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The networked formal water in peri-urban areas is limited in urban Tanzania. Technical difficulties associated with extending water and sanitation infrastructure to peri-urban areas, problems in relation to land tenure, and economic costs are some of the elements that have contributed to the slow progress. However, there is scanty literature on the dynamics and governance of municipal services delivery in peri-urban areas, especially access to potable water and good sanitation.

The authors are commenting on the study entitled “Clinical evaluation of neovascular and non-neovascular chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) diagnosed by swept source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS OCTA)” published in Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology 2019; 257(8):1581-1590.

Objective: To identify the social factors associated with suicide attempt in the municipality of Gameleira-PE. Methods: This is a quantitative study, conducted in the municipality of Gameleira-PE. Data collection used the notification form given to the Epidemiological Surveillance that composed the database. The program used for typing and retrieval of statistical calculations was the IBM SPSS in version 2.3, presenting the data as tables.

Pregnancy is not a protective factor for domestic violence and in this period, women may become more vulnerable to physical, sexual and psychological abuse. Domestic violence is defined as acts performed by partners or former partners who lived or not in the same household, with violence perpetrated in this or another place. This study aimed to describe the intimate partner violence perpetrated in women who are in the age group corresponding to the reproductive cycle. This is a literature review study based on scientific articles.

Introduction: Hepatitis is an important public health problem in Brazil, with different regional distributions. Objective: This study analyzed the epidemiological profile of viral hepatitis in the State of Maranhão between 2008 and 2017. Method: An observational, quantitative, longitudinal and retrospective study of the cases reported in SINAN was performed. 6,876 confirmed cases were registered, predominantly in the urban area and in the capital city of São Luís.

The Katz scale created by Sidney Katz evaluates the basic activity of daily living in relation to the functional capacity where it performs the instrumentation of six functions, having the performance of qualifying and weighing the dependence level of the elderly by measuring their autonomy or disability, so that, through the result, sanction more effective assistance with supervision, guidance and care essential for the promotion of health of the elderly. Methodology: This is an integrative literature review.

This study is the result of a master's dissertation degree and had the purpose of evaluating the contribution of the nurse preceptor in the resident’s formation at the Program in Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an Uniprofessional Nursing Residency, in a teaching reference hospital, located at Belem, Pará, Brazil. The methodology adopted was a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, conducted through interviews with 12 nurses who act as preceptors of a Uniprofessional Nursing Residency Program, from June to August 2019.

Autistic Spectrum Disorder is characterized by the early manifestation of significant deficits in communication and social interaction together with the manifestation of restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior, interest, and activities. Thus, the study aimed to analyze the inclusion of the autistic student, according to the findings of the literature. It is a descriptive / exploratory, documental and retrospective, systematic review type, carried out in the databases SciELO, LILACS and BDenf, from 2014 to 2019.

The lack of investment in public education in Brazil has encouraged the search for alternative mechanisms to achieve quality teaching, especially in the basic sciences. The chronic lack of laboratories underscores the urgent need for alternatives that can improve science teaching. In this respect, the present article is a report of an Interpretive Trail implemented by a biology teacher, third year students at a state high school, and licensed researchers from a federal university affiliated with the Institutional Professor Initiation Scholarship Program.

The objective of this study is to contribute to the knowledge of the Euglenophyte population of Lake Kossou. On a seasonal rhythm, physicochemical parameters were measured and Euglenophytes were sampled using a 20 μm mesh plankton net in the water column of five stations of the cage farm. floating from the lake. A total of 54 taxa divided into 2 families and 5 genera was identified. Taxonomic richness was dominated by Trachelomonas genera (44%) and Phacus genera (30%). The Euglenophytes of Lake Kossou are quite diverse with Shannon indices ranging from 1.98 to 3.68 bits cell-1.