De norte a sul, as áreas dialetais do Brasil

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...

Characterization of Enzymatic profiles of Aedes aegypti strains from the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Caracterização de perfis enzimáticos de cepas do Aedes aegypti do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil

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...

Uma análise do método ágil Scrum conforme abordagem nas áreas de processo Gerenciamento e Desenvolvimento de Requisitos do CMMI

In this article we analize the agile method Scrum in relation to the process areas Requirements Management and Requirements Development of the CMMI model. The results obtained from this analysis indicate that Scrum does not meet all the required practices present in such process areas. We point out what is missing in Scrum to fully comply with these areas and propose solutions for it. Resumo: E...

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...