Pedescoll Albacar, Anna (Date of defense: 2010-11-04)
Constructed wetlands are alternative systems to conventional wastewater treatment for small communities (up to 2000 PE). This is mainly due to that operation and maintenance costs are reduced. Despite ...
Llop Casamada, Jordi (Date of defense: 2017-07-20)
Vegetable production in greenhouses is an important and productive economic activity for agricultural businesses in Southern Europe. One of the most risky factors affecting this activity is the use of ...
Lupala, Cecylia Severin (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)
GPCR are integral membrane receptor proteins that are characterized by heptahelical transmembrane domains connected by intracellular and extracellular loops. GPCRs are an attractive class of proteins ...
Moreno Moreno, Fabián Leonardo (Date of defense: 2014-11-05)
Coffee is the most traded food in the world. The coffee industry has a great economic and social relevance worldwide. The sensory and functional properties of the product are highly important for the ...
Portell Canal, Xavier (Date of defense: 2014-12-09)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is one of the yeasts with major economic, social, and health significance in human culture. Depending on the growth conditions experienced by the cell, S. cerevisiae growth can ...
Araujo Granda, Pablo Alejandro (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
It is crucial to study the denitrification process driven by bacteria as it is one of the most important environmental processes for several reasons: i) it has an application in the removal of nitrogen ...
Kabbani, Dania (Date of defense: 2014-03-28)
Crystallization of honey is a common process of the honey industry. Liquid honey is preferred by most of the consumers and by food companies for ease of handling. Honey is commonly heated during ...
Aljoumani, Basem (Date of defense: 2012-12-27)
Sustainability of irrigated agriculture is a growing concern in the Baix Llobregat area. Although irrigated land accounts for a substantial proportion of food supply to the local market, it has been, ...
Dong, Xiaoyun (Date of defense: 2016-05-25)
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest membrane protein superfamily encoded by the human genome and represent the largest class of drug targets for a wide range of pathological conditions. ...
Poli, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-04-26)
This research project intends to investigate empirically the potentials of Social Capital to act as a mechanism to improve the performance of India's small-holder agriculture. The study employs both a ...