Avaliação de genótipos de morangueiro quanto à qualidade e potencial de armazenamento

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar a qualidade de cultivares e clones de morangos e o seu potencial de armazenamento sob refrigeração. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi de blocos ao acaso, com quatro repetições de aproximadamente 150g. Os tratamentos consistiram na avaliação de três cultivares e quatro clones, sendo eles: LBH 15.1.Arazá, SGH 140.3. Guenoa, LBF 236.3 Yvapitá, LBG 121.4, LBK 16.1, LBK 35.1 e LBK 28.1. As avaliações foram realizadas na colheita e dez dias após o armazenamento a -0,5ºC, mais dois dias em temperatura de 20ºC. As características avaliadas foram: firmeza de polpa, acidez total titulável, sólidos solúveis totais, relação SST/ATT , ácido ascórbico, podridões e perda de peso. Quanto à qualidade, o cv. Guenoa destaca-se pelo baixo teor de acidez e altos teores de SST e ácido ascórbico, pela alta relação SST/ATT e, também, apresenta melhor conservação, com baixa ocorrência de podridões durante o armazenamento. O cultivar LBF 236.3 Yvapitá e o clone LBK 28.1 apresentam os menores teores de vitamina C e ratio, o que compromete sua qualidade, bem como menor firmeza de polpa e maior susceptibilidade a podridões, apresentando menor potencial de conservação. Os cultivares e clones que apresentaram melhor qualidade na colheita também apresentaram melhor conservação pós-colheita

Apgar Score and Hospitalization for Epilepsy in Childhood: A Registry-Based Cohort Study

BACKGROUND. A depressed Apgar score at 5 minutes is a marker for perinatal insults, including neurologic damage. We examined the association between 5-minute Apgar score and the risk of epilepsy hospitalization in childhood. METHODS. Using records linked from population registries, we conducted a cohort study among singleton children born alive in the period 1978–2001 in North Jutland County, Denmark. The first hospital discharge diagnosis of epilepsy during the follow-up time was the main outcome. We followed each child for up to 12 years, calculated absolute risks and risk differences, and used a Poisson regression model to estimate risk ratios for epilepsy hospitalization. We adjusted risk ratio estimates for birth weight, gestational age, mode of delivery, birth presentation, mother's age at delivery, and birth defects. RESULTS. One percent of the 131,853 eligible newborns had a 5-minute Apgar score <7. These children were more likely to be hospitalized with epilepsy during the follow-up than were children with an Apgar score of 7 or greater. The crude risk difference for epilepsy hospitalization was 2.5 cases per 100 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.3 to 3.8). The risk difference estimates were greater in the presence of other perinatal risk factors. The adjusted risk ratio was 2.4 (95% CI 1.5 to 3.8). Half of the 12-year risk for epilepsy hospitalization in those with a depressed Apgar score occurred during the first year of life. The risk ratio during the first year of life was 4.9 (95% CI 2.0 to 12.3). CONCLUSION. An Apgar score <7 at five minutes predicts an increase in the subsequent risk of epilepsy hospitalization. This association is amplified by other perinatal risk factors.Western Danish Research Forum for Health Services; Boston University School of Public Healt