Decomposition of Ruppia cirrhosa (Petagna) Grande in the sediment of a coastal lagoon

The decomposition process of Ruppia cirrhosa was studied in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon in the Delta of the River Ebro (NE Spain). Leaves and shoots of Ruppia were enclosed in 1 mm-mesh and 100 pm-mesh litter bags to ascertain the effect of detritivores, macroinvertebrates, and bacteria and fungi, respectively. Changes in biomass and carbon, and, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the detritus were studied at the sediment-water interface and in the sediment. Significant differences in biomass decay were observed between the two bag types. Significant differences in decomposition were observed between the two experimental conditions studied using 100 pm-mesh bags. These differences were not significant when using the 1 mm-mesh bags. The carbon content in the detritus remained constant during the decomposition process. The percentage of nitrogen increased progressively from an initial 2.4 % to 3 %. The percentage of phosphorus decreased rapidly during the first two days of decomposition from an initial 0.26 % to 0.17 %. This loss is greater in the sediment than in the water column or at the sediment-water interface. From these results we deduce that the activity of microorganisms seems to be more important in the sediment than in the water-sediment interface, and that grazing by macroinvertebrates has less importance in the sediment than in the water column.

Choisir une carrière, faire carrière: les femmes médecins en France et en Grande-Bretagne

Cet article propose d'analyser les processus de construction de la ségrégation sexuée des professions dans une perspective comparative. Une étude comparative des carrières professionnelles et familiales des femmes médecins en France et en Grande-Bretagne permet de démontrer que, bien que la distribution des hommes et des femmes au sein de la profession médicale paraisse, à première vue, assez divergente, les processus de répartition sexuée entre les différentes positions au sein de la profession sont globalement identiques dans les deux pays. Ainsi, les résultats de cette recherche laissent penser que la structure sexuée de la profession médicale reste relativement peu changée par l'augmentation récente des taux de féminisation. Cette conclusion nous amène à inscrire notre travail dans le cadre des débats sociologiques récents sur l'analyse théorique des processus de reproduction de la division sexuelle du travail et de la ségrégation sexuée des emplois en Europe. This article proposes to analyse the process of the development of gendered segregation in a comparative perspective. A comparative study of the professional and family careers of women doctors in France and Britain makes it possible to show that, although at first sight the distribution of women and men in the medical profession seems rather different, the processes of gendered allocation between the different positions within the profession is generally the same in the two countries. The results of this research lead us to think that the gendered structure of the medical profession has been changed relatively little by the recent increase in the rate of feminisation. These conclusion leads us to situate our work within the framework of the recent sociological discussion of the theoretical analysis of the process of reproduction of the sexual division of labour and the gendered segregation of employment in Europe.

Embrapa 52: nova cultivar de trigo para o Rio Grande do Sul

Para atender às demandas por cultivares de trigo (Triticum aestivum L.) com melhores níveis de rendimento, resistência a doenças e qualidade panificativa superior, foi recomendada para cultivo no Rio Grande do Sul, a partir de 1996, a cultivar EMBRAPA 52. Desenvolvida na Embrapa-Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Trigo, apresenta ciclo precoce, estatura média e resistência ao crestamento. Pode mostrar problemas relativos ao acamamento, em condições de elevada fertilidade do solo, e à germinação na espiga, em anos chuvosos na colheita. Até a sua recomendação, apresentou comportamento fitossanitário favorável em campo, sendo suscetível em plântula a cinco raças de ferrugem-da-folha e resistente a todas as raças de ferrugem-do-colmo ocorrentes no Brasil. É moderadamente suscetível à septoriose das glumas e suscetível ao carvão. Comporta-se como resistente em campo ao oídio e ao vírus-do-mosaico-do-trigo. No período 1993-95, 'EMBRAPA 52', foi o trigo de mais alto rendimento entre todos os testados, superando em 13% as testemunhas oficiais na média geral do Estado. Pelos testes de alveografia e farinografia, foi preliminarmente classificada na classe comercial superior, sendo indicada para panificação e para fabricação de massas alimentícias e de crackers.

Le silence comme outil thérapeutique dans la dépression : élaboration théorique basée sur une étude de cas

À l'aide d'un exemple clinique, nous élaborons les différentes fonctions que peut avoir le silence dans les thérapies cognitives et comportementales de la dépression. Les silences d'une patiente déprimée, suivie en psychothérapie, sont documentés et analysés. Le silence peut, chez la même personne, tantôt produire un apaisement ou organiser la pensée, donc s'avérer productif, tantôt représenter une tentative d'échapper à du matériel douloureux, donc s'avérer peu productif. Ainsi, le thérapeute aura fondamentalement le choix, soit de respecter ces silences soit de les rompre et de parler. Pour l'aider dans ce choix, nous repérons différentes catégories de silences et les mettons en lien avec la littérature à ce sujet, afin d'introduire le silence comme outil thérapeutique à part entière dans le traitement cognitivo-comportemental de la dépression. © 2013 Association fran4aise de thérapie comportementale et cognitive. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.

Fecundidad diferencial de distintas subpoblaciones de mujeres en España: una diferencia no tan grande

La sombra de las grandes diferencias de fecundidad se cierne otra vez sobre las poblaciones europeas. La aportación al crecimiento natural de las poblaciones foráneas constituyó un Leitmotiv en demografía en el siglo pasado. El miedo no se basa en el tamaño de la familia, es decir, en la cantidad de hijos que tienen las mujeres forasteras, sino en las consecuencias que ello puede conllevar a largo plazo. La cuestión que provoca temores se centra en la proporción en que las generaciones futuras estarán formadas por personas cuyos padres serán de fuera. La principal diferencia que se ha observado hasta el presente reside en los tiempos en que se tienen los hijos, y no exclusivamente en el resultado final. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en contrastar las diferencias de natalidad y fecundidad entre el conjunto de España y las mujeres extranjeras que viven en el país. La hipótesis que se presenta a comprobación enuncia que la distancia cuantitativa entre los indicadores de fecundidad de ambos grupos no es tan grande como se supone u otros indicadores brutos hacen pensar. Se impone una discusión metodológica sobre el tema, puesto que cada índice representa un aspecto diferente de la fecundidad de las mujeres.

Perforation colique néonatale focale spontanée en dehors de la grande prématurité : rare et potentiellement insidieuse [Focal spontaneous colic perforation in term or near-term neonates: rare and potentially insidious].

Two cases of neonatal focal spontaneous colic perforations are reported. The 1st infant, born at 36 3/7 weeks gestational age, presented on day 3 with crying, abdominal distension, and liquid stools. Clinical examination showed a slightly irritable hypothermic (35.7 °C) infant with a distended abdomen and few bowel sounds. Blood tests were normal apart from an elevated C-reactive protein level (59 mg/l). The abdomen x-ray was erroneously considered normal. The infant's condition remained stable for nearly 3 days. After reviewing the initial x-ray, pneumoperitoneum was suspected and confirmed by a cross-table lateral abdominal x-ray. The infant was started on antibiotics and operated. Macroscopically, the entire gut was normal apart from a focal sigmoid perforation, which was stitched. A transmural colic biopsy revealed focal vascular dilation but was negative for necrotising enterocolitis or Hirschsprung disease. The infant recovered quickly. She is now a healthy, normal 3-year-old. The 2nd infant, born at 38 5/7 weeks gestational age, presented between day 1 and 2 with clinical signs of infection associated with slowly progressive ileus. The chest and abdomen x-ray was mistakenly considered normal. Frank septicemia developed. After reviewing the initial x-ray, pneumoperitoneum was suspected and confirmed by a cross-table lateral abdominal x-ray. The infant was operated. Macroscopically, the small intestine was normal, the ascending and transverse colons were dilated, and the descending and sigmoid colons were narrow. Three cecal perforations were discovered and stitched. An ileostomy and multiple colic biopsies were also performed. The postoperative course was complicated by persistent septic ileus due to descending and sigmoid colon leaks, which led to colic resections with end-to-end anastomosis. Rectal aspiration biopsies were also performed. At 1 month of age, the infant was discharged from the hospital. The ileostomy was closed in two steps at 2 and 5 months of age. A normal sweat test excluded cystic fibrosis. All colic and rectal biopsies revealed nonspecific inflammatory signs and excluded necrotizing enterocolitis and Hirschsprung disease. Nonspecific irregular thinning of muscularis mucosae and muscularis propria were observed in the two resected colic segments. The boy is now a healthy 7-year-old. The incidence of neonatal focal spontaneous colic perforations at term or close to term is unknown but probably very rare. Our department is the neonatal referral center for approximately 14,000 annual births. In the last 10 years (2000-2009), out of 5115 neonatal admissions in our unit, only ten cases have presented a neonatal spontaneous intestinal perforation, seven of ten in very-low-birth-weight infants and three of ten in term or near-term neonates (one with Hirschsprung disease and the two cases reported herein). In the same period, 108 infants suffered from necrotizing enterocolitis, seven of 108 were term infants and 6 out of 7 had a congenital heart disease. The medical literature is poor on the subject of focal spontaneous colic perforations at term; no risk factor is described. The most specific clinical sign seems to be the abdominal distension. The presence of pneumoperitoneum on an abdominal x-ray is the most sensitive paraclinical sign. In case of an intestinal perforation, surgery must be performed quickly. The vital prognosis seems to be good. The objective of this study was to draw pediatricians' attention to focal spontaneous colic perforations in term or close to term newborns. In the cases reported, the diagnostic delays could have been prevented if the entity - with its radiological manifestation - had been well known.

Modelo de estimativa de rendimento de soja no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul

Este trabalho teve como objetivo parametrizar e validar o modelo multiplicativo de Jensen modificado para a estimativa do rendimento da cultura da soja no Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, em condições de lavoura. O ajuste foi feito usando dados meteorológicos de seis estações localizadas na região de produção significativa dessa cultura e dados de rendimento médio de todo o Estado, oriundos de estatísticas oficiais do IBGE, no período 1974/75 a 1994/95. O modelo apresentou bom ajuste, com coeficientes de determinação de 0,86 para o modelo completo (novembro a abril) e 0,75 para o modelo reduzido (janeiro a março). A validação do modelo, feita com dados das safras 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98 e 1998/99, mostrou um bom desempenho, indicando que a água é o fator isolado que maior influência exerce na definição do rendimento da soja no Rio Grande do Sul e, portanto, pode ser incorporado a programas de previsão de safras.

Identificação e quantificação de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares autóctones em municípios produtores de citros no Rio Grande do Sul

O objetivo deste trabalho foi identificar e quantificar os esporos de FMA presentes em viveiros e pomares de citros no Rio Grande do Sul. Foram coletadas amostras de solo e de raízes de dez viveiros e doze pomares de oito municípios produtores de citros, nas quais avaliaramse conteúdo nutricional, número de esporos por 100 g de solo seco e colonização das radicelas, e determinaramse as espécies autóctones. As espécies, em ordem decrescente de ocorrência, foram: Glomus macrocarpum > Scutellospora heterogama > Acaulospora scrobiculata = Acaulospora birreticulata > Glomus invermaium = Glomus occultum = Entrophospora colombiana > Glomus claroideum = Glomus constrictum > Scutellospora persica.

BRS 153: cultivar de soja com boa adaptação ao sistema plantio direto no Rio Grande do Sul

A cultivar de soja BRS 153, oriunda do cruzamento EMBRAPA 1 x Braxton, é de ciclo médio, possui plantas de crescimento determinado, flor branca, pubescência cinza e grãos de hilo marromclaro. É resistente ao cancro-da-haste (Diaporthe phaseolorum f. sp. meridionalis), à podridão-parda-da-haste (Phialophora gregata), à mancha-olho-de-rã (Cercospora sojina) e ao oídio (Microsphaera diffusa). O rendimento médio de grãos, em 19 ambientes do Rio Grande do Sul, foi 12% e 14% superior aos das cultivares RS 7-Jacuí e BR-16, respectivamente. É indicada para semeaduras em novembro, em todo o Rio Grande do Sul.