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DOI: 10.17870/bathspa.12340976.v2
title: Tarrare the Freak Research Programme - 'History of Medicine and The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak'

description: <i>Tarrare the Freak</i> is a project which negotiates a model of puppetry as a practice-based analytic to deepen understanding of ethical and historical issues within the medical humanities. The piece showcased at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry (Tobacco Factory Theatres, September 2015) and Suspense Festival, London (New Diorama Theatre, November 2015), and toured the UK in 2017 including a 3-week run at Wilton’s Music Hall, London.<br><br>This item contains the Research Programme given to audience members at performances of <i>The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak</i> at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry (Tobacco Factory Theatres), 2-3 Sep 2015, and at Suspense Festival, London (New Diorama Theatre), 2-3 Nov 2015.<br><br>Content provided courtesy of Laura Purcell-Gates and Wattle & Daub Theatre. All images used with permission.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305695
title: Characterization Alloys of the Sn-Zn System Produced by Melt Spinning

description: The objective of this work was the conformation of ribbons from Sn3Zn alloy and Sn pure, using the melt-spinning fast cooling technique, in order to investigate the applicability as biomaterial. The ribbons were coated with 1% poly-caprolactone (PCL) and subsequent incorporation of silver nanoparticles (NPAg). In the uncoated ribbon was observing a surface roughness due of agglomerate caused by rapid solidification. In the ribbon coated with PCL and NPAg incorporation, it was observed that these compounds adhered to the ribbon. X-ray diffraction analysis showed no ribbons amorphization. The analysis by differential scanning calorimetry, indicated that the Sn3Zn ribbon had a lower melting temperature (198.1°C) than the Sn ribbon (228.7°C). The microhardness of Sn3Zn ribbon was 13.38 HV and Sn ribbon was 11.00 HV, both for the face without contact with the cooling wheel. In the bioactivity assays, performed in simulated body fluid medium, all samples showed apatites formation after four weeks of testing.
DOI: 10.17870/bathspa.12340976.v1
title: Tarrare the Freak - History of Medicine and 'The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak' Research Programme

description: <i>Tarrare the Freak</i> is a project which negotiates a model of puppetry as a practice-based analytic to deepen understanding of ethical and historical issues within the medical humanities. The piece showcased at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry (Tobacco Factory Theatres, September 2015) and Suspense Festival, London (New Diorama Theatre, November 2015), and toured the UK in 2017 including a 3-week run at Wilton’s Music Hall, London.<br><br>This item contains the Research Programme given to audience members at 2015 premiere of puppet of the performance of <i>The Depraved Appetite of Tarrare the Freak,</i> 25-28 January 2017, Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol.<br><br>Content provided courtesy of Laura Purcell-Gates and Wattle & Daub Theatre. All images used with permission.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305693
title: Evaluation of Microbiological Corrosion of API 5L X80 Steel by Electrochemical Techniques in Produced Water by the Oil Industry

description: Corrosion of pipelines can be significantly affected by the activity of microorganisms present in the environment. The objective of this work was to investigate the influence microbial in the corrosion behavior of API 5L X80 steel in produced water by open circuit potential, polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements. Physical-chemical and microbiological analyzes were performed in the produced water and the tests were conducted in biotic and abiotic systems. The films and corrosion morphology developed in the steel over time were characterized by scanning electron microscopy. The results confirm that the activity of the consortium of microorganisms in the formed biofilm accelerated the dissolution of the iron, causing pitting corrosion in the steel exposed to the biotic system. Through the adjustment of the equivalent electrochemical circuit, the impedance results allowed to interpret the interactions between electrode, film and electrolyte.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305692
title: Thermomechanical Characterization of Superelastic Ni-Ti SMA Helical Extension Springs Manufactured by Investment Casting

description: Shape memory alloy (SMA) helical springs are special mechanical parts that require a previous evaluation of its behavior for application. Therefore, in this paper thermal and mechanical behaviour of superelastic Ni-Ti SMA helical extension springs manufactured by investment casting (IC) are evaluated. Phase transformation temperatures were measured by Electrical Resistance as a function of Temperature (ERT) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). Tensile tests were carried out within strain and temperatures ranges. The pitch angle and stiffness of each spring were determined. Results demonstrated that Ni-Ti SMA helical springs produced by IC presented phase transformation corresponding to the superelastic effect (SE). The reversible deformations under tensile test were of the order of 70%. The mechanical behavior as function of temperature revealed a linear relationship between maximum force and spring temperature.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305691
title: Cost-Effective Thin n-type Silicon Solar Cells with Rear Emitter

description: Abstract The silicon solar cells achieved relatively low prices in the last years and to introduce a new structure in the PV industry, the amount of silicon per watt has to be reduced, requiring a cost-effective manufacturing process. The use of n-type solar grade silicon has the advantages of presenting higher minority carrier lifetime than p-type one and the absence of the boron-oxygen defects. The aim of this paper is to present the development of 100 μm thick n+np+ silicon solar cells with a selective p+ rear emitter formed by boron deposited by spin-on and an Al/Ag grid deposited by screen-printing. The firing temperature of Ag/Al (rear face) e Ag (front face) was optimized and the temperature of 840 °C produced the devices with higher efficiency. The solar cells presented efficiencies of 16%, achieving a low silicon consumption of 1.6 g/W, 40% lower than thick p-type devices produced by the same process.
DOI: 10.17870/bathspa.12341000
title: Tarrare the Freak - 'Performing the Freak' - Public Engagement Programme

description: <i>Tarrare the Freak</i> is a project which negotiates a model of puppetry as a practice-based analytic to deepen understanding of ethical and historical issues within the medical humanities. The piece showcased at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry (Tobacco Factory Theatres, September 2015) and Suspense Festival, London (New Diorama Theatre, November 2015), and toured the UK in 2017 including a 3-week run at Wilton’s Music Hall, London.<br><br>This item contains a source of contextualising material in the form of a programme which supported the public engagement events called 'Performing the Freak', which brought together the show’s creators with medical and medical humanities professionals and disability and monstrosity scholars to explore key themes of the show for a public audience.<br>Materials created by Laura Purcell-Gates and used with permission.
DOI: 10.17870/bathspa.12341000.v1
title: Tarrare the Freak - 'Performing the Freak' - Public Engagement Programme

description: <i>Tarrare the Freak</i> is a project which negotiates a model of puppetry as a practice-based analytic to deepen understanding of ethical and historical issues within the medical humanities. The piece showcased at the Bristol Festival of Puppetry (Tobacco Factory Theatres, September 2015) and Suspense Festival, London (New Diorama Theatre, November 2015), and toured the UK in 2017 including a 3-week run at Wilton’s Music Hall, London.<br><br>This item contains a source of contextualising material in the form of a programme which supported the public engagement events called 'Performing the Freak', which brought together the show’s creators with medical and medical humanities professionals and disability and monstrosity scholars to explore key themes of the show for a public audience.<br>Materials created by Laura Purcell-Gates and used with permission.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305686
title: INFORMALITY AND SEGMENTATION OF THE BRAZILIAN LABOR MARKET IN THE 2000s: A QUANTILE DECOMPOSITION OF EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS

description: ABSTRACT This paper decomposes the changes in the earnings differentials between formal and informal labor over the last decade in Brazil, between composition and segmentation effects, separately by gender. We use microdata from the Demographic Census of 2000 and 2010 and follow Machado and Mata’s (2010) method to decompose the changes along the earnings distribution with correction for sample selection. For women and men, the segmentation effect contributed to increase the earnings advantage to formal labor at the bottom of the earnings distribution, while the composition effect contributed by decreasing these differentials along the earnings distribution, but this effect is higher at the top than the bottom of the distribution. However, there are important differences by gender in the level and variation of these components over the period and along the earnings distribution. Inequality level is higher among women than among men, and the segmentation effect is more severe for female informal labor at the bottom of the distribution. On the other hand, the reduction in the composition effect along the earnings distribution was higher among women than among men, resulting in a decrease of the total differential, from the 30th quantil, higher for the female labor, although this differential remains lower for the male labor.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305683
title: Biopsychosocial factors associated to self-percepted sleep function in Brazilian elderly people: analysis of a national survey

description: ABSTRACT: Background: Sleep is a dimension of well-being and health. Non-restful sleep is related to health dysfunctions, especially in vulnerable populations, considering that related factors change contextually. Thus, the objective of the present study was to measure the magnitude of the reduction in sleep restorative function (SRF) and related biopsychosocial factors in Brazilian elderly. Method: Secondary data from the 2013 National Health Survey of cross-sectional design were analyzed. The sample consisted of individuals as from 60 years old. The outcome considered was the prevalence of reduced self-perceived sleep restorative function (SRF). Health and sleep characteristics, emotional behavior, lifestyle, social support, and urbanization were all investigated. The association with outcome was measured with the prevalence ratio (PR) and estimated with Cox regression, assuming α ≤ 0.05. Results: SRF was reduced by 29.2% (95%CI 27.2 - 30.6%). It is related to depression (PR = 3.37; 95%CI 2.87 - 3.97), insomnia/sleepiness (PR = 2.45; 95%CI 2.14 - 2.79); behavioral oscillation (PR = 1.75; 95%CI 1.53 - 1.99), negative health perception (PR = 1.50; 95%CI 1.23 - 1.82), computer and internet (PR = 1.44; 95%CI 1.01 - 2.07) and functional difficulty (PR = 1.13; 95%CI 1.01 - 1.27). Living in urban areas (PR = 1.32; 95%CI 1.14 - 1.52) and having a chronic condition (PR = 1.58; 95%CI 1.11 - 2.40) were only associated to the worst situation of reduced SRF. Conclusion: The reduction in SRF affects one third of the elderly in Brazil and is closely related to biopsychosocial factors, requiring intersectoral public health promotion approaches.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305681
title: Minsky on money, the survival constraint and the current hierarchy of the globalized monetary system

description: Abstract Hyman Minsky is well-known for his contributions to the theory of financial instability. He proposes that crises in the capitalist system have an endogenous origin since companies and banks adopt increasingly speculative behavior, the longer a period of economic stability lasts. However, other original and relevant concepts developed by Minsky, such as the ‘survival constraint’, are not as widely discussed in the literature. This study intends to cover this gap, presenting and discussing the relevance of the survival constraint to the theory of money and to the understanding of the hierarchy adopted by the globalized monetary system, after the 2008 crisis.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305680
title: Geopolitics and monetary diplomacy: the global dollar system of taxation and the international economy’s de-dollarization initiatives

description: Abstract In the international context of intensifying rivalries among great powers, the international monetary system, based on the dollar and globalized in the post-Cold War era, has been questioned and tackled. The aim of this paper is to analyze: the origins and how this system works; the US monetary and financial power, expressed by the US’s huge funding and spending capacity; and the most recent reactions from other countries in order to de-dollarize the international economy. It is concluded that the United States has built a system of global taxation based on the dollar; in addition, some recent initiatives of de-dollarization have attacked the bases of US monetary diplomacy since the Second World War.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305678
title: Region and industry in Brazil: is “concentrated deconcentration” still evident?

description: Abstract This article provides an analysis of the rearrangements of the industrial sector across the territory in the 1996-2015 period. Recent data have confirmed that regional concentration of industrial activities faced decline. Meanwhile, the following concerns should be considered: a) there is an undeniable loss in importance of the industrial sector in the Brazilian economy; b) industrial restructuring has been centered on natural resource and labor-intensive industrial activities, where productivity levels are very low; and c) industrial activities are, despite the recent deconcentration, spatially concentrated in relevant industrial agglomerations located in the South and Southeast.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305675
title: Varieties of state interventionism in financial policy in the aftermath of the 2008 global crisis

description: Abstract Thanks to lessons learned and reforms implemented after the financial crises of the late 1990s, most emerging market economies proved relatively resilient to the 2008 global crisis. Yet to cope with the turbulence that ensued, several interventions by monetary authorities in foreign exchange and capital markets were carried out. The literature on Latin American financial systems and central bank reform tends to emphasize international actors and pressures as key determinants of policy change. In contrast, this paper raises the hypothesis that domestic concerns were the main drivers of financial policymaking after the 2008 crisis even in countries with different institutional arrangements and macroeconomic trajectories such as Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. Through a comparative case study analysis, it is concluded that indeed the three countries’ approaches to exchange markets and capital controls contradicted international perceptions and even the IMF’s stance on foreign exchange policies and the management of capital flows. By pursuing more autonomy and responding to domestic priorities, each of the three countries adopted different policy measures.
DOI: 10.21227/524a-fv77
title: AgriEBV-autumn

description: A new generation of computer vision, namely event-based or neuromorphic vision, provides a new paradigm for capturing visual data and the way such data is processed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305674
title: Is Brazil desindustrializing? A study of the classical approach and alternative analyses between 1998 and 2014

description: Abstract There is great controversy in the Brazilian economic literature regarding the hypothesis of Brazilian deindustrialization. The different diagnoses are due to the different definitions of the process and the analysis criteria. The present study will address the theme both from the classical definition used in the seminal work of Rowthorn and Wells (1987) and according to three alternative concepts: i) premature deindustrialization; ii) the "Cambridge vision" and iii) structural change within the manufacturing industry. The results show that Brazilian deindustrialization is more intense when analyzed considering the alternative approaches, since this process occurs at a lower level of aggregate productivity than the deindustrialization in advanced countries, the productive structure of the manufacturing sector is increasing its participation in low productivity sectors and has presented a deficit trade balance since 2008.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305671
title: Caixa, BB and the BNDES - An analysis of balance sheet evolution

description: Abstract The purpose of this article is to evaluate the strategies of Caixa Econômica Federal, Banco do Brasil and the BNDES, by analyzing the development of their equity positions, between 2000 and 2015. The article uses data collected by the Brazilian Central Bank- in particular the series of Balancetes, which are more detailed than those usually discussed in studies on the subject - as well as in their respective management reports. It is believed that the analysis of the equity positions of these three institutions, in greater detail, contributes to clarifying their different performance patterns. The article is organized into four sections, in addition to the introduction and conclusion. In the first section, we discuss the dynamics of credit operations of federal State-owned banks, identifying distinct phases and highlighting their countercyclical role in the heyday of the international financial crisis. In the following sections, the active and passive positions of the three institutions are analyzed individually. Focus is given to the strategies for asset allocation and performance in the various credit market niches, as well as the sources of funding, mainly public, used to support the expansion observed in their credit operations. The study identifies the centrality of the diversification strategies of the three institutions in the credit market. They have remained secure in their respective niches, accompanied by diversification in the origins of their funding.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305669
title: The marginalist interpretation of conspicuous consumption: inconsistencies and limitations of the neoclassical synthesis of the theory of the leisure class

description: Abstract The theory of conspicuous consumption is an element of the Veblenian theoretical construction originally elaborated in his first book The Theory of the Leisure Class. The term is understood as the level of consumption (especially) of the leisure class used as a status symbol, a demonstration of individual prestige and social distinction. Thus, it presents an important cultural component, in which preferences are formed endogenously, emulated by the other classes, and thus become a socialized behavior. By the middle of the twentieth century, this general idea that richer classes seek to demonstrate wealth through consumption of luxury goods has been absorbed by conventional microeconomics. The purpose of this article is to examine the general characteristics of the Veblenian concept and to demonstrate the inconsistencies and limitations of its “neoclassization”. It is concluded that this neoclassical interpretation resulted in certain abstractions that justified the institutionalist author’s original proposal.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305666
title: Density, distance, division and global production networks: the case of Brazil’s oil and gas sector

description: Abstract In addition to fostering increased trade between countries, globalization has significantly changed economic processes by enabling companies to divide production and marketing chains into various segments, which have spread throughout the world. Therefore, organizationally fragmented and spatially dispersed global production networks (GPNs) have become a new structure that is increasingly driving the world economy. Based on the concepts of density, distance and division, which are deemed by the World Bank’s World Development Report 2009 as determining factors of forging regional development, this article aims to analyze the way in which Brazil’s oil and gas sector has connected to GPNs, the conditions that benefit as well as hinder these connections and the implications of this for regional development.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305665
title: Export capacity: evidence for Brazilian companies

description: Abstract The aim of this essay is to verify if the innovation of Brazilian businesses has a positive impact on the probability of exporting and the intensity of exportation. The sample is made up of information from the crossover of PIA and PINTEC (Research of Technological Innovation), both from IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), with the SECEX/MDIC records of foreign trade, for the years 2003, 2005 and 2008. The Probit, Bivariate Probit and Ordered Probit models were estimated. The results reveal that innovation has a positive influence on the propensity to export, especially when the lagging innovation variables are inserted into the model. However, the coefficients associated with the impact of innovation on the intensity of exportation were negative and statistically significant.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14305663
title: Growth of black pepper plantlets under different substrates and irrigation levels

description: ABSTRACT Optimization of the use of water and the possibility of using residues as substrate in the black pepper production chain can yield economic and environmental benefits. The objective of this study was to evaluate the biometric and physiological traits of black pepper plantlets (Piper nigrum L.), cv. Bragantina, at different irrigation levels and soilless substrates. Plantlets were grown for 120 days on three substrates [biosolid + crushed coconut fiber (3:1, by volume); biosolid + granitic rock powder (3:1, by volume); and biosolid + crushed coconut fiber + granitic rock powder (2:1:1, by volume)] and at five irrigation levels [36 % (very low); 55 % (low); 85 % (moderate); 100 % (well-irrigated); and 126 % of the reference irrigation level (over-irrigated)]. The biometric traits evaluated increased as the irrigation levels increased, with the exception of root dry mass, which was not influenced by this factor, nor water use efficiency, which decreased as the irrigation levels increased. In general, plants grown with a mixture of the three wastes (biosolid + crushed coconut fiber + granitic rock powder) exhibited higher values for biometric variables and chlorophyll content when they were moderately, well or over-irrigated, in comparison with the other two substrates. It was possible to achieve the plantlet commercial standard using this three waste mixture and the moderate irrigation level.