Power electronic devices play an important role in energy conversion. Among the options, matrix converters, combination with predictive control, represent a good alternative for power conversion stage. Although several reviews have been undertaken on this topic, they conducted non-systematic manner, without indicating how studies considered were chosen. This paper presents results from systemat...

Distance learning has assumed a relevant role in the educational scenario. The use of Virtual Learning Environments contributes to obtaining substantial amount data. In this sense, analyzed data generate knowledge used by institutions assist managers and professors strategic planning teaching. discovery students’ behaviors enables wide variety intelligent services for assisting process. This ar...

The field of Applied Literature is concerned with the practical usages of literature, including the potentials of literature to empower and transform individuals. Jungian criticism, with its suggestions of the possibility of individuation and self-actualization in individuals, has been an important source for scholars in the field of Applied Literature for healing. Still, the traditional Jungia...

Green logistics (GL) is gaining increasing attention among academic researchers and industrial practitioners, due to the escalating deterioration of the environment. Various green activities and operations aiming at improving the performance of GL have been applied synthetically, and most of the activities can be modeled as combinatorial optimization (CO) problems. Exact approaches tend to be i...

The analysis of medical records is a major challenge, considering they are generally presented in plain text, have a very specific technical vocabulary and are nearly always unstructured. It is an interdisciplinary work that requires knowledge from several fields. The analysis may have several goals, such as assistance on clinical decision, classification of medical procedures, and to support h...