Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Type: Organization

Name: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Crack user study finds critical need for intervention

A Brazilian investigative team, collaborating with a Simon Fraser University researcher, is citing an urgent need for targeted interventions among young crack users in cities throughout Brazil, identified as the world's biggest crack market, and further ... [Published Medical Xpress - May 14 2013]

Entities: Simon Fraser University, Interference, Drugs, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Psychiatry

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 1 reports

EFE News Briefs for Friday, May 3

EFE News ServiceEU: Spain to get 2 more years to reduce deficitBrussels (EFE).- Spain will be given another two years - until 2016 - to bring its budget deficit down below 3 percent of gross domestic product, in line with European Union mandates, European ... [Published Equities.com - May 04 2013]

Entities: Fernando Gonzalez, ARTICLE 19, Pemex (Mexico), PETROBRAS Petróleo Brasileiro SA

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 3 reports

PETROBRAS Petróleo Brasileiro SA

Brazil firm to step up search for onshore gas reserves

Rio de Janeiro, May 4 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian state-controlled energy giant Petrobras, whose production mostly comes from deep-water fields, will step up its search for onshore natural gas reserves in the coming years, CEO Maria das Graças Foster said F ... [Published News Track India - May 04 2013]

Entities: PETROBRAS Petróleo Brasileiro SA, Brazil, Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

As Youth Crime Spikes, Brazil Struggles For Answers

In Rio de Janeiro, tourists are drawn to Copacabana for its wide beach and foliage-covered cliffs. But earlier this month, not far from the tourist hub, an American woman and her French male companion were abducted. She was brutally gang raped; he was ... [Published NPR - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Brazil, Crime, São Paulo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Criminal

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

MZ Group Opens an Office in Rio de Janeiro

/PRNewswire/ -- MZ Group, the world's largest independent investor relations company, hereby announces the opening of a new office in Rio de Janeiro. The new office reflects the increased demand for services in the region in the last few years, which ... [Published TickerTech.com - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: MZ Group, Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Investor Relations

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Harper to host ‘Carbon Fiber R&D Workshop’

Join your peers for an engaging program on material and process technology at the 2013 Carbon Fiber R&D Workshop, hosted by Harper International.Harper is bringing together thought leaders from the US and abroad from academia, industry, and the public ... [Published Technical Textiles - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: Carbon Fiber, Research & Development, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Nanostructures

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Harper announces carbon fiber R&D workshop

The free event aims to connect peers in the carbon fiber research space to network and share insights on material and process technology.Source: CompositesWorldBuffalo, NY – Harper International (Buffalo, N.Y.), provider of thermal processing solutions ... [Published Composites World - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Carbon Fiber, Research & Development, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Nanostructures

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Electric Power - Brazil - Brazil eyes ocean power for pre-salt vessels

Brazil's pre-salt oil and gas vessels could be powered by marine energy under a plan outlined by the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).Speaking during a science and technology event in... ... [Published Business News Americas - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Ocean Power, Brazil, Vessel, Electrical Power

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

Brasil Biotechnology to Exhibit at 2013 BIO International Convention, booth 2809, Apr 22 - 25, 2013, Business Wire

RIO DE JANEIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Press Kit Materials are Available at: http://www.tradeshownews.com/events/2013-BIO-International-Convention/brasilbio/ Company: http://www.brasilbio.org http://twitter.com/brasilbio About BRASIL BIOTECHNOLOGY Brasil Biotechnology ... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Biotechnology, Brazil, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Animal Health, Rio de Janeiro

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Harper Announces Launch of 2013 Carbon Fiber R&D Workshop

The event aims to bring together thought leaders from the US and abroad from academia, industry, and the public sector for a valuable program on the future of Carbon Fiber material development and process technology.Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) April 16, 2013Harper ... [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Carbon Fiber, Research & Development, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Nanostructures

Quotes

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New Findings from Federal University Update Understanding of Diet and Nutrition [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]

"This research confirms that crack users are among the most marginalized of drug users, and feature extensive health and social needs, yet are commonly not provided adequate services" says Fischer, who maintains a visiting professorship at the InstituteInstitute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and has c...

Crack user study finds critical need for intervention [Published Medical Xpress - May 14 2013]

"We were the first country to prove that re-inoculation increases annual revenues per plant by 8%" said Cunha

Women's Hands Are All Over Brazil's Booming Agribusiness [Published Brazzil Magazine - May 14 2013]

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New Findings from Federal University Update Und... [Published NewsRX - May 17 2013]
Crack user study finds critical need for interv... [Published Medical Xpress - May 14 2013]
Women's Hands Are All Over Brazil's Booming Agr... [Published Brazzil Magazine - May 14 2013]
Brazil firm to step up search for onshore gas r... [Published News Track India - May 04 2013]
Brazil's Petrobras to step up search for onshor... [Published EFE - May 04 2013]
EFE News Briefs for Friday, May 3 [Published Equities.com - May 04 2013]
Brazil's Petrobras to step up search for onshor... [Published Zecco - May 03 2013]
Everything you need to know about coffee [Published Positive Luxury - May 03 2013]
UB hosting Brazilian students [Published University at Buffalo Reporter - May 02 2013]
How engineers hope to cleanse Rio de Janeiro's ... [Published Environment: Environment blog \| guardian.co.uk - May 01 2013]
As Youth Crime Spikes, Brazil Struggles For Ans... [Published NPR - Apr 30 2013]
MZ Group Opens an Office in Rio de Janeiro [Published TickerTech.com - Apr 29 2013]
Harper to host ‘Carbon Fiber R&D Workshop’ [Published Technical Textiles - Apr 27 2013]
Industry steps up recruitment in response to 'g... [Published Offshore oil and gas - Apr 25 2013]
Harper announces carbon fiber R&D workshop [Published Composites World - Apr 23 2013]
Electric Power - Brazil - Brazil eyes ocean pow... [Published Business News Americas - Apr 22 2013]
Cenpes Leading Petrobras’ R&ampD Effort [Published SeaDiscovery.com - Apr 17 2013]
Brasil Biotechnology to Exhibit at 2013 BIO Int... [Published Yahoo! Finance - Apr 17 2013]
Brasil Biotechnology to Exhibit at 2013 BIO Int... [Published Reuters - Apr 17 2013]
Brasil Biotechnology to Exhibit at 2013 BIO Int... [Published Business Wire - Apr 17 2013]
Harper Announces Launch of 2013 Carbon Fiber R&... [Published Yahoo! News - Apr 16 2013]
Speculative Paleontology [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Mar 28 2013]
Arbovax Completes Successful Pre-Clinical Trial... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 19 2013]
Petrobras joining DIBANET biofuels consortium; ... [Published Green Car Congress - Mar 12 2013]
New Gender Benchmarking Study: Brazil Succeedin... [Published theCSRfeed - Mar 07 2013]
Brazil: Brazil Measures Rain Against Dengue [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Jan 11 2013]
Brazil Debates Human Trafficking for Sexual Exp... [Published Global Voices Online - Jan 09 2013]
Rodney McLauchlan Expands Board of Directors Ro... [Published PRWeb - Nov 27 2012]
Cooking nurtured human cognition [Published Taipei Times Online - Oct 23 2012]
Spray-drying to preserve passion fruit juice [Published TCE Today - Oct 12 2012]

Blogs

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How engineers hope to cleanse Rio de Janeiro's ... [Published Environment: Environment blog \| guardian.co.uk - May 01 2013] Officials say the malodorous problem in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon is 300 years old but soon will be coming to an end There has been an unholy stink below the left armpit of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro for much of the past two ...
Speculative Paleontology [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Mar 28 2013] a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/174404726/the-naming-of-the-shrew" title="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/174404726/the-naming-of-the-shrew">http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/npr/174404726/the-naming-of-the-shrew ...
Petrobras joining DIBANET biofuels consortium; ... [Published Green Car Congress - Mar 12 2013] DIBANET aimes to advance the art in several key areas in diesel miscible diesel production. Source: DIBANET. Click to enlarge. Petrobras is joining the DIBANET (Development of Integrated Biomass Approaches Network) consortium—a 45-month, €3.73-million ...
Brazil Debates Human Trafficking for Sexual Exp... [Published Global Voices Online - Jan 09 2013] [All links lead to Portuguese language pages except when otherwise noted.] In the first article [en] covering this series we wrote about how European politics has made a favorable move to abolish prostitution as a legalized profession in the old continent. ...

Press Releases

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Brasil Biotechnology to Exhibit at 2013 BIO Int... [Published Business Wire - Apr 17 2013]
Arbovax Completes Successful Pre-Clinical Trial... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 19 2013]