PHS46 Clinical and Economic impact of the introduction of the Vaccine against Meningococcal Meningitis C in Children Aged 0-4 years in Brazil

DesconegutPla general del monument amb l'aparença d'una fortificació. Situada al centre hi ha una placa commemorativa en forma d'arc per amb un escut de la ciutat de Barcelona, envoltat d'unes branques d'olivera

Avaliação do perfil fenotípico de caprinos brasileiros e africanos.

Resumo: Objetivou-se diferenciar populações caprinas brasileiras e cabo-verdianas (n=1084) por meio de descritores biométricos e comparação com raças comerciais. Foram avaliadas sete características de fêmeas adultas, através da estatística descritiva, análise de variância, teste de multicolinearidade, distância generalizada de Mahalanobis (D2) e algoritmo UPGMA. Após o teste de multicolinearidade foi identificada e descartada a variável profundidade torácica. O maior valor da D2 foi entre as populações Nambi e Mambrina (D2=93,78), e a menor D2 foi entre as cabras cabo-verdianas de Santo Antão e São Vicente (D2=0,41). O dendrograma colocou as raças Mambrina e Anglo-Nubiana a parte das demais. As cabras de Cabo Verde ficaram mais próximas das brasileiras de núcleos de conservação. As caboverdianas se agruparam segundo Barlavento e Sotavento. A eficácia da manutenção dos caprinos brasileiros em rebanhos de conservação nos faz preconizar tais iniciativas como ferramenta eficaz de manutenção dos recursos genéticos para potencial uso sustentável. Evaluation of the phenotypic profile of Brazilian and African goats. Abstract: The work aims was differentiate Brazilian goats populations of Cape Verdean (n = 1084) using biometric descriptors and comparison with commercial breeds. It was measured seven characteristics of female adult goats by using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance test multicollinearity, Mahalanobis distance (D2) and UPGMA algorithm. After testing of multicollinearity was identified and discarded the thoracic depth variable. The maximum value of D2 was between populations Nambi and Mambrina (D2 = 93.78), and the lower D2 was between the Cape Verdean goats of Santo Antão and São Vicente (D2 = 0.41). The dendrogram put the breeds Mambrina and Anglo-Nubian part of others. The goats of Cape Verde were closer to the Brazilian conservation nuclei. The Cape Verdean were made a group was Barlavento and Sotavento. The maintenance efficiency of the Brazilian goat herds conservation makes us valuate such initiatives as an effective tool for maintenance of genetic resources for potential use sustainable

Emprego da levedura Pichia membranifaciens CE015 imobilizada em suporte de alginato de cálcio para redução da acetofenona.

Neste trabalho apresentamos o emprego da levedura Pichia membranifaciens CE015 imobilizada em suporte de alginato de cálcio como agente para biorredução. Esta se revelou, a partir de uma triagem, como um potencial agente biocatalítico, uma vez que foram obtidos 76% de conversão da acetofenona ao 1-feniletanol com 98% de ee (S). Em seguida, investigou-se o efeito do emprego das células íntegras imobilizadas em suporte de alginato de cálcio como agentes de biorredução. Em um primeiro ensaio estudou-se a cinética de redução da acetofenona nos tempos de 3 até 96 horas, obtendo-se uma conversão máxima de 87% ao respectivo álcool com 95% de ee. Em seguida, foi estudada a reutilização das esferas em mais 2 ciclos, porém, houve um decréscimo para 67% de conversão mantendo-se constante ee de 95%

Predicting Volleyball Serve-Reception

Serve and serve-reception performance have predicted success in volleyball. Given the impact of serve-reception on the game, we aimed at understanding what it is in the serve and receiver’s actions that determines the selection of the type of pass used in serve-reception and its efficacy. Four high-level players received jump-float serves from four servers in two reception zones – zone 1 and 5. The ball and the receiver’s head were tracked with two video cameras, allowing 3D world-coordinates reconstruction. Logistic-regression models were used to predict the type of pass used (overhand or underhand) and serve-reception efficacy (error, out, or effective) from variables related with the serve kinematics and related with the receiver’s on-court positioning and movement. Receivers’ initial position was different when in zone 1 and 5. This influenced the serve-related variables as well as the type of pass used. Strong predictors of using an underhand rather than overhand pass were higher ball contact of the server, reception in zone 1, receiver’s initial position more to the back of the court and backward receiver movement. Receiver’s larger longitudinal displacements and an initial position more to the back of the court had a strong relationship with the decreasing of the serve-reception efficacy. Receivers’ positioning and movement were the factors with the largest impact on the type of pass used and the efficacy of the reception. Reception zone affected the variance in the ball’s kinematics (with the exception of the ball’s lateral displacement), as well as in the receivers’ positioning (distances from the net and from the target). Also the reception zone was associated with the type of pass used by the receiver but not with reception efficacy. Given volleyball’s rotation rule, the receiver needs to master receiving in the different reception zones; he/she needs to adapt to the diverse constraints of each zone to maintain performance efficacy. Thus, being able to flexibly vary positioning and passing, given local (zone) constraints, can yield an advantage in high-level volleyball serve-reception. Further research needs to consider other serve modes (e.g., power-jump serve) and a full-court context of performance to support the present study’s findings

First report of Lasiodiplodia brasiliense causing postharvest fruit rot of Custard Apple (Annona squamosa) in Brazil.

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A survey of genes potentially involved in Arachis stenosperma resistance to Meloidogyne arenaria race

This study provides new insights for the understanding of Arachis resistance to Meloidogyne species and its use in plant breeding and in transgenic approache

A survey of genes involved in Arachis stenosperma resistance to Meloidogyne arenaria race 1.

Root-knot nematodes constitute a constraint for important crops, including peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Resistance to Meloidogyne arenaria has been identi fied in the peanut wild relative Arachis stenosperma Krapov. & W. C. Greg., in which the induction of feeding sites by the nematode was inhibited by an early hypersensitive response (HR). Here, the transcription expression pro fi les of 19 genes selected from Arachis species were analysed using quantitative reverse transcription?polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), during the early phases of anA. stenosperma?M. arenaria interaction. Sixteen genes were signi ficantly differentially expressed in infected and non-infected roots, in at least one of the time points analysed: 3, 6, and 9 days after inoculation. These genes are involved in the HR and production of secondary metabolites related to pathogen defence. Seven genes encoding a resistance protein MG13, a helix-loop helix protein, an ubiquitin protein ligase, a patatin-like protein, a catalase, a DUF538 protein, and a resveratrol synthase, were differentially expressed in all time points analysed. Transcripts of two genes had their spatial and temporal distributions analysed by in situ hybridisation that validated qRT-PCR data. The identi fication of candidate resistance genes involved in wild peanut resistance to Meloidogyne can provide additional resources for peanut breeding and transgenic approaches