Life (dis)satisfaction and the decision to migrate: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

This paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of life satisfaction on the individual intention to migrate. The impacts of individual characteristics and of country macroeconomic variables on the intention to migrate are analyzed jointly. Differently from other studies, we allow for life satisfaction to serve as a mediator between macroeconomic variables and the intention to migrate. Using the Eurobarometer Survey for 27 Central Eastern European (CEE) and Western European (non-CEE) countries, we find that people have a higher intention to migrate when dissatisfied with life. The socio-economic variables and macroeconomic conditions have an effect on the intention to migrate indirectly through life satisfaction. The impact of life satisfaction on the intention to migrate for middle-aged individuals with past experience of migration, low level of education, and with a low or average income from urban areas is higher in CEE countries than in non-CEE countries.

Paracoccidioidomicose sist��mica com envolvimento do sistema nervoso central

�� relatado o caso de um paciente portador de paracoccidioidomicose sist��mica, com comprometimento oral e ganglionar regional e posterior envolvimento pulmonar. O paciente, tratado com drogas espec��ficas(anfotericina B, itraconazol, sulfametoxazol + trimetoprim) e acompanhado durante seis anos, foi ao ��bito com extenso comprometimento do sistema nervoso central

Epidemiologia da esporotricose na regi��o central do Rio Grande do Sul

Foram estudados 31 casos de esporotricose diagnosticados na regi��o central do Rio Grande do Sul, no per��odo 1988-1997. Os dados obtidos foram comparados com os de um estudo de tr��s d��cadas anteriores, evidenciando decr��scimo na incid��ncia da micose e altera����o no perfil da infec����o, com diminui����o de casos em pacientes residentes na zona rural, em crian��as, mulheres e agricultores. Na ��ltima d��cada, a micose foi mais freq��ente no adulto residente na zona urbana, de profiss��es variadas, estando o in��cio da doen��a freq��entemente associada ao lazer rural, como pescarias e ca��adas.

Disponibilidade de biomassa florestal residual para combust��o na central termoel��ctrica de Sines

Disserta����o para obten����o do grau de Mestre em Energia e Bioenergia

A Autonomia da Ge��rgia e a Pol��tica Externa Russa. Uma an��lise do C��ucaso �� Luz da Teoria da Regionaliza����o

Disserta����o de Tese Mestrado em Estudos Pol��ticos de ��rea

Toxoplasmose do sistema nervoso central em paciente sem evid��ncia de imunossupress��o: relato de caso

O quadro cl��nico da toxoplasmose adquirida em pacientes imunocompetentes habitualmente n��o inclui manifesta����es neurol��gicas focais, o que �� freq��ente em pacientes imunodeprimidos, como aqueles com s��ndrome da imunodefici��ncia adquirida. Este trabalho tem como objetivo relatar o caso de uma paciente adulta que apresentou abscessos cerebrais por Toxoplasma gondii, sem evid��ncia de qualquer fator causador de imunossupress��o.

Perfil soroepidemiol��gico da infec����o pelo v��rus da hepatite B em profissionais das unidades de hemodi��lise de Goi��nia-Goi��s, Brasil Central

Para investigar o perfil da infec����o pelo v��rus da hepatite B (VHB) em profissionais de hemodi��lise (N=152) de Goi��nia, Goi��s, amostras sang����neas foram testadas para detec����o dos marcadores: AgHBs, anti-HBs e anti-HBc. Uma preval��ncia global de 24,3% (IC 95%: 17,8 - 32) foi encontrada. A an��lise multivariada dos fatores de risco mostrou que o tempo de profiss��o, relato de exposi����o ocupacional e o n��o uso de equipamentos de prote����o estiveram significativamente associados �� soropositividade ao VHB. Dos 40 profissionais que apresentaram susceptibilidade a esta infec����o, 20 concordaram em participar do programa de vacina����o e, ap��s a administra����o das tr��s doses da vacina (Euvax-B), 18 (90%) apresentaram soroconvers��o ao anti-HBs com t��tulos > ou = 10UI/L. Estes dados sugerem, o ambiente dial��tico, como poss��vel fonte de transmiss��o ocupacional do VHB e, enfatizam a necessidade de reavalia����o das medidas de controle e preven����o nestas unidades.

Isolation of dengue 2 virus from a patient with central nervous system involvement (transverse myelitis)

A dengue fever case is described in a 58-year-old male patient with febrile illness and thrombocytopenia complicated by neurological involvement characterized by transverse myelitis followed by weakness of both legs and flaccid paralysis. Muscle strength was much diminished and bilateral areflexia was observed. Dengue 2 (DEN-2) virus was isolated and the patient sero-converted by hemagglutination-inhibition and IgM-ELISA tests. The RT-PCR test was positive to DEN-2 in acute phase serum and culture supernatant, but negative in the cerebrospinal fluid. After three weeks of hospitalization the patient was discharged. No other infectious agent was detected in the blood and cerebrospinal fluid samples. The patient had full recovery from paralysis six months after the onset of DEN-2 infection.

Contamina����o ambiental por ovos e larvas de helmintos em fezes de c��es na ��rea central do Balne��rio Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul

Para investigar a presen��a de helmintos, agentes de zoonoses parasit��rias, foram examinadas 237 amostras fecais de c��es, na ��rea central do principal balne��rio do litoral sul do Rio Grande do Sul. As principais contamina����es foram: ovos e larvas do g��nero Ancylostoma (71,3%), ovos de Trichuris (32,5%) e Toxocara (9,3%).

Toxocariasis of the central nervous system: with report of two cases

Clinical involvement of the nervous system in visceral larva migrans due to Toxocara is rare, although in experimental animals the larvae frequently migrate to the brain. A review of the literature from the early 50's to date found 29 cases of brain involvement in toxocariasis. In 20 cases, various clinical and laboratory manifestations of eosinophilic meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis or radiculopathy were reported. We report two children with neurological manifestations, in which there was cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis with marked eosinophilia and a positive serology for Toxocara both in serum and CSF. Serology for Schistosoma mansoni, Cysticercus cellulosae, Toxoplasma and cytomegalovirus were negative in CSF, that was sterile in both cases. Improvement of signs and symptoms after specific treatment (albendazole or thiabendazole) was observed in the two cases. A summary of data described in the 25 cases previously reported is presented and we conclude that in cases of encephalitis and myelitis with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and eosinophilia, parasitic infection of the central nervous system should be suspected and serology should be performed to establish the correct diagnosis and treatment.

Representar a Hist��ria: potencial e limites do document��rio hist��rico na divulga����o do passado

Tese apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necess��rios �� obten����o do grau de Doutor em Hist��ria, especialidade Hist��ria Contempor��nea

M��todos simplificados para o pr��-dimensionamento de pontes suspensas

Disserta����o para obten����o do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil ��� Perfil Estruturas