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Parties to debt recovery process

New financial institutions and innovative lending instruments have necessitated the need to restate the rules of privity of contract in the parties dealing with debt collection. Accordingly, parties to debt recovery processes are either created by statute, the primary obligors or their assignees, heirs and delegates. This article has therefore considers the various types of debt collectors, and the means of debt collection from a commercial perspective this.

Epidemiological and operational patterns of leprosy in the state of tocantins, 2001-2020: regression by inflection points

Objective: To analyze the trend of epidemiological and operational indicators of leprosy in the state of Tocantins, Brazil, from 2001 to 2020. Methodology: This is a population-based ecological study, with temporal analysis of new leprosy cases based on Poisson regression by inflection points (Joinpoints), using secondary data reported between 2001 and 2020. Results: A total of 24.413 cases were reported. The overall detection coefficient showed four temporal trends.

Offline continuous speech recognition for mobile devices

Speech recognition is an option of accessibility in electronic devices. Currently, this recognition is accomplished through Application Programming Interfaces that depend on Internet connection and which are often made available by proprietary software. Voice recognition is an important technology for improving HCI (Human-Computer Interaction), after all speech is a human feature that most people have. The increased use of adaptive interfaces using speech recognition results from the fact that speech is the most natural form of interaction.

Paleodunes of the são francisco river and sustainable territorial development

Discussing territory and sustainable development in paleo environmental territories requires an interdisciplinary perspective from the researcher. The development of the human being on the planet, evidenced by technological advances, has intensified over the last 200 years. During this period, man frantically sought to control nature. However, in current times societies need to reconcile economic development and sustainability, in order to conserve their natural heritage.

Main industrial air pollution control equipment: a review

Current environmental concern has motivated the establishment of a legal protection policy which demands that industries minimize their activities’ effects on the population and the environment. Therefore, requiring the integration of particulate air pollution control equipment has been seen as the best course of action. Among the high-performance pollution control devices cyclone, bag filter and electrostatic precipitator are the most commonly used.

Potential of geographical indication for honey from the serra da capivara development territory

The Indication of Origin is one of the types of Geographical Indication provided for in Brazilian legislation, granted to certain products when the region's notoriety as a center of extraction or production is proven. This research aims to analyze the possibility of certification by Indication of Origin for honey produced in the Development Territory of Serra da Capivara.

Self-perception of the quality of lify of chronic kidney patients in light of human needs theory

Chronic Kidney Disease - CKD is a worldwide public health problem, due to its high mortality rate. The multiple experiences and complications experienced by the chronic renal patient– CRP incite inquietudes around the understanding of Quality of Life - QL of those on hemodialysis treatment. Objective: To analyze the self-perception of QL related to health of CRP on hemodialysis, in the light Abraham Maslow's theory.

Structural decomposition analysis on employment changes in selected countries

The objective of this paper was to measure the drivers of the variation in employment and to make a comparative analysis of the results among 43 countries in the period 2000-2014. The methodology of Structural Decomposition Analysis was used to decompose the employment variation into four effects: intensity of labor use, technology, structure of final demand and volume of final demand.

Influence of treatment of recycled aggregate on the mechanical performance of concrete blocks

The environmental pollution and unrestrained consumption of natural resources have become the subject of research. In this context, the construction industry has been contributing, for example, with the reinsertion of construction and demolition waste (CDW) as aggregates in concrete. Thus, this research aimed to verify the influence of the treatment of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on the mechanical performance of concrete blocks.