Práticas inovadoras em saúde coletiva: ferramenta re-leitora do processo saúde-doença

O objetivo deste artigo foi apresentar as bases para a construção de uma ferramenta re-leitora do Processo Saúde-doença, por meio da relação dialógica entre categorias sociais e as variáveis funcionais, contidas no instrumento CIPESC® de Curitiba. Ancorou-se nos marcos conceituais apresentados na Teoria da Intervenção Práxica da Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva. A ferramenta constituiu-se de um modelo analítico de apoio à tomada de decisão, pretendendo o desenvolvimento de data warehouse. Os dados do prontuário eletrônico do paciente, relacionados às categorias: Necessidade, Classe Social, Gênero, Etnia e Geração, desvelam a face social e atribuem vulnerabilidade aos grupos sociais homogêneos. Foram visualizados quatro graus de vulnerabilidade, qualificados por 11 marcadores. O estudo remeteu à reflexão de que as desigualdades reproduzem-se ao longo do tempo e transformam grupos em alvos de imobilidade social. Embora existam lacunas para visualização das categorias sociais, o instrumento permitiu visualizar a face coletiva de famílias e grupos sociais.

Midwest Regional Rail Passenger Initiative Status Report, December 2004

Status report of Midwest Regional Rail Initiative

Anti-Nogo-A Antibody Treatment Promotes Recovery of Manual Dexterity after Unilateral Cervical Lesion in Adult Primates--re-examination and Extension of Behavioral Data.

In rodents and nonhuman primates subjected to spinal cord lesion, neutralizing the neurite growth inhibitor Nogo-A has been shown to promote regenerative axonal sprouting and functional recovery. The goal of the present report was to re-examine the data on the recovery of the primate manual dexterity using refined behavioral analyses and further statistical assessments, representing secondary outcome measures from the same manual dexterity test. Thirteen adult monkeys were studied; seven received an anti-Nogo-A antibody whereas a control antibody was infused into the other monkeys. Monkeys were trained to perform the modified Brinkman board task requiring opposition of index finger and thumb to grasp food pellets placed in vertically and horizontally oriented slots. Two parameters were quantified before and following spinal cord injury: (i) the standard 'score' as defined by the number of pellets retrieved within 30 s from the two types of slots; (ii) the newly introduced 'contact time' as defined by the duration of digit contact with the food pellet before successful retrieval. After lesion the hand was severely impaired in all monkeys; this was followed by progressive functional recovery. Remarkably, anti-Nogo-A antibody-treated monkeys recovered faster and significantly better than control antibody-treated monkeys, considering both the score for vertical and horizontal slots (Mann-Whitney test: P = 0.05 and 0.035, respectively) and the contact time (P = 0.008 and 0.005, respectively). Detailed analysis of the lesions excluded the possibility that this conclusion may have been caused by differences in lesion properties between the two groups of monkeys.

Carte topographique de la route du Simplon entre Brieg et Domo d'Ossola / dressée par Ch[ar]les Picquet, géographe ord[inai]re du roi et de S.A.R m[onsei]g[neu]r le duc d'Orléans

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Zovy e zovy izani manaitra anay matory ; Laingita re : vieille chanson / Hirran'ny tanoran'ny ntaolo mpilaloa ao Fenoarivo [chants ancestraux chantés par un groupe de musiciens de Fenoarivo]

[Traditions. Afrique. Madagascar]

Midwest Regional Rail Passenger Initiative (MWRRI) Status Report, December 2005

Status report of Midwest Regional Rail Initiative

Déclaration du Roy, qui permet à la Compagnie des Indes Orientales de vendre les étoffes des Indes qu'elle a reçû par ses vaisseaux, tant celles de soye pure que celles de soye meslée d'or & d'argent ... Donnée à Versailles le 9. May 1702

[Acte royal. 1702-05-09. Versailles]

Government Spending and Re-election

Does additional government spending improve the electoral chances of incumbent political parties? This paper provides the first quasi-experimental evidence on this question. Our research design exploits discontinuities in federal funding to local governments in Brazil around several population cutoffs over the period 1982-1985. We find that extra fiscal transfers resulted in a 20% increase in local government spending per capita, and an increase of about 10 percentage points in the re-election probability of local incumbent parties. We also find positive effects of the government spending on education outcomes and earnings, which we interpret as indirect evidence of public service improvements. Together, our results provide evidence that electoral rewards encourage incumbents to spend part of additional revenues on public services valued by voters, a finding in line with agency models of electoral accountability.