University Of Minas Gerais Research Articles

Persistent Sydenham’s Chorea

Patients with Sydenham’s chorea (SC) seen at the Movement Disorders Clinic of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1993-1998, were followed prospectively to determine the proportion with persistent symptoms more than 2 years (Group 2, N=16), and clinical features that might differentiate patients with duration less than 2 years (Group 1, N=16).

Survival analysis for cystic fibrosis in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

A survival analysis was carried out on cystic fibrosis (CF) patients diagnosed and followed at the General Hospital, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The study cohort consisted of 111 children, admitted to the Pediatric Pulmonology Section from 1 June 1970 to 31 December 1994. The survival curve and table, constructed by the Kaplan-Meier (product limit) method, show a mean survival age of 12.6 years. This life expectancy resembles the median survival age observed in developed countries by 1970. This study shows that problems relating to health system organization and unfavourable social and economic conditions in developing countries may directly affect the ultimate survival of CF patients.

Guest Comment

RETURN TO ISSUEPREVEditorialNEXTGuest CommentShould chemistry ignore SI units?A. G. GUY and B. CIMBERLISLView Author Information Materials Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville School of Engineering, University of Minas Gerais, BrazilCite this: Chem. Eng. News 1973, 51, 11, 3Publication Date (Print):March 12, 1973Publication History Published online7 November 2010Published inissue 12 March 1973https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v051n011.p003Copyright © 1973 American Chemical SocietyArticle Views63Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (97 KB) SUBJECTS:Cross-disciplinary concepts,Electrochemical engineering,Materials Get e-Alerts

Ser professor universitário: identidades construídas entre aspectos de satisfação e insatisfação profissional

Neste artigo, sintetizam-se resultados de uma pesquisa que analisou os elementos constituintes das identidades profissionais dos professores da Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, triangulando dados de questionários e entrevistas narrativas aplicadas aos docentes, com a análise de documentos. Os dados revelaram que, na instituição pesquisada, as identidades profissionais se constroem, contraditoriamente, entrecruzando insatisfação profissional, decorrente da precariedade das condições de trabalho, e satisfação profissional relacionada ao ambiente de trabalho e à autonomia profissional.

Doença de Chagas

During 3 to 6 May 1964, a course on Chagas' disease was given in the Department of Clinical Therapeutics of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This book collects the presentations made in the course into 31 chapters. It has been a pleasure to read it and to review it, because I know (or knew; two are dead) most of the 35 collaborators, and many of them are good friends. Moreover, the book answers in part a question that has puzzled me: why was Brazil so slow to make a national effort toward the control of Chagas' disease, possibly the most important parasitic disease in the country? The answer is found in the initial chapter, by Carlos Chagas Filho, the only surviving son of Carlos Chagas. This is a dispassionate, objective discussion of the history of Chagas' disease in Brazil, from its discovery, in 1909, to 1964.