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Objective: To identify the epidemiological profile of leprosy among children and teenagers in a Family Health Unit in the city of Recife-State of Pernambuco, in the last 4 years. Method: The present study was composed of 16 medical records of children and adolescents who were or are being treated for leprosy in the years 2010 to 2013, being of the document, and exploratory, retrospective type with a quantitative approach, carried out in April/2014.

The Republic of Somaliland enjoys a multiparty political system in which competitive elections is center to its pattern. Successive elections were conducted in Somaliland, including the municipal elections in 2002, the first competitive democratic the presidential elections held in 2003, and the parliamentary elections in 2005, the second presidential elections 2010. The third presidential election is scheduled in November 2017.

This article refers to the analysis of the Lages bases decentralization of Emergency Mobile Care Service commonly called SAMU, from the observation of the need to decentralize the bases to the problem occurred at peak times in the main avenues and access to the neighborhoods of the City. The SAMU has been established in Brazil through ordinance 1864, dated September 29, 2003, and at Lages the service started operating in 2006, with two basic and one advanced ambulances.

Aim of the study: Assess the level of stress among school teachers in selected schools at Vellore Background: Stress has touched almost all professions posing threat to mental and physical health. Teachers especially working at university level are under a great deal of stress related to various occupational stressors. The occupational stressors occur due to various factors and it has greater ill effect on the physical and mental health of the teachers thus the study is clearly focuses on identifying stress level of teachers to promote early detection and positive management for stress.

Objective was to draw the profile of the users served in the in the triagem sector of a 24 hour emergency service unit. Method: descriptive quantitative study with application of semi-structured form to 417 users in screening sector from January to July 2015. Results: it was evidenced: 63.1% were female, the age group 20-30 was predominant (24.9%), the night shift (34.6%) stood out in the visits and 80.6% came of Campina Grande. The main complaint of a headache 12.3%. As for the history of chronic diseases, 21.1% were hypertensive and 10.1% were diabetic.

In his work Spicilegium Didacticum, published in 1680, Comenius discusses mathetics (Mathetica, or ars discendi) and didactics (Didactica or ars docendi). But, unlike didactics, which curriculum development placed at the centre of the teacher-student relationship and teacher education elected as one of its essential elements, mathetics has remained almost always implied, as if it were a mere by-product or simply a consequence of didactics.

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the overall play participation of children with cerebral palsy (CP) aged 9-13 years by measuring what activities they participate in using the Preteen Play Profile (Henry, 2000); and to explore variations in participation in different play categories based on each child’s manual ability, gross motor function, CP distribution and gender. Material and Methodology: A total of 500 surveys were distributed from different centers for CP children using the methods previously described.

It is first time in the history of India a programme like MGNREGA launched as an act to provide 100 days of guaranteed wage employment to the rural household willing to do unskilled manual work on demand. This act is also sensitive for the weaker section of the society such as SC, ST and Women. On the basis of secondary data for last five years the present study has undertaken to evaluate the performance of MGNREGA in a socio-economically backward state Odisha in term of providing of job on demand, completion of 100 days of work and average number of days of employment per household.

Among the climatic elements, the rainfall is the first index, ever thought of by farmers and climatic analysers as it is the most important single factor, which determines the cropping pattern of an area in general, the type of crop to be cultivated and its success or failure in particular. Therefore, the present study deals the rainfall characteristics of the Ambuliyar watershed, which includes the spatial distribution and its variability through different seasons. The study was used 30 years (1984 to 2013) monthly rainfall data for 10 rain gauge stations.

The Indian railway is one of the largest and busiest rail network in the world, transporting sixteen million passengers and more than one million tons of freight daily. Its serves the passengers in a big way, therefore there is a need to integrate passenger concerns in the operation, planning and other processes that impact passenger services and its quality in bigger way and it effectively monitors the creation and maintenance of a good services. Hence in this study is made upon the satisfaction level and problems faced by the southern Indian passengers.