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    Optimization of positioning capabilities in wireless sensor networks : from power efficiency to medium access 

    Moragrega Estrany, Anna (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)

    In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), the ability of sensor nodes to know its position is an enabler for a wide variety of applications for monitoring, control, and automation. Often, sensor data is meaningful only if its ...

    Optimization of remote inductively coupled plasma for the cleaning of different optical surfaces 

    Moreno Fernández, Harol Aníbal (Date of defense: 2018-04-26)

    El objetivo principal de este trabajo de investigación consistió en desarrollar un proceso de un plasma in situ acoplado inductivamente (ICP) para limpiar una variedad de diferentes revestimientos ópticos y componentes ...

    Optimization of Segmentation-Based Video Sequence Coding Techniques. Application to content based functionalities 

    Morros Rubió, Josep Ramon (Date of defense: 2004-12-23)

    En aquest treball s'estudia el problema de la compressió de video utilitzant funcionalitats basades en el contingut en el marc teòric dels sistemes de codificació de seqüències de video basats en regions. Es tracten ...

    Optimization of the use of diamond indicator minerals in diamond exploration in kimberlites 

    Xu, Jingyao (Date of defense: 2019-04-26)

    Ti-rich minerals occur in xenoliths of metasomatized mantle peridotites, MARID and PIC. Xenocrysts produced by disaggregation during the intrusion have equivalent compositions. Early crystallization in the first intrusive ...

    Optimization of ultrafiltration membrane cleaning processes. Pretreatment for reverse osmosis in seawater desalination plants 

    Gilabert Oriol, Guillem (Date of defense: 2013-03-05)

    Esta tesis explica com mejorar la eficiencia del proceso de ultrafiltración en la desalinización de agua de mar. Esto se consigue optimizando diferentes procesos de limpieza como los contralavados y las limpiezas químicas ...

    Optimization of yard operations in container terminals from an energy efficiency approach 

    Terán Cobo, Pablo (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)

    This Thesis addresses common operational issues related to maritime container terminals. In the last decades, containerization of maritime transportation has grown very rapidly, forcing terminal operators to cope with ...

    Optimization on industrial problems focussing on multi-player strategies 

    Coma Company, Martí (Date of defense: 2022-07-26)

    Algorithms (EA) are useful optimization methods for exploration of the search space, but they usually have slowness problems to exploit and converge to the minimum with accuracy. On the other hand, gradient based methods ...

    Optimization strategies for biopesticide production by fungal solid-state fermentation 

    Sala Martí, Arnau (Date of defense: 2022-03-31)

    Aquesta tesi es centra en l’ús de la fermentació en estat sòlid (FES) com a mètode de producció de biopesticides fúngics a través de la valorització de residus sòlids (agroindustrials) com a substrats. Aquest estudi s’ha ...

    Optimization strategies for efficient dosage of H2O2 in Fenton and photo-Fenton processes 

    Yu, Xiangwei (Date of defense: 2021-07-07)

    This Thesis work addresses the challenge of designing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dosage Strategies for improving Fenton and photo-Fenton applications. The determination of the H2O2 dosage scheme that minimizes hydrogen ...

    Optimization techniques for fine-grained communication in PGAS environments 

    Alvanos, Michail (Date of defense: 2013-12-10)

    Partitioned Global Address Space (PGAS) languages promise to deliver improved programmer productivity and good performance in large-scale parallel machines. However, adequate performance for applications that rely on ...

    Optimization techniques for speech emotion recognition 

    Sidorova, Julia (Date of defense: 2009-12-15)

    Hay tres aspectos innovadores. Primero, un algoritmo novedoso para calcular el contenido emocional de un enunciado, con un diseño mixto que emplea aprendizaje estadístico e información sintáctica. Segundo, una extensión ...

    Optimized content caching strategies for multi-access edge computing (MEC)-assisted future cellular networks 

    Ayenew, Tadege Mihretu (Date of defense: 2023-11-21)

    (English) Handling the tsunami of multimedia content is a big challenge for heterogeneous cellular networks. Serving large volumes of content from the central system to end-users, through a bandwidth-limited network, at ...

    Optimized DarkMatter Searches in Deep Observations of Segue 1 with MAGIC 

    Aleksic, Jelena (Date of defense: 2013-06-26)

    Existe una impresionante cantidad de evidencia, a todas las escalas, en favor de la existencia de la materia oscura - la componente del Universo invisible, no bariónica, que representa casi el 85% de su masa total. Aunque ...

    Optimized PET module for both pixelated and monolithic scintillator crystals 

    Sánchez Gonzalo, David (Date of defense: 2021-04-15)

    Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography (TOF-PET) scanners demand fast and efficient photo-sensors and scintillators coupled to fast readout electronics. Nowadays, there are two main configurations regarding the ...

    Optimizing CRISPR-Cas technologies in Caenorhabditis elegans : Nested CRISPR and expanded targeting with Cas variants 

    Vicencio, Jeremy (Date of defense: 2021-09-03)

    In this thesis, I present an alternative, cloning-free method for the generation of endogenous fluorescent reporters in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. I demonstrate that Nested CRISPR is an efficient method that can ...

    Optimizing IETF multimedia signaling protocols and architectures in 3GPP networks : an evolutionary approach 

    Viamonte Solé, David (Date of defense: 2019-06-16)

    Signaling in Next Generation IP-based networks heavily relies in the family of multimedia signaling protocols defined by IETF. Two of these signaling protocols are RTSP and SIP, which are text-based, client-server, ...

    Optimizing planning decisions in the fruit supply chain 

    Soto Silva, Wladimir Eduardo (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)

    La agro-indústria xilena ha experimentat un augment constant d'exportacions de fruita processada en la darrera dècada, arribant a un augment del 107% en volum total i 185% en valor. Aquest creixement significa que la cadena ...

    Optimizing programming models for massively parallel computers 

    Farreras Esclusa, Montse (Date of defense: 2008-12-12)

    Since the invention of the transistor, clock frequency increase was the primary method of improving computing performance. As the reach of Moore's law came to an end, however, technology driven performance gains became ...

    Optimizing rainwater harvesting systems in urban areas 

    Vargas Parra, María Violeta (Date of defense: 2015-09-25)

    El aprovechamiento de agua de lluvia, a pesar de ser una antigua técnica para recoger escorrentía para uso doméstico, agricultura y gestión ambiental, no tiene una amplia aplicación. Potencialmente, los sistemas de ...

    Optimizing SIMD execution in HW/SW co-designed processors 

    Kumar, Rakesh (Date of defense: 2014-07-24)

    SIMD accelerators are ubiquitous in microprocessors from different computing domains. Their high compute power and hardware simplicity improve overall performance in an energy efficient manner. Moreover, their replicated ...