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In a national and international context where protected areas play an increasingly important role both in the environment preservation and in the local populations economy, this article aims to determine the impacts of the armed conflict between the Senegalese government and the MFDC on the environmental dynamics of the Lower Casamance National Park. The methodological approach is based on remote sensing for understanding the evolution of vegetation. It is based on the analysis of multi-date satellite images using PCI Geomatica software.

Objective: This study searched for identifying the composition of the family setting and the functional capacity of the coresident elderly. Methods: This is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional design and a quantitative approach. The research was performed in a Family Health Unit in the city of Vitória da Conquista - Bahia, and all the coresident elderly were included and they presented cognitive conditions. Sociodemographic data were collected, as well as the evaluation of the functional capacity through the Katz Scale and the Brazil Old Age Schedule questionnaire.

The objective of the study was to identify relationships between performance and hospital size in general hospitals that attend the Unified Health System (UHS) in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The study was quantitative and the sample was composed of 420 general hospitals that provided service to the Unified Health System from 2008 to 2013. Hospital indicators selected to evaluate performance included, production, productivity and quality.

The objective of this study was to analyze the perception of institutionalized elderly women regarding the fall. This is a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, developed in a Long Stay Institution of female care in the city of Fortaleza - Ceará. Data collection took place from September to October 2017 through a semi-structured interview where the final sample was composed of eleven elderly women. It was noticed that the biggest fall victim is the elderly who spend most of their time in their dorms and who do not practice physical exercises or recreational activities.

This study looks at the macro-economic determinants of industrial output in relation to exchange rate and employment in Nigeria. It employs the Autoregressive Distribution Lag (ARDL) econometric approach to co-integration using time series data for the period of 30 years (1986 -2016) to examine the long-run relationship between industrial performance and some macroeconomic variables in Nigeria to gain insights into the industrial paradox of high inflation and low employment rate alongsiderising interest rate, incessant power outage and political treat in the economy.

The Forest Concession allows the use of the public forest, through a bidding process, allowing the sustainable exploitation of products and services in the area of forest management. The National Forestry Development Fund, created by Law 11284/2006, has the mission of promoting innovation and the development of sustainable forestry activities. In this sense, this article presents the relationship between forest concession as a process of innovation of the use of public forests in order to promote local sustainable development.

This paper is part of a qualitative research and has as goal to discuss how the male power, revealed through machismo, a memory of patriarchy has succeeded in perpetuating itself between the generations in our daily lives.

The term federalism and its derivatives have attracted the interest of teachers and students who are militant supporters of the Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) – the Brazilian Unified Health System, in their teaching, research and extension activities. In organic debates, it has been questioned whether, and to what extent, the Brazilian federalist culture has participated in creating obstacles to the guarantee of health as a right for all citizens.

The study aims to describe the principal leadership's competence in implementing entrepreneurial leadership in order to bring change and improve the quality of schools in a better and adaptive direction in the face of various environmental changes. The research used qualitative approach with case study method at State Vocational High School 2 Tangerang Selatan Banten province. Data collection using observation, in-depth interview and literature study.

Workforce diversity refers to inclusion of workforce from a broad spectrum of religious, cultural, experiential and environmental backgrounds. It refers to more than merely tolerating and accepting the existence of diversity, it is imperative to understand diversity, celebrate and inculcate it in the daily functioning of organisations and eradicate discrimination of all types in this regard.