Plasticidade Fenotípico-vegetativa De Oeceoclades Maculata (lindl.) Lindl. (orchidaceae) Em Dois Ambientes De área Florestada

Phenotypic plasticity is the genotypic capacity in producing different phenotypes as a response to different environmental conditions. The invading orchid Oeceoclades maculata has high adaptative capacity related to the colonization of different habitats, particularly, anthropic ones. Current paper provides morphobiometric analyses of the species to report plastic-phenotypic-vegetative adaptations in two luminic environments in the Arboreto de Essências Nativas, in Araras SP Brazil. Fifty specimens of Oeceoclades maculata, featuring physiological maturity, were collected from the edge and the interior of the forest fragment. The following biometric data were taken: mean number of roots and pseudobulbs, leaves, mean length of roots and pseudobulbs, leaves, mean diameter of leaves and pseudobulbs, mean length and thickness of leaves, fresh mass of roots and pseudobulbs and leaves, dry mass of roots and pseudobulbs and leaves. Phenotypic plasticity index was calculated for all morphobiometric variables. Morphobiometric variables revealed plastic-phenotypic-vegetative adaptations in Oeceoclades maculata specimens in different environments of the Arboreto de Essências Nativas. Adaptations are mainly co-related to luminic conditions on the fragmentś edge and interior.9363564

Qualidade do corpo lúteo e do embrião de ovelhas Santa Inês superovuladas com FSH associado à rbST.

Avaliou-se o efeito da somatotropina bovina recombinante (rbST) sobre a qualidade do corpo lúteo e do embrião e sobre a concentração de progesterona (P4), em ovelhas da raça Santa Inês doadoras de embriões

A comparison of consultative psychiatric services in two Brazilian university hospitals using a standardized protocol for recording liaison consultations

O objetivo do presente estudo foi comparar pedidos de interconsulta psiquiátrica realizados para dois hospitais gerais universitários brasileiros e avaliar a aplicabilidade de um protocolo de registro de interconsulta psiquiátrica (PRISMe). Foi realizada análise dos pedidos de interconsulta, do PRISMe anexado a eles e o número total de pedidos de interconsulta incluídos na amostra foi 541 (438 pedidos de interconsulta do HCFMRP-USP e 103 pedidos de interconsulta do HU-UFSC). Observou-se maior freqüência de solicitação para pacientes do sexo feminino, caucasianos, entre 31 a 60 anos e casados. Os diagnósticos psiquiátricos mais freqüentes foram depressão, transtornos de adaptação e de personalidade. Os resultados estão de acordo com a literatura nacional e internacional e as diferenças encontradas podem ser atribuídas às diferenças na infra-estrutura das instituições e nos contextos sócio-econômicos nos quais estão inseridas. Achados do presente estudo demonstram a aplicabilidade do PRISMe e sugerem que podem facilitar a sistematização da obtenção de achados clínico-demográficos e a comparabilidade entre as diferenças.The objective of the present report was to compare consultative psychiatric services in two Brazilian university hospitals and to evaluate the applicability of a standardized protocol (PRISMe) for recording psychiatric liaison consultations. Analyses of psychiatric consultations and the attached protocol were performed. 541 consecutive liaison consultations were included in the final sample (438 consecutive consultations from the Federal university hospital in São Paulo and 103 from the Federal university hospital in Santa Catarina). In both hospitals, the majority of patients were female, married, white, and 31 to 60 years of age. Depression and adjustment and personality disorders were the most common psychiatric diagnoses, which could explain the higher referral of female patients. The results are consistent with the Brazilian and international literature, and the differences between the two hospitals could be related to both logistical differences between the consultative psychiatric services and the socioeconomic contexts. The findings confirm the applicability of the PRISMe and suggest that systematization of clinical and demographic information is important for future comparative studies.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)USP - Fundação de Apoio ao Ensino, Pesquisa e Assistência (FAEPA) do HCFMR

Genetic structuring and fixed polymorphisms in the gene period among natural populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Brazil

Citation: Costa, C. R. L., Freitas, M. T. D., Figueiredo, C. A. S., Aragao, N. C., da Silva, L. G., Marcondes, C. B., . . . Balbino, V. D. (2015). Genetic structuring and fixed polymorphisms in the gene period among natural populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Brazil. Parasites & Vectors, 8, 9. doi:10.1186/s13071-015-0785-6Background: Even one hundred years after being originally identified, aspects of the taxonomy of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis, the principal vector of Leishmania infantum in the Americas, remain unresolved for Brazilian populations of this vector. The diversity of morphological, behavioral, biochemical, and ethological characters, as well as the genetic variability detected by molecular markers are indicative of the presence of a complex of species. Methods: In this study, a 525 bp fragment of the period gene was used to evaluate sympatric populations of L. longipalpis. A combination of probabilistic methods such as maximum likelihood and genetic assignment approach to investigate sympatric species of L. longipalpis were applied in three populations of Northeast Brazil. Results: Fixed polymorphisms in geographically isolated populations of L. longipalpis from two localities in the state of Ceara and one in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, was identified in a 525 bp fragment of the gene period (per). Our results suggest a direct relationship between the number of spots found in males' tergites and the genetic variation in cryptic species of L. longipalpis. The fragment used in this study revealed the nature of the ancestral morphotype 1S. Conclusion: New polymorphisms were identified in the gene per which can be used as a genetic barcode to sympatric taxonomy of L. longipalpis. The per gene fragment confirmed the presence of two siblings species of L. longipalpis in Sobral and showed that these same species are present in two other localities, representing an expansion within the L. longipalpis species complex with regards to the states of Ceara and Pernambuco

Soil organic matter over 4 growing seasons of aerobic rice on a clay and sandy soil amended with hardwood biochar in the brazilian savannah.

In the Brazilian savannah (Cerrado), soils are highly weathered, acidic, with low soil organic matter (SOM) levels, requiring additions of lime and fertiliser for agricultural use. In these soils, improving quantity and quality of SOM is pivotal for efficiency and sustainability gains in crop production. However, building SOM under tropical conditions is challenging due to the fast decomposition of organic material. Here we investigated if SOM levels under aerobic rice systems in the Cerrado could be enhanced through the addition of hardwood biochar, a by-product of bioenergy production rich in resilient, pyrogenic C (70-80% of its weight). The aim of this study was to test the effect of hardwood biochar (char) rates combined with different rates of synthetic N on SOM over 4 growing seasons of aerobic rice after a single application of char to a sandy and a clay soil in the Cerrado. The SOM increased with 0.07% per Mg ha-1 of char, at 0.1 year after applying char to the sandy soil. In the clay soil, SOM increased with 0.26 and 0.23% per Mg ha-1 of char at 2.5 and 3.5 years after char application, respectively. The increase in SOM is likely to be related to the porosity of char, where SOM can be absorbed and physically protected. Residue added via crop rotation was likely to be the main source of organic material related to an increase in SOM in the clay soil over seasons, the opposite of what was observed in the sandy soil, where no extra source of organic matter, other than char, was added to soil after establishment of field trial

Emissão de óxido nitroso na produção de feijoeiro comum irrigado cultivado em plantio direto em latossolo de cerrado.

O objetivo deste trabalho foi quantificar a emissão de óxido nitroso na produção de feijoeiro comum irrigado cultivado em plantio direto, com e sem cobertura vegetal, em Latossolo de Cerrado, na ausência e presença da aplicação de uréia, como fonte de adubação nitrogenada, na semeadura no sulco de plantio e em cobertura via fertirrigação

Activated Random Walkers: Facts, Conjectures and Challenges

We study a particle system with hopping (random walk) dynamics on the integer lattice $\mathbb Z^d$. The particles can exist in two states, active or inactive (sleeping); only the former can hop. The dynamics conserves the number of particles; there is no limit on the number of particles at a given site. Isolated active particles fall asleep at rate $\lambda > 0$, and then remain asleep until joined by another particle at the same site. The state in which all particles are inactive is absorbing. Whether activity continues at long times depends on the relation between the particle density $\zeta$ and the sleeping rate $\lambda$. We discuss the general case, and then, for the one-dimensional totally asymmetric case, study the phase transition between an active phase (for sufficiently large particle densities and/or small $\lambda$) and an absorbing one. We also present arguments regarding the asymptotic mean hopping velocity in the active phase, the rate of fixation in the absorbing phase, and survival of the infinite system at criticality. Using mean-field theory and Monte Carlo simulation, we locate the phase boundary. The phase transition appears to be continuous in both the symmetric and asymmetric versions of the process, but the critical behavior is very different. The former case is characterized by simple integer or rational values for critical exponents ($\beta = 1$, for example), and the phase diagram is in accord with the prediction of mean-field theory. We present evidence that the symmetric version belongs to the universality class of conserved stochastic sandpiles, also known as conserved directed percolation. Simulations also reveal an interesting transient phenomenon of damped oscillations in the activity density