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Back-formed compound words
(2020-05-20)
Back-formation and compounding constitute two morphological processes of word-formation that, on the one hand, can coalesce, and on the other hand, can collide. The central aim of this paper is to explain back-formation ...
Explaining the uses of ser and estar: A didactic proposal for English learners of Spanish
(2020-05-20)
The distinction between ser and estar is one of the most difficult aspects of Spanish grammar for English learners of Spanish. There are many authors from different backgrounds that have dealt with this topic aiming to ...
The Use of Songs: An Alternative for Teaching English as a Foreign Language to Adolescents
(2020-05-25)
Songs are widely used to teach language due to the large number of advantages they have for students, beyond the mere linguistic scope. This paper aims at presenting the main benefits the use of songs provides for English ...
Quantum interference effects due to spin fields in mesoscopic rings
(2020-01-16)
[EN] In this work we study the problem of quantum interference effects in mesoscopic rings due to spin fields. This system is interesting because of the multiple experiments carried out in semiconductor heterostructures ...
Algoritmos cuánticos y Quantum Ant Colony Optimization
(2020-12-15)
[EN] I propose an improved algorithm that can be implemented on a real quantum computer with a new guided exploration strategy. The benchmarks made by simulating the quantum circuit shows that the time to solve a problem ...
Carbon Isotope exchange in late stage One-Pot Carbonylative Sonogashira reactions
(2021-02-26)
Carbonylative cross coupling reactions are of high interest in many organic chemistry syntheses, because they cover numerous organic transformations. A huge number of publications have been done in the last years with ...
Reclaiming the theories and practices of Southern feminisms: a comparative anallysis of communitarian and decolonial feminism
(2021-06-28)
[EN] The objective of this paper is to analyze the main substantial and theoretical differences and
similarities between decolonial feminism and communitarian feminism. Taking into account
the purpose of this research, ...
BCI system for motor imagery classification using convolutional neural networks
(2021-10-08)
The following project aims to analyze the ability of Convolutional Neural Networks(CNNs) to discriminate raw Electroencephalographic (EEG) signals for Brain-computer interfaces (BCI), in order to develop a solid and reliable ...
Anxiety in foreign language learning: proficiency and gender under scrutiny
(2020-05-20)
Second language learning anxiety has been the most widely studied emotion in SLA (second language acquisition), it is said to be one of the most disputed and complex concepts, as there are various internal and external ...
Corrective feedback in english as a foreign language: a literature review
(2020-11-18)
Over the last few decades, corrective feedback has been a major area of interest within
the language acquisition field. In particular, its role has been subject of controversy due
to its questionable effectiveness. To ...