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    Forces and flows in cells and tissues. Blebs, active gels, and collective cell migration 

    Alert Zenón, Ricard (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)

    In this thesis, we have studied mechanical aspects of some biological processes in cells and tissues, which we addressed by developing theoretical models based on the physics of soft active matter. The thesis contains three ...

    Forcing Arguments in Infinite RamseyTheory 

    García Ávila, Luz María (Date of defense: 2012-07-12)

    This is a contribution to combinatorial set theory, specifically to infinite Ramsey Theory, which deals with partitions of infinite sets. The basic pigeon hole principle states that for every partition of the set of all ...

    Forcing the TIE-GCM model with Birkeland currents from the AMPERE mission 

    Marsal Vinadé, Santiago (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)

    Donat que la nostra societat és cada cop més dependent de la tecnologia, i perquè la tecnologia és vulnerable als processos de l’alta atmosfera que tenen el seu origen en el Sol, la nostra mirada es dirigeix progressivament ...

    Forecasting and decision support for type 1 diabetes insulin therapy using machine learning 

    Oviedo Castillo, Silvia (Date of defense: 2019-04-09)

    Insulin therapy for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has several ramifications with different degrees of automation. The advances in sensors and monitoring devices have led to an increasing availability of data. Additionally, machine ...

    Forefront cold spray additive manufacturing development by leveraging new spraying strategies 

    Vaz, Rodolpho Fernando (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)

    [eng] Additive manufacturing (AM) is a process of creating a physical object by adding material layer by layer rather than removing material through machining. It is also known as 3D printing, as it typically involves using ...

    Foreground Object Segmentation and Shadow Detection for Video Sequences in Uncontrolled Environments 

    Huerta Casado, Ivan (Date of defense: 2010-07-05)

    Aquesta tesis esta dividida en dos parts principalment. A la primera, es presenta un estudi dels problemes que es poden trobar en la segmentació per moviment, basant-se en aquest estudi es presenta un algoritme genèric el ...

    Foreign policy of turkey and spain versus middle east, after 2002. Transition to democracy and new international agents 

    Demirel, Gozde (Date of defense: 2014-03-19)

    Turkey and Spain experienced drastic changes after Second World War. Turkey started the occidentalization process, with the reforms made by Atatürk but today the country still has continued struggle somewhere between full ...

    Foreland propagation folding and structure of the mountain front flexure in the Pusht-e Kuh Arc (NW Zagros, Iran) 

    Emami, Hadi (Date of defense: 2008-06-27)

    The focus of this work is to determine the folding characteristics including geometry, interaction of the surface and subsurface geometries, kinematic evolution of the structures and timing of deformation in Pusht-e Kuh ...

    Forensic imaging and analysis of Apple iOS devices 

    Gomez-Miralles, Luis (Date of defense: 2016-07-26)

    In this thesis we present our research on digital forensics on the iOS platform, structured along three areas: forensic imaging; forensic analysis; and anti-forensic techniques. In the field of forensic imaging, we demonstrate ...

    Forest acclimation to increasing drought: structural and functional changes 

    Barbeta i Margarit, Adrià (Date of defense: 2015-12-04)

    El canvi climàtic està reduint la precipitació i canviant-ne els patrons temporals en algunes regions com la conca mediterrània, cosa que s’intensificarà en les pròximes dècades. En els últims anys, hi hagut un augment en ...

    Forest dynamics at the montane-subalpine ecotone in the Eastern Pyrenees 

    Améztegui González, Aitor (Date of defense: 2013-07-17)

    L’objectiu principal d’aquesta tesi és avançar en la comprensió de la dinàmica dels boscos mixtos de coníferes de l’ecotò que conformen els estatges montà i subalpí del Pirineu català. Es pretén, en primer lloc, identificar ...

    Forest management and abiotic parameters effect on soil fungal communities inhabiting Mediterranean forest ecosystems 

    Castaño Soler, Carles (Date of defense: 2018-02-14)

    Les comunitats fúngiques dels sòls juguen un paper vital en molts processos ecosistèmics forestals, així com en el manteniment de les poblacions d'espècies vegetals. Amb l'aparició de noves tècniques moleculars és possible ...

    Forest resilience and post-disturbance dynamics: the role of species composition and structure 

    Sánchez Pinillos, Martina (Date of defense: 2019-06-03)

    Amb la creixent incidència d'esdeveniments ecològics extrems, quantificar la resistència i resiliència dels boscos i entendre quins factors estan implicats en la seva dinàmica post-pertorbació són prioritats essencials per ...

    Forest tenure reforms and socio-environmental consequences: case studies on Guatemala and Nicaragua 

    Monterroso Ibarra, Iliana María (Date of defense: 2016-02-10)

    En los últimos 30 años reformas legales han modificado normas y regulaciones sobre la apropiación y uso de las tierras forestales. Estas reformas han cambiado las responsabilidades y han permitido el reconocimiento de ...

    Forging nation from exile: International recognition, political alignment and ideological constraints in Basque nationalisms (1956-1977) 

    Madaula i Giménez, Aurora (Date of defense: 2017-07-18)

    This research focuses on the evolution of Basque nationalism in exile during the period 1956- 1977. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent establishment of Franco dictatorship, forced the Basque Government ...

    Forging sp3 Architectures via sp3 C−C Bond Cleavage and 1,2-Alkylboration Strategies 

    Cong, Fei (Date of defense: 2023-01-16)

    La creixent demanda d'estructures que contenen carbonis amb caràcter sp3 en el desenvolupament de fàrmacs, ha provocat que nous mètodes per construir enllaços entre carbonis sp3 hagin atret  un creixent interès per part ...

    The forgotten world of mycobiome in the skin of dogs 

    D’Andreano, Sara (Date of defense: 2020-07-27)

    La paraula microbioma inclou el conjunt de microbis que habiten un microhàbitat comú. Els mètodes de seqüenciació de nova generació van permetre la caracterització de les comunitats microbianes que viuen en les diferents ...

    Forking in simple theories and CM-triviality 

    Palacín Cruz, Daniel (Date of defense: 2012-07-17)

    Aquesta tesi té tres objectius. En primer lloc, estudiem generalitzacions de la jerarquia no ample relatives a una família de tipus parcials. Aquestes jerarquies en permeten classificar la complexitat del “forking” respecte ...

    La forma dell’abitare nell’architettura moderna belga 

    Tranchida, Roberta (Date of defense: 2016-01-19)

    The thesis "The form of living in modern Belgian architecture" is a travel through the most industrialized cities of Belgium. lts main objective is to investigate the history of the social habitat in this country, with the ...

    Forma di stato regionale e vincoli finanziari europei. Analisi comparata dell'autonomia finanziaria regionale in Italia e in Spagna 

    Grisostolo, Francesco Emanuele (Date of defense: 2019-03-08)

    La presente tesi si concentra sui processi di decentramento in Italia e Spagna, analizzando l'impatto dei mutamenti del quadro giuridico europeo sull'autonomia finanziaria regionale. L’ordinamento finanziario sovranazionale ...