1. WOMAN IN CHEMISTRY. JANE MARCET, A RELEVANT FIGURE IN CHEMISTRY EDUCATION

A historiographical study of Jane Marcet’s role in spreading chemistry knowledge to a wider audience in the 19th century is presented here. Her efforts to spread scientific knowledge were crucial to sharing the most important theories of chemistry among different audiences, particularly women and young people. Through her book, “Conversations on Chemistr

Quím. Nova. Publicado em: 2015-12

2. Open Source Philosophy and the Dawn of Aviation

Abstract: In the early 20th century, Aviation pioneers in North America and Europe experienced quite different working ambiences. The Europeans, except for those living in England, embodied the spirit of the French Revolution; the Ameri-cans incorporated the ideas from the Industrial Revolution or, according to many historians, the English Revolution. Due to

J. Aerosp. Technol. Manag.. Publicado em: 2012-09

3. No man is an island: John Donne e a poética da agudeza na Inglaterra no século XVII / No man is an island: John Donne and the poetics of wit in England in the early 17th century

This Ph.D. thesis examines the poetry of John Donne (1572-1631) in the light of the representative practices in the learned circles of 17th century courts. Presuming that there was an effective presence of a rhetorical institution at that time, which conditioned poetical production, I have adopted a critical methodology that displaces the classificatory limi

Publicado em: 2008

4. Tempos difíceis na Inglaterra: forma literária e representação social em Hard Timesde Charles Dickens / Hard times in England: literary form social representation in Hard Timesby Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens é um autor cujos méritos literários são, muitas vezes, obscurecidos por sua enorme popularidade, sendo seus livros relegados por muitos à categoria de mero entretenimento. O propósito deste trabalho é analisar na forma do romance como - apesar de temas e estilo que se apresentam como populares - o texto de Hard Times pode revelar um in

Publicado em: 2007

5. África in the Richard Francis Burton´s discurs: an analysis of his representations constructions / A África presente no discurso de Richard Francis Burton: uma análise da construção de suas representações

This thesis tries to analyze the representations of Richard Francis Burton in West Africa, during his consulship at the Fight of Biafra in the years between 1861-1865. To make it, we have reconstructed the historical context of the British relations with the region along the 19th century, as well as the history of the regions described by Burton in his texts

Publicado em: 2006

6. Rapid shoreward encroachment of salt marsh cordgrass in response to accelerated sea-level rise

The distribution of New England salt marsh communities is intrinsically linked to the magnitude, frequency, and duration of tidal inundation. Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) exclusively inhabits the frequently flooded lower elevations, whereas a mosaic of marsh hay (Spartina patens), spike grass (Distichlis spicata), and black rush (Juncus gerardi) t

The National Academy of Sciences.

7. Crystal structure of a benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide adduct in a ternary complex with a DNA polymerase

The first occupation-associated cancers to be recognized were the sooty warts (cancers of the scrotum) suffered by chimney sweeps in 18th century England. In the 19th century, high incidences of skin cancers were noted among fuel industry workers. By the early 20th century, malignant skin tumors were produced in laboratory animals by repeatedly painting them

National Academy of Sciences.

8. Syphilis in art: an entertainment in four parts. Part 1.

It is widely recognised that the history of art reveals the contemporary attitudes of societies and artists to changing patterns of social and sexual behaviour. This collection of artistic creations shows that representations of syphilis in art, over more than five centuries, are consistent with this view. The first quarter century of the morbus gallicus in

9. Spoligotype Diversity of Mycobacterium bovis Strains Isolated in France from 1979 to 2000

The molecular fingerprints of 1,349 isolates of Mycobacterium bovis received between 1979 and August 2000 at Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (Afssa) have been obtained by spoligotyping. The majority of the isolates (1,266) were obtained from cattle living in France. An apparently high level of heterogeneity was observed between isolate

American Society for Microbiology.