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Objective: to describe interventions during normal birth understood by puerperal women as obstetric violence. Method: a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, consisting of 74 puerperal assistants in a public reference maternity hospital for the state located in Teresina-PI, data collection took place between October and November 2016, through a previously tested form, for the treatment of the data was used the software Statistical Package for the Social Science version 20.0 and descriptive analysis of the data.

Phytotherapy is the art of preventing and curing diseases through the use of natural practices, mainly by medicinal plants. In this sense, this research investigated natural practices of how medicinal plants are used, scientifically or not, for therapeutic purposes used by the elderly of the Reference Center of Social Assistance - CRAS of the city of Augustinópolis, Tocantins, Brazil. This is a descriptive exploratory research of quantitative and qualitative approach, having as an instrument of data collection an applied form for 50 institutionalized elderly women.

Objective: to describe interventions during normal birth understood by puerperal women as obstetric violence. Method: a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, consisting of 74 puerperal assistants in a public reference maternity hospital for the state located in Teresina-PI, data collection took place between October and November 2016, through a previously tested form, for the treatment of the data was used the software Statistical Package for the Social Science version 20.0 and descriptive analysis of the data.

Poor condition of cocoa plantations, dominance of old and moribund cocoa trees on farmers’ farms are the major causes of low cocoa output in Nigeria. Institutional efforts such as cocoa coppicing, distribution of improved cocoa varieties among others have proven to be the best methods of improving yield of cocoa. Various techniques of cocoa rehabilitation were perfected and demonstrated on-station but studies on the yield of most of these techniques have not been determined.

This paper is part of our reflection regarding the performance of the women's movement in Brazil, a topic that we performed in the dissertation: "Memory and Will to Tell: Vitória da Conquista Women's", from the Post-Graduation Program in Memory Language and Society, State University of the Southwest of Bahia (UESB). Our goal is to examine the women's movement action in the context of facing violence against women and the creation of the Maria da Penha Law.

This research aimed to investigate the inclusive educators' thinking styles from Fleck's perspective. It was intended to deepen the theme through a qualitative, exploratory and field approach. The study included 80 inclusive educators from the 36 municipal schools in a city in the Vale do Itajaí Region that answered a questionnaire with opened questions.

This article discusses the importance of the participation of individuals in historical processes. And also a special attention is drawn to the study of the documents about Musa Saidjanov's scientific activity, their preservation and effective use.

Changes in climatic conditions and, thus, frequent occurrence of dry weathers are increasingly affecting coffee cultivation in Ethiopia through high seedling mortality, poor plant growth and development especially in drier coffee growing areas like Hararghie. However, very limited research has been conducted to identify the response of different coffee accession to water deficit in general and that of Hararghie genotypes in particular. This study was, therefore, conducted to determine growth responses of seedlings of fifteen Coffea arabica accessions collected from Hararghie areas.

Consciousness has been a mystery from very early civilization. Every religion and many philosophers have tried to explain consciousness. After rapid development of science and technology, consciousness has been the subject of intense research in psychology, neuroscience and quantum mechanics. Neuroscience is the most promising field and has made significant progress in understanding the structure and function of brain. Human brain has 100 billion neurons and 300 trillion constantly changing connections.

Science, technology, and innovation play an essential role in helping countries increase the quality of life they offer their citizens. Since the discovery of nuclear fission in the 30s, the peaceful applications of nuclear technology have benefited several fields. Improved crops, preservation of food, health, environment protection and a stable supply of energy can be cited as contributions of nuclear technology for global wellbeing. Despite all benefits that result from the peaceful uses of nuclear technology, it is still addressed with prejudice.