Search Results - "Antonio, A.L."

Use of routinely available clinical, nutritional, and functional criteria to classify cachexia in advanced cancer patients by Vigano, Antonio A.L, Morais, José A, Ciutto, Lorella, Rosenthall, Leonard, Di Tomasso, Jonathan, Khan, Sarah, Olders, Henry, Borod, Manuel, Kilgour, Robert D

“…Summary Background Cachexia is a highly prevalent syndrome in cancer and chronic diseases. However, due to the heterogeneous features of cancer cachexia, its…”
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Superabsorbent Hydrogel Composite Based on Starch/Rice Husk Ash as a Soil Conditioner in Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Seedling Culture by de Vasconcelos, Maria C., Gomes, Raelle F., Sousa, Antônio A. L., Moreira, Francisco J. C., Rodrigues, Francisco H. A., Fajardo, André R., Neto, Luís G. Pinheiro

“…A superabsorbent hydrogel composite based on a starch-grafted-poly(sodium acrylate) matrix filled with husk rice ash (RHA) was synthesized and tested as a soil…”
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Catalytic cracking of sunflower oil under Zr catalysts using thermogravimetry by Silva, Antônio A. L., Oliveira, Daniele S., Fernandes, Fernando R. D., Santos, Anne G. D., Caldeira, Vinícius P. S., Souza, Luiz D.

“…Catalytic cracking of vegetable oils is an alternative method for the production of biofuels. The use of catalysts such as MCM-41 with zirconium results in the…”
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Prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in cloacal samples from select poultry farms in Bulacan, Philippines by Nava, M.R., Sandoval, R.J., Soliven, R., Tan, S.E., Lim, J.C., Valencia, D.D., Antonio, A.L., Barrera, X.M.

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Environmentally friendly recycling of spent Ni–MH battery anodes and electrochemical characterization of nickel and rare earth oxides obtained by sol–gel synthesis by Marins, Antonio A.L., Boasquevisque, Leonardo M., Muri, Emanuel J.B., Freitas, Marcos B.J.G.

“…In this study, Ni and rare earths (REs) were recycled from anodes of spent Ni–MH batteries by means of a sol–gel process in a leachate solution of anode…”
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A preliminary study of attitudes toward the assessment and management of cancer cachexia among medical oncologists and nurses by Del Fabbro, Egidio, Vigano, Antonio A.L.

“…Abstract only 44 Background: A recent international consensus on the definition and classification of the cancer anorexia / cachexia syndrome (CACS) will…”
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Substituent effects on the pH-dependent multiequilibria of flavylium salt analogs of anthocyanins by Freitas, Adilson A., Dias, Luis G., Maçanita, António A.L., Quina, Frank H.

“…Substituent effects on the hydration, tautomerization, and isomerization equilibria of flavylium salts can be described by a series of linear free energy…”
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77.3-GHz Standing-Wave Oscillator Based on an Asymmetrical Tunable Slow-Wave Coplanar Stripline Resonator by Gomes, Leonardo, Sharma, Ekta, Souza, Antonio A. L., Serrano, Ariana L. C., Rheder, Gustavo P., Pistono, Emmanuel, Ferrari, Philippe, Bourdel, Sylvain

“…In this paper, the design of a 77.3 GHz Standing-Wave oscillator (SWO) is presented. The proposed SWO relies on the distribution of varactors along an…”
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Experimental Evidence of Zeros on Spectral Components of the Small-Signal Resistance of a Pumped Diode by Souza, Antonio A. L., Dupouy, Emmanuel, Lima, Rafael A. V. P.

“…In this brief, we present a thorough analysis of the small-signal resistance of a pumped diode, which is responsible for converting current fluctuations (e.g.,…”
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Integrated Stacked Parallel Plate Shunt Capacitor for Millimeter-Wave Systems in Low-Cost Highly Integrated CMOS Technologies by El-Chaar, Mohamad, Podevin, Florence, Bourdel, Sylvain, de Souza, Antonio A. L., Arnould, Jean-Daniel

“…This letter presents a stacked parallel plate (SPP) shunt capacitor (SC) that benefits from metal stack increment with process nodes advancement. It…”
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The cachexia clinic: from staging to managing nutritional and functional problems in advanced cancer patients by Vigano, Antonio, Del Fabbro, Egidio, Bruera, Eduardo, Borod, Manuel

“…Panels of experts have agreed on the definition of cancer cachexia stages (CCS). We evaluated the clinical relevance of these stages and proposed ways to apply…”
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Influence of ethyl alcohol in the preparation, morphology and properties of compound DAS-[Eu.sup.3+] and its thermal degradation products by Machado, Luiz C, de Carvalho, Maria A, Marins, Antonio A.L, Rodrigues, Rodrigo V, Matos, Jivaldo R, Orlando, Marcos T. D'Azeredo

“…In this study, two compounds presenting characteristics different from each other were produced from there action between hydrated [Eu.sup.3+] sulfate and…”
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Screening in vitro of natural products against blood forms of Trypanosoma cruzi by Chiari, E, de Oliveira, A B, Raslan, D S, Mesquita, A A, Tavares, K G

“…Transmission of Chagas disease by blood transfusion is a major health problem in Central and South America. The annual incidence of transfusion-transmitted…”
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Effect of yttrium ion on the space charge potential across grain boundaries regions of gadolinia-doped ceria electrolytes by Gomes, Eduarda, Ramasamy, Devaraj, Ferreira, António A.L., Abrantes, João C.C.

“…In the present work, gadolinium-doped ceria-based powders were co-fired with additions of 1% (w/w) of SiO2, and 5% (w/w) of Y2O3 to test the role of yttrium…”
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MOS Capacitor Modeling and Optimization for Fully Integrated DC-DC Converters by Bernardo, Marcos G., Freire, Raimundo C. S., de Souza, Antonio A. L., Souza, Arthur S., Silva, Henrique D.

“…In this paper, we propose a model for the rapid characterization of MOS-type capacitors in the accumulation region. Closed-form analytical expressions have…”
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Synthesis, photoluminescence properties and thermal investigation by TG-MS of RE(DAS)3·xH2O (RE=Eu3+, Tb3+) by Rodrigues, Rodrigo V., Marciniak, Łukasz, Khan, Latif U., Marins, Antônio A.L., Tomala, Robert, Muri, Emanuel J.B., Matos, Jivaldo R., Strȩk, Wiesław

“…Rare earth (III) diphenyl-4-amine sulfonates (RE(DAS)3·xH2O, RE = Eu3+, Tb3+) phosphors were synthesized by precursor method from barium diphenyl-4-amine…”
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Femtosecond and Temperature-Dependent Picosecond Dynamics of Ultrafast Excited-State Proton Transfer in Water–Dioxane Mixtures by Freitas, Adilson A, Quina, Frank H, Maçanita, António A. L

“…Synthetic flavylium salts like the 7-hydroxy-4-methylflavylium (HMF) cation have been used as prototypes to study the chemistry and photochemistry of…”
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Picosecond Dynamics of Proton Transfer of a 7-Hydroxyflavylium Salt in Aqueous–Organic Solvent Mixtures by Freitas, Adilson A, Quina, Frank H, Maçanita, António A. L

“…The intermediacy of the geminate base–proton pair (A*···H+) in excited-state proton-transfer (ESPT) reactions (two-step mechanism) has been investigated…”
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Picosecond Dynamics of the Prototropic Reactions of 7-Hydroxyflavylium Photoacids Anchored at an Anionic Micellar Surface by Freitas, Adilson A, Quina, Frank H, Fernandes, Ana C, Maçanita, António A. L

“…Three water-insoluble, micelle-anchored flavylium salts, 7-hydroxy-3-octyl-flavylium chloride, 4′-hexyl-7-hydroxyflavylium chloride, and…”
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Multivariate analysis of the water quality variation in the Serra da Estrela (Portugal) Natural Park as a consequence of road deicing with salt by Rodrigues, Pedro M.S.M., Rodrigues, Ricardo M.M., Costa, Bruno H.F., Tavares Martins, António A.L., Esteves da Silva, Joaquim C.G.

“…The concentration of some anions (Cl, F, NO 3, and SO 4), cations (Na, K, Ca, and Mg), pH and conductivity was determined in seven sampling points in the Serra…”
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