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In the age of information and knowledge, 80% of companies' assets are intangible. In São Tomé and Príncipe, intellectual property has been a factor in economic growth, innovation and creativity.Geographical Indications as a fundamental axis of the 2014-2018 Intellectual Property Policy and the Second National Intellectual Property Strategy (2023-2927), highlights the historical, cultural, human and environmental factors that are intrinsic to the São Tomé and Príncipe Cocoa Geographical Indication.This book is the result of the experience and appropriation of the treaties and conventions of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and ARIPO (African Intellectual Property Organization) and UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), aimed at promoting sustainable agriculture with high levels of food security, green and blue tourism in São Tomé and Príncipe.

Building allows São Tomé and Príncipe to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change by discouraging the intensive use of sand, wood for construction, reducing the use of fossil fuels and making room for the use of solar panels and other types of renewable energy.The construction of new green buildings, or the adaptation of old buildings to new sustainable practices, is one of the ways to create cities that offer greater well-being. Self-sufficient, a green building can mean a reduced, or even close to zero, environmental impact. The collective mark "ossobô" aims to certify this infrastructure based on the green economy.

The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe have always been known as the "wonderful islands" and the "chocolate islands".This book aims to give sustainability to the above-mentioned designations, with the support of intellectual property assets (Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Utility Models, new plant varieties, Geographical Indications / DO, Traditional Knowledge and Copyright and Related Rights through the preservation of the environment of the historical cultural heritage of São Tomé and Príncipe.

This book highlights the paradox between the human and natural potential of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the unsatisfactory results produced by Congolese sportsmen and women. The aim of the book is to demonstrate the DRC's assets in terms of talent, environment and culture, which have never been combined to produce significant results beyond those achieved here and there.

Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus (CSSV) threatens the main cocoa-producing basins of Côte d'Ivoire, to such an extent that the fight against this disease is a priority for all players in the cocoa industry. To contribute to the fight against the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus disease, this study was initiated with the general objective of assessing the impact of trees associated with cocoa trees on the prevalence and configuration of CSSV disease outbreaks in cocoa farms in the Fresco department. To this end, the infection of plantations by swollen shoot disease was characterized, and a botanical inventory of shade trees was carried out in and around foci. Finally, the crowns of these trees were projected onto the ground. The measurement of shade tree densities showed that there were more trees around the homes than in them. The results show that shading does not influence the spread and development of CSSV symptoms in cocoa farms.

The establishment, known today as Bar do Zé, began life in 1977 as a dry goods store - selling food in bulk, such as beans, as well as pots and pans, thread and needles, candles, kerosene and everything a household needed. Today, the space is a bar selling drinks (beer, caipira, soda) and snacks, which brings together older customers and university students from all courses at the Federal University of Pelotas. The space is a place for interaction between the local community and students from other cities in the state and the country. Patrons enjoy leisure activities, meet friends, chat and discuss important issues or simply drink their beer. Bar do Zé is an important space in the lives of many people, who always have a story to tell about this place!!!

From time immemorial, it has been customary for an individual's heirs, regardless of their degree of kinship, to benefit from the resources and assets generated throughout the deceased's life. This enables related persons to benefit and establishes a temporal continuity in family wealth across generations. Since the 19th century, governments have been quick to take an interest in this type of inheritance, as it represents a substantial transfer of value. Today, French inheritance tax is one of the highest in Europe. Although not widely used, the SCI (Non-trading property company) (non-trading property company) is increasingly the subject of discussion when it comes to inheritance, but the ins and outs are still unclear, so what's really going on?

The subject of this dissertation is reconciliation in New Caledonia. More specifically, it focuses on spiritual reconciliation in Kanak lands, in the light of Kanak custom and the historical churches. The use of memory is discussed. The different uses that are discussed and analyzed are: the logic of rapprochement, the logic of distancing and the work of memory. Next, the two Kanak reconciliations (1998, 2004) held in the archipelago are evoked and studied in the light of theories relating to the politics of reparation. Finally, the preamble to the Nouméa Accord - in its singularity - lays the foundations for a settlement of the colonial dispute. This dissertation highlights the undeniable need for memory work in the settlement of the colonial dispute between Paris and Nouméa.

Man is the master of his own destiny, and whether he succeeds or fails depends on his behaviour. There is a perfect relationship between population growth and the growth of waste today. Poor management leads to environmental degradation and sometimes adverse effects on people's health, as waste is a source of many diseases. This waste is often dumped in open areas, swamps and along watercourses. Collection services are irregular and slow, and the waste collected poses a danger to the health of the population and the environment. Waste from the various market services can, when infected, contaminate those who handle it and be capable of affecting human life and the environment through the transmission of certain diseases. This is the case of the Batetela market, a popular market that is an extension of the lower town of KIKWIT and contains several shops, stalls, hotels, the Régideso water treatment plant, and even some health centres on the way to the Lukemi bridge.

Over the years, information systems have become more and more present in organizations of all sizes, and are a determining factor in decision-making. In the information society, a large volume of data is permanently available through information technologies. This data needs practical treatment and common sense to transform it into relevant information. Thus, in order to use computers properly in the day-to-day running of a public organization, in addition to technological equipment and qualified human resources, it is necessary to have planning and systems development methodologies that meet the expectations of this type of organization. In this sense, there is a need to know What contribution does information management make to decision-makers in municipal public sector administration?

It was morning, another day in the light. As usual, in pairs we passed through the flow, nobody noticed us. Arriving at the tent, a circle. It was construction day, the day to define the name of the new space in the center. Cards with names were nailed to the wall. In a circle, users said what they expected from the place. Names on the wall. A lady spots the name "De braços abertos" (With open arms) and says, "This one below. "I'm voting for that one, because this is a place that has to embrace the people, without discriminating, without fear". So many agreed, stood up and made a mark in the shape of a vote on the cardboard. That day "De Braços Abertos" was born.

This book is the result of qualitative research carried out by the authors with the aim of analyzing adolescent mothers' perceptions of paternal participation during the pre-, peri- and post-natal periods. Initiated after approval by the Research Ethics Committee of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão, the research was based on the BRISA database (Brazilian Birth Cohort of Ribeirão Preto and São Luís), selecting adolescents up to 16 years of age, with different marital statuses and from different neighborhoods. The study allows us to understand the process of pregnancy as a significant and complex event in the youth age group, standing out as a public health problem given the needs and risks, as well as the challenges and difficulties encountered at this stage of life. It also discusses the relationship with the family context and the importance of the father figure in the life of the teenager, both in the form of her father and the father figure of her child. The book is aimed at health and related professionals who work with adolescents in some way. We hope you enjoy reading it!

This study aims to discuss how stressful the work carried out in an Intensive Care Unit can be. When we talk about nurses, this stress takes on a greater dimension, as it is a profession that, as well as caring for the most seriously ill patients, deals with the pressure of coordinating a team of technicians and nursing assistants who also suffer from the high workload. On top of this, there is the ever-present inefficiency of material resources, and even personnel, to provide safe, quality care. Institutions must recognize the need for intervention so that this work becomes lighter and more rewarding, thus ensuring a better quality of life for nursing professionals.

Ageing is a natural process and is marked by important metabolic alterations with consequent changes in body composition and direct repercussions on inflammatory markers, Interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumour necrosis factor (TNF-α) and C-reactive protein (CRP), leading to diseases associated with the development of co-morbidity and mortality in the elderly. On the other hand, resistance training (RT) is a method widely used to prevent diseases associated with ageing, as well as improving the physical performance of the population in general. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of RT on inflammatory markers such as IL-6, TNF-α and CRP, as well as on body composition and muscle strength in elderly women.

The etiology of obesity is complex and includes genetic, environmental, cultural and socioeconomic factors. The World Health Organization revealed that 39% of women of reproductive age are overweight, which has a direct impact on the increase of pregnancies with risk of perinatal morbidity and chronic noncommunicable diseases. The aim of the study was to characterize the sociodemographic factors and their relationship with body mass index in a population of pregnant women in a referral health center in Cali in the period between November 2018 and January 2019.

The approach shows the importance of the Amazon in the role of carbon production and sequestration, where plant diversity shows the heterogeneity of the processes. The process of production of dead biomass by the forest shows that at times the forest can behave both as a carbon sink and as a producer, due to the large amount of dead material. This material that falls and enters the decomposition process plays a fundamental role in various biogeochemical cycles in the Amazon.

Enteroplasty in patients with a neurological bladder still has a place in the surgical field. If conservative treatments (intermittent catheterisation, medical treatment) fail, enteroplasty should be considered in order to increase functional bladder capacity and maintain low pressure. The main objective is to preserve renal function, prevent urinary tract infections and, secondarily, ensure good urinary continence and adaptation to socio-professional life. Various digestive segments can be used for enlargement, with a preference for the ileum. It can be used alone or in conjunction with various continence or anti-reflux techniques. The most important parameter is detubulation, which prevents peristaltic waves from generating high intravesical pressure. Various digestive segments can be used to achieve enlargement, with a preference for the ileum. It can be used alone or in conjunction with various continence or anti-reflux techniques.

This book is a collection of content that I saw during my undergraduate studies in Economics at the Federal University of Latin American Integration in Brazil, which helps to explain economic and political crises in underdeveloped regions. This material has been minimally organised and simplified and with it we will go through some of the historical factors that explain global instability in the 21st century and its effects on Latin America and South American regionalism. We'll see that the region's crises are directly related to its insertion into international capitalism, which has been expanding since the industrialised countries. It is worth emphasising that this is the amateur work of a novice in the applied social sciences. Criticism and advice are welcome. Happy reading!

Storing corn grains under favorable conditions preserves both their quantitative and qualitative characteristics and regulates the supply of raw materials for food production. The aim of this study was to evaluate storage alternatives (aerated silo, non-aerated silo, sack and airtight) for batches of corn grains with different physical quality characteristics (mass of normal grains, whole grains and broken grains) at zero, three and six months. And the physical quality of conventional and transgenic maize grains undergoing drying and wetting processes, with initial water contents of 13.5% (b.u.), drying air temperatures of 80, 100 and 120 0C, wetting conditions of 10 0C and RH of 90%.

Agriculture has benefited from biological nitrogen fixation through the activity of obligate and facultative endophytic microorganisms, but less from the action of free fixers living in the rhizosphere. However, organic fertilizers enriched with nitrogen-fixing heterotrophic microorganisms have recently appeared on the market, seeking to promote fixation by placing the microorganisms close to the food substrate. The aim of the work was to evaluate the effect of fertilizer treatments on two successive crops of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) during the spring/summer period of 2015, followed by the cultivation of red cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. acephala) and turnip greens (Brassica rapa L.) in early autumn.

In the gestational and puerperal period, women go through a series of changes and consequent adaptation is necessary, which can generate anxiety and fear for those who experience it. One of the options for coping with this condition is the implementation of educational actions in health in order to complement prenatal care, improve the quality of life of these women and newborns and contribute to reducing maternal and child mortality. The aim of this study was to find out how pregnant women who use the Parnaíba Primary Health Care Centre view the health education they receive and its importance during prenatal care. The study was an exploratory field study with a qualitative approach and a sample of 17 pregnant women, using a semi-structured interview with open questions in January and February 2016. The results showed that the pregnant women understood the importance of these prenatal care activities and therefore attributed significant importance to them in terms of good pregnancy follow-up.

Urban mobility can be understood as the condition in which individuals move between places in the urban space. At this juncture, mobility needs to accompany the development of cities, with transport accessibility and access for the entire population throughout the urban environment. The growing number of cars and consequent congestion, pollution, traffic accidents and the poor quality of public transport are some of the main factors in the difficulty of having good urban mobility. One alternative for urban mobility is cycling, which is little used, despite being cheap and clean. Its integration with other forms of mass transportation is an innovation in urban mobility and a step towards Brazil's entry into the first world countries. The aim of this work is to analyze urban mobility in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in order to verify cycling as an alternative for urban commuting, pointing out the main benefits and challenges to be overcome. To this end, questionnaires will be used to understand the behavior of Rio's cyclists and materials such as articles, plans and laws.

Concern about healthcare waste (HCW) in Brazil began in the 1970s and evolved until Law 12305/2010, the most recent regulation on HCW management. In the Federal District, until 2003, there was no management of healthcare waste in healthcare establishments. However, even after the current regulations came into force, until the date of this study, little had been achieved in terms of the effectiveness of the management actions established in the legislation on the subject. The district government has made many efforts to close the Estrutural dump and improve the waste management plan, but it was only 15 years after the first initiatives that the authorities took more affirmative action on the subject, including social policies aimed at waste pickers.

The hospital prescription can be defined as the first stage in the supply of medication to a hospitalised patient, and is part of a process that involves various professionals. It is seen as the first stage in a series of events within the medication procedure, which will result in safe or unsafe administration to the patient. It is considered one of the main sources of unexpected errors in the treatment of hospitalised patients. One development as a result of the digital age is the use of electronic prescribing, which among many functions aims to unify the phases of the medication supply procedure, thus reducing errors in each phase and consequently prescription errors. Electronic prescribing is where the healthcare professional uses software following an established pattern instead of manually writing the prescription on a prescription or model form.

Despite the growing recognition by law and common sense that guaranteed access to adequate food from a nutritional, cultural and environmental point of view gives individuals a better chance of life, development and participation, as well as allowing moments of pleasure, social interaction and cultural strengthening around food practices, thousands of Brazilians still live in a situation of food inaccessibility. This book sets out to find out about the food security situation in the state's terreiro communities, with a view to the findings being able to guide public plans and actions, especially those that make food and nutritional security a reality among families. The book could serve as an instrument of empowerment for the inhabitants of terreiros, fostering greater knowledge and, consequently, their participation in demanding basic rights. This book is a pioneer in the state.

Beginning and end are opposite points in space and time, a structure that contains all of reality. Childhood and old age bring the most human aspect of this polarity and are seen as extremes, opposites and complements in the cycle of existence. In this work, we look at the transposition of the oral narratives of elderly people into children's drawings produced in municipal schools in Rio de Janeiro. Based on stories from the childhood of the elderly collaborators, these drawings were studied in terms of creativity, narrative forms and the memory resources that made the representations of these stories possible. Our aim was to ascertain the influence of the time between listening and drawing, the interference of the teaching and learning process in the school space and the subject's relationship with the materials of this transposition, taking into account the culture, context and level of expertise of the subjects.

Skin and soft tissue infections comprise a heterogeneous group of infectious processes, with or without local or systemic inflammatory response and variable spectrum of involvement, severity and evolution. Therefore, a descriptive, longitudinal and prospective study was carried out with the aim of characterizing skin and soft tissue infections in pediatric age, at the Iván Portuondo General Teaching Hospital between July 2013 and December 2016. The working universe was 579 patients under 18 years of age seen in the emergency department for these pathologies and the sample consisted of 262 children under 18 years of age who were admitted to the pediatrics service with these diagnoses confirmed by microbiological study.

To write is to bear witness to the suffering of the people and their will to resist oppression, find their place in the world and, consequently, preserve their memory. Under the pen of the poet exiled in his own land, poetry becomes a means of expression and protest, condensing the meaning of the world to make it more credible, accessible and striking.By rebelling against his own reality, Darwich carries the torch of the singer of resistance, offering a poetry committed to a transformational project of identity, a project that responds to an extra-ordinary situation. By bringing out the cult of resistance as an identifying element of the Palestinian WE, Darwich's poetry sheds light on the elements of this cult.

This work is about one of the many aspects related to a subject that is an inexhaustible source of study, research and debate, namely a constituent element of Brazil's hierarchical social structure: racial discrimination against the black population. Among the various possible perspectives for analysis, the author has chosen to present a portrait of the birth of the Afonso Arinos Law of 1951, the first law against racial discrimination in Brazil. The sources chosen, some of the most important Brazilian newspapers between 1950 and 1952, reveal the ambiguous thinking of the Brazilian population and the political, academic and journalistic circles in relation to racial discrimination in Brazil. The myth of Brazilian racial democracy, ideology, symbolic power, representation of reality and, why not, naivety and malice regarding the notion of Brazilian race relations. These are some of the aspects that emerge from reading the newspapers of the time, which provide a snapshot of thinking about race relations and the first impressions of an anti-discrimination law that, although it didn't produce the expected legal effects, is still remembered as a milestone in the history of the fight against racial discrimination in Brazil.

In 2009, the National Council of Justice instituted nationwide strategic planning, stipulating mandatory targets for all the country's Courts of Justice. This study sought to understand the perceptions of judges and civil servants about the fulfilment of these goals, based on a study of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice, and how this process influences the strengthening of strategic planning in this Court. Interviews were conducted with judges, justices, judges' secretaries, administrative directors and civil servants, all of whom work at the TJERJ. The results of the research show that although there is not widespread knowledge of the strategic planning in force, or even if the targets are not fully understood, the fact that they are being met is positive for the court's planning.