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Com o advento da internet, um conjunto de oportunidades surgiu, entre elas, a formação online através dos cursos abertos massivos online (MOOCs).Este artigo tem como objetivo apresentar através de uma discussão bibliográfica esta modalidade de cursos, e dados de um estudo exploratório com o mapeamento das instituições de ensino superior públicas que ofertam cursos desta natureza e seus modelos pedagógicos.Os dados encontrados revelam que: todos os cursos ofertados pelas instituições públicas recenseadas utilizam o modelo pedagógico xMOOC; que há uma maior concentração desses cursos no Sudes

Mushrooms are used as traditional food and to a lesser extent, as medicine compared to plants. In this study the biological properties of nine Burkinabé mushroom species (Chlorophyllum aff. molybdites, Phlebopus sudanicus, Lentinus squarrosulus, Lendzites elegans, Psatyrella tuberculata, Schizophylum commune, Ganoderma lucidum, Itajaya rosea and Laetiporus baudhanii) were evaluated, in order to contribute to the overall characterisation of these nonwood forest products.

Regarded as the most widely used psycho stimulant in the world, methylphenidate is the drug of choice for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a disorder currently very much addressed because it is present in children in school. The good performance of the drug in a behavioral relationship paved the way for its misuse by academics, university students, student for public tenders and people with an interest in better development in activities that require a certain concentration.

Background: Fire disasters in secondary schools lead to deaths and destruction of property. Consequently, there is a need to identify the causes and also evaluate the preparedness for fire outbreaks. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used to investigate the causes of fire outbreak and evaluated the level of preparedness for fire outbreak in boarding secondary schools in Nyamira County, Kenya. Purposive sampling method was used to select 50 principals and 5 Sub-county educational officers from the schools.

Objetivos: compreender a percepção da pessoa idosa acerca da qualidade de vida Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de revisão integrativa, realizada entre os meses de Março e Abril do ano de 2020, através da busca na Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), compreendendo as bases de dados PubMed e Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO). Foram incluídos neste estudo 8 artigos científicos publicados nos anos de 2010 a 2020. Os dados obtidos foram analisados através da revisão da literatura, levantando as informações, compondo um corpo textual.

Objetivo: Analisar as publicações científicas sobre Desastres Naturais (DN) e seus impactos na saúde coletiva. Método: -se de uma Revisão Integrativa da Literatura, realizada nas bases de dadoscientíficas. Foram elencados nove artigos completos,publicados entre 2009 a 2019. Resultados: A análise da literatura possibilitou a elaboração de três categorias pautadas em pontos relevantes, a saber: Categoria 1- DN e suas repercussões sobre a qualidade de vida da população atingida, Categoria 2 – Prevenção de doenças em cenários de catástrofes e Categoria 3 – Políticas públicas relacionadas à DN.

The Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) are important are important contributors to the Brazilian economy, generating jobs and being an alternative to the informal job market. However, high mortality rates are an uncomfortable reality; in Brazil approximately 40% of MPEs end their activities before the second year of activity. A critical factor of MSEs is the working capital (WC) management, the generation of revenues and the payment of short-term financial commitments.

Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a potentially disabling syndrome and is also a rheumatologic disease in which its main feature is generalized chronic musculoskeletal pain. Objectives: to list publications on the theme Effects of the Pilates method in patients with fibromyalgia, addressing the theme through a literature review.

Cervical cancer is a tumor which begins in the basal cells of the epithelium lining the uterine cervix, being responsible for approximately 500 thousand new cases in the world each year, becoming also responsible for 230 thousand deaths among women. The research aims to investigate which epigenetic factors interfere in the assessment of the frequency of micronuclei in basal cells of the uterine mucosa. This is an experimental study carried out after approval by the ethics and research committee with the number: 3,679,998.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with sociodemographic, behavioral, reproductive and clinical factors in climacteric women. Methods: Cross-sectional and analytical study with probabilistic cluster sampling. The study included 874 women, aged between 40 and 65 years, registered in 73 Family Health Strategy units in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data were obtained through questionnaires, anthropometric evaluation and blood collection. For statistical analysis, the hierarchical Poisson regression model was adopted.