A sustentabilidade do desenvolvimento 20 anos após a cúpula da terra: avanços, brechas e diretrizes estratégicas para a América Latina e o Caribe. Síntese

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Uma reflexão a meio caminho: dois anos de conversibilidade

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Investimento e reformas no Brasil: industria e infra-estructura nos anos 1990

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Cinqüenta anos de pensamento na CEPAL

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Cinqüenta anos de pensamento na CEPAL: uma resenha

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Transformação produtiva com eqüidade: a tarefa prioritária do desenvolvimento da América Latina e do Caribe nos anos 1990

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Azul de metileno no tratamento da síndrome vasoplégica em cirurgia cardíaca. quinze anos de perguntas, respostas, dúvidas e certezas

Objective: There is strong evidence that methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, is an excellent therapeutic option for vasoplegic syndrome (VS) treatment in heart surgery. The aim of this article is to review the MB's therapeutic function in the vasoplegic syndrome treatment. Methods: Fifteen years of literature review. Results: 1) Heparin and ACE inhibitors are risk factors; 2) In the recommended doses it is safe (the lethal dose is 40 mg/ kg); 3) The use of MB does not cause endothelial dysfunction; 4) The MB effect appears in cases of nitric oxide (NO) up-regulation; 5) MB is not a vasoconstrictor, by blocking of the GMPc system it releases the AMPc system, facilitating the norepinephrine vasoconstrictor effect; 6) The most used dosage is 2 mg/kg as IV bolus followed by the same continuous infusion because plasmatic concentrations strongly decays in the first 40 minutes; 7) There is a possible window of opportunity for the MB's effectiveness. Conclusions: Although there are no definitive multicentric studies, the MB used to treat heart surgery VS, at the present time, is the best, safest and cheapest option, being a Brazilian contribution for the heart surgery.

Servicios a pequeños productores agrícolas: financiamiento y crédito

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Mercados de tierras agrícolas en América Latina y el Caribe: una realidad incompleta

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Influência do sistema de preparo e manejo de um latossolo vermelho nas suas propriedades físico-hídricas

The intensive use of the land for agricultural propose causes a series of modifications in attributes, which can take to soil degradation. In this context, the main goal of this research was to evaluate the influence of the soil tillage systems and management on its physical and hydric characteristics. The evaluations were carried out in July of 1999, at experimental plots of a Latossolo vermelho, a clay oxisoil, in the Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola of the UNICAMP, at the county of Campinas, state of São Paulo. These plots were managed with the following treatments, along a period of eight years: no-tillage, chisel ploughing, conventional system with disk ploughing and revolving hoe. The evaluated physical and hydric parameters of the soil were: soil bulk density, particle density, total porosity, macro-porosity, micro-porosity, soil-water retention curve, hydraulic conductivity and basic infiltration. Significant differences were observed between the treatments on soil bulk density, infiltration, total porosity, macro-porosity and the micro-porosity. The chisel ploughing and no-tillage systems presented the higher values of soil bulk density; nevertheless in these conservationist systems were observed the higher values of basic infiltration.

Espaços ibero-americanos: comércio e investimento

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A transformaçao produtiva após 20 anos: velhos problemas, novas oportunidades. Síntese

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El monitoreo de los resultados de políticas agrícolas y rurales

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Incentivos agrícolas, crecimiento y pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe

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Incentivos agrícolas, crecimiento y pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe: evidencia de corte transversal para el período 1960-2005. ¿La liberalización comercial incrementó los ingresos de los más pobres?

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