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An overview of environmental policy in Brazil since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January 2019 suggests that the rise to power of a new political elite has led to a radical change in Brazil's trajectory of climate change initiatives and environmental protection. The new elite is associated with the disruption of two factors historically relevant for the design of environmental policy: the participation of civil society in the governance of public policy and multilateralism in matters of environment policy. Uma análise das políticas ambientais brasileiras desde a tomada de posse de Jair Bolsonaro da presidência da República em Janeiro 2019 constata que o aparecimento de uma nova elite política acarretou em uma alteração radical na trajetória do Brasil com respeito às suas iniciativas sobre a mudança climática e a preservação ambiental. Houve uma perturbação de dois fatores por causa desta elite política que eram historicamente importantes pela elaboração de políticas ambientais: a participação de organizações de sociedade civil na governança de políticas públicas e o multilateralismo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: mobile Devices (MDs), such as smartphones, are becoming increasingly important in people’s lives, and they use them for entertainment, to study or to work. Consequently, pathologies that were once associated with labor have been increasingly associated with these everyday activities, affecting a large number of people. Materials and Methods: A descriptive study about the most common clinical findings and the main affected muscles in repetitive movements, according to a literature review. Results: typing in MDs requires a new way of using the musculoskeletal system, and it mainly involves the thumb. Circular movements of the thumb don’taffect the muscles in the area, but the flexion-extension movements of the thumb cause muscle fatigue more quickly than the abduction-adduction ones. The most damaging postures are associated with typing on the lower right keys among right-handed people, because flexion-extension is the main movement used in this action, causing injuries especially in the abdutor pollicis longus of the thumb. Normally, these injuries are characterized by tendonitis or tenosynovitis, which, in this context, are repetitive-motion injuries (RMIs). De Quervain tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome, though also resulting from other situations, may as well be caused or worsened by the frequent use of MDs. Conclusion: therefore, the rational use of these devices is recommended, taking pauses and stretching during use, and also suspending or reducing the use when the first symptoms appear. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article aims to discuss the capacities of the Brazilian State, particularly the Federal Executive Branch, to produce efficient infrastructure policies that deliver the expected benefits and also obtain support (or consent) from impacted social groups. We argue that the professionalization and technical knowledge of the federal government's public bureaucracy are constrained by low levels of autonomy and intragovernmental cohesion. Likewise, the relationship between the federal bureaucracy and local civil society, subnational governments and accountability agencies are precarious. This situation represents a barrier to the efficiency and legitimacy of state action in the sector. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2003, the Workers’ Party took federaloffice in Brazil on an agenda of social inclusion and popular participation. This paper explores attempts to implement that agenda in big infrastructure projects in the Amazon: the BR-163 road and the Belo Monte dam. We argue that overlapping inequalities (between social groups, within the bureaucracy and between territorial centre and periphery) result in uneven state capacities for implementing projects in the Amazon. This framework helps explain why the government has moved much faster in building infrastructure than in implementing participatory social and environmental programmes that would benefit affected local communities. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a chronic inflammatory disease with multifactorial etiology. Although clinical manifestations are varied, the skin is an important target-organ, which contributes to the inclusion of skin lesions in 4 out of the 17 new criteria for the diagnosis of the disease, according to the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics. The cutaneous manifestations of lupus are pleomorphic. Depending on their clinical characteristics, they can be classified into Acute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus, Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus, Chronic Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus and Intermittent Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus. Treatment is based on preventive measures, reversal of inflammation, prevention of damage to target organs and relief of adverse events due to pharmacological therapy. The most commonly used treatment options are topical, systemic and surgical treatment, as well as phototherapy. The correct handling of the cases depends on a careful evaluation of the morphology of the lesions and the patient's general status, always taking into consideration not only the benefits but also the side effects of each therapeutic proposal.