EPT NO BRASIL: HISTÓRICO, PANORAMA E PERSPECTIVAS

Challenges and perspectives for the promotion of adequate and healthy food in Brazil Desafios e perspectivas para a promoção da alimentação adequada e saudável no Brasil Desafíos y perspectivas para la promoción de una alimentación adecuada y saludable en Brasil

Healthy foods are becoming more and more important in the agenda of public policies; today, their promotion is included in a number of national policies and programs. On the other hand, the eating habits of Brazilians are far from what would be desirable over the different stages of life course and in all social and economic strata, and have worsened in the last decades. In addition, the increa...

Tegumentary and Visceral Leishmaniases in Brazil - Emerging Anthropozoonosis and Possibilities for Their Control1,2 Leishmanioses Tegumentar e Visceral no Brasil - Antropozoonoses Emergentes e Perspectivas de Controle

The existence of a number of different species of Leishmania, the persistent increase in the infection rate of diseases caused by this parasite (tegumentary and visceral forms), the different epidemiological situations found in regions of both recent and older colonization, and the trend towards urbanization have led to the adoption of different strategies to control leishmaniases in Brazil. Th...

Diferenciação Intersetorial Na Interação Entre Empresas E Universidades No Brasil

This short paper presents results based on special tabulations prepared by IBGE, using data from Pintec in order to focus on the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry. The basic hypothesis states that the relevance of universities as a source of information to the firms’ innovation activities is greater when firms are engaged in R&D activities (both internal and e...

Ficcao cientifica, fantasia e horror no Brasil 1875-1950 (review)

Tecnologias e redes informacionais e suas implicações sobre a força de trabalho no Brasil

The use of information technology networks and its impact on the labor force by means of continued education at a distance is but a few of the most appropriate ways of carrying out an analysis and identification – all assisted by theoretical construct – of the changes that are now taking place in our so called information/knowledge society. It has been, therefore, the main purpose of this work ...