The authors present a proposal of a partnership between the Sociedade Brasileira de Oncologia Pediátrica (SOBOPE) and the International Society of Pediatric Oncology (SIOP) to promote the standardization and improvement of nutritional care of kids under cancer treatment in Brazil. The results of the first meeting in Brazil as well as plans for future meetings are described.

Scientific production in the field of Psychiatry is growing exponentially, as reflected by the number of scientific journals now available. Current strategies to objectively estimate the quality of a specific publication are mostly based on indexation and citation criteria. The concept of impact factor, a measure of the frequency with which an article has been cited in a particular period, is k...

Stomeo, Francesco; Rispoli, Vittorio; Sensi, Mariachiara; Pastore, Antonio; Malagutti, Nicola; Pelucchi, Stefano Subtotal arytenoidectomy for the treatment of laryngeal stridor in multiple system atrophy: phonatory and swallowing results Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, vol. 82, núm. 1, enero-febrero, 2016, pp. 116120 Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Fac...

167 In issue number 1 of the Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia where the year 2010 is printed at the foot of the page, it should read 2011. In the memorial lecture of Pedro Clóvis Junqueira the date should read 2010. On page 4, it should read DOI: 10.5581/1516-8484.20110004 On page 35, it should read DOI: 105581/1516-8484.20110012 The citation of the articles should follow that of...

This is an observational cross-sectional survey which included 707 individuals from a south Brazilian city (Joaçaba, in Santa Catarina State) aiming to know the alcohol user prevalence as well as the profile of the user. The results showed that 45.5% (322) of that population consume alcohol on regular basis and had used it at least once in the last month. The regular alcohol consumption occurs ...

Angelo Maiolino, Belinda Pinto Simões , Claudio Galvão de Castro Junior , Dimas Tadeu Covas, Gustavo dos Santos Fernandes, Nelson Hamerschlak , Teresa Cristina Cardoso Fonseca , Vergilio Colturato c a Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular (ABHH), Comitê de Mieloma Múltiplo, Brazil b International Myeloma Foundation-Latin America (IMF), Brazil c Sociedade Brasileira...

I(It? This?) presents the general characteristics of the Revista Brasileira de História da Medicina, which contributed for the emergence of the field of medicine history in Brazil by inciting bibliographic production on the subject. The purpose of our analysis is to foster research on the history of medicine and of the sciences. From the description of the editorial aspects of the journal one c...

1 Specialist by the Associação Brasileira de Doutor em Ciências, Medical School of the Universidade de Sao Paulo (FMUSP). Clinical supervisor of the Otorrinolaringologia Unit of the Hospital das Clínicas, FMUSP. 2 Otorhinolaryngology and Cervicofacial Surgery. Title of Sleep Medicine, Associação Brasileira de Sono. Doctoral student in Otorhinolaryngology, Faculdade de Medicina (Medical School),...

Background: Considering the importance of Executive Functions to clinical and nonclinical situations, Barkley proposed a new theory of executive functioning based on an evolutionary neuropsychological perspective and clinical research using large samples of clinical and community identified adults and children as well as children with ADHD followed to adulthood. Objective: The present study aim...

dead yeast cells are an abundant residue of the brazilian ethanol industry and the industries still don’t have a proper or desirable destiny for all these cells, which means tons of vitamins and proteins that have not a major end. in the other hand, heavy metal residues are a problem, especially for leather industry, where brazil is also a great producer. in this work, dead yeast cells were us...