Addressing obstetric violence in Brazil: Multi-stakeholder perspectives, empowerment, and care in the context of Brazil’s National Humanization of Labour and Childbirth Policy (Porto Velho)

This research will explore the vision of professionals, women, partners, and decision –makers about the implementation of the Brazil national policy of humanization of childbirth. This research will review the specific roles of health promoters, nurses, physicians, social workers, psychologists and midwives in different health care organizations to educate women about their rights during the […]

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Moving targets: Marine Protected Areas and Migratory Species in a Changing World

To help protect the oceans and ensure that we can carry out activities such as fishing sustainably in the long term, countries around the world are creating marine protected area (MPA) networks that incorporate the movement of species (connectivity) in their design. Whilst most MPAs are typically designed around species that stay in fairly small […]

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Re-contemplate the apocalyptic sublime of images of genocide

From the contemplation of beauty, understood as a disinterested experience of the work of art, to the neutralization of reason in the face of an image that petrifies it, prevents its revolution, the sublime has joined, with Lyotard, the postmodern categories of the contemporary aesthetics. He oscillates between the infinite of an inhibited aesthetic experience […]

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A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study of Heterojunction Photocatalysis

Heterojunction Photocatalysis is currently considered as one of the promising routes to produce eco-friendly hydrogen fuel by exploiting the solar energy. The idea is based on the conversion of the solar energy to perform fuel-producing (e.g., hydrogen) electrochemical reaction that can split water into its ingredients. This technology has the potential to provide scalable, non-toxic […]

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Civic Duty and the Socialization Role of Schools

My doctoral research focuses on the extent to which the school contributes to the development of a sense of civic duty to vote. Previous research has shown that civic duty constitutes a very important motivation for voting. Individuals who consider voting a duty are much more likely to participate in an election than individuals who […]

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Development of novel hydrogel/metal nanoparticles catalytic monoliths via a green hydrothermal process: towards the synthesis of high added value fine chemicals in continuous-flow conditions.

The proposed research project falls within what is called process intensification (PI). PI consists in novel devices and techniques that bring striking changes to chemical engineering processes by significantly decreasing the equipment’s size to production ratio, energy consumption and waste production, which result in smaller, cheaper, cleaner and more efficient technologies. Catalytic nanoparticles, with a […]

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Corcadorca Theatre Company: Case Study in Occupational Folklife.

Although it takes the work of many people to create a theatre performance, most of them do not get recognition for the range of their skills and contributions. The goal of this project is to document the occupational folklife of people who work at the Corcadorca Theatre Company, and to highlight and celebrate the unique […]

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Individual Neuronal Feature Extraction and Representations (INFER): Emulating the perceptual system of individuals with extraordinary visual skills by combining deep neural networks and visual psychophysics

Each and every one of us has distinct visual representations of persons, familiar objects and scenes. We all acquire and form these visual representations in our brains through our unique experiences, but how exactly do we acquire these representations? What specific visual information supports the conceptual representation of objects in our brains and what part […]

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Un analogue acoustique de l’effet Casimir

Les objectifs et finalités du stage : On propose ici à l’étudiant l’analyse d’un système modèle de l’effet Casimir se manifestant par l’attraction de deux miroirs se faisant face dans le vide. Ici, les fluctuations de point zéro seront apportées par l’intermédiaire d’un champ acoustique ad-hoc qui excitera le système des deux miroirs acoustiques. L’étudiant […]

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Strenghtening Community Capacity for Reducing Marine Debris

Marine debris is an ever growing environmental and human health concern. Beach litter is a major contributor to the issue of marine debris, especially in the Global South where often lack of awareness and lack of policy enforcement are factors that promote continuous littering of beaches in coastal communities. Under the community-based, participatory action framework, […]

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