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Buddhist meditation techniques have become increasingly popular in the wider world, with many non-Buddhists taking them up for a variety of reasons. There is considerable homogeneity across meditative practices – such as breath meditation and various recollections. In the Theravāda tradition alone, there are over fifty methods for developing mindfulness and forty for developing concentration, while in the Tibetan tradition there are thousands of visualization meditations. Most classical and contemporary Buddhist meditation guides are school-specific.

The present study focuses on an organizational diagnosis in a Brazilian service company that assists with railroad accidents. The research was sent to the head management of the company, taking into account the evaluation of the organization from seven perspectives: structure, marketing, production, people, finance, knowledge, and society.

This study aims to develop an interactive e-module of Transformation Geometry based on some principles, e.g. creative, active, systematic, and effective (CASE) as a teaching material to support learning autonomy and student’s competence. In this research and development study includes some steps, e.g. preliminary study, product design and development (model), and product testing and assessment.

With the rapid development of the education industry and the trend of globalization, World University Ranking has become an important index for educational institutions and students. When students choose which schools they wish to attend, they often refer to the ranking list. Moreover, recruiters have preference for candidates from target schools, which are defined by rankings to some extent. School/university ranking also becomes a catalyst for policy change or administration implementation in a university.

Police action is critical because it prevents, represses, and neutralizes criminal activities to ensure security. Police mortality in the state of Pará, Brazil, is a worrying factor, since the occurence of such crimes only increase, mainly in the capital Belém. In view of the invisibility of this issue, and of the constant murders that occurred after the death of a police officer, this paper seeks to present and analyze the characteristics of the facts and the number of homicides registered in the 72 hours before and after the deaths of the policemen under study.

Does foreign aid really work? Many inhibited questions raise such a vociferous debate.

There are still few studies in Brazil on violence against black women, despite being the most affected by this phenomenon, regarding violence against white women. Thus, the present study aimed to discuss the pertinence of research that addresses the race/ethnicity of the black woman, target of violence, and its implications for Public Safety. Based on a systematic review of the literature, we searched for references in the CAPES periodicals from 2003 to 2017, conditioned by the term "violence against black women".

Study objective: To Correlate of 4-meter gait speed with 6 MWD in COPD patients. Materials and methods: 50 diagnosed COPD patients underwent 4-meter gait speed test and six minute walk test by two examiners. Data obtained from both the tests was correlated. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Inpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation setup Time duration: Three months Participants: 50 diagnosed COPD patients. Conclusion: There is a weak positive correlation between 4-meter gait speed and Six minute walk distance in COPD patients

There are several types of Diabetes Mellitus, type 1 is a metabolic disease, chronic and multifactorial resulting in serious consequences to the human organism and e intraoral as periodontal diseases, dental cavity, xerostomia and change in salivary pH decreasing its protective effect and favoring an acidogenic environment increasing the incidence of dental caries in patients with Diabetes Mellitus.

The concern of the world population has been increasing due to the significant augmentation of people affected by chronic degenerative diseases. These diseases are usually caused by oxidative stress, so there is a growing interest in the discovery of natural substances as an alternative medical resource that can act as antioxidants. Authors have shown that Annona muricata L is associated with several benefits to human health and can be associated to improve risk factors of developing some chronic degenerative diseases.