A method based on QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe) extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) detection was described for the pesticides dichlorvos, disulfoton, ethoprophos, parathion methyl, fenchlorphos, chlorpyrifos, azinphos methyl and prothiofos in sapodilla. For all compounds studies, it was observed a strong matrix effect showing the need to use matrix matched calibration strategy. Method was validated, and good linearity (R > 0.99) was obtained for all pesticides studied with limits of detection (LODs) and quantification (LOQs) ranging from 0.01 to 0.06 mg kg-1 and 0.03 to 0.2 mg kg-1, respectively. Recovery studies were performed at different levels (0.08, 0.10, 0.14, 0.20, 0.35 and 1.17 mg kg-1) and showed good results (between 70 and 120% with relative standard deviation (RSD) < 20%). A statistical test was applied to the coefficients of the analytical curves obtained in the sapodilla matrix. Analyses of commercial samples showed chlorpyrifos were detected in about 70 and 33% for fruit and pulps samples, respectively. It should be noted that chlorpyrifos is not permitted in sapodilla crops by ANVISA and EC guidelines.

Resumo Neste trabalho realizou-se um estudo das interações entre as variáveis do processo de soldagem por atrito, conhecido como Continuous Drive Friction Welding (CDFW) em junção de tubos de alumínio AA6063, com diâmetro de 12,7 mm e espessura de 1,59 mm. Foi analisada a influência das variáveis: rotação, pressão de atrito e tempo de atrito nas dimensões finais da rebarba e comprimento da peça soldada. O número de experimentos realizados foi definido por planejamento fatorial completo (3k), onde cada variável de entrada recebeu três níveis. Os corpos de prova foram produzidos de acordo com as combinações de parâmetros e medidos para obter os valores finais do comprimento final e das dimensões da rebarba. Os dados foram analisados por um software de ferramentas estatísticas, utilizando gráfico de Pareto, análise das interações e variância. Observou-se que a variável de entrada que apresentou menor influência nos resultados foi a velocidade de rotação. Os melhores resultados ocorreram nos corpos de provas com menor diminuição no comprimento e rebarbas mais uniformes, foram obtidos com combinações do menor valor de pressão.

Abstract In this paper presents a study of the interactions between the variables of the friction welding process, known as Continuous Drive Friction Welding (CDFW), at the junction of AA6063 aluminum tubes, with a diameter of 12.7 mm and a thickness of 1.59 mm. The influence of the variables: rotation, friction pressure and friction time on the final dimensions of the flash and length of piece welded. The number of experiments performed was defined by full factorial design (3k), where each input variable received three levels. The specimens were produced according to the combinations of parameters and measured to obtain the final values of the length and flash dimensions. The data were analyzed by statistical software tools, using Pareto chart, analysis of interactions and variance. It was observed that the input variable that presented the smallest influence on the results was the rotation speed. The best results, which occurred in the specimens with lowest reduction in length and more uniform flashs, were obtained with combinations of the lowest pressure value with reference values for time and pressure.

RESUMO Uma listagem das espécies de Hippoboscidae, Nycteribiidae e Streblidae, seus hospedeiros e localidades no estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, baseada em dados de literatura e no acervo de coleções científicas, é apresentada. Cinquenta e três espécies são registradas, sendo Xenotrichobius noctilionis Wenzel, 1976 reportada pela primeira vez no Brasil.

ABSTRACT A checklist of the species of Hippoboscidae, Nycteribiidae and Streblidae and their hosts and localities in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, based on literature and specimens deposited in scientific collections, is presented. Fifty-three species are recorded, being Xenotrichobius noctilionis Wenzel, 1976 reported for first time in Brazil.

O presente estudo ocorreu entre Março de 2007 e Fevereiro de 2008 na Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Carnijó (08° 07′ S e 35° 05′ W), área de Mata Atlântica, localizada no município de Moreno, Pernambuco, Brasil. Os morcegos foram capturados quinzenalmente com redes de neblina por um intervalo de seis horas por noite. A coleta dos ectoparasitos foi realizada com auxílio de pinça e/ou um pincel umedecido com álcool, sendo mantidos em etanol 70%. Os espécimens estão depositados na Coleção Zoológica de Referência da Fundação Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul. Dezesseis espécies de moscas estreblídeas foram capturadas sobre 10 espécies de morcegos da família Phyllostomidae. Treze espécies de estreblídeas encontradas no presente trabalho foram registradas pela primeira vez para o estado de Pernambuco.

Bat flies were surveyed between March, 2007 and February, 2008, in the Carnijó Private Natural Heritage Reserve (08° 07′ S and 35° 05′ W), an area of Atlantic Rainforest in the municipality of Moreno, in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. Bats were captured biweekly using mist nets set during six hours each night. The ectoparasites were collected with tweezers and/or a brush wet in ethanol and stored in 70% ethanol. The specimens are deposited in the zoological reference collection of the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul. Sixteen species of streblid bat flies were collected from 10 bat species of the family Phyllostomidae. Thirteen of the these streblid species were recorded for the first time in Pernambuco.

OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed the total symptom score, irritative and obstructive domains of IPSS questions regarding quality of life and the urodynamic diagnosis in 400 men with LUTS. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Four hundred consecutive male patients were prospectively enrolled after being submitted to full urodynamic evaluation and IPSS. Obstructed and non-obstructed patients were compared regarding the symptoms score and quality of life. Results were assessed through Wilcox, ANOVA and Student-t tests. RESULTS: 80.2% were diagnosed as urodynamically obstructed of which 42.4% presented detrusor instability in the filling phase. In obstructed patients there were no statistical difference concerning obstructive or irritative questions from IPSS (p = 0.50). It was not possible either to predict which patients presented detrusor instability based on the questionnaire (p = 0.65). Out of seventy-nine cases unobstructed (19.8%), 65.4% revealed detrusor instability. These cases could not be distinguished from all obstructed men based on the clinical questions measured by IPSS (p = 0.87). Obstructive and irritative questions did not present different indexes than obstructed cases (p = 0.63). Subjective quality of life index did not discriminate obstruction nor it could predict detrusor instability in both groups. CONCLUSION: Clinical symptoms and quality of life index measured by the IPSS as well as its obstructive and irritative domains do not have discriminating power to predict the presence of infravesical obstruction in males with LUTS, demanding objective tools to demonstrate obstruction.