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This paper aims to present the feasibility of the use of thermography as a non-destructive technique to diagnose the pathological manifestations hidden in wood pieces, whether they come from natural manifestations such as nodes, cracks, chemical, atmospheric and biological or of anthropic agents. Through the use of the active thermography technique, which uses pre-heating of the analyzed surface, experiments were carried out in order to identify the position of natural defects in these pieces.

About 30-40 years ago, relatively few agents of azoles were available for limited health problems. But in modern era, many classes of azoles have been introduced in market. Many azole compounds have been commercially developed and successfully proved beneficial in many human ailments including cancer.

Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75–80% of the world population, mainly in the developing countries, for primary health care because of better cultural acceptability, better compatibility with the human body and lesser side effects. However, the last few years have seen a major increase in their use in the developed world. As far as contemporary drugs are concerned they must be further characterized after their pharmacological screening by studying the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties, including toxicity.

A cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the nutritional status of schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years enrolled in municipal schools in Carapicuiba in 2014. The anthropometric evaluation was performed by weight and height and the classification of the nutritional status by height-for-age, weight for age and body mass index for age expressed in Z-score, compared to the reference values recommended by the World Health Organization.

This article is an extract from the study: ‘Decentralization and Quality Education in Community Schools on the Coper-belt Province’ which sought to investigate the decentralized structural and administrative challenges, as well as opportunities faced by community schools. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. Purposive sampling was used to select 45 head teachers, two District Education Board Secretaries, two District Resource Centre Coordinators and the Chief of Party of Education Development Centre, Time To Learn Project USAID, Zambia.

The objective of this article is to identify and analyze the studies about the controversies existing in the process of granting Intellectual Property considering the social function of the property. The procedure used was to survey the quantitative publications in five study platforms: Academic Google, Science Direct, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), J-STAGE and Oxford Scholarship, using as keywords “função social propriedade intelectual” (in portuguese) and “social function intellectual property”. The period considered for the information gathering was from 1996 to 2018.

This paper is aimed to investigate the Environmental Notices of Violation – ENV, applied in crimes against wildlife in the Brazilian semi-arid region by IBAMA. 598 ENV were analysed, which were generated based on data from DOC IBAMA and SEI systems between January 2006 and December 2017, relative to seizures of birds, reptiles, and mammals, resulting in warnings and fines. In 100 cities in the semi-arid region of Bahia, the ENV generated administrative fines totaling R$ 15,545,027.00.

We present the first record of the perception and use of fishing resources by the artisanal fishermen of the Nossa Senhora Island in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, analyzing the socioenvironmental aspects, especially the traditional ecological knowledge, ethnotaxonomy, diversity of species found, use and management of fish associated with artisanal fishing developed. In the data collection, the interview with a semi-structured questionnaire was used in the community of traditional fishers in Nossa Senhora Island, between February 2017 and February 2018.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms are the most common health disorders requiring medical attention, and accounting to 20% of both primary care and emergency-room visits. MSK symptoms do not receive proper teaching attention. Over the past two decades, rheumatologists from around the world have not only championed the musculoskeletal system examination but also modified the undergraduate teaching curriculum. This has led to the development and adoption of the gait, arms, legs and spine (GALS) screening along with regional examination techniques.

Here was evaluated the effect of chronic VD supplementation associated or not to exercise on fat accumulation in Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) from lean and obese male rats. Obesity was induced by administration of monosodium glutamate (MSG; 4g/Kg). Control (CON) received saline. At 30th day, MSG and CON rats were weaned and subdivided in VD supplemented (12µg/Kg) or non-supplemented (NS), Exercised (E) or Sedentary (S). At 86 days of life, the rats were euthanized and white adipose tissue (WAT) and BAT depots weighted. The BAT was submitted to histological analyses.