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Background: Depression, a public health problem, affects all ages even the student population. The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of depression among medical interns in order to identify the determinants of this disorder. Methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study was carried out among 176 medical interns at the Faculty of Antananarivo from December 2017 to June 2018. Results: The prevalence of depression among medical interns was 14.77%.

O Câncer de Próstata é uma patologia de relevância na saúde pública, possuindo assim um grande impacto global. Relata-se um relato de caso, realizado com um paciente do sexo masculino, 48 anos, procedente de Caxias, Maranhão, assintomático, realizou exame de rotina em 2005, no qual foi observado um pequeno aumento na dosagem do Antígeno Prostático Livre e Total, sendo posteriormente diagnosticado com Hiperplasia Prostática Benigna (HPB) pelo urologista da região.

As empresas, em um contexto geral, enfrentam alguns desafios em relação a qualidade dos seus processos, operações, produtos e serviços. Para que as empresas consigam manter o negócio ativo dentro do cenário de mercado torna-se fundamental a busca por melhorias e a identificação e a redução de qualquer fonte de desperdício. A abordagem da produção enxuta sobre os sete tipos de perdas pode auxiliar na classificação e nas análises em relação a esse tema.

Natural calamities like Earthquakes, Tsunami and man-made disasters bomb explosion, building collapse often occur and they cannot be stopped. Humans are getting increased knowledge in the concept of intelligent rescue operations in such calamities so as to save precious life and material, however calamities cannot be stopped. Still there are many natural and man-made disasters that occur all of a sudden. They produce a devastating effect and find no difference among human and material. Therefore many a time’s humans are buried among the detritus and it becomes impossible to detect them.

The goal of this article is to identify the factors that make up the sugar production scenario in order to understand what are determinants for decision making and the composition of a Strategic Planning. For this purpose, the directors of 14 (fourteen) mills in Paraná associated to ALCOPAR - Association of Alcohol and Sugar Producers of the State of Paraná were consulted, with the return of 4 (four) mills. The factors were prioritized and correlated according to the viewpoint of the leaders. The prioritization matrix was adopted, a tool used in the S.O.W.T. analysis.

The flooding of hydromorphic soils results in significant losses of crop productivity every year, especially in tomato. It is believed that the expression of heats hock proteins, especially sHSPs, play an important role in tolerance to multiple environmental stresses, and may alleviate the damages resulting from the low concentration of oxygen from flooding.

Este estudo teve como objetivo verificar os fatores de falha no desmame intermitente da ventilação mecânica (VM) em pacientes com trauma raquimedular (TRM) a nível cervical, através da avaliação da eficácia de um protocolo de desmame intermitente da VM em pacientes com TRM cervical. O estudo foi realizado através de fichas de monitorização dos anos de 2016 a 2019, sendo incluídas no estudo vinte e nove fichas de pacientes que realizaram o protocolo de desmame intermitente da VM.

Objetivo: descrever a ocorrência da Sífilis Gestacional no estado da Paraíba, considerando-se o perfil epidemiológico das mães e dos casos notificados. Método: trata-se de um estudo epidemiológico descritivo com abordagem quantitativa, realizada com dados do Departamento de Informação do Sistema Único de Saúde, na base de dados do Sistema de Informação de Agravos de Notificação. A análise dos dados se deu por meio de estatística descritiva.

Known as HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training) or high-intensity interval training is at the top of current training. This type of training allows athletes to exercise longer in high intensity and not the other way around. The main objective of this work is to provide a tool for physical education professionals and trainers to evaluate their jiu-jitsu fighters specifically through an adaptation of interval training to jiu-jitsu, and can also obtain parameters through a targeted methodology, such as the fighter's specific endurance index test.

This paper presents the results of research on the existence and extent of barriers for returnees to rural areas of the Central Podrinje region and solving the issue of sustainability of farms with the existing way of organizing agricultural production. This research enables the achievement of goals, such as, considering the impact of certain production on the development of farms of returnee communities, proposing the optimal model of agricultural farms that will engage agricultural resources and employ the existing workforce.