ABSTRACT Over the years, the species of eucalyptus has become a multipurpose raw material. In addition, the most relevant aspect of the use for various purposes is related to the production of a high quality wood, coming from short duration plantations, which is fundamental to the current demand of the industries. However, its use in civil construction has not yet reached a level of importance, due to the low knowledge of many of its resistance properties and the consequent popular fear in the use of reforestation woods, in particular the Eucalyptus grandis. This research investigated its main mechanical properties, aiming to reinforce its constructive applications in wood structures. For this, two physical properties and fourteen mechanical properties, in two different moisture conditions of the samples were evaluated, according to the norm NBR 7190 (1997). In the first moisture content, the samples were stabilized at 30%, while the second level considered the content of 12%. It was obtained 3580 determinations for the sixteen properties. From the 14 mechanical properties, only 7 had significant increases with the moisture reduction (30% to 12%), consisting of the rupture modulus in the parallel and normal compressions, normal traction and static bending; modulus of elasticity in normal compression and static bending and in shear strength.

ABSTRACT: Eucalyptus urophylla consists in a wood-producing species, which offers a natural multiple raw material of good quality for applications in rural and civil constructions. However, Eucalyptus urophylla still has a small utilization as building parts and elements, resulting from the possible ignorance and low diffusion of its structural possibilities. Thereby, the present research aims to measure the main thirteen mechanical properties of Eucalyptus urophylla wood for two different moisture contents, 12% and 30% (green wood). Furthermore, in these two conditions of moisture content evaluation, volumetric mass densities were also evaluated. At the end of this evaluation, which included 2688 determinations, all the obtained results were statistically treated with t-test at a 5% of significance level in order to evaluate the influence of moisture content in the evaluated properties. Twelve mechanical properties were significantly affected by moisture content, and the behavior pattern consisted in increasing the values of the properties with the reduction of the moisture content.

As síndromes mielodisplásicas (SMD) constituem um grupo de doenças hematológicas caracterizadas por citopenias crônicas, associadas a uma maturação celular anormal. A melhor forma de classificação atual destas patologias é o International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS), que se baseia no grau de citopenia, número de mieloblastos na medula óssea e alterações citogenéticas. Há quatro estágios: baixo risco, riscos intermediário-1 e 2 e alto risco. Um grupo destes pacientes pode ser curado com o transplante de células-tronco hematopoéticas (TCTH). Esta forma de tratamento pode ser considerada para pacientes com idade inferior a 60 anos, que possuam um doador familiar HLA-idêntico. A opção por esta modalidade terapêutica depende de alguns critérios, que incluem o IPSS, o risco de progressão de doença, o risco de infecção e o estado geral do paciente. O TCTH autólogo pode ser considerado em pacientes que alcancem uma remissão completa citogenética e que não disponham de doador HLAidêntico. Em pacientes não candidatos ao TCTH mieloablativo, uma possibilidade é o transplante com regimes de intensidade reduzida. Estudos recentes têm demonstrado resultados favoráveis com esta opção terapêutica, pois, apesar do alto rico de recaída, as taxas de mortalidade associada ao procedimento são menores. Os pacientes com SMD devem ser dispostos em ensaios clínicos que considerem as comorbidades, DECH e riscos de recaída.

The myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) encompasses a series of hematological conditions characterized by chronic cytopenias with abnormal cellular maturation. Based on the cytopenias, number of blast cells in bone marrow and cytogenetic abnormalities, MDS may be best classified by the International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS) in four groups: low risk, intermediate 1, intermediate 2 risks and high risk. A subset of patients can be cured following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). This therapy should be considered for under 60-year-old patients with an HLA-matched sibling donor. The decision in favor of this aggressive therapy depends upon a number of criteria including the IPSS score, risk of disease progression, risk of infection, and the overall health of the patient. Autologous HCT can be considered for those rare patients who are successfully induced into complete remission and do not have an HLA-matched donor. Non-myeloablative allogeneic HCT appears promising for patients with MDS who are not candidates for myeloablative allogeneic HCT. Early results are encouraging. Despite an increased relapsed rate, the treatment-related mortality is lower. Patients should be enrolled in well-designed clinical trials attempting to address the important issues of patient comorbidities, GVHD, and relapse risk.

Investigou-se, neste trabalho, a capacidade de impregnação da Figueira Branca (Ficus monckii) com a resina natural da árvore de Jatobá (Hymenaea courbaril); trata-se de uma espécie de madeira de baixa densidade, originária do Estado do Mato Grosso, Brasil. Foram determinados os coeficientes de retração da madeira, preparando-se posteriormente, a resina, para impregnação, e depois se fez o ensaio inverso do inchamento da madeira impregnada. Compararam-se os dois coeficientes para a madeira não impregnada com o da madeira impregnada, a partir de testes estatísticos com amostras pareadas. O coeficiente de inchamento da madeira impregnada foi significativamente menor que o de retração da não impregnada, em todas as direções dos corpos de prova. Com isto, foi possível se constatar que a impregnação da Figueira Branca com a resina natural do Jatobá tornou-a mais impermeável aumentando, assim, a possibilidade dessa madeira ser empregada na construção civil ou na indústria moveleira.

The capacity of impregnation of the 'Figueira Branca' (Ficus monckii), with the natural resin of 'Jatobá' tree (Hymenaea courbaril) was investigated in this work. The Figueira Branca is a low density wood from Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The retraction coefficients of the untreated wood were determined and later the resin was prepared for impregnation and the inverse rehearsal of the swelling of the impregnated wood was made. The two coefficients for the impregnated wood and unimpregnated wood were compared by statistical tests of paired samples. The coefficient of swelling of the impregnated wood was significantly smaller than that of retraction of the unimpregnates wood for all directions. Therefore, it was possible to verify that the impregnation of the Figueira Branca, with the natural resin of Jatobá, made it more impermeable, increasing the possibility of its use in the construction of houses or in the furniture industry.