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Wet oxidation processes for water pollution remediation
The main objective of this work was to test the efficiency of wet oxidation processes when treating several types of aqueous wastes. On one side its performance for the abatement of chloro-organic aromatic toxic pollutants, ...
WETWALL : an innovative design concept for the treatment of urban wastewaters
The development of society has led to a global concern regarding the improvement of resources performance, especially water. The design of nature-based solutions (NBS) for the treatment and reuse of wastewaters, in accordance ...
"Wh"-exclamatives in Catalan
The thesis "Wh-exclamatives in Catalan" is a research that intends to shed light on the characterization of exclamatives, a type of clause that has not been paid as much attention as other types of clause such as interrogatives ...
Wh-questions in Catalan sign language
This dissertation offers a characterization and an analysis of wh-questions in Catalan Sign Language, which show the particularity of placing wh-expressions canonically in sentence final position. This feature, specific ...
What do we owe parents?: distributing the costs of children
The topic of this thesis is the just distribution of the costs of children. In particular, it asks whether an ideal liberal egalitarian society owes it to the parents to ensure that the costs of children are shared between ...
What drives consumers to patronise a hedonic social network? an empirical test of consumers' experiences, and their impact on continuance intention
My doctoral research focuses on the analysis of the various factors that potentially contribute to loyalty towards hedonic social networks. Among all the social networks, our study focuses on Facebook. After reviewing the ...
What drives the tax compliance attitude of individuals? The role of social ties, welfare state and environmental concern in tax morale
The present thesis aims to provide new empirical evidence on how the tax compliance attitude of individuals could be shaped by three factors: the social capital, the intergenerational labour mobility, and the individual ...
What groups of factors do senior executives believe affect their use of executive information systems?
In a highly competitive and turbulent environment, executives need more efficient ways to analyze their companies, markets and competitors. The aim is to help their organizations become more competitive and, as a result, ...
What holds a multinational state together?: the political stability of the Spanish "state of autonomies"
In this PHD thesis I answer the question: “What holds a multinational state together?” by analyzing the political developments in the Spanish “State of Autonomies”. The results show that among the individual factors a dual ...
What's in a job? An exploration of what we do and how it affects labor and family outcomes
The objective of this thesis is to explore what makes up a job–the tasks, skills, personality traits, and rewards–and determine how a job impacts our daily lives. Much of the literature quantifies and describes jobs by ...
Wheat bran modifies the microbial population and enhances gut fermentation in the gastrointestinal tract of post-weaning piglets
L'objectiu de la present tesis fou estudiar si la incorporació d'ingredients fibrosos a la dieta de garrins recent deslletats, era una bona estratègia per minimitzar els desordres intestinals que normalment ocorren durant ...
Wheat developmental processes as affected by Ppd and Eps alleles and genetic variation within elite cultivars
El desenvolupament del cultiu del blat és crític per a la seva adaptació, ja que determina la data de floració i és rellevant en la generació del rendiment, ja que controla la durada, la velocitat d’iniciació i l’aparició ...
The Wheel of Justice: Court Procedure, Conflict Resolution and Narratives in Medieval Catalonia (950-1130)
This doctoral thesis presents an analysis of the judicial procedure in Catalonia between the years 950 and 1130. Catalan Archives preserve an exceptional number of documents related to justice which thanks to recent and ...
When Code replaces scripture: Black Mirror, Technology and the Specter of Cristianity
This thesis analyzes 12 episodes from the dystopian science fiction anthology series, Black Mirror (2011-present). Episodes selected are those that, as argued in this text, depict the role of technology as replacing that ...
When leaders prioritize their profit against the organizational goal
Newspapers and television are full of stories about inappropriate behaviour by political and business leaders published weekly. According to Guinote (2008), an individual's behaviour will be changed when they reach a ...
When oncology meets immunology: improving GL261 glioblastoma treatment through cancer-related immunity and MRSI-based non-invasive follow-up of response
Els Glioblastomes (GB) son tumors cerebrals invasius, amb mal pronòstic i resposta pobra a la teràpia. Aquesta tesi pretén millorar el tractament del GB preclínic mitjançant la immunitat relacionada amb el càncer i el ...
Where nitrite respiration meets electrotrophy: diversity studies and functional characterization of autotrophic bacterial isolates from bioelectrochemical system
Denitrifying biocathodes are used to treat nitrogen contaminated water resources. The present PhD dissertation have been characterized different bacterial families with a relevant role in denitrification process. Different ...
Where, why and how scientific knowledge on health inequalities is generated? : An integrated perspective to strengthen understanding of health inequalities research capacities : Key insights from the United Kingdom and the city of Barcelona
This dissertation aims to understand where, why and how scientific knowledge on health inequalities is produced, why and how some places have strong capacity to produce this, and what determines this capacity. It consists ...
Which factors drive illegal immigration? : an empirical analysis of the U.S. and the E.U.
This thesis aims to provide quantitative evidence on the flows of illegal immigrants in the U.S. and the E.U. After describing the flows in space and time (years 2000-2011), the actors involved, and the role of criminal ...
Which start-ups do accelerators prefer?. A comprehensive approach
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role played by both the human capital of founders and the financing sources in startups, whether they are impactful or just for-profit ventures, in the odds of being accepted ...
