Armadilha CNPMF: nova técnica para o controle de brocas-da-haste da mandioca.

2009

Biomonitoramento e supressão populacional de brocas da haste da mandioca Sternocoelus spp. utilizando armadilha CNPMF "Telha de Barro" em Cruz das Almas, BA.

2009

Armadilha CNPMF: detecção, monitoramento e controle da broca-da-haste da mandioca gênero Sternocoelus.

A mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) é afetada por inúmeras pragas, dentre as quais estão duas espécies de broca-da-haste Sternocoelus spp. (Curculianidae) e Tropidozineus fulveolus (Lameere) (Cerambycidae). Até o momento, o método de controle recomendado era destruir restos de plantas infestadas no campo.

Levantamento semidetalhado dos solos do Projeto Jaíba (etapa III), Estado de Minas Gerais.

Com o objetivo de prover informações dos recursos de solos da área de expansão do projeto de irrigação do Jaíba (Etapa III, que abrange 12.015 ha), a fim de possibilitar o adequado planejamento e monitoramento das atividades agrossilvipastoris e de preservação ambiental, foi realizado o levantamento de solos em nível de semidetalhe, na escala 1:50.000, conforme as normas preconizadas pela Embrapa. Predomina cobertura sedimentar cenozóica sobre rochas do Grupo Bambuí, dispostas em superfície aplainada, amplamente dominante, pontuada por dolinas e uvalas, além de um trecho de planície fluvial, ao longo do rio Ilha do Retiro. A região é caracterizada por temperaturas médias elevadas, precipitações médias abaixo dos 900 mm anuais e deficiência hídrica anual de 450 mm a 500 mm, evidenciando o curto período favorável ao crescimento das plantas em sequeiro, nas estações de primavera e verão. O ambiente seco também é evidenciado pela vegetação natural, dominada por florestas decíduas e caatingas, ou transição entre essas formações vegetais. A diferenciação de solos na área está bem condicionada ao nível topográfico relativo dos terrenos. Da superfície plana do topo da paisagem em direção às depressões semicirculares dispersas na área têm-se uma topossequência característica, com Latossolos Amarelos de caráter distrófico e textura média leve dominante na ampla área em nível topográfico superior; e solos dessa mesma classe, mas em geral com saturação por bases alta (eutróficos) e teores de argila ligeiramente mais elevados, localizados em depressões suavizadas, ou nas bordas ligeiramente inclinadas das dolinas; seguidos de Cambissolos Háplicos Tb Eutróficos (petroplínticos, endorredóxicos ou gleissólicos) de textura argilosa, em nível topográfico intermediário; aos quais se sucedem Planossolos e Gleissolos, que ocorrem associados nos fundos das dolinas e uvalas, mais rebaixadas. O vale do ribeirão Ilha do Retiro, por outro lado, apresenta um padrão de distribuição de solos distinto, com domínio de Neossolos Flúvicos, desenvolvidos de material de textura média ou argilosa de deposição aluvionar, ocorrendo nas partes topográficas inferiores, em associação com Chernossolos Rêndzicos, que tendem a predominar no segmento de nível topográfico um pouco mais alto, limitando-se no topo da encosta com a área de Latossolos Amarelos. A extensa área aplainada apresenta boas condições para agricultura intensiva com irrigação, porém com restrições decorrentes da baixa capacidade de água disponível, elevada taxa de infiltração e baixa fertilidade natural. Em direção aos níveis topográficos mais baixos, há uma tendência geral de aumentar as limitações à utilização agrícola, sobretudo em decorrência da deficiência de aeração, imposta pela dificuldade de drenagem e escoamento, assim como pela possibilidade de encharcamento por afluxo de água proveniente dos terrenos circundantes.

Reference genes for quantitative RT-PCR data in gastric tissues and cell lines

AIM: To evaluate the suitability of reference genes in gastric tissue samples and cell lines.METHODS: the suitability of genes ACTB, B2M, GAPDH, RPL29, and 18S rRNA was assessed in 21 matched pairs of neoplastic and adjacent nonneoplastic gastric tissues from patients with gastric adenocarcinoma, 27 normal gastric tissues from patients without cancer, and 4 cell lines using reverse transcription quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). the ranking of the best single and combination of reference genes was determined by NormFinder, geNorm (TM), BestKeeper, and DataAssist (TM). in addition, GenEx software was used to determine the optimal number of reference genes. To validate the results, the mRNA expression of a target gene, DNMT1, was quantified using the different reference gene combinations suggested by the various software packages for normalization.RESULTS: ACTB was the best reference gene for all gastric tissues, cell lines and all gastric tissues plus cell lines. GAPDH + B2M or ACTB + B2M was the best combination of reference genes for all the gastric tissues. On the other hand, ACTB + B2M was the best combination for all the cell lines tested and was also the best combination for analyses involving all the gastric tissues plus cell lines. According to the GenEx software, 2 or 3 genes were the optimal number of references genes for all the gastric tissues. the relative quantification of DNMT1 showed similar patterns when normalized by each combination of reference genes. the level of expression of DNMT1 in neoplastic, adjacent non-neoplastic and normal gastric tissues did not differ when these samples were normalized using GAPDH + B2M (P = 0.32), ACTB + B2M (P = 0.61), or GAPDH + B2M + ACTB (P = 0.44).CONCLUSION: GAPDH + B2M or ACTB + B2M is the best combination of reference gene for all the gastric tissues, and ACTB + B2M is the best combination for the cell lines tested. (C) 2013 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved.

Process control in agile supply chain network.

The work comprises a new theoretical development applied to aid decision making in an increasingly important commercial sector. Agile supply, where small volumes of high margin, short life cycle innovative products are offered, is increasingly carried out through a complex global supply chain network. We outline an equilibrium solution in such a supply chain network, which works through limited cooperation and coordination along edges (links) in the network. The links constitute the stochastic modelling entities rather than the nodes of the network. We utilise newly developed phase plane analysis to identify, model and predict characteristic behaviour in supply chain networks. The phase plane charts profile the flow of inventory and identify out of control conditions. They maintain quality within the network, as well as intelligently track the way the network evolves in conditions of changing variability. The methodology is essentially distribution free, relying as it does on the study of forecasting errors, and can be used to examine contractual details as well as strategic and game theoretical concepts between decision-making components (agents) of a network. We illustrate with typical data drawn from supply chain agile fashion products.

GABAA receptor chloride channels are involved in the neuroprotective role of GABA following oxygen and glucose deprivation in the rat cerebral cortex but not in the hippocampus.

Assays on "ex vivo" sections of rat hippocampus and rat cerebral cortex, subjected to oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) and a three-hour reperfusion-like (RL) recovery, were performed in the presence of either GABA or the GABA(A) receptor binding site antagonist, bicuculline. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and propidium iodide were used to quantify cell mortality. We also measured, using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), the early transcriptional response of a number of genes of the glutamatergic and GABAergic systems. Specifically, glial pre- and post-synaptic glutamatergic transporters (namely GLAST1a, EAAC-1, GLT-1 and VGLUT1), three GABAA receptor subunits (α1, β2 and γ2), and the GABAergic presynaptic marker, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), were studied. Mortality assays revealed that GABAA receptor chloride channels play an important role in the neuroprotective effect of GABA in the cerebral cortex, but have a much smaller effect in the hippocampus. We also found that GABA reverses the OGD-dependent decrease in GABA(A) receptor transcript levels, as well as mRNA levels of the membrane and vesicular glutamate transporter genes. Based on the markers used, we conclude that OGD results in differential responses in the GABAergic presynaptic and postsynaptic systems.

A general model of error-prone PCR

Pritchard, L., Corne, D., Kell, D.B., Rowland, J. & Winson, M. (2005) A general model of error-prone PCR. Journal of Theoretical Biology 234, 497-509.

Thinking with and outside the box: developing computer support for evidence teaching

B. Schafer, J. Keppens and Q. Shen. Thinking with and outside the Box: Developing Computer Support for Evidence Teaching. P. Robert and M. Redmayne (Eds.), Innovations in Evidence and Proof: Integrating Theory, Research and Teaching, pp. 139-158, 2007.

Automated Quality Assurance Applied to Mammographic Imaging

L. Blot, A. Davis, M. Holubinka, R. Marti and R. Zwiggelaar, 'Automated quality assurance applied to mammographic imaging', EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing 2002 (7), 736-745 (2002)

Words, Images, Enemies : Securitization and International Politics

Williams, Mike, 'Words, Images, Enemies: Securitization and International Politics', International Studies Quarterly (2003) 47(4) pp.511-531 RAE2008

Why Ideas Matter in International Relations : Hans Morgenthau, Classical Realism, and the Moral Construction of Power Politics

Williams, Mike, 'Why ideas matter in International Relations: Hans Morgenthau, Classical Realism, and the Moral Construction of Power Politics', International Organization (2004) 58(4) pp.633-665 RAE2008

Culture and Security: Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security : The Reconstruction of Security in the Post-Cold War Era

Williams, Mike, Culture and Security: Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security (Oxon: Routledge, 2007), pp.xii+172 RAE2008