O processo de institucionalização das medicinas alternativas e complementares. O caso da acupunctura em Portugal

Tese apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Doutor em Sociologia, Especialidadede Sociologia do Desenvolvimento e da Mudança Social

In-situ X-ray diffraction studies during growth of Ni-Ti shape memory alloy films and their complementary ex-situ characterization

Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Ni-Ti films have attracted much interest as functional and smart materials due to their unique properties. However, there are still important issues unresolved like formation of film texture and its control as well as substrate effects. Thus, the main challenge is not only the control of the microstructure, including stoichiometry and precipitates, but also the identification and control of the preferential orientation since it is a crucial factor in determining the shape memory behaviour. The aim of this PhD thesis is to study the optimisation of the deposition conditions of films of Ni-Ti in order to obtain the material fully crystallized at the end of the deposition, and to establish a clear relationship between the substrates and texture development. In order to achieve this objective, a two-magnetron sputter deposition chamber has been used allowing to heat and to apply a bias voltage to the substrate. It can be mounted into the six-circle diffractometer of the Rossendorf Beamline (ROBL) at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France, enabling an in-situ characterization by X-ray diffraction(XRD) of the films during their growth and annealing. The in-situ studies enable us to identify the different steps of the structural evolution during deposition with a set of parameters as well as to evaluate the effect of changing parameters on the structural characteristics of the deposited film. Besides the in-situ studies, other complementary ex-situ characterization techniques such as XRD at a laboratory source, Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy(RBS), Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (X-TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and electrical resistivity (ER) measurements during temperature cycling have been used for a fine structural characterization. In this study, mainly naturally and thermally oxidized Si(100) substrates, TiN buffer layers with different thicknesses (i.e. the TiN topmost layer crystallographic orientation is thickness dependent) and MgO(100) single crystals were used as substrates. The chosen experimental procedure led to a controlled composition and preferential orientation of the films. The type of substrate plays an important role for the texture of the sputtered Ni-Ti films and according to the ER results, the distinct crystallographic orientations of the Ni-Ti films influence their phase transformation characteristics.

Influence of constraining and confinement in the molecular mobility of low molecular weight materials

Dissertation presented to obtain a Ph.D. Degree in Chemical Physics

Matrizes energética e de emissões de gases com efeito de estufa no Concelho de Torres Vedras: agir localmente num problema global

Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Engenharia do Ambiente, perfil de Gestão de Sistemas Ambientais

The origin and spread of the war chariot

Dissertação apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em História - Civilizações do Médio Oriente e Ásia Antiga

Sistema de apoio à navegação baseado em automatic identification system

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Electrotécnica e Computadores

Columbano no seu Tempo (1857-1929)

Tese apresentada para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Doutor em História da Arte Contemporânea (Séculos XIX-XX)

Spatial and temporal analysis of recent drought using vegetation temperature condition index: case of Somali regional state of Ethiopia

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies.

What do people do at work when they are not working?

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Redes Energéticas Nacionais: Utilities: Equity Investment Report

A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Finance from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics

Estabilização de vídeos com base em descritores H.264

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores

Contribuição para o estudo do despacho técnico-económico no sistema electroprodutor em Moçambique

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Mestre em Energias Renováveis – Conversão Eléctrica e Utilização Sustentáveis

Estratégias de monitorização e automação de um SMB combinando simulação dinâmica em gProms e optimização em AMPL

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

O Grupo do Leão de Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro

Revista do IHA, N.5 (2008), pp.152-167

Contributo da educação ambiental/EDS para a construção da cidadania no currículo 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico

Dissertação para obtenção do Grau de Doutor em Ciências da Educação, Especialidade Educação, Sociedade e Desenvolvimento