Adequações tecnológicas no beneficiamento do caranguejo-uçá Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) desenvolvido na comunidade de Caratateua, município de Bragança, estado do Pará, Brasil

No Estado do Pará, o beneficiamento do caranguejo-uçá ocorre de forma totalmente artesanal, sendo o seu produto frequentemente associado a eventos de intoxicação alimentar. Neste trabalho o autor tem por finalidade propor adequações tecnológicas no processamento deste crustáceo desenvolvido na comunidade de Caratateua, município de Bragança/Pará. Foram realizadas excurs��es mensais à comunidade de abril/2008 a maio/2009 com aplicação de 120 entrevistas direcionadas aos principais atores sociais envolvidos na atividade, constando de aspectos econômicos, sociais e tecnológicos, além de análises laboratoriais (composição química e microbiologia), observações de campo e revisão de literatura. Constatou-se que a quantidade de caranguejo desembarcada e o tamanho médio dos indivíduos vêm diminuindo nos últimos anos. A captura é realizada exclusivamente por indivíduos do sexo masculino, sendo o gancho o principal apetrecho utilizado. O beneficiamento é praticado principalmente por mulheres e crianças, porém homens eventualmente também o fazem. Não há uma padronização do processamento e as condições higiênico-sanitárias dos locais de beneficiamento são na grande maioria das vezes inadequadas, podendo este ser realizado no interior da residência, em “puxadinhas” ou nos quintais, geralmente na presença de animais domésticos, insetos e sem a adequada assepsia de manipuladores, equipamentos e superfícies de contato. Desta forma, conclui-se que tal realidade é ocasionada principalmente pelo desordenamento da pescaria e falta de preocupação dos catadores quanto à qualidade do produto, sendo de fundamental importância a criação de uma legislação específica para a carne de caranguejo e a adoção de boas práticas de fabricação levando em consideração a realidade local visando agregação de valor ao produto e maior segurança alimentar aos consumidores.

Association study of resistance to Soilborne wheat mosaic virus in U.S. winter wheat

Soilborne wheat mosaic virus (SBWMV) is one of the most important winter wheat pathogens worldwide. To identify genes for resistance to the virus in U.S. winter wheat, association study was conducted using a selected panel of 205 elite experimental lines and cultivars from U.S. hard and soft winter wheat breeding programs. Virus symptoms were evaluated twice in virus-infected fields for the panel at Manhattan, KS in spring 2010 and 2011 and for a subpanel of 137 hard winter wheat accessions at Stillwater, OK in spring 2008. At the two locations, 69.8 and 79.5% of cultivars were resistant or moderately resistant to the disease, respectively. After 282 simple-sequence repeat markers covering all wheat chromosome arms were scanned for association in the panel, marker Xgwm469 on the long arm of chromosome 5D (5DL) showed a significant association with the disease rating. Three alleles (Xgwm469-165bp, -167bp, and -169bp) were associated with resistance and the null allele was associated with susceptibility. Correlations between the marker and the disease rating were highly significant (0.80 in Manhattan at P < 0.0001 and 0.63 in Stillwater at P < 0.0001). The alleles Xgwm469-165bp and Xgwm469-169bp were present mainly in the hard winter wheat group, whereas allele Xgwm469-167bp was predominant in the soft winter wheat. The 169 bp allele can be traced back to 'Newton', and the 165 bp allele to Aegilops tauschii. In addition, a novel locus on the short arm of chromosome 4D (4DS) was also identified to associate with the disease rating. Marker Xgwm469-5DL is closely linked to SBWMV resistance and highly polymorphic across the winter wheat accessions sampled in the study and, thus, should be useful in marker-assisted selection in U.S. winter wheat.

Trends in the Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Obesity in U.S. Adults: 2002-2012

Since the 1980s, the prevalence of obesity has more than doubled to over 30 percent of the adult population (Thorpe, 2004). Obesity is a key contributing factor to continually rising national healthcare costs. Addressing its negative implications is essential not only from a cost perspective, but also for the betterment of our nation¿s general health and wellbeing. Obesity is reportedly associated with a 35% increase in inpatient and outpatient spending, as well as a 77% increase in related necessary medications (Sturm, 2002). Obesity, which some have argued should be classified as a disease in itself, has roughly the same association with the development of chronic health conditions as does 20 years of aging (Sturm, 2002). Defined as ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, these obesity-related chronic health diagnoses ¿ like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension ¿ are in turn the primary drivers of current healthcare spending, as well as future predicted health expenditures. It is well established that lower socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with higher rates of obesity and the subsequent development of aforementioned obesity-related conditions. Socioeconomic status has traditionally been defined by education, income, and occupation (Adler, 2002); however, this study found empirical evidence for education being the most fundamental of these three SES indicators in determining obesity outcomes. For both men and women, as education levels increased, the likelihood of an individual being obese decreased. However, with less education, there was increased disparity between the obesity rates for men and women. Women consistently saw higher rates of obesity and were more impacted in terms of obesity onset by belonging to a lower SES category than men. In addition, this study assessed whether the impact of one¿s socioeconomic status on obesity-related health outcomes (specifically the negative impact low-SES as measured by education level) has changed over time. Results deriving from annual data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for all years from 2002 to 2012 indicate that the association between low-socioeconomic status and negative health outcomes has not increased in magnitude over the past decade. Instead, obesity rates have increased across the overall U.S. adult population, most likely due to a number of larger external societal factors resulting in increased caloric intake and decreased energy expenditure across every SES group. In addition, while the association between low-SES and obesity has not worsened, a consequence of the Great Recession has been a larger percentage of the U.S. population in lower-SES, which is still consistently subject to the same worse health outcomes.

Na 1 Nachlass Max Horkheimer, 63 - Korrespondenzen u.a. mit der American Philosophical Association (p. II 3, 1-132)

Drucksachen und Briefwechsel von der American Philosophical Association, 1942-1949; 2 Briefe von Max Horkheimer an Eugene N. Anderson, 25.05.1942; 1 Briefabschrift an Franz Neumann, 29.04.1942; 3 Briefe zwischen Walter L. Arensberg und Max Horkheimer, 1941; 17 Brief und Beilagen zwischen Aufbau [Zeitschrift] und Max Horkheimer, 1942-1948; 8 Briefe und Beilage ziwschen Bruno Franco Avardi und Max Horkheimer [Pollock], 1942-1943; 21 Briefe und Beilage zwischen Edward N. Barnhart von der University of California und Max Horkheimer, 1947-1949; 5 Briefe zwischen Salo W. Baron und Max Horkheimer, 1945; 5 Briefe zwischen Gertrude Bauer und Max Horkheimer, 1941-1946; 1 Brief und Beilage von Ralph L. Beals von der University of California an Max Horkheimer, 1947-1948; 5 Briefe zwischen Howard Becker und Max Horkheimer, 1948; 1 Brief und Beilage von Frank Beckwith an Max Horkheimer, 1944; 1 Brief zwischen Bruno Bettelheim und Max Horkheimer, 1944-1949 sowie 1 Manuskript von Bruno Bettelheim: The Thematic Apperception Test as an Educational and Therapeutic Device;

An investigation of the association between obesity, acanthosis nigricans, and fasting serum insulin level in 6--9 year old children living on the El Paso-Juarez U.S.-Mexico border

The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationship between fasting serum insulin levels and Acanthosis Nigricans (AN) (a dermatological condition characterized by hyperpigmentation and thickening of the skin in specific body areas such as the neck and knuckles) and obesity among 6 to 9 year old children. Children were selected at random from a pediatric clinic located on the U.S.-Mexico border. Because none of the children participants had a weight for height at or above the 97th percentile of the CDC growth charts, obesity was defined as weight for height at or above the 95th percentile and at risk of overweight between the 85 th and 95th percentiles of the CDC growth charts. Anthropometrics, blood samples for fasting serum insulin and blood glucose, and a picture of the neck were obtained at baseline (n = 85) and 6 months later (n = 49). None of the children partipating had high fasting serum insulin levels and only 2 children had AN degree 2 (moderately severe). At baseline children with a weight for height at or above the 95th, percentile had 15 units less of insulin than children who weighed less. However, 6 months later this was not confirmed, thus the baseline result is considered to be an anomaly. Eventhough statistical significance was not reached, results showed that children without AN had 5 percentiles lower weight for height than children with AN. The most important recommendation from this study is the need to monitor longitudinal growth in children to characterize the individual child's growth pattern. AN seems to be related to longitudinal growth changes. ^

The application of principal component analysis on human development indicators: Temporal approach from 1999 to 2010

Background and Objective. Ever since the human development index was published in 1990 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), many researchers started searching and corporative studying for more effective methods to measure the human development. Published in 1999, Lai’s “Temporal analysis of human development indicators: principal component approach” provided a valuable statistical way on human developmental analysis. This study presented in the thesis is the extension of Lai’s 1999 research. ^ Methods. I used the weighted principal component method on the human development indicators to measure and analyze the progress of human development in about 180 countries around the world from the year 1999 to 2010. The association of the main principal component obtained from the study and the human development index reported by the UNDP was estimated by the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient. The main principal component was then further applied to quantify the temporal changes of the human development of selected countries by the proposed Z-test. ^ Results. The weighted means of all three human development indicators, health, knowledge, and standard of living, were increased from 1999 to 2010. The weighted standard deviation for GDP per capita was also increased across years indicated the rising inequality of standard of living among countries. The ranking of low development countries by the main principal component (MPC) is very similar to that by the human development index (HDI). Considerable discrepancy between MPC and HDI ranking was found among high development countries with high GDP per capita shifted to higher ranks. The Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient between the main principal component and the human development index were all around 0.99. All the above results were very close to outcomes in Lai’s 1999 report. The Z test result on temporal analysis of main principal components from 1999 to 2010 on Qatar was statistically significant, but not on other selected countries, such as Brazil, Russia, India, China, and U.S.A.^ Conclusion. To synthesize the multi-dimensional measurement of human development into a single index, the weighted principal component method provides a good model by using the statistical tool on a comprehensive ranking and measurement. Since the weighted main principle component index is more objective because of using population of nations as weight, more effective when the analysis is across time and space, and more flexible when the countries reported to the system has been changed year after year. Thus, in conclusion, the index generated by using weighted main principle component has some advantage over the human development index created in UNDP reports.^

Association between length of stay in the U.S. and diabetes risk factors among Chinese Americans in Houston, Texas in 2004-2005

Studies have suggested that acculturation is related to diabetes prevalence and risk factors among immigrant groups in the United States (U.S.), however scant data are available to investigate this relationship among Asian Americans and Asian American subgroups. The objective of this cross-sectional study was to examine the association between length of stay in the U.S. and type 2 diabetes prevalence and its risk factors among Chinese Americans in Houston, Texas. Data were obtained from the 2004-2005 Asian-American Health Needs Assessment in Houston, Texas (N=409 Chinese Americans) for secondary analysis in this study. Diabetes prevalence and risk factors (overweight/obesity and access to medical care) were based on self-report. Descriptive statistics summarized demographic characteristics, diabetes prevalence, and reasons for not seeing a doctor. Logistic regression, using an incremental modeling approach, was used to measure the association between length of stay and diabetes prevalence and related risk factors, while adjusting for the potential confounding factors of age, gender, education level, and income level. Although the prevalence of type 2 diabetes was highest among those living in the U.S. for more than 20 years, there was no significant association between length of stay in the U.S. and diabetes prevalence among these Chinese Americans after adjustment for confounding factors. No association was found between length of stay in the U.S. and overweight/obese status among this population either, after adjusting for confounding factors, too. On the other hand, a longer length of stay was significantly associated with increased health insurance coverage in both unadjusted and adjusted models. The findings of this study suggest that length of stay in the U.S. alone may not be an indicator for diabetes risk among Chinese Americans. Future research should consider alternative models to measure acculturation (e.g., models that reflect acculturation as a multi-dimensional, not uni-dimensional process), which may more accurately depict its effect on diabetes prevalence and related risk factors.^

The way for a child to do good /

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The aging of the U.S. population [microform] : planning for the retirement and employment needs of older Americans : hearing before the Subcommittee on Retirement Income and Employment of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, second session, July 15, 1988, South Burlington, VT.

"Comm. pub. no. 100-686."

Bulletin of the Green section of the U. S. Golf Association.

Vol. 2 lacks t.-p. and index.

How to give your child a good start.

"Revised edition of 'What makes good habits,'" prepared by the staff of Child Study Association of America in cooperation with the U.S.O. Division, National Board, Y.W.C.A. of United States.

Microform sets in U.S. and Canadian libraries : report of a survey on the bibliographic control of microform sets conducted by the Association of Research Libraries Microform Project /

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