Antifungal potential of the Seed and Leaf Foeniculum vulgare Mill essential Oil in liquid and vapor phase against phytopathogenic fungi.

Analysis of essential oils obtained from the seeds (SEO) and leaves (LEO) of Foeniculum vulgare Mill cultivated in southeast of Morocco revealed that trans-anethole was the major constituent (54.67% of seed oil and 50.60% in leaf oil), followed by estragol (35.33% of seed oil and 30.15% in leaf oil). Other components present in leaf oil included fenchone, linalool and α-pinene, while seed oil contained fenchone, limonene and γ-terpinen. Besides, minor constituents like camphene, camphor, myrcene, pahllandrene, fenchyl acetate and β-bisabolene were obtained from seeds and leaves. The essential oils of the seeds and leaves of Foeniculum vulgare were assayed for their antifungal activity by poison food (PF) technique and the volatile activity assay (VA) against five agricultural pathogenic fungi. The results indicated that the essential oil of Foeniculum vulgare inhibited the mycelial growth of all fungal strains tested. VA assay of essential oil was consistently found to be more effective than PF technique. The mycelium growth was completely inhibited by LEO on Alternaria sp., Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. albedinis and Aspergillus brasiliensis at 0.25 μl mL-1 air. Rhizopus stoloniferawas the most sensitive with a minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) = 0.25 μl mL-1 air.

Práticas parentais: uma revisão da literatura brasileira / Parental practices: A review of Brazilian literature

Existem diferentes termos conceituais e modelos teóricos para caracterizar e explicar o conjunto complexo de comportamentos exercidos por mães e pais em relação aos filhos. O objetivo da presente pesquisa foi identificar aspectos da produção acadêmica brasileira na área. Realizou-se um levantamento bibliográfico, por meio de palavras-chave, em três bases de dados, sendo obtidos 64 resumos de artigos. Várias categorias foram criadas para analisar esses resumos. Verificou-se a coexistência de diferentes modelos teóricos na compreensão do comportamento parental, sendo a faixa etária dos filhos identificada como uma variável importante na distinção dos mesmos. Concluiu-se que é necessária a construção de novos arranjos metodológicos para que se possa atingir um melhor conhecimento da complexidade das relações familiares e das variáveis que influenciam nas práticas parentais.

Different terms and conceptual models are used to characterize and explain the set of behavior exhibited in the relationship of parents with their children. The purpose of this study was to identify aspects of Brazilian academic production about parental practices. A bibliographical review in three databases was carried out, using selected keywords. In total, 64 abstract of articles were obtained. Distinct categories were elaborated to analyze the abstracts. It was verified a co-existence of different theoretical models for the comprehension of parental behavior, while the age of children/adolescents was identified as an important variable for the distinction of these concepts. It was concluded that it is necessary new methodological arrangements to achieve a better knowledge of the complexity of family relationships and the variables that have an effect on parental practices.

Profile of elderly attending primary health care centers in Bahrain

This cross-sectional study is aimed at describing some demographic, health and social characteristics of elderly attending health centers in Bahrain Of the 22 health center in Bahrain 4 were randomly selected for conducting the study All the elderly attending the selected health centers during the study period [17-28 July 1999] were interviewed by the study group member Total of 201 elderly were included in this study with 106 [53%] males and 95[47%] females 80% of them were young-old [65-75 years] and most of them were illiterate [77,6%] 81,1% were living with their children [with or without the spouse]The prevalence of health problem among elderly was high with 36,3% for Diabetes mellitus, 39.3% for Hypertension and 15,4% for cardiovascular diseases 58,2% had joints problem, 79,1% had visual problems and 39,8% had hearing problems

Estudo das medidas de biossegurança nos serviços odontológicos municipais de Natal - RN / Study of the model of biosafety in the odontological municipal services of Natal - RN

Com este estudo, os autores buscaram identificar as formas de aplicaçäo das medidas de biossegurança tendo como referência ambiente físico e métodos da coleta de lixo nos serviços odontológicos das Unidades Municipais de Saúde (UMS) de Natal-RN, no período de 1998/1999, considerando que esses serviços originalmente oferecem, quotidianamente, riscos à saúde individual ou coleta, envolvendo o usuário e a equipe odontológica. Para tanto, foi aplicado um questionário em 29 UMS, das 57 unidades existentes em Natal que oferecem atençäo odontológica. Os resultados foram analisados utilizando-se estatística descritiva e representaçäo gráfica. Observou-se que, de modo geral, as unidades de saúde obedecem às normas de biossegurança estipuladas pelo Ministério da Saúde, tanto no que se refere à organizaçäo do ambiente de trabalho, assim como verificou-se ainda que há uma coleta de lixo adequada para o tipo de unidade de saúde a que se detina