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Objective: to report the case of three patients admitted with osteomyelitis in a large hospital. Method: information was obtained by means of medical record review, patient interview, photographic record of the diagnostic methods to which the patient was submitted, and literature review. Final Considerations: post-traumatic osteomyelitis has a high morbidity, often leading the patient to permanently disabling injuries. The reports show the occurrence of post-traumatic tibial osteomyelitis and summarize the management of the respective cases.

Introduction: Absenteeism-illness is an indicator of a worker’s health. It is characterized by absence from work due to illness. Objective: Describing the profile of sick leaves due to illness granted to public servers of a public college in Brazil. Methodology: Descriptive documentary study, having as source the data base of the Supervisory Body of Medical Expertise and Work Safety in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, in the period from January, 2011 to December, 2016.

The aim of this study was to identify the main symptomatic and chemotherapy medications used to treat women with breast cancer at Hospital do Cancer de Pernambuco; state of Pernambuco, Brazil. This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach. Three hundred and seventeen women participated in the survey, who were interviewed in an outpatient clinic unit specialized in Mammary Pathology at Hospital do Cancer de Pernambuco, where, after consenting, they answered a questionnaire related to their clinical treatment.

Objetivo: Estimar a prevalência do uso de método preservativo sexual com relação ao estilo de vida e sua exposição as infecções sexualmente transmissíveis (IST) entre adolescentes escolares. Métodos: Foi utilizada análise secundária de banco de dados de um estudo transversal de base escolar, integrante de um monitoramento de comportamentos de risco em escolares da cidade de Jequié/BA, Brasil. A população deste estudo compreendeu 1.164 escolares de 98 turmas, de todas as 12 escolas públicas estaduais urbanas do município.

The application of Lean Six Sigma philosophy or Lean Manufacturing has good results obtained in companies when using techniques and tools continuously with the objective of obtaining improvements by reducing waste and reducing variability. In this context, this work shows the case study carried out in a company in the electronics sector of how.

The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of moisture content on the physical properties of cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata) during drying. Samples of manually harvested and threshed cowpeas with an initial moisture content of 0.250 (b.s) were dried in a forced air oven at 40 °C until the final moisture content was 0.13 ± 1 (b.s). Drying was followed by determining the mass difference, with the initial moisture content being known.

Introdução: A inclusão da criança comTranstorno do Espectro Autista (TEA) em uma escola de ensino regular é um direito por meio da educação inclusiva, permitindo sua inclusão no processo de aprendizagem com o uso de Tecnologia Assistiva (TA). Este estudo tem por objetivo, verificar como o processo ensino-aprendizagem com as TA englobam, nacionalmente e mundialmente, o contexto da formação educacional a indivíduos com TEA.

Microalgae are a renewable energy source and have been studied to obtain several bioproducts among which are lipids that can be applied in energy and food sectors. The production of lipids from microalgae has some bottlenecks such as their nutritional requirements, cultivation mode, and the need to break down the cell structure since lipid is an intracellular product. In light of this problem, this research seeks to analyze factors that influence the growth processes of Scenedesmus sp.

Objective: Lean construction (LC) is associated with the promotion of benefits to the management of works, reducing waste and increasing the value of the product for the customer. The objectives of this study are to assess the current level of knowledge about Lean practices in construction companies to identify the benefits and potential challenges for the implementation of lean construction in the Brazilian industry. And based on the results of the study propose recommendations.

Objetivou-se identificar os principais determinantes de reações adversas por uso de medicamentos por usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) brasileiro nas farmácias públicas de um município do sul do Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo observacional do tipo transversal, realizado junto a 684 usuários do SUS de um município brasileiro. Os dados foram coletados nas unidades de saúde, no momento da dispensação de medicamentos e analisados pelo teste qui-quadrado. Do total de usuários, 456 que responderam ao questionário sobre reações adversas.