Parasitismo de percevejos-praga do maracujazeiro no Brasil por Hexacladia smithii Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)

New records of pentatomids as hosts of Hexacladia smithii ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in southern Brazil.

Adults of the tomato stink bug, Arvelius albopunctatus (De Geer), from pasture lands at Londrina, Paraná state (latitude 23º 18' S; longitude 51º 09' W) and of Dichelops furcatus (F.) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from field crops at Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul state (latitude 28º 38' S; longitude) southern Brazil were parasitized by Hexacladia smithii Ashmead , which are set as new host records...

Microsporidiosis of Tachinaephagus zealandicus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).

An undescribed microsporidium was found infecting Tachinaephagus zealandicus, a gregarious parasitoid that attacks third instar larvae of muscoid flies. Spores were present in all body regions and in all stages of development. Infected adults contained an average of 3.75 x 10(5) spores, and the pathogen was vertically transmitted to progeny. Infected female adults were fed either rifampicin or ...

Serviços de Governo Eletrônico: um estudo sobre o uso por indivíduos no Brasil

Future burden of prostate cancer mortality in Brazil: a population-based study Projeções de mortalidade por câncer de próstata no Brasil: um estudo de base populacional Proyecciones de mortalidad por cáncer de próstata en Brasil: un estudio de base poblacional

Prostate cancer mortality projections at the nationwide and regional levels to the year 2025 are carried out in this ecological study that is based on an analysis of Brazilian trends between 1996 and 2010. The predictions were made for the period 2011-2025 utilizing the Nordpred program based on the period of 1996-2010, using the ageperiod-cohort model. A significant increase was observed in th...

A Química No Brasil De Hoje

CHEMISTRY IN TODAY’S BRAZIL. This article surveys the birth and development of the chemical community in Brazil in the last 50 years. Starting from humble beginnings, a vigorous community developed and rapidly expanded the scope of its activities across the country. Many problems remain unsolved, however, and to these have now been added dismal government policies which threaten to dwarf many o...