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This article presents a methodology that uses the variables used in the SWOT model (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats), based on the subjective opinions of several experts. The presented methodology (Fuzzy SWOT), is an automated system to aid decision making, whose output is the viability of a business. The implemented system presented conservative results, allowing the decision maker to maximize his business. This system also makes it possible to carry out sensitivity analysis in order to assist the decision maker, which are the variables that most impact the business.

This paper presents a wireless sensor network for environment monitoring in smart cities. The prototype described here was applied in the context of the project Cidades Digitais, a Brazilian program to distribute optical fibersto the cities, at Porto Nacional, Tocantins state, Brazil. In terms of architecture, the system was designed with an ESP 32 DevKit V1; DHT 11 sensor for temperature and humidity; MQ-135 sensor for smoke and toxic gas measurement; infrared fire sensor and the ultraviolet sensor Guva S12SD.

A política de fomento à economia solidária registou um forte impulso no Brasil a partir da assunção do Partido dos Trabalhadores na Presidência da República, em 2003.

Objective: to systematize, in the updated scientific literature, the ethical conduct of nursing professionals in the care of seropositive pregnant women. Method: Integrative literature review, qualitative nature with descriptive and exploratory approach, the study was guided through a formal work structure previously defined, based on a research protocol elaborated and validated by expert reviewers.

The work’s main objective was the manufacture of an AA6061 aluminum metal matrix composite reinforced with ceramics reinforcements of: aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, aluminum nitride and silicon nitride, through the powder metallurgy technique. The powders were subjected to high energy milling in a SPEX type vibrating mill. Thereafter, a cold uniaxial compactation was made and then the compacts were hot extruded. The powders were subjected to characterization using X-ray diffraction and laser diffraction granulometry.

Objetivo: O presente estudo objetivou verificar se há correlação entre o perfil epidemiológico das doenças sistêmicas mais comuns e as condições de saúde bucal de uma série de idosos. Método: Foram selecionados 45 idosos (60-92 anos), de uma Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos de Passo Fundo/RS/Brasil. Realizou-se exame anamnésico, clínico (extra e intrabucal), diagnóstico/planejamento e tratamento odontológico para cada idoso. Resultados: A maioria dos idosos eram mulheres (57,8%) e 42,2%, homens.

Pipelines are critically essential transportation infrastructures in most nations since they are essential to both standards of living, and economies. Traditional streambank stabilization in pipelines river crossings is carried out with civil engineering techniques. Environmental concerns have increased the demand for low environmental impact techniques that value the ecological characteristics and the hydraulic connectivity of fluvial systems.

A inflamação é uma resposta à infecção ou lesão tecidual, entretanto ao ser ativada de forma excessiva ou persistente pode causar inúmeros problemas, pois está relacionada com diversas doenças. Dessa forma, estratégias terapêuticas utilizando plantas medicinais, vêm ganhando destaque, como a Curcuma longa L., pois apresenta um menor custo e inúmeras aplicabilidades terapêuticas. O objetivo do trabalho foi avaliar, por meio da literatura, o potencial farmacológico da Curcuma longa L.

The search for competitive advantage through the interconnection of organizational processes allows the reduction of time and expenses for companies. Therefore, this study had as main objective to propose strategies that allow to find good practices for these actions, whose main objective was to present a model for the selection process of suppliers based on fuzzy logic to improve activities.

Introdução: A creatina é um composto nutricional que possui ação ergogênica, logo, é eficaz no aumento dos níveis de força e potência muscular, sendo assim, utilizada para potencializar o desempenho esportivo em exercícios de alta intensidade. Metodologia: O estudo trata-se de uma pesquisa bibliográfica feita através da coleta de artigosindexados em revistas científicas na base de dados SciELO e LILACSpublicados entre 2004 a 2018. Os principais descritores utilizados foram: Creatina, Suplementos nutricionais e Exercício.