BRIC - Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China e África do Sul: uma perspectiva

Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul Brasil

Objective: To investigate the association between aggression in the first 24 hours after admission and severity of psychopathology in psychiatric inpatients. Methods: This cross-sectional study included psychiatric patients admitted to Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria, in Santa Maria, southern Brazil, from August 2012 to January 2013. At their arrival at the hospital, patients were intervi...

Produção de frutos e distribuição espacial de angiospermas com frutos zoocóricos em uma Floresta Ombrófila Mista no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

(Fruit production and spatial distribution of animal-dispersed angiosperms in a Mixed Ombrophilous Forest in State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). We investigated, during 14 months, patterns of fruit production of animal dispersed angiosperms in a patch of Mixed Ombrophilous Forest (MOF) in the National Park of Aparados da Serra, State of Rio Grande do Sul, south Brazil. For a total of 570 indiv...

HIV / AIDS in South Africa : an overview HIV / AIDS na África do Sul : um panorama

This paper presents an overview of the development of HIV/AIDS in South Africa, taking into consideration the social context and analyzing the factors most likely to have influenced its spread as well as the societal response to it. The authors argue that macro factors such as social and political structures, in addition to behavioral ones, have combined to shape the course of the epidemic. Sin...

Exclusion and bioethics: a Brazilian perspective Exclusão e bioética: uma perspectiva brasileira

Estudo preliminar do Gabinete Digital do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil): a influência dos fatores institucionais

This paper aims to identify the influence of institutional factors in implementing e-democracy practices at the Digital Cabinet Office of Rio Grande do Sul State. The institutional theory is used as a lent of analysis in this case study. The present document is a research in progress; hereby just a few initial issues were pointed out. However, they show that the researchers must be continue wor...