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In this article is introduced a new kinetic semi‐empirical model for drying. The model was developed by arbitrary‐order generalization of Lewis's kinetic equation that was obtained using the Laplace transform and Laplace's Inverse Transform. Kinetic data on soybean drying at 50, 60, 70, and 80 °C were retrieved to test the model which was compared to first‐order Lewis's model and to Page's model by quantitative criteria. Results show that the process is best described by the fractional‐order model and that arbitrary‐order equation may be employed to adjust experimental data on drying, with better results among other models analyzed. Practical applications Drying is one of the most complex and energy‐consuming chemical unit operations. The modeling of drying kinetics can be applied in the project of drying equipment and to reduce costs of energy consumption. In general, the approach used in drying kinetics modeling is based on differential balances to represent the temporal variability of moisture content. In some cases, the Mathematical models cannot fit good the experimental data by to the fact that the models obtained by differential balances are exponential and the experimental data nonexponential. The fractional calculus can be an alternative to generalize the order of differential equations and fit process. The modeling procedure presented in this article presents the use of fractional calculus to generalize the order of a classic differential model. The model obtained by the fractional calculus approach provides best fits and more reliable adjusts than the classic model, the results indicate an anomalous diffusion.

In vitro antimicrobial properties of plant essential oils thymus vulgaris, cymbopogon citratus and laurus nobilis against five important foodborne pathogens Propriedades antibacterianas in vitro de óleos essenciais de thymus vulgaris, cymbopogon citratus e laurus nobilis contra cinco importantes bactérias patogênicas veiculadas por alimentosAlessandra Farias MILLEZI 1 *, Danila Soares CAIXETA 1 , Diogo Francisco ROSSONI 2 , Maria das Graças CARDOSO 3 , Roberta Hilsdorf PICCOLI 4 IntroductionThe essentials oils are products of the secondary plants' metabolism and several of them are used as seasonings and medicines. They can be defined as complex mixtures of volatile, lipophilic, odoriferous, and liquid substances (SIMÕES; SPITZER, 2004). The essential oils play an important role in plant protection such as antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, insecticidal properties and also against herbivore attack. Currently, 3.000 essentials oils are known, 300 of which are commercially important in the pharmaceutical, agronomic, food, sanitation, cosmetics, and perfume industries (BAKKALI et al., 2008).The antimicrobial properties of condiment and medicinal plant essential oils have been stirring interest from the perspective of their making up an alternative to the use of chemical additives in foods. In recent years, it has been related that some essentials oils are capable of inhibiting bacteria of food origin and prolonging the shelf life of processed foods (KIM et al., 1995;SMITH-PALMER;STEWART;FYFE, 1998). Due to their hydrophobic characteristic, these compounds act over the lipids of the cell membrane modifying its structure and turning it more permeable, allowing the passage of ions and or other substances. ResumoDiversos óleos essenciais de plantas condimentares e medicinais possuem atividade antimicrobiana comprovada, sendo de grande interesse para a indústria de alimentos. Dessa forma, as Concentrações Mínimas Inibitórias (CMI) desses óleos para diversas bactérias devem ser determinadas. As CMI variam de acordo com o óleo utilizado, dos compostos majoritários e da fisiologia da bactéria em estudo. Na presente pesquisa, os óleos essenciais das plantas Thymus vulgaris (tomilho), Cymbopogon citratus (capim-limão) e Laurus nobilis (louro) foram quantificados quimicamente e determinou-se a CMI sobre as bactérias Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Escherichia. coli ATCC 25922, Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19117, Salmonella entérica Enteritidis S64 e Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. O óleo essencial de C. citratus demonstrou atividade bacteriana em todas as concentrações testadas e sobre todas as bactérias, sendo seus constituintes majoritários o geranial e neral. O constituinte majoritário de T. vulgaris foi 1,8 cineol e do óleo de L. nobilis, que apresentou menor atividade antibacteriana, foi o linalool, seguido pelo 1,8 cineol. As bactérias Gram-negativas demostraram maior resistência perante o uso dos óleos essenciais testados neste estudo, E. coli foi a menos sensível, sendo inibida apenas pelos óleos de C. citratus...

In this article, a mathematical model based on the generalization of first‐order kinetic model, to model soybean drying kinetic, is proposed by taking into account that the humidity variation rate is given by a derivative of arbitrary order. The Bootstrap technique was used to study the minimum required number of terms of the analytic solution to fit the parameters with stable variability. Results were highly successful for the estimated moisture curves. These results were compared with the first‐order kinetic model and with the classic Page model. Series solution minimum number of terms varied both with respect to the model parameters and temperature. Practical applications The modeling procedure presented in this article presents the use of fractional calculus as a potential tool to generalize mathematical models based on differential equations. The proposed model proved to be statistically better than its version which was based on conventional calculus. Thus, the model proposed is suitable for modeling kinetic processes in general and can be used to project drying equipment. Due to the fact that drying of food could present nonexponential behavior, the fractional model proposed would be an adequate option to capture the characteristics of the kinetic curve which the conventional calculus cannot. In addition, this article presents a statistical approach to evaluate the correct number of terms to be used in an equation based on an infinite series in order to result the least variability possible. Such approach provides more reliable results when the model is applied to experimental data.

R E S U M OO objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do sistema de manejo que emprega práticas de conservação do solo na distribuição do sistema radicular de cafeeiros e na estrutura de dois Latossolos após seis anos de implantação da lavoura na região do Alto São Francisco, MG. Foram abertas três trincheiras aleatórias e longitudinais à linha de plantio (0,70 x 1,50 m) em um Latossolo gibbsítico e em um Latossolo caulinítico ambos sob sistema de manejo do solo que emprega práticas conservacionistas. A avaliação do sistema radicular foi feita pelo método do perfil cultural e análise digital de imagens 2D, com posterior confecção de mapas de superfície das variáveis radiculares analisadas por meio da krigagem. Amostras de solo com estrutura preservada foram coletadas para quantificar a distribuição do diâmetro de poros 3D obtida por tomografia computada de raios-X. As raízes e poros foram classificados em: 1, >1 e ≤ 3 e > 3 mm de diâmetro. O sistema radicular dos cafeeiros de ambos os solos em estudo mesmo sobre o mesmo sistema de manejo apresentaram boa ramificação na direção horizontal e vertical. A maior concentração de raízes ocorreu na profundidade de 0,20-0,34 m no Latossolo caulinítico. No Latossolo gibbsítico, a distribuição radicular foi uniformizada especialmente na direção vertical do perfil do solo atingindo maiores profundidade. A maior ocorrência de raízes finas ocorreu no Latossolo gibsítico na profundidade de 0,80-0,94 m. Spatial distribution of coffee roots and pores of two Latosols under conservationist management A B S T R A C TThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of management system employing soil conservation practices in the coffee root system distribution and in the structure of two Latosols after six years in the crop establishment in Alto São Francisco Valley, MG. Three random trenches were made lengthwise along the row planting (0.70 x 1.50 m) in a gibbsitic Latosol and a kaolinitc Latosol both under soil management system employing soil conservationist practices. The root system evaluation was done by crop profile methods and 2D image analyze, with subsequent surface mapping of the root variables analyzed by kriging. Intact soil cores were sampled for pore diameter distribution analysed by X-ray CT scan. The roots and pores were classified by diameter:1, > 1 and ≤ 3 and > 3 mm. The coffee root system in both soils under study on the same management system showed good branching in horizontal and vertical direction. The highest root concentration occurred at 0.20-0.34 m depth in kaolinitic Latosol. In gibbsitic Latosol the root distribution was uniform, especially in the vertical soil profile reaching greater depths. The highest occurrence of fine roots in the gibbsitic Latosol occurred at 0.80-0.94 m depth.Palavras-chave: morfologia radicular análise de imagem tomografia computada de raios-X krigagem Coffea arabica L. Key words:roots morphology image analyze X-ray CT scan kriging Coffea arabica L. Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e AmbientalCampina Grande, PB, ...

INTRODUÇÃOOs óleos essenciais (OEs) são definidos como substâncias complexas voláteis, lipofílicas, geralmente odoríferas e líquidas, oriundas do metabolismo secundário de vegetais. Estes podem ser aplicados em vários segmentos, como antibacterianos, antivirais, antifúngicos, inseticidas e contra o ataque de herbívoros, bem como nos setores de higiene pessoal, perfumaria, cosmética, com um mercado mundial girando em torno de US$ 1,8 bilhão. A participação do Brasil corresponde a apenas 0,1% deste valor sendo 80% referente ao comércio de óleo de laranja (Simões & Spitzer, 2004;Costa, 2008).As propriedades antimicrobianas dos OEs de plantas condimentares e medicinais têm despertado interesse pela perspectiva de constituírem alternativa frente à utilização de aditivos químicos em alimentos. Nos últimos anos tem sido relatado que alguns OEs são capazes de inibir bactérias de origem alimentar e prolongar a vida de prateleira de alimentos processados (Kim et al., 1995; Smith-Palmer et al., 1998 Palavras-chave: antimicrobianos naturais, bactérias, óleos essenciais ABSTRACT: Chemical characterization and antibacterial activity of essential oils from medicinal and condiment plants against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.Essential oils are plant secondary metabolites with different biological properties, such as activity against microorganisms, being of major interest to the food industry. The minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of these oils for various bacteria should be determined. The MICvaries according to the oil used by the major compounds and phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the bacteria. In this research, the essential oils of the plants Satureja montana L., Cymbopogon nardus L. and Citrus limonia Osbeck were chemically characterized and the MIC of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureusATCC 2592 and Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, determined. The MICfor all oils against E. coli was 1.5%, and S. aureus was sensitive to the concentration of 5.0% of S. montanaoil and tothe concentration of 1.5% of the essential oils of the other plants.Chemically, the major components ofthe S. montana, C. nardus and C.limonia Osbeck oils were respectively thymol, citronellal and limonene.

Introduction: Patients who require prolonged endotracheal intubation (>48 hours) are at risk of dysphagia. Speech-language pathologists should perform swallowing exercises after extubation due to the high probability of developing aspiration pneumonia. There are no studies describing the use of swallowing techniques employed in post-extubation therapy aided by surface electromyography. Objectives: To evaluate the effects of swallowing function therapy in extubated patients after prolonged orotracheal intubation by means of clinical and electromyographic evaluation. Methods: A total of 15 patients were enrolled in this study (average age 48.6 ± 16.5 years). The study was carried out in three phases: (1) Clinical and electromyographic evaluation using the Dysphagia Risk Assessment Protocol following dysphagia scores criteria, and the measurement of the suprahyoid muscles amplitude (μV) expressed by root mean square (RMS), respectively; (2) swallowing rehabilitation program; and (3) reevaluation of patients after therapy. The Wilcoxon paired test assuming a significance level of 5% was used for statistical analysis. Results: By means of the swallowing scale, it was verified that patients suffered from severe oropharyngeal dysphagia at the first evaluation (80%), but the rehabilitation therapy reduced clinical signs, persistent only in one patient (6.7%) post-therapy, thus, improving swallowing. Significant differences, pre- and post-therapy, for suprahyoid muscles during maximal voluntary isometric contractions of right ( P = .0067) and left ( P = .0215), saliva swallowing by right ( P = .0413) and left ( P = .0151), and liquid swallowing by right ( P = .0479) and left ( P = .0215) sides, were found, as shown by electromyography. Conclusions: Swallowing exercises carried out by extubated patients after prolonged orotracheal intubation increased neuromuscular recruitment of suprahyoid muscles involved with swallowing and reduced dysphagia levels.

The geographic distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) makes it a disease of major clinical importance in Brazil, where it is endemic in the state of Paraná. The objective of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution of CL in Paraná between 2001 and 2015, based on data from the Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação (Information System for Notifiable Diseases) regarding autochthonous CL cases. Spatial autocorrelation was performed using Moran’s Global Index and the Local Indicator of Spatial Association (LISA). The construction of maps was based on categories of association (high-high, low-low, high-low, and low-high). A total of 4,557 autochthonous cases of CL were registered in the state of Paraná, with an annual average of 303.8 (± 135.2) and a detection coefficient of 2.91. No correlation was found between global indices and their respective significance in 2001 (I = -0.456, p = 0.676), but evidence of spatial autocorrelation was found in other years (p< 0.05). In the construction and analysis of the cluster maps, areas with a high-high positive association were found in the Ivaí-Pirapó, Tibagi, Cinzas-Laranjinha, and Ribeira areas. The state of Paraná should keep a constant surveillance over CL due to the prominent presence of socioeconomic and environmental factors such as the favorable circumstances for the vectors present in peri-urban and agriculture áreas.