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Snow's case revisited: new tool in geographic profiling of epidemiology

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (1), 2017
Abstract Geographic Profiling technique is used to find the origin of a series of crimes. The method was recently extended to other fields. One of the best renowned data in epidemiology is that by John Snow during an outburst of cholera in London. We wrote Python scripts to perform the analyses to apply ...

Uma particularidade italiana? Psicanálise, modernização e sociologia do consumo na Itália dos anos 1960

Hist. ciênc. saúde-Manguinhos; 24 (supl.1), 2017
Resumo Durante os anos 1960, a psicanálise experimentou uma expansão notável na Itália. Um dos cenários da crescente difusão de teorias psicanalíticas foi o mundo de marketing e sociologia do consumo. Com base no caso do sociólogo Francesco Alberoni, podemos examinar o impacto das teorias de Mela...

Reflexões sobre o Sistema Único de Saúde e o Servizio Sanitario Nazionale: a reforma da reforma - a adoção do Ticket Sanitario

Saúde Soc; 25 (4), 2016
Resumo A partir da comparação realizada entre a institucionalização do Servizio Sanitario Nazionale (SSN), na Itália e o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS), no Brasil, ambos cunhados na filosofia do direito à saúde e sob a égide do Estado, o artigo objetiva analisar a reforma implementada pelo SSN, q...

Giulio Cesare Casseri (1552-1616): el anatomista de Padua ensombrecido por la historia

Int. j. morphol; 34 (4), 2016
Casseri fue un brillante anatomista y docente de la Universidad de Padua, cuya vida se vio ensombrecida por la eterna rivalidad con su mentor Fabrizio. Tras su muerte, la historia también le dio la espalda, y un cúmulo de hechos desafortunados ha ido otorgando a su discípulo Spiegel la credibilidad de...

Liver transplantation for carcinoma hepatocellular in Aão Paulo: 414 cases by the Milan/Brazil criteria

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 29 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: The criterion of Milan (CM) has been used as standard for indication of liver transplantation (LTx) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) worldwide for nearly 20 years. Several centers have adopted criteria expanded in order to increase the number of patients eligible to liver transpl...

Using the Portuguese version of the Bicultural Scale in Brazil

Abstract Introduction: Brazil has received influxes of people, mainly from Africa, Europe and Japan, forming one of the most heterogeneous populations in the world. Some groups, particularly in Southern Brazil, have retained their original cultural traditions, whilst acquiring elements of the typical lo...

Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, a biomarker in non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: a single-institutional longitudinal study

Int. braz. j. urol; 42 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT Background: Bladder cancer represents one of the most important clinical challenges in urologic practice. In this context, inflammation has an important role in the development and progression of many malignancies. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of pre-t...

Prevalence and characteristics of HIV/HBV and HIV/HCV coinfections in Tuscany

Braz. j. infect. dis; 20 (4), 2016
Abstract Introduction Worldwide about 30% of HIV-infected patients are coinfected with HCV or HBV. The HIV/HCV coinfection is more common in individuals who have a history of drug addiction. The aims of this study were to assess the HCV and HBV prevalence in HIV-infected patients and analyze their chara...