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This is not just a little book about hospital infections, but also about the main pathogens detected. The main infectious localizations are usually Urinary Tract Infections, Primary and Secondary Bacteremia, OsteoArticular Infections, Respiratory Infections, Post-Operative Infections etc... It describes the main techniques used in the healthcare sector. Diagnosis of infections can be direct or indirect. The diagnostic techniques used are simple and available to all laboratories. A good understanding of the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections is essential if the most effective control measures are to be taken and evaluated.

The coronavirus pandemic represented a social crisis that forced the world to adapt quickly and abruptly to the domestication of work and academic activities. For this reason, this paper investigates the factors that coexist in the educational reality in these new normalities based on the Learning Together at Home Education Plan, the educational policy implemented by the government in response to the health emergency. For this purpose, a survey was carried out among students in the third year of high school at the Vicente Rocafuerte School, where it was concluded that the pandemic did affect academic performance and that the use of technological tools by students and teachers played an important role in this process.

Since the Internet increasingly governs our modes of action, determines our choices and trends, influences economies and business practices and changes the way we enter into contracts, there can be no question of leaving this formidable tool to the discretion of market forces and private players. For this reason, both national and international legislations, aware of the influence that the element of trust represents in the development of e-commerce, have tried to strengthen their legal arsenal through the promulgation of several laws relating to ICT and e-commerce in general, so that it is adequate with the evolution of digital technology as well as to develop the business climate.

The main aim of this manual is to demonstrate through research that the reconstruction of the psyche/soma unit can be achieved through psychotherapy combined with hypnosis. In the course of our clinical research, we came across two cases of post-traumatic stress triggered in childhood and two cases of work-related stress triggered by workloads and abuse in childhood. We analysed these cases and began therapy to help our patients. Thanks to the psychotherapeutic and hypno psychotherapeutic work, the people concerned came to better understand their bodies as a whole (psyche and soma), that the body expresses what the psyche conceals. In this way, the body becomes, in a way, the spokesperson for what is not heard at the level of our emotional experience of the psyche, and the ego becomes stronger, more solid, richer and more firmly rooted in itself. In the course of this work, we have observed that psychotherapy is based on the unconscious and enables communication to be established between the conscious and the unconscious.

The Eucalyptus genus is increasingly being used in the wood manufacturing industry, particularly in higher value-added products such as furniture and flooring. However, this raw material requires slow drying, which implies an increase in the cost of the process, proportional to the length of time the wood remains in the dryer. Combining natural drying with conventional drying has been indicated as an alternative to reduce the duration of the artificial process; this hypothesis was evaluated in this study for 40 mm thick Eucalyptus grandis wood. The characteristic drying curve for the material and the basic program for conventional drying were determined in the laboratory. It was proved that conventional drying is slow and that the transition from air drying to artificial drying should be made when the moisture content of the wood is between 35% and 40%. Next, a 60 m³ load of wood was dried on an industrial scale, combining air drying with subsequent conventional drying.

We've all heard of the American dream and, more recently, the French dream. But is there such a thing as a Congolese dream? If so, has it ever been uttered, and by whom? How can it be distinguished from other dreams? Finally, what is its political, socio-cultural and economic usefulness? Tshombe attempts to answer these and many other questions. To speak of a nation's dream is to explore the forces that structure it, both horizontally (between contemporaries) and vertically (between generations), and give it a special place in the concert of nations. This dream reflects its uniqueness, its identity, in short what makes it unique. The dream of a nation is neither the dream of the majority of its citizens, nor the dream of the majority in power, although they may echo it. It is the dream of its founding fathers! Tshombe's reflection is much more than a quest for identity; it is also, and above all, a personal political manifesto for collective use. It is also a memorandum aimed above all at young people and those who wonder whether, in an African context, history still has meaning.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the zootechnical performance, quality and fatty acid profile of eggs from commercial layers fed diets containing 2% of two lipid sources (linseed and soy) and a combination of the two. The experimental procedure involved 194 commercial layers aged 129 weeks, divided into 5 cycles of 28 days, during which data was collected for the study. The statistical design was entirely randomized, with 6 treatments, the experimental unit being represented by a plot with 8 birds and 4 repetitions per treatment. The treatments consisted of a control diet (no vegetable oil) and diets including 2% vegetable oil (2,800 kcal ME/kg and 18% CP), with linseed oil substituted for soybean oil at 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100%, making up levels of 0.0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0% linseed oil in the diet.

The accountability of United Nations personnel in peacekeeping operations is a topical issue in view of the many human rights violations and other reprehensible acts perpetrated by peacekeeping personnel against the civilian population, including acts of sexual exploitation and abuse, organised prostitution, murder, disappearances of persons, arms trafficking, and so on. Several measures have been taken in addition to the legal regime already in place to prevent these offences, which tarnish the image and reputation of the UN, and to ensure that the perpetrators are punished. Nevertheless, enforcing the responsibility of UN personnel is difficult because the legal regime in place is hamstrung by the immunities from jurisdiction enjoyed by these personnel, and by agreements between the UN and host states, and those with troop-contributing states. This is at the root of the infringements that persist within PKOs and the ineffectiveness of the fight against impunity. There is room for improvement in the legal regime governing this responsibility, and solutions need to be found.

In the book we explore in detail the results and conclusions of research analyzing the contributions of the Khan Academy platform to science teaching. Investigating the profile of students and the skills needed by teachers to meet current educational demands. The case study carried out in a state school in Espírito Santo during the first quarter of 2023 shows that the Khan Academy platform not only increases student motivation, but also encourages the creation of study routines outside of school. In a scenario of social change and technological advances, Khan Academy is emerging as a promising tool for improving the quality of science teaching, with the potential to boost digital inclusion in public schools. The results presented in the book indicate that the use of this platform can play a significant role in student progress, effectively contributing to the improvement of science teaching.

This paper presents the first impressions of an investigation into the new institutionality resulting from the creation of the Federal Institutes of Education, Science and Technology (Federal Institutes), based on the public policy network analysis framework known as "policy networks". This institutionality appears to be an alternative to the multiple functions that the new institutions took on with the enactment of Law 11.890 in December 2008. The main players responsible for drawing up the Bill for the Creation of the Federal Institutes indicate that this approach is an innovative governance model for the Federal Professional and Technological Education Network. Network analysis is not new. What is new is the fact that the concepts are being applied to the Federal Network for Professional and Technological Education, in the search for data that allows institutions to be studied in a scenario of change, complexity and continuity.

Fashion and clothing are portraits of society, absorbing and mirroring developments over time. But this is also an extremely important area of activity in Portugal. Consumer behavior towards fashion and clothing can be explained by several variables, some of which are analyzed in this thesis. In this context, this work, which aims to analyze the contexts, habits and motivations of Portuguese consumers of fashion and clothing products, has three specific objectives: - To analyze the contexts in which fashion and clothing products are consumed and, in this sense, to observe the types of clothing, the commercial spaces and the main brands sold in Portugal, specifically in shopping centers; - To carry out an analysis of the habits and main motivations of consumers from a panoramic and comprehensive perspective of the market; - Finally, and based on a previously constructed model - "Consumer Style Inventory" by Sproles and Kendall (1986) - the aim is to determine the main consumption habits and main motivations that lead to purchasing decisions, as well as to identify consumer segments.

The East and the West have often been linked through a discourse parasitized by prejudice, hostility and even hatred. A booklet entitled "L'Amour de loin" (Love from afar), written by Amine Maalouf, who himself comes from a crossroads of different cultures, was created to set up circuits based on acceptance of the Other. This dramatic text tells a story that aims to mediate between East and West. The stakes of the story will be even higher when it is transposed to the stage in the form of an opera. The scenic work, strongly inspired by the text, is a song of love and clemency whose quest is to build bridges between cultures and heal imaginations beset by clichés and hate speech. This study of a text and its scenic transposition aims to bring out the ideology of interculturalism conveyed structurally and scenically, by studying the ideologies reflected in the text and scenography.

Based on P. Bourdieu's concept of field, this book aims to analyse the role played by the internationalisation of the performing arts in the careers of stage directors and choreographers in Finland. Through a number of interviews, it analyses the relationship these artists have with an international field of the performing arts and how they use this relationship to develop their careers in Finland. Finally, it also shows how the degree to which Finnish performing arts are integrated into this international field encourages or discourages artists' interest in what is happening outside Finnish borders.

Non-endocrine tumors of the sellar region can extend in all directions, and particularly supra sellar, where they are responsible for a chiasmatic syndrome plus or minus intracranial hypertension, or even neuropsychic disorders, which is why they are so serious and so difficult to manage.A distinction is made between tumors of the posthypophysis, known as pituicytomas, which develop from specialized glial cells of the posthypophysis, and dysgenetic tumors arising from remnants of the pharyngo-pituitary duct, such as craniopharyngiomas, histologically benign, but locally invasive, sellar or supra-sellar tumors [3], Rathke's pouch cysts, most often discovered on imaging, and non-dysgenetic tumors (meningiomas, chordomas, lipomas), are much rarer.In this booklet, intended for medical students, residents and specialists in Endocrinology, Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology and Radiotherapy, we address the clinico-radiological and therapeutic aspects of non-endocrine pituitary tumors.

The overall aim of this study is to build a model for assessing customer satisfaction in different diagnostic imaging clinics. In order to achieve the objectives, a questionnaire was applied with two surveys that enabled the relationships between the determinants of satisfaction to be identified and the most important quality attributes to be identified. This study was carried out in a diagnostic imaging clinic in Ponta Grossa - Paraná. The results obtained indicate a strong relationship between customer satisfaction, disconfirmation of expectations and perceived quality and it can be seen that Customer Service (29.5%) is considered the most important factor in terms of the importance of attributes, followed by Radiological Service (25.8%), Administrative Aspects (23.1%) and lastly Environment, furniture and equipment (21.6%). The main contribution of this work is the proposal of a model that can help radiology service managers to improve customer satisfaction, collaborating with the development and growth of the company.

During missions abroad, personnel experience situations that involve constant physiological stress (poor diet, few opportunities for good personal hygiene, etc.), but also psychological stress (worry about improvised explosive devices, snipers or the death of comrades), such a condition causes a constant state of hyperarousal that is functional and adaptive to the context for survival, enabling them to identify a threat and act accordingly (fight or flight). But, there is a thin line separating a normal reaction to stress from a real trauma-related disorder, i.e. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

The objectives of this study were to estimate influenza vaccination coverage among the elderly, identify the reasons for non-adherence to the vaccine and analyze the factors associated with adherence to vaccination. The methodology used to achieve these objectives was a cross-sectional population-based study using data from the Health, Well-being and Ageing Project (SABE). The study included people aged 60 and over living in the city of São Paulo/SP, Brazil. The final sample consisted of 1,399 elderly people of both sexes, selected using probabilistic cluster sampling. The data analysis took into account the sampling weights, enabling the inference of the representativeness of the conclusions. The dependent variable was the report of influenza vaccination in 2006. The independent variables included demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral characteristics, self-reported health conditions and use of and access to health services. Prevalence ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used as measures of effect and association between variables, as estimated directly and with multivariate adjustment using Poisson regression.

Baudelaire (1821-1867), like many other 19th-century writers, used various ideas and images borrowed from ancient literary heritage. He was perhaps not the first to include the devil in his work. He was preceded by Byron (1788-1824), who first considered Satan as a friend of human beings in his Cain (1821).Although Baudelaire was accused of stepping out of religion and into infidelity, his excellence in this profession was a form of modernity and an aesthetic literary style that won widespread approval at the time and was delivered in a religious style defending him from the attribute of incredulity.In this work, we will attempt to shed light on the method adopted by Baudelaire to write his Fleurs du mal, which are full of the love and glorification of evil and are based on Baudelaire's black vision towards the world, life and man.We will attempt to deal with this subject by discussing causes and results with illustrative examples borrowed from Baudelaire's library of poetry, asking the Lord that this study attract your attention.

Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are epitheliotropic viruses that infect cutaneous or mucous tissue and are related to the development of lesions which, in the genital tract, range from warts to invasive cervical cancer. It is known that women who are seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are more affected by HPV infection and are more prone to developing cervical cancer. Given this context, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of HPV in HIV-positive women followed up at the STD/AIDS reference center in the municipality of Caxias (MA). This is a documentary, descriptive-exploratory and retrospective study with a quantitative approach. Data was collected using medical records and a pre-coded and pre-tested semi-structured form.

Aloysius Bertrand's Gaspard de la Nuit is a collection of prose poems haunted by the devil and all his attributes. In this collection, Satan plays a dual role in human life. Firstly, he exerts an evil force in human life. And secondly, he instructs Bertrand in the art he adopts in order to re-establish a new order in a society already governed by classical reason. In so doing, the poet perverts the reason established by the divine poetry of the classical era, giving rise to the prose poem.

The proposed research work summarises the results of scientific and production projects on breeding, seed production and technology of cultivation and harvesting of forage from melilot crop. Innovative patents for invention are also given, where are indicated: the state of the art; essence of inventions; information confirming the possibility of realisation of inventions and claims of inventions. Ways of rational economic utilisation of melilot as a universal crop are shown. Its huge potentialities for strengthening the economy of farms are disclosed. The scientific publication is intended for a wide range of specialists in the field of agro-industrial complex, students and undergraduates of agricultural specialities.

This book is aimed at students of philosophy and other areas of education who are interested in learning about John Dewey's thought. John Dewey is considered one of the best-known philosophers in America and Europe for his position on pragmatism, epistemology, instrumentalism and as a theorist of education. His thought transcends generations and is present in Brazil and in several countries. In his philosophical discourse, he brings a concept of experience based on the continuity of life and the continuous process of learning. His experience allows for the creation of a new metaphysics that aims to unite experience, nature and the human being, so that the action developed in this process is valued. Dewey thus works with an empirical metaphysics. His thinking goes from epistemology to education, where it is linked to the formation of the human being. In view of this, it is possible to see in Dewey a strong focus on the formation of the human being's conscience in all areas. In this book, the author offers readers a theoretical basis and introduction to Dewey's thinking.

At a time when the whole of humanity is engaged in the fight for the respect, defence, protection and promotion of human rights, it is absurd, even inhumane, to stigmatise a category of people, disregarding their fundamental rights, simply because they have difficulty moving around or communicating because they have a disability, for example. This study is based on the idea that people living with disabilities face barriers that limit their ability to function in society, and that married women living with disabilities face a twofold limitation to their ability to function, in that, given their status as married women, the DRC Family Code limits their ability to function and, given their disability, they deserve special protection. Thus, the realities on the ground demonstrate that People Living with Disabilities are not protected and we have observed a lack of mechanisms aimed at protecting People Living with Disabilities in general and Married Women Living with Disabilities in particular.

The entrepreneurial phenomenon is not the result today, it is an ancient phenomenon, modern and renewed at the same time. It expresses the process of creating something new and of value, whether it is a new business or developing an existing business, through creativity, innovation, taking risks and individual initiative, in order to create added value. This is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, of an economic nature through its effect on the economy, such as contributing to the improvement of economic growth rates, innovation in products and services, and the restructuring of the economic fabric. It is also a social phenomenon through its effect on society, such as the creation of jobs. On top of this, it is an ecological phenomenon, playing a vital role in protecting the environment.

The teaching of the course ¿History of classical Uzbek literature¿ should be regularly enriched with the latest advances in literary studies and methodological sciences. If this is not done, students' ideas about the history of classical literature will lag behind the development of literary science. In addition, future philologists may ignore effective didactic methods for teaching the acquired knowledge to the younger generation. So that young philologists are not armed with a system of old literary concepts that are not suitable for tomorrow, it is necessary to approach Uzbek literature with a centuries-old history from a completely new angle. Because until then we had not developed the principles of the study of the history of literature in general, and the history of classical literature in particular, on a solid scientific basis. This methodological manual was created as a scientific and practical solution to this problem.

Le droit privé is a discipline that regulates the reports between personnes physiques and morales. Quant au droit compare, elle est une science qui étudie et confronte les différents systèmes juridiques. This chronicle is a pour objectif principal de mettre en exergue le content de domaines à travers l'étude de leurs différentes matières. Elle met en relief les disciplines du droit privé and du droit compare dans un style clair et accessible pour la communauté juridique.

The Democratic Republic of Congo, a vast territory in the heart of Africa, has known the existence of traditional chiefs and chiefdoms before and after colonisation. With the development of cities, a new way of governing was introduced with impersonal institutions. It is therefore important to understand how chieftaincies located within the city adapt to this new institutional urban environment. In addition, in this institutional urban environment, how are the various traditional institutions adapting in interaction with their urban equivalents, and how is communal land tenure adapting in the face of private and state ownership in the capital city, Kinshasa? However, it should be noted that adaptation was not uniform (homogeneous) depending on whether one was in the colonial city, in the planned zone or in the peripheral zone of Kinshasa. In the former colonial zone, traditional institutions disappeared and were replaced by modern urban state institutions; in the planned zone, they lost their authority; and in the periphery, they coexist.

Legal principles represent the material values that society has chosen for justice, they show us how to achieve them. Dworkin defines them as a "standard" that must be observed because it is a requirement of justice, equity or some other dimension of morality. They are the primary propositions of law, linked to the founding values of society, which express what it has chosen to be just. Constitutional principles, for their part, reflect human rights and the great principles of justice. They require the legislator, the courts, the administration and private individuals to interpret the law in accordance with the values they reflect. By virtue of their generality and prima facie nature, principles oblige secondary rules and behaviour to be adapted to the values they embody. It is therefore up to the principles, as fundamental propositions, to give concrete guidance to the law, qualifying the rules within certain axiological standards.

Teenage pregnancy is not only a health problem, but also a development problem. They are deeply rooted in many causes such as poverty, gender inequality, violence of all kinds, forced child marriages, power imbalances between girls and their partners, lack of education, and failure of systems or institutions that should protect their rights. When an adolescent girl becomes pregnant, her present life and future change radically, and rarely for the better: she may be forced to drop out of school; her employment prospects vanish; and her vulnerability to poverty, exclusion and dependency increases. (UNFPA, 2013).

Among the many species of Brazilian flora with interesting biological properties is Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil. (Aquifoliaceae), popularly known as yerba mate. Emetic, astringent, medicinal and bactericidal properties are popular indications attributed to the species. With this in mind, the aim of this book was to evaluate the antibacterial and antifungal activity of the leaf and branch extracts. The plant material used to produce the extracts was collected in Santo Ângelo/RS, the leaves and branches were separated, washed, macerated, crushed with 70% ethanol and then filtered and evaporated. The antimicrobial activity was assessed using the solid medium diffusion technique. The concentration of 100mg/mL showed the best inhibitory effect against all the microorganisms tested. The results obtained proved the marked antifungal activity of the I. paraguariensis extracts, when compared to the inhibition results of the commercial antifungal Fox®, used as a comparative standard. The positive results indicate that this plant is an alternative for controlling microorganisms in seed storage.