group at D7 (64%v.27%;p= 0.04). Remission rate showed a trend toward significance at D7 (36%v.7%,p= 0.054).ConclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first controlled trial to test a psychedelic substance in treatment-resistant depression. Overall, this study brings new evidence supporting the safety and therapeutic value of ayahuasca, dosed within an appropriate setting, to help treat depression. This study is registered athttp://clinicaltrials.gov(NCT02914769).
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34. Effect of a carbon nanotube coating on friction and impact performance of Kevlar
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E. D. LaBarre, Xiomara Calderon-Colon, Eric D. Wetzel, Morgana M. Trexler, Andrew C. Merkle, Jason E. Tiffany, and Michael E. Morris
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Materials science ,Mechanical Engineering ,Modulus ,Carbon nanotube ,Kevlar ,engineering.material ,law.invention ,Coating ,Mechanics of Materials ,law ,Solid mechanics ,Ultimate tensile strength ,Ballistic limit ,engineering ,Surface roughness ,General Materials Science ,Composite material - Abstract
Because surface treatments of high-performance fibers have previously resulted in increased friction and improved impact performance, it was of interest to evaluate the influence of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) on impact performance and contributing constituent properties of Kevlar. Kevlar K129 yarns and fabrics were modified via sonication in a solution of N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and MWNTs. This method has the potential to both improve the intrinsic properties of the fibers themselves as well as increase the friction, with very low mass addition. Tensile, static friction, and pull-out tests were performed to compare the properties of MWNT-treated materials to neat. As a result of MWNT augmentation, yarn modulus increased up to 15 %, and static and kinetic friction coefficients increased up to 30 %. Yarn pull-out tests revealed up to a 230 % increase in the forces required to pull-out yarns. To study the effects of MWNT augmentation on dynamic performance, low-velocity impact tests of steel spheres on a single ply of fabric were performed. These experiments demonstrated approximately 50 % increase in ballistic limit for MWNT-treated Kevlar with negligible (0.4–1.4 %) increase in mass. Entanglement among MWNTs along with increased surface roughness and surface area increased the resistance to motion, improving impact performance by increasing the energy required to pull-out yarns from the textile, while inhibiting textile windowing and driving a larger number of yarn failures. The observed changes in fabric response suggest that MWNT treatments have the potential to improve the ballistic limit of fabrics through increased interfilament and interyarn friction without compromising fiber strength or adding significant mass.
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35. Regeneration of corneal epithelium utilizing a collagen vitrigel membrane in rabbit models for corneal stromal wound and limbal stem cell deficiency
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Toshiaki Takezawa, Morgana M. Trexler, Roy S. Chuck, Daniel G. Mulreany, Shengyong Ng, Freddy A. Espinoza, Winnette Mc Intosh Ambrose, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Je-Min Chae, and Oliver D. Schein
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Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Stromal cell ,Cell Transplantation ,Corneal Stroma ,Cell Culture Techniques ,Biocompatible Materials ,Limbus Corneae ,Collagen Type I ,Corneal Diseases ,Neovascularization ,Cornea ,medicine ,Animals ,Regeneration ,Fibrin glue ,Corneal epithelium ,Wound Healing ,Tissue Scaffolds ,business.industry ,Stem Cells ,Regeneration (biology) ,Epithelium, Corneal ,Membranes, Artificial ,General Medicine ,Immunohistochemistry ,eye diseases ,Transplantation ,Disease Models, Animal ,Microscopy, Electron ,Ophthalmology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Rabbits ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Purpose This study was performed to evaluate the potential of a collagen-based membrane, collagen vitrigel (CV), for reconstructing corneal epithelium in the stromal wound and limbal stem cell deficiency (LSCD) models. Methods Three groups of rabbits were used in the stromal wound model: CV affixed using fibrin glue (CV + FG group, n = 9), fibrin glue only (FG group, n = 3) and an untreated control group (n = 3). In the LSCD model, one group received CV containing human limbal epithelial cells (CV + hLEC group, n = 2) and the other was an untreated control (n = 1). Gross observation, including fluorescent staining, pathological examination, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy, was used to evaluate the effect of CV on the corneal epithelium. Results In the stromal wound model, fluorescent staining showed that epithelial reconstruction occurred as rapidly in the CV + FG group as it did in the control group. The pathological examination proved that the CV supported a healthy corneal epithelium in the CV + FG group, whereas FG led to hypertrophy and inappropriate differentiation of corneal epithelium in the FG group. In the LSCD model, the corneas in the CV + hLEC group showed sustained tissue transparency with good epithelialization, low inflammatory response and reduced neovascularization. However, the control cornea was translucent and showed high amounts of inflammation and neovascularization. Conclusion We have demonstrated that CV supports corneal epithelial differentiation and prevents epithelial hypertrophy, in addition to serving as a scaffold for hLEC transplantation, without complications.
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36. A randomized placebo-controlled trial on the antidepressant effects of the psychedelic ayahuasca in treatment-resistant depression
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Oliveira Silveira Gd, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio Hallak, Jordi Riba, Bruno Lobão-Soares, João Paulo Maia-de-Oliveira, Morgana M. Novaes, Sérgio A. Mota-Rolim, Mauricio Yonamine, Dráulio Barros de Araújo, Arnóbio Antônio da Silva-Júnior, Flávia de Lima Osório, Emerson Arcoverde, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, João Carlos Alchieri, Francisco Rr Santos, Heloisa Onias, dos Santos Rg, Katia C. Andrade, Luís Fernando Tófoli, Dayanna Barreto, Rafael Faria Sanches, Jéssica de Andrade Pessoa, and Nicole Leite Galvão-Coelho
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Placebo-controlled study ,Ayahuasca ,medicine.disease ,Placebo ,law.invention ,Clinical trial ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Internal medicine ,Medicine ,Antidepressant ,business ,Treatment-resistant depression ,Depression (differential diagnoses) - Abstract
Recent open label trials show that psychedelics, such as ayahuasca, hold promise as fast-onset antidepressants in treatment-resistant depression. In order to further test the antidepressant effects of ayahuasca, we conducted a parallel-arm, double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial in 29 patients with treatment-resistant depression. Patients received a single dose of either ayahuasca or placebo. Changes in depression severity were assessed with the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and the Hamilton Depression Rating scale (HAM-D). Assessments were made at baseline, and at one (D1), two (D2) and seven (D7) days after dosing. We observed significant antidepressant effects of ayahuasca when compared to placebo at all timepoints. MADRS scores were significantly lower in the ayahuasca group compared to placebo (at D1 and D2: p=0.04; and at D7: p
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37. Ehrlich ascites tumor-bearing mice treated with aqueous ethanol plant extract from Euphorbia tirucalli showed signs of systemic toxicity
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Kviecinski, Maicon R., dos Santos, Júlia R., Magagnin, Bruna G., Correa, Marina R., Clarinda, Morgana M., Trabold, Luciana A., David, Isabela M.B., Fernandes, Flávia S., da Silva, Jane, Kanis, Luiz A., Parisotto, Eduardo B., Castro, Luiza S.E.W., da Silva, Fabiana O., and Pedrosa, Rozangela C.
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Purpose: To evaluate the antitumor effect of a latex extract from Euphorbia tirucalli Linn. (Euphorbiaceae) and its toxicity.Methods: Aqueous ethanol and petroleum ether extracts were obtained through maceration. .Maximum tolerated dose was determined in healthy mice. Antitumor activity was measured in Ehrlich ascites tumor-bearing mice treated with the extract through intraperitoneal injection (62.5, 125 or 250 mg/kg) every 48 h (four doses). Efficacy was assessed by weight gain, abdominal circumference, volume of ascitic fluid and packed tumor cells, tumor cell viability and survival. Toxicity indicators were serum glucose, triglycerides, total proteins, activity of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases and mass of heart, spleen, kidney and liver. A hemolysis assay was also performed.Results: Doses of 62.5 and 125 mg/kg caused no antitumor activity, while 250 mg/kg dose reduced weight gain (3-fold), abdominal circumference and volume of ascitic fluid (> 50 %) and packed cells (50 %), but lowered tumor cell viability (40 %). However, mice treated with the extract survived for a shorter time than control mice. Furthermore, the 250 mg/kg dose caused cardiac atrophy, splenomegaly and fasting hyperglycemia. The extract caused hemolysis, and the half-maximal effective concentration (EC50) was 1.6 (0.9 – 2.7) mg/mL.Conclusion: Euphorbia tirucalli extract inhibits Ehrlich ascites tumor in mice, but the therapeutic dose is also harmful to non-tumor tissues.Keywords: Euphorbia tirucalli, Ehrlich ascites tumor-bearing mice, Antitumor, Toxicity, Cardiac atrophy, Splenomegaly
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38. Banded structures in collagen vitrigels for corneal injury repair
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Benjamin Hsiao, Jeffrey P. Maranchi, Morgana M. Trexler, Xiomara Calderon-Colon, Zhiyong Xia, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Lixia Rong, and Russell L. McCally
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Materials science ,Molecular Conformation ,Biomedical Engineering ,Biochemistry ,Biomaterials ,Microscopy, Electron, Transmission ,X-Ray Diffraction ,Biomimetic Materials ,Corneal Injury ,Materials Testing ,Scattering, Small Angle ,Microscopy ,Animals ,Humans ,Molecular Biology ,Tissue Scaffolds ,Small-angle X-ray scattering ,Hydrogels ,General Medicine ,Vitrification ,Crystallography ,Correlation function (statistical mechanics) ,Transmission electron microscopy ,Self-healing hydrogels ,X-ray crystallography ,Cattle ,Collagen ,Type I collagen ,Corneal Injuries ,Biotechnology - Abstract
There is a growing interest in using collagen vitrigels for corneal injury repair. We recently reported the synthesis and thermal denaturation behavior of these gels. In this paper, the banded structure in these vitrified gels is studied by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) one-dimensional (1-D) correlation function analysis and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Results demonstrate that the collagen vitrigel possess banded structures similar to those of the starting type I collagen, with an average D-spacing of 64nm (by SAXS) or 57nm (by TEM). A combination of SAXS 1-D correlation function analyses and TEM show that overlap and gap distances ranged from 30 to 33nm and from 23 to 25nm, respectively. Changing the vitrification condition does not impact on the banded structure significantly.
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39. Application of a Collagen-Based Membrane and Chondroitin Sulfate-Based Hydrogel Adhesive for the Potential Repair of Severe Ocular Surface Injuries
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Iossif Strehin, Je-Min Chae, Daniel G. Mulreany, Freddy A. Espinoza, Oliver D. Schein, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Qiongyu Guo, Kraig S. Bower, Qiaozhi Lu, Joseph Choi, and Morgana M. Trexler
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Male ,Staphylococcus aureus ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Swine ,High-performance liquid chromatography ,Polyethylene Glycols ,Eye injuries ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Blast Injuries ,Disk Diffusion Antimicrobial Tests ,Vancomycin ,Ophthalmology ,Cadaver ,medicine ,Animals ,Chondroitin ,Chondroitin sulfate ,Corneal Perforation ,business.industry ,Chondroitin Sulfates ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Hydrogels ,Membranes, Artificial ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Eye Injuries, Penetrating ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,chemistry ,Self-healing hydrogels ,Tissue Adhesives ,Collagen ,Rabbits ,Adhesive ,Cadaveric spasm ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
This study was performed to evaluate the potential of a chondroitin sulfate-polyethylene glycol (CS-PEG) adhesive and collagen-based membrane (collagen vitrigel, CV) combination as a method to treat penetrating ocular injuries on the battlefield and to improve this method with two technologies: an antibiotic releasing CS-PEG adhesive and a corneal shaped CV. Burst testing using porcine cadaveric eyes, high-performance liquid chromatography, the Kirby-Bauer bacterial inhibition test, and CV implantations on the live and cadaveric rabbit eyes were performed. The ocular burst test showed CS-PEG adhesive could successfully repair 5-mm to 6-mm length wounds in the corneal and corneoscleral regions but would require CS-PEG + CV to treat larger wounds similar to those seen on the battlefield. In addition, high performance liquid chromatography and the Kirby-Bauer bacterial inhibition test presented evidence suggesting the vancomycin incorporated CS-PEG could inhibit Staphylococcus infection for 9 days. Furthermore, the curved CV showed an advantage by matching the corneal contour without any wrinkle formation. Although this pilot study showed a limited range of possible applications, we demonstrated that the combination of CS-PEG adhesive + CV is a promising method and the 2 technologies improve their applicability to the special demands of the battlefield.
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40. Modulation of keratocyte phenotype by collagen fibril nanoarchitecture in membranes for corneal repair
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Xiomara Calderon-Colon, Oliver D. Schein, Barbara J. Smith, Jude M. Phillip, Qiongyu Guo, Jiansu Chen, Morgana M. Trexler, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, Shoumyo Majumdar, Pei Hsun Wu, and Denis Wirtz
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Materials science ,Stromal cell ,Biophysics ,Gene Expression ,Biocompatible Materials ,Corneal Keratocytes ,Bioengineering ,Fibril ,Collagen Type I ,Article ,Biomaterials ,Extracellular matrix ,In vivo ,Animals ,Vitrification ,Cells, Cultured ,Cell Proliferation ,Anatomy ,Membrane ,Mechanics of Materials ,Ceramics and Composites ,Cattle ,Keratocan ,Type I collagen - Abstract
Type I collagen membranes with tailored fibril nanoarchitectures were fabricated through a vitrification processing, which mimicked to a degree, the collagen maturation process of corneal stromal extracellular matrix in vivo. Vitrification was performed at a controlled temperature of either 5 °C or 39 °C at a constant relative humidity of 40% for various time periods from 0.5 wk up to 8 wk. During vitrification, the vitrified collagen membranes (collagen vitrigels, CVs) exhibited a rapid growth in fibrillar density through the evaporation of water and an increase in fibrillar stiffness due to the formation of new and/or more-stable interactions. On the other hand, the collagen fibrils in CVs maintained their D-periodicity and showed no significant difference in fibrillar diameter, indicating preservation of the native states of the collagen fibrils during vitrification. Keratocyte phenotype was maintained on CVs to varying degrees that were strongly influenced by the collagen fibril nanoarchitectures. Specifically, the vitrification time of CVs mainly governed the keratocyte morphology, showing significant increases in the cell protrusion number, protrusion length, and cell size along with CV vitrification time. The CV vitrification temperature affected the regulation of the gene expressions of keratocyte fibroblasts, including keratocan and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), demonstrating a unique way to control the expression of specific genes in vitro.
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41. Articial Senses and Organs: Natural Mechanisms and Biomimetic Devices
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Ryan M. Deacon and Morgana M. Trexler
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42. Functional versus nonfunctional rehabilitation in chronic ischemic stroke: evidences from a randomized functional MRI study
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Morgana M. Novaes, Octavio M. Pontes-Neto, André Salles Cunha Peres, Dráulio Barros de Araújo, Cesar Minelli, Maristela C. X. Pelicioni, Altay Alves Lino de Souza, Soraia Ramos Cabete Fabio, and Antonio Carlos dos Santos
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Adult ,Male ,030506 rehabilitation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Article Subject ,medicine.medical_treatment ,ENVELHECIMENTO ,Lateralization of brain function ,Functional Laterality ,law.invention ,Brain Ischemia ,lcsh:RC321-571 ,Bobath concept ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Medicine ,Humans ,magnetic resonance imaging ,Stroke ,lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,Aged ,Rehabilitation ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Stroke Rehabilitation ,Brain ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Recovery of Function ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,SMA ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,stroke ,Treatment Outcome ,Neurology ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Functional magnetic resonance imaging ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article - Abstract
Motor rehabilitation of stroke survivors may include functional and/or nonfunctional strategy. The present study aimed to compare the effect of these two rehabilitation strategies by means of clinical scales and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI). Twelve hemiparetic chronic stroke patients were selected. Patients were randomly assigned a nonfunctional (NFS) or functional (FS) rehabilitation scheme. Clinical scales (Fugl-Meyer, ARA test, and modified Barthel) and fMRI were applied at four moments: before rehabilitation (P1) and immediately after (P2), 1 month after (P3), and three months after (P4) the end of rehabilitation. The NFS group improved significantly and exclusively their Fugl-Meyer scores at P2, P3, and P4, when compared to P1. On the other hand, the FS group increased significantly in Fugl-Meyer at P2, when compared to P1, and also in their ARA and Barthel scores. fMRI inspection at the individual level revealed that both rehabilitation schemes most often led to decreased activation sparseness, decreased activity of contralesional M1, increased asymmetry of M1 activity to the ipsilesional side, decreased perilesional activity, and decreased SMA activity. Increased M1 asymmetry with rehabilitation was also confirmed by Lateralization Indexes. Our clinical analysis revealed subtle differences between FS and NFS.
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43. Enhanced Th17 phenotype in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder
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Paulo A.F. Pacheco, Carlos Fernando Araujo-Lima, Thais B. Ferreira, Renato G. Silva-Filho, Carla Renata M. Almeida, Joana Hygino, Regis M. Andrade, Priscila O. Barros, Morgana M. M. Vieira, Ulisses C. Linhares, Cleonice A.M. Bento, and Arnaldo F.B. Andrade
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Generalized anxiety disorder ,Adolescent ,T cell ,Immunology ,Tetrazolium Salts ,Cell Count ,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ,Biology ,Lymphocyte Activation ,Dexamethasone ,Statistics, Nonparametric ,Proinflammatory cytokine ,Pathogenesis ,Young Adult ,Immune system ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Immunology and Allergy ,Glucocorticoids ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Interleukin-7 ,medicine.disease ,Anxiety Disorders ,Phenotype ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Endocrinology ,Neurology ,Cytokines ,Th17 Cells ,Anxiety ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,medicine.symptom ,Glucocorticoid ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is often a debilitating chronic condition, characterized by long-lasting anxiety that is not focused on any object or situation. Besides being clearly linked to increased susceptibility to infectious diseases, anxiety is also known to contribute to the pathogenesis of many inflammatory/autoimmune disorders. The present work aimed to explore the T cell profile following in vitro activation in cultures obtained from a group of individuals with GAD, comparing them with healthy control individuals. Our results demonstrated that cell cultures from GAD group proliferated less following T cell activation as compared with the control group. The analysis of the cytokine profile revealed Th1 and Th2 cytokine deficiencies in the anxious group, as compared with the control subjects. On the other hand, this cellular and humoral immune damage was followed by enhanced production of Th17-derived cytokines. In particular, the levels of TNF-α and IL-17 were significantly higher in cell cultures containing activated T cells from GAD individuals. Therefore, besides a deficiency on Th1 phenotype, an elevated proinflammatory status of these individuals might be related to both glucocorticoid immune resistance and lower IL-10 levels produced by activated T cells. In conclusion, our results demonstrated a T cell functional dysregulation in individuals with GAD, and can help to explain the mechanisms of immune impairment in these subjects and their relationship with increased susceptibility to infections and autoimmune diseases.
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44. Menadione (vitamin K) enhances the antibiotic activity of drugs by cell membrane permeabilization mechanism
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Andrade, Jacqueline C., primary, Morais Braga, Maria Flaviana B., additional, Guedes, Gláucia Morgana M., additional, Tintino, Saulo R., additional, Freitas, Maria A., additional, Quintans, Lucindo J., additional, Menezes, Irwin R.A., additional, and Coutinho, Henrique D.M., additional
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45. Efeitos da inclusão do farelo de coco nas rações de frangos de corte sobre o desempenho e rendimento da carcaça Effect of different levels of coconut meal in broiler chicken's diets upon the carcass yield
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Marcos J. de Araújo, Morgana M. Almeida, Djair Q. Lima, Adriana Guim, Ludmila da Paz Gomes da Silva, Iánglio Márcio Travassos Duarte Jácome, Viviane P. Oliveira, Josefa Dêis Brito Silva, and Terezinha D. D. Martins
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Com o objetivo de avaliar a inclusão de 0%, 10% e 20% farelo de coco na alimentação de frangos de corte utilizou-se 288 pintos, em experimento em blocos casualizados, com três tratamentos, quatro repetições e 24 aves por unidade experimental de um a 42 dias de idade. As rações foram isoenergéticas e isoprotéicas para cada fase (inicial, crescimento e final). As aves alimentadas com farelo de coco não apresentaram diferenças (p > 0,05) em desempenho. No período total, os tratamentos que não receberam farelo de coco tenderam a uma pior conversão alimentar. Quanto ao rendimento de carcaça, não houve diferenças significativas, mas as alimentadas com farelo de coco apresentaram maior gordura abdominal que o controle.This experiment was carried out with the objective to evaluate different levels of coconut meal in broiler chicken's diets. It was utilized 288 chicks in randomized block design, within the period of 1 to 42 days old, under three treatments, with four replications and 24 birds in each experimental unit. The rations were isoenergetic and isoproteical to each phase. The birds fed with the levels of coconut meal didn't differ (p > 0,05) in performance. The treatments that didn't receive the coconut meal tended to maximum feed conversion. Regarding the carcass yield, results showed no difference, although the birds fed with coconut meal tended to accumulate more abdominal fat.
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46. Functional versus Nonfunctional Rehabilitation in Chronic Ischemic Stroke: Evidences from a Randomized Functional MRI Study
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Pelicioni, Maristela C. X., primary, Novaes, Morgana M., additional, Peres, Andre S. C., additional, Lino de Souza, Altay A., additional, Minelli, Cesar, additional, Fabio, Soraia R. C., additional, Pontes-Neto, Octavio M., additional, Santos, Antonio C., additional, and de Araujo, Draulio B., additional
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47. Pflanzenchemie
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Giesecke, F., Rathje, W., Krummel, W., Kertscher, F., Tischer, J., Lehmann, W., Carolus, R. L., Hester, J. B., Blume, J. M., Emmert, E. M., Morgana, M. F., Franck, O., Bengtsson, N. G., Smit, Jan, and Kühn, S.
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48. Moxifloxacin in situ gelling microparticles-bioadhesive delivery system
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Morgana M. Trexler, Oliver D. Schein, Qiongyu Guo, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, and Ahmed Aly
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Materials science ,Sociology and Political Science ,Bioadhesive ,Moxifloxacin ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Article ,Education ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,medicine ,Microparticle ,Electrospraying ,Ophthalmic release ,Chromatography ,LPN and LVN ,Bioavailability ,Solvent ,PLGA ,chemistry ,Spray drying ,Self-healing hydrogels ,Law ,medicine.drug ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Antibiotic use for ocular treatments has been largely limited by poor local bioavailability with conventional eyedrops formulations. Here, we developed a controlled delivery system composed of moxifloxacin-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) microparticles encapsulated in a chondroitin sulfate-based, two-component bioadhesive hydrogel. Using a simple and fast electrohydrodynamic spray drying (electrospraying) technique, surfactant-free moxifloxacin-loaded microparticles were fabricated with diameters on the order of 1μm. A mixed solvent system of methanol/dichloromethane (MeOH/DCM) was employed to prepare the microparticles for the electrospraying processing. Extended release of moxifloxacin using a series of MeOH/DCM mixed solvents was accomplished over 10 days with release concentrations higher than the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). In contrast, moxifloxacin loaded directly in hydrogels was released rapidly within 24h. We observed a decrease of the drug release rate from the microparticles when using an increased percentage of methanol in the mixed solvent from 10% to 30% (v/v), which can be explained by the mixed solvent system providing a driving force to form a gradient of the drug concentrations inside the microparticles. In addition, the delivery system developed in this study, which incorporates a bioadhesive to localize drug release by in situ gelling, may potentially integrate antibiotic prophylaxis and wound healing in the eye.
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- 2012
49. Structure and properties of collagen vitrigel membranes for ocular repair and regeneration applications
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Morgana M. Trexler, Xiomara Calderon-Colon, Daniel G. Mulreany, Qiongyu Guo, David E. Freund, Russell L. McCally, Oliver D. Schein, Jennifer L. Breidenich, Oscar M. Uy, Zhiyong Xia, Jennifer H. Elisseeff, and Jason E. Tiffany
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Wound Healing ,Yield (engineering) ,Materials science ,Regeneration (biology) ,Biophysics ,Bioengineering ,Surgery ,Biomechanical Phenomena ,Biomaterials ,Cornea ,Membrane ,Mechanics of Materials ,Tensile Strength ,Ultimate tensile strength ,Materials Testing ,Ceramics and Composites ,Transmittance ,medicine ,Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ,Vitrification ,Relative humidity ,Collagen ,Material properties ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
The frequency of ocular injuries on the battlefield has been steadily increasing during recent conflicts. Combat-related eye injuries are difficult to treat and solutions requiring donor tissue are not ideal and are often not readily available. Collagen vitrigels have previously been developed for corneal reconstruction, but increased transparency and mechanical strength are desired for improved vision and ease of handling. In this study, by systematically varying vitrification temperature, relative humidity and time, the collagen vitrigel synthesis conditions were optimized to yield the best combination of high transparency and high mechanical strength. Optical, mechanical, and thermal properties were characterized for each set of conditions to evaluate the effects of the vitrification parameters on material properties. Changes in denaturing temperature and collagen fibril morphology were evaluated to correlate properties with structure. Collagen vitrigels with transmittance up to 90%, tensile strength up to 12 MPa, and denaturing temperatures that significantly exceed the eye/body temperature have been synthesized at 40 °C and 40% relative humidity for one week. This optimal set of conditions enabled improvements of 100% in tensile strength and 11% in transmittance, compared to the previously developed collagen vitrigels.
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- 2012
50. Failure of highly active antiretroviral therapy in reconstituting immune response to Clostridium tetani vaccine in aged AIDS patients
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Amilcar Tanuri, Regis M. Andrade, Rodrigo Brindeiro, Morgana M. M. Vieira, Priscila O. Barros, Alice R S Borner, Renato G. Silva-Filho, Marta A Lazaro, Juliana O Santos, Arnaldo F.B. Andrade, and Cleonice A.M. Bento
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Interleukin 2 ,Adult ,Male ,Anti-HIV Agents ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Peripheral blood mononuclear cell ,Young Adult ,Immune system ,Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ,medicine ,Tetanus Toxoid ,Humans ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Interferon gamma ,Aged ,Cell Proliferation ,Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ,biology ,business.industry ,Toxoid ,Age Factors ,Middle Aged ,Antibodies, Bacterial ,Vaccination ,Infectious Diseases ,Cytokine ,Immunology ,biology.protein ,Leukocytes, Mononuclear ,Cytokines ,Female ,Antibody ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of age on tetanus-specific immune response in successfully highly active antiretroviral therapy-treated AIDS patients, using healthy age-matched individuals as controls. Whole Peripheral blood mononuclear cells or CD8(+) cell-depleted peripheral blood mononuclear cells from previously tetanus toxoid (TT)-immunized individuals were activated with TT plus IL-2, and cell proliferation, cytokine production, and in vitro HIV-1 replication were measured. The in vivo magnitude of the humoral immune response was also assessed by antibody measurements. Our results showed that, compared with other groups, both in vitro TT-specific lymphoproliferation and serum antibody concentration were lower in older AIDS patients. Although the IL-1beta and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) production were higher in cultures from aged HIV-1-infected patients, a dramatic damage on the interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) release was observed, when compared with younger patients. CD8(+) T lymphocytes depletion reduced IL-1beta and TNF-alpha release in the older groups, however, it did not significantly alter their IFN-gamma production. Furthermore, the neutralization of endogenous IL-10 did not change the IFN-gamma deficiency in older AIDS patients. Finally, the lower cellular immune response in this patient group was not related to in vitro HIV-1 replication. The results suggest that successfully highly active antiretroviral therapy-treated aged AIDS patients do not reconstitute the immune response to TT, making them probably more susceptible to tetanus even after vaccination.
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- 2010
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