Contratos de intermediação no código dos valores mobiliários

Separata do Nº 7 dos Cadernos do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários Abril de 2000

A problemática do risco nos contratos de compra e venda com estipulação de cláusula de reserva de propriedade

Com o presente estudo pretende-se demonstrar que o risco da perda da coisa, objecto de um contrato de compra e venda com reserva de propriedade, deverá ser imputável ao adquirente, fundamentando tal solução não somente na teoria do risco consagrada pelo legislador português no art. 796º do Código Civil, segundo a qual a passagem do risco se dá com a transferência da propriedade da coisa para o adquirente, mas essencialmente no sinalagma que carateriza o tipo de contrato em análise.

Clinical and laboratory findings of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Colombia, 2001

A descriptive study was carried out in 104 patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria, from the region of Turbo (Antioquia, Colombia). Clinical features and levels of hemoglobin, glycemia, serum bilirubin, alanine-aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate-aminotransferase (AST), creatinine and complete blood cell profile were established. 65% of the studied individuals were men and their mean age was 23. Of all individuals 59% had lived in the region for > 1 year and 91% were resident in the rural area. 42% were farmers and 35% had a history of malaria. The mean parasitaemia was 5865 parasites/mm³. The evolution of the disease was short (average of 4.0 days). Fever, headache and chills were observed simultaneously in 91% of the cases while the most frequent signs were palmar pallor (46%), jaundice (15%), hepatomegaly (17%), and spleen enlargement (12%). Anemia was found in 39% of the women and in 51% of the men, 8% of individuals had thrombocytopaenia and 41% had hypoglycemia.

Contratos fiscais: regime e natureza

Mestrado na área de Ciências Jurídico-Empresariais

Fatal septicemia caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in a child from Colombia

A 4-year old child living in Colombia presented with a history of fever and severe abdominal pain for four days. The patient developed pneumonia, septic shock, multiple organ failure and died on the fifth day of hospitalization. Chromobacterium violaceum was isolated from admission blood cultures and was resistant to ampicillin, cephalosporins, carbapenems and aminoglycosides.

Giardia intestinalis and nutritional status in children participating in the complementary nutrition program, Antioquia, Colombia, May to October 2006

Giardia intestinalis infection is prevalent throughout the world and widely distributed in developing countries. In general, children display serious consequences to their state of health, including slow height-weight development; therefore, the main aim of this study was to determine the association between Giardia infection and the nutritional status of children who participate in the program of complementary feeding (Mejoramiento Alimentario y Nutricional de Antioquia (MANA) - Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF)). A cross-sectional study examining the association of giardiasis with nutritional status was conducted. A total of 2035 children aged eight months to six years-old were studied. Data were collected using structured questionnaires, anthropometric measurements and laboratory analysis of blood and stool samples. Analysis of the results showed that 27.6% of children were infected with G. intestinalis, while 8.1% and 1.9% were mildly and significantly underweight, respectively, and 14.1% presented stunting. Giardiasis was statistically identified as a strong predictor of stunting in this study population.

A eficácia dos contratos-programa no setor público da saúde na região Norte de Portugal

Em Portugal o sistema de saúde assume uma importante função no desenvolvimento económico e social, na medida em que os serviços prestados pelo mesmo influenciam não só o bem-estar social como também a produtividade. O processo de contratualização alia-se ao setor público da saúde através do contrato-programa, o qual pretende estabelecer uma estratégia a seguir. O presente trabalho pretende verificar se o setor público da saúde respeita os princípios de economia, eficiência e eficácia, de um modo geral, pretende-se perceber se os contratos-programa são cumpridos na sua totalidade. Para tal procedeu-se à recolha da informação descrita nos relatórios de gestão dos quinze Hospitais que pertencem à Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte. A incerteza relacionada com os contratos-programa, a não existência de um modelo linear para a divulgação pública dos resultados no âmbito do contrato-programa, e ainda o facto de a totalidade das entidades não ser obrigada a emitir essa publicação, conduz à possibilidade de que não estejam a ser cumpridos os princípios da economia, eficácia e eficiência.

Thermoterapy effective and safer than miltefosine in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia

In Colombia, pentavalent antimonials and miltefosine are the drugs of choice for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis; however, their toxicity, treatment duration, (treatment adherence problems), cost, and decreased parasite sensitivity make the search for alternative treatments of American cutaneous leishmaniasis necessary. Based on the results found in a controlled, open, randomized, phase III clinical trial, the efficacy and safety of miltefosine was compared to that of thermotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia. Adult patients from the Colombian army participated in the study; they received either 50 mg of miltefosine three times per day for 28 days by the oral route (n = 145) or a thermotherapy (Thermomed®) application of 50 °C for 30 seconds over the lesion and surrounding area (n = 149). Both groups were comparable with respect to their sociodemographic, clinical, and parasitological characteristics. The efficacy of miltefosine by protocol and by intention to treat was 70% (85/122 patients) and 69% (85/145 patients), respectively. The adverse effects were primarily gastrointestinal for miltefosine and pain at the lesion site after treatment for thermotherapy. No statistically significant difference was found in the efficacy analysis (intention to treat and protocol) between the two treatments. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00471705.