New type of trap for monitoring banana weevil population.

The objective of this study was to test the efficiency of a new model of trap by comparing it with the most recommended and used traps by producers to monitor Cosmopolites sordidus in areas of production of plantains. Three types of vegetable traps were tested: cheese, modified roof tile and a new trap called wedge. The experiment was carried out in five areas of production, measuring one hectare each, in which 20 traps of each type were distributed, totaling 300 traps. The traps were distributed fortnightly and the collections held weekly. The data of monthly averages of insects captured by trap were subjected to the F test for variance analysis in a randomized block design. The averages of the treatments were compared by the Tukey test at 5% probability. The average of C. sordidus adults caught in the wedge trap was superior to other traps tested, indicating greater attractiveness to insects. In this way, the use of this trap for monitoring banana weevil in plantations of plantains in the southern region of Bahia is recommended

Seleção genômica ampla.

Introdução; Genética de associação; Seleção genômica ampla; Definição; Tipos de população; Validação cruzada; Fatores que afetam a seleção genômica ampla; Métodos estatísticos na seleção genômica ampla; RR-BLUP; Bayes A; Bayes B; LASSO Bayesiano; Estimação dos efeitos genéticos genômicos na população de seleção; Exemplos; Aplicação da seleção genômica ampla em diferentes organismos; Aplicações da seleção genômica no melhoramento animal; Aplicações da seleção genômica no melhoramento de plantas; Perspectivas; Referências

Trastornos ácido base en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos del hospital “Víctor Lazarte Echegaray”: incidencia, estancia hospitalaria y mortalidad

Introducción: Los trastornos Acido Base (TAB) son una patología Frecuente de los pacientes de las Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos (UCIs), por ello es importante evaluar la morbimortalidad de este trastorno en estas unidades. Objetivo: determinar la incidencia de los Trastornos Acido Base (TAB) y su relación con la estancia hospitalaria y mortalidad en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI).  Material y métodos:  Resultados: durante el período del estudio se hospitalizaron 131 pacientes. En 100 la edad promedio fue 66.9 ± 18, 9 años, el puntaje APACHE II promedio fue 18,07 ± 7,62 puntos, la estancia hospitalaria en UCI fue 6,42 ± 7,78 días y la mortalidad dentro de la UCI fue del 24% (24 pacientes). Los valores gasométricos fueron pH 7,39 ± 0.11, paCO2 37.79 ± 10,08 mmHg. BE- 1,40 ± 6,93 mEq/Lt y bicarbonato 23.78 ± 5,92 mEq/Lt. Los TAB más frecuentes fueron acidosis metabólica (21%) y los trastornos mixtos primariamente metabólicos (20%). No se encontró TAB en 14% de los pacientes. El TAB con mayor estancia hospitalaria en UCI fue la acidosis respiratoria (9,14 ± 6,1 días) y los trastornos mixtos primariamente respiratorios (9,75 ± 8,0 días). El mayor porcentaje de mortalidad se observó en los grupos con acidosis metabólica (28,6%) y acidosis respiratoria (27%).  Conclusiones: la incidencia de los TAB fue alta (86%). Los trastornos metabólicos (acidosis y mixto) fueron los de mayor incidencia; los trastornos respiratorios (acidosis y mixto) estuvieron asociados a mayor estancia en UCI y la acidosis (metabólica y respiratoria) estuvieron asociadas a mayor mortalidad.

Milk intake and incident stroke and CHD in populations of European descent: a Mendelian randomisation study.

Higher milk intake has been associated with a lower stroke risk, but not with risk of CHD. Residual confounding or reverse causation cannot be excluded. Therefore, we estimated the causal association of milk consumption with stroke and CHD risk through instrumental variable (IV) and gene-outcome analyses. IV analysis included 29 328 participants (4611 stroke; 9828 CHD) of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-CVD (eight European countries) and European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Netherlands (EPIC-NL) case-cohort studies. rs4988235, a lactase persistence (LP) SNP which enables digestion of lactose in adulthood was used as genetic instrument. Intake of milk was first regressed on rs4988235 in a linear regression model. Next, associations of genetically predicted milk consumption with stroke and CHD were estimated using Prentice-weighted Cox regression. Gene-outcome analysis included 777 024 participants (50 804 cases) from MEGASTROKE (including EPIC-CVD), UK Biobank and EPIC-NL for stroke, and 483 966 participants (61 612 cases) from CARDIoGRAM, UK Biobank, EPIC-CVD and EPIC-NL for CHD. In IV analyses, each additional LP allele was associated with a higher intake of milk in EPIC-CVD (β = 13·7 g/d; 95 % CI 8·4, 19·1) and EPIC-NL (36·8 g/d; 95 % CI 20·0, 53·5). Genetically predicted milk intake was not associated with stroke (HR per 25 g/d 1·05; 95 % CI 0·94, 1·16) or CHD (1·02; 95 % CI 0·96, 1·08). In gene-outcome analyses, there was no association of rs4988235 with risk of stroke (OR 1·02; 95 % CI 0·99, 1·05) or CHD (OR 0·99; 95 % CI 0·95, 1·03). Current Mendelian randomisation analysis does not provide evidence for a causal inverse relationship between milk consumption and stroke or CHD risk