Variabilidade genética em acessos de mandioca amarela coletadas na Amazônia.

A Amazônia brasileira é conhecida como fonte de variabilidade genética da mandioca. Além disso, costumes locais privilegiaram a conservação de materiais com raiz amarela, rico em carotenóides. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar uma amostra dos acessos de raiz amarela presentes no BAG da Embrapa Amazônia Oriental. Foram selecionados 18 acessos de mandioca pertencentes ao BAG, sendo 14 materiais com raiz amarela e quatro com raiz branca, por meio de sete locos microssatélites. Todos os locos foram polimórficos, sendo obtido um total de 42 alelos, com média de seis alelos por loco. Quando se avaliou somente as mandiocas amarelas, foram amplificados 36 alelos, com média de 5,12 alelos por loco. A diversidade genética, medida pela heterozigosidade esperada para o grupo das mandiocas amarelas foi de 0,62. O dendrograma não mostrou separação de grupos para as mandiocas, de raiz amarela e raiz branca. No geral, observou-se que é grande a variabilidade genética existente para os materiais de raiz amarela mantidos no BAG da instituição.PIBIC-2011

Avaliação das alterações na cobertura vegetal de área no Estado do Mato Grosso do Sul entre 1990 e 2010 por meio de imagens Landsat TM.

Imagens Landsat/TM dos anos de 1990 e 2010 de área no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul foram transformadas em imagens de reflectância e classificadas quanto à presença, ao porte e à densidade de cobertura vegetal do solo, com base nos valores calculados de NDVI e de reflectância na banda do infravermelho próximo (ρivp). Pela fusão digital das imagens classificadas de ambos os anos foi possível tipificar e quantificar as alterações ocorridas no período. Áreas da classe delimitada pelos valores de NDVI entre 0,55 e 0,75, associadas em sua maioria às pastagens, cobriam 60,2% da área de estudo em 1990 e 64,0% em 2010. As áreas da classe associada à vegetação densa com grande presença de espécies arbóreas (cerrado e matas de galeria) foram reduzidas de 31,1% para 24,5% no mesmo período, redução provocada, sobretudo, pelo aumento das áreas com pastagens. As lavouras com vegetação herbácea verde cobrindo completamente o solo na data de aquisição das imagens e algumas áreas de silvicultura foram associadas a valores de NDVI acima de 0,75 e ρivp ≥ 0,40 e totalizaram áreas equivalentes a 4,3% da área de estudo em 1990 e 2,2 % em 2010. As áreas com vegetação esparsa ou ausente compreendiam menos de 10% da área de estudo em ambos os anos, e normalmente estavam associadas a pastagens com sinais de degradação, locais destinados a lavouras, solo exposto, feições urbanas e corpos d?água

Out-of-phase oscillation between superfluid and thermal components for a trapped Bose condensate under oscillatory excitation

The vortex nucleation and the emergence of quantum turbulence induced by oscillating magnetic fields, introduced by Henn E A L, et al. 2009 (Phys. Rev. A 79, 043619) and Henn E A L, et al. 2009 (Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 045301), left a few open questions concerning the basic mechanisms causing those interesting phenomena. Here, we report the experimental observation of the slosh dynamics of a magnetically trapped $^{87}$Rb Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) under the influence of a time-varying magnetic field. We observed a clear relative displacement in between the condensed and the thermal fraction center-of-mass. We have identified this relative counter move as an out-of-phase oscillation mode, which is able to produce ripples on the condensed/thermal fractions interface. The out-of-phase mode can be included as a possible mechanism involved in the vortex nucleation and further evolution when excited by time dependent magnetic fields.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, 25 reference

Genetic parameters and path analysis of traits of upland cotton for the brazilian Semi-Arid region.

Upland cotton fiber is one of the most used natural fibers in the production of textile materials worldwide. For this reason, the selection of genotypes that meet the industry?s requirements is one of the main goals of cotton breeding programs. This study aimed to estimate the phenotypic and genotypic correlations among fiber traits and identify the direct and indirect effects of these traits on seed cotton yield of upland cotton genotypes in the semi-arid Brazilian Northeast. This study assessed 21 upland cotton genotypes from a complete diallel cross without reciprocals. The design was randomized blocks, with three replications and 21 treatments. The experiment was conducted in the municipality of Patos - PB, in 2015. The statistical analysis consisted of analysis of variance by the F test, phenotypic and genotypic correlation analysis, and path analysis. The studied materials revealed genetic variability for all traits. Path analysis has shown that the traits fiber elongation, fiber strength, and fiber fineness have a direct positive effect on seed cotton yield.Título em português: Parâmetros genéticos e análise de trilha de caracteres de algodoeiro herbáceo para região do Semi-árido brasileiro

O mercado de caprinos e ovinos no sertão baiano: a visão do produtor.

Para compreender o funcionamento e caracterizar a comercialização de carnes e peles de caprinos e ovinos nos mercados tradicionais do Sertão Baiano do São Francisco, foram realizadas entrevistas semi-estruturadas com produtores, e intermediários de animais vivos e peles nos principais centros de comercialização de produtos caprinos e ovinos dessa região. A maior parte das vendas foi realizada na propriedade e/ou nas feiras de animais vivos e, em sua maioria, sem pesagem dos animais ou carcaças. As famílias menos capitalizadas receberam, em média, menores preços pelos animais caprinos e ovinos comercializados, em relação as dos demais tipos. Portanto, foram as que enfrentaram maiores dificuldades para competir no mercado

Health care experiences of Black cancer survivors: A qualitative study exploring drivers of low and high Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems global ratings of care

Background: The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of Black patients with cancer in health care by comparing drivers of high and low ratings. / Methods: Semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 Black patients with cancer recruited from cancer survivorship support groups and Facebook between May 2019 and March 2020. Interviews were coded across all transcripts by using a thematic analysis approach before comparing low- and high-rating groups. / Results: There were three major themes that influenced whether patients rated their care as low or high, which included the patient–provider relationship, health care staff interactions, and cancer care coordination. For example, the high-rating group described good communication with the health care team as physicians listening to their needs, being responsive to their concerns, and providing recommendations on how to address side effects. In contrast, the low-rating group described poor communication with their health care team as their needs being dismissed and being excluded from decision-making processes. Additionally, there were two distinct themes that influenced patients’ low ratings: insurance and financial toxicity issues and experiences of health care discrimination. / Conclusions: In an effort to promote equitable cancer care experiences for Black patients, it is important that health systems work to prioritize patient interactions with health care providers and staff, comprehensive care management for patients with cancer, and reductions in the financial burden of caring for cancer

A combined approach for comparative exoproteome analysis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

Background: Bacterial exported proteins represent key components of the host-pathogen interplay. Hence, we sought to implement a combined approach for characterizing the entire exoproteome of the pathogenic bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, the etiological agent of caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) in sheep and goats. Results: An optimized protocol of three-phase partitioning (TPP) was used to obtain the C. pseudotuberculosis exoproteins, and a newly introduced method of data-independent MS acquisition (LC-MSE) was employed for protein identification and label-free quantification. Additionally, the recently developed tool SurfG+ was used for in silico prediction of sub-cellular localization of the identified proteins. In total, 93 different extracellular proteins of C. pseudotuberculosis were identified with high confidence by this strategy; 44 proteins were commonly identified in two different strains, isolated from distinct hosts, then composing a core C. pseudotuberculosis exoproteome. Analysis with the SurfG+ tool showed that more than 75% (70/93) of the identified proteins could be predicted as containing signals for active exportation. Moreover, evidence could be found for probable non-classical export of most of the remaining proteins. Conclusions: Comparative analyses of the exoproteomes of two C. pseudotuberculosis strains, in addition to comparison with other experimentally determined corynebacterial exoproteomes, were helpful to gain novel insights into the contribution of the exported proteins in the virulence of this bacterium. The results presented here compose the most comprehensive coverage of the exoproteome of a corynebacterial species so far