In the scenario of Rio Grande do Sul State that was for many years the scene of disputes, with border lines that enabled mobile linguistic and cultural-exchange, Gaucho's songs (local music) can be characterized as major ...

Mental models are described as a set of representations, a world view. They are biases and assumptions that impact directly on the individual actions. Based on the theoretical assumptions this study had the purpose to ...

The presente work examines the Bolsa Família (Family Allowance), a brazilian redistributive public policy that provided the individual fundamental rights of freedom and equality inserted in the Federal Constitution of 1988. ...

The lakes located in Rio Grande do Sul – RS, like other lacustrine environments in the world, have the potential to become important tourist attractions. In the present study, the focused area comprises the city of Osório ...

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a thin film material that has attracted much attention due to its properties as high wear resistance and super-low friction coefficient. Although silicon-based intermediate layers are employed ...

The use of polymeric membranes has been extensively studied for separation processes. The study of materials and methodologies for development of such membranes for cost reduction and improvement in their properties are ...

Citrus latifolia Tanaka (Tahiti lime) essential oil has a high commercial value and a large application in different industries. The enzymatic extraction of vegetable oils increases yields extraction, energy efficient and ...

The subject of this dissertation consists of analyzing the female identity and subjectivity construction of the character Clara, protagonist-narrator of the novel Duas iguais, by Cíntia Moscovich. Therefore, it is observed ...

Competitive Intelligence is a dynamic process that can mobilize collective action around the transformation of data, information and knowledge on intelligence, to increase the competitiveness of companies. Under a sectoral ...