Journal of Hymenoptera research.

v. 12, no. 1, 2003

Journal of Hymenoptera research.

v. 3, 1994

Journal of Hymenoptera research.

v. 4, 1995

A toxicokinetic model to assess exposure to folpet fungicide from urinary biomarkers

Folpet is one of the most widely employed fungicides in agriculture. It is typically used in the culture of vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants. Once absorbed in the human body, it has been found to be very reactive, especially in acid conditions. According to various in vitro and in vivo experiments in animals, Folpet is first fractioned at the N-S link when in contact with aqueous solutions and thiol groups. From this non-enzymatic process a phthalimide (PI) molecule is formed, which may be used as a biomarker of exposure, along with the short-lived thiophosgene. We have built a human toxicokinetic model to account for the biotransformation of Folpet into PI and its subsequent excretion while accounting for other non-monitored metabolites. The mathematical parameters of the model were determined accordingly from best-fits to the time courses of PI in blood and urine of five volunteers administered orally 1 mg/kg and dermally 10 mg/kg of Folpet. In both cases, the mean elimination half-life of PI from the body (either through faeces, urine or metabolism) was found to be 31.6 h. The average final fractions of administered dose recovered in urine as PI were 0.025% and 0.002%, for oral and dermal administration, respectively after 96 h. According to the model, when orally administered, PI rapidly hydrolyzes to phthalamic and phthalic acids such that only 0.04% of the PI found in the gastrointestinal tract is absorbed into the blood stream. Likewise, after dermal application, model predicts that only 7.4% of the applied Folpet dose crosses the epidermis. In the model, the PI initial metabolite of Folpet is formed in the dermis and further metabolized prior to reaching systemic circulation, such that only 0.125% of PI formed at the site-of-entry reaches systemic blood. Our mathematical model is in accordance with both measures of blood (R2=0.57 for dermal and R2=0.66 for oral) and urine (R2 =0.98 for dermal and R2=0.99 for oral).

Paleopatología dental de una muestra esquelética del área funeraria del suburbio oriental de Tarraco (siglo I-III d. C.)

Los dientes son una importante fuente de información en el estudio de poblaciones del pasado. El estudio de las enfermedades dentales en restos esqueléticos antiguos busca reconstruir la forma de vida de las poblaciones antiguas relacionadas con su estado de salud y enfermedad.

A Washington, la salle où a lieu la conférence internationale du travail [1ère conférence qui eut lieu du 29 octobre au 29 novembre 1919] : [photographie de presse] / [Agence Rol]

Référence bibliographique : Rol, 56985

Location models for airline hubs behaving as M/D/c queues

Models are presented for the optimal location of hubs in airline networks, that take into consideration the congestion effects. Hubs, which are the most congested airports, are modeled as M/D/c queuing systems, that is, Poisson arrivals, deterministic service time, and {\em c} servers. A formula is derived for the probability of a number of customers in the system, which is later used to propose a probabilistic constraint. This constraint limits the probability of {\em b} airplanes in queue, to be lesser than a value $\alpha$. Due to the computational complexity of the formulation. The model is solved using a meta-heuristic based on tabu search. Computational experience is presented.

Estatuto juridico y urbanismo en la Tingitana (s. I-VII d.C.). Septem-Septon

La ciudad de Ceuta hace su aparición en las fuentes literarias históricas como 'statio' antes de ser citada, en la Antigüedad tardía, como un fuerte vándalo, y después como ciudad bizantina capital de la Mauretania Secunda. Ni las fuentes escritas, ni las fuentes arqueológicas ofrecen datos concluyentes sobre la adopción de un estatuto jurídico romano antes de su etapa bizantina.

Influência de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares sobre o crescimento de dois genótipos de aceroleira (Malpighia emarginata D.C.)

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito da inoculação de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) no crescimento da aceroleira (Malpighia emarginata D.C.). Estacas semi-lenhosas de dois genótipos de aceroleira (Barbados e Miró), com dois pares de folhas, foram plantadas para enraizamento das mudas. Após dois meses, montou-se um experimento em telado, inoculando dois isolados de FMA (Gigaspora margarita Becker & Hall e Glomus etunicatum Becker & Gerdemann) nessas mudas, em solo com 3 mg/dm³ de fósforo. Ao término do experimento (110 dias), observou-se que a inoculação de FMA proporcionou maior altura, aumentou a biomassa seca da parte aérea e a área foliar, e evidenciou correlações positivas entre algumas características de crescimento da planta e o número de esporos de FMA, em comparação com as plantas não colonizadas. Melhores respostas de crescimento foram obtidas nos dois genótipos com a inoculação de G. margarita. A concentração de P na parte aérea das plantas não variou significativamente entre os tratamentos com inoculação. A associação com FMA reduziu em pelo menos dois meses o tempo de produção de mudas dos dois genótipos de aceroleira.