Cartas de Alforria em Rio Grande (1874-9/1884-9)

Use of contraceptive methods by sexually active teenagers in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil Uso de métodos anticoncepcionais em adolescentes sexualmente ativos de 15 a 18 anos em Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

This study aimed to assess the prevalence of contraceptive use by adolescents. A cross-sectional study was performed from March to September 2002 in a representative sample of adolescents 15 to 18 years of age in the urban area of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Multiple-stage sampling was used, and in the 448 census tracts located in the urban area, 90 were sampled and households wer...

TOXIN DETECTION IN Pasteurella multocida STRAINS ISOLATED FROM SWINE LUNGS IN THE STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL DETECÇÃO DA PRODUÇÃO DE TOXINA EM AMOSTRAS DE Pasteurella multocida ISOLADAS DE PULMÕES DE SUÍNOS NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Toxin production and the presence of the toxA gene was assayed in 24 Pasteurella multocida strains isolated from pigs with pneumonia and pleuritis in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Toxigenicity was assessed through a mouse lethality test and a PCR amplification assay was used to obtain a 300 bp product from the toxA gene. In order to demonstrate that the amplified product corresponded ...

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...

Rio Grande Gummosis

Young Valencia orange trees were grown for three years in large outdoor sand cultures on complete nutrient solu tions that varied differentially only in the amount of boron. Three rates of boron were applied to single-tree plots. The plots were replicated four times. No difference in tree size resulted from the differential treatments. Rather large differences in the boron content of the leaves...

Rio Grande do Norte