Carlos Chagas discovered the disease, which has been named after him (Chagas disease), in 1909. He was indicated to the Nobel Prize in 1912 and in 1921, but never won the Nobel Prize. The non-award of the prize in 1921 strengthened Chagas detractors in Brazil to the point that the disease fallen into oblivion after Chagas’ death in 1934. The socioeconomic importance of this new disease was only...

After the solution of Cousin II problem by K. Oka III in 1939, he thought an extra-zero problem in 1945 (his posthumous paper) asking if it is possible to solve an arbitrarily given Cousin II problem adding some extra-zeros whose support is disjoint from the given one. By the secondly named author, some special case was affirmatively confirmed in dimension two and a counter-example in dimension...

The U.S. faces a widening gap between the need for, and the supply of, transplantable organs. The waiting list for transplants increased 150% in the past decade; last year, about 6,000 people died awaiting a transplant. This need has rekindled debate about the morality and feasibility of using incentives to encourage posthumous organ donation. This Issue Brief explores attitudes of the public a...

Posthumous-assisted reproduction (PAR), though viewed unfavourably by some, is desirable to many individuals whose partners die prior to the completion of family building. PAR is technically feasible for males and females both pre- and post-mortem and these procedures have previously been completed on numerous occasions. However, such treatment is associated with three primary ethical concerns:...

OHS is also known as Pickwickian syndrome, named for a character—a “fat boy” who is constantly falling asleep—in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Charles Dickens. Salient features of OHS are: Obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m • 2) Sleep-disordered breathing (most patients with • OHS are morbidly obese and have severe obstructive sleep apnea1) Chronic daytime alveolar hypoventilati...

This contribution examines the latest novel by Carlo Sgorlon, completed on June 24, 2008, but published posthumously, ten years after author’s death: L’isola di Brendano ( Brendano’s Island). The book introduces character types dear to Italian writer: Mac Finnegan, a hard-working and creative architect of Irish origin, who comes from abroad Vallorsaria, an imaginary town in Alps, where he falls...

Abstract This article explores Machado de Assis's and Laurence Sterne's recourse to humour wit as a critical weapon satirise society, while pointing out the differences of tone mood in both novelists. Sterne belong long tradition humourists whose 'acts aggression' intend shed light on absurdity incongruity human behaviour folly.