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FRANÇA & Tatiana MARTINEZ graphical design & edition Vanissa WANICK photography Sergio ESPERANCINHA volunteers Thomas HERMANN TABLE OF CONTENTS China’s Central-Local Relations And The Developmental State ........................... 7 Exercise Training As Heart Failure Treatment – Basic Mechanisms Underlying Modulation .................................................................................................................. 10 Stonecrabs Tieta - From The Iconic 800-Page Novel To A Dark Comic Play Using Music, Storytelling And Breaking-Form Theatre ....................................... 12 Porous Degradable Polymer Microspheres For Drug Delivery ........................... 14 Cuidado Integral Às Pessoas Com Doença Falciforme No Brasil E Inglaterra: Potencialidades E Desafios Aos Sistemas De Saúde .......................................... 16 Predicting Virus-Host Interactions Using .............................................................. 18 Evolutionary And Structural Approaches .............................................................. 18 Effects Of Stress On Cognitive Function ............................................................... 20 A Contribution To The Design Of Learning In Massive Open Online Courses . 23 Climate Warming, N-Fertilisation And Above-Ground Biomass Removal Interact To Affect C And N Cycling And Ghg Emissions From Temperate Grassland Soil............................................................................................................ 25 The Influence Of Menstrual Cycle Phase On Flexibility And Jump Performance In Dancers: Interactions With Mtu Structural And Functional Characteristics . 27 Currency Hierarchy And Internationalisation: Determinants And Implications For Monetary Policy In Brazil ................................................................................... 30 Pelé, Romário And Ronaldo: The 2014 Fifa World Cup And The Social Trajectory Of Former Brazilian Football Stars....................................................... 33 Representation And Integration: The Logic Of Regional Parliaments Around The World ................................................................................................................... 38 Vinasse Application And Cessation Of Burning In Sugarcane Management Can Have Positive Impact On Soil Carbon Stocks ....................................................... 41 O Sample Como Enunciação Ideológica No Discurso Da Canção De Periferia 43 Microfossils and how they put fuel in your car ..................................................... 45 New Approaches To Develop Novel Leptospirosis Vaccines ............................. 47 Multilayer Membranes For Intermediate Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells At Low Humidity .............................................................................................. 49 The Geographies Of Academic Conferences On Regional Development In Brazil, 1986-2013 ........................................................................................................ 51 Calvarial osteogenesis at the neural-crest mesoderm interface ........................ 53 A Brazilian Writer In The War: Antonio Callado’s English Years During The Second World War..................................................................................................... 55 Literature Review: The Most Common Metastasis Mechanisms ........................ 57 The untold story of financial exclusion in Brazil: a realist approach to the origins and determinants of financial practices in low income communities. 63 VIII ABEP CONFERENCE | 13rd-14th May 2016 - King’s College London 36 years Associaton of Brazilian Postgraduate Students and Researchers in the United Kingdom 3 Carbon Capture Process Via Adsorption Technology ......................................... 65 Food Waste Valorization: Drivers & Opportunities ............................................... 67 Domination Strategies In Struggles Over Mega-Events’ Development Projects: The Rio De Janeiro And The Johannesburg Cases .............................................. 69 Is Brazil’s Research Up-To-Date? Evolution Of Country Image Studies ........... 71 Rural Geography And Globalization: Building A Theoretical Approach From Brazil In The Contemporary World .......................................................................... 74 Chemical Analysis Of Trace Elements In Yerba Mate .......................................... 76 Towards A Dance Highlighted By Shadow And Darkness .................................. 77 Dançando Com A Própria Sombra .......................................................................... 80 The Natural Threat Of Uranium In Outcrop Rocks: The Case Of São José De Espinharas - Hinterland Of The Porto De Suape/Brazil ........................................ 82 A Feasibility Study Of A Group-Based Model To Deliver Postnatal Care In Socially Disadvantaged Communities .................................................................... 84 Investigating the effects of pharmacological blockade of PPAR-α and PPAR- β/δ on formalin-evoked nociceptive behaviour, fear-conditioned analgesia and conditioned fear in the presence of nociceptive tone in rats. ............................. 87 Addressing Food Security In A Changed Climate By Understanding Wheat Yield Improvement .................................................................................................... 89 Uso Do Discurso Do Sujeito Coletivo Como Ferramenta De Análise Em Pesquisas Acerca Da Psicodinâmica Do Trabalho ............................................... 91 Martim Goncalves – Bridges And Networks Between Brazil And Uk In The Following Ii World War .............................................................................................. 93 Race And Colour Shaping "Otherness": The Voice Of Migrants Black Brazilian Women In The Uk ...................................................................................................... 95 Universal Church and Domestic Violence Services in Brazil: The Fight over ‘Gender’ and Implications for Victims of Violence and Brazilian Secularism ... 97 Exploring bondaries in many-particle quantum systems .................................... 99 Academic Vocabulary: An Analysis Of How Brazilian Students Write Academic English ...................................................................................................................... 101 Evaluation Of Long-Term Function In Animals After Distal Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion ...................................................................................................... 103 Small Farmers And Land Concentration: Perspectives And Law .................... 105 eSports and Olympic Games: situational analysis of Rio 2016 case study .... 108 Sports Mega-events and Tourism Destination Image of Brazil: Foreigners’ Intentions to Attend the 2016 Olympic Games .................................................... 110 Sports Mega-events and Advergames: an analysis of Mario and Sonic in Rio 2016 Olympic Games .............................................................................................. 112 The Understanding Of Critical Thinking Trough’s Construction Under The Use Of Digital Technology Devices: A Theory Proposed By Cybernetics Science 114 VIII ABEP CONFERENCE | 13rd-14th May 2016 - King’s College London 36 years Associaton of Brazilian Postgraduate Students and Researchers in the United Kingdom 4 Ferdinand Rebay’s Chamber Sonatas: Context, Analysis, Performance And Reception.................................................................................................................. 116 Estudo Comparativo De Sais Do Neurotransmissor Tiramina .......................... 118 Vitamin D Supplementation In Brazilian Women Living In Opposite Latitudes (The D-Sol Study) .................................................................................................... 121 Climate And Carbon Cycle Dynamics In The Eocene-Oligocene Boundary Based On Palynological Analyses From Mississippi, Gulf Coast Plain .......... 123 Habitat Use, Environmental Drivers and Connectivity of fishes among nearshore habitats .................................................................................................. 125 Sustainable Epoxy Resins For Maritime Application: Project Overview And Preliminary Results ................................................................................................. 128 Differentially expressed genes in high grade ovarian serous carcinoma of responsive and non-responsive patients to chemotherapy .............................. 131 Interaction Between Cognitive Ability, Energetics And Personality In Hermit Crab ........................................................................................................................... 133 Obesity: Is This Global Epidemic Also Leading To Cancer? ............................ 135 Eural Correlates Of Number Processing In Infants And Children Born Very Preterm ....................................................................................................................