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    Bifurcations of limit cycles in planar differential and piecewise differential systems 

    Pereira Costa da Cruz, Leonardo (Date of defense: 2018-10-11)

    La tesi tracta de l'estudi d'òrbites periòdiques aïllades, que anomenarem cicles límits, en alguns sistemes diferencials i diferencials a trossos en el pla. Aquest és un dels temes més importants de la Teoria Qualitativa ...

    Big behavioral data analysis : computational methods for the study of continuous recordings behavior 

    Espinosa-Carrasco, José (Date of defense: 2016-11-08)

    New high-throughput behavioral systems enable the recording of continuous behavioral sequences with an unprecedented richness of signals and a deep temporal resolution. Automated systems offer neuroscience the opportunity ...

    Big complexity in a minimal bacterium 

    Güell Cargol, Marc (Date of defense: 2010-04-16)

    With only 689 genes Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is among the simplest known organisms. Because of this simplicity, mycoplasma represents an attractive organism for systems-wide analyses. Such approaches aiming ...

    Big data, poder y libertad. Sobre el impacto social y político de la vigilancia masiva 

    Suárez Gonzalo, Sara (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)

    Esta tesis doctoral reflexiona sobre el impacto social y político de la explotación de datos masivos a nivel europeo. Cumple dos objetivos principales. En primer lugar, define el contexto general en el que se produce esta ...

    Bilingual insights into the initial lexicon: the role of cognates in word acquisition 

    García-Castro, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2024-03-11)

    Bilingual infants acquire words at a similar rate as monolingual ones, despite navigating a more intricate linguistic environment. The mechanisms behind this phenomenon remain elusive. Our project addressed the potential ...

    Bilingual language control : Evidence from Parkinson's disease 

    Cattaneo, Gabriele (Date of defense: 2017-01-23)

    How can bilinguals easily and flexibly switch between languages without errors? The aim of this thesis is to advance our knowledge about the control mechanisms involved in bilingual language production. I investigated ...

    Bilingual lexical access: a connectionist model 

    Soler Vilageliu, Olga (Date of defense: 1996-06-06)

    Bilingualism and access to a third language: Access to the Spanish language by Russian-Romanian bilinguals 

    Antonchuk, Daniela (Date of defense: 2016-09-21)

    El presente trabajo aborda un tema tan fundamental e importante hoy en día como el bilingüismo, que es un proceso complicado que involucra una amplia variedad de aspectos, entre los que se comprende un sistema particular ...

    Bilingualism and dementia: neural mechanisms and implications for cognitive reserve 

    Marín Marín, Lidón (Date of defense: 2022-05-18)

    Multiple studies have found that bilinguals show the first symptoms of dementia later than monolinguals. Therefore, it is hypothesized that bilingualism could protect against dementia, but the neural bases of this protective ...

    BIM implementation in architectural practices : towards advanced collaborative approaches based on digital technologies 

    Zaker Hosein, Mohammed Reza (Date of defense: 2019-11-06)

    We are at a stage where Building Information Modelling (BIM) has reached a maturity level to be widely adopted by the professionals and organizations within the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. ...

    BIM* Implementation in the AEC* Curriculum : a quasi-experimental case study of the Architectural Engineering (AE) Bachelor’s degree at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) 

    Ferrandiz Gea, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-10-04)

    The introduction of Building Information Modeling (BIM) is changing the work environment in the AEC industry. Many countries require the AEC industry to submit building documentation using BIM. For example BIM is a requirement ...

    Bimanual robot skills: MP encoding, dimensionality reduction and reinforcement learning 

    Colomé Figueras, Adrià (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)

    In our culture, robots have been in novels and cinema for a long time, but it has been specially in the last two decades when the improvements in hardware - better computational power and components - and advances in ...

    Bimodal waveguide interferometer device based on silicon photonics technology for label-free and high sensitive biosensing 

    González Guerrero, Ana Belén (Date of defense: 2012-12-13)

    Els dispositius òptics biosensors basats en la detecció d’ona evanescent podrien superar les limitacions dels tests de diagnòstic actuals (que són lents i cars) degut a la possibilitat de realitzar les deteccions a temps ...

    Binary pathogenicity classification of missense variants through development of quantitative protein-specific predictors 

    Özkan, Selen (Date of defense: 2023-12-01)

    [eng] Precision medicine aims to provide personalized patient care using genetic data. However, interpreting the phenotypic consequences of genetic variants remains a bottleneck in both clinical and research settings. ...

    Binary Redundancy Elimination 

    Fernández Gómez, Manuel (Date of defense: 2005-04-13)

    Dos de las limitaciones de rendimiento más importantes en los procesadores de hoy en día provienen de las operaciones de memoria y de las dependencias de control. Para resolver estos problemas, las memorias cache y los ...

    Binary to Ternary Blends: Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells for Versatile Applications 

    Torimtubun, Alfonsina Abat Amelenan (Date of defense: 2022-06-10)

    Els dispositius d'alta eficiència i estables juntament amb la producció de baix cost són els requisits previs clau perquè la tecnologia fotovoltaica orgànica entri en el mercat nínxol. L'enfocament ternari i l'enginyeria ...

    Binderless fiberboard production from Cynara cardunculus and Vitis vinifera 

    Mancera Arias, Camilo (Date of defense: 2008-10-24)

    Binderless fiberboard production from Cynara cardunculus and Vitis vinifera<br/>Two lignocellulosic materials, Cynara cardunculus and Vitis vinifera, were pretreated and used to produce fiberboards without synthetic ...

    (BIo)analytical microsystems based on the use of nanoparticles. Microreactors for the synthesis of nanoparticles 

    Gómez de Pedro, Sara (Date of defense: 2014-10-06)

    El desarrollo de nuevos procedimientos analíticos e instrumentación automáticos para la monitorización de parámetros (bio)químicos, tales como los que afectan a la calidad del agua, es de especial importancia debido a las ...

    Bio-based flame retardant for sustainable building materials 

    Yang, Yunxian (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)

    As new promising alternatives, novel bio-based materials are already developed to apply in construction sectors due to biodegradability, low toxicity, sustainability, renewability, and acceptable general properties. However, ...

    Bio-based polyesters from cyclic monomers derived from carbohydrates 

    Lavilla Aguilar, Cristina (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)

    Polyesters are extremely versatile polymers which can be used in a wide variety of applications ranging from high performance materials to recyclable and degradable polymers. The preparation of polyesters from renewable ...