Navarro Requena, Claudia (Date of defense: 2017-11-20)
Chronic skin wounds are a major socioeconomic burden in developed societies, affecting specially elder and diabetic people. It is estimated that 1 to 2% of the population will suffer a chronic wound ...
González Vázquez, Arlyng Gyveth (Date of defense: 2013-09-26)
Bone injury is a major health problem nowadays. Bone tissue engineering is a promising strategy to solve it. In this field many reports pointed out the role of scaffolds containing a calcium phosphate ...
Álvarez Pinto, Zaida (Date of defense: 2014-07-25)
Stroke and traumatic brain injuries are common causes of disability, with loss of nerve tissue due to secondary degeneration, gliosis, and often the formation of cavities that inhibit neural cell growth. ...
Godoy Gallardo, Maria (Date of defense: 2015-04-21)
Tanto el titanio como sus aleaciones son usados como biomateriales por sus excelentes propiedades mecánicas, biocompatibilidad y resistencia a la corrosión. Sin embargo, el fracaso a medio y largo plazo ...
Cano Torres, Irene (Date of defense: 2019-04-05)
Organ shortage for transplantation and the need for new therapies for the treatment of tissular damages have driven the development of an exciting field in research, called tissue engineering (TE). ...
Sánchez Ferrero, Aitor (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
The global incidence of bone fractures, and subsequently that of non-healing ones, is expected to rise in the coming decades, mostly due to an increased risk of age-related conditions. Currently, the ...
Rosero Chandi, Carlos Xavier (Date of defense: 2020-02-06)
Microgrids (MGs) are small-scale power systems containing storage elements, loads and distributed generators that are interfaced with the electric network via power electronic inverters. When an MG is ...
Pérez Pérez, Esvan de Jesús (Date of defense: 2023-11-30)
(English) In recent years, wind power has emerged as a promising alternative to fossil fuels, with wind turbines widely used to generate clean energy. However, like complex machinery, wind turbines are ...