Health grade ten
Managed by Unicamp for two years, the Sumaré State Hospital is among the ten best in the country in the ranking made by the Ministry of Health. Find out the reasons for this good performance. page 2
NERVES OF STEEL
After art football and strength football, head football is in the making. This is what psychologist Regina Brandão suggests, who helped coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to draw up plans to work on the emotional side of the players who make up the Brazilian team. With a PhD from Unicamp, the researcher states that the athletes' skill and tactical application will not be decisive for a team's success in the 2002 World Cup. The difference, she assures, will be in the players' psychological preparation. “The best team is the one that knows how to expect the unexpected,” she says. page 12
CAZUZA
Master's thesis details the construction of the character Cazuza, protagonist of the book of the same name (above, cover of the 1979 edition) written by Viriato Corrêa from Maranhão and published in 1938, during the Estado Novo. page 11
Economics Research reveals that fiscal war was harmful to public coffers 3
HEALTH Social scientist monitors medical diagnoses made from images 4
PROJECTS
Unicamp publisher installs new board and rescues publication of collections 5
CULTURE Istvan Meszáros donates library to Unicamp during book launch 5
RESEARCH Psychobiologist study shows the importance of laughter in people’s lives 9
NUTRITION Survey carried out with 315 children associates obesity with poor diet 10
