Matéria orgânica e agregação de um planossolo sob diferentes coberturas florestais.

A qualidade da serapilheira pode alterar a agregação do solo, modificando a dinâmica de transformação e alocação do carbono (C) do solo em diferentes compartimentos. Avaliou-se neste estudo, a estabilidade de agregados e sua relação com características químicas da serapilheira, com o carbono orgânico e a fração leve livre da matéria orgânica, sob três diferentes tipos de cobertura vegetal floresta secundária (FS) e plantios de Mimosa Caesalpinaefolia (PM) e Carapa guianenses (PA) com posterior regeneração natural. Amostras de serapilheira foram caracterizadas quanto aos teores de polifenóis, lignina, suberina, tanino, holocelulose e relação C/N. Coletaram-se amostras de terra em duas profundidades (0-10 e 10-20 cm) para estimativa da agregação através da análise do diâmetro médio ponderado (DMP), diâmetro médio geométrico (DMG) e índice de estabilidade dos agregados (IEA). Subamostras das mesmas profundidades foram ainda caracterizadas quanto aos teores de C e da fração leve livre (FLL). Os maiores teores de suberina e polifenóis da serapilheira, encontrados nas áreas FS e PM, reduziram a velocidade de decomposição dos resíduos no solo o que acarretou maiores teores da FLL em ambas as coberturas. Esses compostos contribuíram para a estabilização do C à fase mineral, pois os maiores teores de C foram encontrados nessas áreas. Essa afirmativa é confirmada pelos valores de DMP, DMG e IEA entre as áreas, que são maiores para as coberturas PM e FS. Os teores de polifenóis e suberina foram determinantes na compartimentação do C e agregação do solo das áreas de FS e PM.

Características químicas de solos florestais no Estado do Acre sob castanhal nativo.

O objetivo desse estudo foi descrever características edáficas e a variabilidade espacial de atributos quimícos de solos em dois castanhais nativos no Estado do Acre. Um deles está no Projeto de Assentamento Agroextrativista (PAE) Chico Mendes (Cachoeira-380 ha) e o outro na Reserva Extrativista Chico Mendes (Filipinas-420 ha).

Seleção massal em amendoim forrageiro com foco no vigor de plantas, tamanho e produtividade de sementes.

O amendoim forrageiro (Arachis pintoi) é uma leguminosa de grande interesse para a pecuária nacional, porém sua utilização no Brasil vem sendo limitada pelo alto preço e baixa oferta das sementes no mercado. Cultivares com maior produtividade e/ou maior densidade de sementes podem contribuir para mitigar esse problema. Este estudo teve como objetivo realizar seleção massal em A. pintoi cv. BRS Mandobi, visando identificar plantas com elevado vigor, alta produtividade de sementes e variabilidade para tamanho de semente. Em 2012, foram estabelecidas 615 parcelas com plantas individuais a partir de sementes pequenas. Primeiramente, foram selecionadas 149 plantas com base na avaliação visual do vigor e comprimento dos estolões, as quais tiveram suas sementes colhidas em 2014, para determinação da produtividade, tamanho e peso de 100 sementes. Foram obtidas estatísticas descritivas, coeficientes de correlação e foram estabelecidos grupos pelo método de otimização de Tocher. Houve variação para produtividade e peso de 100 sementes, com médias de 1.547,6 kg ha-1 e 13,5 g e amplitudes de 3.513,70 kg ha-1 e 12,6 g, respectivamente. Foram formados 14 grupos divergentes, o que possibilitou a seleção de 30 genótipos oriundos de 6 grupos, com variabilidade para produção e tamanho das sementes, viabilizando a condução futura de novos ciclos de seleção e estimação de parâmetros genéticos.

Qualidade de vida em epilepsia e percepção de controle de crises

The individual affective-cognitive evaluations are important factors that control the way he feels the disease impact in his life. Then, the perception of seizure control is a more important factor to evaluate Quality of Life (QoL) than the illness characteristics, such as the severity, type, sickening period and seizure frequency. This study searched for the relationship among the subjective variables (perception of seizure control) and the illness characteristics to evaluate QoL. The sample consisted of 60 individuals with chronic epilepsy, aging 18 to 70 (M=37.05; SD=11.25), chosen at randon from the ambulatory of epilepsy - HC/UNICAMP, by the Questionnaire 65. The illness characteristics were not significant, except the seizures frequency, when associated to the impairment in QoL among controlled seizures and seizures with frequency higher than 10 per month (p=0.021). The perception of control was significantly associated to QoL (p=0.005).

Questionário de qualidade de vida na epilepsia: resultados preliminares

Seizures happen for brief periods of time, but the feelings of anxiety and helplessness, adaptation to the restrictions impose by the life-style and variety of other problems affect more the quality of life in epilepsy. This study proposes a protocol that regards the objectives of a quality of life assessment in health and is applied to a population that attends a university hospital. It contains 65 items and assesses the psychosocial performance, physical limitation, cognitive aspects, perception of control, self-concept, as well as perception of health and quality of life. The results of reliability and validity are discussed.

Um novo índice de qualidade das águas para proteção da vida aquática aplicado ao Rio Atibaia, região de Campinas/Paulínia-SP

In this paper a water quality index is developed to subsidize management actions in the Atibaia River for upon protection of aquatic organisms. This index is composed of two measurable environmental parameters normaly, ammonia and dissolved oxygen, the latter representing the contribution of organic matter. Concentrations of these two variables were normalized on a scale from 0 to 100 and translated into statements of quality (excellent, good, regular, bad and very bad). The index was applied to three monitoring points in the Atibaia River and compared to other indices used by the State of São Paulo Environmental Agency (CETESB). The results showed that the degradation in this watershed follows the urban population density. The developed index is more restricted than the other ones routinely used to infer water quality.

Uso de perfis cromatográficos de voláteis de cafés arábicas torrados para a diferenciação das amostras segundo o sabor, o aroma e a qualidade global da bebida

In this work, the volatile chromatographic profiles of roasted Arabica coffees, previously analyzed for their sensorial attributes, were explored by principal component analysis. The volatile extraction technique used was the solid phase microextraction. The correlation optimized warping algorithm was used to align the gas chromatographic profiles. Fifty four compounds were found to be related to the sensorial attributes investigated. The volatiles pyrrole, 1-methyl-pyrrole, cyclopentanone, dihydro-2-methyl-3-furanone, furfural, 2-ethyl-5-methyl-pyrazine, 2-etenyl-n-methyl-pyrazine, 5-methyl-2-propionyl-furan compounds were important for the differentiation of coffee beverage according to the flavour, cleanliness and overall quality. Two figures of merit, sensitivity and specificity (or selectivity), were used to interpret the sensory attributes studied.

Tree structure and richness in an Atlantic Forest fragment: distance from anthropogenic and natural edges

Approximately 7.2% of the Atlantic rainforest remains in Brazil, with only 16% of this forest remaining in the State of Rio de Janeiro, all of it distributed in fragments. This forest fragmentation can produce biotic and abiotic differences between edges and the fragment interior. In this study, we compared the structure and richness of tree communities in three habitats - an anthropogenic edge (AE), a natural edge (NE) and the fragment interior (FI) - of a fragment of Atlantic forest in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22°50'S and 42°28'W). One thousand and seventy-six trees with a diameter at breast height > 4.8 cm, belonging to 132 morphospecies and 39 families, were sampled in a total study area of 0.75 ha. NE had the greatest basal area and the trees in this habitat had the greatest diameter:height allometric coefficient, whereas AE had a lower richness and greater variation in the height of the first tree branch. Tree density, diameter, height and the proportion of standing dead trees did not differ among the habitats. There was marked heterogeneity among replicates within each habitat. These results indicate that the forest interior and the fragment edges (natural or anthropogenic) do not differ markedly considering the studied parameters. Other factors, such as the age from the edge, type of matrix and proximity of gaps, may play a more important role in plant community structure than the proximity from edges.

Levantamento e características ecológicas de orchidacea e da mata ciliar do rio dourados, Dourados-MS

The Orchidaceae is one of the largest flowering plants family and with a great importance to conservation. However, no survey on orchid flowers can be found in Mato Grosso do Sul. Thus, the objective of this work was to make a survey of the Orchidaceae species and of its ecology features in a riparian forest in a fragment of Floresta Estacional Semi-Decidual that belongs to the riparian forest of the Dourados River. The inventory was made by using a sweeping method for collection, and in addition to this the vertical and horizontal position of epiphytes were assessed on the hosts. For characterization of microclimate, it was used a thermohygrometer and luximeter. It was identified 17 species of 13 genera. Of the listed genera, the most abundant ones were: Acianthera, Macradenia and Capanemia. It was also noted a vertical and horizontal distribution of the Orchidaceae in relation to inverse gradient of water and light availability. Some species tended to be sensitive to height level categorization, whereas others seemed to occur with similar frequency along the host. In relation to the cardinal orientation, the apparent preferential response for south and east directions was associated to the low sampling effort and lower water availability, which could occur because the north face is opposed to the water body.

Influência do processo de secagem na qualidade do cogumelo shiitake

Edible mushroom are highly perishable foods. Drying is an alternative to provide safe storage. In this work, the effects of some drying parameters on the quality of Shiitake mushroom were investigated: geometry of the raw material (whole and sliced), drying temperature (50 °C and 70 ºC) and final moisture content (5% and 15% wb). Experimental kinetics of drying was built and color and texture analyses were done in fresh and in rehydrated dried product. The effect of parameters was evaluated by analysis of variance and test of multiple comparisons. Drying kinetics showed that drying happened in falling-rate period and sliced mushroom dried at 70 ºC required lesser drying time than other treatments. Mushroom dried at 70 ºC showed less darkening. Drying time affected mushroom quality, evaluated by great hardness, gummosis and darkening.