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The enzyme L-asparaginase is used to avoid acrylamide formation in food, and as a pharmaceutical to treat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. As fungi are eukaryote and good enzyme producers, it is desirable to obtain a fungal L-asparaginase as an alternative to the bacterial enzymes that are currently used in the clinical practice. Glycerol use as carbon source for the metabolism of filamentous fungi is of great interest, once it can be used as a cheaper substrate for enzyme production, L-asparaginase alike, avoiding its discard in nature.

The interaction between people favor the exercise to create, share and manage knowledge. In education this is no different, because the school has as purpose the building and knowledge sharing. Arriving at the school, students bring their baggage of knowledge, skills, difficulties and shortcomings. In this context, the article presents a case study in order to understand how the use of 3D printing technology can support the sharing of knowledge among high school students of a state school in Paraná, for the reproduction of works of art media they can be understood by the blind.

Objective: To know the scientific production about the association between noncommunicable chronic diseases and clinical and psychiatric morbidities in the elderly. Method: Integrative literature review from the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Nursing Database (BDENF), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (PubMed / MEDLINE) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO). The descriptors Chronic Diseases and Depression were used.

Introduction: Considered as a neurodegenerative dementia, Alzheimer's is directly related to aging through the establishment of cognitive deficits. The main drugs used in the treatment of the aforementioned disease are acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors. Considered as a reversible acetyl cholinesterase inhibitor, Donepezil is the second medication most commonly used by elderly people with Alzheimer's disease because it is well tolerated and has beneficial effects on the cognition of affected patients.

This work aims to analyze whether the investments of public administrations complement or replace private sector investments in Brazil between 1971 and 2016. Using the Error Correction Vector Model methodology, the results show that the crowding in effect of government investments predominates under the investments of the private sector. The results of the econometric estimations suggest that a 1% increase in public sector investments causes a 1.33% increase in private sector investments.

The paper aims to investigate the main determinants of wages, based on comparative analyzes between the salary of workers admitted to the first job and reemployment, in the formal labor market of the Northeast region. The guiding question is:is there a wage discrepancy between individuals who were admitted to the first job and those who were re-employed. As for the methodology, econometric techniques were applied. The present study confirmed a priori expectations that young people between the ages of 14 and 24 are the most affected by unemployment.

The quality of household energy usage has a link with sustainable development. In order to increase the use of clean energy sources of the household, it is better to understand households’ decisions their fuel consumptions. This paper therefore aims to examine factors that determine households’ cooking fuel choice in rural and semi urban area of Wolaita Zone. This study is conducted based on cross sectional data collected from 205 household by using simple random sampling technique.

This study sought to explore the possibilities of creating a fermented drink from coconut and tiger nut which can be used as a beverage, to conduct a sensory evaluation on the product and observe the shelf-life of the product. By this new product the study sought to address the problem of non-communicable diseases in Ghana. A descriptive study design was employed in which a sample of 50 untrained respondents (consumer panel) was selected by simple random to assess the product’s sensory characteristics and indicate their preferences.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of community based factors on educational wastage in public secondary schools in Mbooni West Sub County, Makueni County, Kenya. Descriptive survey design was adopted in this study. The target population comprised of 41 public secondary schools. Stratified technique was employed from which systematically random sampling employed produced 15 principals, 15 academic deans and 15 form three class teachers giving a total of 45 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaires and document analysis.

Pregnancy is a particularly vulnerable time for every woman who when combined with a diagnosis of HIV and poor oral health can have drastic consequences for her oral and mental health, increasing the risk of low birth weight babies and even premature births. Therefore, we can consider that the Dental Surgeons, due to the multidisciplinarity of their education, are in a privileged position to inform women about their physiological changes inherent to pregnancy and the effects of these changes on their oral health.