CHECKLIST DA FLORA DE MIRANDIBA, PERNAMBUCO: LEGUMINOSAE

Aplicação de um Checklist de Pré-Teste

The use of checklists is considered a best practice in software industry. An experiment was developed by a software organization to evaluate the impact of using a checklist to inspect and perform basic testing of software. This article presents the methodology and the results achieved.

The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis

A checklist of the flora of Chad has been compiled by the authors, based on literature, on-line data-bases, herbarium collections and land surveys (1998-2011). It counts 2,460 records, i.e. 2,288 species (including 128 autonyms), 83 subspecies, 81 varieties, 8 forms, while all the previous available information reported 1,600 species. They belong to 151 Families, with 48.7% of the taxa belongin...

Tubal ligation regret and related risk factors: fi ndings from a case-control study in Pernambuco State, Brazil Fatores de risco para o arrependimento da laqueadura tubária: resultados de um estudo de caso-controle em Pernambuco, Brasil

A case-control study was carried out at a public teaching hospital in Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil in 1997 to investigate risk factors among women who feel regret after undergoing sterilization through tubal ligation. The study compared sterilized women who had requested or undergone a tubal reversal with women who were also sterilized but had not undergone this surgery, nor had requested t...

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Tratamento Da Doença De Alzheimer

The present recommendations and suggestions on “Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease” were elaborated by a work group constituted by participants of the IV Meeting of Researchers on Alzheimer’s D isease and Related Disorders, sponsored by the Scientific Department of Cognitive Neurology and Aging of the Brazilian Academy of Neuro l o g y. They comprise topics on pharmacological and non-pharm a c o ...