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A documentary review was carried out on the production and publication of research papers on sustainable development indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean. The bibliometric analysis proposed in this document was to know the main characteristics of the volume of publications registered in Scopus database during the period 2016-2021, achieving the identification of 1182 publications in total. The information provided by the said platform was organized using tables and figures, categorizing the information by Year of Publication, Country of Origin, Area of Knowledge and Type of Publication. Once these characteristics were described, a qualitative analysis was used to refer to the position of different authors on the proposed topic. Among the main findings of this research, it is found that Brazil, with 519 publications, was the country with the highest scientific production registered in the name of authors affiliated with institutions of that country. The Area of Knowledge that made the most significant contribution to the construction of bibliographic material referring to the study of Sustainable Development Indicators in Latin America and the Caribbean was Environmental Sciences, with 608 published documents, and the Type of Publication that was most used during the period indicated above was the Journal Article, representing 74% of the total scientific production. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the world to experience a peculiar situation of life-threatening, social isolation, and important economic issues. Improving knowledge exchange and avoiding contamination makes perfect sense in the COVID-19 pandemic. [Extracted from the article]

Background: Post-poliomyelitis syndrome is a clinical condition that can affect poliomyelitis survivors with the onset of new symptoms several years after the acute disease. These symptoms include new muscular weakness, fatigue, pain, onset or aggravation of muscle atrophy, muscle cramps, onset or aggravation of pre-existing difficulties in accomplishing daily life activities, cold intolerance, sleep disorders, dysphonia or dysphagia, and respiratory deficiency. The treatment of post-poliomyelitis syndrome requires a multiprofessional health team because the rehabilitation procedures include lifestyle changes, physiotherapy, avoidance of secondary complications, and physical exercise. As physical exercise is prescribed by physical education professionals, the assessment of knowledge about post-poliomyelitis syndrome among these professionals is very relevant. The aim of this study was to evaluate poliomyelitis and post-poliomyelitis syndrome knowledge among physical education professionals in Brazil. Methods: We invited participants with an academic degree in physical education (n = 217) to participate in this study. A self-administered survey (30 questions) was designed to probe knowledge about poliomyelitis and post-poliomyelitis syndrome. From the survey, we created a questionnaire to evaluate the performance of the professionals. The questionnaire was composed of 20 questions and a score was provided, varying from 0 (totally uninformed) to 20 (well informed). Results: Approximately 73% of surveyed participants had never heard of post-poliomyelitis syndrome, and only 19.4% had received information about the disease. Among those surveyed, 61.8% did not know whether restriction of physical activities was warranted for people with poliomyelitis sequelae, and only 32.3% knew that physical exercise (especially intense exercise) should be limited for patients with sequelae of paralytic poliomyelitis. Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicate a critical need for improvement of knowledge about post-poliomyelitis syndrome among Brazilian physical education professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the issue on the process of political opening or redemocratization in Brazil. The author considers only the opening process which took place in Brazil after 1973 and the interpretation offered is an attempt to understand and evaluate the said period only. Accordingly, Brazilian process of opening or redemocratization is a meaningful one which does not by any means affect the naive assumption that people can shortly achieve the same degree of democracy. Moreover, the author accepts the proposition that degrees of democracy are to some point associated with overall levels of economic development and social welfare.

The article focuses on the system of policy studies in Brazil. Training programme in policy analysis subject is included in the curricula of many graduate programs in economics and political science. The course on major government agencies varies widely according to subject matter, since the Brazilian state machine is rather large. There is a sizable number of government agencies which contract projects, including evaluation research. This, of course, varies according to subject matter: Ministries of Health, of Education, of Transportation, and so forth. Government agencies such as FINEP-Financiadora de Estudos e Projectos, linked to SEPLAN, the Ministry of Planning, did provide financial support of this kind during the 197Os, but seems now to be reducing it. Foreign foundations, such as FORD, also played an important role during the last two decades in funding the policy research projects .