Introduction: Camarajipe River belongs to one of the most polluted watersheds in Salvador, having been degraded due to the lack of sanitation and the illegal discharge of contaminated effluents. These metropolitan rivers are often populated by multidrug-resistant microorganisms. Microbial resistance is a growing concern for public health, especially in densely populated urban areas where antibiotic contamination can promote the emergence of multidrug-resistant strains. This dissertation explo...
This dissertation investigates the role of literature in the construction of memory as a form of resistance to trauma, through the character Pedro Naves in the novel No Fundo do Oceano, Os Animais Invisíveis, by Anita Deak (2020). To this end, a discussion is built on literary language and its proximity to the language of the unconscious, in an effort to interpret the signs and metaphors constructed throughout the novel's narrative. The first part undertakes a more detailed reading on th...
This dissertation analyzes the rise of the far right in Brazil between 2016 and 2018, articulating the crisis of hegemony, the reconfiguration of the political field, and the role of digital social networks in shaping new forms of consensus. Drawing on Gramscian concepts of hegemony and counter-hegemony, it examines how the Brazilian New Right was structured in the context of crisis, employing social media pages as Private Apparatuses of Hegemony (APH), in dialogue with the traditio...
The present dissertation seeks to analyze the ideas of Alberto Pasqualini (1903–1960), politician, intellectual, and the main representative of labourism in Brazil, as well as the trajectory of labourist thought between 1954 and 1964. As the main ideologue of the Brazilian Labor Party (PTB) and known for articulating various theoretical influences, Pasqualini was responsible for the programmatic formulation that guided PTB’s political action during the Liberal Republic period (1945–1964), inf...
This dissertation aims to analyze the relationship between the precariousness of labor and the mental illness of nursing professionals. Initially, it presents concepts such as the centrality of work as a fundamental category in the transformation of the human being into a social being, as well as the distortion of work under the capitalist mode of production. It then situates the theoretical debate on work and subjectivity within the neoliberal context, investigating how neoliberalism produce...
The design of architectural envelopes with double curvature presents significant challenges related to constructability analysis. Although several studies address the generation, fabrication, and assembly of such forms, a gap remains in understanding how geometric characteristics impact the constructability of architectural envelopes. This research develops a method for investigating the constructability of architectural envelopes with complex surfaces during the design phase, considering geo...
This dissertation, developed within the Professional Master's Program in Health Psychology (IMS-UFBA/CAT), aimed to evaluate the quality and operating conditions of the Hospital Psychology Service of a general hospital in the interior of Bahia, using Donabedian's triad (structure, process, and outcome) as a reference. The study adopted a qualitative approach and utilized triangulation of methods and sources—interviews with psychologists, managers, and users, participant observation, and docum...
The study, conducted through a legal-dogmatic investigation, aims to analyze how the objective imputation theory has been addressed in Brazilian jurisprudence, with particular emphasis on the scenarios of self-endangerment and consented hetero-endangerment. Initially, the research presents the theoretical foundations of objective imputation, contextualizing its scope of discussion, historical roots and guiding principles, in addition to arguing for the theory’s compatibility with Brazili...
This study proposes a didactic sequence for teaching fractions aimed at upper elementary school students, based on possible real-life experiences they may have encountered. The goal is to make this mathematical content more relatable by connecting it to their daily lives. The shared experience was conducted with 43 sixth-grade students from two classes at Colégio Estadual Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Salvador, Bahia. The activity used fractional measurements from a culinary recipe to explore th...
High school dropout and low student engagement are central challenges for reducing educational inequalities in Brazil. In this context, the Federal Government launched the Pé-de-Meia Program in 2024 as a financial-educational incentive aimed at promoting school retention and academic progression among low-income students. This study aims to assess the causal effect of the program on indicators of school attendance, engagement, and subjective well-being among students in Brazil’s pub...
This dissertation investigates the impact of the brazilian instant payment system, pix, on household consumption across brazilian states. The main objective is to assess whether the adoption of pix has contributed to increasing household spending and promoting financial inclusion. The relevance of the study lies in establishing a connection between the introduction of pix and consumption dynamics, contributing to an emerging academic literature, particularly at the graduate level. T...
This thesis aims to analyze the characteristics and regulation of paid domestic work in Brazil, based on labor market indicators, historical and institutional factors, and the perceptions of union representation in Bahia, focusing on the years 2001 to 2021. This initial focus acknowledges the importance of the period prior to the enactment of Constitutional Amendment nº 72/2013, known as the Domestic Workers PEC, and, in subsequent phases, after the constitutional approval of Complementary La...
This research investigates the trajectory of the Popular Culture Center (CPC) of Bahia, active from 1962 to 1964, focusing on its cultural activities and social impact. The study primarily uses oral testimonies from its members, due to the destruction of documents during the military coup of 1964, which abruptly ended the movement and resulted in the loss of records, including those that were discarded for fear of reprisals. Emerging during a period of cultural and political effervescence in ...
Esta investigación-creación, de carácter teórico, práctico y autobiográfico, investiga mujeres en escena, experimentando el placer como metodología, con el fin de posibilitar la creación de una dramaturgia autoficcional. El primer enfoque de esta investigación es el cuerpo, y para anclar en el cuerpo la noción de placer femenino, potencial transgresor, se convoca la figura de la Pombagira de las umbandas y candomblés brasileños, entendida como una especie de “mitodología”, en el sentido ...
Assessment for Learning is the subject of this Course Completion Project, focusing on the Education of Young People, Adults and the Elderly (EPJAI), looking at the assessment practices developed in a school in the city of Candeias/BA, from a Freirean perspective. Therefore, the general objective of this work was to analyze whether the Assessment for Learning practices developed in the Education of Young People, Adults and the Elderly (EPJAI) in this public municipal school in Candeias-BA, dia...
This thesis focuses on the Guarani M'bya Indigenous people of the southernmost part of the city of São Paulo and their chosen educational practices. The research discusses how formal education has historically sought to assimilate or modify Indigenous identities, often to the detriment of their ancestral practices and knowledge. However, the text reveals a contemporary dilemma within the community, where some Indigenous people see school as a tool for maintaining their existence as a people, ...
This research project investigates student dropout in undergraduate programs at IFES Campus Aracruz, analyzing its determinants and proposing educational interventions. The general objective was to analyze dropout rates in the Campus’s undergraduate courses, identify the main factors influencing this phenomenon, describe the profile of dropouts based on socioeconomic and academic variables, examine dropout rates by cohort between 2019 and 2022 using data from the Nilo Peçanha Platform (PNP), ...
This thesis contributes with the studies that focus on passion's value to the understanding on the learning process. It is intended to examine passion influence on such process in an empiric context that was identified as being rich of learnings based on passion. This is the Projeto Chapada, a project coordinated by the Instituto Chapada de Educação e Pesquisa (ICEP), which is a civil society of public interest with the mission of enhancing basic and formal education through support, ca...
