Life Sciences

The aim of this study was to know the perception and knowledge of parents/companions of children hospitalized about play as a tool for health promotion in the hospital environment.This is a descriptive research with a qualitative approach, carried out at the Municipal Children's Hospital of Imperatriz between February 2019 and January 2020, with 15 parents/companions of children under 10 years of age who had been in the hospital for more than 48 hours.We excluded companions who were not part of the daily contact with the child and who presented alterations in emotional state.

O pós-parto ou puerpério é o momento de vida da mulher no qual ocorrem manifestações involutivas e recuperativas do organismo materno após o parto, em que os profissionais de saúde devem fornecer informações e realizaravaliações específicas, uma vez que está sujeito a complicações.

Objective: To analyze maternal socialization goals for children in two urban contexts in Mozambique. Methods: Six mothers participated in the study, three from the urban context and three from the peri-urban context, who answered a semi-structured interview script with 12 questions, adapted from one question: “What does the mother expect of her child in the future?". Results: Through descriptive and qualitative analysis (content), it was found that for the urban context, there is a trend towards socialization goals aimed at independence, autonomy and gender equality.

In this article we analyze the influence of afforestation on human comfort for the humid equatorial climate, in which were collected data of air temperature, relative humidity, air speed and sidewalk temperature. The analysis of the observed data, show the importance of afforestation, temperature decrease, increasing the relative humidity and wind speed, and drastically reducing the pavement temperature, which together favor a better thermal comfort. To quantify thermal comfort, scenarios were simulated in Envi-met that reproduce the locations where the data was collected.

Objetivo: Correlacionar ingestão de nutrientes protetores contra a anemia com níveis de hemoglobina em crianças de seis a cinquenta e nove meses de idadede Projetos de Assentamentode área rural do Nordeste do Brasil. Métodos: Estudo quantitativo, transversal, descritivo e analítico, composto por 132 crianças. A coleta de dados foi realizada de maio a outubrode 2013, atravésde formulários com informações sobre condições socioeconômicas, demográficas e de aspectos de saúde da criança.Os níveis de hemoglobina foram determinados em contador automático.

The Cerrado biome has different fruit species with great potential for agri-food use. Several studies advance in this raw material to produce alternative products with longer shelf life and added value. Vinegar is a product of commercial interest and a rational way to take advantage of native fruits. Therefore, the fruits of the Cerrado, due to its constitution, with functional properties favorable to health, can facilitate its use by the food industry to obtain new products, such as apathetic fermentation.

Fruits have bioactive compounds, which can delay or inhibit the propagation of chain reactions generated by free radicals. The search for relevant sources of these bioactive compounds has drawn attention to the vast biodiversity of the Amazon biome represented by native and exotic fruits, with peculiar flavor and characteristics, which have in their composition phenolic compounds, flavonoids, carotenoids and other bio actives that act from the prevention to the treatment of clinical diseases.

O presente artigo analisa as experiências de participação do Aglomerado Cabana do Pai Tomás – situado na região Oeste de Belo Horizonte, enfatizando as relações estabelecidas entre a Associação dos Moradores do Aglomerado Cabana (ASMAC) e os moradores diante das instâncias de participação criadas pelo poder público.

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi realizar uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a regulação da fecundidade e o planejamento familiar no Brasil dentro de seus marcos históricos e legais intercalados com a opinião pública e a importância da equipe multidisciplinar. Inicialmente resgatam-se conquistas e avanços que influenciaram o modelo atual de planejamento familiar, como também dificuldades que ainda são enfrentadas para uma política verdadeiramente eficaz neste campo.

Sustainability has become an extremely important factor for organizations, affecting the actions of companies, which are gradually changing their policies to reduce the damage caused by their activities and bring benefits to society and the planet.