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The outbreak of a pandemic like COVID-19 in world has resulted in bringing changes even to the social connections of an individual. The measures adopted to prevent the diseases like isolation is weakening an individual’s social capital or the "connections among individuals – social networks and the norms of reciprocity and trustworthiness that arise from them.”1This weakened social support has triggered mental health issues in many individuals. The methods to tackle a person’s stress by expanding his Self-awareness and integrity would be beneficial in this situation.

Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar uma reflexão do processo de execução das ações afirmativas para indígenas na Universidade Federal do Maranhão - UFMA que se inicia de forma não dialogada com os povos indígenas. A pesquisa se desenvolveu através do acompanhamento de estudantes indígenas mulheres em seu percurso na universidade. Os poucos indígenas que conseguem adentrar nos espaços acadêmicos enfrentam diversos desafios e dificuldades, desde a ausência de bolsas ao acolhimento acadêmico como, também, a invisibilidade étnica nos espaços universitários.

Amputation is the partial or total removal of a limb, which may occur surgically or traumatically. Its causes are related to diverse etiologies: vascular, neuropathic, traumatic, tumoral, infectious, congenital. The present study aimed to analyze the epidemiological profile of 43 persons with amputations, of both sexes, from the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. The investigated data were sociodemographic variables and information about the amputation, obtained through questionnaires.

Objective: Desvelar os sentimentos e estratégias de enfrentamento vivenciados por mulheres diagnosticadas com câncer de mama. Método: Estudo descritivo, com abordagem fenomenológica qualitativa, realizado com quatorze mulheres, entre 38 e 63 anos, com diagnóstico de câncer de mama atendidas em uma instituição filantrópica em João Pessoa. As entrevistas foram realizadas com a pergunta norteadora: Quais foram seus sentimentos e estratégias para lidar com o diagnóstico de câncer de mama?

The purpose of this article is to present an mHealth system based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, on persuasive technologies and on mobile design heuristics for touch screen devices to promote healthy habits and obesity reduction. The research was descriptive and explanatory with applied nature and quantitative approach. Regarding technical procedures, a quasi-experimental research was characterized. A pilot study was conducted with a sample of 58 users, organized into two groups with different levels of intervention.

During quarantine, imposed in a pandemic situation by COVID-19, fears, and uncertainties, in addition to social isolation, are characterized as risk factors for the mental health of the general population and the effects can be felt through the manifestation of conditions anxious, depressive or even binge eating. Binge eating can be caused by anxiety, especially during quarantine, and the act of eating is often linked to a way of relieving negative feelings.

The processing of medical waste also involves side events related to vectors such as mosquitoes, rats, flies and cockroaches which have a habitat in organic waste and domestic waste produced by health service facilities (Asmadi, 2012). Medical waste is waste originating from medical services, dental care, pharmacy, or the like; research, treatment, care, or education that uses materials that are toxic, infectious, dangerous or can be harmful, unless certain safeguards are taken (Riza, 2010).

The new coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has caused more than one million deaths worldwide. However, little is known about the causes of death and the virus’s pathologic features. In two leading Italian cities, almost 80 patients have been treated so far with severe but not very serious respiratory problems with plasma and none have died with a zero mortality rate. A plasma bank was created in Mantua, an idea that should be replicated throughout Italy and which could stem a possible second wave.

A educação integra parte da complexa rede social que é tecida diariamente pela humanidade. Nessa tessitura, a presença da pandemia do Covid-19 tem alterado a rotina de instituições de ensino ao redor no mundo e exigido um uso mais regular das Tecnologias Digitais de Informação e Comunicação (TDIC). Neste trabalho objetiva-se refletir sobre como os professores têm utilizado as TDIC no processo pedagógico durante esse período, conhecer os desafios mais prementes e construir caminhos possíveis.

Objective: To determine the immunophenotyping of a population of blood donors, intended to build a database for transfusion medicine. Show the importance of erythrocyte immunophenotyping as prevention of alloimmunization. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 11,664 blood donors for the ABH system typing and of these, 1255 blood donors were selected randomly for the determination of blood group antigens of the Rh system and Kell antigen. Blood centrifugation methods, centrifuge hemolysis tube test and indirect Coombs test were used for blood typing.