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

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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Mortality Rate Modeling: A study of the effectiveness of longevity and mortality linked financial derivatives as hedging instruments in a pension risk management strategy

Private pension plan sponsors wishing to manage their longevity risk transfer it to insurers through annuity contracts or bespoke longevity swap arrangements. They increasingly rely on such contracts to reduce their risk exposure. For example, annuity purchase activity from Canadian private pension plans expanded from $1 billion in 2012 to almost $2.7 billion in 2016 […]

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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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Creating a database of Cherenkov spectra in ordered liquids

The aim of this is to produce a comprehensive database of Cherenkov emission/absorption spectra in ordered liquids (ionic liquids and solutions of nanomaterials) under differing thermodynamic conditions. This database will be valuable in creating a quantitative model and theoretical models able to predict the spectra of a given material under given conditions with an ultimate […]

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Étude de la dualité onde-particule sur une corde vibrante

Le sujet proposé porte sur la dualité onde-particule. On propose ici à l’étudiant l’étude expérimentale d’un système modèle qui vise à tenter une représentation mécanique du système quantique onde-particule. L’étudiant aura en charge un banc expérimental composé d’une masselotte pouvant coulisser sur une corde vibrante, le tout étant instrumenté notamment par un système d’imagerie rapide. […]

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