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The temperature trends from 1901 to 2015 for the African countries located between the latitudes15oNorth to 15o South are presented. The area of study has different climate and topographic characteristics. The world’s second largest tropical forest is located in this area, is also an area of unique biodiversity, and a significant carbon sink. The data shows a temperature increase with time and avariable temperature increase rate. Average temperature differences of up to 2.1oC are observed between the years 2000 to 2015 compared to the years 1901 to 1999.

Objetivo analisar a oferta das Práticas Integrativas e Complementares em 26 municípios do Núcleo Regional de Saúde–Sul na Bahia. Método: trata-se de um estudo quantitativo e descritivo. Foram entrevistados 22 secretários de saúde em municípios da Bahia para conhecer a oferta das práticas integrativas nos serviços de saúde do Sistema Único de Saúde. Resultados: obteve-se que dos 26 municípios desta regional, 15 (57%) ofertam alguma das práticas integrativas, sendo estas práticas executadas na sua grande maioria em unidades de saúde, seguidos dos serviços da atenção especializada.

Increasingly, the dental market becomes competitive. Brazil has about 280 thousand dental surgeons duly registered in the class organs, besides other professionals who act illegally performing non-invasive procedures. This extremely competitive market requires professionals to seek legal forms and methods with marketing actions, aiming to reach, guide and attract new patients. This work aims to address the different forms of dental marketing, defining how these actions can strengthen the bonds between professionals and patients, becoming a strategy to face the competitive market.

Fibrin Rich in Platelets and Leukocytes (L-PRF), is an autologous biomaterial, a second-generation blood product consisting of leukocytes, platelets and a dense three-dimensional network of fibrins that are simple and without biochemical manipulation of blood tissue used for healing. This study aims to describe the use of platelet and leukocyte-rich fibrin (L-PRF) in post-extraction alveoli through a literature review.

Group dynamic is the center of attention of organizations across the world. Employers nowadays are focusing on creating a collaborative culture among employees. This research brings to the forefront a unique analysis highlighting the important of groups, group dynamics and the main characteristics while conducting a negation role-play simulation. The nature of this study is qualitative conducted on graduate students majoring in business studies at the College of Business Administration at the American University of the Emirates in the United Arab Emirates.

Laboratory practices are important components of any engineering curriculum. The laboratory is an important tool for the engineer to the student makes possible the learning of practical aspects of their profession. Several discussions on types of experiments, correlation between laboratory and class work, importance of the laboratory in the general curriculum and others. It has been a general consensus that laboratories are essential and should be included in the curriculum.

Herbicides of the auxin mimic group, such as 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic (2,4-D), at low dosages may show a direct relation to the growth and development of the plant, in order to evaluate the influence of the different dosages of this plant herbicide in soybean (Glycine max) crop. The seeds were treated with fungicides and insecticides and then with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic dimethylamine salt and inoculated. The experimental design was completely randomized (DIC), composed of five treatments with eight replicates, using seeds without inoculant and with inoculant of Bradyrhizobium sp.

This paper presents a system to improve the security of houses and properties that uses LPG gas. Given its flammability, an alarm system is strongly advised. To solve this issue, we house owner in a matter of seconds, at the beginning of a gas leak. Our system deals with limitations on Internet connectivity, using a clever solution to this problem.

Surfactants are widely used in enhanced oil recovery, due to its chemical properties, like reduction of the interfacial tension between two immiscible liquids. For nonionic surfactants, the cloud temperature is an aspect important to be evaluated, since above this temperature an initially homogenous surfactant solution separates into two phases, losing their proprieties. This work evaluates cloud temperature, critical micelle concentration and adsorption for solutions of nonionic surfactant with different concentrations of NaCl, used in enhanced oil recovery.

Sustainability is based on a simple procedure: Everything that we need for our survival and well being depends directly or indirectly on our natural environment. Being sustainable allows a business to choose what part of product contributes to the goal of sustainability- ingredients, the process of production, packaging, shipping and anything else that may fit in the 12 principles of green chemistry. Global organic and sustainable skin care market is poised to reach US $ 22 billion by 2024 and it’s the conscious consumer who is powering this staggering growth.