Physical and Mechanical Properties of Bulk-fill Resin Composites Submitted to Additional Polymerization for Use in Semi-direct Restorations.

Physical and mechanical properties of high-viscosity bulk-fill resin composites submitted to additional polymerization for semi-direct use were evaluated. Filtek Z350 XT, Aura Bulk Fill, Beautifil Bulk Restorative, Filtek One Bulk Fill Restorative, and Tetric N-Ceram Bulk Fill were submitted to additional polymerization to evaluate sorption, solubility, surface microhardness, surface roughness before and after simulated brushing, color stability after coffee staining, flexural strength, elastic modulus, and modulus of resilience. Filtek Z350 XT and Filtek One Bulk Fill Restorative showed higher sorption values, while Aura Bulk Fill showed higher solubility (p<0.

Multivariate analysis of herd structure and genetic resource indicators in seedstock beef cattle herds.

Genetic, environmental, technological and financial resources are used differently in cattle herds that participate in the same breeding programme. The percentages of calves sired by sires within their own herd or from external herds vary across herds, as do the intensities of use of reproductive biotechnologies. These divergences may be related to differences in the indicators of genetic performance for economic traits.

Development and comparative analysis of single-drop and solid-phase microextraction techniques in the residual determination of 2-phenoxyethanol in fish.

Solid-phase microextraction (SPME) and single-drop microextraction (SDME) in headspace mode, were used in the residual determination of the anesthetic 2-phenoxyethanol in fish fillets, to ensure food safety. For the optimization of the methodologies the experimental central composite design (CCD) was used, resulting in accurate evaluations with less amount of analysis. The developed methodologies presented good precision in the evaluated range, o limits of detection (LD) and quantification (LQ) for SDME were 0.

Residual determination of anesthetic menthol in fishes by SDME/GC-MS.

The SDME-GC/MS method was applied to residual determination of anesthetic menthol in fish. The extractions took place from the headspace of the sample using 1.8µL of octane as the extraction solvent.