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The Brazil-Malvinas Confluence : from local to global scales
The Southwest Atlantic Ocean is a key component of the global climate system. It holds the Confluence of the Brazil and Malvinas Currents (BMC), one of the highest frontal systems of the world ocean. The BMC is the encounter ...
Bread and durum wheat performance under a wide range of environmental conditions
It has been assumed that durum wheat is more productive under stress than bread wheat (geographical distribution and statements in the literature). However, this is not known as only few research papers compared the ...
Breaking host-centric management of task-based parallel programming models
Heterogeneous platforms had become popular to increase the computational power of the systems within a constrained power budget. They are present in several systems, from embedded platforms and mobile devices to high-end ...
Breaking the Cycle of Perpetration: Longitudinal and Diary Studies on How Bullying is Triggered and How Perpetrators are Impacted
[eng] Workplace bullying (WB) remains a serious psychosocial risk at workplaces. However, research examining WB from the perspective of perpetrators remains limited, and interventions designed for perpetrators are non-existent. ...
Breast cancer epidemiology: mammographic screening and molecular subtypes
The aim of this thesis is to carry out an in-depth study of various aspects of breast cancer epidemiology. Firstly, we have confirmed that DCIS incidence in Girona has increased over recent decades. Proportions of ...
Breast cancer screening: social inequalities by country of origin and social class and its impact on mortality
The general objective of this dissertation is to study breast cancer screening and specifically social inequalities by social class and country of origin and its relationship with decreasing mortality. Therefore, four ...
Breathing pattern characterization in patients with respiratory and cardiac failure
El objetivo principal de la tesis es estudiar los patrones respiratorios de pacientes en proceso de extubación y pacientes con insuficiencia cardiaca crónica (CHF), a partirde la señal de flujo respiratorio. La información ...
Breviari d’amor: text, còdex, obra
L’objectiu principal de la present recerca és aproximar-se a l’obra de Matfre Ermengaud, Breviari d’amor (s. XIII), a partir del conjunt de la seva tradició romànica: occitana, catalana i castellana. S’utilitza el mètode ...
Bridge to Nowhere: Kaliningrad on geopolitical map between Russia and Europe
La tesi presentada aquí estableix un precedent entre els treballs d'aquestes característiques elaborats en el Departament d'Història Moderna i Contemporània. En primer lloc perquè és una obra de temàtica molt nova, no només ...
Bridging between Boron & Nanoworld: Versatile Combinations & Emerging Applications
El treball presentat en aquesta tesi implica la recerca duta a terme en el grup de Laboratori de Materials Inorgànics i Catàlisi (LMI) sota la supervisió del Prof. Francesc Teixidor. La tesi es presenta com un compendi ...
Bridging Constructivism and Social Constructionism: A Dialogical and Relational Approach to Narrative and Meaning Making
L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és contribuir a la comprensió dels processos de construcció de significat humans i la seva relació amb el benestar psicològic. Aquesta contribució s’emmarca en els enfocaments constructivistes i ...
Bridging the gap between reconstruction and synthesis
3D reconstruction and image synthesis are two of the main pillars in computer vision. Early works focused on simple tasks such as multi-view reconstruction and texture synthesis. With the spur of Deep Learning, the field ...
Bridging the gap between textual and formal business process representations
In the era of digital transformation, an increasing number of organizations are start ing to think in terms of business processes. Processes are at the very heart of each business, and must be understood and carried out ...
Bridging the gaps between cell stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid metabolism in ALS cellular pathophysiology
L'esclerosi lateral amiotròfica (ELA) és un trastorn neurodegeneratiu caracteritzat per la pèrdua de neurones motores superiors i inferiors de l'escorça motora i desgast muscular progressiu. Les neurones motores afectades ...
Bridging the science of learning and technology enhanced learning: transformative opportunities and ethical challenges
Reports from the OECD and the World Economic Forum highlight that rapid technological and social change are demanding much more of students. Yet, research indicates that many students are not developing into effective ...
Brillouin scattering in bosonic systems
El precís guiament i control de les vibracions mecàniques en freqüències de MHz i GHz té aplicacions potencials al camp del processament de senyals, així com en la investigació fonamental a nivell quàntic. A nivell de ...
Bringing cognition to multilayer transport networks
Operator’s transport networks are becoming increasingly more complex due to the large number of network layers needed to support the ever increasing number of new services (e.g., video-on-demand, social media, on-line ...
Bringing Public Perceptions in the Integrated Assessment of Coastal Systems. Case studies on beach tourism and coastal erosion in the Western Mediterranean
La tesis aplica el pensamiento sistémico y la Evaluación Integrada (IA) al campo de la gestión costera. En particular, se analiza la contribución que el estudio de las percepciones aporta a los procesos de evaluación ...
Bringing social reality to multiagent and service architectures : practical reductions for monitoring of deontic-logic and constitutive norms
As distributed systems grow in complexity, the interactions among individuals (agents, services) of such systems become increasingly more complex and therefore more difficult to constrain and monitor. We propose to view ...
Bringing Transition Metal Dichalcogenides to the Forefront: Advancements in Gas Sensing Beyond Metal Oxides
Aquesta tesi demostra la transició dels materials de detecció de gasos des dels òxids metàl·lics semiconductors d'alt consum d'energia cap als dicalcogeniurs de metalls de transició enriquits en vores. La tesi es va ...
