Social Sciences and Humanities

The objective of this article is to identify and analyze the studies about the controversies existing in the process of granting Intellectual Property considering the social function of the property. The procedure used was to survey the quantitative publications in five study platforms: Academic Google, Science Direct, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), J-STAGE and Oxford Scholarship, using as keywords “função social propriedade intelectual” (in portuguese) and “social function intellectual property”. The period considered for the information gathering was from 1996 to 2018.

This paper is aimed to investigate the Environmental Notices of Violation – ENV, applied in crimes against wildlife in the Brazilian semi-arid region by IBAMA. 598 ENV were analysed, which were generated based on data from DOC IBAMA and SEI systems between January 2006 and December 2017, relative to seizures of birds, reptiles, and mammals, resulting in warnings and fines. In 100 cities in the semi-arid region of Bahia, the ENV generated administrative fines totaling R$ 15,545,027.00.

We present the first record of the perception and use of fishing resources by the artisanal fishermen of the Nossa Senhora Island in Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil, analyzing the socioenvironmental aspects, especially the traditional ecological knowledge, ethnotaxonomy, diversity of species found, use and management of fish associated with artisanal fishing developed. In the data collection, the interview with a semi-structured questionnaire was used in the community of traditional fishers in Nossa Senhora Island, between February 2017 and February 2018.

Musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms are the most common health disorders requiring medical attention, and accounting to 20% of both primary care and emergency-room visits. MSK symptoms do not receive proper teaching attention. Over the past two decades, rheumatologists from around the world have not only championed the musculoskeletal system examination but also modified the undergraduate teaching curriculum. This has led to the development and adoption of the gait, arms, legs and spine (GALS) screening along with regional examination techniques.

The article is dedicated to scientific heritage of A. Validov (Ahmed Velidi Togan) and a place of Amir Temur and his era in researches of the scholar. The article shows how the attitude of A. Validov to Amir Timur changed from negative to positive and how this change is reflected in researches of the scholar.

This study aimed to identify the factors affecting fertility decline in Sudan from the viewpoints of Sudanese demographers. It depended on primary data collected from Sudanese demographers. The study adopted descriptive statistics. The study revealed a relative fertility decline in Sudan. The important factors affecting Sudanese women fertility are delaying the age of marriage, increasing migration rates, increasing the average of age at the first marriage, increasing the level of women education, and employing women.

The construction sector is a key player for sustainable development. Both levels of government in Kenya (National and County) have identified construction sector as a driver of the development agenda. The devolved units (counties and constituencies) have invested quite substantial amount of public funds in infrastructure development and yet social audit and media reports have raised the concern over poor quality of the projects undertaken by these devolved units.

This article addresses the assets valuation process using animpairment model, as proposed by IAS 36 (IASB). As a management practice, the impairment required by IAS 36, adopted in Brazil by the Brazilian Federal Council of Accounting (BFCA or CFC, acronym in Portuguese), poses challenges to accounting operators to projecting and discounting cash flow, measuring value in use and realizable value.

Occupational exposures to toxic substances constitute a relevant public health problem today. The objective of this study was to investigate the occupational exposure of mechanic workshop workers in Northeastern Brazil, particularly those related to chemical substances. An exploratory cross - sectional study with a quantitative approach was carried out. A semi-structured instrument was applied to 40 mechanic workshop workers.

Environmental education figures as an important tool to overthrow a society, from her citizens began to rethink their attitudes and to correct them. According to the National Environmental Education Politics of Brazil, established by Federal Law No. 9795/99 and regulated by Decree No. 4,281 / 2002, it must be present in all levels of education in an interdisciplinary way. This study is an evaluation of perception assessment on education.