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This study aimed to describe the knowledge of users and health professionals in the context of Primary Health Care (PHC) on leprosy. This is an exploratory-descriptive research, under a qualitative approach, developed from September 2014 to September 2015, in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. The study subjects were users of PHC in health services, with or without leprosy, and mid-level health professionals, in the categories of auxiliary and nursing technicians and community health agents. Information was collected through semi-structured interviews.

This research examines the importance of Total quality management in hospitals and it can be achieved through friendly organizational culture, leadership skills, technical support and quality planning in hospital. For this purpose a survey has been conducted in which we selected 50 medical students as they have a best views and ideas regarding improvement of quality in healthcare organization. The hypothesis shown that, there is a significant relationship between technical skills and instrument in order to maximize the quality improvement in hospitals.

This research draws a theoretical framework that underpins the mathematical problems solving heuristics among Filipino high school students through an evolved grounded theory.

The genus Schiffnerula represented by 96 species in India with the anamorphic genera: Mitteriella (1), Questieriella (11), Sarcinella (49) and the teleomorph Schiffnerula (35). All the taxa are listed with their host plants along with their localities. Distributional map is provided. These fungi represented in eleven states in southern, central and north-eastern states of India but Kerala and Karnataka hold more number of species because of their intensive collection. These may represent in other regions of India but are to be collected and studied.

Immunization is one of the internationally recognised medical preventive measures against a number of diseases. It is undertaken under the auspices of International Organizations like the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), many national governmental health departments and agencies. Various methods are employed by medical experts for its execution, which are so far yielding positive results for eradication and minimizing spread of some diseases.

One of the most recurring sequences in nature is the Fibonacci sequence. As the sequence was explored, it was found out that this sequence led to the golden ratio. This study tried to apply the concept of Fibonacci and Golden Ratio to maximize efficiency of solar panels and thus, providing solutions to one of the world’s most serious problems, the lack of energy source. It aimed to design a golden spiral solar panel; and measure and compare the voltage and current produced, and the power generated by both flat-oriented solar panel and the golden spiral solar panel.

In the Protection of the consumers is an issue of paramount consideration in the modern economic world order. With globalization having permeated into all strata of the society the face of consumerism too has undergone a substantial change. However, it has been noted time and again that although consumer is portrayed as the cornerstone of a successful economy, there have been oft repeated incidents of exploitation of the consumers, leading to a constant urge of a panacea.

What is Servant leadership? This term, created from the fusion of the two words servant and leader, at first glance, does not seem to match each other but is used as the true leader of our age. The original meaning of the Hebrew abad for service is that a person works for God or other person(s) for a fixed period of time or for a lifetime. The word service means ‘to worship (God)’ and ‘to serve (for others) at the same time. This word has a very important meaning because it means that worshiping God and serving people are not different things.

Introduction: Cranioencephalic trauma is one of the causes that contributes most to the high death rate and permanent sequelae among the population, which generates socioeconomic harm to society as a whole, and thus becomes a worrying factor for collective health in the population. Which concerns the promotion of health. Objective: to identify the profile of traumatic brain injury patients treated at the emergency room of a Brazilian university hospital. Materials and Methods: quantitative, descriptive-exploratory study.

This paper proposes to problematize the relationship between silence and memory that involves the phenomenon of violence against women in marital relations.