Suggests that we are reaching a crisis in the Western worldview where abstract thinking has lost touch with nature as untrammelled growth leads to chaos
in the money markets, global warming
and violence. The purely rational
worldview which began with…

AbstractObjectiveThe last two decades have seen major advancements in our understanding of some of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in the field of child neurology. However, in the majority of individual patients, it is still not possible to arrive at…

AbstractObjectiveFebrile convulsions (FC) are the most common convulsive events in childhood, occurring in 2-5% of children. About one third of these children will have  a recurrence during a subsequent febrile infection. This sudden neurologic problem is extremely frightening and emotionally…

 AbstractObjectiveDevelopment is a complex process, completed over a specific period of time, through the maturation of the nervous system. It is affected by genetic, ethnic, nutritional, social, and economic factors; one of the environmental factors affecting the acquisition of motor…

AbstractObjectiveAutosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is, after cystic fibrosis, the second most common fatal monogenic disorder and the second most common hereditary neuromuscular disease after duchenne dystrophy. The disease is characterized by degeneration of anterior horn cells leading to…

PURPOSE. Iododeoxyuridine (IUdR) has a very short in vivo half-life and consequently achieves low target-tissue concentrations with concomitant lower efficacy than would be predicted from in vitro studies. This work reports the preparation of IUdR:?-cyclodextrin (?-CyD) inclusion complexes designed to…

The study examines how Wikipedians are citing the open access and peer-reviewed Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) to strengthen and enrich English language Wikipedia articles both within and outside of traditional philosophy topics. A high proportion of SEP’s entries are…

In November, 1942, the CBC broadcast a programme entitled "Canadian Unity and Quebec" across the national network. Set during the divisive background of the Conscription Crisis, this programme was a discussion between three Montrealers - John Humphrey, Hugh Macknnan, and…

O problema da resistência em nematódeos gastrintestinais de caprinos, associado ao crescente interesse por alternativas de controle, levou à investigação da ação de Azadirachta indica sobre estes parasitas. No teste in vitro observou-se a ação ovicida e larvicida de extratos…

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar o efeito fungitóxico de extratos vegetais sobre o crescimento micelial e a germinação de esporos de Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Os extratos foram obtidos a partir de plantas secas e moídas, utilizando-se água e etanol…