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The focus of this thesis is to revise, summarize and analyze the political aspects of Cuba in Antes que anochezca and Viaje a La Habana by the Cuban poet/writer, Reinaldo Arenas, who upon being declared a dissident due to his counter revolutionary ideas and his sexual orientation, suffered oppression, persecution and, finally, exile from Cuba when he, much against his will, travelled to the United

A critical edition of queen Christina's of Sweden (1626 - 1689) autobiography, written in Rome 1681. This text exists in several variants, the variant here edited is a hitherto not so well known variant and contains several very interesting statements of the queen, for example concerning her contempt for women and feminine behaviour.

The present thesis focuses on how Edouard Glissant uses othering as a tool while constructing an Antillean identity in two of his works, La Lézarde and La case du commandeur. The proposed identity is more suitable for the confusing reality lived by the Antillean people, consisting of the intertwining of a French culture on the one hand and a creole and African culture on the other. The analysis is

Extrusion is used to produce crunchy expanded foods, such as snacks. The nutritional impact of this process has not been studied sufficiently. In this study, in vitro and in vivo protein and starch bioavailability was evaluated in both raw and extruded corn (Zea mays)(C) and lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus)(B) flour blends, prepared in 75C/25B and 50C/50B (p/p) proportions. These were processed with

Cereals are a fundamental part of the world diet; therefore, their adaptation in different environments due to climate change should be achieved. Studying the modifications that may occur during plant development is essential, as well as in the quality of the harvested product. Thus the objective of this research is to analyze the effect of water stress on development, growth, production, and agro

Abstract in French Ce volume de PERLES est consacré à une comparaison de l’acquisition et de la production de la morphologie flexionnelle à travers de différents corpus.

Abstract in frenchAvec la Vie de Saint Louis, datée de 1309, Jean de Joinville a légué à la postérité un texte hybride qui n’accepte aucune classification définitive. Son « je » est le tout premier de la littérature française, et pour les historiens, l’intérêt de son récit, réside en la description de la Septième croisade. L’objectif de ce mémoire est de considérer, sous l’angle de l’écriture de l