Sociedade Brasileira de Física – SBF: 50 anos (1966-2016)

The Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia turns 80

A Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia faz 80 anos Practicing medicine is an individual activity, since ethics and professional responsibility are personal. There is no way in which we can share responsibility regarding medical acts, nor can we ascribe ethical responsibility to institutions. On many occasions, situations with consequences that affect physicians but in which their p...

Brazilian guidelines for the management of candidiasis - a joint meeting report of three medical societies: Sociedade Brasileira de Infectologia, Sociedade Paulista de Infectologia and Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical.

Candida infections account for 80% of all fungal infections in the hospital environment, including bloodstream, urinary tract and surgical site infections. Bloodstream infections are now a major challenge for tertiary hospitals worldwide due to their high prevalence and mortality rates. The incidence of candidemia in tertiary public hospitals in Brazil is approximately 2.5 cases per 1000 hospit...

Departamento de Física de Partículas

A brief review of the development of Chern-Simons gauge theory since its relation to knot theory was discovered in 1988 is presented. The presentation is done guided by a dictionary which relates knot theory concepts to quantum field theory ones. From the basic objects in both contexts the quantities leading to knot and link invariants are introduced and analyzed. The quantum field theory appro...

Potenciais Evocados Auditivos Em Indivíduos Acima De 50 Anos De Idade***** Auditory Evoked Potentials in Individuals over 50 Years

Background: auditory evoked potentials. Aim: to describe the results of brainstem auditory evoked potentials (PEATE), middle latency auditory evoked potentials (PEAML) and cognitive potential (P300) in individuals over 50 years. Method: this study was developed at the Speech and Hearing Investigation Laboratory in Auditory Evoked Potentials of the Speech-Language and Hearing Course of the Depar...

Introduction to the IX Meeting of the "Sociedade Brasileira de Biociências Nucleares". Caxambu, MG, Brazil, August 27-30, 2014