m seu texto de 1916, intitulado “Sobre a linguagem em geral e sobre a linguagem humana”, Walter Benjamin expõe uma compreensão de linguagem que vai além da fala e da escrita. Ele expõe a teoria de uma linguagem geral, que atinge também aos seres da natureza e aos objetos, a todos os seres animados e inanimados. Dentro desta compreensão, tudo possui uma linguagem. Tudo se apresenta em uma forma,...

BACKGROUND Road traffic accidents, considered as global tragedies, are in increasing trend; however, the safety situation is very severe in developing countries incurring substantial amount of human, economic, and social costs. Motorcycle crashes, the commonest form, occur mostly in economically active population. However, there is limited number of studies on economic burden of motorcycle cras...

Introduction: Vitiligo is one of the most prevalent acquired depigmentation disorders that can produce significant psychosocial burden in patients who suffer from poor body image, low self-esteem, and considerable level of disability from the disease. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to assess the quality of life (QoL) using the dermatological life quality index (DLQI), attitude to appearan...

Simulation analysis of ex ante real estate investment returns can provide greater insights into real estate investment risks. Many real estate professionals fail to utilize risk-based metrics when valuing real estate properties, even after the benefits of representing returns as a range of probability-based outcomes have been widely publicized. The model created and described is this paper addr...

Congenital malaria, defined as the presence of malaria parasites in the erythrocytes of newborns aged <7 days, was considered rare in endemic areas until recent studies started reporting high prevalence rates. Various theories have been postulated to explain this phenomenon, but they are not proven conclusively from research. Against this background, a prospective study was designed with the fo...

Offshore wind offers a very large clean power resource, but electricity from the first US offshore wind contracts is costlier than current regional wholesale electricity prices. To better understand the factors that drive these costs, we develop a pro-forma cash flow model to calculate two results: the levelized cost of energy, and the breakeven price required for financial viability. We then d...