In my thesis Killed them all, of course: representation of the Robert Durst Case in documentary, movie and media I aimed to create a case study that follows the case of Robert Durst and its representation mainly in documentary series and lifemovie directed by Andrew Jarecki. It compares individual takes on the case and furthermore analyses the critics of decisions made by documentary makers based on the principles of documentary ethics. It focuses on moral dilemma that can documentary maker encounter. The thesis follows the investigation of the murders of Susan Berman, Morris Black, Durst's neighbor, and the disappearance of Kathleen Durst, whose body has never been found. Thesis also ponders over how effectively represent the truth in a documentary and what are the faults of Andrew Jarecki regarding his work both in documentary and in movie.

O termo talento esportivo é utilizado comumente para descrever pessoas que possuem grande aptidão para o desempenho em determinada modalidade esportiva. Com isso, tem-se a ideia de que o talento diz respeito a o potencial para o desenvolvimento e a parte inata do sujeito ao manifestar determinada habilidade. O tema talento esportivo é bastante estudado no cenário mundial, tendo em vista que presume quais seriam as circunstâncias ideais para o desenvolvimento de atletas talentosos. Contudo, por ser um tema abrangente, há dificuldade em sumarizá-lo e estabelecer um consenso quanto ao que, de fato, pode intervir no desenvolvimento de um atleta talentoso. Desta forma, os objetivos do presente estudo foram: levantar o estado da arte dos artigos que abordam o talento esportivo que foram publicados no biênio de 2017 e 2018, sumarizar as principais características, contribuições e as modalidades esportivas mais abordadas pelas pesquisas disponíveis e ajudar no desenho de futuros estudos, identificar potências e fragilidades sobre o TE. Para isto, foi realizada uma revisão sistemática nas bases de dados: Web of Science, Scopus, SciELO, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, Google Scholar e Pubmed em busca de artigos que tratem sobre talento esportivo. Espera-se que as sínteses das informações contribuam para o debate, no sentido de oferecer uma compreensão global e comparativa quanto ao assunto. Através do processo de revisão, foram selecionados 75 artigos os quais garantiram grande variedade de informações, 44 deles abordavam estudos relacionados ao desenvolvimento do talento; 23 artigos tratavam sobre a detecção do talento; 07 artigos referiam-se à seleção do talento e finalmente, 1 artigo abordou a identificação e desenvolvimento do talento. Concluí-se que os aspectos fisiológicos, psicológicos, bem como fatores intrínsecos se correlacionam nos processos de seleção, detecção e desenvolvimento do talento esportivo, sendo necessários mais estudos com ideal epistemológico que abordem o assunto / The term sports talent is used to describe people who have great fitness for performance in some sporting modality. With this, one has the idea that talent refers to the potential for the development of a part of the subject when manifesting a skill. The sport talent theme is well studied on the world stage, in order to presume which are the ideal circumstances for the development of a sport talent. Why, a comprehensive problem, a difficulty in summarizing and establishing a consensus as to what, in fact, can be a problem of developing a skill. In this way, the objectives of this study were: Raise the state of the art to approach the sports talent that was published in the biennium of 2017 and 2018, to help the project of an future studies, identify potencies and fragilities in the sport talent. To that purpose, was made an systematic review on some databases: Web of Science, Scopus, SciELO, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus, Google Scholar and Pubmed searching for articles about sport talent. It is hoped that the sintesis of the information can help on the academic discussions, there is a sense of global and comparative understanding of the subject. Through the review process, 75 articles were selected that guaranteed a wide variety of information, 44 had their studies related to the development of talent; 23 articles dealt with the detection of talent; 07 articles referred to the selection of talent and finally, 1 article addressing the identification and development of talent. Finally, it is concluded that the physiological, psychological, and intrinsic factors are related in the process of selection, detection and development of sports talent. More studies with an epistemological ideal are needed

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Thesis advisor: Callista Roy / Problem: Nurses act as safety nets, protecting patients from harm through the identification, interruption and recovery of medical errors and adverse events but we need to know more about ways to learn from safety events. This study aimed to address a gap in our understanding of how the PRISM Program affects nurses’ attitudes of safety culture, awareness of the recovery of medical errors, and practice as they relate to patient safety and error prevention. Participants: Critical care nurses in a large academic hospital from intervention (n=95) and control (n=90) units were surveyed pre and post-implementation of the PRISM Program. Intervention unit nurse response rates were 46% pre-survey and 41% post-survey. Control unit nurses' response rates were 38% for pre-survey and 31% for post-survey responses. A total of 42 (44%) intervention unit nurses participated in the PRISM Program. Methods: A pre/post-test design with an intervention and control unit was used to evaluate the effects of the PRISM Program on nurses’ responses on the Safety Attitude Questionnaire (SAQ) and the Recovery of Medical Error Inventory (RMEI) over a three month period. Nurses responded to questions about the impact on their practice. Findings: Analysis demonstrated a significant decrease in the SAQ working conditions post-survey subscale scores and significant findings in the main effects, decreased SAQ subscales: teamwork, job satisfaction, safety climate and perceptions of hospital management. The RMEI did not produce any significant findings. Comments provided insight into some nurses’ participation in the program and the impact on their practice. Implications: A significant decrease in post-survey scores indicate that informed nurses had a more critical view of safety culture and the environment they work in. Nurses expressed a desire to further use surveillance and additional manual checks that placed increased accountability and responsibility for their role in using strategies to keep patient safe and prevent errors and patient harm. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2017. / Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing. / Discipline: Nursing.

M.Med.(Internal Medicine), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009. / In Africa, infective endocarditis (IE) is still a disease of young adults with underlying rheumatic heart disease (RHD). As of 2006, almost two-thirds of all persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are living in sub-Saharan Africa. Southern Africa thus remains the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic. The HIV sero-prevalence data reported in Southern Africa are as high as 20% - 30% of the adult population aged between 15 and 49 years. In South Africa, the prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 - 49 is 18.8%. Based on a simple extrapolation, there is a higher possibility of encountering a significant number of patients infected with HIV and underlying RHD with IE in Southern Africa than in any other part of the world. In Africa because both HIV and valvular heart disease are relatively common, the co-existence of the two conditions in individual patients is not rare. Despite the major advances in diagnosis and management of this classical disease, the overall mortality rates for both native-valve and prosthetic-valve endocarditis remain as high as 20 to 25 percent after 1 year and at 50% after 10 years. However, the mortality rate varies, depending on a number of factors, such as: • the causative microorganism • the presence of complications • the development of perivalvular extension or a myocardial abscess • neurological events • the existence of conditions such as congestive heart failure • renal failure • severe immunosuppression due to HIV infection in intravenous drug abusers • the use of combined medical therapy and surgical therapy in appropriate patients. vi The clinical outcome of infective endocarditis in HIV patients is poor, severe immunodeficiency in IVDAs with IE has been reported to be associated with poor outcome. However, such an association has never been documented in non-IVDAs, particularly in Africa, where the expected majority patients with HIV and IE are non- IVDAs. The clinical profile including bacteriology of infective endocarditis in HIV patients is different from HIV uninfected patients. The clinical impact of the HIV epidemic on infective endocarditis in Africa has not been elucidated in the world literature and there is, moreover, a paucity of literature describing this clinical entity of HIV and IE in Africa. Objective The objective of this study was to highlight the co-existence of infective endocarditis in HIV positive, non-intravenous drug abuse in South Africa and Africa by: reporting three cases admitted at the researcher’s institution within a period of two months; and undertaking a literature review. Methods This was a retrospective case report and literature review study of IE in HIV infected patients. Three HIV positive patients with IE and with or without underlying chronic rheumatic heart disease were reported. The patients were admitted at the researcher’s institution within a period of two months. All three patients did not report intravenous drug abuse. However, all patients died within a short period of admission to the hospital. The systematic review of cases published in the literature was delivered from MEDLINE SEARCH from January 1985 to December 2006. The following key words were used: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Rheumatic Heart Disease, Infective Endocarditis, and Intravenous Drug Abusers and Non-Intravenous Drug Abusers. Most of the articles were identified in English; where articles were identified in Spanish and French, only abstracts were used. vii Literature emanating from Africa was emphasized. In addition, the references quoted in this study were reviewed for relevance on the topic. Results Three patients with definitive IE and infected with HIV were reported: one patient was without underlying chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease and two showed underlying chronic rheumatic valvular heart disease. There are few reported studies of IE not related to intravenous drug abuse in HIV infected patients in the literature, which is probably attributable to the reported low prevalence of IE in this sub-group of patients. Most of these published studies are limited to a series of case reports and very little data or reports originate from Africa. Conclusion The clinical pattern of IE in HIV positive patients who are not IVDAs is not well described in literature. However, in this anecdotal case report, the three patients studied retrospectively had a poor outcome. Based on this anecdotal report of three cases described, if an extrapolation was done from these numbers and a prospective analysis performed, we would observed a substantial number of non-IVDU cases with infective endocarditis and HIV/AIDS in Africa. The literature review in its current form may shed some light on HIV and IE in non-IVDU patients, but doesn’t specifically address the issue of the potential co-existence of HIV and IE in Africa. Given the high prevalence both HIV/AIDS and rheumatic valvular heart disease in Africa, in future, we are more likely to see a significant proportion of patients with IE and underlying rheumatic valvular heart disease who are coincidentally HIV infected. There is a useful need for prospective studies describing the prevalence and outcome and for subsequently defining the management of this condition in Africa.

Background: Many infants in developing countries are faced with poverty, poor nutrition, limited access to healthcare, and exposure to communicable diseases that place them at risk for negative developmental consequences. Dysphagia is estimated to occur in 25-40% of normally developing, and 80-90% of infants with disabilities. International studies report the common causes of dysphagia to be of gastro-intestinal and neurological origin, yet limited research exists into the profile of paediatric dysphagia within developing contexts. Objective: To describe the profile of paediatric dysphagia in state hospitals, Gauteng. Methods: By means of a retrospective record review, this study investigated paediatric dysphagia (0-18 months) in state hospitals, Johannesburg. Hospital records of 263 infants with feeding impairments were analysed using descriptive statistics, phi correlations and logistical regression. Results: Findings revealed 214 underlying aetiological combinations whereby 65% (n=171) of infants experienced dysphagia secondary to a systemic illness, predominantly communicable diseases. The health professionals, management strategies and procedures employed in the assessment and intervention of paediatric dysphagia were context specific and related to the aetiological and social factors influencing the infants. Conclusion: Results differ significantly to those reflected in studies from developed countries. Of concern is the fact that 65% of infants experienced dysphagia secondary to a systemic illness, since with adequate nutrition, sanitation and health care, these conditions are potentially preventable. By improving social circumstances, the effects of systemic illnesses may be minimised, and may consequently decrease the number of infants affected by dysphagia. This implies that paediatric dysphagia in South Africa is no longer merely a health dilemma, but one which involves basic human rights.

Detta arbete visar en möjlig väg för skapandet av en utökad norm/lagprövning genom att öka lagrådets befogenheter samt självständighet, där den lagstiftande församlingen samt den dömande och uttolkande myndigheten får en tydligare gräns än tidigare, där lagprövning står i fokus. Detta görs utifrån svensk rättstradition, där tidigare lagar omarbetats samt omplacerats utifrån traditionell rättsutredning. Lagrådet har givits en egen personalbudget vilket tidigare låg under Högsta domstolen samt ett eget kapitel i Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform - RF. Lagrådets befogenheter och sammansättning har utökats samt deras tillsättning har överförts från politisk tillsättning till domarnämnden vilket omfattas av flera grupper från samhället, inte bara av politiker. Dessa sammanlagda åtgärder ger ett ökat tryck på parter att göra rätt från början i ett lagarbete, men det ger också möjlighet till att i efterhand granska och omarbeta fel som visat sig på vägen i ett konkret arbete. Detta systematiska sätt att arbeta ger en ökad öppenhet samt rättssäkerhet kring lagskapande och granskande arbete på ett ekonomiskt fördelaktigt sätt. / This work shows a possible path for the inception of an expanded norm / law review by increasing the powers for Council of law and its independence, where the legislative government and the judging law reviewing parts will have a clearer boundary than before, where legal reviewing is in focus. This is done on the basis of Swedish legal tradition, where previous laws have been revised and repositioned based on traditional legal reviewing method. The law council has been given its own staff budget, which was previously under the Supreme Court, and it has been given a separate chapter in The (1974:152) Instrument of government- RF. The council's powers and composition have been expanding and their appointment has been transferred from political appointment to the judicial committee, which is covered by several groups from society, not just by politicians. These aggregated measures give a total increase in pressure on parties to do right from the start, but also give the opportunity to retrospectively review and rework errors that have proven themselves in court’s rulings. This systematic way of working provides increased transparency and legal certainty of reviewing and creating of new law in a positive economic way.

Dentre os tratamentos possíveis para feridas, um deles, ainda pouco discutido e divulgado, é o uso terapêutico do ozônio. A finalidade desta revisão foi verificar se há benefícios neste uso em feridas. Os objetivos foram: buscar evidências científicas sobre estes benefícios por meio da revisão sistemática da literatura científica; realizar levantamento bibliográfico de estudos primários sobre a temática; analisar a qualidade metodológica destes estudos e discutir sobre as evidências de seus resultados. A metodologia utilizada foi a revisão sistemática da literatura científica, de acordo com o preconizado pelo Centro Cochrane do Brasil. Foram selecionadas oito bases de dados eletrônicas que disponibilizam publicações de pesquisas na área da saúde (CINAHAL, COCHRANE, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE, OVID, PubMed, USP/Sibi/DEDALUS). Além destas bases, um estudo foi encontrado em um livro alemão específico sobre a temática. A busca foi feita de acordo com os Descritores em Ciências da Saúde baseado no MESH (Medical Subject Headings of U.S. National Library of Medicine). Foram encontrados 1637 estudos, sendo 55 pré-selecionados, e apenas 23 incluídos para a revisão. Dentre os principais resultados destacam-se: 52,2% dos estudos incluídos foram ensaios clínicos não controlados, 21,7% ensaios clínicos randomizados controlados abertos, 17,4% ensaios clínicos não randomizados controlados e 8,7% relatos de casos. A maioria dos estudos considerou como desfecho a cicatrização total da ferida ou a estimulação do processo de cicatrização, seguidos da melhora do aspecto da ferida, diminuição da dor/sintomas, melhora dos exames laboratoriais e, um deles relatou diminuição de odor da ferida. Foi analisado o quanto cada estudo controlou ou não variáveis intrínsecas e extrínsecas e quem foram os sujeitos de pesquisa em cada um deles. Analisou-se, ainda, se houve estratificação de variáveis entre os grupos controle e experimental nos estudos controlados e aplicou-se a Escala adaptada de Jadad para verificar a validade interna dos estudos randomizados, cujas pontuações obtidas foram inferiores ao mínimo estabelecido para um estudo de alta qualidade. Como conclusão, ao considerar apenas como estudos de qualidade aqueles randomizados, é possível reconhecer evidência forte do benefício do uso do ozônio, o que confirma a hipótese desta revisão. Mas, a partir da análise de sua validade interna, controle de variáveis interferentes e quantidade e tipo de população, os estudos apresentam problemas de condução e não é possível esse mesmo reconhecimento. Não é desprezível, porém, o fato de que todos os estudos obtiveram resultados favoráveis com o uso de ozônio, o que enseja a recomendação de viabilidade de realização de mais estudos, do tipo ensaios clínicos controlados e bem conduzidos, com estratificação de variáveis intrínsecas e extrínsecas e, principalmente, que utilizem como única intervenção o próprio ozônio, sem associar qualquer tipo de método que interfira no processo de cicatrização. Finalmente, considerando todos os aspectos discutidos e a realidade brasileira, o ozônio, poderia ser uma importante opção de tratamento para feridas e trazer diversos benefícios aos seus portadores, caso isso fosse provado por estudos bem delineados e de qualidade / Among the possible treatments for wounds there is one that is still very little discussed and divulged: the therapeutic use of the ozone. The purpose of this review is to verify if there are benefits of that use. These were the following goals: to search for scientific evidence of those benefits through systematic scientific literature review; to the bibliographic research of basic studies related to this theme; to analyze the methodological quality of those studies and to discuss the evidence of their results. The methodology used was the systematic scientific literature review, according to what is stated by the Cochrane Center of Brazil. Eight electronic data bases that contain publications of researches in the health area were selected (CINAHAL, COCHRANE, EMBASE, LILACS, MEDLINE, OVID, PubMed, USP/Sibi/DEDALUS). Apart from those data bases, one study was found in a Germany book specific on that theme. The research was done according to the Health Science Key-words based on the MESH (Medical Subject Headings of U.S. National Library of Medicine). 1637 studies were found, 55 were pre-selected and only 23 were included in the review. The main results were the following: 52,2% of the included studies were non-controlled clinical trials, 21,7% were open-label randomized controlled clinical trials, 17,4% were non-randomized controlled clinical trials and 8,7% were case reports. Most part of the studies considered the complete wound healing or the healing process stimulation as outcomes, followed by improvement of the wound aspects, reduction in the pain/symptoms, improvement on the laboratory exams and one of them reported the wound smell reduction. This review analyzed how many intrinsic and extrinsic variables were controlled and who the subjects were in each study. Besides that, it was analyzed if there were variables stratification among the control and the experimental groups in the controlled trials and the adapted Jadad Scale was applied to verify the internal validity of the randomized trials, whose obtained scores were less than the minimum standardized for a high quality study. To sum up, when only randomized trials are considered as of quality, it is possible to recognize strong evidence of benefit in the use of the ozone, which confirms the hypothesis of this review. But, when analyzing the internal validity, the controlled variables and the number and the kind of subjects, the studies presented execution problems and it is not possible to recognize the same thing. It is needless to say that all studies have obtained favorable results in the use of the ozone, which triggers the need to carry out more related studies, as well as to conduct controlled clinical trials, with intrinsic and extrinsic variables stratification and, mainly, that the ozone without associating any method that can interfere in the wound healing is used as unique intervention. Finally, considering all discussed aspects and the Brazilian reality, the ozone could be an important option of wound treatment and it could bring many benefits to its carriers if this was proofed by well conducted quality studies

A partir de estudo do histórico da indústria de energia elétrica no Brasil, de revisão de conceitos de Direito Administrativo, teoria geral de concessões de serviços públicos e política de preço aplicada a monopólios naturais, o trabalho apresenta o estudo de caso de duas empresas de fornecimento de energia elétrica privatizadas a partir da regulamentação do art. 175 dispositivos da Constituição Federal de 1988, através da publicação da Lei nº 8.985/1995, conhecida como Lei de Concessões. A Lei em referência possibilitou que serviços de utilidade pública cuja atividade era altamente controlada pelo governo, a exemplo do fornecimento de energia, telecomunicações, entre outros, tivessem sua prestação delegada à iniciativa privada, passando o Estado a exercer apenas as tarefas de fiscalizador e regulador dos serviços, na figura de autarquias de regime especial: as agências reguladoras. As condições da prestação dos serviços públicos, como a forma de reajuste e revisão das tarifas, foram estabelecidas em contratos de concessão assinados entre a União e os novos concessionários. No segmento de distribuição de energia elétrica, entretanto, as condições contratualmente pactuadas para preservação das tarifas não têm sido devidamente observadas, provocando distorções nos mercados das concessionárias, conseqüentemente sobre os seus respectivos consumidores. / ABSTRACT Beginning from the study of the history of Brazils electric energy industry, the review of Administrative rights and obligations concepts, general theory of public utility concessions, to the price policy applied to Natural Monopolies, this Dissertation presents the case study of two electric energy distribution companies, which were privatized by means of Law nº 8.987/1995, know as Law of Concessions, that guides Article nº 175 of the Federal Constitution of 1988. The Law made it possible for public utilities whose activities were highly regulated by the Government, such as the distribution of electric energy, telecommunications, among others, to be granted to the entrepreneurial initiative, where the State would only act as a regulating and inspecting agent, through regulatory agencies. The terms of rendering the service of public utilities, such as tariff policies, were established in concession contracts signed between the Union and the new concessionaires. In the electric energy distribution sector, however, these contractual conditions to establish and preserve tariffs have not been dully observed, causing distortions in the markets served by the concessionaires and consequently on their respective consumers.

O grupo de onicóforos \"caraíbas\" apresenta grande diversidade de espécies, mas também gêneros fracamente delimitados. Epiperipatus Clark, 1913 é o maior dos gêneros neotropicais de Onychophora, mas ainda não sofreu revisão taxanômica. Este gênero foi incorporado no presente estudo, que contemplou o mais abrangente conjunto de dados moleculares, assistido por dados morfológicos. Quatro marcadores moleculares foram utilizados: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA (mitochondriais) e 18S rRNA (nuclear). Além disso, trinta e três caracteres morfológicos foram levantados. A base de dados foi submetida a duas análises de Máxima Parcimônia (MP) e uma de Máxima Verossimilhança (ML). No total foram examinados 175 espécimes, cobrindo nove gêneros e vinte e nove espécies, dezoito delas pertencentes a Epiperipatus. Foi adotado como hipótese de trabalho o cladograma resultante da análise de evidência total que contemplou os dados moleculares e morfológicos. O resultado mostrou que os dados morfológicos não são capazes de resolver por si só as relações internas de Peripatidae, pois o número de caracteres morfológicos é menor que o número de terminais examinados. Peripatidae é suportado por dados moleculares e isso é conflitante com a delimitação morfológica tradicional dos gêneros da família. Isso demonstra que clados suportados por dados moleculares mostram elevada disparidade morfológica, que pode estar relacionada a adaptação a diferentes ambientes do clado Neotropical. Além disso, o resultado também sugeriu Epiperipatus como parafilético, pois engloba outros gêneros que devem ser sinonimizados. Epiperipatus apresentou estabilidade em três clados neotropicais, apesar de que Epiperipatus edwardsii (Blanchard, 1847) e outros quatro grupos mostraram posição instável. Para reconciliar a sistemática e a filogenia de Epiperipatus, os gêneros monotípicos Principapillatus Oliveira et al., 2014 e Cerradopatus Oliveira et al., 2015 devem ser considerados sinônimo-junior de Epiperipatus. Consequentemente, as novas combinações foram propostas: Epiperipatus hitoyensis (Oliveira et al., 2012) n. comb. e Epiperipatus sucuriuensis (Oliveira et al., 2015) n. comb.. Além disso, foram apresentadas e descritas as espécies novas Epiperipatus [sp1] n. sp., Epiperipatus [sp2] n. sp., Epiperipatus [sp10] n. sp., Epiperipatus [sp16] n. sp. e Epiperipatus [sp17] n. sp.. O enraizamento da filogenia de Onychophora em Peripatopsidae resultou no grupo Neotropical como grupo-irmão do grupo africano, e um aparente ancestral Asiático. A demonstrada monofilia de Epiperipatus confirmou sua larga distribuição, da mesma forma que Peripatus. Ambos os gêneros ocorrem da América Central ao Brasil. Entretanto, no Brasil enquanto Peripatus ocorre apenas no centro-oeste desse país, Epiperipatus é encontrado em quase todo o território desse país, com exceção da região sul / The \"caraibes\" onychophorans present both a large diversity and weakly defined genera. Epiperipatus Clark, 1913 is the largest genus, but it has not been revised so far. This genus is herein incorporated into the currently most comprehensive molecular phylogenetic analysis of Peripatidae, assisted by morphology. Four markers were used: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA (mitochondrial) and 18S rRNA (nuclear). Moreover, 33 morphological characters were obtained. The dataset was used in two Maximum Parsimony (MP) and one Maximum Likelihood (ML) analyses. In a total of 175 specimens of Onychophora, nine genera and twenty-nine species were examined, eighteen of them belonging to Epiperipatus. We adopted as work hypothesis the MP based on total evidence. The result showed that morphological by itself cannot be used to resolve the phylogenetic relationships of this group, because the number of characters is smaller than the number of terminals examined. Here, Peripatidae was based on molecular data and this conflicts with the characters traditionally used to define genera in the family. It means that clades supported by molecular data shows high morphological disparity which might be reflected on the adaptation to different environments in the Caribbean clade. Also, the result suggests that Epiperipatus seems to be not monophyletic, as it includes others genera and these genera should be synonymized. Epiperipatus presented stable relationships across three clades of Neotropical onychophorans, but it was observed the unstable position of Epiperipatus edwardsii (Blanchard, 1847) and four groups also. To reconcile Epiperipatus systematics with the phylogeny, the monotypic genera Principapillatus Oliveira et al., 2014 and Cerradopatus Oliveira et al., 2015 should be considered as junior synonyms of Epiperipatus. Hence, the new combinations were proposed: Epiperipatus hitoyensis (Oliveira et al., 2012) n. comb. and Epiperipatus sucuriuensis (Oliveira et al., 2015) n. comb.. Moreover, the new species Epiperipatus [sp1] n. sp., Epiperipatus [sp2] n. sp., Epiperipatus [sp10] n. sp., Epiperipatus [sp16] n. sp. and Epiperipatus [sp17] n. sp. were presented and described here. Rooting the Onychophora phylogeny in Peripatopsidae resulted in the Neotropical group as the sister group relationship to the African species, and an apparently ancestral group from Asia. The demonstrated Epiperipatus monophily confirmed its widespread distribution, in the same way as Peripatus. Both are recorded from Central America to Brazil. However, in Brazil, while Peripatus occurs only until the Central-West region, Epiperipatus is found in all Brazilian territories, except in the South region