Earth-based repair mortars: experimental analysis with different binders and natural fibers

RESTAPIA 2012 - Int. Conf. on Rammed Earth Conservation, Valencia, 21-23 June 2012

Experimental research on rubble stone masonry walls

HMC08 - 1st Historical Mortars Conference: Characterization, Diagnosis, Conservation, Repair and Compatibility, LNEC, Lisbon, 24-26 September 2008

Análise experimental de argamassas de terra com cais e fibras naturais

4º Congresso de Argamassas e ETICS, Coimbra, 2012 (CD-ROM)

Caracterização experimental do escoamento em torno de vegetação nas margens de rios

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Civil – Perfil Construção

Otimização do sistema experimental para a calibração de acelerómetros-padrão em regime de alta-frequência

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Voting and Peer Effects: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique*

Voter education campaigns often aim to increase voter particpation and political accountability. We follow randomized interventions implemented nationwide during the 2009 Mozambican elections using a free newspaper, leaflets, and text messaging. We investigate whether treatment effects were transmitted through social networks (kinship and chatting) and geographical proximity. For individuals personally targeted by the campaign, we estimate the reinforcement effect of proximity to other targeted individuals. For untargeted individuals, we estimate the diffusion of the campaign depending on a proximity to targeted individuals. We find evidence for both effects, similar across the different treatments and across the different connectedness measures. We observe that the treatments worked through the networks by raising the levels of information and interest about the election, in line with the average treatment effects of voter education on voter participation. We interpret this result as a free riding effect, likely to occur for costly actions

Making sense of the experimental evidence on endogenous timing in duopoly markets

The prediction of asymmetric equilibria with Stackelberg outcomes is clearly the most frequent result in the endogenous timing literature. Several experiments have tried to validate this prediction empirically, but failed to find support for it. By contrast, the experiments find that simultaneous-move outcomes are modal and that behavior in endogenous timing games is quite heterogeneous. This paper generalizes Saloner’s (1987) and Hamilton and Slutsky’s (1990) endogenous timing games by assuming that players are averse to inequality in payoffs. We explore the theoretical implications of inequity aversion and compare them to the empirical evidence. We find that this explanation is able to organize most of the experimental evidence on endogenous timing games. However, inequity aversion is not able to explain delay in Hamilton and Slutsky’s endogenous timing games.

Uncovering the role of IFNAR1 in Experimental Cerebral malaria

Dissertation presented the Ph.D degree in Biology

Paredes de alvenaria ordinária: estudo experimental com modelos simples e reforçados

Dissertação apresentada para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Engenharia Civil na especialidade de Ciências da Construção

Experimental Gravimetric Adsorption Equilibrium of n-Alkanes and Alkenes, Carbon Dioxide and Nitrogen in MIL-53(Al) and Zeolite 5A

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Química e Bioquímica

Inspecção de componentes microfabricados com células bacterianas: simulação, instrumentação e validação experimental

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Mecânica

Experimental high-throughput adsorption unit for multi-evaluation of adsorbents for gas capture, storage and separation applications

Dissertação para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia Química e Bioquímica

Understanding the microbial ecology and ecophysiology of enhanced biological phosphorus removal processes through metabolic modelling and experimental studies

Dissertation to obtain the degree of Master in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

O sonho inventa o caminho: estudo sobre o papel do grupo do teatro experimental de artes na consolidação de uma cultura popular no teatro brasileiro

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo central analisar a influência da ‘Cultura Popular’ nas artes cénicas do Brasil. Conceito que foi amplamente difundido no teatro brasileiro no início da segunda metade do Século XX pelos intelectuais e artistas que compuseram o Movimento de Cultura Popular (MCP) e o Centro Popular de Cultura (CPC), instituições que vislumbraram nas artes cénicas um meio para contribuir como o desenvolvimento social e cultural do indivíduo. No recorte desta investigação evidencia-se a atuação do grupo Teatro Experimental de Artes- coletivo emergente dos fundamentos estabelecidos pelo MCP e CPC- tentando perceber qual a principal função do Teatro Experimental de Artes no teatro brasileiro do Século XX.

Upgrade of an experimental volumetric unit for gas adsorption equilibrium studies

In this work, a volumetric unit previously assembled by the research group was upgraded. This unit revamping was necessary due to the malfunction of the solenoid valves employed in the original experimental setup, which were not sealing the gas properly leading to erroneous adsorption equilibrium measurements. Therefore, the solenoid valves were substituted by manual ball valves. After the volumetric unit improvement its operation was validated. For this purpose, the adsorption equilibrium of carbon dioxide (CO2) at 323K and 0 - 20 bar was measured on two different activated carbon samples, in the of extrudates (ANG6) and of a honeycomb monolith (ACHM). The adsorption equilibrium results were compared with data previously measured by the research group, using a high-pressure microbalance from Rubotherm GmbH (Germany) – gravimetric. The results obtained using both apparatuses are coincident thus validating the good operation of the volumetric unit upgraded in this work. Furthermore, the adsorption equilibrium of CO2 at 303K and 0 - 10 bar on Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Cu-BTC and Fe-BTC was also studied. The CO2 adsorption equilibrium results for both MOFs were compared with the literature results showing good agreement, which confirms the good quality of the experimental results obtained in the new volumetric unit. Cu-BTC sample showed significantly higher CO2 adsorption capacity when compared with the Fe-BTC sample. The revamping of the volumetric unit included a new valve configuration in order to allow testing an alternative method for the measurement of adsorption equilibrium. This new method was employed to measure the adsorption equilibrium of CO2 on ANG6 and ACHM at 303, 323 and 353K within 0-10 bar. The good quality of the obtained experimental data was testified by comparison with data previously obtained by the research group in a gravimetric apparatus.