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The infamous ‘pyramid’ question on the Math section of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) was reconsidered. Illustrations in colors are presented with a new possible scoring key. Some practical consequential issues are discussed.

Introduction: Breast cancer is a serious public health problem, due to its high incidence, morbidity, mortality and its high cost of treatment. It is the second most frequent type of cancer in Brazil and the world and the most frequent among women. It is perceived that its incidence is higher in developing countries. In Brazil, breast cancer mortality rates remain high because the disease is still diagnosed in advanced stages. Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of women with breast cancer, in Pernambuco, from 2009 to 2014. Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out based on the quantitative data from the public domain of the Ministry of Health, referring to the incidence of breast cancer from July 2009 to February 2014. Only Cases of malignant neoplasm in women, considering the following variables: race, schooling, age group and histopathological grade. Results and discussion: During the period considered for data collection, there were 2,281 cases of breast cancer in the Pernambuco Region, with an increasing trend over the years. Regarding the age group, the majority of women (17%) were older than 70 years at the time of diagnosis of malignant lesions, followed by women between 50 and 54 years (14%). Regarding education, 87% is ignored, followed by incomplete elementary education (6%). Brown women (26%) represent the largest part of the contingent diagnosed. Regarding the histological grade, 67% was invaluable, while grades II and III represent 31%. Conclusion: It is evident the need for continuity in investments in the development of comprehensive actions for the control of cancer, in the different levels of performance, as well as the continuity of feeding of the Information Systems, since it is knowing its epidemiological profile through the years that the actions May be better elaborated.

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a disease, which affects large populations the state of Pernambuco, becoming a public health problem. People with this disease who are seeking care in public, can also receive care in agreements networks of the Unified Health System (SUS), which receives financial transfers from the Ministry of Health, through its three levels: Federal, State and County. DM uncontrolled was responsible for 30,106 hospitalizations in the past 5 years, bringing costs that could be avoided. Objective: present the annual costs of hospitalizations for DM in the public and private system of the state of SUS and Pernambuco. Methodology: This is um-descriptive study with cross-section from the public domain data available in the system Information SUS Hospital- SIH / SUS processed by DATASUS Diabetes mellitus. Data collection was carried out considering the years 2012 to 2016, using the expenditure data with admissions of derivative financial resources. To analyze the data we used the absolute values. Results and Discussion: In the period studied the total value dand used funds was R$ 20,545,949.98. The value used in 2012 was R$ 3,895,248.58 in 2013 R$ 4,516,990.86 in 2014 R$ 4,275,578.10 in 2015 R$ 3,837,742.69 in 2016 and R$ 4,020,389.75. The age group with more admissions were people between 60 and 79 years, totaling 13,796 cases, of both sexes. These quantitative belong to a network of 237 health facilities that are distributed throughout the state. Conclusion: With the improvement of health policy strategies in primary care, proper allocation of resources and efficiency in administration can achieve a reduction in the number of illnesses, thus reducing the value used to the hospitalization.

Introdução: O Programa Nacional de Suplementação de Vitamina A foi instituído em 2005 pelo Ministério da Saúde com o objetivo de reduzir e controlar a deficiência nutricional de Vitamina A em crianças de 06 a 59 meses de idade e puérperas no pós-parto imediato. Objetivo: Descrever a cobertura da suplementação de Vitamina A em uma região do Estado de Pernambuco no período de 2015 e 2016. Metodologia: Foi realizado um estudo descritivo com a cobertura da suplementação de Vitamina A no período de 2015 e 2016 na XII Regional de Saúde do estado de Pernambuco que compreende ao todo, 10 municípios. Os dados são de origem secundária e foram obtidos através da base de dados eletrônica do Programa Nacional de Suplementação de Vitamina A. Foram coletados no período de fevereiro de 2017. Para análise, foi utilizado o programa Excel 2007 Microsoft ®. Resultados e Discussão: Na faixa etária de 06 a 11 meses, o município de Itaquitinga que em 2015 apresentou 153,69% de cobertura, em 2016 decaiu e apresentou 42,70%. Esse quadro de involução no padrão de cobertura também foi observado em outros municípios. Na faixa etária de 12 a 59 deve-se destacar a cobertura para a segunda dose da Vitamina A no ano de 2015 apresentou média de 110% e no ano de 2016 apresentou 10% de cobertura destacando que três municípios de regional apresentaram zero de cobertura. Nas puérperas, no ano de 2015 a média de cobertura entre os 10 municípios foi de 28,60% e no ano de 2016 foi de 15,54%. Conclusão: Foi possível identificar que a cobertura da vitamina A na regional estudada sofreu com a piora nos indicadores no ano de 2016 em relação ao ano de 2015 podendo-se atribuir a subnotificação das doses ou a falta de administração e/ou disponibilidade por parte dos municípios.

Introdução: A Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde do Homem foi criada em 2009, com a finalidade de qualificar a saúde da população masculina na perspectiva de linhas de cuidado que resguardem a integralidade da atenção. Objetivo: Diante dessa perspectiva, a finalidade do presente trabalho será relatar a experiência em educação em saúde como facilitadores de oficinas em saúde do homem na Zona da Mata Norte de Pernambuco. Metodologia: Esse estudo trata-se de um relato de experiência, de um grupo de residentes em Saúde Coletiva, na facilitação das oficinas de implantação do Guia de Saúde do Homem para Agentes Comunitários de Saúde, que foram realizadas nos 10 municípios que compõem a XII Gerência Regional de Saúde, no mês de novembro de 2016. Resultados e Discussão: Segundo o Cadastro Nacional de Estabelecimentos de Saúde, a XII Gerência Regional de Saúde apresenta 614 Agentes Comunitários de Saúde, porém participaram das oficinas 317 (52%). As oficinas foram idealizadas de maneira que fosse possível aproveitar o conhecimento advindo das vivências cotidianas dos participantes em seus territórios, a respeito do público masculino. Foram utilizadas dinâmicas de grupo, apresentada a Política Nacional de Atenção Integral à Saúde do Homem e, posteriormente houve a apresentação expositiva com exemplos da realidade, com vídeos e gravuras, para que pudessem fomentar a utilização do Guia de Saúde do homem. Ao término de cada oficina, foi lançada uma proposta aos municípios, que os mesmos fizessem ações focais em seus territórios que remetessem a um acolhimento melhor desse homem, para que posteriormente as experiências fossem apresentadas nem um fórum. Conclusão: Houve uma participação significativa dos profissionais, o que proporcionou um espaço favorável à troca de experiências e conhecimentos e a proposta de apresentação das ações focais no fórum, fomentou uma expectativa positiva na maioria dos grupos capacitados.

GSM is an important technology to the world today, ensuring the connectivity of billions of individuals across the world. In this paper, the subject of mobile telephony is addressed, we look at the GSM technology detailing how it works and also look at the structure it is comprised of. Also, we see the trends experienced in then network system and see how due to technological advancement, the technology has grown to services billion of individuals today.

The issue of security is a major issue as regarding the use of various systems and also technologies being applied today. We live in a completely digital age and information security is paramount. Intrusion detection systems help to ensure that attacks on network systems is eradicated. This paper presents a review on Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) details it’s model and various security threats that it addresses.

This paper assesses the performance and efficiency of Over the Top service applications. Over the Top services has affected the methods and ways information is passed from content creators to consumers. This paper assesses the performance of two of the most heavily utilized over the top applications which include WhatsApp and Skype. We measure their performance on 4 metrics which includes CPU performance, Latency, End-to-End Latency and Load per Period. We see how both these applications perform based on the measurements derived from these metrics.

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases that affects humans in all stages of social and economic development, representing a big threat for the health of all the Brazilians. Objectives: Analyze epidemiologic profile of DM in the state of Pernambuco from 2002 to 2012 Methodology: It’s a retrospective study of epidemiologic nature with descriptive and quantitative approach. Data was provided by Hiperdia, avaiable at Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS). The variables of this study are: Type of Diabetes, year, age, gender and amputation of diabetic foot. Results and Discussions: From 15.856 people with DM, 75,32% have DM Type2. The year of 2004 represented the lower occurrence rate of the disease for Type 1 (3,07%) and for Type 2 (3,86%). In the years of 2009 and 2002 the ocurrence number was higher, with 13,14% for Type 1 and 17,28% for Type 2. Both Types 1 and 2 represents de major occurrence in the age between 50 and 59 years old. However, Type 1 is less frequent in people with at least 80 years old while Type 2 is less frequent in the age between 15 and 19 years old. With respect to gender both Types are more common in women, with (61,96%) for Type 1 and (63,92%) for Type 2. In relation to people that suffered amputation of diabetic foot, 2,59% are Type 1 and 1,73% are Type 2, it brings the attention due to the fact that Type 2 DM is the most common Type. Conclusion: The understanding of DM epidemiologic scenario is important for acting directly at the most vulnerable social categories with efforts to promote and recover the health within completeness patterns.