Food

“Effects of irradiation on the composition and functional properties of soybeans” (PhD). Candidate: Aparecida Sônia de Souza. Advisor: professor Flávia Maria Netto. The 19th, at 14 pm, in the FEA main hall.

“Effects of gamma radiation on ß-lactoglobulin: structural modifications and aggregation” (PhD). Candidate: Lucía del Carmen de la Hoz Urrejola. Advisor: professor Flávia Maria Netto. 17th, at 9 am, at FEA.

Biology

“Male reproductive parameters and fertility of adult rats exposed to the insecticide fenvalerate” (PhD). Candidate: Arielle Cristina Arena. Advisor: professor Wilma De Grava Kempinas. Day 11, at 9 am, in the IB thesis defense room.

“Development and application of a new thermodynamic treatment for liquid phase systems” (PhD). Candidate: José Ailton Conceição Bispo. Advisor: professor Carlos Francisco Sampaio Bonafé. On the 16th, at 14 pm, in the IB thesis defense room.

“Leguminosae in the residual annatto plateau, western Pantanal of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: inventory, taxonomy and floristic similarity” (PhD). Candidate: Rosilene Rodrigues Silva. Advisor: professor Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi. Day 17, at 13:30 pm, in the IB thesis defense room.

Language

“Analysis of notes from other contexts in the translations and dissemination of Jacques Derrida’s writing between 1968 and 1986” (master’s degree). Candidate: Júlio César Gonçalves. Advisor: professor Paulo Roberto Ottoni. On the 20th, at 10 am, in the IEL thesis defense room.

Mechanical Engineering

“An assessment of investments by Brazilian electricity companies in technological research and development programs and energy efficiency in the cycles between 2002-2004” (master’s degree). Candidate: Herivelto Tiago Marcondes dos Santos. Advisor: professor Gilberto de Martino Jannuzzi. Day 10, at 14:30 pm, in FEM’s ID-2 auditorium.

Dentistry

“Prospective study of the immunological response of Brazilian children highly exposed to Streptococcus mutans: influence of the specificity of the immune response on infection” (PhD). Candidate: Ruchele Dias Nogueira. Advisor: professor Renata de Oliveira Mattos-Graner. 11th, at 14 pm, at FOP.

Chemistry

“An alternative interpretation for the systematic analysis of cations” (PhD). Candidate: Josivânia Marisa Dantas. Advisor: professor Pedro Faria dos Santos Filho. 10th, at 14pm, in the IQ mini-auditorium.