Biofilm is a community of bacteria,less susceptible to traditions treatments.Although photodynamic therapy(PDT)is a very effective way to microorganism inactivation,in biofilm it is not as efficient as it is in plankt...Biofilm is a community of bacteria,less susceptible to traditions treatments.Although photodynamic therapy(PDT)is a very effective way to microorganism inactivation,in biofilm it is not as efficient as it is in planktonic bacteria cultures.The increment of an element to increase the effectiveness of PDT was our aim.Therefore,this in vitro study evaluates the susceptibility ofa biofilm formed by Streptococcus mutans on metallic surface of orthodontic accessories under the application of PDT with a surfactant.Samples obtained from blades of orthodontic bands(NiCr),where used as adhesion surface for the biofilm.They were treated with 1 mg/ml of curcumin,with 0.1%of sodium dodecyl sulfate and exposed to 30 J/cm^2 of light(455 nm).Eight experimental groups were studied,including the positive and negative controls.The results show that the group with PDT and surfactant had a significant decrease(p〈0.001)in viability.In this case,the reduction observed was of 5.6 log10(CFU/ml)in comparison to the control group.We have shown that,even though the biofilm is very tough and complex structure,we are able to promote almost the complete inactivation ofS.mutans in systems similar to an orthodontic treated patient's mouth.展开更多
DC plasma is a very promising technology for processing different materials, and is becoming especially interesting when low environmental impact and high-performance treatments are needed. Some of the intrinsic chara...DC plasma is a very promising technology for processing different materials, and is becoming especially interesting when low environmental impact and high-performance treatments are needed. Some of the intrinsic characteristics of DC plasma technology, which make it suitable for powder metallurgy （PM） and powder injection molding （PIM） parts production, are low- pressure processing and plasma environment high reactivity. Moreover it can be considered as a highly competitive green technology. In this work, an overview of some of the important DC plasma techniques applied to PM and PIM parts processing is presented. Emphasis is given to the descriptions of the main characteristics and the technique potentials of plasma-assisted nitriding, plasma-assisted thermal debinding, plasma-assisted sintering, and simultaneously plasma-assisted sintering and surface alloying. The aspects presented and discussed in this paper indicate that DC plasma processes are promising and competitive techniques for PM and PIM parts processing.展开更多
In order to reduce the effort in the integration and actualization of heterogeneous healthcare legacy systems that should share a common database, we propose the creation of an interoperability bus using the HL7 stand...In order to reduce the effort in the integration and actualization of heterogeneous healthcare legacy systems that should share a common database, we propose the creation of an interoperability bus using the HL7 standard—the HL7Middleware. This interoperability bus is an intermediate layer responsible for the communication between a database, health information systems and medical equipment, called HL7Server. Connected systems use the HL7 messaging semantics to store and retrieve data from the database. We validate our approach with respect to two different criteria: performance and integration costs. Benchmark tests were executed with and without the use of HL7Middleware and with different network bandwidths. These results demonstrated that the performance of the interoperability bus is higher when compared to traditional database access for larger volumes of data and when the bandwidth of the user is considerably lower than the bandwidth of the connection between HL7Server and database. The overall development and deployment cost was considered low and the reusability degree of wrapper code was considered high, thus suggesting a progressive reduction of the integration costs of additional services and subsystems of an organization.展开更多
CaWO_(4):xEu^(3+),yTm^(3+)crystals were obtained by facile synthesis at low temperature by the microwaveassisted hydrothermal method(MAH).The phase formation,morphology,luminescent properties and ene rgy transfer were...CaWO_(4):xEu^(3+),yTm^(3+)crystals were obtained by facile synthesis at low temperature by the microwaveassisted hydrothermal method(MAH).The phase formation,morphology,luminescent properties and ene rgy transfer were investigated.The X-ray diffraction(XRD)re sults show the formation of a scheelitelike tetragonal structure without the presence of secondary phases.The growth mechanism of hierarchical micro structures based on self-assembly and Ostwald-ripening processes was evaluated,obtaining different types of morphologies.The luminescence spectra of CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)at 325 nm excitation show the predominance of red emission at the 5 D0→7 F2(Eu^(3+))transition at 624 nm.This feature signals dominant behavior of the electric dipole type.The presence of Tm^(3+)is notably evident in the absorption spectra by the related excitation transitions:3 H6→1 G4,3 H6→3 F3 and 3 H6→3 H4.Color parameters are discussed to characterize CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)emission.The study of the emission spectrum as a function of the concentration of Eu^(3+)(x mol%)and Tm^(3+)(y mol%)indicates that the CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)phosphors show stronger red emission intensity and exhibit the CIE value of x=0.63 and y=0.35.The photoluminescence results show 97%high color purity for CaWO_(4):4 mol%Eu^(3+),a high CRI(92%)and a low CCT of 1085 K.These results demonstrate that the CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)red phosphors are promising as color converters for application in white light-emitting diodes and display devices.展开更多
文摘Biofilm is a community of bacteria,less susceptible to traditions treatments.Although photodynamic therapy(PDT)is a very effective way to microorganism inactivation,in biofilm it is not as efficient as it is in planktonic bacteria cultures.The increment of an element to increase the effectiveness of PDT was our aim.Therefore,this in vitro study evaluates the susceptibility ofa biofilm formed by Streptococcus mutans on metallic surface of orthodontic accessories under the application of PDT with a surfactant.Samples obtained from blades of orthodontic bands(NiCr),where used as adhesion surface for the biofilm.They were treated with 1 mg/ml of curcumin,with 0.1%of sodium dodecyl sulfate and exposed to 30 J/cm^2 of light(455 nm).Eight experimental groups were studied,including the positive and negative controls.The results show that the group with PDT and surfactant had a significant decrease(p〈0.001)in viability.In this case,the reduction observed was of 5.6 log10(CFU/ml)in comparison to the control group.We have shown that,even though the biofilm is very tough and complex structure,we are able to promote almost the complete inactivation ofS.mutans in systems similar to an orthodontic treated patient's mouth.
文摘DC plasma is a very promising technology for processing different materials, and is becoming especially interesting when low environmental impact and high-performance treatments are needed. Some of the intrinsic characteristics of DC plasma technology, which make it suitable for powder metallurgy （PM） and powder injection molding （PIM） parts production, are low- pressure processing and plasma environment high reactivity. Moreover it can be considered as a highly competitive green technology. In this work, an overview of some of the important DC plasma techniques applied to PM and PIM parts processing is presented. Emphasis is given to the descriptions of the main characteristics and the technique potentials of plasma-assisted nitriding, plasma-assisted thermal debinding, plasma-assisted sintering, and simultaneously plasma-assisted sintering and surface alloying. The aspects presented and discussed in this paper indicate that DC plasma processes are promising and competitive techniques for PM and PIM parts processing.
文摘In order to reduce the effort in the integration and actualization of heterogeneous healthcare legacy systems that should share a common database, we propose the creation of an interoperability bus using the HL7 standard—the HL7Middleware. This interoperability bus is an intermediate layer responsible for the communication between a database, health information systems and medical equipment, called HL7Server. Connected systems use the HL7 messaging semantics to store and retrieve data from the database. We validate our approach with respect to two different criteria: performance and integration costs. Benchmark tests were executed with and without the use of HL7Middleware and with different network bandwidths. These results demonstrated that the performance of the interoperability bus is higher when compared to traditional database access for larger volumes of data and when the bandwidth of the user is considerably lower than the bandwidth of the connection between HL7Server and database. The overall development and deployment cost was considered low and the reusability degree of wrapper code was considered high, thus suggesting a progressive reduction of the integration costs of additional services and subsystems of an organization.
基金Project supported by National Council for Scientific and Technological Development-CNPq(303,604/2018-2)the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel(CAPES)-Brazil。
文摘CaWO_(4):xEu^(3+),yTm^(3+)crystals were obtained by facile synthesis at low temperature by the microwaveassisted hydrothermal method(MAH).The phase formation,morphology,luminescent properties and ene rgy transfer were investigated.The X-ray diffraction(XRD)re sults show the formation of a scheelitelike tetragonal structure without the presence of secondary phases.The growth mechanism of hierarchical micro structures based on self-assembly and Ostwald-ripening processes was evaluated,obtaining different types of morphologies.The luminescence spectra of CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)at 325 nm excitation show the predominance of red emission at the 5 D0→7 F2(Eu^(3+))transition at 624 nm.This feature signals dominant behavior of the electric dipole type.The presence of Tm^(3+)is notably evident in the absorption spectra by the related excitation transitions:3 H6→1 G4,3 H6→3 F3 and 3 H6→3 H4.Color parameters are discussed to characterize CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)emission.The study of the emission spectrum as a function of the concentration of Eu^(3+)(x mol%)and Tm^(3+)(y mol%)indicates that the CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)phosphors show stronger red emission intensity and exhibit the CIE value of x=0.63 and y=0.35.The photoluminescence results show 97%high color purity for CaWO_(4):4 mol%Eu^(3+),a high CRI(92%)and a low CCT of 1085 K.These results demonstrate that the CaWO_(4):Eu^(3+),Tm^(3+)red phosphors are promising as color converters for application in white light-emitting diodes and display devices.
