Volume 6 Number 7 (July 2019)

Development of a Low-Cost System for Monitoring Water Quality applied to Fish Culture

In fish farming, automation is an outlet to minimize and / or optimize some key points for business success, such as real-time monitoring of water quality and its intervention when they are changed, as well as their interface with other productive management practices. The monitoring of water quality is done through the verification of some chemical and physical parameters, requiring qualified personnel to measure and interpret these parameters in order to provide a good water quality necessary for the good productive performance of the species to be cultivated. In this context, the objective of this project is to analyze the feasibility of implementing a low-cost computer system to monitor the physical and chemical properties of water in aquatic organisms. Taking into account the existence of a wide variety of technologies available on the market that can be used together, this work aims to study the paradigm of automation and its use in the field of fish farming, making use of existing technologies with Arduino, Raspberry pi and sensors. Finally, we intend to analyze the financial feasibility of developing a computer system to monitor the physical and chemical parameters of water in aquatic organisms.

National School Feeding Program (PNAE): An economic perspective for the family farmers of the municipality of Rio do Sul / SC

Formal education in Brazil is benefited by the National School Feeding Program (PNAE), which is destined to the agreed farmers for the production and supplies of part of the food consumed by the students of the public education networks. This study sought to analyze the impacts of PNAE on the evaluation of farmers and managers considering the needs for improvements. It is a qualitative research, the instruments of data collection were questionnaires and interviews with the social actors involved in the program. The results indicate that the farmers evaluated positively PNDE, as it encouraged the production of food, there was an increase in productivity and improvement in family income due to the guaranteed sale of the products; the investments in family agriculture were expanded with the acquisition of machinery and agricultural products generating quality of family life. The factors to be improved were related to the possible increase of the supply and improvement of the price of the products by virtue of the costs of the production, but recognized that it is in the average of the market and with guaranteed return of income. The other managers extol the importance of the program and the incentives to family agriculture; the nutritional factors and food quality of the students were qualified by a nutritionist.

Applicability of Homologous Fibrin Sealant in Bone Repair: An integrative Review

The repairing of bone defects is still a challenge for researchers and clinicians. Nonetheless there are many procedures that use different biomaterials such as scaffolds for bone regeneration however the results are often still unsatisfactory. As a result, the fibrin sealant derived from the interaction between proteins participating in the final blood coagulation cascade, is one of the most promising biopolymers in the tissue engineering field due to its unique characteristics. The present study aimed to perform a systematic review on homologous fibrin sealants highlighting its applicability as a three-dimensional framework in the process of bone regeneration. The database used for search strategy was the PubMed (Medline) and followed the guidelines provided in the PRISMA statement. From an initial 313 articles, only 12 articles between 2009 to 2019 were selected for this review after checking all inclusion and exclusion criterias. Due to this background, it is notable that fibrin sealant is one of the promising biopolymers used for tissue engineering and bone regeneration applications.

The Concept of Precariousness: What Definition?

Zouhair LAKHYAR, Ghizlane BAOUSSY

Through this article, we try to give a definition of the concept of precariousness by adopting a historical approach. Indeed, at the beginning the term "precariousness" was adopted in a way that confused poverty or exclusion without distinguishing the meaning of each of these terms. Then, this concept "precariousness" covered two social realities. The first is related to poverty and vulnerability and the second is associated with the different statuses of jobs. In the end, this notion has been developed by producing another a broader concept that is the precariat. This last word comes from the contraction of "precariousness" and "proletariat" to designate a new social class undermined by economic insecurity and the daily anxiety of precariousness.

Regression Tributary, Arrecadative Efficiency and Fiscal Crisis in Brazil

The fiscal problem that plagues Brazil today is a feature visible in the various economic cycles faced more or less accentuated in several historical periods, with a tendency to prolong and deepen depending on the structural causes that potentiated the critical effect. In this article, the aim is to explore the actual situation of the tributary system in Brazil and analyze it by the perspective of the Federal Constitution of 1988. Considering the regressive tax burden in the Brazilian case, the distributive disproportionality points to the selective character in the execution of a fiscal policy that induces structural inequalities in the taxation of consumption, production, patrimony and income, affecting in an uneven and concentrated way in the classes with lower income and ability to pay. A paradox that contradicts the precepts of the 1988 Constitution, which aim to establish equality and social justice.

Collaborative Learning in the Military Police of Tocantins: perspective without frontier

This study presents collaborative learning and the main digital tools used in technology-mediated teaching. This work aims to demonstrate that collaborative learning can strengthen and develop skills as a requirement for the development and sharing of knowledge as a strategic learning tool resulting from the interactions of the participants. For this, a bibliographical review, participatory research, qualitative-quantitative research was carried out. By demonstrating that technology-based collaborative learning develops a transdisciplinary view, enabling the identification of new methodologies that can be implemented in the qualification of the Tocantins Military Police.

The Role of Geospatial Information for Accelerating the Delineation of Village Boundaries in Indonesia using Cartometric Method

Tri Patma Sari

The number of villages in Indonesia currently is 83,436 villages, which will continue to increase each year. For instance, 49 years ago in 1969/1970, the number of villages was 44,478. The administrative boundaries of a village are very important to affirm and to stipulate legal aspects in the management of resources. Considering the large number of villages, it is necessary to accelerate the affirmation of village boundaries [Riyadi, 2018]. The study was conducted using a qualitative descriptive approach, by analyzing the contribution of geospatial information in supporting the delineation acceleration of village boundaries carried out by Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) during the period from 2013 to 2019 throughout Indonesia. High resolution orthorectified satellite imagery was used by implementing the cartometric method as mandated in the Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) No. 45 of 2016 concerning Determination and Affirmation of Village Boundaries. This method has been proven to accelerate the processes of establishing village boundaries. It is estimated that the number of villages in the period 2013-2019 will reach 76,196 villages or approximately 91,26 % of a total 83,436 villages. Settlement of village boundaries is part of the work plan of One Map policy contained in Presidential Regulation No. 9 of 2016 which is a catalyst for speeding up administrative boundaries including village boundaries.

Citrus Fruit Quality Classification using Support Vector Machines

The large-scale fruit selection process is still manual or semi-automatic, mainly in small industries. This fact can lead to errors during the sorting of good fruits. Thus, this paper proposes an application using computer vision and machine learning to improve this task. The genus studied was the citrus, more specific the orange, one of the most produced fruit in Brazil. However, the methodology used can be applied on any fruit which quality can be measured by vision. The initial step was the construction of the learning space, consisting of image acquisition, pre-processing and features extraction. After the construction, the learning phase begins, consisted of the training of the support vector machine model, and then, statistical methods were used to validate the model. As the final result, it achieved the accuracy of 97.3% in fruit classify.

Methylphenidate Produces Conditioned place preference, and cannabidiol Exposure during Extinction does not Inhibit the Reinstatement of Methylphenidate in the Marmoset Monkeys

Methylphenidate (MPH) is a central nervous system stimulant used as a pharmacotherapy to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and narcolepsy. Scientists are concerned that MPH use could lead to increase the risk of vulnerability to drug abuse later in life. Little work has been carried out on the addictive potential of MPH in non-human primates (NHP). In the present study we intend to evaluate whether the MPH is able to produce a conditioned response and if the exposure to cannabidiol (CBD) during the extinction trial of the conditioned preference place (CPP) paradigm can inhibit the reinstatement of the response in male marmoset monkeys. Animals received alternating intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of either MPH (5mg/kg) or saline (SAL) to a daily 15 min conditioning trial during 10 consecutive days in drug- and saline-paired compartments, respectively, of a CPP box. After a place preference test the animals were submitted to daily CBD injection in a 15min extinction trial, until the association between MPH and the MPH-paired compartment was extinguished. Then, 24h after the last extinction trial, animals received a priming dose of MPH (1mg/kg) and were submitted to a 15min retest trial. We found that MPH induced strong and long-lasting reinforcing properties during the conditioning period even after extinction training and reinstatement test. Therefore, MPH induced a CPP response in a NHP model and CBD administration could not inhibit the reinstatement of the MPH-induced CPP response.

Interference and Economic threshold level of Alexander Grass in Soybean as a Function of Cultivars and Weed Populations

In the soybean crop occurs high losses of grains production, in function of weeds. It is noteworthy that among the most damaging weeds in the soybean crop is the alexander grass (Urochloa plantaginea). The objective of the project was to test mathematical models and identify explanatory variables to determinate the level of control of alexander grass in the soybean crop estimated in function of cultivars and populations of the competitor. The experiment was installed in the UFFS experimental area in Erechim, RS in the agricultural year 2016/17. The treatments were composed of soybean cultivars (NS 5445 IPRO, NS 5959 IPRO, SYN 13561 IPRO, SYN 1059 RR e BMX Elite IPRO) and 12 alexander grass populations that competed with each soybean cultivar. We evaluated plant population, leaf area, ground cover and dry mass of the aerial part of alexander grass. The plant population presents a better fit to the model of the rectangular hyperbole, and this model can estimate the grain productivity losses due the alexander grass interference. The cultivars SYN 1059 RR, BMX Elite IPRO and NS 5445 IPRO were the most competitive in comparing with the others in the presence of alexander grass. The values of economic threshold level ranged from 0.96 to 2.16 plants m2. The increase in grain productivity, commercial price of soybeans, herbicide efficiency and reduction in control cost decrease the economic threshold level for weed control, justifying application of control measures for lower densities of alexander grass.

Effects of sedentary behavior in Metabolic Syndrome and its components in adults: A Systematic Review

Introduction: the current society has been involved in activities that require less energy expenditure, this type of activity that requires energy expenditure

SIRT1 and Ki67 immunohistochemical expression in progression of cutaneous malignant melanoma

The current study evaluated the proliferation index and immunohistochemical expression of SIRT1 on normal skin and cutaneous melanocytic nevi (CMN) and cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM). Formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples from 43 CMN, 22 CMM and 10 normal skin were obtained and clinical data were abstracted from the electronic medicalrecord.SIRT1 and Ki67 proteins expressions were evaluated regarding to clinic pathological behavior in CMM. The level of significance was set at Î± = 5% (p < 0.05).Our findings showed that SIRT1 positivity was significantly higher in benign melanocytic nevi than that in cutaneous malignant melanoma (p=0.002). As expected, the proliferation index was significantly higher in samples of cutaneous malignant melanoma as compared to the normal skin and melanocytic nevi (p=0.001). However, the expression of Ki67 protein was not also significantly related to the expression of SIRT1 (p > 0.05). In conclusion, low expression of SIRT1 and high proliferation index may play an important role in progression of cutaneous melanoma.

Competitive Interaction between Weeds and Onion Crop

Among the factors that affect crop productivity are weeds that compete for the resources present in the environment. Then, the objective of this study was to evaluate the competitiveness of turnip and ryegrass infesting the onion crop. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse, in a randomized complete block design, arranged in a 2x8 factorial scheme, with four replications. In factor A, were allocated the weeds (turnip and ryegrass) and in the B, were allocated populations of these species (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 pot-1 plants) living with an onion plant. 50 days after transplanting, were evaluated the height, stem diameter, leaf area and dry mass of the aerial part of the onion plants. For the weeds, only the dry mass of the aerial part was determined. In face of the results, it can be observed that the onion has a low competitive capacity, being the turnip the weed more aggressive in the competition, for all evaluated variables.

Critical Reflection for the Change of Educational Practice

Dra. Raimunda Alves Melo, Dra. Antonia Dalva FranÃ§a-Carvalho

This study is based on a doctoral research developed by the Postgraduate Program in Education of the Federal University of PiauÃ (UFPI), which analyzes the changes in the educational practice of teachers working in rural schools after participating in the Degree in Education of the Field (LEdoC). The clipping presented through this purpose aims to discuss the principle of critical reflection as an important element for the change in educational practice. The discussions that support these stages are supported by theorists such as: Contreras (2012), Freire (2013 and 2014), Molina and Hage (2015), Pimenta e Lima (2012), among others. The data production employed the Richardson-oriented documentary analysis (2012) and conversation wheels from the perspective of Freire (2002). The data production employed the Richardson-oriented documentary analysis (2012) and conversation wheels from the perspective of Freire (2002). The results show that the interfaces between the curricular activities of teacher training, based on the specific knowledge of the formation and the relation between them and the knowledge of the peasant culture, produce critical reflections, contributing to the change of educational practice.

Extraction of bio-oil via wet based from Nannochloropsis oculata

Current research has shown a great interest in microalgae due to its ability to capture CO2 from the atmosphere, a harmful gas to the environment, and to store a high added value oil. However, the extraction of the oil from microalgae represents a stage of high energy demand, and it is necessary to develop a viable process in this aspect. In this context, the present work aims to extract the bio-oil from the microalga of the species Nannochloropsis oculata via humid base, in order to remove the drying step of the extraction process. For this, an experimental planning of the factorial type (3Â²) with two central points was used, totalizing 11 experiments for each solvent (ethanol and hexane). The variables studied in the planning were the time of application of the ultrasound and the time of extraction by Soxhlet. As a result, extraction with the application of ultrasound for 60 min, followed by Soxhlet for 8 h with hexane showed better yield (20.29%) of bio-oil. The production of bio-oil under the same conditions with ethanol was 16.83%. The lowest energy expenditure in relation to the production of 1 g of oil occurred under the conditions of application of 60 min of ultrasound and 4 hours of solid-liquid extraction. The energy expenditure was also compared to the dry and wet basis with the two solvents. In the dry base extraction, the yield was lower than the wet basis. By the analysis of GC-MS it was observed that drying influences the profile of fatty acids, reducing the percentage of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. It is concluded that the wet basis extraction is the best option, since drying deteriorates the bio-oil and does not influence significantly the yield of the bio-oil.

The 5s Program in School Spaces a Proposal For Quality Improvement

In an increasingly competitive market, companies have shown a constant interest in improving their processes. In this sense, the 5S program is a tool that addresses these issues of process quality, promoting organization of spaces, elimination of waste and optimization of time. In this perspective, this study proposes the implementation of the 5S program in a private elementary school in the city of Manaus-AM, in order to optimize the spaces to improve its use, to develop a sense of organization in school employees and to promote the efficiency of quality of services provided. This research was based on the qualitative approach and used the case study as a methodology. The tools used were the 5s Program, the Ishikawa tool, the Brainstorming and a questionnaire. The result showed that the 5s program can promote quality in the processes, optimization of the physical space of the school secretariat that was the scenario of application of the program and the personal development of the collaborators.

Applying the Lean Concept through the VSM Tool in Maintenance Processes in a PIM Manufacture

Lean concepts were usually focused exclusively on the manufacturing areas, leaving aside administrative areas. However intense competition has led many organizations to begin to realize that these concepts would also be beneficial to competition with the implementation of lean thinking in their offices. This study addresses the Lean Office theme, a derivation of Lean Manufacturing. The vision of the Lean concept of identifying and eliminating wastes enables improvements in the flow of service call handling at a manufacturing plant in the Manaus Industrial Pole - PIM, using the concepts that were initially developed for manufacturing, making adaptations to the administrative areas, preserving the essence of the concept and applying lean thinking to improve the flow of care. For analysis of the current state through Value Stream Mapping -VSM, timing and 5S Concept.

Application of a Model in the Evaluation of Competitiveness in Sustainability in Factories of the Pharmaceutical Sector

LuÃs Henrique Rodrigues, SÃ©rgio Ricardo LourenÃ§o, Ricardo Reolon Jorge

The competitive scenario for companies has been changing over time, by increasing competitiveness in terms of cost, quality, reliability, agility and, more recently, environmental issues. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the sustainability competitiveness of companies in the pharmaceutical sector by applying a model that relates the adoption of lean manufacturing practices and practices in environmental management in production processes. The model grouped the companies into clusters, distributing them in quadrants according to the quantity of produced waste and residues in their manufacturing processes. It was applied to a sample of 32 pharmaceutical processing industries in Brazil, in the states of SÃ£o Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul and ParanÃ¡. The work is classified as applied, exploratory and qualitative and the survey method was used in order to collect data. The results show that most of the companies surveyed (53.13%) adopt practices for waste and residues reduction in their manufacturing processes, promoting to these companies a competitive differential in reliability of delivery, flexibility, quality and cost of their products. Thus, this research contributes to the pharmaceutical companies, giving them a better understanding of their competitive state in sustainability, from the adoption of practices in lean manufacturing and environmental management in their manufacturing processes.

Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Brazilian Coal Production

AndrÃ© Freitas Oliveira, Fernando Gasi, SÃ©rgio Ricardo LourenÃ§o

The rapid growth in energy demand globally sets the need for studies that evaluate the capacity of a fuel to provide an energy surplus after accounting for all the energy needed to make it available for society. The energy indicator known as energy return on investment (EROI) has been widely used for that purpose, analyzing both renewable and non-renewable fuels ability to provide useful energy. However, there are no study which estimate the EROI for Brazilian fossil fuel production. In this sense, the goal of this study is to calculate the EROI for Brazilian coal production, analyzing how much surplus energy this fuel yield after accounting the energy necessary to its extraction, processing and transportation. The results show that the EROI value highly depends on the data source, with values ranging from 30 to 57 for the Santa Catarina Statesâ€™ coal production and going as high as 115 for the Rio Grande do Sul Statesâ€™ coal production. LCA software SimaPro was also used as a way to estimate the EROI for Brazilian coal production due to its extensive database. Results from both methods are in agreement when considering only the extraction and processing steps, but diverge when the transportation energy costs are added. Differences in the transportation process are the probable cause for the discrepancies in the EROI value. Despite this difference, both methods show that the Brazilian coal is a net energy source.

Basic Education in Brazil, Performance and Indicators about Resources, Management and Projects

Wilson Almeida, Agnaldo Batista DaSilva, Augusta da ConceiÃ§Ã£o Santos Ferreira

This article proposes an analysis for solving problems in a system of continuous change to improve the results, in a typical Brazilian school. As a result of public policies for basic and high school education in Brazil, public schools are increasingly absorbed by the logic of efficiency. Following this guideline managers must work with goals, build partnerships, identify political alignments, seek data, establish a compensation plan and select performance measures for their units. In this way, educational management must implement successful strategies in the medium and long term. This article intends to suggest a promising approach for public education that compose in a process of continuous improvement.

Analysis of stress - strain State of the Local Bearing area caused by a Prestressed Cable Anchor in Reinforced Concrete beams according to the Nonlinear Model

T.H.H. Truong, T.C.N. Nguyen

The paper presents the results of stress and strain state of the local bearing area caused by a prestressed cable anchor in reinforced concrete beams. Ansys software was used to model and analyze the structure. The analysis process was carried out in 3 types: linear elastic analysis, nonlinear elastic analysis, and nonlinear analysis considering the destruction of concrete. The results of the analyses were also compared with each other.

Main Sources of Electricity Generation in Brazil

Julio Cesar Marques, SÃ©rgio Ricardo LourenÃ§o, Fernando Gasi

Brazil is one of the largest producers of electricity by means of hydroelectric plants; however, this generation process depends on large volumes of water directly affected by climate changes that, consequently, affect the production of electricity. Thus, the predominant production of electric energy, through hydroelectric plants in Brazil, is increasingly complemented by thermal plants to cope with the rapid growth of demand, the greater the amount of electricity generated by thermal plants, the more expensive is the cost of production and greater is the environmental impact due to the burning of fossil fuels. To combat this alternative, new renewable sources should be used in large scale. The three main sources of renewable energy for electricity generation in Brazil are: hydroelectric, wind and biomass of sugarcane, in specific the sugarcane bagasse. The aim of this study is to present how these renewable sources concentrate in a way regional, with the purpose of presenting how these sources can be complementary in the energy supply, according to the characteristics of seasonality of the same ones.

Recognition of Key Drivers to the Improvement of Competitiveness Strategies in Brazilian Coffee

LuÃsa Paseto, Marco TÃºlio Ospina Patino

The adequacy of the coffee properties and the production systems for the certification has allowed the improvement in the management and the sustainability of the companies raising the degree of their participation in the international markets. The agricultural management about productive assets and human capital is the real challenge for the recognition of the key drivers that are associated with competitiveness. The changes that segment is expressed in the development of relations and interactivity among the stakeholders of the value chain, suggesting that, training and knowledge are a guide to the new productive and competitive of producers. The need for management for coffee quality, improvement of management techniques, and training of social capital presented as potential tools to increase competitiveness in coffee production.

Proposed Integration of the Technical Regulations of Systems of Management of Operational Safety and Structural Integrity of Facilities, defined by the ANP of Brazil

This article aims to analyze and integrate the main requirements of the Technical Regulations of the Operational Safety Management Systems (RTSGSO), Structural Integrity of Facilities (RTSGI), Terrestrial Pipelines (RTDT), Submarine Systems (RTSGSS) and Wells (RTSGIP) Producers and Injectors, defined by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), to simplify implementation and integration with other Integrated Management Systems (SGI), such as Quality, Environment, Safety and Health at Work (QMS&ST) in the management of concessionaires and/or operators of oil and natural gas producing fields in Brazil. The methodology used was an exploratory and descriptive research, through a bibliographical review and documentary. As a result, the main requirements of the 5 (five) technical regulations of the operational safety and structural integrity management systems of the facilities, ground pipelines, subsea and well systems were integrated into a structured correspondence matrix model with 17 (seventeen) Management Programs of the RTSGSO, for implementation in the global management of concessionaires and/or operators of oil and natural gas producing fields. This way it was concluded that the matrix with the integration and correspondence of the ANP's technical regulations will simplify the implementation and integration with other management systems such as QMS&ST (SGI) in the global management of the concessionaire company or operator of oil and natural gas producing fields , and will also contribute to the development of data collection tools such as: checklists, to periodically perform diagnoses and/or performance evaluation of implementation and/or maintenance of the management systems applied in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas.

Implementation of Program 5s in a Refrigeration Industry

Marcelo Marinho dos Santos, Marden Eufrasio dos Santos, David Barbosa de Alencar

The implementation of the program of quality and improvement in the process of production based on the methodology in 5S was implemented in a refrigeration company located in the Industrial Pole of Manaus, based on bibliographic research in books. This philosophy is intended to inform and train the people who are involved in the process of organizational change. The 5S technique was used to apply the improvement in the assembly line, in relation to cleaning in the work environment, organization of the utensils of immediate use, creation and demarcation of layout to attend the process flow, as well as the verification of the lighting of the environment among other factors.

Analysis of Genetic Algorithm for synthesis digital systems modeled in finite state machine

To achieve smaller digital systems, like microprocessors, controller, etc., it requires to design them with a small area and treats the power dissipation. These issues are important because can prolong the time of use of the equipment and reduce the manufacturing costs. To do so, digital circuits can be modeled as finite state machines with a large number of states for most practical problems. To achieve a minimum result, you need to optimize a state assignment. Find a solution that meets these characteristics, i.e., find the optimal state assignments is a complex task because it is an NP-Complete problem. Thus, this research analyzed the Genetic Algorithm to obtain an optimization in the state assignment in a reasonable time. The experiments showed good results, however, the adjusts of the parameters of GA must be investigated to find better results.

Traffic Forecasting for Monitoring in Computer Networks using Time Series

With the expansion of connectivity and information exchange, monitoring Internet traffic becomes a priority in network management to identify anomalies and resource use. This paper presents a study of data traffic forecasting on a computer network, by using known approaching methods for Time Series analysis. The objective of this work is to monitoring the connection of users to network-based applications, including resource availability and network stability of a Brazilian educational institute. To estimate the traffic at a given time, the adjustments made with Exponential Smoothing, AR and ARIMA models were compared in order to detect possible future abnormal behavior of network usage. The results indicate that the chosen models, mainly the ARIMA, can be used to predict both input and output traffic of a network, also allowing the generation of alerts in real time. It is possible to predict how Internet traffic will be in the next few moments in order to detect possible anomaly on the network in a short period of time when they differ considerably from the forecast made for that specific period. Efficient network monitoring favors the quality of applications and services available to users, helping the network manager to make decisions for maintenance and constant improvement.

The Importance of Measuring Functional Independence for Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Trauma Patients

Traumatic injuries can have an impact on the functional capacity and quality of life of older adults. Given that, we sought to measure the functionality of older trauma patients and its implication for rehabilitation therapy. This is cross-sectional study of 257 trauma patients aged 60 years and older admitted to a public hospital in Brazil. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Brazilian version of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) were used. Mean FIM total score was 42.5Â±19.9, mean FIM motor score was 30.2Â±21.5, and mean FIM cognitive score was 74.5Â±28.0. The most affected FIM domains were self-care (mean of 25.6Â±26.6), mobility (mean of 14.6Â±28.7) and locomotion (mean of 9.7Â±21.9). Men (mean total FIM score of 48.1Â±23.1) were more independent than women (mean total FIM score of 39.0Â±16.8), with statistically significant differences in mean FIM total score (p

Optimization of Flow Test Quality Indicators in a PIM Air Conditioner Line

The present article aims to describe the process of detection by flow measurement in a window air conditioner refrigeration system of a company of the Industrial Pole of Manaus PIM. The equipment used is a flow sensor model SFAB-200U-HQ8-2SA-M12, which was installed in a production line, connected to a supervisory system, which will indicate through a visual device Andons, the approval of the product in real time . The process occurs through the sending of flow data, with the early detection of capillary blockage, ie, before the final assembly of the product, the objective is to optimize the quantity of products reworked internally, which will cause an increase in the indicator of FPY (First Passed Yield), as well as a reduction in field failure rates due to the non-detection of capillary obstruction in the process. For this, it was necessary to identify the normal flow of product, and to define new parameters of approval, next to this the methodology 6 sigma was applied to make the analysis of the data.

The Physical Arrangement Based on the SLP Method, an Analysis on the LCM Fabrication Process

Physical arrangement or layout is a term widely used in corporate language, it is the configuration of productive elements and transformers. In the industrial hub of Manaus in many cases it is either new installations or rearrangements of deactivated line spaces. This paper aims to show the importance of Layout study as well as its tools for process improvements and productivity increase. The methodology adopted is based on bibliographic and documentary research (internal corporate documentation) using the method SLP (systematic planning of Layout) that seeks the best configuration between: man, machine and equipment. The aim of this work is to compare other academic works, books by great authors and to report a little of the experience lived in the industry of the industrial pole of Manaus in lines of manufacture of Monitors and televisions, in particular introduction of lines of LCD panels and LED, thus collaborating with the academic community.

Emancipation in Organizations: A Bibliometric Study

In this study aiming to identify theoretical referential for the development of scientific work about emancipation and organizations, a research process facing the need of scientific material able to support the study was carried out. A search of a keywords composition, whose core of work is about the thematic axes Emancipation, Organization and Management, has been performed. The process supported for Proknow-C method has identified articles, aligned with the vision of the research, in different bibliographic databases. This work performs a bibliometric analysis where it was identified manuscripts, relevant authors and keywords most used about the central theme.

Activity of two Exometabolites produced by Escherichia coli on the Synthesis of Pyocyanin

The secretion of metabolites with antimicrobial activity is one of the strategies employed by bacteria to respond to negative stimuli promoted during interspecies competition. In a long-term stationary phase. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli can synthesize diffusible exometabolites whose action is to mutually inhibit the exposed cells, guaranteeing the balance of both populations in a certain site. The P. aeruginosa may have an advantage in that it produces pyocyanin. However, the excretion of indole and acetate by E. coli may reduce this advantage. This work aims to detect the influence of different concentrations of these two exometabolites on the synthesis of pyocyanin in two wild isolates of P. aeruginosa. After incubation under shaking for 72 h at 29Â°C, reduction of up to 50% of the concentration of pyocyanin in the presence of indole was observed. On the other hand, no change was observed in the production of the pigment with the acetate, alone or when in combination with concentrations of less than 0.5 mM indole. It reduced the inhibitory effect of the compound, reflecting an increase in pyocyanin production of more than 20%. The results contribute to help understanding the ecological mechanisms of competition between the two species.

The Detachment of the Homogenizing discourse and lived for Resettled Hydropower plant IrapÃ©: the Landscape of Reification of Logic and the â€œDevelopmentâ€

This work intends to present the mechanisms used by the "development" and the experiences of the people compulsorily displaced due to the IrapÃ© HPP in the Jequitinhonha Valley, stigmatized as a "valley of misery". For this purpose, literature review, qualitative research, case study, field work, etc. It was carried in October Also Analyzes the Disproportionate power to suppress rights and lead the population to accept the "rules of the game". The pressures for homogenization que Suppresses the socio-cultural diversities of the "being and doing" of the peasant, the emptying and disqualification of the confrontations that make invisible the social movements. The relativization of the symbolic value of land, inheritance, traditions, way of life and the multiple uses of land and nature, Which are despised by entrepreneurs. In this way, the resolution of conflicts is enabled by reification, Which Merely prioritizes the economic logic, Which Understands the people of the place object to another in the natural landscape.

Evaluation of Environmental Impacts in Semi-arid Caatingas of Brazil

Clecia Simone G. Rosa Pacheco, Reinaldo Pacheco dos Santos

The Caatinga is a biome rich in endemic species, both fauna and flora. There is, however, no influence suffered on the impacts, some of them being irreversible. Despite being a fragile biome and requiring care due to vulnerability, the issues related to climatological aspects, this is a very resilient ecosystem. This is not important anthropogenic impact, and this case, approach in the impact of the provocation of the activity of mining, is this case in the environment of illegal environment. In this sense, this article aimed to evaluate socioenvironmental impacts through mining activities, caused by the implementation of the Red Mine in the CuraÃ§Ã¡ Valley, in the State of Bahia. This research is applied in nature, quantitative, bibliographical and field. The methodology is based on the Tricart (1977) ecodynamic method, on the GTP Theory of Bertrand and Bertrand (2007), on the method of walking of Filgueiras et. al. (1994) and in Bardin Theory (2011). The research findings were the main risk factors for Caatinga surface recovery (PRC).

Lean Production System Applied to a Liquid Fertilizer Industry

The reduction of production costs is currently a subject much sought after by companies. The Toyota Production System was the first program to be produced through a demand that was able to raise the quality level of the products, working with zero inventory, generating greater sustainability in the Japanese automotive business. The technology industry in plant nutrition has been growing in recent years in Brazil, with more than 450 companies in the segment and producing a turnover in the order of R$5 billion reals. The objective of this work was to apply the methodology of lean manufacturing in a liquid fertilizer factory. After application, the production time was reduced by 33% and the productive capacity was doubled.

Blockchain Technology applied to Education

David Nadler Prata, Humberto Xavier de AraÃºjo, CleÃ³rbete Santos

The purpose of the present work is offer an implementation of a private blockchain infrastructure for data storage, specifically the certificates of completion or participation issued by the Federal University of Tocantins, Campus Palmas-TO, Brazil, aiming to avoid their falsification by means of validation using hashing. Some institutions, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Holberton School in San Francisco, use Bitcoin's public blockchain to maintain and validate their certificates, but paying fees for each operation. The blockchain implementation adopted for this project is Multichain, a solution that, because it is open source, reduces deployment costs, facilitates its installation and maintenance of its infrastructure, and doesnâ€™t request the payment of any fees for information storage. Because of its security features and transparency in data storage, Blockchain has been used in a number of technologies, such as the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, smart contracts, shared economy, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, Internet of Things (IoT), management of identity, among others, and also in education, focus of this work.

Application of an Assessment Model for Potential Products with recognised Indication of Origin in the Production Chain of Wooden Truck Bodies in Itabaiana, Brazil

Adeilson Freire dos Santos, Maria EmÃlia Camargo

The present article is aimed at showing the result of applying a model developed for assessing potential products with recognised indication of origin (IndicaÃ§Ã£o de ProcedÃªncia â€“ IP, in Portuguese) registrations in Brazil. This model was applied on the production chain of wooden truck bodies in the municipality of Itabaiana, in the Brazilian State of Sergipe. This model is based on Bibliographic, Documentary and Delphi research methods. Its application consists of 3 (three) steps: 1 â€“ Product Characterisation (CP), 2 â€“ Preliminary Investigation with specialists (IPE) and 3 â€“ Definitive Documentary Research (IDD). The product studied exhibited a historical, cultural and economic connection with the producing region, besides an 8.3 average degree of agreement, measured using the phrase completion scale proposed in the model, based on the opinion of specialists; thus, confirming the medium-to-high potential for applying for the IP registration through the competent body in Brazil.

Guarani Aquifer System: Water Quality, Hydrogeochemistry and Legal Implications: A Review

Giselle Feliz Santiago, Olavo Bilac Quaresma de Oliveira Filho

The Guarani aquifer system is the most important underground water resource in South America. Knowing in detail the characteristics of the aquifer facilitates the management of this resource. Therefore, this paper aims to review the literature on Guarani Aquifer System from the perspective of Water Quality, Hydrogeochemistry and Legal Implications.

Application of mathematical models to breakthrough curves of methylene blue removal using agricultural waste of sorghum (AWS)

In this work, the feasibility of using agricultural waste of sorghum (AWS) in the removal of methylene blue (MB) colorant was evaluated. The experiments were carried out using fixed-bed column in a continuous system and the breakthrough curves were adjusted to the mathematical models of Adams and Bohart, Yoon and Nelson, Thomas and Doses-Response by programming them in the MATLAB R2007a software. With the realization of this study, the high biosorbent adsorption capacity has been demonstrated, as well as the high operating efficiency in column filled with AWS in the elimination of methylene blue colorant.

Technologies of the Industry 4.0: Perspectives of Application in the Brazilian Agribusiness

Nilton Cezar Carraro, Moacir Godinho Filho, Edenis Cesar de Oliveira

This study aimed to verify the applicability of the terms of Industry 4.0 in Brazilian agribusiness, verifying its use as a mechanism to reduce production costs. In this sense, an exploratory research was developed with a qualitative and quantitative approach of the problem by collecting the opinion of experts on the applicability of these technologies. Taking as a starting point the nine technologies of Industry 4.0 presented by RÃ¼bmann et al. (2015), the answers were divided into two groups: the first one was examined for applicability, some of which in the opinion of experts are already practiced, others will be in the near future and some will not be practiced by agribusiness due to uncontrollable variables like climate and plagues. As for the reduction of production costs, two technologies represent advantages for agribusiness in the opinion of specialists. In addition to these contributions, this research suggests the creation of a national repository to house innovations and applications of these technologies, demonstrating the state-of-the-art evolution of Agriculture 4.0 in Brazil.

Optimization of Food-Waste Based Culture Medium for Cellulase Production by Thermophilic Bacillus sp SMIA-2 and effect of Divalent Metal Ions on Activity and Stability of the Enzyme at Higher Temperatures

In general, the costs for cellulases production are associated with the value of the carbon source used in the process. Waste from the food processing industry contains several reusable substances that can replace the expensive components used in culture media for the production of cellulases. In this work, it was studied the combined interactive effect of different concentrations of sugarcane bagasse treated with alkali, passion fruit rind flour and corn steep liquor for maximal avicel-hydrolyzing enzymes â€“ avicelases by thermophilic Bacillus sp SMIA-2, using statistical methodology. The influence of metal ions on the activity and stability of the enzyme was also investigated in order to increase the industrial applicability of enzymes. A concentration of 0.3% (w /v) of these three components in the production medium can be used successfully to obtain high levels of avicellase activity. The avicelase displayed enhanced activity in the presence of 10 Mm CoCl2 after incubation at 90ÂºC for 1 h, indicating that this enzyme depended on the metal ions to promote its activity and stability at higher temperatures.

Initial Establishment and Physiological Performance of Rice as Affected by Ryegrass Mulching Levels

We aimed to evaluate the initial growth and physiological characteristics of rice planted following ryegrass in lowland areas. The experiment was conducted in Capao do Leao, Brazil, in Typic Albaqualf. Ryegrass was planted preceding the experiment installation. Prior to rice planting, the area was burndown with herbicide, when treatments were established: ryegrass plants were cut at 0, 15, 30 or 45 cm above ground, resulting in different mulching levels. Rice was then planted, being managed according to local recommendations for the crop. We evaluated the variation in soil moisture levels, rice establishment in density and seedling height, and physiological parameters: relative fluorescence, chlorophyll, flavonoid and nitrogen balance indexes. High mulching levels by ryegrass allowed rice five additional days on a dry season, before harmful soil water tension, compared to bare soil; seedlings able to emerge under the ryegrass mulching, grew without considerable barriers; plant physiology in fields with residual ryegrass mulching was little affected, and ryegrass cut up to 45cm height prior to planting rice seem not to affect it. This corresponds to a maximum of about 4500 kg ha 1 of ryegrass straw on soil surface prior to planting rice to avoid damages to crop establishment.

Practices in Mental Health in Primary Care: An Integrative Review

The Objective of the present study was to analyze the scientific production of the 10 years (2005-2015), highlighting the practices in Mental Health in PHC implemented through public policies. Method: integrative literature review, with research in LILACS and SCIELO databases. The descriptors Mental Health, Primary Care; Basic Attention and Public Policies. Full Text were included; Main subject; Country / Region as subject, only studies carried out in Brazil; Language: English Spanish and Portuguese; Year of Publication (2006 to 2015) and Subject of the Journal. Through this study, it was possible to identify 22 studies focused on the subject of Mental Health in Primary Care, which were categorized into 4 main themes: Matrix support, Biomedical Model, Importance of community health agent (CHA) and Implementation of Public Policies in Mental Health. The main practices in Mental Health highlighted are the matrix support, which in most studies is considered as an important tool for the effectiveness of mental health services in primary care, network articulation, co-responsibility of the teams involved in care, municipal management.

Petri net Modelling of the Automatic Test System for Mobile Phone Battery

Considering recent cases of mobile device battery incidents widely reported in the news and the internet, more and more companies are looking to develop not only safer and more reliable products, but also robust and automated manufacturing processes, seeking greater reliability and efficiency. Thus, the purpose of this research is to model a mobile phone battery test automation system using the Petri Nets (PN) graph and mathematics tool to automate the dipole alignment, voltage test and internal resistance, anode and cathode battery terminal cut, visual inspection of these and battery thickness selection in a mobile phone battery production line of a company in the Industrial Pole of Manaus (PIM). The Visual Object Net ++ v2.7a software was used for PN modeling and the present research is structured in detailed description of the automatic system components, flowchart, modeling and PN analysis. Considering this as a Discrete Event System (DES), the PN showed that it is fully possible to model the Automatic Testing System for Mobile Phone Battery. It was also demonstrated that the PN analysis by the mark enumeration method, through the coverage tree building and accessible markings graphs that the system has good properties of Reachability, Liveness and Boundedness, being fundamental in PN. It was also possible to verify that using this tool it is possible to obtain a high level of understanding of real progress and evolution of the system through the dynamic visualization of graphs related to the DES.

Use of Simple Linear Regression Models to Analyze the Contribution of Non-linear Loads in the Harmonic Distortions of Voltage in an Electric System Bus: Case Study

A new harmonic data distribution window was developed, through the collection of data from the distribution network, in a medium voltage substation of level 13.8 kV. The objective of this article is to obtain a study on the energy for the consumer units (UCs), for a minimum period of 7 consecutive days according to the PRODIST, electrical system. The harmonics are not as harmful for firms as for power distribution company. A technique developed of this article is a linear regression technique, which is a construction of parametric models and a mathematical analysis. This is an article published and applied in the practice of case studies of harmonic analysis of electric energy distribution systems through linear regression analysis, obtaining great results in the study, thus validating an applied technique in harmonic analysis of electric power distribution systems.

Brazilian Commercial banks and their Economic and Financial indices based on â€œBaseleia, traditional and Bankingâ€

Dr SÃ©rgio Cavagnoli Guth

The conjuncture of the Brazilian banking financial system directly influences the economy of the country, where financial institutions, specifically those of banking activities, act as financiers of consumption and investment, which seek to obtain the Best possible results in its activities, not only for the satisfaction of its shareholders, but also by the social impetus they provide. This paper intends to demonstrate a financial analysis of the five largest publicly traded Brazilian commercial banks, according to net income at the end of the 2015 year, aiming to develop a comparative study between the indices of Basel of the banks selected in contrast with the analysis of the traditional economic and financial indices and banking. The study is characterized as an exploratory research, with documentary bibliographical basis and is defined by the quantitative approach. It can be concluded that the Basel index in conjunction with the analysis of the traditional financial indices of profitability and of the financial indices of profitability and profit, assist in the verification of tendency to profitability. It is evident that the application of the indices studied that reveal the performance of financial institutions, aiming at the commitment to maintain and administer their resources in a responsible and competent manner, ressaving that the Basel Index and indexes Exclusive use of companies in the studied sector.

Development of a low-cost System for Water Quality Monitoring: Bibliographic Review

Wilmar Borges Leal Junior, Humberto Xavier de Araujo

This work presents a practical application of a water monitoring system using the internet concept of things - Iot. The integrated water quality monitoring system for decision support, this proposal is a theoretical study for use in the Federal Institute of Tocantins by professors and researchers in the area of Agronomic Engineering. This new development paradigm allows us to integrate low-cost sensors into embedded systems, thus creating a clustering of interconnected physical objects, embedded in electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity, coupled with its low cost, this implementation demonstrates the feasibility of monitoring using low-cost systems. In summary, the initial application will be carried out in hydroponics and fish-culture systems, thus, we can gauge the integrated monitoring and decision support system, demonstrating the viability of the use to support the producer, researcher or even the environmentalist in the collection and analysis of efficient decision-making. The second step will be the development of the prototype.

Study of the efficacy of the membranes produced on a laboratory scale for filtration: a proposal to improve the water quality of the hydrographic sub-basin of RibeirÃ£o das Pedras, Diamantina, MG (Brazil)

Population expansion and technological development generate an increase in the use of natural resources, especially water resources, and, as a consequence, the amount of waste and chemical residues dumped into the effluents increases. With the end of the garimpo in the town of Diamantina, the spring that cuts through the city has notoriously had its flow reduced and its slopes visibly diminished and devastated by erosion, which reminds us of the need to install recovery and preservation programs. Among the pollutants, we can highlight the heavy metals, which cause great concern because of their toxicity. The present work sought to use the membrane filtration process. For this purpose, membranes were prepared using the chitosan biopolymer. The membranes were tested for the capacity to absorb metal ions. Water samples were collected from the hydrographic subbasin RibeirÃ£o das Pedras, located in the city of Diamantina, MG, Brazil. The membranes were efficient, and the detection of possible improvements in the formulations, as well as sample collections, should be performed during other periods of the year.

Comparative Examples of Logistic Platforms (LP) in the World

Olavo Celso TapajÃ³s Silva, Jandecy Cabral Leite

This article deals with the main characteristics of interest in the research, emphasizing the types of infrastructure, the intermodal logistics platforms (LPs) and their LP expansion plans located in the three most important continents of the world, by volume of cargo handling and geographical situation: the American, the European and the Asian. The objective of the paper is to address the selection criteria of LPs whose importance is to note that most platforms in the world are linked to seaports, because of their importance in global trade relations. The methodology applied for the study was the analysis of infrastructures of the ILPs: Rotterdam, Barcelona - ZAL (Spain), Le Havre (France), United States of America: Long Beach, Los Angeles, New York and in Asia, as well as in Hong Kong (China), Singapore (Singapore) and Tokyo (Japan), data collection and analysis have made it possible to understand the importance of these ILPs for the movement of loads to various parts of the world. The comparative results evidenced the importance in the economic strategy of these ILPs such as: types of infrastructure, intermodality systems and expansion plans space productivity, vehicle traffic limitation, economic performance, size and classification. The types of infrastructure mainly characterize the main terminals of dry and liquid loads. The intermodality system reinforces the integration of transport modes, increasing the synergy required for the movement of cargoes in these LPs.

Comparative Examples of Intermodal Logistic Platforms (ILP) in the Brazil

Olavo Celso TapajÃ³s Silva, Jandecy Cabral Leite

The need to show the evidences of the eight Logistics Platforms (LPs) in study and implantation in the different regions of Brazil. a summary of each platform, starting with the two logistics platform located in the Midwest (Goias and Palmas), two in the State of Bahia (Juazeiro and Feira de Santana), two in the state of Rio Grande do Sul will be presented (Guaiba and a municipality to be chosen), one in ParanÃ¡, one in SÃ£o Paulo and other platforms (dry ports and Customs stations Interior) scattered in other states. It will be approached aspects of interest of the research, such as geographical location, types of infrastructure, classification of the Platform (Unimodal or Multimodal), the phases of implantation or study of the Brazilian platforms. The objective is to make a comparative between the different regions where the LPs where they are implemented. Data analyzes the relationship between transport infrastructure and regional development, notably through the implementation of a LPs network located in specific parts of the country able to spread the impact of economic growth in areas lacking adequate transportation infrastructure for your productive potential. The study methodology has as theoretical framework the recognition that the implementation of a transport infrastructure is a necessary component to promote development, but it is not enough to promote development. The results from the analysis of the theories of regional development and programs implemented in Brazil for this purpose, it was found that dropout programs to supply the lack of transport infrastructure has resulted in large gaps that constitute barriers to national development in order to reduce this gap network deployment of logistics platforms from the Integration and development Hubs is presented as a tool to induce development and reduce inter-regional inequalities in Brazil in the three regions mentioned.

Logistics Platform (LP) approach in the Stakeholders view

Olavo Celso TapajÃ³s Silva, Jandecy Cabral Leite

This study approaches a perspective on the perception of the stakeholders in the various fields of action, taking as a model the Regional Logistics Platform (RLP). The purpose of this article is to analyze and make feasible the main criteria for the formulation of such a model. The applied methodology was presented the existing procedures of implantation of a model of Logistic Platforms (LP): the influence of the LP in the sustainable development, showing the economic, environmental and social development and the intervening actors. The expected results were: the analyzes with qualitative economic, social and environmental impacts of the infrastructure of a RLP, becoming more relevant when the logistics service is adequate. Nevertheless, in this situation the implications of the construction of the infrastructures and the operation of the logistics equipment have ample reach and, often, almost imperceptible. Implementing and operating a RLP implies a series of positive and negative impacts on the environment of its area of influence which, when not considered, distort expectations of return to stakeholders on the implementation of a RLP. On the other hand, there is a strict relationship between the interests associated with the implementation of an PL, with the horizontal and vertical relations of the intervening actors, enabling an adequate deployment of sustainability indicators, linked to criteria that make performance evaluation of development sustainable development in the Amazon Region to identify the main positive and negative impacts associated with the implementation of a PL in the view of the Stakeholders.

Networks of Collaboration and Management in of Phytocosmetrics Companies in the Amazon

Competitive increasingly markets require organizations to be competitive which is not always possible because of financial and technical constraints. These limitations can be overcome through partnerships between organizations in a network format. Networks can be considered instruments favorable to the development and success of organizations. Networks can be understood as a set of different organizations with distinct knowledge and skills that have common interests. Together they constitute a set of skills and employ varied resources, for a certain period of time, for the common goal to be achieved. Knowing the organizational profile of the companies representing the phytocosmetics segment installed in the state and knowing who their partners are and the types of knowledge they use and create can be the first step towards the creation of networks that stimulate the sector in the State, promoting local development And the competitiveness of these companies.

On the Effectiveness of Interactive Detection of Code Anomalies: An Empirical Assessment

Background: Detection of code anomalies should be performed as early as possible in order to effectively reveal refactoring opportunities in due time. Refactoring aims at improving software maintainability, but their late application is counter-productive or even prohibitive. Detection of code anomalies is traditionally supported by non-interactive detection (NID) techniques, which encourage developers to reveal anomalies in later revisions or versions of a program. The reason is that this technique does not support progressive interaction of developers with anomalous code. In addition, it reveals anomalies in the entire source code upon an eventual developer request. More recently, the notion of interactive detection (ID) has emerged to address NIDâ€™s limitations. This technique reveals anomalies when code fragments are still being edited and without an explicit developer request, thereby encouraging early anomaly detection. Problem Statement: Recent studies suggest the use of NID might lead to: (i) a low number of correctly identified anomalies, and (ii) ineffective refactoring actions. Although ID seems promising, there is no knowledge about its impact on anomaly detection and refactoring actions. Goal: Evaluate the effectiveness of an ID technique on early anomaly detection. In addition, we analyze the aid of an ID technique in performing effective refactoring actions. Method: We conducted a controlled experiment with 14 subjects that underwent tasks related to anomaly detection and judgments of required refactoring actions. Results: Our study reveals the use of ID improves anomaly detection as developers tend to early identify more anomalies when compared to the use of NID. Conclusions: Although ID contributes to detect more anomalies than NID, the former may induce to ineffective refactoring actions.

Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Cerebellum (ctDCS) Associated with Cognitive Training in the Working Memory on Healthy Elderly

The present research presents a study with the intention of advancing the knowledge of the repercussions of the cerebellum stimulations. The study investigated the acute and cumulative effects of transcranial cerebellum current (ctDCS) stimulation associated with cognitive training for working memory in healthy elderly. A total of 30 volunteers, aged 60 to 72 years, underwent five sessions consisting of the application of the following protocols on the entire cerebellum hemisphere: the Experimental Group (15 participants) received an anodic electric current (anodic ctDCS) and the Control Group (15 participants) received a sham current (simulated ctDCS), both of whom underwent cognitive training while receiving transcranial anodyne cerebellar current or sham (online) stimulation. Participants' performances were measured through specific neuropsychological tests to assess working memory (Digit Span test in direct and indirect order and Letter-Number Sequencing test). After a week and three months of the last stimulation session, the participants performed the neuropsychological tests again to check for possible remnants of the intervention (follow-up). The results suggest that there was no difference between the performance of Experimental Group (anodic ctDCS) and Control Group (sham ctDCS) in different neuropsychological tests, regardless of the time of application (p>0,05). While the anodic ctDCS improved the performance of the Experimental Group in the intra-group analysis Digit Span test in direct order when compared to baseline and the follow-up three-month (p

Bootstrap Method in Price Analysis in Reverse Logistics of Solid Waste from Commercial Restaurants

Reverse logistics is defined as the practices and processes established to organize the returns of products from point of sales to the manufacturer in order to repair, recycle or dispose of these items in the most economical way possible. Thereâ€™s a close connection between reverse logistics and environmental protection because it focuses on the management of products, components and materials that have been used and disposed of, and of which the manufacturer has some kind of responsibility. Its purpose is to reuse these products and, where possible, reduce the final amount of waste. To demonstrate the economic viability of reverse logistics, robust statistical procedures are required. Among these procedures, we can highlight the bootstrap method, which is a resampling procedure used to estimate statistics of a population by sampling a set of data with repetition. Therefore, the objective of this study was to use the bootstrap method to estimate the ideal selling price of solid waste in a network of commercial restaurants in the metropolitan region of Recife, in order to obtain information on the profit from the operation. The results showed that the bootstrap method was an efficient statistical tool in the analysis of data from reverse logistics operations and can be used in decision making on the variation of solid waste sales prices in the chain of restaurants studied. Therefore, the network of restaurants studied can certainly profit from the reverse logistics operation, in addition to sustainable business marketing that attracts a larger group of customers.

Non-Technical Losses on Injected Distribution Energy: Case Study on Entry Meters, Installed in the Rio De Janeiro State, Brazil

Commercial or non-technical losses (NTL) on injected energy (regulatory) are primarily related to their fraud and theft in the distribution sectors, and corresponded to the concessionaires installed in Brazil, about 3.46% between 2010 and 2014, or values around US$ 300 million. For the region of Rio de Janeiro, these were, between 2010 and 2013, in the order of 11%. In order to reduce the amount of fraud in the concession area of the region in a case study, the use of drilling tools, the use of magnetic fields for blocking or delaying the meter disk, changes in the terminal contacts, such as electric bridges; the inverted connections of the internal circuits, the lack of neutral, by up to 12% each.

Electromyographic Activity of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle during Physical Conditioning Exercises: A Systematic Review

Purpose: The rectus abdominis muscle is involved in support, containment of viscera, respiration, defecation, urination, vomiting, and assistance during delivery. Many exercises and equipment are used to strengthen the rectus abdominus muscle, which aim to prevent and rehabilitate low back pain, improve athletic performance, or achieve aesthetic standards. Exercises that potentiate electromyographic activity require the recruitment of the biggest number of muscle fibers and are more effective in developing or maintaining strength. Analysis of electromyographic activity allows us to determine the quality of physical exercises for strength training, and to choose and order them properly in a training session. This systematic review has been developed following the protocol registered in the International Prospective Review Record (PROSPERO) under number CRD42018086172. Methods: To identify relevant studies, we searched for articles in the following databases: MEDLINE, PubMed, Europubmed, SciELO, and Google Scholar. The methodological quality of the studies included in the review and the risk of bias were established based on the Cochrane Handbook of Systematic Reviews of Interventions. Results: After analysis of the full texts, 13 studies were considered eligible in the qualitative synthesis and were included for quantitative analysis. Conclusion: We conclude that electromyographic studies are required, with more rigorous methodological criteria, with the objective of reducing the risk of bias and obtaining definitive conclusions about muscle activity and identifying efficient exercises for the development of the rectus abdominis muscle strength. Ventral plank exercises present better electromyographic results for the rectus abdominis muscle and its action.

Use of High Resolution Images for Evaluating the Sustainability of Green Areas in the City of Passo Fundo-RS

The rapid population growth of cities has caused the removal of vegetation cover raising the waterproofing and the occupation of riverine plains. As an important aspect of urban sustainable planning, the provision of green areas at various scales, should reduce pollution and contribute to the physical, social and psychological care of individuals. Planning, implementing and conserving green areas constitute a good of great value, making it essential for the composition of cities. This research aims to identify, quantify, classify the land use and permanent preservation areas (APPs) inserted in the urban perimeter of Passo Fundo through geoprocessing techniques, seeking to understand the reality of these areas. It was developed with the ArcGIS software, creating and manipulating georeferenced spatial data from municipal database and QuickBird satellite. The survey used a supervised classification tool to generate four classes of land use, together with the analysis of APPs, calculating the total area of these APPs and the area of each class of land use. Demonstrating that the municipality is splitted in about 56% of green areas against 44% of gray/constructed areas. Most of APPs presents arboreal occupation, representing 3% of the urban area and about 39% have an anthropical occupation by buildings, street layout and fields. With the analysis of the images was possible to identify, quantify, classify land use and APPs, generating data for the municipal administration develop public policies that aim sustainability, preservation, conservation and recovery of these areas of APPs, as well subsidies the realization of an urban and environmental planning.

Water Wave Profile at Breaker Point

Syawaluddin Hutahaean

In this research, a study was done on wave profile and type at breaker point. The study was done using shoaling-breaking model. Output of the shoaling-breaking model becomes the input at water wave surface equation to obtain wave profile. By obtaining the wave profile, the calculation of breaker height becomes more accurate.

State and Urban Structure: Study of Financing Mechanisms for the Implantation of Sanitary Landfills in Small Municipalities in Brazil

The objective of this study is to identify possible financing sources for the implantation of sanitary landfills in small municipalities in Brazil. It also seeks, through a preliminary study, to verify the extent to which there are financial resources, whether from the state or of private origin, capable of leveraging, in the context of small cities, the works necessary to fulfill the objectives established in the National Plan of Solid Waste, which falls under Law no. 12,305, August 2, 2010. The initial assumption with regard to financing is that while there are suitable alternatives to meet the needs and demands of municipalities, there are inconsistencies between the institutional entities of the Brazilian federation, and efficiency in the implementation of the sanitary landfills that need to be improved in the federative agreement. The research question is situated in a theoretical framework that can be categorized as analysis of public policy. The study is of a qualitative approach. The relevance of the theme lies in the benefits that achieving a landfill would provide to the environment and public health in Brazilian cities. The result of the test indicates possible viable options of official resources for the execution of sanitary landfill implantation carried out by local governments of cities with up to fifty thousand inhabitants.

Technologies transmission between micro and small phytocosmetic companies in the Amazon State and developing knowledge institutions

The phytocosmetics market requires that companies have the capacity to develop new technologies with lower costs and time to launch, which demands skills that often small and medium sized companies do not have, requiring a process of transferring knowledge and technology. It has historically been noted that innovation is not merely an external technological shock, but a process within companies, which includes endogenous learning, feedback, and incremental modifications over a period of time. This article aimed to understand the mechanisms used by Amazonian phytocosmetics companies to transfer knowledge and technology that contribute to their productive, management and marketing processes. The research was carried out in companies, installed in Amazonas State, producing phytocosmetics such as cosmetics, personal hygiene products and perfumes, which have in their composition some ingredient derived from the Amazonian biodiversity, except handling pharmacies. It had a qualitative and exploratory character. The Multiple Case Study was used as a method to understand the nature and complexity of a given phenomenon, which occurred simultaneously in several institutions. It was found that companies in the phytocosmetics segment develop relatively simple knowledge related to marketing, technical activities and scientific knowledge. The companies prefer to establish partnerships with chosen suppliers according to their reputation in the market. There is no defined channel of transferring technology and the main mechanism of knowledge transfer used are the training that are generally well assimilated, but little incorporated work practices.

Environmental Education as a Tool for health Assurance on Environmental JutaÃ-AM

Connections between sanitation, public health and environment runs through the environmental knowledge, and provides to the men the understanding of it. Thus, the present study aimed to perform a diagnosis of the current environmental sanitation situation in JutaÃ, Amazonas state, as a way of implementing an environmental education program as a tool for Environmental Health assurance in the city. The data were taken in available database of the Brazilian Institute of databases of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the Ministry of Cities (National Secretariat of Environmental Sanitation) and in information research in municipal administrative sectors bodies. The physical and social characterization of the city was carried out through information provided by municipal administration and government. The guidelines of Environmental Education project will be proposed based on a Participation-Action Proposed Method for the Knowledge Construction - PROPAAC. As results, analysis presented that city water supply is underground, through pipe wells. Moreover, is remarkable that JutaÃ has no sewage network. Solid waste gathering covers 90% of the city, held by a pickup truck purchased in 2012 and waste final disposal occurs in the open dumpsite. Thus, was observed that JutaÃ is among the worst county of Amazonas state regarding to the sanitation system. Therefore, the effective implementation of environmental sanitation services and investments in environmental education programs in the city are proven necessary.

The Impact that Fringe Benefits have on Job Satisfaction and Employee Engagement at Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Limited (SASL)

Ransford Adjeikwame

The study investigates the impact that fringe benefits have on job satisfaction and employee engagement at Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Limited (SASL).Specifically, the study was to determine the impact of fringe benefits on employee engagement, to determine the impact of fringe benefits on job satisfaction and to gain better knowledge of the structuring of remuneration packages. The sample consisted of ten (10) branches of Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Limited (SASL) representing 20.83% of the research branches. 300 questionnaires were distributed, 270 questionnaires were filled and returned for analysis which represents 90% of response rate of the sampled research population. The study employed descriptive statistics method for presenting and summarizing bio-data. The researcher also analysed collected data using Statistical Program for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25. Statistical instrument used for the research analysis were inferential statistics, specifically multiple regression. The study showed that fringe benefits significantly influence Employees Engagement (EE) and Job Satisfaction (JS) at Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Limited (SASL). The findings indicated that, among the four indicators of fringe benefits used as independent variables (Medical aid contribution, Accommodation allowance and Educational assistance) were statistically significant in predicting employeeâ€™s engagement at (SASL). The study also indicated that, (Medical aid contribution, Accommodation allowance and Vehicle allowance) were statistically significant in predicting job satisfaction at (SASL). This study then recommend that management should add these indicators of fringe benefits in their employeeâ€™s compensation plan in order to retain their loyal employees and increase organisationâ€™s productivity.

Evaluating the Impact of HCL Atmospheric Dispersion caused by an Aborted Rocket Launch in different Stability Conditions

An aborted rocket launch may occur because of explosions during pre-launch operations or launch performance, which generates a huge cloud near ground level comprising hot buoyant exhaust products. This action occur within a few minutes, and populated areas near the launch centre may be exposed to high levels of hazardous pollutant concentrations within a short time scale â€” from minutes to a couple of hours. Although aborted rocket launch events do not occur frequently, the occurrence rate has increased in the past few years, making it mandatory to perform short and long-range assessments to evaluate the impact of such operations on the air quality of a region. In this work, we use a modern approach based on the Model for Simulating the Rocket Exhaust Dispersion (MSRED) and its modelling system to report the simulated impact of a hydrogen chloride (HCl) exhaust cloud, formed during a hypothetical aborted rocket launch, on the atmosphere near the earthâ€™s surface at the Alcantara Launch Center, Brazilâ€™s space-port. The results show that when a launch occurs under stable atmospheric conditions, the HCl concentrations near the ground can reach levels that are extremely hazardous to human health.

The Deleterious Impacts of Bariatric Surgery on Oral Health: A Review Article

Obesity is one of the most urgent public health problems today due to the epidemic growth of this pathology. Elevated values in body mass index are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Among the treatments for weight reduction is bariatric surgery, an invasive procedure that presents varied adverse effects. Among the consequences of surgery is the decline in oral health. Bariatric patients may present dental erosion, caries, periodontal diseases and hypersensitivity that negatively affect the quality of these individuals. In this way, through a review of the literature, this article brought together the scientific publications related to oral health damages after the bariatric surgery of Y de Roux, in order to explain the importance of dental follow-up of these patients.

2D Microwave Imaging of the Breast Tissue: Forward Problem Technique

Arofah S. L., Nugroho A. T., Sutisna

Microwave imaging is the method that used to detect breast cancer. Previous research is done by inverse problem and forward problem solution, but the inverse problem is difficult to solve because there are many unknown constants. Thus in this paper, microwave imaging is solved by different way, i.e. using forward problem solution only with the aim to easier the imaging process without ignoring the resolution. So the malignant breast cancer is easier to detect and this technique can be used as an easy, safe, and cheap of early detection of the breast cancer. This process is done by illuminating normal and malignant breast tissue model using microwave at frequencies 5GHz, 10GHz, and 15GHz. Then the scattered field data are calculated by Method of Moment. The scattered field data is presented in 2D figure. The results show that normal and malignant breast tissue produce different scattered field patterns. The normal breast tissue tends to produce more curve pattern around object. This difference in patterns can be used as a reference to distinguish between normal and malignant breast tissue.

Using the INJET System in the EPS Injection Industry

The aim of this research is to demonstrate the improvements and gains that the expanded polypropylene company (EPS) obtained with the use of the mes-idw injet system in the machines, to obtain levels of productivity compatible with the resources of the company. By analyzing the data and facts collected in the company's process flow, it was possible to identify improvement in the operations performed. The productive control has contributed to the company's productivity with excellence. According to the bibliography based on data collected in the company, it was possible to identify actions that are satisfactory. Based on the needs evidenced in the company and the necessary measures that were taken through the implementation of the INJET system, it is feasible the improvements that were applied, with which it increased the continuous production performance and the total quality of its products..

Analysis of Robust PID Control with Pre - Filter Using the Perfect ITAE Performance Criterion Applied to the Heavy - Duty Gas Turbine Fuel System

The study of fuel control of the heavy-duty gas turbine arises naturally with the idea of providing a higher yield to the generation process, which is usually located in the first stage of generation, since the turbine is one of the main components in a thermoelectric plant along with the generator that is connected directly to the turbine. PID control is typically one of the most widely used control models in the industry because it provides the system with satisfactory performance according to the designer's choice using the ITAE performance criterion and a pre-filter can provide robust control for the system in question, which raises the reliability of the control even in the presence of variations of plant parameters. It is proposed to perform the sizing of this fuel control and with the use of MATLAB software to perform the simulation of the performance of the proposed control system, besides evaluating the control performance for hypothetical situations of parameter variations that can certainly occur in a system real subject to intemperes and interference from disturbances.

Investigating the Efficacy of Brazilian Public Policies for Ethnic-Racial issues in Higher Education: The Case of Tocantins State in ENADE 2014

Carlos Barros, Tayla Pinto, George Brito, Andreas Kneip and David Prata

This paper aims to investigate the demand for public policies in the light of data science evidence, namely, from a technical perspective. In order to reach this goal, we analyzed the data set of the Brazilian government on the ENADE, the national examination of student performance, for 2014, considering socioeconomic and ethnic-racial issues. The results showed that socioeconomic factors could influence the student performance in the tests. However, from the point of view of ethnic-racial elements, it was not possible to perceive statistically significant evidences that could influence the student's performance in the ENADE exam. The result suggests that there is no differences in intellectual capacity between the race ethnicities studied.

Economic and Financial Performance of the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Industry.

The evaluation of economic, property and financial aspects of the economy can be made through analysis of the Financial-Economic indicators that, when properly forecasted, can bring great benefits to the company and its shareholders. Over the last few years, several authors have studied the relationship between these indicators and macroeconomic variables. The objective of this paper is to determine the influence of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), Exchange Rate, SELIC Rate (Brazilâ€™s interest base rate) and inflation rate on the performance of four publicly held company of Brazilian pulp and paper sector: Fibria, Suzano Papel e Celulose, Celulose Irani and Klabin. For this analysis, two models were applied to the database, one using only the past data of the indicators themselves and another using past both data and macroeconomic variables. According to the evaluation criteria used, for the studied period, the performance of the macroeconomic variables was significant to predict the changes in the economic-financial indexes.

Cultural environment: Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Amazonas and Popular Participation

This article presents a critical approach on the legal instruments for the protection of Brazilian cultural heritage, intangible assets in Amazonas. It develops considerations about the importance of popular participation and awareness as a direct participant in this process of safeguarding the intangible assets (beliefs, identity, memory, forms of manifestation and culture of a people) for present and future generations. This theoretical discussion goes through the brief analysis of the normativity, of the actors involved in this process, of the effective search to ensure that intangible assets are perpetuated.

Microbiological Analysis of Surface Waters in the

One concern that plagues the contemporary population is the pollution of water sources. When a water ecosystem is degraded and modified by anthropic actions, environmental and human survival is a risk. The release of freshwater effluents into water resources results in several socio-environmental problems, significant impacts on aquatic life and the environment as a whole. In this way, this work presents results of the analysis of the surface waters using Microbiological Parameters in 06 points of the IgarapÃ© in the city of Benjamin Constant-AM, in order to know the levels of water pollution from microbiological agents such as the presence and quantity of Thermotolerant Bacteria, Total and Heterotrophic Coliforms. It was verified that in one of the Parameters analyzed the value exceeded the limit allowed by the Ministry of Health (2011) and Conama Resolution nÂº 357 of 03/17/2005 (CONAMA, 2011), returning the concern to some residents who still use the surface waters for domestic purposes, allowing the appearance of diseases characteristic of impacted water ecosystems. It is necessary to encourage and carry out actions aimed at the preservation and conservation of the IgarapÃ©, enabling the formation of work centers to study ways of reversing and minimizing the Environmental Degradation framework.

Of Prescribility in the Environmental Administrative Process

It is undeniable that environmental protection is of increasing importance to society as a whole, given its vital importance for the survival of man on planet earth. In this way, the State adopted a rigid posture that reflected through governmental actions, due to the exercise of its legal function, elaborating laws and regulations that aim at the protection and conscious use of natural resources, as well as the mechanisms of reprimand to the violators. Thus, in spite of environmental law, the present work seeks to highlight and discuss the incidence of prescribed under the environmental administrative processes established from the practices of acts considered illegal the legal norms attached to the environment, reflected by reason of the processing time, intercurrent prescription, due to the eternalization of these processes, considering that this administrative position is unbearable for the administered, because, the same results in embargoes and interferences in the legal relations between the pairs - Administrators and Public Administration, since the administrative inertia unjustifiably harms the delay in the regular progress of the process.

Survey of current and potential soil erosion through the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) for the municipality of Castelo-ES, Brazil

Caio Henrique Ungarato Fiorese, Herbert Torres

Studies related to soil erosion are extremely important as they help to determine areas with greater environmental vulnerability and assist in territorial management. The objective of this work was to evaluate the current erosion and potential of the soil from the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) for the municipality of Castelo, state of Espirito Santo, Brazil, as a way to subsidize improvements in the area. The procedures were performed in the ArcGISÂ® program, having as digital cartographic bases the Integrated System of Geospatial Bases of EspÃrito Santo, the National Water Agency and the Jones dos Santos Neves Institute. The Digital Elevation Model of the area was generated to then obtain the direction and accumulated water flow. The maps of potential and current soil erosion were generated from the data of: erosivity, erodibility, land use, conservation practices and topographic factor. Erosion was mapped and quantified, and potential erosion was quantified by local community. To assist in the studies, photographic records were made depicting some local environmental problems. The municipality has a large area (83,77%) vulnerable to potential erosion due to its physical characteristics, while there are communities that have most of their area with high risk of soil loss. As for the current erosion, which considers land use and conservation practices, most of the municipality (43,64%) has a low risk of soil loss. However, there are degraded areas of agriculture, harming water courses, for example. Government action and the implementation of conservation practices are some suggestions to minimize environmental problems.

Germination of Soybean Seeds treated with Sources and doses of Lithium for Agronomic Biofortification

Lithium is a chemical element, symbol Li, this element can be new strand of world agriculture. The agronomic Biofortification of soybeans can be beneficial to the entire production chain that involves, because this practice can lead to an increase in the average productivity of culture in soils naturally poor, reversing the current picture of stagnation in productivity the last 10 years. Additionally, the producer of grains will benefit from adding value to the final product and the consumer will benefit by purchasing a product with higher Li content. Treatments were arranged in a completely randomized design (DIC), with three repetitions. The twelve treatments were arranged in a factorial scheme 2 x 6. The first factor is regarding the two lithium sources (Li2SO4 e LiOH) and the second factor refers to five doses of lithium in their fonts used (0; 20; 40; 60; 80 and 100 mg dmâˆ’3). Soybeans have had a positive effect on germination with the use of doses and sources of lithium compared with the witness, but the germination percentage was less than 65% well below the expected, which shows that the lithium in large doses can be harmful for the germination of seeds.

Scope of sustainability in ecological cities

Sustainable urban development is an indispensable advance due to the growth of cities initially formed in a disorderly way and without care of the preservation of the environment. The relationship between man and the environment has been reframed, maintaining capitalist and progressive thinking, but with recognition of the awareness of a healthy environment and restrictive measures that guarantee environmental protection. The exercise of the joint evolution of society and nature, working in an intelligent way, using the technologies available to the population, aiming for future well-being, will ensure that there are conditions of use for a future society that will succeed the current one. Its purpose is to specifically address the extent and importance that cities that care about sustainability have, acting and caring locally, to make their impacts globally possible, as well as to address how unbridled and with no organization involved in cities that were created without the necessary care with the preservation of the environment. In the various phases of the Research, the Referent Techniques, the Category, the Operational Concept and the Bibliographic Research were activated.

Study of the Application of Glass Waste in Concrete Production

Aiming at sustainable development and preservation of the environment, many governments and NGOs are questioning the high volume of recyclable waste in landfills from the construction industry that are not reused by the industry. In this research, the use of the glass residue in the production of concrete in partial replacement to the aggregate was studied, with the objective in applications in the construction of non-structural parts and components such as the execution of gutters, half-wire and sidewalks. This research sought to analyze the behavior of the compressive strength of the concrete produced with partial replacement of the mineral aggregate by glass residues. The results showed that the compressive strength is strongly influenced by the variation of the amount of glass replacing the mineral aggregate, possibly by the interface between the glass surface and the cement matrix. However, concrete with glass residues partially replacing the mineral aggregate can be a viable alternative in our region, for several applications, especially those that do not require structural function, contributing to more sustainable constructions with use of discarded glasses and reduction of consumption , and consequent mineral exploration, of the pebble dredged from riverbeds.

Diagnosis of the use and occupation of the lands of the hydrographic bowl of the RibeirÃ£o SÃ£o JoÃ£o-ES, Brazil

Caio Henrique Ungarato Fiorese, Gilson Silva Filho

Studies related to the use of soil in river basins are of extreme importance to, for example, assist in the evaluation of the environmental impacts of human activities. The objective of this work was to evaluate soil use in the RibeirÃ£o SÃ£o JoÃ£o river basin in the state of EspÃrito Santo, Brazil, as a way to subsidize actions of environmental improvements in the area. The geographic databases used were: the Integrated System of Geospatial Bases of the State of EspÃrito Santo, the Jones dos Santos Neves Institute and the National Water Agency. The procedures were performed in the ArcGis program. The basin was delimited to then, based on two land use files referring to the mappings of the years 2007-2008 and 2012-2015, determine and quantify the classes of land use. A thematic map was prepared in order to evaluate the distribution of classes. Pasture was the most predominant class (approximately 40%), followed by coffee farming (20%), arranged under small monocultures. The native vegetation presented low percentages (15,5%), although they did not decrease in this period. The high representativeness of the macega (approximately 5%), predominant alongside native forest fragments, indicates a problem regarding the management and use of local lands. Eucalyptus silviculture presented great growth during this period, together with the expansion of exposed soil areas. The basin of RibeirÃ£o SÃ£o JoÃ£o presents problems arising from human action, requiring actions such as the creation of ecological corridors, expansion of native forest cover and environmental education with local residents.

Environmental Education at Public High School of Itacoatiara City - AM

The idea of sustainability in the Brazilian Agenda 21 requires governments and institutions to be attentive to good planning and formation of alliances in the performance of actions, should seek a better quality of life for the population. Thus, the objective was to understand the importance of the teaching practice focused on Environmental Education, in an interdisciplinary and contextualized way, in public high schools in the municipality of Itacoatiara - AM. This is a bibliographical and descriptive documentary research. Data were collected in the secretariats of three state public schools, a group of 35 senior students were asked to formulate and discuss issues involving topics of different subjects. It was found that only 5% of the students showed the interest aroused by teachers and local society for subjects such as Agenda 21 and related. However, 80% of them have been very interested in developing current issues such as those mentioned in Agenda 21. The rest seem to have no safe direction on the news they want to seize. There was also an opening of the high school students of the municipality to access issues pertinent to Agenda 21.

Environmental Education: Environmental Responsibility and Positive Evolutionary Parametrization

In the last years the divulgation of the theme environmental preservation, care with the environment and responsibility are increasingly in evidence. To support the research in evidence was used the methodological procedure permeated by conducts of bibliographical research. So to understand this duality, environmental issue and responsibility with the environment, is to penetrate divisive strands of paradigms and concepts that are very strong and difficult to cohabit in fullness and that can walk together, since on the one hand, leadership is occupied by the economic system environmental protection issue. This time we have the capitalist economic system that was planned to acquire raw material to explore the nature, to manufacture and to profit and that sustains the artificial standard of the current modern life and on the other hand the nature that has its finite resources with its own cycle and species which do not reproduce with the same speed and proportion as their opponent aims, so it is exhausted, extinguished and subjected to major changes. The first quoted is a human creation to keep itself through the lucrative business that gained its stability in the Industrial Revolution and which currently strengthens and gains more importance without glimpsing competitors. The second has as its main object nature and its normal course of natural transformation, however, it is under the human domain that through its conduct in the exploratory economic model does not care about the consequences that its actions have been causing, since it acts with disregard, explores to supply the infamous ambition of immediate financial power, which in turn is unconcerned with the resources that end up culminating in an outcome not encouraging for the future of life on the planet. Drawing on the history of human habitation on the planet, one can deduce that the most intelligent being of all living species was able to bring extermination and destruction very quickly. The human species is endowed with better conditions than other living beings. By understanding these possibilities, it has used its abilities, it has mastered great inventions, perfected them for generations, and in the present situation it was able to create mechanisms, sophisticated technologies that nowadays have also become meters sufficient to account for the advances and the great losses of its history. These instruments were capable of evaluating their current economic management model and its destructive exploratory way of the environment. Faced with such a result and its lack of responsibility, various sectors with countries, scientists, groups of environmentalists, citizens, have collected data through deep studies and scientific to demonstrate what the human being is doing to his planet and if it continues thus, what it intends to leave to future generations. The analysis relies on scientific statistics to say that the current profitable paradigm implanted in the world with its exploratory project has simply over-extracted, contaminated resources and brought to the heights of extinction various species and natural resources. As a way to counteract these attitudes and mitigate such destruction, it is necessary to use the parameterization, which is a standardized evolutionary species of studies, possible, applicable and necessary factors of a one-dimensional evolutionary uniformity that can be applied in the educational field and gradually advancing to achieve effective goals each time for the protection of nature and the defense of the future of life on the planet.

Maternal-fetal Protection in Automobile Accidents and Reliability in the use of Existing Safety Belts

This study aimed to understand the mechanisms of lesions that occur in pregnant women involved in automobile accidents, their outcomes, and to evaluate the effectiveness and reliability in the use of existing seatbelts. A systematic review was conducted based on PubMed, Scielo, and Lilacs. Describers: Pregnancy, traffic accidents, pregnancy complications, seatbelts, protective devices. Criteria of inclusion: Articles published in the period from 2006 to 2017, in the English, Portuguese, or Spanish languages. Eight studies were selected that comprised the sample in this research. The findings indicate that the main mechanisms of lesions that occur in pregnancy due to an automobile accident are related to direct trauma on the abdomen, given that at the moment of an accident the objects located within the vehicle continue moving forward, causing the pregnant woman to project the torso forward, strongly compromising the uterus, even with the use of the sub-abdominal seatbelt; despite this, the majority of the authors relate that the non-use of the seatbelts could lead to even graver traumatisms, including adverse fetal consequences.

Volume 6 Number 7 (July 2019)

Development of a Low-Cost System for Monitoring Water Quality applied to Fish Culture

National School Feeding Program (PNAE): An economic perspective for the family farmers of the municipality of Rio do Sul / SC

Applicability of Homologous Fibrin Sealant in Bone Repair: An integrative Review

The Concept of Precariousness: What Definition?

Regression Tributary, Arrecadative Efficiency and Fiscal Crisis in Brazil

Collaborative Learning in the Military Police of Tocantins: perspective without frontier

The Role of Geospatial Information for Accelerating the Delineation of Village Boundaries in Indonesia using Cartometric Method

Citrus Fruit Quality Classification using Support Vector Machines

Methylphenidate Produces Conditioned place preference, and cannabidiol Exposure during Extinction does not Inhibit the Reinstatement of Methylphenidate in the Marmoset Monkeys

Interference and Economic threshold level of Alexander Grass in Soybean as a Function of Cultivars and Weed Populations

Effects of sedentary behavior in Metabolic Syndrome and its components in adults: A Systematic Review

SIRT1 and Ki67 immunohistochemical expression in progression of cutaneous malignant melanoma

Competitive Interaction between Weeds and Onion Crop

Critical Reflection for the Change of Educational Practice

Extraction of bio-oil via wet based from Nannochloropsis oculata

The 5s Program in School Spaces a Proposal For Quality Improvement

Applying the Lean Concept through the VSM Tool in Maintenance Processes in a PIM Manufacture

Application of a Model in the Evaluation of Competitiveness in Sustainability in Factories of the Pharmaceutical Sector

Energy Return on Investment (EROI) of Brazilian Coal Production

Basic Education in Brazil, Performance and Indicators about Resources, Management and Projects

Analysis of stress - strain State of the Local Bearing area caused by a Prestressed Cable Anchor in Reinforced Concrete beams according to the Nonlinear Model

Main Sources of Electricity Generation in Brazil

Recognition of Key Drivers to the Improvement of Competitiveness Strategies in Brazilian Coffee

Proposed Integration of the Technical Regulations of Systems of Management of Operational Safety and Structural Integrity of Facilities, defined by the ANP of Brazil

Implementation of Program 5s in a Refrigeration Industry

Analysis of Genetic Algorithm for synthesis digital systems modeled in finite state machine

Traffic Forecasting for Monitoring in Computer Networks using Time Series

The Importance of Measuring Functional Independence for Rehabilitation Therapy in Older Trauma Patients

Optimization of Flow Test Quality Indicators in a PIM Air Conditioner Line

The Physical Arrangement Based on the SLP Method, an Analysis on the LCM Fabrication Process

Emancipation in Organizations: A Bibliometric Study

Activity of two Exometabolites produced by Escherichia coli on the Synthesis of Pyocyanin

The Detachment of the Homogenizing discourse and lived for Resettled Hydropower plant IrapÃ©: the Landscape of Reification of Logic and the â€œDevelopmentâ€

Evaluation of Environmental Impacts in Semi-arid Caatingas of Brazil

Lean Production System Applied to a Liquid Fertilizer Industry

Blockchain Technology applied to Education

Application of an Assessment Model for Potential Products with recognised Indication of Origin in the Production Chain of Wooden Truck Bodies in Itabaiana, Brazil

Guarani Aquifer System: Water Quality, Hydrogeochemistry and Legal Implications: A Review

Application of mathematical models to breakthrough curves of methylene blue removal using agricultural waste of sorghum (AWS)

Technologies of the Industry 4.0: Perspectives of Application in the Brazilian Agribusiness

Optimization of Food-Waste Based Culture Medium for Cellulase Production by Thermophilic Bacillus sp SMIA-2 and effect of Divalent Metal Ions on Activity and Stability of the Enzyme at Higher Temperatures

Initial Establishment and Physiological Performance of Rice as Affected by Ryegrass Mulching Levels

Practices in Mental Health in Primary Care: An Integrative Review

Petri net Modelling of the Automatic Test System for Mobile Phone Battery

Use of Simple Linear Regression Models to Analyze the Contribution of Non-linear Loads in the Harmonic Distortions of Voltage in an Electric System Bus: Case Study

Brazilian Commercial banks and their Economic and Financial indices based on â€œBaseleia, traditional and Bankingâ€

Development of a low-cost System for Water Quality Monitoring: Bibliographic Review

Study of the efficacy of the membranes produced on a laboratory scale for filtration: a proposal to improve the water quality of the hydrographic sub-basin of RibeirÃ£o das Pedras, Diamantina, MG (Brazil)

Comparative Examples of Logistic Platforms (LP) in the World

Comparative Examples of Intermodal Logistic Platforms (ILP) in the Brazil

Logistics Platform (LP) approach in the Stakeholders view

Networks of Collaboration and Management in of Phytocosmetrics Companies in the Amazon

On the Effectiveness of Interactive Detection of Code Anomalies: An Empirical Assessment

Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Cerebellum (ctDCS) Associated with Cognitive Training in the Working Memory on Healthy Elderly

Bootstrap Method in Price Analysis in Reverse Logistics of Solid Waste from Commercial Restaurants

Non-Technical Losses on Injected Distribution Energy: Case Study on Entry Meters, Installed in the Rio De Janeiro State, Brazil

Electromyographic Activity of the Rectus Abdominis Muscle during Physical Conditioning Exercises: A Systematic Review

Use of High Resolution Images for Evaluating the Sustainability of Green Areas in the City of Passo Fundo-RS

Water Wave Profile at Breaker Point

State and Urban Structure: Study of Financing Mechanisms for the Implantation of Sanitary Landfills in Small Municipalities in Brazil

Technologies transmission between micro and small phytocosmetic companies in the Amazon State and developing knowledge institutions

Environmental Education as a Tool for health Assurance on Environmental JutaÃ­-AM

The Impact that Fringe Benefits have on Job Satisfaction and Employee Engagement at Sinapi Aba Savings and Loans Limited (SASL)

Evaluating the Impact of HCL Atmospheric Dispersion caused by an Aborted Rocket Launch in different Stability Conditions

The Deleterious Impacts of Bariatric Surgery on Oral Health: A Review Article

2D Microwave Imaging of the Breast Tissue: Forward Problem Technique

Using the INJET System in the EPS Injection Industry

Analysis of Robust PID Control with Pre - Filter Using the Perfect ITAE Performance Criterion Applied to the Heavy - Duty Gas Turbine Fuel System

Investigating the Efficacy of Brazilian Public Policies for Ethnic-Racial issues in Higher Education: The Case of Tocantins State in ENADE 2014

Economic and Financial Performance of the Brazilian Pulp and Paper Industry.

Cultural environment: Legal Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Amazonas and Popular Participation

Microbiological Analysis of Surface Waters in the

Of Prescribility in the Environmental Administrative Process

Survey of current and potential soil erosion through the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) for the municipality of Castelo-ES, Brazil

Germination of Soybean Seeds treated with Sources and doses of Lithium for Agronomic Biofortification

Scope of sustainability in ecological cities

Study of the Application of Glass Waste in Concrete Production

Diagnosis of the use and occupation of the lands of the hydrographic bowl of the RibeirÃ£o SÃ£o JoÃ£o-ES, Brazil

Environmental Education at Public High School of Itacoatiara City - AM

The Detachment of the Homogenizing discourse and lived for Resettled Hydropower plant IrapÃ©: the Landscape of Reification of Logic and the â€œDevelopmentâ€

Brazilian Commercial banks and their Economic and Financial indices based on â€œBaseleia, traditional and Bankingâ€

Environmental Education as a Tool for health Assurance on Environmental JutaÃ-AM