For Indigenous populations in Brazil, maps have long been instruments of invisibility. Official maps have historically misnamed and erased Indigenous territories and communities. At the same time, cartographic representations have been a tool of resistance for Indigenous activists. Indigenous communities and organisations have created their own maps identifying territories, peoples, languages, and cultures. The...
Step tests are important in community- and home-based rehabilitation programs to assess patients’ exercise capacity. A new incremental step test was developed for this purpose, but its clinical interpretability is currently limited. This study aimed to establish a reference equation for this new incremental step test (IST) for the Portuguese adult population. A cross-sectional study was conducted on people with...
Step tests are important in community- and home-based rehabilitation programs to assess patients' exercise capacity. A new incremental step test was developed for this purpose, but its clinical interpretability is currently limited. This study aimed to establish a reference equation for this new incremental step test (IST) for the Portuguese adult population. A cross-sectional study was conducted on people with...
Neste artigo apresentamos dados de uma pesquisa realizada na cidade do Rio de Janeiro sobre as demandas legais pelo acesso à maconha (Cannabis sativa L.). Discutiremos os casos que chegaram à justiça por meio de um pedido de salvoconduto, por intermédio do habeas corpus, para cultivo caseiro da maconha para fins medicinais. Para isso, entrevistamos operadores de direito e médicos que atuaram nesses casos para d...