Este capítulo tem o objetivo de sintetizar o conhecimento referente as rochas básicas, no que diz respeito, principalmente, ao seu contexto geológico, geotécnico e tecnológico. Para tanto, aborda temas como a sinopse de evolução da Bacia do Paraná, as características litológicas de derrames basálticos, o uso da compartimentação entablamento-colunata como modelo de gênese e compartimentação geológico-geotécnica de derrames basálticos, as características geológico-geotécnicas de rochas e maciços basálticos, as características tecnológicas, a alterabilidade e o uso dos materiais rochosos basálticos como agregados em construção civil. A última seqüência da Bacia do Paraná corresponde ao Grupo Bauru, depositado apenas na parte norte da bacia. Este grupo é constituído por depósitos continentais areníticos, conglomeráticos, siltíticos, argilíticos e carbonáticos associados a ambientes deltáicos e fluviais entrelaçados sob clima árido.
A Bacia do Paraná e as Rochas Vulcânicas Básicas
Objective: To evaluate the effects of the inhaled flunisolide upon the strength and endurance of the respiratory and peripheral muscles of normal subjects. Design: A randomized, double blind and placebo-controlled study. Setting: A university-affiliated teaching hospital. Participants: Thirteen normal volunteers selected from a graduation course. Intervention: Subjects were randomly allocated to receive a placebo or corticosteroid (flunisolide) to be inhaled twice a day for 4 weeks. After 2 weeks of a washout period, subjects who were receiving the placebo, received flunisolide and vise versa for another 4-week period. Measurements and results: Spirometry was used to define the volunteers as being normal in terms of pulmonary function. During the study, subjects performed tests of respiratory muscle function (strength and endurance), measurements of handgrip strength and endurance and anthropometric measurements. Muscle strength was measured each week while muscle endurance was measured every 2 weeks. There was no significant difference in the maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressure and handgrip strength during weeks 1-4 when the subjects used either flunisolide or placebo. However, we observed an increase in the endurance time of the respiratory and handgrip muscles in the 4th week of both flunisolide and placebo use, what may be considered due to a learning effect.
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