The present dissertation investigates the stereotyped construction of the Italian colonists in Radicci comics series, by Carlos Henrique Iotti, with the intention to contribute to the studies about the regional identity ...

The resin transfer molding (RTM) consists of a molding technique widely used in the automotive industry to obtain composites with high specific properties. This work aims to obtain high performance composites made with ...

Nowadays thinking about teaching History, like in another areas of knowledge, is like thinking about a new educational practices. The introduction of games in History classes gives some pedagogical opportunities, like a ...

Postmodern society has erected a culture that has as characteristic features of the individual idolatry to the consumption of material goods,the hedonism, the hyper-individualism and the apathy in political participation. ...

One of the main environmental concerns is associated with the excessive amounts of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the environmental impacts caused by inappropriate disposal methods. Studies about the generation of solid ...

Islam is the religion that grows the most in number of believers in the world. Over the History the western studies construed representations about the Muslims and their practices that contributed to feed a relation of ...

The fodder radish has extensive use in agriculture and the oil from its seed is an important feedstock in biodiesel production. However, the extraction of the oil from the seed by pressing generates a residue (fodder radish ...

Adventure tourism, as a form of alternative tourism, should follow the principles of sustainability. The city of Três Coroas uses natural resources to promote adventure tourism. Among the existing adventure tourism activities ...

This dissertation relates to the discourse analysis proposed by the French philosopher Michel Pêcheux and it has as the main theme the discussions on the structuration process of the academic discourse which addresses the ...

This text has its main theme the philosophical hermenutics of Hans-Georg Gadamer. The main aim is to investigate the possibility of understanding ethics as the ontological foundation of comprehension, given that the Gadamer’s ...

Integrated solid waste management has its effectiveness linked to planning, efficiency in the execution of public services and the commitment of the population to the participation of the waste management system. In ...

This dissertation aims to think about the Catechetical practice in the Diocese of Caxias do Sul, performed on the guidance of two collections formulated for this practice, relating it to the Catechumenate (guided by the ...

The dredging of Rio Grande/RS Port is considered potentially polluting and generate an increased instability on coastal and marine ecosystems in the region due to the complexity to perform its procedure. On the other hand, ...

This paper intends to study the relations between cuisine, identity and regionality into Serra Gaúcha’s italian immigration region. In a globalized context wich “local cuisines” are still of increasing relevance, it has ...

The subject of sexuality has always been present in hierarchical social structures, it is enough to turn to history to find evidence of the relevance that this subject occupied and still occupies, showing itself as an ...

The pickers of potentially recyclable and reusable materials are present in society for a long time, often living on the fringes of this that does not recognize the important role they play in the sense of environmental ...

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films research has a high academic appeal, is being developed for more than four decades. Nowadays, the industrial needs in their properties, such as high wear resistance and superlow friction ...

This study was conducted at the Coastal Lagoons Project 3, sponsored by Petrobras and developed by researchers at the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), between 2014 and 2016. The study was done by an exploratory research ...