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João Leite,1 João Romano,2 Virginia Lopes,3 Miguel Mesquita Neves,1 Miguel Gomes,1 Luis Oliveira1 1Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto (CHUPorto), Porto, Portugal; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal; 3Department of Microbiology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto (CHUPorto), Porto, PortugalCorrespondence: João Leite, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto [CHUPorto], Largo do Prof. Abel Salazar, Porto, 4099-001, Portugal, Tel +351916523942, Email leite.jmo@gmail.comBackground: Alternaria spp are ubiquitous pigmented filamentous fungi that can cause opportunistic human infections. These molds can be found in healthy individuals and the most frequently observed clinical manifestations are skin infections, ocular mycosis, rhinosinusitis, among others. Immunosuppression (both local and systemic) as well as contact or trauma with contaminated matter are important risk and predisposing factors for ocular mycosis. Accurate diagnosis with microscopy and culture is crucial since infections by filamentous fungi are sight-threatening, and clinically indistinguishable from bacterial disease. In general terms, conventional antifungal drugs are effective.Case Presentation: We report a case of Alternaria alternata keratitis after ocular trauma with biological material in a 44-year-old man’s functional single eye, which had a good clinical and functional evolution after topical therapy with voriconazole.Conclusion: This case accounts the importance of thinking about other etiological diagnoses in infectious keratitis refractory to the established therapy and with a history of trauma with biological material.Keywords: keratitis, Alternaria alternata, eye infection

The present work illustrates an application of shape memory alloys and nonlinear controller applied to the active angular control of a sectioned airfoil. The main objective of the proposed control system is to modify the shape of the profile based on a reference angle. The change of the sectioned airfoil angle is resultant by the effect of shape memory of the alloy due to heating of the wire caused by an electric current that changes its temperature by Joule effect. Considering the presence of plant’s nonlinear effects, especially in the mathematical model of the alloy, this work proposes the application of an on-off control system.

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