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In 1974 Glauber Rocha wrote "The birth of the Gods" for the Italian television, an adaptation of Anabasis, the classical work of Xenophon. Recently published in Portuguese, this script guided a research in the author's archives in order to investigate the anti-conventional creative process of the artist. The comparative observation of Glauber's films and published essays with notes, drafts, sketches and fragments, preserved at Tempo Glauber, show the potent aesthetic and political effect produced by the complex articulation of unexpected subjects and different cultural references. The critical analysis of these documents of Glauber's artistic activity highlight the impressive fabulatory power present in his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: The aim of this research was to study prognostic parameters of CRC by analyzing clinical and pathological variables associated with cancer patients at a northeastern Brazilian Hospital. This was a retrospective study evaluating CRC-diagnosed patients across a 10-year period (1995–2005) at Dr. Luiz Antônio Hospital in Natal, RN, Brazil. Data were collected from patients’ medical files. A total of 358 patients were included over the 10-year period. The average age at diagnosis was 58.8 years (S.D.=15.26), 48.3% of the patients were males and 51.7% were females. Alcohol consumption significantly increased the chance of dying (p <0.023) from colorectal cancer; this increased risk of death was approximately 71%, compared to 52.2% of the non-alcoholics. In addition, tobacco increased the chance of developing high TNM stage tumors (level III, IV; p <0.001). Another risk factor for increased mortality was a family history for colorectal cancer (p <0.002). Our analysis found that patients with an unhealthy lifestyle and/or family history of colorectal cancer were more likely to develop advanced stage colorectal cancer and to have a poor disease prognosis compared to patients with healthy lifestyle and/or sporadic colorectal cancer. These data suggest that a mass screening program should be implemented in northeastern Brazil in order to better prevent and treat colorectal cancer. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Splenic artery pseudoaneurysm is an extremely rare entity, although it is the most frequent location of visceral pseudoaneurysms. Trauma or previous pancreatitis (where the proteolytic pancreatic enzymes lead to the formation of pseudoaneurysm, as a result of enzymatic injury to the splenic artery wall) (Amico and Alves in Pancreatology 14: 144-145, 2014) is the most frequent causes. A high degree of suspicion is required for the accurate diagnosis. The authors present a case of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm in a middle-aged man who came to the emergency department with several days of abdominal pain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]