Fundação Cearense de Meteorologia e Recursos Hídricos

Frédéric Chopin's illness: a clinicopathological Conference 176 years after his death

Abstract This article revisits, in the format of a clinicopathological conference, the illness that led to the death of Frédéric Chopin at the age of 39 in 1849. Although tuberculosis has been historically accepted as the most likely cause, the authors propose an alternative hypo...

Agroecologia e mudanças climáticas no Trópico Semiárido

This article makes a theoretical and, to a certain extent, propositional reflection on the conceptions, assumptions and evidences of climate change in the tropics, with emphasis on the Brazilian semiarid region. The contributions of agriculture to climate change are presented and...