Piera Fernández, Jaume (Date of defense: 2002-03-08)
The main objective of this thesis was the integration of microstructure information in synoptic descriptors of turbulence, that reflects the mixing processes. Turbulent patches are intermittent in space ...
Quintana Plana, Josep (Date of defense: 2012-06-14)
This thesis investigates the problem of developing new computer vision techniques for early detection of skin cancer. The first part of this work presents a novel methodology to correct color reproduction ...
Proia, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2012-07-20)
The main goal of this thesis is to investigate the effects of consequences of global change on fluvial biofilms. To achieve this objective a multi-marker approach has been used at different experimental ...
Romero Blanch, Ferran (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
Human exploitation of river ecosystems, together with the increasing pressure that represents climate change, is posing rivers worldwide at risk. In rivers, microorganisms are ecologically very ...
Boada Cahueñas, Ellana (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
Biogas is a highly recognized alternative to fossil fuels towards a sustainable energy production. Massive use of biogas depends on the removal of contaminants that may affect performance of processing ...
Agüera Cabo, Mercè (Date of defense: 2011-07-08)
In the second half of the twentieth century we saw the environmental debate escalate into one of the most challenging and complex issues that authorities at international, national, regional and municipal ...
Ila, Viorela (Date of defense: 2005-11-14)
El treball desenvolupat en aquesta tesi aprofundeix i aporta solucions innovadores en el camp orientat a tractar el problema de la correspondència en imatges subaquàtiques. En aquests entorns, el que ...
Calvó Perxas, Laia (Date of defense: 2005-05-12)
L'agricultura i la industrialització han causat un augment significatiu del nombre d'ambients rics en amoni. La presència de compostos nitrogenats redueix la qualitat de l'aigua, causant problemes de ...
Prieto Martínez, Noelia (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)
Aquaporins (AQPs) are proteins involved in the transport of water and some other solutes across plasma membranes. The fact that mammalian spermatozoa are highly permeable to water suggests the presence ...
Tuulaikhuu, Baigal-Amar (Date of defense: 2016-06-10)
The main aims of this thesis are: i) to evaluate arsenic toxicity in two major, interacting components of the freshwater ecosystem, biofilm and fish, to provide information on environmentally realistic ...
68 - Industries, crafts and trades for finished or assembled articles (125)
504 - Threats to the environment (103)
004 - Computer science and technology. Computing. Data processing (77)
574 - General ecology and biodiversity (73)
628 - Public health engineering. Water. Sanitation. Illuminating engineering (59)