Brazilian Computer Society (SBC) promoted the workshop, with support from CAPES and FAPESP. It was attended by 26 Brazilian computer scientists, co-authors of this report, and four invited researchers. The computer scientists were selected by the workshop´s steering committee, based on an analysis of 47 short position papers on grand challenges, submitted from all over Brazil. Selection criteri...

Through the Life Cycle of Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (ETTI/SBA) the Brazilian Society of Anesthesiology, together with the Department of Cardiovascular Image of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (DIC/SBC), createded a task force to standardize the use of intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography by Brazilian anesthesiologists and echocardiographers based on scientif...

The insertion of the Brazilian Amazon region into the Brazilian and global economies is one of the challenges faced by the Brazilian economy. Accounting for 60% of the Brazilian territory, the region will play a key role in shaping the future growth and development of the Brazilian economy in the next decades. Energy availability has been the region’s main economic bottleneck. The energy divide...

Fruit fly sexual behaviour is directly influenced by chemical and non-chemical cues that play important roles in reproductive isolation. The chemical profiles of pheromones and cuticular hydrocarbons (CHs) of eight fruit fly populations of the Andean, Brazilian-1 and Brazilian-3 morphotypes of the Anastrepha fraterculus cryptic species complex originating from Colombia (four populations) and Br...

OBJECTIVE A randomized clinical trial is a prospective study that compares the effect and value of interventions in human beings, of one or more groups vs. a control group. The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of published randomized clinical trials in Intensive care in Brazil. METHODS All randomized clinical trials in intensive care found by manual search in Revista Brasil...

Eight Holstein steers (439 kg) with "T" cannulas in the rumen and proximal duodenum were used to evaluate the characteristics of digestion of Pima cottonseed. Treatments consisted of a basal growing-finishing diet containing (DM basis) 1) 15% tapioca, 2) 15% whole linted cottonseed (Delta Pine 61, DP); 3) 15% whole lint-free cottonseed (Pima, PW), and 4) 15% ground Pima cottonseed (PG). Substit...

A survey of neurological abnormalities in two Nigerian villages preselected for their differing consumption of cassava has shown that a degenerative neuropathy occurs with relatively high frequency in the village (Ososa) where cassava consumption was high.It is suggested that eating cassava results in exposure to cyanide, as shown by a raised plasma thiocyanate level, and that the latter, toget...

In 2003, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV) was discovered as parasitizing Acanthamoeba. It was revealed to exhibit remarkable features, especially odd genomic characteristics, and founded viral family Mimiviridae. Subsequently, a second family of giant amoebal viruses was described, Marseilleviridae, whose prototype member is Marseillevirus, discovered in 2009. Currently, the genomes of s...

The last issue emphasized the changes taking place in the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (RBHH) and discussed the reasons that the Associação Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia (ABHH) and her two sister societies decided to internationalize the journal.(1-3) It was pointed out that one of the primary reasons for this was the new Qualis classification by the Brazilian furth...

Hortic. bras., v. 20, n. 3, set. 2002. C demand for fresh-cut products has grown rapidly during the past few years. The foodservice industry has strived to prepare, handle and deliver a fresh, healthy and convenient product to the consumer. Processing freshcut produce involves steps such as cleaning, washing, trimming, coring, slicing, shredding, and other related operations (Cantwell, 2000). T...