15 articles in this issue
Nicolli Cristina Osório, Priscila Izabel Tremarin, Thelma Veiga Ludwig, Liliana Rodrigues (Autor)
A taxonomic study of species of the genus Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) was performed in alotic environment (Ipoitã Channel) of the Upper Paraná River Floodplain. Samplings were performed in June, September and December 2013 and February 2014. ... see more
José Ariévilo Gurgel Rodrigues, Ygor Raphael Gomes Eloy, Edfranck de Souza Oliveira Vanderlei, Jéssica Figueiredo Cavalcante, Maria Tereza Villela Romanos, Norma Maria Barros Benevides (Autor)
Oilson Alberto Gonzatto Junior, Terezinha Aparecida Guedes, Aline Maria Orbolato Gonçalves-Zuliane, William Mario de Carvalho Nunes (Autor)
Data with excess zeros are frequently found in practice, and the recommended analysis is to use models that adequately address the counting of zero observations. In this study, the Zero Inflated Beta Regression Model (BeZI) was used on experimental data t... see more
Carlos Eduardo de Farias Silva, Ana Karla de Souza Abud (Autor)
Vinasse, main residue of the sugarcane industry, has high pollutant content, being subjected to the use in biogas production due to the high content of organic matter non-toxic to microbial action. For a consolidated process, it is necessary to study para... see more
Sanam Safaei-Chaeikar, Mehdi Rahimi (Autor)
Finding association between molecular markers and agronomic traits provide an excellent tool for indirect selection of a trait of interest in the population. In this study, stepwise regression analysis was used to estimate associations between ISSR and RA... see more
Flávia Deffert, Bruna Carla Agustini, Geraldo Picheth, Tania Maria Bordin Bonfim (Autor)
Fructooligosaccharides are catalyzed by ß–fructofuranosidase enzyme, produced by many microorganisms. However, in order to achieve a more profitable, low time-consuming process with lower cost, researchers have sought alternatives. This study aimed to sel... see more
Erick Leal da Silva, Ila Monize Sousa Sales, Fabelina Karollyne Silva dos Santos, Ana Paula Peron (Autor)
The present study evaluated the acute toxicity at the cellular level of processed juice ready for consumption Orange and Grape flavors, produced by five companies with significant influence on the food market of South American countries, especially in Bra... see more
Raquel Bezerra Chiavegatto, Ana Luisa Arantes Chaves, Izabela Caputo Assis Silva, Luciana Alves Rodrigues dos Santos Lima, Vânia Helena Techio (Autor)
Solanum lycocarpum St.-Hil popularly known as ‘fruta-de-lobo’ or ‘lobeira’ is native to the Brazilian Cerrado, and used in folk medicine due to its phytotherapic properties. The action of S. lycocarpum on the cell cycle and chromosomes in order to d... see more
Daiane Dias Boneto, Valéria Flávia Batista-Silva, Juliane Alessandra Cavalieri Soares, Elaine Antoniassi Luiz Kashiwaqui, Iana Aparecida Dalla Valle de Oliveira (Autor)
This study present an inventory of the genera of Odonata-Anisoptera in lotic environments of the Iguatemi River basin, upper Paraná River, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Samplings were performed from December 2006 to February 2009 in the Iguatemi River... see more
Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa, Darliane Evangelho Silva, Stefan Vilges de Oliveira, Júlia Victória Grohmann Finger, César Rodrigo dos Santos, Maria Virginia Petry (Autor)
Highways are a major factor acting in the decline of several wildlife populations. Impact occurs due to the continuous flow of motor vehicles over tracks and collision with animals using the same area. This study aimed to list road killed wild verte... see more
Lucas Costa Monteiro Lopes, Maria Otávia Silva Crepaldi, Adriana Quintella Lobão (Autor)
Ethnobotanical studies involve research with human societies and their different interaction with plants, and the quantitative approaches from thes estudies are important to select conservation priority of species in natural environment. This research aim... see more
Kátia Cristina Melo Tavares Vieira, Ana Paula Alves Favareto (Autor)
3-Monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) is a food contaminant that can be formed during the thermic processing of various foodstuffs. Studies of reproductive toxicology of 3-MCPD are mainly concentrated in the evaluation of possible insults caused by exposu... see more
Rafael Espanhol Müller, Luiz Antonio de Souza, Lindamir Hernandez Pastorini, Mariza Barion Romagnolo (Autor)
Germination of diaspores and the seedling structure of Ruprechtia laxiflora Meissn. (Polygonaceae) which is a secondary species frequent in forest remnants are described. Seedlings were embedded in hydroxymethacrylate and sectioned in a rotary microtome a... see more
Lucas Cardoso, Mauricio Laterça Martins, Ana Carolina Figueiredo Lacerda, Douglas Ismael Cadorin, Carolina Nunes Costa Bonfim, Ricardo Luís Mendes de Oliveira (Autor)
Bomolochidae Claus, 1875 is a copepod family with worldwide distribution that parasitizes marine fishes. This study provides the first report of Hamaticolax scutigerulus (Wilson, 1935) (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) in the spotted goatfish Pseudupeneus ma... see more
Carlos Eduardo De Farias Silva, Nayana Pereira Andrade, Raphaella Barbosa de Oliveira Cerqueira, Izabelle Caroline Caetano da Silva, Paula Acioly Wanderley Cavalcante, Ana Karla de Souza Abud, José Edmundo Accioly de Souza (Autor)
Functional foods have been highlighted by having, in addition to nutritional characteristics, the possibility of preventing risk and/or delaying the development of several non-communicable diseases (NCDs). In the last decade, many articles related t... see more