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The majority of cashew farmers in the North of Cote d’Ivoire use many types of pesticides to control pests and diseases that attack this crop. This utilization doesn’t respect good agricultural practices. Study was based on the use of questionnaires and interviews that were conducted in Poro (Korhogo), Tchologo (Ferké), Bagoué (Boundiali) Gbêkê (Bouaké) and Gontougo (Bondoukou) Districts. It investigates farmer’s practices on cashew pest management using pesticides and related orchards density and seeds origin.

O envelhecimento é acompanhado de modificações físicas e cognitivas que podem interferir negativamente no equilíbrio postural do idoso favorecendo quedas. Estratégias de reabilitação física que visem a manutenção da capacidade e prevenção do declínio funcional devem ser incluídas rotineiramente para essa população. A realidade virtual com diferentes tipos de jogos e dispositivos tem sido apontada como efetiva na reabilitação de idosos em diversas condições de saúde.

The study investigated the influence of covid-19 on price of oil and raw materials in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. This study employed ex-post facto research design with aim of finding how the influence of COVID-19 on the price of oil and raw materials. Thus, the target population was 36 which consisted of The target population of this study was Filling stations (12), business centers (15), bakery (4), pure water company (2) and palm oil producers operating (3) in Abakaliki Metropolis even though they are very little in number. Thus, the target population was 36.

There is a large proportion of people with chronic diseases, such as kidney disease, and this fact has been associated with levels of anxiety to a considerable extent. Spirituality and religiosity are aspects little discussed within the health area, but they can have an important influence on the quality of life and mental well-being of various populations. There is a discussion about the relationship between religious and spiritual practice with clinical health outcomes.

The nurse needs technical / scientific support that allows him to know the most diverse aspects of the pressure injury, Elaborated through a study made on the adequacy of the knowledge of nursing students and their clinical experience during graduation, in the area of prevention and treatment of patients with wounds. The research aims to evaluate the knowledge of nursing students from a private higher education institution, on the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries.

The objective of this study was to describe the main parameters related to the diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (POS). An integrative review was carried out with a search in the PUBMED, MEDLINE and virtual health library (VHL) databases, using the descriptors "polycystic ovary syndrome", "diagnosis"AND"clinical aspects" AND"markers" AND "diagnostic imaging". The inclusion criteria of the research: articles in English, Portuguese and Spanish available complete and online, published between 2016 and 2020, being excluded articles that did not address diagnostic methods of POS.

Aimed to analyze: O presente artigo objetivou analisar o perfil epidemiológico dos óbitos confirmados por COVID-19 ocorridos na 1ª Região de Saúde do Estado de Pernambuco.

COVID-19 é a doença causada pelo vírus SARS-CoV-2, descoberto em 2019, e que se espalhou pelo mundo gerando uma pandemia com graves consequências sanitárias. Países lidam de diferentes formas para resguardar a saúde de sua população diante de um patógeno recém descoberto e com peculiaridades próprias. Muitos estudos estão sendo realizados sobre a COVID-19. No presente estudo, foi proposto um modelo de previsão de curto prazo baseado em redes neurais Multilayer Perceptron capaz de estimar o número de casos confirmados de COVID-19 no Brasil.

Objetivou-se caracterizar o perfil epidemiológico dos casos confirmados de COVID-19 ocorridos na 1ª Regional de Saúde do Estado de Pernambuco durante os primeiros 100 dias da pandemia em 2020. Realizou-se avaliação epidemiológica de abordagem descritiva com objeto de estudo as variáveis epidemiológicas dos casos confirmados de COVID-19 nos 20 municípios da 1ª Regional de Saúde, notificados por plataforma online. Verificou-se notificação de 25.506 casos suspeitos da Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Grave causada por SARS-CoV-2 e 51.740 casos suspeitos leves de COVID-19.

The dissemination of the Web as a software development platform has led to a combination of computational and social elements to deal with the complexity of existing services and operations on the network, known as Social Machines. Social Machines establish relationships between people and machines through different views of relationships and their constraints. The role of Social Machines has changed the understanding of the nature of computing in complex operations and services, increasing the interactivity and connectivity of applications, collaborative platforms, and social networks.