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Objective: To describe the process of construction of a distance course on the postural care with newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Method: Research of the methodological development type, carried out between September 2018 and June 2019. The construction process involved the development of the Virtual Learning Environment, based on instructional design and prior literature survey through a scope review. Results: The search returned 58 studies, being six selected for the review. In the ideation stage, no specific course for the postural care was found.

Electrical energy, over time, has Become an essential asset in the daily lives of people, present in the routine of businessmen, ordinary citizens, housewives and workers. Currently, electricity is mostly Obtained from finite natural resources, such as coal, radioactive material, petroleum, among others.

Objective: To evaluate the predictive capacity of the lipid accumulation product in the detection of insulin resistance in female adolescents. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 113 adolescents from public schools, aged 10 to 19 years. The anthropometric, sociodemographic, hemodynamic and biochemical variables were evaluated. The waist height ratio, waist hip ratio and lipid accumulation product were determined through protocols described in the literature. The presence of insulin resistance was determined through HOMA-RI, using a cut-off point =3.16.

The quality of black tea is mainly depends on the standard of plucking the green leaf. The most attractiveness of tea as beverage for the main part due to the presence of Polyphenol and caffeine. Young tea shoots are extremely rich in Polyphenol and caffeine which constitute up to 30 percent and 4 percent. Although many of the biochemical transformations occur during the withering phase of tea manufacture, but the most noticeable changes occur during fermentation.

The leaves of Lantana camarawere submitted to preliminary phytochemical study obtaining essential oil and methanolic extract. In the analysis of the essential oil (hydrodistillation), they identified cariophilene (7.3%), Germacrene B (37.5%) and Germacrene D (21.7%) as the most relevant of the nine components obtained. The ethyl acetate (EtOAc) revealed from the partition of the ethanolic extract (EtOH) of the Leaves of L. camara was subjected to filtration and column chromatography (CC) resulted in lavone, unheard of in the species.

Objective: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine disorder associated with obesity. Earlier, studies showed a direct relationship between Adiponectin level and obesity, however, contrast results were, found in different studies. The present study investigated the status of Adiponectin level in PCOS and its relationship with body mass index (BMI) in Kanpur region women with PCOS. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 80 women in the age group of 20-40 were enrolled, 40 women with PCOS were assigned as study group and 40 healthy women were selected as control groups.

A grain dryer that uses charcoal as fuel was constructed. The dryer has three component parts namely: drying chamber, heating chamber and heat exchanger The dimensions of the dryer are; height 124.5cm, breadth 41.5cm and length 51.5cm respectively. The body of dryer was made with mild steel and lagged with paper and cotton material. Drying efficiency of the dryer was 63%, while the average drying rate was 0.12g/sec, with a moisture content reduction of 14.2% over period of 70minutes.

The objective of this study was to determine the sample size needed to analyze physical and chemical characteristics of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims f. flavicarpa Degener) after harvest.Fruits harvested from a one year old orchard were used.

Objetivo: O presente trabalho objetiva avaliar a atividade antibacteriana do monoterpeno (R)-(+)- citronelal contra cepas de Klebsiella pneumoniae. Métodos: Para realizar a atividade antibacteriana utilizou-se a técnica de microdiluição em caldo, obtendo-se a Concentração Inibitória Mínima (CIM) e a Concentração Bactericida Mínima (CBM). O ensaio foi realizado em duplicata, utilizando-se uma placa de 96 poços. As placas foram incubadas a 37ºC durante 24-48 horas. A CIM foi determinada como a menor concentração da substância que inibir o crescimento visível do microrganismo.

Traditional medicine has played a significant role in treating health problems in both livestock and humans. Knowledge of medicinal plants and of their uses provides vital contribution to human and livestock health care needs throughout the world. The genus Ocimum, are widely used medicinal plant species of herbs and shrubs and is graded high among some of ambrosial, the astonishing herbs for having tremendous medicinal potentialities.