Life Sciences

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is an effective organochlorine pesticide which is used in Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) in Eswatini yet it is toxic, susceptible to long range environmental transport and bio-accumulate in fatty tissues. The main objective was to quantify the amount of DDT and its metabolites (DDE and DDD) in Marula brew and kernels. The samples were pre-extracted with acetonitrile, extracted using a periodic mesoporousorganosilica molecular imprinted polymer (PMO-MIP) with acetone in cyclohexane and then analyzed with GC/ECD.

The aim of this study was to analyze the perception of patients, with severe obesity in relation to body image and quality of life,who underwent to bariatric and metabolic surgery. This is an observational study, carried out with 12 female patients evaluating body image (BSQ) and quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF) in the postoperative period (90 days). There was improvement in quality of life in the four domains scores.

Nutraceutical herbal medicine and supplements demand increases day by day. Herbal medicine normally contains lipids, protein, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals and other necessary nutrients depending upon their emphases. Generally, all herbal extracts powder nature is fine poor flowable, sticky powder and having poor compressibility.

This article results from a bibliographical and field research in the life / work of Paulo Freire, educator-politician, and aims to explain the construction of cartographies starting from his political-pedagogical praxis in educational experiences experienced by him in Brazil / world, from exile in 1964 to 1997.

Although there is no standardization in all countries, the criterion of brain death in Brazil follows the legislation recommended by the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM), where the diagnosis consists of two clinical tests, an apnea test and the Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate brain death by means of confirmatory tests.

The nursing audit is a tool that collaborates to reduce costs and expenses, as well as monitor and evaluate the nursing team's performance. The objective of this study was to analyze the scientific production about the contribution of nursing auditing to the quality of health care in the hospital environment. The methodology adopted was the integrative literature review based on scientific articles organized in the databases: BVS, SciELO, LILACS and Bireme.

There are relevant results that integrate a psychiatric risk profilein physicians. Applicants for a specialty education (residents) in Mexico must be selected through the National Examination of Applicants for Medical Residencies (ENARM). We seek to identify an association between the psychiatric risk profile and academic performance in the ENARM by applying the Kessler Psychological Distress Scales and the Adult Self-Report Scale of ADHD conducted during a preparation course for this exam.

This Soil application of Paclobutrazol (applied as a cultar of 0.5 g/ meter canopy diameter and 1.0 g/meter canopy diameter) evaluated as a method is slightly increased TSS, Acidity tolal sugar, non reducing sugar, non reducing sugar, β-carotene, Ascorbic Acid compare to control. However the treatment is better in higher doses (1gm/meter canopy diameter) compare lower doses (O.5 gm / meter canopy diameter). The chemical name Poclobutrazol [(2 RS, 3RS)-1-(4-chlorophenly)-4, 4- dimethyl -2-[1,2,4-trizol -1-y)] pentan-3-ethanol.

Introduction: The information of stress’s factors among the salaried employee of the NECO have never been determined. Objective: the goals of this survey are to establish the tie between the stress’s factors and the professional category and to study the potential connection between anxiety/depression and the practice of APS. Method: It was a Cross-sectional study. We surveyed 100 employees (63 men and 37 women) using a questionnaire of Karasek and the HAD scale.

Essential oils are natural compounds that have been used for thousands of years for their smell, medicinal properties and food preservation. Several are used today in the food industry. This study focuses on the anti-fungal properties of the essential oil of noble laurel leaves (Laurus nobilis) especially against Aspergillus flavus, the main producer of aflatoxins, which contaminate agricultural products, especially cereals, during their storage.