CINZAS DE MÁSCARA: Incompletude de uma viagem poética

Leitura do poema surrealista “Les cendres masquées / Pour un cycle incomplet du voyage”, da Anthologie Secrete de Davertige, no qual o poeta haitiano desce a territórios da incomunicabilidade, com liberação do inconsciente. Arauto da “alma aberta”, desgarrada dos limites da bimaginação e voltada para o infinito, o texto poético anuncia a unidade indivisível dos seres vivos e brutos, proclama a força da Beleza, do amor e da morte, indicia o disfarce e a dissimulação da vida e zomba, com sarcasmo, dos homens e de seus atos ignóbeis. Sem renunciar à confiança que, apesar de tudo, deposita na humanidade.Palavras-chave: Lírica. Surrealismo. Literatura haitianaResumenLa lectura del poema surrealista “Les cendres masquées / Pour un cycle incomplet du voyage”, da Anthologie Secrete de Davertige, en el cual El poeta haitiano desciende a territorios de incomunicacion, con liberacion del inconsciente. Arauto del “alma abierta”, desgarrada de los limites de la imaginacion y vuelta para el infinito, el texto poético anuncia La unidad indivisíble de los seres vivos y brutos, proclama la fuerza de la Belleza, del amor y de la muerte, denuncia el disfarce y la simulacion de la vida y ridiculiza con sarcasmo, de los hombres y sus actos innobles. Sin renunciar a la confianza que, a pesar de todo, deposita en la humanidad.Palabras claves: Lírica. Surrealismo. Literatura haitianaAbstractThe reading of the surrealistic poem “Les cendres masquées / Pour un cycle incomplet du voyage”, from the Anthologie Secrete of Davertige, in which the Haitian poet goes down to the territories of the uncommunicability, with liberation of the unconscious. Poet of the ”open soul”, stray from the imagination boundries and concerned with the infinite, the poetic text announces the indivisible unity of living and brutish beings, proclaims the power of Beauty, love and death,indicates the disguise and the dissimulation of life and makes mockery, with sarcasm, of men and their ignoble acts, without renouncing the trust wihc, even though, he puts in humanity.Keywords: Líric. Surrealism. Haitian literatur

O Canis familiaris: sua denominação em francês e português

Estudar-se como uma denominação, em francês e em português, espécie zoológica primeiramente domesticada pelo homem, cão. Prestam-se informações extralinguísticas acerca do animal e destaca-se a questão dos estudos linguísticos, naqueles concernentes são analisados do ponto de vista de sua constituição histórica, sincrônica, na rede paradigmática e sintagmática de significações em que se inserem

A BÉLGICA EM FOCO

Objetivando fornecer dados para uma maior compreensãoda Bélgica, país em que se instituiu há alguns anos o federalismo, quepermite a cada grupo cultural afirmar sua identidade e cuidar de seusinteresses públicos, analisam-se três livros: Les racines de la Belgique,de Jean Stengers (2000), Belgique requiem, de René Swennen (1999) eAlbert et Élisabeth de Belgique, da princesa Marie José (2000, novaedição)

CINZAS DE MÁSCARA: Incompletude de uma viagem poética

Leitura do poema surrealista “Les cendres masquées / Pour un cycle incomplet du voyage”, da Anthologie Secrete de Davertige, no qual o poeta haitiano desce a territórios da incomunicabilidade, com liberação do inconsciente. Arauto da “alma aberta”, desgarrada dos limites da bimaginação e voltada para o infinito, o texto poético anuncia a unidade indivisível dos seres vivos e brutos, proclama a força da Beleza, do amor e da morte, indicia o disfarce e a dissimulação da vida e zomba, com sarcasmo, dos homens e de seus atos ignóbeis. Sem renunciar à confiança que, apesar de tudo, deposita na humanidade. Palavras-chave: Lírica. Surrealismo. Literatura haitiana Resumen La lectura del poema surrealista “Les cendres masquées / Pour un cycle incomplet du voyage”, da Anthologie Secrete de Davertige, en el cual El poeta haitiano desciende a territorios de incomunicacion, con liberacion del inconsciente. Arauto del “alma abierta”, desgarrada de los limites de la imaginacion y vuelta para el infinito, el texto poético anuncia La unidad indivisíble de los seres vivos y brutos, proclama la fuerza de la Belleza, del amor y de la muerte, denuncia el disfarce y la simulacion de la vida y ridiculiza con sarcasmo, de los hombres y sus actos innobles. Sin renunciar a la confianza que, a pesar de todo, deposita en la humanidad. Palabras claves: Lírica. Surrealismo. Literatura haitiana Abstract The reading of the surrealistic poem “Les cendres masquées / Pour un cycle incomplet du voyage”, from the Anthologie Secrete of Davertige, in which the Haitian poet goes down to the territories of the uncommunicability, with liberation of the unconscious. Poet of the ”open soul”, stray from the imagination boundries and concerned with the infinite, the poetic text announces the indivisible unity of living and brutish beings, proclaims the power of Beauty, love and death,indicates the disguise and the dissimulation of life and makes mockery, with sarcasm, of men and their ignoble acts, without renouncing the trust wihc, even though, he puts in humanity. Keywords: Líric. Surrealism. Haitian literatur

Primary growth hormone insensitivity (Laron syndrome) and acquired hypothyroidism: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>Primary growth hormone resistance or growth hormone insensitivity syndrome, also known as Laron syndrome, is a hereditary disease caused by deletions or different types of mutations in the growth hormone receptor gene or by post-receptor defects. This disorder is characterized by a clinical appearance of severe growth hormone deficiency with high levels of circulating growth hormone in contrast to low serum insulin-like growth factor 1 values.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We report the case of a 15-year-old Caucasian girl who was diagnosed with Silver-Russell syndrome at the age of four and a half years. Recombinant growth hormone was administered for 18 months without an appropriate increase in growth velocity. At the age of seven years, her serum growth hormone levels were high, and an insulin-like growth factor 1 generation test did not increase insulin-like growth factor 1 levels (baseline insulin-like growth factor 1 levels, 52 μg/L; reference range, 75 μg/L to 365 μg/L; and peak, 76 μg/L and 50 μg/L after 12 and 84 hours, respectively, from baseline). The genetic analysis showed that the patient was homozygous for the R217X mutation in the growth hormone receptor gene, which is characteristic of Laron syndrome. On the basis of these results, the diagnosis of primary growth hormone insensitivity syndrome was made, and recombinant insulin-like growth factor 1 therapy was initiated. The patient's treatment was well tolerated, but unexplained central hypothyroidism occurred at the age of 12.9 years. At the age of 15 years, when the patient's sexual development was almost completed and her menstrual cycle occurred irregularly, her height was 129.8 cm, which is 4.71 standard deviations below the median for normal girls her age.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The most important functional tests for the diagnosis of growth hormone insensitivity are the insulin-like growth factor 1 generation test and genetic analysis. Currently, the only effective treatment is daily administration of recombinant insulin-like growth factor 1 starting from early childhood. However, these patients show a dramatically impaired final height. In our case, unexplained central hypothyroidism occurred during treatment.</p

Spread pattern of the first dengue epidemic in the city of Salvador, Brazil

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The explosive epidemics of dengue that have been occurring in various countries have stimulated investigation into new approaches to improve understanding of the problem and to develop new strategies for controlling the disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of diffusion of the first dengue epidemic that occurred in the city of Salvador in 1995.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The epidemiological charts and records of notified cases of dengue in Salvador in 1995 constituted the source of data. The cases of the disease were georeferenced according to census areas (spatial units) and epidemiological weeks (temporal unit). Kernel density estimation was used to identify the pattern of spatial diffusion using the R-Project computer software program.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Of the 2,006 census areas in the city, 1,400 (70%) registered cases of dengue in 1995 and the spatial distribution of these records revealed that by the end of 1995 practically the entire city had been affected by the virus, with the largest concentration of cases occurring in the western region, composed of census areas with a high population density and predominantly horizontal residences compared to the eastern region of the city, where there is a predominance of vertical residential buildings.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The pattern found in this study shows the characteristics of the classic process of spreading by contagion that is common to most infectious diseases. It was possible to identify the epicenter of the epidemic from which centrifugal waves of the disease emanated. Our results suggest that, if a more agile control instrument existed that would be capable of rapidly reducing the vector population within a few days or of raising the group immunity of the population by means of a vaccine, it would theoretically be possible to adopt control actions around the epicenter of the epidemic and consequently reduce the incidence of the disease in the city. This finding emphasizes the need for further research to improve the technology available for the prevention of this disease.</p

Circulating FGF21 Levels Are Progressively Increased from the Early to End Stages of Chronic Kidney Diseases and Are Associated with Renal Function in Chinese

Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) is a hepatic hormone involved in the regulation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism. This study aims to test the hypothesis that elevated FGF21 concentrations are associated with the change of renal function and the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in the different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression.0.05).Plasma FGF21 levels are significantly increased with the development of early- to end-stage CKD and are independently associated with renal function and adverse lipid profiles in Chinese population. Understanding whether increased FGF21 is associated with myocardial hypertrophy in CKD requires further study