Sobre as interpretações tradicionais da lógica política da política econômica na primeira república

O objetivo deste ensaio é deliberadamente polêmico. Sua intenção é reavaliar criticamente as interpretações existentes a respeito das motivações econômicas e da racionalidade política do uso dos instrumentos de política macroeconômica à disposição do governo federal durante a República Velha, à luz dos resultados de um trabalho mais longo e exaustivo sobre o assunto, realizado pelo autor

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Bibliografia: p. 40-41Equipe técnica: Yolanda Maria Melo Ramalho, Chefe do Departamento de Estratégias de Desenvolvimento (DEESD); Consultores: Paulo Fleury, COPPEAD/UFRJ, Regis Bonelli e Winston Fritsch, Departamento de Economia/PUC-RJ; Grupo de Trabalho: Marcia Welmowicki, Coordenadora AP/DEESD, Clarissa de Araújo Lins, PNUD, Eliane Lustosa Thompsom-Flôres, PNUD, Sônia Lebre Café, AP/DEESD, Maurício B. Magalhães, estagiário - AP/DEES

Pain neuroimaging in humans: a primer for beginners and non-imagers

The field of human pain neuroimaging has exploded in the last two decades. During this time, the broader neuroimaging community has continued to investigate and refine methods. Another key to progress is exchange with clinicians and pain scientists working with other model systems and approaches. These collaborative efforts require that non-imagers be able to evaluate and assess the evidence provided in these papers. Likewise, new trainees must design rigorous and reliable pain imaging experiments. Here, we provide a guideline for designing, reading, evaluating, analyzing, and reporting results of a pain neuroimaging experiment, with a focus on functional and structural MRI. We focus in particular on considerations that are unique to neuroimaging studies of pain in humans, including study design and analysis, inferences that can be drawn from these studies, and the strengths and limitations of the approach. This article provides an overview of the concepts and considerations of structural and functional MRI neuroimaging studies. The primer is written for those who are not familiar with brain imaging. We review key concepts related to recruitment and study sample, experimental design, data analysis and data interpretation. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier Inc.