ABSTRACT Objective To determine the prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnant women. Materials and methods The search was performed in the electronic databases Medline (PubMed), Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (Lilacs) and Scopus. Review studies, experimental studies, those with adolescent pregnant women (< 20 years) and iodine supplementation were excluded. The selection followed the steps of identifying the articles in the databases, deleting the duplicates, and reading the titles, abstracts, and then the entire article. The search for the articles occurred in September 2017, using the descriptors “pregnant” and “iodine deficiency” NOT “supplementation” in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Results Thirteen articles were included, the deficiency prevalence ranged from 16.1% to 84.0%, and the median of iodine intake was insufficient in 75% of the studies. There is no classification for mild, moderate or severe levels of iodine deficiency in pregnant women, which makes it impossible to know the real dimension of the problem. Conclusion The high prevalence of insufficient iodine intake in pregnant women, observed worldwide, shows the need for a population classification in order to direct public policies. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2019;63(3):306-11

ABSTRACT The cultivation of melon (Cucumis melo L.) in greenhouses has contributed to the increased incidence of fungal diseases, particularly gummy stem blight caused by Didymella bryoniae (Fuckel) Rehm. This disease is currently considered the main disease affecting this crop, causing conditions such as water soaked seedlings, and stem and fruit cankers, reducing productivity and fruit quality. Considering the importance of this disease, the aim of this study was to evaluate the reaction of different C. melo genotypes to D. bryoniae. Sixty-eight different melon genotypes were investigated. Two phenotyping assays were performed to investigate the resistance to the disease, following a randomized block design with four replicates. Subsequently, a new assay was conducted to validate the resistance of the genotypes selected in the previous step, using a randomized block design with three replicates. The plants were inoculated using the toothpick method, and resistance was evaluated according to a grading scale. Also, reaction classes and assay groups were used for classifying the resistance level of the genotype. The JAB-11 and JAB-20 strains were susceptible to the pathogen, as well as the commercial hybrids Louis F1 and Fantasy Fi. The hits AC-29, C160, Charentais Fom 1, PI 420145, PI 482398 and PI 532830 were resistant to D. bryoniae, and could become an important gene source for the development of resistant cultivars.

Este trabalho tem por objetivo desenvolver uma massa cerâmica com argilas cauliníticas, chamote e argilito visando à obtenção de pavimento intertravado tipo adoquim. Inicialmente, as matérias-primas foram submetidas a ensaios de caracterização física, química e mineralógica. Corpos-de-prova cilíndricos foram preparados por prensagem uniaxial a 20 MPa e queimados em forno tipo mufla a 850 ºC. As propriedades tecnológicas avaliadas foram: absorção de água, retração diametral e resistência à compressão uniaxial. A análise microestrutural das composições foi feita por microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Os resultados indicaram que o argilito reduziu significativamente a absorção de água e a retração das composições. O chamote reduziu a retração diametral de queima e a resistência mecânica. Quanto à absorção de água o chamote não alterou significativamente esta propriedade. A melhor formulação desenvolvida é constituída por 50% em peso de argilas e 50% de argilito.

This work has for objective the development a ceramic body for ceramic paver using kaolinitic clays, argillite and grog. The raw materials were submitted to physical, chemical and mineralogical tests. Cylindrical specimens were uniaxially mold-press and then fired at 850 ºC. The evaluated technological properties were: water absorption, diametral shrinkage and uniaxial compressive strength. The microstructure of the fired ceramics was evaluated by electron scanning microscopy. The results show that the argillite significantly decreased the water absorption and the shrinkage of the clayey body. The grog also decreased the shrinkage, but also decreased the mechanical strength. With respect to the water absorption, the grog did not change this property of the composition elaborated with clays and argillite. The best development formulation is constituted by50 wt.% of clays and 50% by argillite.