Studying the causes of postharvest fruit loss is important to avoid reduction of quality and quantity for the consumer due, for example, to the influence of frequent impacts from vibrations during transportation. In this sense, this study evaluates the storage quality of ‘Palmer’ mangoes after being subjected to different simulated road transport vibrations. Vibration was simulated from the analysis of the profile of the frequencies generated in road transport of fruit, determined in a tractor trailer. ‘Palmer’ mangoes stored after vibration stress wereevaluated for: mass loss, absorbance difference index (IAD), peel and pulp browning index (BI), pulp firmness, soluble solids content, and titratable acidity. The development of a vibration machine made it possible to satisfactorily simulate specific vibration frequencies. Vibration stress during simulated transport led to accelerated weight loss, decreased pulp firmness, and peel browning in ‘Palmer’ mangoes.

p<0.0001. At higher levels of CO 2 emissions there was no association with life expectancy. Among 30 countries with high life expectancy (>75 years) and relatively low CO 2 pc emissions (<10 t) with a population>0.5 M there was a modest association overall between CO 2 emissions and life expectancy (rank correlation 0.51, p¼0.004). Within this group, life expectancy ranged between 75.5 (Argentina, annual emissions 4.6 t) and 82.5 years (Switzerland, 5.1 t). Using the 2008 World Bank income classification, per capita emissions were associated with life expectancy among low and low middle income countries, but not in high middle or high income countries. Conclusions Life expectancy, a surrogate indicator of population health, is unrelated to energy consumption above a low level. It appears, looking to the future, that the environmental sustainability and global health development agendas are compatible in practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between maternal characteristics and low birth weight (LBW). An exploratory case-control investigation was conducted in two hospital that provide attendance through SUS in neighbouring municipalities: Petrolina (Pernambuco) and Juazeiro (Bahia), Brazil. The sample consisted of 588 puerperae, of whom 136 were in the case group (women with low-weight children) and 452 in the control group (mothers of normal-weight children). In the data analysis procedures, the distribution of the variables was evaluated using the c 2 test at the significance level of 5%. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of UEFS (CAAE: 0151.0.0590.000-08). The results demonstrated that LBW was associated with the mother's occupation during pregnancy (p¼0.04), father's schooling level (p¼0.01), mother's race/colour (p¼0.00), municipality of origin (p¼0.01), mother's age (p¼0.00), number of prenatal consultations (p¼0.00), presence of pregnancy card at time of delivery (p¼0.00), number of consultations with a medical professional (p¼0.04), number of pregnancies (p¼0.01) and gestational age (p¼0.00). However, there were no statistically significant associations with the other variables. The findings reaffirm that having quality prenatal care is of utmost importance, with greater efforts made towards identifying factors that are associated with LBW, with a view to reducing the occurrence of this undesirable gestational outcome. Introduction This study assessed factors associated with qualified medical care-seeking (QMC) for sick neonates among urban poor. Methods The study was conducted at an urban Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) center and free facility of the District hospital. Neonates were enrolled within 48 h of birth and were followed-up once at 6 weeks 6 15 days at the outpatients' clinic of the respective hospitals or at home. Results 510 neonates were enrolled and 481 (94.4%) were followedup. Parents of 50.3% (242/481) neonates reported at least one sign of SP4-33 SP4-34