Cities with coastal characteristics bring together a set of natural and cultural activities that attract tourists. Therefore, knowing tourism demand in these destinations is crucial to improve visitors’ experience. The ...

The phenomenon of financial globalization has contributed both to the intensification of trade relations between countries, as well as facilitated international portfolio diversification through technological innovations ...

One of the main tasks in robotics today, is to bring robots closer to humans in everyday situations. This requires the robot to understand how its environment (objects, people, conditions) behaves. One method that tries ...

Competent assistant robots need to understand their environment to be able to perform skilled manipulation tasks. One way of achieving it is to have knowledge about the physical behaviour of objects and how they respond ...

This study is part of the Literature, Comparatism and Social Criticism Research Line, of the Post-graduation Program in Language, at Federal University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The purpose of the research ...