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E-commerce refers to the buying and selling of goods and services over the internet. The availability of mobile-data and other wireless capabilities has led to tremendous increase in e-commerce on a year over year basis over the last few years. E-commerce in second tier cities is on the rise because of a host of factors ranging from product unavailability in local markets to trust building with easy return policies for goods purchased online. The study deals with the trends, the reception and the factors accelerating e-commerce in second tier cities in India.

Coastal tourism is a significant portion of the Vietnam’s economy due to diverse coastal environment with variety of ecosystems. These include wonderful natural scenery, sandy beaches, rocky headlands, sand dunes, mangroves, coral reefs, wetlands. However, unplanned tourism development caused obvious negative impacts on coastal environment, which will increase with exploitation unless preventive solutions are adopted.

A Síndrome de Burnout vem ganhando atenção e preocupação por acometer, cada vez mais, profissionais de enfermagem, devido à sobrecarga de trabalho, o que pode colocar a vida de outras pessoas em risco. Diante do exposto, o presente estudo tem como objetivo realizar uma pesquisa bibliográfica sobre os aspectos desencadeantes da síndrome de burnout em enfermeiros da Estratégia de Saúde da Família (ESF). Trata-se de um estudo descritivo e exploratório com abordagem qualitativa de dados.

Metformin Hydrocloride tablets prescribed for treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM). The aim of the study is to compare the differences in dissolution behavior and asses bioequivalence of some commercially available Metformin Hydrocloride tablets in Vijayawada. The objective is to find out potent generic brand and reduce the cost of treatment for diabetes mellitus with respect to its composition and manufacturer.

The use of psychoactive substances is a public health problem, considering the magnitude and diversity of aspects involved. Being in general adolescence the first contact, since it is the age group of greater vulnerability for experimentation and abusive use of these substances. Vulnerability, in general, is related to factors inherent to youth such as omnipotence, seeking new experiences, being accepted by the group, independence, family and social structure challenge, psychosocial and existential conflicts, and aspects related to the family.

Ethnicism is seen as abusive use of alcohol, a chronic intoxication, which harms an individual's physiological and psychic system, used to provide relief from undesirable manifestations offered by abstinence. This is a quantitative research, observational and cross-sectional, in a municipality in the interior of Bahia (latitude: 14º 51 '58 "S; longitude: 40º 50' 22" W). The same is a fraction of a project titled "Epidemiological profile of obesity in the city of Vitória da Conquista / BA".

Morphology, morphometry and growth rings of the otoliths: sagitta, asteriscus and lapillus of Centropomus nigrescens Günther 1864 in Manzanillo and Santiago bays in, Colima, Mexico were studied. Differences between sexes, as right and left of the three pairs of otoliths were analyzed. In all cases the growth of the otoliths is eccentric to the core. Relationship between fish length and length and width of the otoliths showed that these structures have a negative allometric index. Twelve growth rings were identified in sagittae and asterisci.

Osteoporosis is a systemic disorder that affects entire skeleton, which is a metabolic disease of the bone characterized by low bone mass and micro architectural deterioration of the skeleton, leading to enhanced bone fragility and fracture risk. In Ayurveda, it is correlated with Asthi-Majjakshaya.

Objective: To identify the sociodemographic profile of elderls’ caregivers and to evaluate their response to the domains and items of a depression scale. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional quantitative study, which CES-D scale to analyze the domains and their items, with a sample of 228 questionnaires, applied to caregivers of elders enrolled in the Family Health Program of the Sanitary District IV, having as inclusion criterion age above 28 years and at least 10 years living with the elder.

Objective: To identify the sociodemographic profile of elderls’ caregivers and to evaluate their response to the domains and items of a depression scale. Methodology: This was a cross-sectional quantitative study, which CES-D scale to analyze the domains and their items, with a sample of 228 questionnaires, applied to caregivers of elders enrolled in the Family Health Program of the Sanitary District IV, having as inclusion criterion age above 28 years and at least 10 years living with the elder.