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The distance education modality has a path of transformations throughout time, always allied to the development of communication technologies. In Brazil, this modality expanded in the last decade, through the creation of the Etec Brazil Network, by the federal government, according to Decree nº 7.589 of2011, that aimed at expanding the access to education, besides that searching for the interiorization of teaching policies.

Ginger has been cultivated in Brazil since the middle of 1500’s, and it is nowadays widely used as a condiment in the manufacture of beverages, perfumes, breads, cakes, biscuits, jellies, soft drinks and candies, especially the ginger candy that has been produced by small farmers in Paraná Coast. Although the delicacy is classified as an important alternative in income generation and regional development, no studies on the subject were found.

The death is a complex funeral ritual, and the phases of funeral and burial have become a farewell ceremony with the presence of the dead body, so important for those who were not at the time of the person’s death. The perception about the death has shown great changes over the last few decades, and some debates that were taken as complex have gained some space in the thanatology, including studies on the funeral market, also known as the death market.

The BrasilianNacional Program for Family agriculture – PRONAF is an agrarian policy for agriculture and has as main goal to provide different ways of credit to small family farmers in order to improve conditions of living in the countryside. The goal of this article is to analyze the impacts of PRONAF policy developed in Apiaú area in Mucajaí country-RR through study of case of the families, including the representatives of the department of agriculture in Boa Vista (SEAPA) and technicians from Apiaú agriculture department were some of methods used.

This work aims to discuss the possibility or not of transferring copyright and related rights in employment relationship of artists in entertainment shows, based on analysis of provisions of Laws 6,533 / 1978 and 9,610 / 1998. For that, initially, the distinction between concepts of copyright and related rights is done, analyzing them in their patrimonial and moral aspects.

Teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching of values have often been cited as being challenging. This research work was undertaken to investigate into teachers’ attitudes towards the teaching of values in RME in the colleges of education in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study used sequential explanatory mixed method survey and the sample size of 344 respondents selected, made up of students and tutors from the chosen colleges of education using-stage sampling technique. Questionnaire and interview guide were used to collect data.

Cancer is a disease that affects a large number of people and these are usually undergoing chemotherapy. One of the adverse effects of this therapy is testicular lesions with reduced fertility and one of the alternatives for the treatment of these cases is cell therapy. Thus, the present study evaluated a protocol for explant of mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue as well as evaluated the effects of cell therapy with mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue under the germinal epithelium of Swiss mice treated with cyclophosphamide.

Introduction: In the hospital, the pharmacy aims to ensure the safe and rational use of medicines that will be prescribed by the doctor through a planning in the purchase of medicines and hospital materials. Only the products included in the list of standardized drugs are purchased in a programmed manner by the hospital and are available for use. Materials and methods: This is a descriptive, observational, exploratory, retrospective study of a quantitative approach.

Active methodologies in pediatric dentistry are a very important tool, since cooperation during dental treatment will differ between patients. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a motivational program of oral health promotion in children attending the São João Calábria Childres's Clinic of UNICATÓLICA, evaluating life quality, anxiety, depression and oral conditions.

This study to intend analyze the patient safety culture from the working professional’s perception in a public hospital in the state. This is a cross-sectional study performed with 204 employees. The instrument (Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture) was applied for the data collection. Throughout this study the perception of the patient's safety degree as adequate and inadequate was considered as the main outcome. To analyze the variables, we performed a prevalence calculation with Confidence Intervals of 95% (95% CI).