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Innovations in vascular and endovascular surgery in Brazil: a data analysis study

J. vasc. bras; 13 (4), 2014
Background: Innovations in vascular and endovascular surgery have important social and economic repercussions. Most endovascular devices used in Brazil are imported and, therefore, particularly expensive. Objective: To conduct a retrospective analysis of patent and regulatory approval data for newly deve...

A robust HIV-1 viral load detection assay optimized for Indian sub type C specific strains and resource limiting setting

Biol. Res; 47 (), 2014
BACKGROUND: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) viral load testing at regular intervals is an integral component of disease management in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients. The need in countries like India is therefore an assay that is not only economical but efficient and highly...

Utopias sociais e cientificistas no Brasil, no final do século XIX
Social and scientific utopias in late 19th century Brazil

Analisa as diversas utopias sociais e cientificistas que circularam no Brasil durante a segunda metade do século XIX. Introduzidas no país na década de 1840, elas ganharam força com a posterior difusão do positivismo, sobretudo na década de 1890, quando se configurou uma euforia modernizante no pa�...