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A study of private hospitals in Brazil - The challenge of rising healthcare costs contributes to problems of access and quality in medical and hospital services. Hospitals are currently constantly striving to improve their performance. Innovativeness, also known as innovation capacity, has been highlighted as an important ally in this mission. Achieving these objectives requires precise analysis and planning. The aim of this study was to find out whether the perception of innovativeness among managers of private hospitals in Brazil is related to the performance of these healthcare organisations. These results made it possible to reflect on managerial aspects that are essential for improving performance in these organisations, especially in relation to technical efficiency and organisational innovativeness (OI) and perceived innovativeness of the firm (PFI), in order to improve the desired health outcomes for the population.

The transition from the industrial society to the so-called knowledge society has brought about a series of transformations in the way entities operate and they are now prioritizing knowledge as an indispensable resource and a differentiator in generating results. It is important to note the degree of knowledge and importance attributed to this resource by stakeholders, which in this study was assessed by managers and accountants and found to be low. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize that the application of the models available for its accounting can lead, and in this study it was effectively demonstrated that it does lead, to the discovery of hidden intellectual capital in the accounts of entities and, more importantly, that the proposed accounting model can be used as a valid model for accounting for intellectual capital, showing an increase in the accounting value in relation to the increase in the value of its assets, and thus bringing the accounting value of entities closer to their real value.

Accounts receivable continues to be one of the biggest problems facing business managers today. Given the complexity of today's business environment, it is of paramount importance that companies improve their collection systems in a more timely manner, since excessive collection delays affect the company's liquidity and may affect its ability to pay. The chain of non-payments continues to increase at such a high level, thus compromising companies to provide quality products and/or services in record time. Being a current issue, it is necessary to make a deep study with the purpose of acting on it in order to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness in the business system. Thus, the objective of this research is to elaborate a procedure for the improvement of accounts receivable management in the Empresa Agroindustrial del Grano. Las Tunas, from the introduction of new elements in the economic-financial activity, whose feasibility of application was satisfactorily evaluated by specialists and members of the work team.

This study addresses the issue of social solidarity in environmental liability, with the primary aim of seeking the effectiveness of this constitutional principle when applying it to issues involving environmental damage. The very definition of the environment as a good protected by the Law lacks precision and consensus among scholars on the subject. As a consequence, environmental damage and the causal relationship between the agent and the damage, essential elements of civil liability, suffer from the same nature of these questions. It is necessary to analyse it in the light of the constitutional text, which distinguishes the environment as a legal asset from the asset over which property rights are exercised. Considering that the relationship between human activities, environmental impact and the risk of damage is increasingly evident, the vigilance and attitude of looking after this legal asset of humanity is a common duty for all of us. Thus, if our legacy can condemn or sustain future generations, social solidarity based on the principle of the dignity of human life applied to cases of environmental damage seems to be the most appropriate.

This book aims to understand the historical process of the collective actions of the deaf of the São Paulo Association of the Deaf (ASSP) between 1950 and 2011, a period that includes the foundation of this institution and the creation of the Municipal Schools of Bilingual Education for the Deaf in the capital of São Paulo. In this context, with the theoretical reference of Alberto Melucci, collected documents and interviews, the author seeks to understand how these collective actions emerged and how they were maintained. It can be seen that the collective actions culminated in the founding of ASSP in 1950, based on the interest of deaf people in having a space to socialise and practise sport. This space, in continuous interaction with other social actors, ended up favouring the strengthening of a collective identity and the political formation of many deaf people, a fact that motivated other collective actions that were decisive for the foundation of institutions for the deaf. In this network of relationships that were established throughout history, ASSP played a leading role in the deaf movements aimed at recognising Libras and defending bilingual education for the deaf.

The book looks at the position of the newspaper Estado de S. Paulo in its editorials during the impeachment processes of presidents Fernando Collor de Mello in 1992 and Dilma Rousseff in 2016, drawing a parallel with the past conflicts between journalism and politics. In all, there were 10 editorials in 1992; two in September, one in October, four in November and three in December. In 2016, 11 editorials were analysed: three in April, four in May, one in June, one in July and two in August. This study uses content analysis to unravel the two troubled moments in Brazilian political life from the point of view of one of the country's largest newspapers. In the end, it can be concluded that there was a difference in the way the paper treated the two cases. With regard to President Fernando Collor de Mello, the publication laments the end of the former president's government, while with regard to President Dilma Rousseff, the paper is betting that Brazil will do better without her.

This book explains elements of the Raciovitalism of Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, which serve as support for the discussion of psychotherapy in relation to those who turn to it. Ortega y Gasset's thinking understands man as constitutive lack and freedom, since, from this perspective, he is faced with things and others, with his "circumstance", having to make himself, build his own narrative in the life that presents itself to him. We have endeavoured, as our philosopher mentions, to seek as much "clarity" as possible, as this is a kind of courtesy to those who come to look at this book. Therefore, the main objective is to lead to a reflection on psychological practice and its object of action.

Proteins play a fundamental role in animal nutrition. However, when their supply is unbalanced, excess excretion of nitrogenous compounds occurs, leading to economic losses and causing environmental impact due to contamination of soils and water sources. The production of enteric methane by ruminants has also come into the focus of environmental discussions, which has put pressure on the search for dietary strategies aimed at reducing the environmental impacts of animal production, seeking maximum performance and profitability in livestock farming.

This book is aimed at maths teachers. It tries to relate the choice of methods used in the classroom to increase the performance of their students, to the characteristics related to the level of proficiency, behaviour, emotions, living conditions and age of each student. In a way that can facilitate the planning of new teaching methodologies to be applied in the classroom.

As the centrality of work in people's lives and its importance in the processes of health and illness are recognised, struggles for decent working conditions and greater access to workers' health care are growing. In Brazil, since the creation of the Unified Health System in 1990, workers' health care has been the focus of a specific public policy and must be integrated into primary care services. Primary care stands out for being the main gateway to the public health system and the coordinator of care. The general aim of this study is to analyse the available studies on workers' health care in primary care in Brazil. This is because users' working conditions interfere not only with their own process of being healthy, but can also influence the health of all those who live with them.

This work is part of the First Study Day on the French Novel, as a space for reflection, debate and expression. This framework of study sheds light on the specificity of French novelists Gaston Leroux and Jean d'Omerson. The various contributions highlight the particularity of the literary imagination, following an analysis of the aesthetics of these French novelists.

This book will lead Physical Education teachers and teachers who work with Youth and Adult Education to re-read the students' representations of their bodies, their desires in the learning process, their views on school, giving them a voice. Considering teachers and students as parts that come together in learning and teaching, it is worth remembering that it is necessary to review what is based on truths so that new possibilities for constructing learning today can take place. Mediate, interact, understand, intervene - words that represent the teaching and learning process.

The book "Intelligent Organizations" dives into an exhaustive analysis of the essential elements that shape and catalyze operational development in service organizations. In this academic compendium, the complexities inherent to business management are unraveled, focusing attention on the particular dynamics of service-oriented entities. The book builds on the fundamental pillars of the theory of intelligent organizations, exploring the key concepts that define their structure and functioning. From an academic perspective, it examines the interconnections between the various elements present in these organizations, addressing their harmonious integration to achieve optimal performance. This book is the result of an exhaustive research in which the authors express the findings resulting from the implementation of a methodological procedure that provides important information for the development of the operations of service companies, allowing to observe an interesting reality to contribute to competitiveness.

Gouverneurs de la Rosée, a novel written in 1944 by Jacques Roumain, x-rays the pitiful state of the Fonds Rouge area and its inhabitants. The land no longer yielded any fruit, the direct cause of which was the massive felling of trees by the inhabitants, which in turn led to the drying up of the rivers and the Fanchons and laurel springs. Famine set in, disease spread and poverty ravaged the region.A rather interesting work, which I had the opportunity to see on one of the capital's TV stations, and which I also bought from one of the local booksellers. After reading it, I decided to use it as a basis for my analysis.

A complex and multidimensional phenomenon, corruption is now a central concern in economic development. UEMOA is one of the most successful sub-regional economic communities in terms of integration, yet remains one of the regions most plagued by corruption.Using a simple and dynamic panel econometric analysis, this book assesses the impact of corruption on economic growth in the UEMOA region over the period 1996-2017.It shows that the fixed-effect model provides the best estimates. The results of the simple panel show that the relationship between corruption and economic growth is identical across all countries in the zone, and the behavioral coefficients are similar for each country and invariant over time. Variables such as real GDP, GDP growth rate, debt servicing as a percentage of GDP and corruption all have a positive and significant impact on investment. Public spending, on the other hand, has a negative impact. In addition, the dynamic model shows that political instability favors corruption in the WAEMU region.

A retrospective study was carried out, where the study population consisted of 45 children and their mothers of the total number of children born in the 26 de Julio Popular Council from October 2020 to October 2021, who abandoned exclusive breastfeeding before 6 months of age with the objective of determining the factors that influence the early abandonment of exclusive breastfeeding and its consequences. It was found that the mothers' ages were optimal for breastfeeding between 20 and 35 years (75.6%), average technician (46.7%), that as a cause of abandonment they had a damaged nipple (28.9%), poor infant positioning techniques (26.9%) with a birth weight of more than 3001 g (77.7%), and the most common complication in children was acute respiratory infections (42.2%).It was concluded. The period in which they abandoned breastfeeding, most of them did it early, they had knowledge about breastfeeding and family support did not influence the maintenance of exclusive breastfeeding.

Today's teachers must be aware that Cuban society is not living through a change of era, but rather is immersed in an era of changes in which the jurist must face civil, criminal, labour, industrial property relations, etc., influenced by technological innovation. As well as assisting commercial, contractual and commercial relations in which ICTs provide new scenarios for action. Law teachers present clear insufficiencies related to their teaching performance, due to a lack of knowledge of the existing relationship between Law and Computer Science, and the consequent use of technological and digital tools as a new means of generating knowledge. Given this fact, the main consequence of the fact that the aforementioned subjects lack digital teaching training is the limitation of adapting the teaching of Law to the current training needs of students. Given that the latter will lack the skills and knowledge offered by ICT to their teacher.

Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world. Iron is an essential element in the constitution of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein found in red blood cells. In the event of a deficiency of this mineral, the bone marrow does not produce hemoglobin, which clinically characterizes iron deficiency anemia or iron deficiency. The occurrence of iron deficiency anemia in children is linked to several factors, among them the deficient intake of the mineral itself, which results in a series of short and long-term damages to the body, such as neuropsychomotor development, learning, growth, and even the response of the immune system. The World Health Organization estimates that half of the population under five years of age in developing countries is affected by iron deficiency anemia, which makes the disease a serious public health problem. In view of this, this book seeks to clearly and objectively address iron deficiency anemia in its epidemiological aspects, causal factors, risk groups, and above all to present the strategies available for dealing with it in children.

The natural landscape underlies the city; to reflect on its meaning is to come closer to identifying the original reasons for the first settlements and to understand the processes that defined their form of growth. "The natural landscape is the structure and support of the urban landscape", is the central idea around which this research revolves. It proposes to value and protect the natural elements of the city, not only for their functional, environmental and ecological value, but also for their perceptive value, recognizing their contribution in increasing the quality of the urban landscape, which directly affects the feelings of belonging and identity of its inhabitants.

Photodynamic Therapy, also known as PDT, has emerged as a promising antimicrobial therapy. Enterococcus faecalis has been the most prevalent species in cases of endodontic failure. Safe and effective photosensitisers have been studied by many researchers for the photoinactivation of microorganisms. Tannins, from the French tannin, are phenolic compounds, natural colouring agents that are among the major active constituents derived from plants, justifying the traditional use of plants as anti-inflammatory and healing agents. We therefore tested tannin as a photosensitiser associated with photodynamic therapy as an adjunct to endodontic therapy.

In order to supplement the means necessary to carry out their activities, government entities purchase products and services on the market through a bidding process. The purpose of public tenders is to select the most advantageous proposal, ensure fairness among interested parties and promote sustainable development. Studies show that public procurement presents a favorable scenario for the development of micro and small companies; however, in order to achieve local and regional development, local companies need to be able to win tenders. Therefore, this research analyzed the contribution of micro and small companies to local development in the municipality of Porto Velho - RO, based on theoretical constructs and their participation in public procurement. To this end, a study was carried out of the public procurement minutes of the Federal Government's management units based in Porto Velho and a questionnaire was applied to local MSEs. It was concluded that local companies could use this market to increase their revenues and contribute to the development of the municipality by generating more jobs for the population.

The book is divided into four chapters: the first provides a conceptual discussion of geography and territory based on historical materialism, as well as territory and commercial relations and power; the second presents the process of territorialization of the wholesale trade in Palmas-TO and the geography of the Atacadão, Makro and Assai/Extra commercial groups, based on the geo-history of the companies; the third, through interviews with former traders in Palmas, describes the power of the wholesale trade in Palmas and the clash with local commerce since its arrival and discusses the importance and power of commerce in the organization of the territory; the fourth, also through interviews with company employees, sought to survey the relations between capital and labour in the wholesale trade in Palmas and the process of controlling the territory from the workers' way of life. The main result was that commercial companies use the power of capital to exploit their employees' labor power in order to build their "geography of places".

Automation comprises techniques applied to a given process to make it more efficient and productive, agile and effective, minimising human interference in these processes. The creation of automatic systems allows equipment or devices to be controlled by means of electro-electronic devices such as microcomputers, mobile devices, among others. As technology continues to evolve, human beings increasingly feel the need to integrate technologies so that simple devices can meet the most varied needs, replacing the various components used to integrate with the environment with a centralised control system capable of manipulating various variables in the environment. Robotics is an educational and technological branch that encompasses computers, robots and computing, which deals with systems made up of automatic mechanical parts controlled by integrated circuits, making motorised mechanical systems, controlled manually or automatically by electrical circuits. Machines can be said to be alive, but at the same time they are an imitation of life, they are nothing more than connected wires and mechanisms, all of which together make up a robot.

This book is a refined selection of suggestive texts by authors of social thought, known as classics in sociology, with the ultimate aim of contributing to the understanding and debate around theories and all the procedures that enable sociological work. Marx, Durkheim and Weber are brought into this proposal, exploring concepts and analyses of the social, whose usefulness is essential. In sociology, theory is an instrument for understanding reality. When we try to make generalizations or laws about a given reality, we have a theory, a way of understanding reality. In order to better understand the theories that underpin social issues, this text seeks to present the main statements of the main classical authors.

Newcastle Disease (ND) is a disease of viral aetiology that spreads rapidly and affects various species of domestic and wild birds. Among these species, the domestic pigeon (Columba livia) has been incriminated as a host and spreader of the disease not only to production birds, but also to wild birds. Little is known about the ability of pigeons previously infected with a pathogenic strain of Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) to transmit the disease to chickens. In view of this, and considering that Brazilian poultry farming plays an important role in the country's trade balance, it is imperative to begin studies aimed at expanding knowledge about the epizootiology of NDV, linking pigeons and chickens subjected to experimental infection and vaccination against strains of NDV. With this information, the real role played by the pigeon in the epidemiological chain of ND can be measured, especially with regard to the spread of the disease to chickens, as well as adding information with regard to immunoprophylaxis measures, enabling better control of the disease.

Do we sound different when we speak a foreign language? This book presents the results of a study dedicated to answering this question. When we speak, our voice carries a lot of information in addition to the linguistic content of what we want to communicate. So when we speak a foreign language, compared to our mother tongue, we can change our voices, even if unconsciously. This study sought to verify differences between the voices of bilingual Brazilian speakers when speaking English compared to Portuguese. It also investigated whether possible voice changes were perceptually detected by listeners who were also Brazilian and bilingual. The results showed that some speakers have quite distinct characteristics between the languages and that many of these differences are perceived by listeners.

Given the cultural, socio-economic and geographical peculiarities of the quilombola community of Pixaim (Piaçabuçu - AL), the Theory of Transcultural Care and Ethno-nursing emerged as the most appropriate theoretical/methodological framework to meet the objective of analyzing the diversities of the conceptions of health/disease held by the women of this community. Through the researcher's five-month stay in the community, it was possible to identify how distant professional care is from cultural aspects, leaving preventive care and treatment of illnesses to the responsibility of popular knowledge passed down from generation to generation. Nurses must understand that social inequalities/iniquities affect access to health services, which is why these women take responsibility and become protagonists in perpetuating popular care for their health, that of their family and the group they belong to.

Normally, in veterinary practice, wounds that will heal by second intention are protected using artificial dressings, which basically consist of gauze impregnated with emollient or antiseptic substances. Various studies have been carried out to find a substance that reduces the effects of contamination and favours the healing process. Considering the concern to offer alternatives to speed up the healing process in small animals, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of two herbal medicines: calendula (Calendula officinalis) and sunflower oil (Helianthus annus) on wounds that healed by second intention by evaluating the clinical evolution, microbiological and histopathological aspects.

The work was carried out at the Department of Foreign Journalism and Literature of the Institute of Journalism of the Belarusian State University under the scientific supervision of Associate Professor Boris Leonidovich Zalessky. The work explores current trends, methods and techniques in news journalism on the example of the leading business publication "Wall Street Journal", as well as the possibilities of using the experience of American journalists in the Belarusian segment of business print media.

Nowadays, agriculture is of great importance. It contributes to food security, boosts national economies and helps create jobs worldwide. Compost is a fertilizer formed by fermenting organic debris with mineral matter. Composting makes it possible to recycle organic waste and obtain compost for one's own agricultural needs.Coffee production is a crop of major economic importance in many parts of the world. However, some crops are often confronted with insect pests that can cause considerable damage to plants and reduce yields. Insect pests can belong to different orders, each with its own specific characteristics and modes of attack. Understanding the main orders of insect pests of fruit trees is essential for implementing effective protection and management measures, to minimize crop losses and preserve crop health.