Apitherapy among XXI Century Consumers ‒ Preliminary Studies

A XXI-century alternative to XX-century peer review

The paper starts with a brief review of some criticisms of the Peer Review system – labelled ex-ante topdown PR system – for the evaluation of academic works. The critiques are grouped into efficiency and effectiveness criteria. It then goes on to analyse the roles of Peer Review and how good the system is at fulfilling those roles. The paper then proposes an alternative system for evaluation o...

Myocardial revascularization in the XXI century.

Artigo recebido em 24 de setembro de 2012 Artigo aprovado em 1 de outubro de 2012 Descritores: Revascularização miocárdica. Ponte de artéria coronária. Procedimentos Cirúrgicos cardíacos/História. História. Descriptors: Myocardial revascularization. Coronary artery bypass. Cardiac Surgical Procedures/History. History. Sempre preocupada com o resgate histórico da cirurgia cardiovascular, a Revis...

A new neuropsychology for the XXI century.

Regardless of the significant interest in comparing neuropsychological syndromes across cultures, little interest is observed in comparing these syndromes across time. Most of the neuropsychological syndromes were described during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century (e.g., aphasia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, etc.). However, living conditions have so dramatically changed during the...

Gold Liquid Crystals in the XXI Century

Since the first gold liquid crystal was described in 1986, much effort has been done to prepare new compounds bearing this property. The review deals with the last results obtained in this new century. Gold(I) has a strong affinity to give linear co-ordination and metal-metal interactions, which produce a rich supramolecular chemistry, and can promote the behavior as liquid crystal. Therefore, ...

Cost-effectiveness studies, a necessary tool in clinical nutrition in the XXI century