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The present study is a focus on the importance of democracy in education. The paper discusses the need for utilizing democracy in the educational practices. The study is a qualitative case study. Data were collected using interviews, classrooms observations and fieldnotes. The present study examines the conceptions of three participants, university lecturers who were chosen from three faculties, on the role of democracy in education. Additionally, the paper presents the impact of the lecturers' conceptions on their practices in classrooms.

Physicians, nurses and health care workers are exposed to hospitals for long duration which increases their risk of acquiring infections. Infection control practices are geared towards reduction of occurrence and transmission of infectious diseases. Hundreds of millions of patients are affected b y Hospital- acquired infection(HAI). Nurses have a critical role to play in prevention measures and infection control and they should have the opportunity for continuous professional development.

Background: Ectopic pregnancy is a serious and common universal emergency in clinical practice and remain a major medical and surgical problem. Objectives: To evaluate the causes of the ectopic pregnancy and managing there in a perfect way to decrease the morbidity and mortality of the patients. Patients and Method: This is an interventional study on 100 patients which was studied at Al- Dahwi Private Hospital with ectopic pregnancy from the period January 2016 to January 2018.

Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a stigmatizing and degenerative disease that impacts on the organic and emotional functioning of those affected. Objectives: To evaluate the experiences and expectations of patients and caregivers in MS coping, to identify the impact profile in caregivers and patients with MS. Method: Exploratory research with a qualitative approach. The sample was comprehensive, including all subjects with MS and their main caregivers registered in the IX Regional Health Management of Paraíba / Brazil.

Infection Hepatitis B virus is one of the world's biggest public health problems due to its magnitude and because it is related to chronic manifestations such as cirrhosis and primary liver cancer. The objective of this study was to analyze the epidemiological profile of donors infected with Hepatitis B virus and characterize them according to the following variables: sex, origin, age, skincolor, level of education, marital status and year of donation, as also verify if sex acts as a risk factor for contamination.

In the last decades, options of leisure activities have been increasing for adults older than 60years. This fact can be easily credited to the increase in life expectancy of the world population, making the leisure industry an attractive market niche to be explored.

The research’s purpose was to verify the sensory acceptability of bread made with different levels of sodium chloride (NaCl), potassium chloride (KCl) and monosodium glutamate (MSG) among teenagers and evaluate the product’s chemical composition. In Step 1, five samples were prepared with NaCl and KCl (0 to 0.60%). Step 2 used the same percentages that were used in Step 1, with 0.30% of MSG, though.

Some components of mother's milk is considered of utmost importance, for example, polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain (AGPICL), these being: docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22: 6n -3), arachidonic acid (ARA, 20: 4N- 6) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20: 5n -3).This study aims to compare the amount of DHA, ARA and EPA in milk from mothers of preterm and at term births due to its great importance in the life of this newborn Forty-seven lactating women aged 14-43 participated in this study. Among these 23 were part of the preterm group (PG) and 24 were part of the at term group (GT).

In the practical classes of osteology the use of animals is routine, being that the obtaining of these materials, usually through donations of skeletons or dissections of ex alive animals. However, it is common some specimens to be scarce, making it difficult the progress of a classroom practice. With the purpose of increasing the osteological collection of Animal Anatomy Laboratory of the Veterinary Medicine Course, UNIJUI, the objective of this work was to develop alternative models of bones for use in the classroom.

Studies involving the fight against cancer have provided several advances that provide the understanding of the development of tumors, mainly regarding the molecular processes that constitute the structure that allows or enables the progressive transformation of healthy cells into malignant ones.Examinations at the molecular level of tumor development in patients is not very common, since there is a need for biopsies at various stages of transformation.