Publications by authors named "Fernanda R Oliveira"

The pathogenesis of an emerging virus disease is a difficult task due to lack of scientific data about the emerging virus during outbreak threats. Several biological aspects should be studied faster, such as virus replication and dissemination, immune responses to this emerging virus on susceptible host and specially the virus pathogenesis. Integrative in silico transcriptome analysis is a promising approach for understanding biological events in complex diseases.

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This study examined the use of biochar to alleviate sulfide toxicity to methane producing archaea (MPA) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) during anaerobic treatment of sulfate-rich wastewater with concomitant sulfur recovery. At the sulfate concentration of 6000 mg SO/L, the dissolved sulfide (DS) of 131 mg S/L resulted in total volatile fatty acids concentration of 3500 mg/L as acetic acid (HAc) and the reactors were on the verge of failure. Biochar removed >98% of HS, 94% of DS, and 89% of unionized sulfide (HS).

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Ataxi A-T elangiectasia (AT) is a multisystem, complex and rare disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Homozygous individuals have a variety of pathological manifestations, however, heterozygotes only present a higher risk of developing cancer. We evaluated the background levels of DNA damage (basal damage) and cell response to bleomycin or ionizing radiation using Comet assay and the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) test in individuals with AT, their parents and controls.

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In recent years, there has been a significant interest on biochar for various environmental applications, e.g., pollutants removal, carbon sequestration, and soil amelioration.

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Removal of hydrogen sulfide (HS) from biogas was investigated in a biochar column integrated with a bench-scale continuous-stirred tank reactor (CSTR) treating sulfate-laden wastewater. Synthetic wastewater containing sulfate concentrations of 200-2000mg SO/L was used as substrate, and the CSTR was operated at an organic loading rate of 1.5g chemical oxygen demand (COD)/L·day and a hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 20days.

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