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The aim of the study was to verify the sensory acceptability and physicochemical composition of Brazilian cheese puff made with different levels of sodium chloride (NaCl), potassium chloride (KCl) and monosodium glutamate (MSG) among teenagers. In Step 1, five sample formulations were made with the addition of NaCl and KCl, jointly or individually, in the percentages of 0 to 0.60%. Step 2 used the same addition percentages that were used in Step 1, with the addition of 0.30% of MSG, though.

The interface of the early childhood education. One approaches the elementary education in Brazil. One emphasizes the periods of formation of the family and the child education. One makes explicit the influences of the interface from an object with animation in the elementary education, the joke as a proposal to reach the child/learner and animated objects as a way of interaction in the teaching and learning process.

This paper examines girl-child education in Africa. In so doing, it addressed (1) what are the misconceptions regarding girl-child education in Africa. (2) What are the challenges facing girl-child education in Africa? In addition (3), which methods could be applied to solve the misconceptions and challenges facing girl-child education? Based on the research problem, the researchers chose the qualitative approach because discrimination against the girl-child takes place in a natural setting (not an experiment done in a laboratory but in societies).

The high level of disability in children with perinatal pathology of the central nervous system implies the need for timely abilitation measures. In an early age child, rehabilitation planning is carried out taking into account the timing of the formation of the main functional systems. Knowledge of the neurophysiological mechanisms of the integrative activity of the brain, patterns of development of motor and sensory systems in ontogenesis is the methodological basis for constructing the habilitation programs.

Objective: To describe the epidemiology of bloodstream infections (BI) in adult hospitalized in critical care units of a teaching hospital. Methods: This is an epidemiological study, using descriptive and quantitative approaches, done through the analysis of patient records between August 2015 and July 2016. Results: Among the 56 hospital-acquired infections, 42 were primary bloodstream infections related to central venous catheter (CVC). The most prevalent bacterium was oxacillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.

The purpose of the study is to examine the perception of the undergraduate students towards their teachers. Every teacher is a society maker by providing proper knowledge to their students. Students are highly motivated by their teachers’ teaching with external and internal behaviour. Every student gives respect to all the teachers not only for teaching but also for being a good idle man.

Primary cardiac tumors are rare with an incidence ranging from 0.001% to 0.03% in autopsy series. The prognosis of cardiac sarcomas remains poor because it proliferates rapidly, and distant metastases are often found at diagnosis. We present a case of liposarcoma in the atrium of the heart and, we do a literature review about it. Case Report: We present the case of a young 30 years old female with a significant tumor of cardiac liposarcoma, with chief complaint of dyspnea, tachycardia and even angina pectoris.

Suicide is a complex public health problem and requires longitudinal and integral follow-up in the Family Health Strategy, and other services which replace hospitalization. However, some of these services demonstrate weaknesses in care. In this way, the objective is to propose strategies to improve the services composing the Psychosocial Care Network, strengthening suicide prevention, and qualified multiprofessional care.

Objective: To understand the meaning of music for hospitalized patients in a medical clinic ward. Methodology: This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out in a hospital located in the Triângulo Mineiro region, with 20 patients hospitalized through a semi-structured interview technique. Results: from the analysis of the data and the concepts of the historical-cultural approach, three thematic units were built: music and the transcendental dimension; Music: and the interaction with the other and the mediated relation: music as a therapeutic element.

The doctor must take into account several aspects for decision making, in this context comes the ethical dialectic on life and death. In Brazil, in curricular terms, medical graduation is still precarious in order to deal with death, making diagnosis of terminality difficult.