Brazilian coaches’ role in facilitating positive development through university sport
Sport training is a process that depends on various factors both internal and external to the individual. In this process, the wayin which the sports initiation takes place is highly relevant, since an organised planning allows a higher quality training. The objective ofthis study is to investigate how sport initiation in athletics occurs according...
In 1977, Michael Lipton introduced the Urban Bias Thesis as a framework for understanding how most macro- and microeconomic policy initiatives have historically benefited the overdevelopment of urban areas and the underdevelopment of rural areas, as a result of the historical urban bias in resource reallocation. In Latin America, urbanization and m...
Background Visceral leishmaniasis is an important but neglected disease that is spreading and is highly lethal when left untreated. This study sought to measure the Leishmania infantum seroprevalence in dogs, the coverage of its control activities (identification of the canine reservoir by serological survey, dog culling and insecticide spraying) a...
Zika virus (ZIKV) has caused an explosive epidemic linked to severe clinical outcomes in the Americas. As of June 2018, 4,929 ZIKV suspected infections and 46 congenital syndrome cases had been reported in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Although Manaus is a key demographic hub in the Amazon region, little is known about the ZIKV epidemic there, in terms...
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Abstract The paper addresses, based on international and national bibliographic research, the concept of first-generation student (F-Gen) and his/her characteristics as it applies to the Brazilian context. It takes into account the results of Enade (Exame Nacional de Desempenho dos Estudantes) (2015, 2016, 2017) on the profile of the student, provi...