Past Issue

Principais causas da não adesão ao aleitamento materno exclusivo no Brasil: revisão integrativa de literatura

Exclusive breastfeeding is of fundamental importance for the neuropsychomotor development of the child, as well as for the maintenance of their health. The aim of the study proposed here was to evaluate the reasons for the abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding in Brazil, described in the scientific literature.

Facilities and difficulties in the management of the kangaroo method in the daily life of professional nurses

Objetivo: Analisar as facilidades e as dificuldades no manejo do método canguru (MC) no cotidiano do profissional enfermeiro. Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal, descritivo e analítico de pesquisa de campo de abordagem qualitativa. Realizado em um hospital terciário, na cidade de Fortaleza-CE, no período de setembro a outubro de 2018. Amostra composta por trezeenfermeiras inseridas nas unidades de cuidados neonatais. A coleta foi realizada por meio da aplicação de um questionário estruturado com perguntas pertinentes as facilidades e dificuldades encontradas no manejo do MC.

Urban funding regularization as a driver for increasing municipal revenue and local development

The disorderly growth of cities has generated land tenure irregularities in Brazil. To mitigate the problem, the legislator created the Federal Law, which deals with regularized residential rural-urban lands. In this perspective, the legislative advances, urban development has become the responsibility of the municipalities, which have assumed the leading role in the realization of urban public policies by Federal Law no. 13465/2017.

The digital culture and the machine man nature

The purpose of this research is to discuss issues that approach innovation in an ideological perspective, in the context of digital culture, with reflection based on the extension and incorporation of man's digital devices, in their biosocial aspect. The methodological path will be guided by a bibliographic review and a phenomenological approach. The man presented in the digital context is the one who now uses technological devices in his interactions and, sometimes, mediations.

Symptoms of anxiety and depression in suspected/confirmed cases of covid-19 in pregnant and puerperal women

This study aimed to estimate the occurrence of signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression in women with confirmed and/or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19 and the associated sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 49 women admitted to a reference maternity hospital in Fortaleza, state of Ceará, Brazil between May and June 2020. Two instruments were applied: a sociodemographic questionnaire and the anxiety and depression scale. It was estimated that 28.57% of women had symptoms of anxiety and 38.77% had symptoms of depression.

Análise do compartilhamento de conhecimento na aplicabilidadade do enade sob a ótica da gestão do conhecimento em uma instituição federal de ensino superior

Periodicamente as Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES) passam por avaliações que mensuram a qualidade dos cursos superiores, sendo o Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes (ENADE) uma das avaliações escolhida como objeto de estudo desta pesquisa. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo apresentar um modelo de compartilhamento de conhecimento que possa solucionar lacunas detectadas no processo de aplicabilidade do ENADE em uma IFES.

Correlation between medication and exercises with partial vascular occlusion associated or not with shock wave therapy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis (OAJ) is a degenerative, chronic and irreversible condition of the articular cartilage, which is associated to injuries and inflammations in the other periarticular structures to the knee, being capable of causing pain, physical, psychosocial, functional impairments and impaired quality of life of affected people. The cause is multifactorial, involving old age, trauma, biomechanical changes, genetic, immunological, endocrine, biomechanical and osteometabolic factors. Its identification is made by clinical and imaging investigation and the treatment is multiprofessional.

Callus induction and quality in foliar explants of allophylus edulis (a.st.-hil., cambess. & a. juss) radlk, a native forest species with many uses

Allophylus edulis, known as cocum, is a medicinal species native to Brazil and used for its anti-diarrheal, anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive properties. The species also produces high quality wood, which can be used in the production of charcoal, is considered a valuable ornamental species, being useful for urban afforestation, in addition to the recovery of degraded areas. Despite the considerable increase in the use of native species, few studies have focused on the in vitro cultivation of these species.

Physical exercise in hypertensives as a cost control tool in public health

Arterial hypertension is a public health issue of great importance because it reduces life expectancy and leads to several complications, generating high financial and social costs. The adherence to treatment is the basis for controlling and decreasing chronic disease morbimortality. However, the degree of worldwide adherence in chronic treatments lies between 50% and 75%, hence the importance of devising a way of using physical exercise as a tool for disease prevention and control.