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This study was carried out during my undergraduate degree in music education with the intention of understanding the relationship between deaf young people and their interaction with music. It is a qualitative investigation, with data collected through a questionnaire and interviews with young people. It is hoped that the results will help music educators plan and make the necessary adaptations to inclusive music classes.

A country's economic development is directly related to its investments in infrastructure, more precisely the transportation sector and its various modes that make up the sector's logistics chain. Industrial progress depends on these investments in order to move its products safely, reliably and at the lowest possible cost. The importance of rail transport for Brazil's development is obvious, its main characteristic being its ability to transport large volumes of cargo over medium and long distances, with greater safety and efficiency, when compared mainly to road transport. However, Brazilian rail transport is in a critical situation, perhaps due to the focus on investments in the road sector over the last few decades. VLI is a standout on the national rail scene, has been in the process of developing its governance structure over the last few years and is making recurrent investments in infrastructure.

Civil construction consumes large quantities of raw materials and energy, as well as being one of the biggest generators of waste, and is responsible for a significant portion of environmental impacts worldwide. Choosing a more sustainable construction system is essential for the environment, especially in the case of large-scale projects. The aim of this work is to use the waste from the manufacture of concrete blocks, at the time of pressing, to make the micro-concrete to fill the block cavities during the erection of the structural masonry, as specified in the structural calculation project. This work involved characterizing the waste and the aggregates commonly used to make micro-concrete. The mechanical and workability properties of the micro-concrete were assessed using consistency and compressive strength tests. The compressive strength and absorption of concrete blocks filled with microconcrete were also evaluated. The study of replacing sand with waste to make micro-concrete showed results that made this substitution feasible without loss of properties.

Motivating employees is vital to a company's success, particularly in the current global economic crisis. By understanding what motivates their people, managers can mobilise the full potential of each individual and direct their energy more effectively. The results of this study confirm that management methods, organisational climate, social structures, economic realities and culture are essential elements that contribute to the meaning of work, and that they are also sources of motivation at work. Motivation cannot be achieved everywhere and always with the same recipes. Renewing the sources of motivation requires a prior analysis of the changes currently affecting the world of work and their consequences. The aim of this study is to help people who manage human resources (in companies) to understand how to create conditions conducive to employee motivation, how to guide, arouse and support their motivation, and how to build appropriate motivational strategies.

Around 80 million Brazilians self-medicate, which is a natural and worrying practice among the population, due to the risks to their health. The survey was carried out among 82 professors from the Institute of Health Sciences, the Institute of Agrarian Sciences and the Institute of Natural, Human and Social Sciences at the Federal University of Mato Grosso. Self-medication is practiced among female teachers (51%) and graduates without any kind of specialization (42.6%). The main class of medication used in this practice was analgesics-antipyretics (95%) and the pathology or symptom that motivated self-medication was headache (80.5%). These drugs were self-indicated in 60% and motivated by knowledge acquired throughout life (33%). Of the main outcomes of self-medication, 78% achieved remission of the symptom that led to the practice. Therefore, since the teaching community is an opinion-forming community, one way of reducing the rates of self-medication would be to make them aware of the dangers of self-medication, so that this knowledge is replicated.

This research seeks to understand the need for sustainable teaching in relation to the new technologies used to produce sustainable electricity. This research does not aim to define a path for the construction of knowledge, but observes the solid existence of the learning process of students and teachers in order to realize effective teaching, where both can exercise significant movements in society. Learning from the paths of teaching.

The two essays that make up this little book shed light on one of the most important intellectuals of the twentieth century: Walter Benjamin. Born in Berlin in 1892, the son of assimilated petty-bourgeois Jewish parents, Benjamin became an intellectual out of the ordinary, a kind of prototype of the Mannheimian 'unattached' intellectual, devoid of institutional ties. This unstable situation would be decisive for the development of his fragmented, anti-systematic work par excellence. Together, the two texts, by F. Querido (UNICAMP, Brazil) and Michael Löwy (CNRS, France), reveal some of the most fascinating aspects of his singular work, whose 'surrealist thought', in Ernst Bloch's words about Sens unique, seems to escape framing in the usual currents of modern thought. It is this intellectual 'solitude' that makes Benjamin one of the most seductive figures of the twentieth century, a figure who, not coincidentally, still haunts us in the twenty-first century.

The European 19th century was heir to a historical development that involved social, political and cultural situations that did not leave out economic-industrial and scientific-technical circumstances. This historical process affected the evolution of thought and the theoretical structures that prevailed to date. In the midst of this context, the figure of John Henry Newman will not remain indifferent, concerned about the overexposure of the individual to his sole reason as the supreme instance of judgment and reality, which led to an increasingly extreme rationalism. The problem for Newman is that reason alone makes a true religious experience impossible, leading the believer to a cold and distant faith, an eminently impersonal matter that does not involve the life of the person, that does not touch his affections, thus, the idea of God progressively relativizes its accents and becomes more and more indefinite, until it ends up evaporating into a pure abstraction empty of content, giving rise to a new model of rationality: scientific rationality.

The result of various studies and empirical investigations, this book, divided into thirteen chapters, aims to be a set of reflective proposals on the new epistemologies emerging in Latin America. The empirical research carried out over the last five years (2013-2017) and published in various national and international journals has centred on the new models of higher education created by the Luís Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Roussef governments, as opposed to the traditional elitist and anti-democratic models of European and North American origin. For this reason, some of the studies presented focus on the institutional matrices of some of the new universities (above all, the Federal University of the Southern Frontier and the Federal University of the ABC Paulista), the challenges of social, cultural and epistemological inclusion, teacher training, the pedagogical models adopted and higher education excellence.

The primary objective of this dissertation is to understand the influence of food packaging colour on consumer behaviour and expectations in both France and Japan. At the same time, the aim is to identify any differences in the way colours are interpreted within these two cultures. Consumers' requirements in terms of packaging colour vary according to their values and, above all, their culture. Colours provoke sensations and emotions that vary from one individual to another, and above all from one culture to another. These same sensations, whether positive or negative, depend on the consumer's experience and the cultural codes acquired throughout his or her life. Quite naturally, "colour exerts psychological and physiological effects on the individual" that unconsciously influence behaviour. Marketing and packaging experts therefore have every interest in attaching importance to colour, which, if used wisely, will have a very positive effect on the sales of food products.

The achievement of high sports results depends on the optimal use of available resources. Multiple aspects converge in sports preparation, one of them is laterality. This aspect contributes to the individualization of sports training, which leads to a more personalized attention to the athlete. The present work offers a new vision of the conception of technical preparation based on the diagnosis of underlying potentialities in our athletes.

Purpose and Method of the Study: The purpose of the study was to determine the satisfaction with dignified treatment by nursing staff at a health institution in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. The study was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. The sampling was non-probabilistic by convenience. The sample consisted of 147 hospitalised users. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse sociodemographic data and study variables. Contribution and Conclusions: The study determined satisfaction with dignified treatment by nursing staff. The average age ranged from 15 to 25 years (30.0 %), with a female predominance (61.2 %). According to the INDICATIONS format, which establishes that the minimum compliance for the criteria in the dignified treatment indicator is 95% (SS, 2012), 81.6% of users showed satisfaction with dignified treatment by nursing staff, with the criteria "the nurse treats him/her with respect" standing out. However, the criteria closest to green were "the nurse does not show up with him", and does not teach him or his relative about the care he should take with respect to his condition".

Title of the book and at the same time of the first of the four short stories that make up this work. They are essays written in moments of leisure and partly portray the stories told to me by my mother and maternal grandmother, brushed over with a little imagination and recreation of environments that are sometimes purely fictitious, but in essence portray the reality of the culture of the various ethnic groups that coexist peacefully in Guinea-Bissau.

The reader should be aware that this book is set in mid-2012, shortly after the unprecedented decision by the Brazilian Supreme Court to recognize same-sex unions. The recognition of civil unions has repercussions, one of which is the possibility of adoption by same-sex couples. Until then, although it was not explicitly prohibited, it was known to be an unusual practice. This work therefore becomes the result of curiosity about the problem, discussions about the position of each of the three branches of government and its relevance in terms of family inclusion that could change the fate of thousands of abandoned children and adolescents in the country at the time.

This work deals with the collective teaching of musical instruments within the percussion course at the Conservatory of Popular Brazilian Music in Curitiba, describing, in a chronological manner, the pedagogical direction and methodologies used in the musical initiation of percussion instruments through collective teaching. Thus, this research traces the paths of the percussion course and the pedagogical guidelines of the institution from its creation in 1992 to the present day, identifying the bibliography used within the course and proposing an approach to teaching Brazilian popular percussion instruments.

This is a qualitative documentary study. It aims to understand what knowledge is produced and disseminated about teaching in Early Childhood Education. The research question is: how do the relationships between childhood, early childhood education and teaching methodology occur in the research already published by ANPEd? What knowledge about teaching does this research provide? The aim is to reflect on the roles and responsibilities of teachers who work with young children. To this end, we understand the Early Childhood Education institution as a social field in which adults and children mutually experience the world, as a space in which everyone needs to recognise that they teach and learn together. The problem that led me to carry out this work lies in the potentialisation of the gap between children's culture and adult culture. It is undeniable that children and adults are in different places in the world, and it is also undeniable that they think, feel, live and look at this world in different ways. And because Early Childhood Education is a social field in which adults and children mutually experience the world, it is a space in which all these cultural conflicts clash.

To date, there is no reliable biomarker validated in the exploration of nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC). To assess the value of 2 markers: Cyfra 21-1, a fragment of cytokeratin 19, and ¿2Microglobulin, a cell membrane protein, in CNP in southern Tunisia, we included 103 individuals: 50 patients with a primary diagnosis of CNP and 53 healthy controls. CNP patients were classified according to the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC 2010) and the 8th edition TNM (UICC 2017). 40/50 (80%) of CNP patients were positive for at least one of the two markers. The mean serum level of Cyfra 21-1 was significantly higher in patients than in controls. None of the controls had an elevated level of this marker. The sensitivity of Cyfra 21-1 in CNP (66%) reached 100% for patients

Support for women who are victims of violence is failing under the current system. Violence is protected by the criminal justice system from a perspective that is far removed from the reality of those it aims to protect, and it is unable to protect the free exercise of sexuality. Statistical data demonstrates the ineffectiveness of the criminal justice system when used to protect women. The discourse uses demagoguery, rooting itself in elements such as the principles of equality, legality and humanity, in order to achieve objectives that are not explicitly stated. Victimisation occurs with gender violence, because formally, men will always be the aggressors and women the victims. Triggering the criminal justice system in order to protect women often means victimising them twice over, given the ineffectiveness of the protection system and the implicit criminalisation of the protective discourse. The law cannot protect victims on its own, and a set of interconnected measures is needed, such as psychological care and social attention, so that women are not "victims" of the rules that aim to protect them.

The formation of digital culture has stimulated the use of new technologies, the emergence of new opportunities for the expression and functioning of all spheres of society. Digital transformation of scenography in Kazakhstan has become a priority in the age of new technologies. The study of theoretical and methodological foundations of innovative technologies in scenography, the study of digital technologies in stage design by the example of international experience, the identification of technologies that enhance artistic expression in the staging process in the scenography of Kazakhstan will be in demand in the context of the creative industry. The relevance of the study is related to the global processes of digitalization in industry, health care, financial sector, agriculture, transport, logistics, science, education, culture and art, including scenography, form an interest in research in the field of stage design.

Artificial shading is widely used in the production of cashew rootstocks (Anacardium occidentale L.) and can positively affect their growth rate and quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the germination, growth and development of cashew rootstocks subjected to different levels of shading at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Maranhão/IFMA Campus Codó.

The proposal of this booklet for the development of workshops is aimed at creating a space for the exchange of knowledge, in order to awaken sensitivities and positive feelings that stimulate the participation of students in a creative way to promote an energy-saving and environmental culture. These constitute a tool that stimulates and encourages participation in order to contribute to the development of developmental teaching and raise the intellectual activity of the students within a pleasant psychological climate that motivates them to maintain their attention towards the activities that are carried out.

Our subject is "the production problems faced by companies in the industrial sector in the city of Bukavu". The main objective of this work was to analyse the problems faced by industrial companies in the city of Bukavu in their production process and to propose the best policy for dealing with them. In order to achieve this objective and to answer the main question, which was to identify the various problems encountered by the companies, we used a methodology comprising the econometric method supported by observation, interview, documentary and sampling techniques. Thus, we associated these quantitative problems with qualitative problems, which may also be the causes. These include the quality of the workforce, raw materials, and industrial, transport and communication infrastructures. Finally, in the face of these problems, it has been established that lowering taxes and levies on local industries and discouraging imports are mechanisms that help to promote industrial production in Bukavu.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a steadily progressive disease that affects mainly people of working age and rapidly leads to the development of systemic complications. The main cause of disability and mortality in diabetes is micro- and macrovascular complications leading to the development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke and with their less favourable outcome. The formation of endothelial dysfunction is one of the links in the pathogenesis of diabetic angiopathies, as trigger factors include inflammatory processes with changes in the function of the smooth muscle layer and excessive formation of proinflammatory cytokines. Cytokine balance disorders are directly or indirectly related to the pathogenesis of many diseases of human internal organs, which makes it possible to develop new approaches to their treatment. The monograph considers modern ideas about cytokine network, peculiarities of its functioning, the importance of cytokines in the development of diabetes mellitus, as well as the prospects for the use of cytokine drugs in the treatment and prevention of neurological complications of diabetes mellitus.

Understanding how a foreign policy is formulated involves knowledge of the history of the state being studied and also the various events that drive the actions of international actors. A state's external actions can be explained through offensive realism, which explains that since there is no supranational organisation to regulate these actions, the key to survival is power. The aim of this work was to identify the changes in US foreign policy towards the Middle East, especially Afghanistan and Iraq, from the start of the Cold War until the first decade after the attacks of 11 September 2001. US interests in the Middle East have existed since the Cold War, representing the country's greatest efforts to contain the advance of the Soviet Union. The US political strategy for the region is a vital question of maintaining a political and economic status quo that allows oil to be exploited and commercialised at affordable prices. The 2001 attacks changed the focus of US foreign policy towards the Middle East and culminated in wars and political crises.

The fruit-growing sector in Brazil is considered one of the largest in the world, standing out as the third largest fruit producer, with an estimated production of more than 42 million tons. However, the production destined for the foreign market is very low, due to the low level of technology used in the cultivation of fruit trees, coupled with phytosanitary problems that have a direct impact on the quality of the fruit. Infestation by fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) is considered the biggest obstacle to the production, marketing and export of fruit trees, and is one of the country's biggest pests. The aim of this work was to quantitatively assess the biodiversity of Tephritidae and the occurrence of parasitoids associated with domestic orchards in the municipalities of Bananeiras and Borborema - PB.

This book discusses the importance of CSR in a constantly changing environment. It highlights the impact of globalization, the pressures exerted by stakeholders and the importance of an organization's ethical image. Associations also play a key role in development, solidarity and the defense of human rights. The research methodology adopted is quantitative, and aims to identify the potential CSR practices of associations in the Fès-Meknès region that may constitute a performance factor. The book also presents a literature review on associations and CSR, as well as an analysis of overall performance and measurement tools.

In this study, I try to understand some of the symbolic aspects that have emerged from the renovations carried out at the Cristo Rei Municipal Cemetery, located on Avenida Maripá, in the city of Toledo, in the first decade of the 21st century. The renovations involved important symbolic work, since new elements were inserted into the space, while at the same time some old elements were maintained and valorised. Therefore, I chose two monuments that make up the remodelled cemetery space to base the study on, and a few other elements that recall the local pioneering spirit. The first is block 27, which is made up of burials from 1953 to 1972. During the renovation of the necropolis, "the forgotten" were honoured by having their names identified and plaques placed in the main corridor of the cemetery. The element being analysed is the "Arches of Life" - where the plaques with the names "of the forgotten" in alphabetical order are located - located in the central corridor of the cemetery. The arches represent interrupted lives, births and deaths. They are of different sizes to represent the varying longevity of each life.

This paper compares the total costs of BOD5 control in a section of the Bío Bío river basin, in the VIII Region of Chile, between standard control policies and a market system: Standard Control with a market system. According to countless theoretical demonstrations and simulations developed over the last decades, the market system is cost-effective. However, when compliance with pre-set targets is required and verified, forcing the market system to reduce the number of permits to meet the environmental target, the market system loses its efficiency. This application shows that at certain levels of environmental demand, a system of transferable discharge permits is no longer cost-effective due, among other reasons, to: the restrictions imposed by the water systems themselves, the location of the most polluting sources with the highest marginal abatement costs in the area studied, and the assimilation capacity of the receiving water bodies.

The theme of this research is discursive multimodality and is based on an expanded notion of text (FAIRCLOUGH, 2001), according to which text is defined as a unit of meaning and therefore concerns verbal compositions, non-verbal compositions and also compositions made up of both verbal and non-verbal material. Our aim is to examine how multimodality contributes to the materialization of preventive discourse in posters promoting the Family Health Program (PSF), identifying and characterizing the multimodal elements that structure the genre in question, and verifying how these elements are articulated to construct and naturalize potentially ideological meanings. Under the prism of qualitative research, we carried out a study based on photographic records of posters circulating in PSF service centers. Reports and field notes supported the contextualization and analysis of the data, based on the theoretical-methodological assumptions of Visual Design Grammar (KRESS; van LEEUWEN, 2006) and Critical Discourse Analysis (ADC) (FAIRCLOUGH; 2001, 2003).

This book is the result of research into the conceptions that parents and students have about the assessment of learning carried out in the classroom, under the regime of continuous progression. The aim was to find out what parents of students enrolled in the initial years of primary school and their children, the students, believe about not failing at school. This qualitative fieldwork took place in two public schools in the municipality of Taquaruçu do Sul - RS. It was based on the assumption that there was a need to give a voice to two segments of the school community - parents and students - who are not usually heard. Continued progression still seems to be poorly understood and unaccepted by parents, who see it as a way of making things easier for pupils, creating in them the understanding that they don't need to study because automatic approval is guaranteed for everyone. There is a need for parents and students to be informed about assessment and to be made aware that the assessment process through continuous progression helps to reinforce the commitment of teachers, students and parents to learning.