Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth

The Midwest Evaluation of the Adult Functioning of Former Foster Youth (Midwest Study) is a prospective study that has been following a sample of young people from Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois as they transition out of foster care into adulthood. It is a collaborative effort involving Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Partners for Our Children at the University of Washington, Seattle; the University of Wisconsin Survey Center; and the public child welfare agencies in Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.The Midwest Study provides a comprehensive picture of how foster youth are faring during this transition since the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 became law. Foster youth in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois were eligible to participate in the study if they had entered care before their 16th birthday, were still in care at age 17, and had been removed from home for reasons other than delinquency. Baseline survey data were collected from 732 study participants when they were 17 or 18 years old. Study participants were re-interviewed at ages 19 (n = 603), 21 (n = 591), and 23 or 24 (n = 602). A fifth wave of survey data will be collected when study participants are 25 or 26 years old.Because many of the questions Midwest Study participants were also asked as part of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, it is possible to make comparisons between this sample of former foster youth and a nationally representative sample of young people in the general population. These comparisons indicate that young people who have aged out of foster care are faring poorly as a group relative to their peers across a variety of domains.The Midwest Study also presents a unique opportunity to compare the outcomes of young people from one state (i.e., Illinois) that allows foster youth to remain in care until their 21st birthday to the outcomes of young people from two other states (i.e., Iowa and Wisconsin) in which foster youth generally age out when they are 18 years old. The data suggest that extending foster care until age 21 may be associated with better outcomes, at least in some domains

Lowering Effects of Onion Intake on Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

The protective effect of onion against oxidative stress in streptozotosin-induced diabetic rats was investigated in comparison with that of quercetin aglycone. We measured oxidative stress biomarkers involving the susceptibility of the plasma against copper ion-induced lipid peroxidation, which was estimated by the amounts of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and cholesteryl ester hydroperoxides, and urine TBARS and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine contents. After the 12-week feeding period, plasma glucose levels and these biomarkers increased in diabetic rats compared to normal rats. In diabetic rats fed a 6.0% onion diet (quercetin equivalent: 0.023%), quercetin metabolites accumulated in the plasma at concentrations of approximately 35 µM. Onion intake decreased plasma glucose levels and lowered the oxidative stress biomarkers. On the other hand, quercetin metabolites in the plasma of rats fed a diet with 0.023% quercetin aglycone were found at lower concentrations (14.2 µM) than the rats fed the onion diet. Furthermore, oxidative stress biomarkers were higher in the quercetin diet group compared to the onion diet group. These results strongly suggest that onion intake suppresses diabetes-induced oxidative stress more effectively than the intake of the same amount of quercetin aglycone alone

N-(2-Chloro­phen­yl)succinamic acid

The conformations of the N—H and C=O bonds in the amide segment of the structure of the title compound {systematic name: 3-[(2-chloro­phen­yl)amino­carbon­yl]propionic acid}, C10H10ClNO3, are trans to each other, while the conformation of the amide H atom is syn to the ortho-chloro group in the benzene ring. Further, the conformations of the amide O atom and the carbonyl O atom of the ester segment are also trans to the H atoms attached to the adjacent C atoms. In the crystal structure, mol­ecules are packed into infinite chains through inter­molecular N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds

Identificacao e caracterizacao do agente patogenico da ma-formacao floral e vegetativa da mangueira (Mangifera indica L.).

O presente trabalho objetivou identificar opatógeno e caracterizá-lo sob aspectos fisiológicos

Manejo integrado de doenças do meloeiro.

Principais doenças do meloeiro; Manejo integrado de doenças; Normas técnicas e específicas para a produção integrada de melão

Intensidade de míldio em videira da c.v. Festival sob diferentes formas de coberturas.

Suplemento. Ref. EPI-069. Edição dos Resumos do 41. Congresso Brasileiro de Fitopatologia, Belo Horizonte, ago. 2008

Estratégias de controle de podridões em pós-colheita de melão: uma revisão

Aspectos gerais; Patologia pós-colheita de melão; Aspectos ecológicos e epidemiológicos das doenças em pós-colheita; Maturação de frutos x patologia pós-colheita de frutos; Considerações finais.bitstream/CNPAT-2010/10923/1/Dc-112.pd

Refrigeração associada à sanitização no controle integrado da podridão em melão.

A refrigeração é o processo físico mais indicado para prolongar a vida pós-colheita de frutos, além de suprimir o desenvolvimento de patógenos. Atualmente, grande atenção tem sido dada aos métodos alternativos buscando reduzir o uso de agroquímicos. Uma das alternativas são os sanitizantes, que apresentem efeito no controle de doenças em pós-colheita. Neste trabalho avaliou-se a eficiência da refrigeração associada a sanitização com o dióxido de cloro (ClO2) no controle de Fusarium pallidoroseum em melão. O desenvolvimento do patógeno (crescimento micelial e esporulação) foi avaliado sob oito temperaturas (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 e 40º C) e na dosagem de 10 ug.mL-1 de ClO2, in vitro, constatando-se que o melhor desenvolvimento de F. pallidoroseum ocorreu na temperatura de 30º C, sendo que as temperaturas de 10º C e 40º C inibiram totalmente o patógeno, apesar de não serem letais, e o ClO2 reduziu 37,02 % a esporulação em relação a testemunha. Em outro ensaio, melões foram tratados com o ClO2 na dosagem de 10 ug mL-1, inoculados com uma suspensão de 107 conídios/mL de F. pallidoroseum e armazenados em três ambientes: temperatura ambiente (29 ± 1 ºC); refrigerado (10 ± 2 ºC) por 16 dias + nove dias em temperatura ambiente; e refrigerado 28 dias, avaliando-se incidência e severidade. A refrigeração inibiu, de maneira geral, o desenvolvimento dos sintomas. Em armazenamento refrigerado observou-se redução de 54 % na incidência e severidade da doença em frutos tratados com dióxido de cloro. Na temperatura ambiente, a inibição foi apenas na incidência, ao redor de 14%, em relação à testemunha Concluiu-se que o ClO2 associado a refrigeração pode contribuir de maneira eficiente no controle integrado de doenças em pós-colheita de melão