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Comparative study of methodologies for measuring corporate social responsibility

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a current issue increasingly present in the strategic planning of the companies. Although managers of public or private organizations have turned their attention to social and environmental issues in their strategic actions, measuring the social responsibility of a company is not an easy task. This paper aims to observe the eight most relevant methodologies of CSR measurement and establish a comparative analysis among them by considering the scope and feasibility of each methodology. The most relevant CSR methodologies were selected.

Design and development of portable hydraulic valvespring compressor

This study aims to design and develop a Portable Hydraulic Valve Spring Compressor, test and evaluate its performance in terms of easiness to use, time element for the process, the number of worker/student involve during the work and the quality of work. The study employed descriptive-comparative design, t-test as the statistical tool, questionnaires and observation guide to gather data. Based on the findings, the researcher disclosed that Portable Hydraulic Valve Spring Compressor is easy to use, less time element, less worker and has a quality of work.

Developed motion of robot end-effector of spacelike ruled surfaces (the second case)

The trajectory of a robot end effector is described by a ruled surface and a spin angleabout the ruling of the ruled surface. In this paper, we analyzed the problem of describing trajectory of a robot end-effector by a spacelike ruled surface with spacelike ruling. We obtained the developed frame by rotating the generator frame at an Darboux angle in the plane, which is on the striction curve of the spacelike ruled surface.

Educational activity as strategy in healthy food promotion for older people

Objective: To report experiences of nursing students in the use of educational activities as a strategy to promote healthy eating for the elderly. Method: Experience report that describes aspects experienced by the authors, at the opportunity of an educational intervention, carried out with fourteen elderly people from a community located in Ananindeua, State of Pará, Brazil, in October 2016. Results: The development of educational action, with the theme of healthy eating, had a positive impact on the behavior of the elderly.

Maternal reasons for early weaning at a basic health unit

Objective: to list the reasons that influence nursing mothers to early weaning. Method: cross-sectional study, with qualitative approach, carried out at a family health basic unit, with 16 women, by means of semi-structured interviews. Data collection took place in June and July 2016. The data were organized into categories, in which the speeches were associated and interpreted by the Content Analysis technique.

Aids, family and care: Effects on the treatment of individuals infected by the HIV virus

This manuscript is a literature review of the effects of treating patients hospitalized with HIV and cared for by their relatives. The therapeutics that takes into account the presence of the family of the patient with AIDS, has had positive effects on the evolution of the health of these individuals. Such results have led public health officials in several countries to include the method among the possibilities of aiding the treatment of HIV patients.

Epidemiological profile of children who underwent the guthrie test at a public maternity hospital in recife/pe, Brazil

Objective: To identify the epidemiological profile of children who underwent the Guthrie test at a public maternity hospital in the state of Pernambuco - Brazil, in the period from January/2009 to December/2013. Methods: Descriptive, exploratory, retrospective study, with quantitative approach.

Morphometric of hepatic duct angulation & relative pathologies incidence among sudanese population

The morphometric of hepatic ducts angle has been measured and related to some pathologies for the importance of overcoming some further invasive techniques and deducing valuable diagnostic findings. Measurement carried out of contrasted MRI for hepatic ducts angle, gallbladder volume, tumor diameter, stone diameter using ImageJ\ImageJ.exe software program; by drawing two lines running within the origins of both Right and Left hepatic ducts and crossing at biliary confluence angle on coronal oblique images in addition to gender, age, common diagnosis of liver.

The full 9 stepped cycle of proton, electron conductance and normal existence of human body

In the Our first imagination about existence of the membrane redoxy potential three state dependent 9 stepped full cycle of proton conductance as very important precondition of normal existence of human body was connected with these regularly repeated processes as the transfer of electron to KoQ with the transfer of protons across a membrane to intermembrane space with participation of complex I-NADH: ubiquinone oxidoreductase, during which two electrons are removed from NADH and ultimately transferred to ubiquinone (UQ) - complex I also translocates four protons (H+) across the membrane an

The childbirth care from the perspective of primiparous mothers and health professionals

Objective: To characterize the care during labor and childbirth in the perspective of primiparous mothers and health professionals. Method: Quantitative, cross-sectional study, conducted from April to September 2014 with 26 professionals in the obstetric center and 165 puerperal women at the Hospital de Clínicas de Pernambuco. Percentage frequencies were calculated, comparison of proportions, and application of the Chi-square test. Results: Prevalent puerperal women’s age range 18-24 years (70.3%), deliveries performed by physicians (53.3%), assisted by nurses (7.3%).