A tecnologia de aplicação influencia diretamente o sucesso da dessecação de présemeadura, auxiliando na eficácia de controle das plantas daninhas. O experimento avaliou a deposição de calda herbicida em plantas daninhas, a perda para o solo e a eficácia de controle dessas plantas promovido por duas tecnologias de aplicação (pulverizador de barra convencional e pulverizador com barra auxiliar de arrasto, variando os volumes de calda entre eles: 100 e 150 L ha-1 no sistema convencional e 30 e 50 L ha-1 no sistema com barra auxiliar). O experimento foi instalado em delineamento de blocos casualizados com cinco repetições. Foi adicionado um traçador à calda contendo o herbicida glyphosate, para ser detectado por espectrofotometria. A deposição de calda nas plantas daninhas não diferiu em função da presença ou ausência da barra auxiliar de pulverização e do volume de calda aplicado, demonstrando a viabilidade do uso de volumes de aplicação entre 30 e 50 L ha-1 com a barra auxiliar. As perdas para o solo foram maiores quando foi utilizada a barra convencional do pulverizador. A eficácia de controle das plantas daninhas foi muito boa, independentemente do tratamento empregado.

Application technology directly influences the success of desiccation, supporting the effectiveness of weed control. This work evaluated herbicide deposition on the weeds, spray loss to the soil and the efficacy of weed control by two application technologies (conventional boom sprayer and auxiliary boom sprayer, by varying the spray volumes between them: 100 and 150 L ha-1 in the conventional system and 30 and 50 L ha-1 using the auxiliary boom). The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design with five replications. A tracer was added to the solution containing the herbicide glyphosate, to be detected by spectrophotometry. Spray deposition on the weeds did not differ depending on the presence or absence of the auxiliary boom, nor the spray volumes, showing the feasibility of using spray volumes between 30 and 50 L ha-1 with the auxiliary boom. Soil losses were higher when the conventional spray boom was used. The efficacy of weed control was very good, regardless of the treatment used.

O sucesso de uma aplicação de herbicida está diretamente relacionado a uma boa deposição da calda no alvo, com o mínimo de perdas para o ambiente. Assim, o presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a deposição e o controle de plantas daninhas promovido pela aplicação de glyphosate em diferentes volumes de calda e com a adição do adjuvante nonil fenol etoxilado. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento de blocos casualizados com quatro repetições, em esquema fatorial 3x2, sendo três volumes de calda (30, 60 e 150 L ha‑1) e duas composições (com e sem adjuvante adicionado ao tanque). Inicialmente, foi realizada a caracterização físico-química das caldas pulverizadas. Foram avaliados, após a aplicação do glyphosate, utilizando pontas de pulverização hidráulicas de jato plano defletor: deposição de calda no alvo, perdas para o solo e controle de plantas daninhas. O adjuvante promoveu alterações de pequena magnitude nas propriedades físico-químicas da solução. Conclui-se que os menores volumes de calda proporcionaram maiores deposições nas plantas daninhas e menores perdas para o solo. O herbicida estudado proporcionou bom controle das plantas daninhas, independentemente da utilização do adjuvante e do volume de calda.

A successful herbicide application is dependent upon a good spray deposition on the target, with a minimum loss to the environment. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate spray deposition and weed control with glyphosate using different spray volumes and with the addition of the adjuvant nonyl phenol ethoxylate. The experiment was conducted in a randomized block design, in a factorial model 3x2, with three spray volumes (30, 60, and 150 L ha-1) and two spray solution compositions (with and without adjuvant added to the tank). Initially, the physical-chemical properties of the solutions were evaluated under laboratory conditions. Spray deposition, loss to the soil, and weed control were investigated. The adjuvant promoted minor alterations in the physical-chemical properties of the solution. It was concluded that the lowest spray volumes showed the best weed deposition, and the lowest loss for the soil. The adjuvant did not alter the results. The herbicide provided a good weed control irrespective of the volume and adjuvant used.

Inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget disease and frontotemporal dementia (IBMPFD) is a progressive and usually misdiagnosed autosomal dominant disorder. It is clinically characterized by a triad of features: proximal and distal myopathy, early onset Paget disease of bone (PDB), and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). It is caused by missense mutations in the valosin-containing protein (VCP) gene. We describe here the clinical and molecular findings of the first Brazilian family identified with IBMPFD. Progressive myopathy affecting the limb girdles was detected by clinical examination followed by muscle biopsy and creatine kinase measurement. PDB was suggested after anatomopathological bone examination and FTD was diagnosed by clinical, neuropsychological and language evaluations. Brain magnetic resonance revealed severe atrophy of the anterior temporal lobes, including the hippocampi. A R93C mutation in VCP was detected by direct sequencing screening in subject W (age 62) and in his mother. Four more individuals diagnosed with "dementia" were reported in this family. We also present a comprehensive genotype-phenotype correlation analysis of mutations in VCP in 182 patients from 29 families described in the literature and show that while IBM is a conspicuously penetrant symptom, PDB has a lower penetrance when associated with mutations in the AAAD1 domain and FTD has a lower penetrance when associated with mutations in the Junction (L1-D1) domain. Furthermore, the R93C mutation is likely to be associated with the penetrance of all the clinical symptoms of the triad.

O sucesso de uma boa aplicação de produtos fitossanitários depende da sinergia entre fatores como tamanho de gota, tipo de ponta, pressão, volume e composição da calda e características do alvo. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o espectro de gotas produzidas por pontas de jato plano defletor (TT 11002) e jato plano defletor com indução de ar (TTI 11002), com diferentes adjuvantes adicionados à calda de pulverização, pela técnica de difração de raio laser. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, com quatro repetições, em esquema fatorial 2 x 5, ou seja, duas pontas de aplicação (jato plano defletor e jato plano defletor com indução de ar) e cinco composições de calda (água e água mais quatro adjuvantes: fosfatidilcoline+ácido propiônico, éter poliglicólico de monilfenol, ésteres de ácidos graxos e nonil-fenol etoxilado+óxido de etileno). Em ambiente controlado, avaliou-se o espectro de gotas, por meio de um analisador a laser de gotas em tempo real, na pressão de 276 kPa. O efeito dos adjuvantes no espectro de gotas mostrou-se dependente da ponta de pulverização empregada. A adição dos adjuvantes à calda não alterou o risco potencial de deriva, expresso pela porcentagem do volume em gotas com diâmetro inferior a 100 µm, porém o adjuvante fosfatidilcoline+ácido propiônico reduziu o diâmetro da mediana volumétrica das gotas produzidas pela ponta de jato plano defletor com indução de ar, em relação à avaliação feita somente com água.

The success of an efficient pesticide application depends on the synergy among factors such as droplet size, nozzle type, pressure, spray volume, spray tank mixture and target. The aim of this work was to evaluate the spectrum of droplets produced by turbo flat-fan (TT 11002) and air induction turbo flat-fan (TTI 11002) spray nozzles, with different adjuvants added to the tank mix, using the laser diffraction technique. The experiment was carried out in a completely randomized design, with four replications in a factorial model 2x5, i.e., two spray nozzles (turbo flat-fan and air induction turbo flat-fan) and five spray mixtures (water and water plus four adjuvants (phosphatidylcholine+propionic acid, nonylphenol polyglycolic ether; fatty acid esters and ethoxylated nonylphenol+ethylene oxide). In a controlled atmosphere, the droplet spectrum was evaluated through a real time laser particle size analyzer, at a pressure of 276 kPa. The effect of the adjuvant on the droplet size was shown to be dependent on the spray nozzle. Addition of an adjuvant did not alter drift risk, expressed by the percentage of spray volume in droplets smaller than 100 µm; however, the adjuvant phosphatidylcholine+propionic acid reduced the volumetric median diameter of the droplets produced by the air induction turbo flat-fan nozzle, compared to the evaluation with water alone.

Association studies between ADIPOR1 genetic variants and predisposition to type 2 diabetes (DM2) have provided contradictory results. We determined if two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP c.-8503G>A and SNP c.10225C>G) in regulatory regions of ADIPOR1 in 567 Brazilian individuals of European (EA; N = 443) or African (AfA; N = 124) ancestry from rural (quilombo remnants; N = 439) and urban (N = 567) areas. We detected a significant effect of ethnicity on the distribution of the allelic frequencies of both SNPs in these populations (EA: -8503A = 0.27; AfA: -8503A = 0.16; P = 0.001 and EA: 10225G = 0.35; AfA: 10225G = 0.51; P < 0.001). Neither of the polymorphisms were associated with DM2 in the case-control study in EA (SNP c.-8503G>A: DM2 group -8503A = 0.26; control group -8503A = 0.30; P = 0.14/SNP 10225C>G: DM2 group 10225G = 0.37; control group 10225G = 0.32; P = 0.40) and AfA populations (SNP c.-8503G>A: DM2 group -8503A = 0.16; control group -8503A = 0.15; P = 0.34/SNP 10225C>G: DM2 group 10225G = 0.51; control group 10225G = 0.52; P = 0.50). Similarly, none of the polymorphisms were associated with metabolic/anthropometric risk factors for DM2 in any of the three populations, except for HDL cholesterol, which was significantly higher in AfA heterozygotes (GC = 53.75 ± 17.26 mg/dL) than in homozygotes. We conclude that ADIPOR1 polymorphisms are unlikely to be major risk factors for DM2 or for metabolic/anthropometric measurements that represent risk factors for DM2 in populations of European and African ancestries.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a highly prevalent complex genetic disorder. There has been a worldwide effort in the identification of susceptibility genes for DM and its complications, and the 5-10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and apolipoprotein-E (APOE) genes have been considered good candidate susceptibility genes to this condition. The objectives of the present study were to determine if the 677T MTHFR and epsilon2/epsilon3/epsilon4 APOE alleles are risk factors for DM and for severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR). A total of 248 individuals were studied: 107 healthy individuals and 141 diabetic patients (46 with type 1 diabetes and 95 with type 2 diabetes), who also had DR (81 with non-proliferative DR and 60 with proliferative DR). The polymorphisms were analyzed by PCR followed by digestion with restriction enzyme or the single-nucleotide primer extension method. No evidence of association between the 677TT genotype of MTHFR gene and DM [cases: TT = 10/95 (10.6%); controls: TT = 14/107 (13%)] or with severity of DR was observed [cases: TT = 5/60 (8.5%); controls: TT = 9/81 (11.1%); P > 0.05]. We also did not find evidence of an association between APOE alleles and proliferative DR (epsilon2, epsilon3 and epsilon4 in cases: 9, 76, and 15%, and in controls: 5, 88, and 12%, respectively) but the carriers of epsilon2 allele were more frequent among patients with type 2 DM and DR than in controls [cases: 15/95 (15.8%); controls: 7/107 (6.5%); P < 0.05]. Therefore, our results suggest that the epsilon2 allele/APOE might be a risk factor for diabetes in the Brazilian population.

As amiotrofias espinhais progressivas (SMAs) constituem as doenças degenerativas de origem genética letais mais comuns do sistema nervoso central e mais freqüentes dentre as doenças autossômicas recessivas após a mucoviscidose. A incidência estimada das SMAs é de aproximadamente 1:10.000 nativivos. Clinicamente, as SMAs são classificadas em mais grave (doença de Werdnig-Hoffmann, tipo I), intermediária (tipo II) e tardia e benigna (doença de Kugelberg-Welander, tipo III). O gene para os três tipos de SMAs foi mapeado no cromossomo 5 q11.2-13.3. Foram identificados dois genes candidatos na mesma região: SMN (sobrevida do neurônio motor) e NAIP (proteína inibidora de apoptose neuronal). Estudamos ambos genes em 87 pacientes brasileiros (20 tipo I,14 tipo II e 53 tipo III) pertencentes a 74 famílias, utilizando as técnicas de PCR e SSCP. Foi encontrada deleção nos exons 7 e/ou 8 do gene SMN em 69% das famílias: 16/20 na tipo I, 9/12 na tipo II e 26/42 na tipo III. Dentre as 51 famílias com deleção, 44 tiveram deleção nos exons 7 e 8 enquanto 7 tiveram deleção somente no exon 7. Deleção no exon 5 do gene NAIP foi encontrada em 7/20 na tipo I, 2/12 na tipo II e 1/42 na tipo III. Não foi encontrada deleção nos genes SMN e NAIP nos 112 progenitores, 26 irmandades assintomáticas e 104 controles normais. Não houve correlação entre deleção de um ou ambos genes com a gravidade do quadro clínico.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the second most common lethal autosomal recessive disorder, has an incidence of 1:10,000 newborns. SMA is divided into acute (Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, type I), intermediate (type II) and juvenile forms (Kugelberg-Welander disease, type III). The gene of all three forms of SMA maps to chromosome 5q 11.2-13.3. Two candidate genes, the survival motor neuron (SMN) gene and the neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP) gene, have been identified; SMN is deleted in most SMA patients. We studied both genes in 87 Brazilian SMA patients (20 type I, 14 type II and 53 type III) from 74 unrelated families, by using PCR and single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP). Deletions of exons 7 and/or 8 of the SMN gene were found in 69% of the families: 16/20 in type I, 9/12 in type II and 26/42 in type III. Among 51 families with deletions, 44 had both exons deleted while seven had deletions only of exon 7. Deletions of exon 5 of the NAIP gene were found in 7/20 of type I, 2/12 of type II and 1/42 of type III patients. No deletion of SMN and NAIP genes was found in 112 parents, 26 unaffected sibs and 104 normal controls. No correlation between deletions of one or both genes and phenotype severity was found.