O estudo propõe um método otimizado para avaliar a degradação de hidrocarbonetos policíclicos aromáticos (HPAs) por fungos filamentosos. A adsorção dos HPAs pelo micélio requer o emprego de uma extração exaustiva, normalmente realizada através da combinação de diferentes técnicas aplicadas, separadamente, ao meio líquido e ao micélio. Este trabalho sugere uma simplificação da etapa de extração,...

This paper presents a simple and intuitive hypermedia synchronization model – the Media Relation Graph (MRG), and an alternative implementation of the Hypermedia Presentation and Authoring System (HPAS), which is the testbed for MRG. Our model combines the power of both interval-based and point-based synchronization mechanisms. The new implementation exploits many rich features of commercial we...

Lignocellulosic biomass is an attractive resource for producing transportation fuels, and consequently novel approaches are being sought for transforming the lignin and cellulosic constituents of biomass to fuels or fuel additives. Glucose, the monomer of cellulose, is a good starting material for exploring such chemistries. We report here the results of an investigation aimed at identifying ca...

The paper is concerned with the issue of how software systems actually use Heterogeneous Parallel Architectures (HPAs), with the goal of optimizing power consumption on these resources. It argues the need for novel methods and tools to support software developers aiming to optimise power consumption resulting from designing, developing, deploying and running software on HPAs, while maintaining ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare and progressive disease characterized by an inflammatory status and vessel wall remodeling, resulting in increased pulmonary artery resistance. During the last decade, treatments have been proposed; most of them target the endothelial pathways that stimulate smooth muscle cell relaxation. However, PH remains associated with significant morbidity. We hypothe...

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine; 5-HT) is a potent pulmonary vasoconstrictor and mitogenic agent whose plasma level is increased in pulmonary hypertensive patients. Thus, we explored the signalling pathways involved in the contractile response to 5-HT in human pulmonary arteries (HPAs). Intact and beta-escin permeabilised rings from HPAs mounted in an organ bath system were used to assess both t...