«O último porto de Ulisses»: história, urbanismo e arte de Felicitas Iulia Olisipo

Revista do IHA, N.4 (2007), pp.54-117

História da Arte na World Wide Web (II)

in Varia, Revista do IHA, N.4 (2007), pp.379-382

Doenças de transmissão hídrica : nota para a história da epidemiologia

O autor, depois de citar os trabalhos de John Snow no estudo da epidemia de cólera em Londres (1855), chama a atenção para a referência que Ribeiro Sanches faz, mais de cem anos antes, à acção conduzida por Duarte Lopes no controlo da epidemia perto de Coimbra.

A canção na aula de E/LE. A importância da música enquanto estratégia de aprendizagem

de Estágio de Mestrado em Ensino de Espanhol E/LE aprendizagem Relatório

Phlebotominae sand flies associated with a tegumentary leishmaniasis outbreak, Tucumán Province, Argentina

The distribution of sand flies and cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis in the area surrounding JB Alberd city, and the proximities of Catamarca province were studied, after an increase of reported cases from JB Alberdi, Tucumán province, in 2003. Of 14 confirmed cases, 57% were females and 57% were less than 15 years old, suggesting peridomestic transmission. However, 86% of them lived close to the Marapa river forest gallery and related wooded areas. Over 1,013 sand flies were collected; Lutzomyia neivai (Pinto, 1926) was prevalent at all the sites (92.3%), while Lutzomyia migonei (França, 1920) (6.7%) and Lu. cortelezzii (Brèthes, 1923) (1%) were also found. The spatial distribution of Lu. neivai overlapped that of the cases, with higher abundance in microfocal hot spots close to the river in stable vegetated habitats or modified habitats with shadow and animal blood sources. The cumulative outcome of anthropic, ecological and climatic factors could have contributed to the onset of the outbreak.

Trypanocide treatment among adults with chronic Chagas disease living in Santa Fe city (Argentina), over a mean follow-up of 21 years: parasitological, serological and clinical evolution

The efficacy of treatment with nifurtimox and/or benznidazole among adults with chronic Chagas disease with no previous electrocardiographic disturbances was evaluated over a mean follow-up of 21 years, by means of conventional serology, xenodiagnosis, clinical examination, electrocardiograms and chest X-ray. One hundred and eleven patients, between 17 and 46 years old, were studied: 54 underwent treatment (nifurtimox 27, benznidazole 27) and 57 remained untreated (control group). Xenodiagnosis was performed on 65% of them: 36/38 of the treated and 9/34 of the untreated patients had previous positive xenodiagnosis. Post-treatment, 133 xenodiagnoses were performed on 41 patients, all resulting negative. In the control group, 29 xenodiagnoses were performed on 14 patients; 2 resulted positive. Sera stored during the follow-up were simultaneously analyzed through conventional serology tests (IHA; DA-2ME; IIF). The serological evolution in the treated group was: a) 37% underwent negative seroconversion (nifurtimox 11, benznidazole 9); b) 27.8% decreased titers (nifurtimox 9, benznidazole 6), 9 showed inconclusive final serology (nifurtimox 7, benznidazole 2); c) 35.2% remained positive with constant titers (nifurtimox 7; benznidazole 12). The control group conserved the initial antibody levels during the follow-up. In the clinical evolution, 2/54 (3.7%) of the treated and 9/57 (15.8%) of the untreated patients showed electrocardiographic disturbances attributable to Chagas myocardiopathy, with a statistically relevant difference (p<0.05). Treatment caused deparasitation in at least 37% of the chronically infected adults and a protective effect on their clinical evolution.

História Interdisciplinar e a Análise de Crônicas Portuguesas do Século XV

Nesse artigo, exploramos a idéia de interdisciplinaridade que permeia a disciplina História há longos anos. É através da proposta de uma análise interdisciplinar de crônicas medievais portuguesas que procuramos entender um pouco melhor o fazer histórico sobre a medievalidade nos dias atuais. Assim, ao discorrermos sobre a História Cultural em sintonia com a Análise do Discurso, esperamos chamar atenção para a multiplicidade de interpretações e leituras das fontes medievais. Para esse trabalho, destacamos e analisamos alguns trechos de duas crônicas do fim do Medievo português. Essas obras são: Crônica da Tomada de Ceuta (1449-50) e Crônica de Guiné (1452-53), ambas da pena de Gomes Eanes de Zurara (1410-74). Nos excertos escolhidos, buscamos demonstrar como se deu a construção de um ideal de nobreza e cavalaria na obra desse cronista luso.