Papers by Antônio Bonfin Brandão
Economics Working Papers, 1986
Revista Brasileira De Hematologia E Hemoterapia, 2004
Revista Brasileira De Economia, Feb 1, 1979
2. O modelo básico; 3. Efeitos do crescimento nos termos de troca e investimento estrangeiro; 4. ... more 2. O modelo básico; 3. Efeitos do crescimento nos termos de troca e investimento estrangeiro; 4. Substituição de importações, termos de troca e investimento estrangeiro; 5. Termos de troca e bem-estar; 6. Sumário e conclusões. Resumo Este trabalho analisa os efeitos das variações dos termos de troca sobre o bem-estar econômico no contexto de um modelo de comércio internacional entre dois parses. O modelo inclui um fator exógeno de crescimento, além de admitir mobilidade internacional do capital. Procura-se, em seguida, estudar se as hipóteses formuladas por Prebisch para explicar a deterioração nos termos de troca dos países em desenvolvimento são suficientes para Que isto aconteça no modelo. Além disto, procura-se analisar a suficiência destas hipóteses para levar a diminuição no nrvel de bem-estar econômico. Finalmente analisamos o efeito da industrialização substitutiva de importações sobre os termos de troca e o bem-estar econômico.
Revista Brasileira de Ciência e Movimento, 2013
RESUMO: O presente estudo avaliou o efeito de um programa de treinamento resistido (TR) sobre a f... more RESUMO: O presente estudo avaliou o efeito de um programa de treinamento resistido (TR) sobre a força muscular e a composição corporal de crianças com obesidade. Nove crianças do sexo masculino, com idade de 10,2 ± 0,8 anos e classificadas no estágio 1 da escala de Tanner, foram submetidas a três sessões semanais de TR, durante 10 semanas com intensidade relativa de treinamento estimada entre 45-65% de 10 RM. Foram realizadas avaliações da força muscular por meio do teste de 10RM e da composição corporal por meio dos métodos de dobras cutâneas e ultrassonografia pré e pós-programa de TR. A força muscular demonstrou aumento médio de 40,25% (p=0,002), com o maior efeito observado no exercício panturrilha na máquina 95% (p=0,001), o menor efeito (11%) foi detectado no exercício tríceps pulley (p=0,05). Houve uma redução de 11% e 6,15% nas dobras cutâneas tricipital e subescapular (p=0,02) e (p=0,03), respectivamente. Nossos dados demonstram que o TR foi efetivo na indução de alterações positivas da composição corporal, como a redução da adiposidade e também o aumento da força muscular em crianças pré-púberes com obesidade.
Policy Research Working Papers, 2004
The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encoura... more The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors.
Este artigo analisa os impactos das políticas do Governo brasileiro com relação ao trigo e à soja... more Este artigo analisa os impactos das políticas do Governo brasileiro com relação ao trigo e à soja, no contexto de um modelo de mercados múltiplos. A principal contribuição é exatamente a incorporação dos efeitos das políticas quando se consideram as diversas interações entre mercados, tanto do lado do consumo quanto da produção. São estudados os impactos da eliminação do subsidio ao trigo e também de uma maior liberalização no setor de soja. I. Introdução e metodologia; 2. Questões de políticas; 3. Estrutura do modelo; 4. Solução do modelo; 5. Efeitos de políticas; 6. Dados necessários; 7. Resultados; 8. Limitações da análise; 9. Conclusões. R. Bras, Econ. Rio de Janeiro p. 51-80 jan./mar.1987
In recent years, agricultural price stabilization policies have been recommended in Brazil as a w... more In recent years, agricultural price stabilization policies have been recommended in Brazil as a way to reduce government intervention and open the sector for international trade without internalizing the instability of world prices. The proposal discussed (and eventually implemented in 1987) was to establish a system of price bands around a moving average of past prices, with the government relying
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1983
It is a pleasure to be able to speak on this section celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of ... more It is a pleasure to be able to speak on this section celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Economics Institute. Students who have participated in this program speak highly of the outstanding academic activities they attended, as well as of the extremely comfortable environment provided by the Institute. I was not fortunate enough to pass through the Institute when I first came to the United States. Nonetheless, I certainly join those wishing a very long life to the Economics Institute and hope it will continue performing this important role of helping foreign students to get adjusted to American universities and to the American way of life. I will be talking today about my perspectives on U.S. graduate training in agricultural economics. This, of course, is not an easy task. There are a large number of programs, and they differ among each other in various ways. It is not my purpose to examine these differences here. Instead, I would like to address some general aspects of U.S. graduate training on the assumption that this will be of interest to a general audience of agricultural economics professionals. Even though I do not believe that a separate curriculum should be adopted for foreign students, I will, on occasion, focus on issues that are more relevant to this group, especially those coming from LDCs. Sensitivity to some of their specific needs may enhance the effectiveness of their training; and, in view of this, will be discussed as we proceed. My remarks will focus on areas directly related to academic curricula and research.
Agricultural Economics, 1993
The developing countries as a group could expect to experience only small welfare gains if they c... more The developing countries as a group could expect to experience only small welfare gains if they chose not to actively participate in agricultural trade liberalization and relied solely on the benefits of partial liberalization in the OECD countries. Participation along the lines of the Dunkel package, with the developing countries reducing positive assistance by less than the developed countries, would yield gains of the order of US $20 billion. More comprehensive participation in trade liberalization involving reductions of both positive and negative protection would almost triple these welfare gains. While some developing countries do not gain from trade liberalization even with full participation, the number of such countries and the magnitude of their losses are greatly reduced.
Journal of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, Jan 17, 2015
We studied the molecular pathogenesis of obesity, involving complex interactions between environm... more We studied the molecular pathogenesis of obesity, involving complex interactions between environmental and genetic factors, with a focus on the leptin gene. It was our aim to characterize the LEP -2548G>A leptin polymorphism and lipid profile in obese and normal-weight individuals. A total of 212 individuals were divided into the study group including 136 obese patients (body mass index, BMI ≥30) and the control group with 76 normal-weight individuals (BMI >18.5 and ≤24.9). DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism. The lipid profile was analyzed by enzymatic colorimetric methods. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05. There was a prevalence of the GA genotype in both groups. However, comparative group analysis showed an association of the recessive model (AA+GA) with increased triglycerides (TG) and decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in the study group. This study did not confirm an associ...
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