Past Issue

This essay presents the partial results of a research study conducted at the Discourse Analysis Research Laboratory (Laboratório de Pesquisa em Análise de Discurso, or LAPADis) on the Operation One-Fifth of the Goldand the interference of this case in the exercise of democracy and in the violation of fundamental human rights. The analysis is founded upon theoretical presuppositions that articulate Memory, Law and Discourse Analysis.

This research aims to discuss the scientific status of human ecology in Brazil. As a methodological proposal, a bibliographic review was conducted on the topic, using the contributions of national authors, which allowed the analysis of information through the construction of articulated links. To do this, the following points were established as parameters for the evaluation of scientific status: the existence of concepts; hypotheses and propositions; and methods and research techniques specific to human ecology.

This work aims to present the constitution of a new category of subject, who is treated here as pixel-citizen. Since he (or she) is a subject that doesn't dwell in the territorial geopolitical space, but is rather a dot in the Internet Protocol, he indicates how the meanings of space, time and body have suffered changes and divergences from those instituted throughout modern philosophy.

The aim of this study is to investigate the constraints on English-Arabic-English Code-switching. It is an attempt to trace the phenomena in terms of matrix/guest language and constraints. It investigates the components of switching with respect to the morphological and structural typological constraints. The present study is important because it provides a better understanding of the constraints of code switching phenomenon.

Aim:Low back pain is a common disease, and it is observed at least once in 70-85% of the population during their lifetime.Chronic low back pain (CLBP)interferes with the physical ability and mobility of high number of people. This study will determine if there is a relationship between mental disorders including depression, hypochondriasis and anxiety, and the functional status of patients suffering from chronic low back pain.Subjects and methods: The study was performed on a sample of 200 agreed to participate in this cross-sectional study.

The objective of this research was to get to know the nurse's performance in the work management of the community health agents. Qualitative interpretive study developed with 25 nurse managers from a municipality of Serra Catarinense, Brazil. Bardin's content analysis was performed using Atlas. Ti 6.2 software. From the results, two categories emerged that explore difficulties and facilities for management.

The objective of this study was to verify health actions and services directed to the Guama Tocantins Indigenous Special Health District included in the Health Care Networks (RAS-Redes de Atenção à Saúde) of the state of Para,evaluating the perception of the coordinators of the health care networks as well as of the indigenous health managers of Para, on the implementation of these actions and services in the regional plans of the four RAS (stork, urgency and emergency, psychosocial and people with disabilities) seven health regions, which encompass the Guama-Tocantins DSEI.

Background and objective: Psoriasis represents a common inflammatory skin disorder, and psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease which characterized by arthritis and enthesitis that can occur in about one-third of patients with psoriasis. Both conditions had been linked to increasing the risk of osteoporosis. The aims: this study aims to assess the bone mineral density and the rate of osteoporosis in a group of psoriatic patients with and without arthritis and find the predictors of osteoporosis in such patients.

The problem of this research rise from the subject of social media and its effect on the Gulf region in general and on the society of United Arab Emirates in particular in terms of security and stability of the community due to its negative and positive effects.

The significant role politics of China either domestic or international play in our current international system cannot be grossed over. Former American diplomat and scholar, Henry Kissinger, looked at this role through a historical pathway with a book entitled “On China” of which this review is made. What role did China’s emergence play in the shaping of the 21st century? The author’s central focus was understanding, the evolution of China vis-à-vis its entry into the world system of States, its place and conceptual lenses in modern diplomacy and international relations.