Efeito do armazenamento na qualidade fisiológica das sementes de populações de milho cultivadas sob estresses hídrico e mineral

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do armazenamento na qualidade fisiológica de sementes de cinco populações de milho submetidas aos estresses de Al no solo e de seca no florescimento. Cinco populações de milho (CMS06, CMS35, CMS36, CMS54 e Milho Metro) foram cultivadas em solos com dois níveis de fertilidade: o primeiro, apresentando alta saturação de bases (V = 67%), e o segundo, alta saturação de Al (m = 54%). As populações de milho foram também submetidas à irrigação plena e à supressão de irrigação durante o florescimento. As sementes obtidas dessas populações foram armazenadas no laboratório de sementes sob condições ambientais. A qualidade fisiológica das sementes foi determinada no início e aos 30, 90 e 210 dias de armazenamento. As sementes da população CMS36 apresentaram maior vigor quando produzidas em solos com alta saturação de alumínio. A população CMS54 foi a mais estável com relação à qualidade fisiológica das sementes produzidas em diferentes ambientes. As sementes das populações CMS35, CMS36, CMS54 e Milho Metro foram mais estáveis com relação à qualidade fisiológica, durante o período de armazenamento, do que as da CMS06.

Reflections on Partial Least Squares Path Modeling

The purpose of the present article is to take stock of a recent exchange in Organizational Research Methods between critics (Rönkkö & Evermann, 2013) and proponents (Henseler et al., 2014) of partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM). The two target articles were centered around six principal issues, namely whether PLS-PM: (1) can be truly characterized as a technique for structural equation modeling (SEM); (2) is able to correct for measurement error; (3) can be used to validate measurement models; (4) accommodates small sample sizes; (5) is able to provide null hypothesis tests for path coefficients; and (6) can be employed in an exploratory, model-building fashion. We summarize and elaborate further on the key arguments underlying the exchange, drawing from the broader methodological and statistical literature in order to offer additional thoughts concerning the utility of PLS-PM and ways in which the technique might be improved. We conclude with recommendations as to whether and how PLS-PM serves as a viable contender to SEM approaches for estimating and evaluating theoretical models.

Contribució a la flora dels macromicets de l'illa de Mallorca

Com a resultat de les prospeccions micològiques realitzades a Mallorca entre els anys 1983 i 1990, donem a conèixer un catàleg de 218 taxons (8 Ascomycetes i 210 Basidiomycetes), dels quals creiem que 74 corresponen a citacions noves per a l'illa. En destaquem, entre d'altres: Cordyceps militaris (L.) Link, Daldinia vernicosa (Schw.) Ces. et de Not., Dichomitus campestris (Quél.) Domanski et Ori., Agaricus lanipes (Moell. et Schaeff.) Sing., Amanita boudieri Barla, Clitocybe lituus (Fr.) Metr., Hygrocybe reai Mre., Inocybe tenebrosa Quél., Leucopaxillus tricolor (Peck) Kühn, i Russula seperina Dupain.

Adubação de aveia em dois sistemas de plantio

O objetivo deste trabalho foi determinar as doses de N, P e K necessárias para a obtenção da máxima produção econômica de forragem de aveia, linhagem UPF 87111, nos sistemas de plantio convencional e com cobertura morta, num Latossolo Vermelho distrófico típico. Utilizou-se como esquema experimental um fatorial fracionado (1/2)4³ com dois blocos ao acaso, total de 32 parcelas, sem repetição. Os tratamentos constituíram-se de quatro doses de N e de K2O (0, 70, 140 e 210 kg ha-1), como uréia e cloreto de potássio, respectivamente, e quatro doses de P2O5 (0, 60, 120, 180 kg ha-1), como superfosfato triplo. As doses de N, P e K para produção de forragem de aveia com máxima receita líquida, foram, em kg ha-1, 165 (N), 50 (P2O5), 53 (K2O), no plantio convencional, e 210 (N), 90 (P2O5) no plantio com cobertura morta, com produções de matéria seca de, respectivamente, 6.641 kg ha-1 e 7.322 kg ha-1. Nos dois sistemas de plantio houve resposta somente em relação ao N, e o seu uso resultou maior produção de forragem por unidade de nutriente aplicado.

The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (version 4.0) factorial structure and its sensitivity in the treatment of outpatients with unipolar depression.

The 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS, version 4.0) enables the rater to measure psychopathology severity. Still, little is known about the BPRS's reliability and validity outside of the psychosis spectrum. The aim of this study was to examine the factorial structure and sensitivity to change of the BPRS in patients with unipolar depression. Two hundred and forty outpatients with unipolar depression were administered the 24-item BPRS. Assessments were conducted at intake and at post-treatment in a Crisis Intervention Centre. An exploratory factor analysis of the 24-item BPRS produced a six-factor solution labelled "Mood disturbance", "Reality distortion", "Activation", "Apathy", "Disorganization", and "Somatization". The reduction of the total BPRS score and dimensional scores, except for "Activation", indicates that the 24-item BPRS is sensitive to change as shown in patients that appeared to have benefited from crisis treatment. The findings suggest that the 24-item BPRS could be a useful instrument to measure symptom severity and change in symptom status in outpatients presenting with unipolar depression.

Hirschsprung's disease prevalence in Europe: A register based study.

BACKGROUND: Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital gut motility disorder, characterised by the absence of the enteric ganglion cells along the distal gut. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of Hirschsprung's disease, including additional congenital anomalies, total prevalence, trends, and association with maternal age. METHODS: Cases of Hirschsprung's disease delivered during 1980 to 2009 notified to 31 European Surveillance of Congenital Anomaly registers formed the population-based case-series. Prevalence rates and 95% confidence intervals were calculated as the number of cases per 10,000 births. Multilevel Poisson regression was performed to investigate trends in prevalence, geographical variation and the association with maternal age. RESULTS: There were 1,322 cases of Hirschsprung's disease among 12,146,210 births. The total prevalence was 1.09 (95% confidence interval, 1.03-1.15) per 10,000 births and there was a small but significant increase in prevalence over time (relative risk = 1.01; 95% credible interval, 1.00-1.02; p = 0.004). There was evidence of geographical heterogeneity in prevalence (p < 0.001). Excluding 146 (11.0%) cases with chromosomal anomalies or genetic syndromes, there were 1,176 cases (prevalence = 0.97; 95% confidence interval, 0.91-1.03 per 10,000 births), of which 137 (11.6%) had major structural anomalies. There was no evidence of a significant increased risk of Hirschsprung's disease in cases born to women aged ≥35 years compared with those aged 25 to 29 (relative risk = 1.09; 95% credible interval, 0.91-1.31; p = 0.355). CONCLUSION: This large population-based study found evidence of a small increasing trend in Hirschsprung's disease and differences in prevalence by geographic location. There was also no evidence of an association with maternal age. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 100:695-702, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

08008-004 Rathbun Lake Final Report

The Rathbun Land and Water Alliance and partners have undertaken a highly effective approach to water quality protection through the Rathbun Lake Special Project. This approach is achieving a significant reduction in the sediment and phosphorus that impair water quality in Rathbun Lake and its tributaries as a result of the targeted application of best management practices (BMPs) for priority land in the watershed. This project application proposes to assist landowners to apply BMPs that will reduce sediment and phosphorus delivery from priority land in one targeted sub-watershed as part of the Rathbun Lake Special Project. Features of this project are: (1) use of geographic information system (GIS) analysis to identify priority land that requires BMPs; (2) assistance for landowners to apply BMPs on 1,450 acres that will reduce the annual delivery of sediment by 2,160 tons and phosphorus by 8,210 pounds; (3) evaluation of the benefits from BMP application using GIS analysis and water quality monitoring; and (4) watershed outreach activities that encourage landowners to apply BMPs for priority land to protect water quality.

Atmospheric deposition and migration of artificial radionuclides in Alpine soils (Val Piora, Switzerland) compared to the distribution of selected major and trace elements.

Artificial radionuclides ((137)Cs, (90)Sr, Pu, and (241)Am) are present in soils because of Nuclear Weapon Tests and accidents in nuclear facilities. Their distribution in soil depth varies according to soil characteristics, their own chemical properties, and their deposition history. For this project, we studied the atmospheric deposition of (137)Cs, (90)Sr, Pu, (241)Am, (210)Pb, and stable Pb. We compared the distribution of these elements in soil profiles from different soil types from an alpine Valley (Val Piora, Switzerland) with the distribution of selected major and trace elements in the same soils. Our goals were to explain the distribution of the radioisotopes as a function of soil parameters and to identify stable elements with analogous behaviors. We found that Pu and (241)Am are relatively immobile and accumulate in the topsoil. In all soils, (90)Sr is more mobile and shows some accumulations at depth into Fe-Al rich horizons. This behavior is also observed for Cu and Zn, indicating that these elements may be used as chemical analogues for the migration of (90)Sr into the soil.