OBJECTIVE To assess the occurrence of an aggregate risk to cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal health of Brazilian adolescents in the period 2008/09 and 2013/14 and to identify whether there are differences in risk between the genders and in these periods. METHODS This was a trend epidemiological study with a quantitative approach, consisting of a voluntary sample of adolescents from 16 Brazi...

Chronic diseases are a global problem, yet information on their determinants is generally scant in low- and middle-income countries. The Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) aims to contribute relevant information regarding the development and progression of clinical and subclinical chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, in one such setting. A...

The Farmácia Popular Program (FPP) launched a subsidy system in Brazil, but in coexistence with the ongoing regular governmental access to medicines (Unified Health System (SUS) dispensings) mechanisms, causing overlaps in terms of financing and target population. This characteristic is quite different from most countries with medicines cost-sharing schemes. This paper aims to analyse the FPP u...

Human rights diplomacy is considered as a consequence of globalization. While many norms and issues are extensively globalized, nonetheless they can be implemented based on cost and benefit analysis (i.e. maximization of benefits and minimization of costs). States have to take their responsibility of human rights by demonstrating their responsiveness towards their people, international organiza...

sugar, including processed goods in the world in the raw material for the production of agriculture and it is a strategic commodity. the intent of this research is to approach the game theory to analyze the relationship between import and export of sugar, iranian and brazil. the impact of changes in world prices and import tariffs, the welfare of the brazilian study. the data used in this study...

Aakash Aggarwal United States Gabriel A Aguirre Mexico Nobuhisa Akamatsu Japan Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi Saudi Arabia Masahiro Arai Japan Gyorgy Baffy United States Mahmoud Mohamed Bahgat Egypt Dibyajyoti Banerjee India Fernando Oscar Bessone Argentina Ines Bilic-Curcic Croatia John W Birk United States Claus Thomas Bock Germany Farah Bokharaei-Salim Iran Chalermrat Bunchorntavakul Thailand Wenqing (...

The Brazilian Power Sector, Latin America's largest, unique among energy suppliers to the world's leading economies, is almost completely dependent on one resource for its energy supply: water. Of its 65, 134 MW of installed generating capacity, in 1998 more than 90% was hydro. A substantial amount of that hydro capacity is located on only a few rivers. The sites for the generating facilities, ...

E. Abouzaid, M. Arenton, A.R. Barker, ∗ L. Bellantoni, E. Blucher, G.J. Bock, E. Cheu, R. Coleman, M.D. Corcoran, B. Cox, A.R. Erwin, C.O. Escobar, A. Glazov, A. Golossanov, R.A. Gomes, P. Gouffon, Y.B. Hsiung, D.A. Jensen, R. Kessler, K. Kotera, A. Ledovskoy, P.L. McBride, E. Monnier, † H. Nguyen, R. Niclasen, D.G. Phillips II, E.J. Ramberg, R.E. Ray, M. Ronquest, E. Santos, W. Slater, D. Smit...

Brazil has experienced a Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak with increased incidence of congenital malformations and neurological manifestations. We describe a case of a 26-year-old Brazilian Caucasian man infected with ZIKV and diagnosed with encephalomyelitis. Brain and spinal cord images showed hyperintense lesions on T2 and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR), and levels of proinflammatory ...

AIM Some elderly patients with incontinence require the care of third parties, known as caregivers. Such care can occur on a daily basis leaving little opportunity for the caregiver to take care of himself/herself. The aims are to assess the association between urinary incontinence in elderly patients and caregiver burden and identify independent factors for caregiver's burden in the city of Sa...