Abstract Thin AZO films were grown by RF magnetron sputtering for different deposition times in argon plasmas. Optical, structural, and morphological properties, together with elemental composition, were studied and correlated with the observed effects on the electrical properties and compared with two models of mobility scattering (ionized impurities and grain boundaries). The results suggest that the carrier density in the studied case is limited to below 15% owing to the low ionization efficiency caused by the formation of neutral impurities as homologous phases. While the spread in the mobility during the initial stages of film growth is strongly influenced by grain boundaries, in thicker films the limitation on ion efficiency becomes more significant.

RESUMO O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da somatotropina recombinante bovina (rbST) sobre a sobrevivência e o diâmetro de folículos ovarianos pré-antrais (FOPA) bovinos cultivados in vitro. Ovários foram coletados de vacas adultas e fragmentos do córtex ovariano foram imediatamente fixados (controle não cultivado) ou cultivados in vitro em α-MEM + sozinho ou contendo 10, 50, 100 ou 1.000ng/mL de rbST. Os fragmentos foram processados para histologia clássica e microscopia eletrônica de transmissão. Após um e sete dias de cultivo, o percentual de folículos normais no controle não cultivado foi superior (P<0,05) aos cultivados em α-MEM + sozinho ou acrescido de diferentes concentrações de rbST. Os diâmetros médios oocitário e folicular não aumentaram durante o cultivo por um e sete dias, tanto nos meios contendo rbST, como no meio sem esse hormônio (α-MEM + ). O único meio em que não houve redução no diâmetro folicular com o tempo de cultivo foi o sem rbST. Verificaram-se ainda danos ultraestruturais em FOPA cultivados in vitro. Conclui-se que o uso de rbST em diferentes concentrações no cultivo in situ de folículos pré-antrais bovinos não tem efeitos benéficos na sobrevivência e no crescimento de FOPA bovinos.

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) on survival and diameter of bovine preantral ovarian follicles (PAOF) cultured in vitro. Ovaries were collected from adult cows and fragments of ovarian cortex were immediately fixed (non-cultured control) or cultured in vitro in α-MEM+ alone or containing 10, 50, 100 or 1,000ng/mL rbST. The fragments were processed for Classical Histology and Transmission Electron Microscopy. After one and seven days of culture, the percentage of normal follicles in the non-cultured control was superior (P< 0.05) to the follicles cultured in α-MEM+ alone or with different rbST concentrations. The oocyte and follicular mean diameter did not increase during the culture for one and seven days, both in media containing rbST and in the medium without this hormone. The only medium in which there was no reduction in follicular diameter with the time of culture was the medium without rbST. Ultrastructural damage in PAOF cultured in vitro was found. It is concluded that the use of rbST at different concentrations in in situ culture of bovine preantral follicles has no beneficial effects on survival and growth of bovine PAOF.

Com o objetivo de descrever técnica laparoscópica para a realização de colopexia em cães, comparando os resultados de dois distintos fios de sutura, os autores utilizaram 10 animais separados em dois grupos de igual número (GV e GP). Nos do GV, a colopexia foi realizada com fio de poliglactina 910 3-0, enquanto no GP empregou-se polipropileno de igual espessura. Para o procedimento, os caninos foram posicionados em decúbito dorsal e submetidos a pneumoperitônio com CO2 na pressão de 12mmHg. Foram introduzidos quatro trocartes, dois de 5mm e dois de 10mm, nas regiões umbilical, lateral direita e esquerda. O cólon descendente foi apreendido com pinça Babcock e submetido a incisão seromuscular de 2,5cm na superfície antimesentérica. Procedeu-se a incisão semelhante no músculo transverso abdominal, paralelamente à linha alba. As margens correspondentes das feridas do intestino e da musculatura abdominal foram aposicionadas com suturas contínuas simples. No 14º dia pós-operatório, os caninos foram submetidos a laparoscopia para as avaliações da cavidade peritoneal e das aderências produzidas, bem como para as coletas de biópsias. Constatou-se permanência da colopexia em todos os animais e a fixação do omento na região da sutura em 60% e 100% dos representantes do GV e do GP, respectivamente. Ambos os fios demonstraram adequabilidade; contudo, a sutura foi realizada mais facilmente com a poliglactina 910, graças à sua menor "memória". Na histologia, observou-se que a deposição de tecido conjuntivo foi semelhante entre os grupos, sendo que em todos os casos o colágeno apresentava-se maturo. Pode-se concluir que a técnica laparoscópica proposta é adequada para a realização de colopexias em cães.

Aiming to describe the laparoscopic technique for dog colopexy and to compare two suture materials 10 mongrel dogs separated in two groups of five (GV e GP). In the GV group the colopexy was realized with a polyglactin 910 3-0, and in the GP group a polypropylene 3-0 was used. For both procedures the dogs were positioned in dorsal recumbence and submitted to a pneumoperitoneum with CO2 using pressure of 12mmHg. Four trocars (two of 5mm and two of 10mm) were introduced in the left and right position of umbilical region. The descendent colon was grasped with a Babcock forceps and submitted to a seromuscular incision of 2.5 cm in the antimesenteric surface. A similar lesion was preceded in the transverse abdominal muscle, parallel with the ventral midline. The incisioned margins of colon and transverse abdominal muscle were sutured in two lines of simple continuous pattern. Fourteen days after the surgeries the dogs were submitted to laparoscopy surgery for evaluations of the peritoneal cavity and of the adherences occurred and to biopsies collections. The colopexy permanence was found in all dogs and the omentum fixation in the suture region was observed in 60% of GV dogs and 100% of GP dogs. Both suture materials were reported adequate for the colopexy procedure, however the polyglactin 910 suture was more easily realized due to its lower memory. In the histological analysis were observed that the connective tissue deposition was similar in both groups and in all 10 dogs the collagen fibers presented mature aspect. Based on the results presented herein, the proposed laparoscopic technique in adequate for colopexy procedure in dogs.