Freedom in the margins: experiences from Brazil

This paper presents a conversation between Lucia Gayotto and Marcio Meirelles curated by Pedro de Senna. In it, Gayotto and Meirelles discuss their experiences, respectively, at the Escola Livre de Teatro de Santo André and the Universidade Livre do Teatro Vila Velha, both theatre schools operating at the margins of the official Brazilian educational establishment and making use of overtly Freirean pedagogical models

Tratamento da esquitossomose mansoni pela oxamniquine em dose única, pela via oral

A oxamniquine em cápsulas foi usada no tratamento de 132 doentes com esquistossomose mansoni crônica, sendo 129 com a forma hepato-intestinal e 3 com a forma hepato-esplênica. A dose foi de 10 mg por quilo de peso corporal em 34 pacientes, 12.5 mg em 35 e 15 mg em 63. A tolerância foi excelente em 43,2% dos tratados, boa em 48,5% e satisfatória em 8,3%. As queixas mais freqüentes foram tonturas e sonolência, que aparecem logo após a ingestão da droga e são fugazes. Os exames de laboratório mostraram em um ou outro paciente somente discreta retenção de bromosulfaleina, aumento de transaminase e da bilirrubina, insuficientes para caracterizar uma hepatoxicidade evidente. O seguimento dos pacientes se prolongou por mais de quatro meses e constou de pelo menos cinco exames de fezes pelo método de sedimentação. Todos os exames foram negativos em 20 (66,66%) pacientes que tomaram 10 mg, em 13 (56,52%) que tomaram 12.5 mg e em 41 (89,13%) que tomaram 15 mg. Excluindo-se os menores de 16 anos subiu a 95% a negatividade entre os que foram tratados com 15 mg.Oxamniquine in capsules was used in the treatment of 132 patients with chronic Schistosoma mansoni infections. 129 having the hepato intestinal form and 3 the hepato splenic form. The dose was 10mg per kiio body weight in 34 patients, 12.5mg in 35 and 15mg ip 63. The tolerance was excellent in 43.2% of those treated, good in 48.5% and satisfactory in 8.3%. The most frequent complaints were dizziness and somnolence which appear soon after ingestion and was transitory. Laboratory investigations showed in a few patients bromosutphalein retention, raised transaminases or biiirubin but insufficient to constitute hepatoxicity. The follow-up of the patients continued for more than 4 months and consisted of five or more examinations by a sedimentation method. AH the examinations were negative in 20 (66.66%) patients who took lOmg, in 13 (56.52%) who took 12.5mg and in 41 (89.13%) who took 15mg. Excluding children of iess than 16 years the cure rate rises to 95% among patients treated with 15mg

Orientalizing Artifacts from Fraga dos Corvos Rock Shelter in North Portugal

An unusual set of metallic artifacts with orientalizing character, attributed to a late period of the Late Bronze Age (LBA), was found in a shelter in Northern Portugal. Conventional and micro-energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyses have been performed to determine the metal composition. The microstructures of some artifacts have also been studied under optical and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The results show that most of the items are made of a copper–tin alloy with low lead content and show a recrystallized grained microstructure.Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologi

Prevalence of severe asthma according to the drug regulatory agency perspective: An Italian experience

Severe asthma prevalenc

Tipos polinicos presentes no corpo de abelhas em assentamentos agrosilvipastoris do Município de Parauapebas e Nova Ipixuna, Pará.

Organizado por Daiana Rockenbach Boardman