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The state of Pará is the largest cocoa producer in Brazil, with 51% of national production, involving 26 thousand producers, generating 64 thousand direct and 225 thousand indirect jobs. However, diseases that affect this culture are responsible for high losses in yield. This study presents an approach based on deep learning to identify diseases that affect the cocoa culture. A public database with 4,389 fruit images was used, covering the diseases black pod rot and pod borer.

Senescence is the sum of changes of normal aging. Taking into account the consequences that the modification of body composition can cause on the nutritional status of the population, evaluating and detecting these as early as possible can contribute to reducing the health problems caused by it. The present study aimed to verify the relationship between abdominal fat and cardiovascular parameters in the elderly, by analyzing their heart rate variability (HRV) and using computed tomography to map the density and thickness of the abdominal wall.

Handball has become a popular sport because it is easy to learn and very common in Brazilian schools, mostly, given that it is an Olympic sport. The goal of this study is to analyze the vertical and horizontal impulsion index in male handball athletes from Joinville. The sample counted 17 athletes with ages ranging from 14 to 18 years old. Seventeen athletes belonging to the handball team of the city of Joinville were investigated.

Cashless economy does not mean a total elimination of cash; it is a financial environment that minimizes the use of physical cash by providing alternative channel for making payment. The objectives of this study include; to identify the challenges those have hindered the adoption of cashless policy by small and medium scale businesses, to investigate if cashless in any way enhanced a growth on small and medium scale business enterprises and finally to identify the challenges those that have hindered the adoption of cashless policy on small and medium scale businesses all in Jigawa State.

O artigo é uma análise sobre a educação popular no qual se busca evidenciar diversas inquietações que se encontram diretamente atreladas e voltadas para a busca da saúde, bem estar e inclusão social na perspectiva basilar das diversas obras do educador Paulo Freire, assim como em outros estudiosos que já se debruçaram sobre tal temática.Objetivo: Analisar os sentidos e significados da educação popular e sua potencialidade por um equitativo bem-estar social.agario Método: uma revisão narrativa com análises fundamentadas no referencial da pedagogia crítica,

The objective of the article is to discuss the opportunity of family farming as a means to ensure sustainable local development in Brazil. In methodological terms, the research can be classified as qualitative and descriptive. For data collection, the research can be classified as bibliographic and documentary. The results indicate that family farming is an important source of job and income generation, contributes to gender equality and preservation of woods and forests.

The growth of environmental awareness and preservation and the search for new ways to manage natural resources can minimize the predatory occupation of the Amazon. As a result of this fact, civil society and public authorities developed the Green Municipality project, as a strategy to reconcile production with good environmental practices, in the municipality of Paragominas, state of Pará, Brazil.

This thesis is entitled, "The Role and Motivation of a Teacher in the Teaching and Learning Process with a Case Study at the technical high schools, vocational group of industry (THSV-GI) becora-dili,". The purpose of this study was to find out how the teaching duties and learning motivation of the THSV-GI Becora-Dili Industrial Vocational School students during the teaching and learning process and improving the quality of student learning.

In this article we discuss two recent Brazilian Supreme Court judgments about crimes committed during the civil-military dictatorship: Allegation of Disobedience of Fundamental Precept suit n. 153 (constitutionality of the 1979 amnesty law), and Extradition suit n. 1362, that discussed the extradition of an Argentine citizen who was convicted of committing crimes against humanity during the Argentine dictatorship).

A geração de resíduos sólidos é uma preocupação da sociedade à medida que a população cresce, visto que é diretamente proporcional o quantitativo de resíduos sólidos produzidos. Na cidade de Goiânia, localizado no centro oeste do Brasil, evolução do programa de resíduos sólidos se deu com a implantação dos Ecopontos como resultado das políticas públicas do país e com vistas à preocupação socioambiental, de saúde pública e inovação para se criar novos hábitos na separação do lixo orgânico e reciclável, além de desenvolver novas oportunidades de trabalho e de a inclusão social.