1. Value-based medicine in oncology: the importance of perspective in the emerging value frameworks

Recently, professional and healthcare-related entities have launched frameworks designed to assess the value of cancer innovations in multistakeholder decision processes. Among the most visible entities that propose and implement value frameworks in oncology are the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Clinics. Publicado em: 10/12/2018

2. What is planetary health? Addressing the environment-health nexus in Southeast Asia in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: opportunities for International Relations scholars

Abstract How can environmental conservation policies integrate concerns for the health and well-being of people whose livelihoods rely directly on nature? How to best operationalize science-policy interfaces to improve evidence-based decision-making? This paper raises policy implications deriving from the poor connectivity between human health and environmen

Rev. bras. polít. int.. Publicado em: 10/12/2018

3. Cost effectiveness of the cancer prevention program for carriers of the BRCA1/2 mutation

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the cost effectiveness of the diagnostic program for the germline mutation in BRCA1/2 genes and of preventative strategies for the relatives of patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer associated with this mutation. METHODS: The study analyzed the cost effectiveness by developing an analysis of the Markov decision process from

Rev. Saúde Pública. Publicado em: 29/11/2018

4. Risks associated to different methods of increasing pregnancy rate of cows in cow-calf systems

ABSTRACT This study assessed the risks of different management practices to increase pregnancy rate in beef cow-calf systems, aiming at assisting decision-making. The perception of 18 experts on animal sciences regarding the risks of 32 nutritional, breeding, and general management practices applied to increase pregnancy rate were evaluated through questionn

R. Bras. Zootec.. Publicado em: 29/11/2018

5. Towards the Brazilian Space Program Modeling Through the Combination of Stakeholder Theory and System Dynamics Methodology

Abstract: In the last 50 years, Stakeholder (STH) theory has become one of the main instruments of analysis, identification, classification and management of entities in the complex and conflicting corporate environment. In a similar way, System Dynamics (SD) methodology has been used as an instrument for modeling and simulating the dynamics of complex syste

J. Aerosp. Technol. Manag.. Publicado em: 08/11/2018

6. Teaching handball to U-16 and U-18 women’s teams: coaches’ perspective on the long-term

Abstract Aims: To identify the teaching approaches preferred by Brazilian coaches in the U-16 and U-18 women’s teams and whether it is possible to apply long-term goals for handball training. Methods: Six experienced coaches were interviewed individually in a semi-structured format. Data were transcribed and analyzed according to the Collective Subject

Motriz: rev. educ. fis.. Publicado em: 08/11/2018

7. Multi-criteria Selection of Distributed Mini Generation Systems Using Rice Husk

ABSTRACT This paper presents a multi-criteria methodology to support decision making for management and selection of distributed mini generation sources (GD) using rice husk. Considering the potential of residual biomass, the developed model is based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method to evaluate the main technological arrangements of generation

Braz. arch. biol. technol.. Publicado em: 22/10/2018

8. Main Variables of Brazilian Public Policies on Biomass use and Energy

ABSTRACT Biomass is an important energy source, since it considers wastes discarded by other productive processes as inputs. As such, the determination of the most relevant variables, within an institutional dimension, exerts a significant influence to point out actions that should receive greater attention for the satisfactory implementation and monitoring

Braz. arch. biol. technol.. Publicado em: 22/10/2018

9. Energy Management in Industry: An Enterprise Engineering Approach

ABSTRACT Companies have needs and experience new opportunities to build their structure and align organizational process to achieve energy management with higher priority facing economic and environmental issues. The objective of this paper is to present the design and modeling of the Energy Management System (EnMS) in energy-intensive industries in an enter

Braz. arch. biol. technol.. Publicado em: 22/10/2018

10. The Brazilian Federal Government's Role in the Prioritization of EU Foreign Direct Investment and its Environmental Agenda

As a result of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU), the environmental governance structure in Brazil has been challenged, bringing to light a legal ambiguity in the ecological obligations between the EU and Brazil. The article hypothesizes that this legal ambiguity is caused by the complex political and legal system that characterize

Bras. Political Sci. Rev.. Publicado em: 18/10/2018

11. Organization of the cancer network in SUS: evolution of the care model

In the current context of epidemiological transition, demographic changes, changes in consumption and lifestyle habits, and pressure on care costs and organized health systems for acute conditions, the Integrated Care Model by Shortell has become a conceptual reference in the search for new methods to manage chronic conditions by focusing on the health condi

Clinics. Publicado em: 21/09/2018

12. The Six-Pack as a Test for the New Intergovernmentalism and Supranationalism Theories

Abstract The Euro crisis led to a blurring of the two main decision-making procedures in the EU: the intergovernmental and the Community method. By analyzing the Six-Pack, this paper reflects a new decision-making method - an intergovernmental-supranational method. Furthermore, it tests the premises of the new integration theories: the new intergovernmentali

Rev. bras. polít. int.. Publicado em: 23/07/2018