Past Issue

The school and the information about alcoholic beverages among adolescents rural maranhenses

Considering that in rural communities, one of the only forms of leisure is related to the consumption of alcoholic beverages and that adolescents live with this reality and, at an early age, they begin to consume this licit drug in Brazil, by means of interviews with them, if the school offers information on the problem of consumption and abuse of alcoholic beverages. As a data collection procedure, a field work was done with 22 students, between 12 and 14 years of age. As an instrument of data collection, a questionnaire was used with questions related to the proposed theme.

Roux-en-y gastric bypass is more effective than sleeve gastrectomy against hepatic steatosis, in western-diet-obese rats

Purpose: Herein, we compared the effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) on fat liver deposition and expression of hepatic enzymes involved in hepatic de novo (DN) lipogenesis and β-oxidation, in western diet (WD)-obese rats. Methods: At two months after WD consumption, the rats were divided into three groups: WD sham operation (WD-Sham), WD-RYGB and WD-SG. Three months after procedures, hepatic steatosis and lipid metabolism were verified. Results: Both bariatric operations enhanced glucose tolerance and decreased triglycerides (TG) serum levels.

Management of preschooling educational institutions: an evaluation

Normally, pre-schools are known as those institutions where children between the age group of 2years to maximum 7years come for playful environment. Jean Piaget, Frobel, Maria Montessori all the famous psychologists are the great contributors of playful learning. But parents often complain that their children are under different kinds of pressure like home work, unit test, term test, besides activity class. There is a lot of peer pressure among parents also. Parents are compelled to feel that they are depriving their children unless they are putting them in a high-pressure environment.

Digital communication: Public relations management strategies and methods in developing institutional work

The aim of the research is to highlight the interactive re-emergence of what can be called the re-conceptualization of the concepts by default. These concepts include the methods of public relations management and strategy in this virtual context created by digital communication networks not only in qualitative communication; Society, but also in the results and impact on institutional work, especially with regard to developments in the various digital communication networks.

The marital separation and women’s domestic violence confrontation: A Life Issue

The Marital Relationship up keeping represents a major challenge between different subjects just as the upshot when it is tagged by suffering and pain. The present paper has as goal to arouse reflections about the violence that impacts women in the affective relation scope, and on marital separation, as a resistance form. We have as goal to examine the issue of marital violence, how it impacts in the couple’s life and which aspects make it difficult for women to break the bonds with their offenders.

Burnout syndrome in workers in prison

The workers in prison operate in an atmosphere permeated by stressful situations which predispose them to a state of alert and to the effects resulting from stress including the Burnout Syndrome. Aim: To evaluate the Burnout Syndrome in prison workers and to relate them to the occupational characteristics. Materials and Method: Transversal study with 254 workers of the prison system, ascribed to the 3rdRegional Prison of the state of the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.For the data collection, done between April and June of 2017.

Timing the work for enhanced administrative performance in universities

This study investigated the various ways of timing the work for enhanced administrative performance in universities. Based on the objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The design used in this study was descriptive survey design. A sample size of 200 administrative staff of the universities was randomly drawn from three federal and two state universities using stratified random sampling technique.