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R Gomes

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PubMed1999

[Child prostitution from the point of view of society and health].

OBJECTIVE: The social representations and the structural relationships related to child prostitution, as presented in the depositions made before of the Parliamentary Commission Inquiry dealing with the problem are analyzed. METHODS: On the basis of qualitative methodology, the analysis attempts to identify the units of meaning present in the depositions. RESULTS: Data on the subject are presented by region. A vision of the social scene is built up on the basis of the data such as to being out the related historical and cultural determining factors. CONCLUSION: The child juvenile prostitution is based on the commercialization of the body as coercion or slavery is seen as a means of meeting the basis needs of survival. The need for social action is brought out, including that of collective health, so that the theme does not serve only the amposes of rhetoric on statistics, because in calls for decisive action.

Brazil↗
PubMed1999

[Leprosy and sexuality: living with a difference].

The present article is based on a research that analysed the social effects of leprosy in men and women, identifying the effects in their family life. 10 men and 10 women with leprosy registered in a specific health service were part of this study. The methodology was qualitative, through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis pointed out the fact of the disease perceived as a reason for family disorders and, also, impairing these subjects sexual relationships.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1999

[Children's health and their rights threatened by violence].

The purpose of this study is to analyze the follow-up of police reports concerning domestic violence against children aged 0-5, from 1990 to 1995, held in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Based on a descriptive study, initially, on a database, the accusations in general were characterized. Soon after, 18 police stations were visited to analyze the follow-up of the police reports. Out of 105 occurrences, only 25 were regarded as investigatory cases and just 01 was going to be analyzed in court. In sum, violence against child reflects cultural subjects.

Child↗
PubMed1998

Emergency physician's diagnosis of stroke subtype. An accuracy study.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of clinical unstructured and structured diagnosis of acute stroke subtypes--cerebral haemorrhage (CH), cerebral infarction (CI), subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). METHODS: Sixty consecutive patients with acute stroke admitted to the Emergency Ward of a Brazilian University Hospital were examined by emergency physicians and computerised tomography (CT). We also compared it (physician's unstructured diagnosis) to two published clinical scoring systems (structured diagnosis--Guy's Hospital and Siriraj Hospital) applied to three other populations--regarding the operational characteristics of the tests. RESULTS: In our personal data, among 9 variables that could discriminate CH and CI, three have statistically significant difference (p < 0.05): headache (p = 0.0002) and vomiting (p = 0.02) occurred more frequently in CH patients, but previous stroke in those with CI (p = 0.04). Unstructured diagnosis proved valid for SAH, with a +LHR = 39.7; and to a smaller degree for CI (-LHR = 0.1). However, it exhibited low sensitivity for the diagnosis of CH. Structured tests (Guy's Hospital and Siriraj Hospital) also failed to confidently diagnose stroke subtypes, especially CH. CONCLUSIONS: Both clinical diagnosis (made by emergency physicians) and the available diagnostic tests fail to confidently discriminate CH and CI.

Adult↗
PubMed1998

[Breast feeding, a nature-culture hybrid].

This article consists in an essay that aims, through a review of bibliography, to discuss the relation between a proposal of Bruno Latour about nature-culture and breast feeding. According to his proposal, having as reference an epistemological view, there is an attempt to establish dialogue between different scientific achievements with a view to contribute to the improvement of this subject in the field of public health. Firstly, the paradox of weaning is found in the scenery of knowledge and practices of breast feeding. The analysis is based on the relationship nature-science and culture-society, which are present in the process of breast feeding. Finally, the discussion has the aim of dealing with breast feeding as long as a hybrid between nature and culture, starting a new issue to the continuity in the debate about the thematic in question.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1998

From complaints to impunity: a morbidity and mortality profile of children suffering violence

This article analyzes complaints of violence against children and the procedures subsequent to their filing. The methodology, largely qualitative, was two-pronged, involving an analysis of data from the year 1990 from the police precincts in Program Areas 1 and 5 in the city of Rio de Janeiro and a discussion on the follow-up of complaints five years after the events. The conclusion was that motor vehicle accidents are the most common cause of violence against children. Almost no information had been recorded about the circumstances in which the violent events occurred. Further, nothing had been done to elucidate the perpetrators' liability.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1997

[Social violence: references from a public health debate].

This article is a part of a research developed by the author. Its aims at analysing aspects of social violence in order to support an approach to this problem in the field of public health. Therefore a theoretical discussion is presented. Finally, the author concludes that the interdisciplinary view and the intersectional actions are necessary for public health aiming at efficiently dealing with the complexity of social violence.

Humans↗
PubMed1996

[The health-sickness process connected to sexual activity in prostitutes].

This articicle is a part of a research focusing on the relationship among child-prostitution, health-sickness-process linked to sexuality and violence; the three categories found in the environment of street girls. This paper, however, only deals with health-sickness-process linked to sexuality revealed by the girls themselves. After the considerations about the research as a whole and about sexuality in general, the street girls are characterized in their social scenery. Within that scenery, data about sexuality are analysed. Based on this analysis, the author concluded, among other aspects, that the education is necessary to enable Public Health to focus on this matter.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

Gamma-tubulin is required for the structure and function of the microtubule organizing centre in Drosophila neuroblasts.

We report that in Drosophila, gamma-tubulin is required for the structure as well as the function of microtubule organizing centres (MTOCs). This conclusion is based on the identification and phenotypic characterization of a mutant allele of the gamma-tubulin gene located at region 23C of the polytene chromosome map. This mutation, which we have called gamma-tub23CPl, is caused by the insertion of a P-element within the 5' untranslated leader of the gamma-tubulin transcript. Northern and Western analysis show that gamma-tub23CPl is either a null or a very severe hypomorph as no gamma-tubulin mRNA or protein can be detected in mutant individuals. Visualization of DNA, MTOCs and microtubules by confocal laser scanning microscopy of cells from individuals homozygous for gamma-tub23CPl reveals a series of phenotypic abnormalities. Some of these are similar to those observed after disruption of gamma-tubulin function in other organisms, including mitotic arrest and a dramatic decrease in the number of microtubules, but, in addition, we have observed that mutation in this gene also results in highly abnormal MTOCs which show a variety of shapes and sizes which we never observed in wild type cells. These results show that gamma-tubulin is required for both structural and functional roles in the MTOCs.

Animals↗
PubMed1994

[Interdisciplinary efforts in public health: an area under construction].

This article, based on a literature review, aims to discuss the interdisciplinarity on Public Health (its needs, barriers for implementation and possibilities). Therefore, initially, the authors present a discuss on conceptual and historical terms, that explains the subject. In this part, it is discussed the process of inclusion and exclusion of interdisciplinarity on Public Health, as well as the different dimension of it. Subsequently it is related an interdisciplinary experience on Public Health. Finally, the authors concluded that the interdisciplinary is extremely necessary to Public Health due to the complexity of its object of study.

Brazil↗
PubMed1993

The 55 kd regulatory subunit of Drosophila protein phosphatase 2A is required for anaphase.

The gene encoding the Drosophila protein phosphatase 2A 55 kd regulatory subunit (PR55) is located at 85F and directs the synthesis of differentially spliced transcripts. Maternal RNAs are present at very high levels in early embryos and decline around cellularization. Zygotic transcripts are present mainly in the developing embryonic nervous system and gonads. Transcripts are uniformly distributed in third instar larval discs and testes and at lower levels in the proliferative centers of the brain. Mutations in abnormal anaphase resolution (aar) are rescued by the wild-type gene for PR55. aar mutants display intact lagging chromatids that have undergone separation from their sisters, but that remain at the position formerly occupied by the metaphase plate, as well as anaphase figures that show bridging chromatin having two centromeric regions.

Alternative Splicing↗
PubMed1993

Abnormal anaphase resolution (aar): a locus required for progression through mitosis in Drosophila.

We describe a new mitotic locus of Drosophila melanogaster required for the progression through mitosis in the syncytial embryo and in late larval development. The locus aar (abnormal anaphase resolution) maps to the cytological interval 85E7-F16 and was identified by two alleles. The aar1 allele causes pupal lethality. Larval neuroblasts show an elevated mitotic index with high chromosome condensation and stretched and lagging chromatids during anaphase. aar2 produces fully viable but sterile females. aar1/aar2 females lay eggs that develop mitotic figures with similar abnormalities to those observed in neuroblasts. Indirect immunofluorescence of these embryos indicates that the centrosome cycle appears normal, although some abnormal spindle microtubules can be seen during mitosis.

Alleles↗
PubMed1990

Liposarcoma of the heart. A case report.

The authors report a tumor of the heart in a 33-year-old man. Preoperative diagnosis was of a cardiac myxoma. Upon operation, the tumor was revealed to arise from the right atrial free wall, occupying most of the atrial and ventricular cavities and causing a noticeable enlargement and obstruction of the tricuspid valve as well as the mentioned cardiac chambers. A smaller part of the tumor was placed on the outside of the right atrial wall, and implants of the tumor in the distal part of the aorta, extending backward to the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery and its branches, were also observed. Histological examination showed a myxoid-type tumor with light and ultrastructural features of liposarcoma. The patient died 13 months after surgery with regional extension of the tumor.

Adult↗
PubMed1967

[Acid phosphatase].

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Acid Phosphatase↗
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[Evaluation of outpatient care for people with HIV/AIDS in Rio de Janeiro, from the user's perspective].

This article analyzes perceptions by people with HIV/AIDS towards five specialized units under the State Health Department, Rio de Janeiro, concerning the care provided there. The research was based on both quantitative and qualitative methods. Data from 228 questionnaires and 19 semi-structured interviews were analyzed. The results generally indicated a positive evaluation on the part of this group of health care users. One conclusion was that the positive evaluation was actually related to the quality of the services available to them. However, users seem to have low expectations toward the level of services public clinics generally provide.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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[Characterization of the cases of domestic violence against women assisted in 2 public hospitals of Rio de Janeiro].

This paper aims at: (a) to analyze the distribution of the cases of domestic violence against women (adolescent and adult) in relation to emergency care due to external causes; (b) to characterize the victims and the rendered care; (c) to analyze the circumstances in which events happened. In methodological terms, it tries to articulate the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study was developed in two public hospitals of reference placed in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Of the 72 assisted women, most referred to the husband, the partner or the boyfriend as the aggressor (69.4%) and were beaten (70.4%) especially on the face and on the head. The study comes to the conclusion that the health services should provide a good clinical care and promote prevention's actions.

Adolescent↗