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This study focuses on access to and use of contraceptive methods in rural health areas. It was carried out through the organization of Focus Group Discussions with young people of childbearing age, young adults and adults in order to collect their opinions on contraceptive methods and the obstacles to using them.The choice of the study was motivated by the fact, in general, the studies have shown that there is a low use of family planning among couples in DR Congo, with the consequences of the demographic explosion, the growth maternal morbidity and infant mortality.

The aim is to assess survival time and risk of death from AIDS according to demographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of people living with HIV. This is a retrospective cohort study. The sample consisted of HIV/AIDS cases in individuals aged ≥13 years notified by the Health Information Systems between 2007 and 2019 and belonging to the 17th Health Regional of the state of Paraná. Survival estimation was performed by using the Kaplan-Meier method and the log-rank test; the multivariate analysis was carried out by using Cox regression. A total of 3,264 records were included.

Objetivo: Identificar o perfil social e de saúde de idosos institucionalizados. Método: Pesquisa descritiva e transversal realizada entre março e junho de 2016 com 219 idosos residentes de uma Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos do nordeste brasileiro. Os dados foram analisados por meio de estatística descritiva e apresentados em tabelas. Resultados: Houve predomínio de mulheres, viúvos, boa escolaridade, aposentados, católicos, 1 a 59 meses de institucionalização e que recebem visitas.

Introduction: Although considered a “gold standard” procedure for surgical reconstruction of segmental resection of the mandible due to neoplasia, the fibula flap still represents a great challenge from the reconstructive point of view, and there are few studies with descriptions of the surgical results observed in large centers, particularly in developing countries. Objectives: To describe the evolution and surgical outcomes of cancer patients undergoing segmental mandibulectomy with mandible reconstruction using a fibula flap.

This text aims at addressing some historical and conceptual elements that anchor the decolonial discussion in order to contribute to the debate on the dimension of the formal/official curriculum as a narrative of selected concepts. It represents part of a culture defined as valid for composing the curricula, legitimized and guided by Curriculum Theories and Policies, constructed and managed by interests that guide them in different historical moments. For this, we carried out a literature review based on authors who theoretically support these discussions.

We evaluated aspects of energy consumption by air conditioning units in the Polytechnic School (PS) and the Faculty of Architecture (FA) of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil. The methodology involved a Level I energy audit based on energy consumption data in those two departments, information concerning the efficiencies of air conditioning units in operation between 2013 and 2018, and interviews with management agents and users. We encountered mid-level indicators of energy use, corresponding to 58 kWh/m²/year in the PS and 40 kWh/m²/year in the FA.

O objetivo dessa revisão foi encontrar características dos instrumentos de aço inoxidável e de níquel titanio, comparando eficiência no tempo de trabalho, segurança em relação a fraturas, curva de aprendizado através de uma vasta pesquisa literária. Para a construção do trabalho foi realizada uma revisão narrativa de literatura, para a comparação da eficiência da instrumentação manual com limas de aço inoxidável e limas M de NiTi. Buscando alcançar os objetivos da pesquisa serão realizadas buscas nos sites do Portal Regional da BVS Odontologia (Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde) e Pubmed da U.

Mosquitoes are responsible of a wide variety of infectious agents to humans. Malaria, dengue, yellow fever and other diseases transmitted by mosquito bites affect millions of people worldwide causing thousands of deaths each year, causing a major impact on the health services. National programmes to fight vector-born diseases are based on controlling the mosquito population with the use of insecticides in an attempt to interrupt the cycle of these diseases. Unfortunately, insecticide-resistant mosquitoes have already existed in many areas of the world.

Climate change has become a central issue for any vision that deals with the issue of economic and social development. Thus, controlling the potential effects of climate change has become a priority for any strategy or action aimed at economic and social development. So, the question that arises is: How to adjust between having economic development and mitigating the effects of climate change. Through this work, we have tried to present a new model of economic growth and development by introducing the climatic factor as a central explanatory component of economic development.

Homens negros apresentam 3% a mais de chance de desenvolver câncer de próstata, sendo importante seu diagnóstico precoce para obtenção de cura dessa população. A dosagem do Antígeno Prostático Específico é o marcador tumoral padrão ouro para essa doença. A pesquisa objetivou verificar a incidência dos níveis elevados de PSA e correlacionar com a ocorrência do câncer de próstata. O estudo analisou os níveis séricos de PSA total e relação do PSA livre/total em 39 homens a partir de 45 anos de idade de três comunidades quilombolas, localizadas no Estado do Piauí.