Natural resource extraction in Africa has been characterised by conflicts between large scale and small scale miners on the one hand and large scale miners and the communities on the other.In some countries such as Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Liberia, natural resources have bred political instability an
The article analyzes the problems that exist at the final stage of the decentralization reform, which, in particular, are related to the need, firstly, to stimulate the process of consolidation of territorial communities through the possible application of appropriate administrative methods, and, second, to eliminate competition between executive a
OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the effectiveness of hydrocolloids in the healing of pressure ulcers in adult and older adult patients.METHOD: systematic review with meta-analysis, based on the recommendations of the Cochrane Handbook.The search was undertaken in the databases: Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Latin American and Cari
The present study examined data from a randomized controlled trial exploring whether behavioral weight loss treatment was associated with changes in internalized weight bias.The relationship between internalized weight bias and psychological functioning was also assessed.Participants were 106 men and women with overweight or obesity enrolled in a t
In the present article we describe a simplified method to resolve the problem of lip synchronization with a previously recorded audio file.The algorithm receives as input the audio file, in a standard format (WAV) and returns as result a text file that contains average amplitude values corresponding to a predefined fraction of a second.In order to