OBJECTIVE To understand the meaning assigned to ethical thought that should guide Brazilian bioethicists regarding the equity of a Health System. METHODS Between July 2007 and July 2008, 20 bioethicists, directors and former directors of the 'Sociedade Brasileira de Bioética' (Bioethics Brazilian Society) and their regional administrations were interviewed. RESULTS Discourse analysis led to...

Cassava is regarded as the nutritional base of populations in developing countries, and flour, product made of cassava, is the most consumed in the world. The cassava leaves are very rich in vegetable proteins, but a big amount is lost in processing the crop. The objective of this study was to do a sensory evaluation of cassava flour to which a protein concentrate obtained from cassava leaves (...

Cite this article: Lucchetti G, Granero Lucchetti AL (2014) Spirituality, Religiosity and Substance use: Evidence and Proposed Mechanisms. J Subst Abuse Alcohol 2(2): 1016. *Corresponding author Giancarlo Lucchetti, Federal University of Juiz de Fora and Brazilian Medical Spiritist Association, Avenue Eugenio do Nascimento s/n o, Don Bosco neighborhood Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Tel: 55 32 21023845;...

Introduction As a new emerging field, Altmetrics has become a trendsetter, and received a good deal of attention by researchers involved in the evaluation of scientific research. Moreover, it has led to a notable growth in the related academic literature. The international landscape has displayed an exponential growth in the field of scholarly publishing with several studies exploring altmetric...

South America is responsible for about half of the cassava world production. In the 1970's productivity of the crop on the continent was about 15 ton/ha, and dropped continuously until reaching 12 ton/ha in 2004. India's productivity of cassava increased from 10 ton/ha in the 1970's to 28 ton/ha in 2004. Brazil contributed significantly to improving cassava crops through the Instituto Agronômic...

The genus Amazophrynella, as currently recognized (Fouquet et al. 2012a, b), is represented by four nominal species (Frost 2014; Rojas et al. 2014) but the tadpoles of only one species, Amazophrynella minuta (Melin) from Ecuador, have been described (Duellman & Lynch 1969; Duellman 1978). Amazophrynella manaos Rojas, Carvalho, Gordo, Ávila, Farias and Hrbek, 2014 occurs in the leaf litter of te...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In this longitudinal study, we aimed to describe time trends of physical activity (PA) in different domains from 2010 to 2014 among users of the Brazilian National Health System, taking into account the effects of sex, age and economic status (ES). DESIGN AND SETTING: Longitudinal study conducted in five primary care units in Bauru (SP), Brazil. METHODS: The sample wa...