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    Ornithogenic soil toposequence on Rata island, Fernando de Noronha archipelago, south atlantic and quaternary paleoclimatic implications.

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    The formation of highly phosphatized soils on sites of avian activity is a common feature of oceanic islands. We characterized a toposequence of phosphatic soils on Rata Island, to evaluate the soil genesis based on local topographic variations. For this purpose, four soils ranging from the upper hill down to the lowest landscape position on the island, representing a range of parent materials (basalt and calcareous sands), were analyzed. In the lowest landscape position a shallow Entisol was identified, strongly influenced by birds and marine sprays (Litholic Neosol), developed on " karstified" Pleistocene calcarenites; the three other soils in the upper part of the toposequence are Ornithogenic Inceptsols (Cambisols), ranging from a deep Cambisol profile on Basalt lava to intermediate Cambisols on mixed colluvial sediments of the basalt/calcareous. The lowermost Litholic Neosol is associated with a rugged landscape with strong calcarenite dissolution and karstification, related to a former wetter climate. The soil phosphatization is clearly an inherited process of the Late Quaternary age, when climate conditions were different. Initial weathering took place in the last interglacial period, under wetter conditions during which the Tertiary basalts were strongly weathered, leaving corestones in a saprolitic, oxidized mass. In the late Pleistocene, a gentle surface distributed these weathering products along the pediment slopes as colluvial materials, whereas in the coastal areas aeolian processes formed large sand dunes composed of reworked calcareous sands from marine sources during a time of very low sea level. During this time, widespread bird activity accounted for secondary apatite formation on the surface of calcareous oolites. Finally, the Holocene warming was accompanied by increasing sea level, enhanced tropical weathering, Fe and Al mobility and variscite formation superimposed on degraded Ca-phosphates, forming two phase phosphatic aggregates

    Avaliação de genótipos de feijão-caupi de porte ereto e semiereto na safrinha em Botucatu-SP.

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    O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o ciclo e produtividade de 20 genótipos de feijão-caupi, sendo 16 linhagens e 4 cultivares, identificando os genótipos mais produtivos e bem adaptados. Foram realizados dois experimentos nos anos de 2011 e 2012, em condições de safrinha, em Botucatu-SP. Os genótipos foram avaliados quanto aos seguintes caracteres: número de dias para o florescimento, número de dias para a maturação e produtividade de grãos (kg ha-1). Dentre os materiais avaliados em 2011, as cultivares BRS Cauamé e BRS Tumucumaque e as linhagens MNC02-675F-4-2, MNC02-675F-9-2, MNC02-675F-9-3, MNC02-684F-5-6, MNC03-737F-5-1, MNC03-737F-5-11, MNC03-737F-11 se mostram altamente produtivas. Em 2012 os materiais com maior produtividade foram as linhagens MNC02-675F-4-2 e MNC02-675F-9-2. Os resultados obtidos sugerem que é possível selecionar genótipos produtivos, para cultivo no período da safrinha, na região de Botucatu-SP.CONAC 2012. Disponível em: http://www.conac2012.org/resumos/pdf/047a.pdf. Acesso em: 03 jul. 2013

    Ataxia espástica autossômica recessiva de Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS): aspectos clínicos e de neuroimagem típicos em uma família brasileira

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    Autosomal recessive spastic ataxia of Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by late-infantile onset spastic ataxia and other neurological features. ARSACS has a high prevalence in northeastern Quebec, Canada. Several ARSACS cases have been reported outside Canada in recent decades. This is the first report of typical clinical and neuroimaging features in a Brazilian family with probable diagnosis of ARSACS.A ataxia espástica autossômica recessiva de Charlevoix-Saguenay (ARSACS) é doença degenerativa do sistema nervoso, caracterizada por ataxia associada a espasticidade, entre outras manifestações neurológicas, de início na infância. A doença tem alta prevalência na região de Quebec, no Canadá. Muitos relatos de ARSACS têm sido descritos fora do Canadá nas últimas décadas. Nesse artigo, relatamos a primeira descrição dos aspectos clínicos e de neuroimagem típicos em uma família brasileira com provável diagnóstico de ARSACS.Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Division of General Neurology and Ataxias Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUniversidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) Departament of Diagnostic ImagingUNIFESP, Division of General Neurology and Ataxias Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryUNIFESP, Departament of Diagnostic ImagingSciEL

    Spread of vaccinia virus to cattle herds, Argentina, 2011

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    To the Editor: Since 1999, several zoonotic outbreaks of vaccinia virus (VACV) infection have been reported in cattle and humans in rural areas of Brazil. The infections have caused exanthematous lesions on cows and persons who milk them, and thus are detrimental to the milk industry and public health services (1,2). In Brazil during the last decade, VACV outbreaks have been detected from the north to the extreme south of the country (1–4). Because Brazil shares extensive boundaries with other South American countries, humans and cattle on dairy and beef-producing farms in those countries may be at risk of exposure to VACV. To determine if VACV has spread from Brazil to Argentina, we investigated the presence of VACV in serum samples from cattle in Argentina.Facultad de Ciencias VeterinariasComisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aire

    Spread of vaccinia virus to cattle herds, Argentina, 2011

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    To the Editor: Since 1999, several zoonotic outbreaks of vaccinia virus (VACV) infection have been reported in cattle and humans in rural areas of Brazil. The infections have caused exanthematous lesions on cows and persons who milk them, and thus are detrimental to the milk industry and public health services (1,2). In Brazil during the last decade, VACV outbreaks have been detected from the north to the extreme south of the country (1–4). Because Brazil shares extensive boundaries with other South American countries, humans and cattle on dairy and beef-producing farms in those countries may be at risk of exposure to VACV. To determine if VACV has spread from Brazil to Argentina, we investigated the presence of VACV in serum samples from cattle in Argentina.Facultad de Ciencias VeterinariasComisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aire

    Seleção genética de progênies de cafeeiro com potencial de cultivar.

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    A seleção de progênies homozigotas de cafeeiro para lançamento de cultivares é um processo que requer cautela. Além do processo de melhoramento ser longo e oneroso, variações ambientais e métodos inadequados na análise dos dados podem atrapalhar a identificação de plantas com valores reprodutivos superiores. Outro fator a ser considerado é como selecionar a futura cultivar com base em múltiplos caracteres. Dessa forma, o bjetivou-se selecionar progênies de Coffea arabica com elevada capacidade produtiva, portadoras de outras características agronômicas e tecnológicas de interesse, que possuam potencial para se constituírem em novas cultivares para plantio comercial. Foram instalados três experimentos em regiões produtoras de café em Minas Gerais. Foram avaliadas 18 progênies de cafeeiro em geração F5:6 e duas cultivares comerciais como testemunha. Das 18 progênies, oito são do grupo Catucaí e dez são descendentes do Híbrido de Timor cruzados com linhagens de Catuaí. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o de blocos casualizados, com três repetições e parcelas constituídas por dez plantas. As avaliações foram realizadas durante seis colheitas, as quais foram analisadas em esquema de parcela subdividida no tempo. As características avaliadas foram: produtividade em (sacas.ha-1), vigor vegetativo (notas1-10), porcentagem de frutos chochos, porcentagem de grãos retidos em peneira ?16 e acima?, porcentagem de grãos tipo moca e rendimento. Os parâmetros estimados foram a herdabilidade e os valores genéticos das progênies (E-BLUP) para cada característica dentro de cada local. A seleção das progênies foi feita baseando-se no ordenamento E -BLUP para cada variável, que foram utilizados para estimação do índice de seleção de Mulamba e mock (1978), conhecido como soma de postos. A soma de postos usada como índice de seleção apontou as progênies H516-2-1-1-18-1-2 e H419-3-4-5-2-1-2 com grande potencial para se constituírem em novas cultivares de café arábica para plantios comerciais

    Spread of vaccinia virus to cattle herds, Argentina, 2011

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    To the Editor: Since 1999, several zoonotic outbreaks of vaccinia virus (VACV) infection have been reported in cattle and humans in rural areas of Brazil. The infections have caused exanthematous lesions on cows and persons who milk them, and thus are detrimental to the milk industry and public health services (1,2). In Brazil during the last decade, VACV outbreaks have been detected from the north to the extreme south of the country (1–4). Because Brazil shares extensive boundaries with other South American countries, humans and cattle on dairy and beef-producing farms in those countries may be at risk of exposure to VACV. To determine if VACV has spread from Brazil to Argentina, we investigated the presence of VACV in serum samples from cattle in Argentina.Facultad de Ciencias VeterinariasComisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aire
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