New guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of insomnia

The Brazilian Sleep Association brought together specialists in sleep medicine, in order to develop new guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of insomnias. The following subjects were discussed: concepts, clinical and psychosocial evaluations, recommendations for polysomnography, pharmacological treatment, behavioral and cognitive therapy, comorbidities and insomnia in children. Four levels of evidence were envisaged: standard, recommended, optional and not recommended. For diagnosing of insomnia, psychosocial and polysomnographic investigation were recommended. For non-pharmacological treatment, cognitive behavioral treatment was considered to be standard, while for pharmacological treatment, zolpidem was indicated as the standard drug because of its hypnotic profile, while zopiclone, trazodone and doxepin were recommended.

Sustainable development 20 years on from the earth summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Sustainable development 20 years on from the earth summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean. Summary

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Women and development: guidelines for programme and project planning

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Stylized facts of income distribution in five countries of Latin America and general guidelines for a redistributive police

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Efficiency and portability: Guidelines to develop websites

The use of the Internet as a means of ensuring greater visibility for products, services and information offered by companies is gaining strength in recent decades. However, it is known that to ensure satisfaction and subsequent virtual customer loyalty, it is necessary to guarantee the quality of the websites, allowing indiscriminate access regardless of the resources used, as well as rapid responses to possible requests. In order to assist this process, this paper presents a set of guidelines for the development of websites having quality characteristics, efficiency and portability as per ISO 9126 norms. An observational analysis of e-commerce websites was done which showed that they are inadequate as to the proposed guidelines, making them difficult to access available content. Therefore, the adoption of the proposed guidelines can greatly contribute to increasing the quality of websites and, consequently, enable quick and effective access regardless of the resources used.

Raúl Prebisch on ECLAC's achievements and deficiencies: an unpublished interview

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ILPES: nuevas pautas de trabajo 1990-1991 y síntesis de actividades 1988-1989 = ILPES: new guidelines for work in 1990-1991 and summary of activities in 1988-1989

Expone algunas grandes líneas de reflexión del ILPES y su enfoque para renovar la planificación y coordinación de las políticas públicas; informa sobre la orientación actual de las divisiones o unidades técnicas del Instituto, los lineamientos para el trabajo en el próximo bienio, y un resumen de las actividades realizadas en 1988-1989.

Proposed guidelines for the biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, 2007-2009

Includes bibliography