VOCs profile of Colletotrichum spp. as a potential tool for quality control of açaí pulp.

Colletotrichum has been identified as responsible for the "dried fruit" disease in açaí (Euterpe oleracea). Besides concern for açaí pulp quality control, the characterization of Colletotrichum has been difficult, which has motivated the search for chemical markers in the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) profile for use as a tool in the identification of açaí pulp contaminated by the fungus. Extracted VOCs by Headspace - Solid Phase Micro Extraction (HS-SPME) were identified through gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS).

[Intensive home-based care: is it a possible reality for the public health system?].

A qualitative investigation characterized as an exploratory study of individual case. The guiding point was inquiring into how the Public Health System (SUS) provides intensive home-based care. The study was aimed at analyzing how this health support is made available--that is, what kind of assistance is given and what is the equipment maintenance and warranty like--and at examining how the subject of this study obtained this service, that is, how the service reached him/her and how long it usually takes to do so.