Past Issue

The issue regarding violence and crime has ceased to be a debate conducted only by public security agencies, being discussed now in academia. In 2016, the Belém-Pará city presented a rate of 77 homicides per 100 thousand inhabitants, and emerges as one of the most violent capitals of Brazil. This study seeks to investigate the dynamics of homicides in Belém and present the profile of the occurrences. The research has a quantitative approach, from secondary data of the homicide crime, in the period from 2017 to 2018. The statistical technique of descriptive analysis was used.

Interest has grown to evaluate the use of underutilized plants, and plant by-products as sources of food ingredients to ameliorate the food security problem in the world. In this context, the aim of this work was to describe and quantify the main nutritional and bioactive compounds present in an unconventional and underutilized food fruit (Momordica charantia) found in southern Brazil. The physicochemical analyzes and antioxidant activity of peel and pulp fruit were performed.

Objetivo: Identificar o conhecimento produzido e publicado quanto às dificuldades relacionadas ao trabalho enfrentadas por mães que amamentam e cumprem jornada de trabalho no Brasil. Método: Revisão integrativa realizada entre setembro e outubro de 2017, nas bases de dados PUBMED, LILACS e SCIELO. Resultados: Foram analisadas 21 produções, agrupadas em categorias com enfoque nas principais dificuldades enfrentadas pelas mães ao amamentar e cumprir jornada de trabalho.

A Doença Renal Crônica é caracterizada pela perda progressiva da função renal, gerando alterações na homeostase do organismo do portador desta doença, além de alterações psicossociais que consequentemente afetam a qualidade de vida (QV). O objetivo do estudo foi identificar na literatura brasileira estudos que avaliaram a qualidade de vida em pacientes transplantados renais. Trata-se de uma Revisão Integrativa da Literatura, realizada nas bases de dados SciELO, MEDLINE, LILACS e BDENF.

In Brazil, markets and street markets emerged in 1841 as a solution for the regional supply of products. Street markets and municipal markets constitute a privileged space for traditional expressions and cultures about their ethnobotanical heritage since these places are centers of large numbers of information, underlying an environment of intense cultural exchanges. Bibliographic surveys were carried out on medicinal plants used in Street markets in different regions of Brazil.

The transport made by taxi drivers allows the ease of locomotion, however these professionals have particularities in their work that can impact on their work ability and quality of life. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of life and, work ability and its association with sociodemographic and occupational factors of taxi drivers. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 113 taxi drivers. For the data collection, a questionnaire was used (refined) for sociodemographic-occupational data.

Acute appendicitis is the common cause of surgery for acute abdominal pain in children. We ought to assess the relationship between white blood cell count, PAS (pediatric appendicitis score) clinical scoring and the measurement of the outer diameter of the appendix. This study includes 480 pediatric patients who underwent surgery for suspected acute appendicitis at the General Surgery Department of the National Center for Maternal and Child Health hospital between May 2019 and December 2019.

The study aims to find out factors The Internet of Things (IoT) approach - is a technology that is reconfiguring the sectors of activity, changing the definitions of how objects are connected to each other, today it is being applied in companies and industries, transforming the scenario how companies compete, changing the business models, structure and process of organizations. The following article aims to conceptualize IoT, work safety, industry 4.0 and analyze how these applications are implemented in companies in the industrial pole of Amazonas.

O sistema plantio direto (SPD) associado ao uso de gramíneas pode aumentar os estoques de carbono no solo. O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar a densidade do solo(Ds), carbono orgânico total (COT) e os estoques de COT (ECOT) do solo sob diferentes sistemas de uso.

India is the 2ndlargest producer of fish in the world, it produces 90.40 lakh tonnes of fish in 2012-13.Fishery resource generate employment for about 14 million people either directly or indirectly involved in the agricultural and industrial sectors of fish production, processing, ornaments and related activities. In India the production of fish is done in the oceans, rivers, tributaries, ponds tanks and derelict water bodies of Assam, Orissa, Tripura, Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh.