Can siesta survive in XXI century?

Can universities survive the 21st century

Universities worldwide are facing a number of contradictory and competing pressures that range from under-funding to the very nature of universities and their roles in society. Pressures of the information explosion, the democratization of information through access to the Internet, and the advent of the knowledge-based economies have changed the educational landscape and universities are under...

Can the generalist survive the 21st century?

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...

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, ...

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...