Sixty tilted discs were studied by colour photography, including some by fluorescein angiography. Attention was drawn to the contracted, D-shaped outline of the scleral canal, and it was suggested that fewer fibres than normal enter the defective side of the disc. This was supported by examination of the nerve fibre layer and the discovery of field defects in 13 of the 27 eyes in which the visu...

To address the manifestations of spatial injustices as illustrations territorial underdevelopment, I utilize divergent development framework that emphasizes centrality state to outcomes. By highlighting institutional practices, stress contribution both top-down and bottom-up agencies in making andpreserving some spaces a deprived condition despite agencies' declarative aim offering solutions re...

A raison d’être of social science is the claim that its knowledge can produce solutions to social problems such as poverty, underdevelopment, and ecological degradation. However, I take the view that the current constitution of the social sciences cannot solve problems because it is an integral part of what causes problems. In short, social scientific theory regarding social problems is deeply ...

Prestes a completar duzentos anos de sua independência nacional, o Brasil encontra-se diante das preocupações com subdesenvolvimento e dependência externa, sobretudo avanço do capitalismo 4.0. Diante intensas transformações nacionais registradas ao longo tempo, especialmente no período mais recente, consideram-se as respostas educacional, científica tecnologia frente reposicionamento brasileiro...

We are concerned in this article with six intestinal parasitoses-the four main soiltransmitted helminthiases (ascariasis, trichuriasis, hookworm infection, and strongyloidiasis) and the two leading intestinal protozoan infections (amebiasis and giardiasis). These two groups of parasitoses depend on fecal contamination, but there is a significant epidemiologic difference between them. That is, t...