The year 2021 begins with the regular edition number 14 of the Millennium - Journal of Education, Technologies. 2020 was a complex year for the entire world, right from the start in the field of health, but also in the social, economic, and financial aspects resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic still underway. Scientific productivity, however, remained dynamic in its development, here corroborated by the 9 articles that this edition presents. This issue begins with the life sciences and health section. Of the five articles that compose it, the first, Infrared thermography for risk reduction of nosocomial cross infections during the COVID-19 pandemic: potential application in healthcare facilities, aims to discuss the use of infrared thermography to reduce cross-infection in healthcare institutions, namely in patients infected with COVID-19 and with other comorbidities. Next, the relevance of information on the elderly's homecoming after cataract surgery is analyzed: nurses 'perspective, showing the relevant facilitating / inhibiting factors in the preparation of these patients' homecoming. Third, there is the article Quality of life and self-perceived health-related to oral health: the case of institutionalized elderly, in which the impact of situations with weaknesses on the quality of the eating process on oral health is analyzed. In the fourth, Moderation and mediation in the analysis of the pattern of non-nutritive sucking in premature newborns, concludes of the clinical relevance in the elaboration of intervention programs in the stimulation of the sucking of premature newborns. In the last article of this section, Strategies for clinical supervision: critical-reflexive analysis of practices, the importance of this critical assessment of practices is emphasized, considering it as a determining factor for knowledge, critical thinking, and decision-making, also advocating the idea that this and other reflection strategies should integrate clinical supervision policies, in the context of primary health care. In the education and social development sector, the article School retention: can the affective involvement of students with the school contribute to its prevention? it is proposed to find out if students with retentions reveal less affective involvement in the school, concluding on the importance of this involvement in academic success.

In the area of engineering, technology and management, the article appears where a review of the literature on Low-income people and pro-environmental behavior is carried out: beyond monetary issues. In the agrarian and food sciences, Freshness Index Determination in Sardina pilchardus is published, pointing to a satisfactory level of freshness for consumption, regardless of its commercial origin. Finally, in the article Biological control of Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu with the parasitoid Torymus sinensis Kamijo, it is showed that T. sinensis proved to be able to set up new populations in a few years, revealing itself as a viable candidate for the control of wasps. of chestnut-tree galls.