Evaluation of Musa spp. for resistance to moko disease (Ralstonia solanacearum, race 2).

The objetive this paper was to evaluate the reaction of 31 diploid (AA) genotypes to the inoculation with R. solanacearum, race 2, aiming at selecting resistant ones to be used as male parents in the banana breeding programme under conduction at the Embrapa Cassava and Fruit Crops (EMBRAPA-CNPMF), in the Manaus-AM (Brazil)

Desempenho agronômico de cultivares de pepino tipo salada na região de Manaus-AM.

Avaliacao do desempenho agronomico de cultivares de pepino tipo salada nas condicoes de terra firme, em Manaus-AM. De acordo com os resultados preliminares, os hibridos Runner, Safira e Sprint apresentaram desempenho produtivo bastante satisfatorio.bitstream/item/76044/1/CPAA-PESQ.-AND.-6-99.pd

Patógenos associados as cucurbitáceas cultivadas no Estado do Amazonas.

Suplemento. Trabalho apresentado no 40. Congresso Brasileiro de Olericultura, 2000

Rapid within- and transgenerational changes in thermal tolerance and fitness in variable thermal landscapes

Phenotypic plasticity may increase the performance and fitness and allow organisms to cope with variable environmental conditions. We studied within-generation plasticity and transgenerational effects of thermal conditions on temperature tolerance and demographic parameters in Drosophila melanogaster. We employed a fully factorial design, in which both parental (P) and offspring generations (F1) were reared in a constant or a variable thermal environment. Thermal variability during ontogeny increased heat tolerance in P, but with demographic cost as this treatment resulted in substantially lower survival, fecundity, and net reproductive rate. The adverse effects of thermal variability (V) on demographic parameters were less drastic in flies from the F1, which exhibited higher net reproductive rates than their parents. These compensatory responses could not totally overcome the challenges of the thermally variable regime, contrasting with the offspring of flies raised in a constant temperature (C) that showed no reduction in fitness with thermal variation. Thus, the parental thermal environment had effects on thermal tolerance and demographic parameters in fruit fly. These results demonstrate how transgenerational effects of environmental conditions on heat tolerance, as well as their potential costs on other fitness components, can have a major impact on populations’ resilience to warming temperatures and more frequent thermal extremes

Brain metastases at the time of presentation of non-small cell lung cancer: a multi-centric AERIO analysis of prognostic factors

A multi-centre retrospective study involving 4 French university institutions has been conducted in order to identify routine pre-therapeutic prognostic factors of survival in patients with previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer and brain metastases at the time of presentation. A total of 231 patients were recorded regarding their clinical, radiological and biological characteristics at presentation. The accrual period was January 1991 to December 1998. Prognosis was analysed using both univariate and multivariate (Cox model) statistics. The median survival of the whole population was 28 weeks. Univariate analysis (log-rank), showed that patients affected by one of the following characteristics proved to have a shorter survival in comparison with the opposite status of each variable: male gender, age over 63 years, poor performance status, neurological symptoms, serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) level higher than 12.5 ng ml−1, high serum alkaline phosphatase level, high serum LDH level and serum sodium level below 132 mmol l−1. In the Cox's model, the following variables were independent determinants of a poor outcome: male gender: hazard ratio (95% confidence interval): 2.29 (1.26–4.16), poor performance status: 1.73 (1.15–2.62), age: 1.02 (1.003–1.043), a high serum NSE level: 1.72 (1.11–2.68), neurological symptoms: 1.63 (1.05–2.54), and a low serum sodium level: 2.99 (1.17–7.62). Apart from 4 prognostic factors shared in common with other stage IV NSCLC patients, whatever the metastatic site (namely sex, age, gender, performance status and serum sodium level) this study discloses 2 determinants specifically resulting from brain metastasis: i.e. the presence of neurological symptoms and a high serum NSE level. The latter factor could be in relationship with the extent of normal brain tissue damage caused by the tumour as has been demonstrated after strokes. Additionally, the observation of a high NSE level as a prognostic determinant in NSCLC might reflect tumour heterogeneity and understimated neuroendocrine differentiation. © 2001 Cancer Research Campaignhttp://www.bjcancer.co

Immunohistochemical subtypes predict the clinical outcome in high-risk node-negative breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant FEC regimen: results of a single-center retrospective study

Prognostic factors for disease-free survival in patients treated before 2005 September: multivariate analysis. (DOCX 15 kb

Doenças das cucurbitáceas no Estado do Amazonas.

Nos sistemas de produção da agricultura familiar, no Estado do Amazonas, as cucurbitáceas ocupam expressivas áreas, pois são espécies muito populares, de fácil colocação no mercado. As condições climáticas prevalecentes no Estado, caracterizadas por médias elevadas da precipitação anual, da temperatura e da umidade relativa do ar, não são fisiologicamente restritivas às exigências desse grupo de espécies tropicais. Entretanto, formam ambiente ideal para ocorrência e disseminação de patógenos. Nessas condições, os cultivos apresentam, frequentemente, sérios problemas fitossanitários, que afetam a qualidade dos produtos, e as perdas podem superam 70% da produção.bitstream/CPAA-2009-09/7055/1/circ_tec9.pd

Elastic and vibrational properties of alpha and beta-PbO

The structure, electronic and dynamic properties of the two layered alpha (litharge) and beta (massicot) phases of PbO have been studied by density functional methods. The role of London dispersion interactions as leading component of the total interaction energy between layers has been addressed by using the Grimme's approach, in which new parameters for Pb and O atoms have been developed. Both gradient corrected and hybrid functionals have been adopted using Gaussian-type basis sets of polarized triple zeta quality for O atoms and small core pseudo-potential for the Pb atoms. Basis set superposition error (BSSE) has been accounted for by the Boys-Bernardi correction to compute the interlayer separation. Cross check with calculations adopting plane waves that are BSSE free have also been performed for both structures and vibrational frequencies. With the new set of proposed Grimme's type parameters structures and dynamical parameters for both PbO phases are in good agreement with experimental data.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figure