Integrated sensors for overcoming organ-on-a-chip monitoring challenges 

Moya Lara, Ana (Date of defense: 2017-12-05)

Los dispositivos ‘Organ-On-a-Chip' han revolucionado la forma de conocer la biología que hasta el momento se ha venido realizando con los cultivos celulares. Estos sistemas, que contemplan el co-cultivo en tres dimensiones ...

Integrated solutions for the energy and seismic retrofit of existing buildings 

Lops, Camilla (Date of defense: 2020-12-15)

European building stock is characterised by low energy efficiency and high structural vulnerability with respect to earthquakes, especially in seismic prone areas like Italy. In fact, the vast majority of buildings has ...

Integrated study on the natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana responses to alkaline salinity6 

Almira Casella, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-06-06)

Més del 20% de l’àrea mundial cultivable està afectada per estrès per salinitat alcalina, mentre que el 98% de les plantes es defineixen com a glicòfites – incapaces de desenvolupar-se sota condicions de salinitat. En ...

Integrated support system for planning and scheduling of batch chemical plants 

Cantón Padilla, Jorge (Date of defense: 2003-06-17)

La planificación de la producción en plantas de proceso discontinuo es uno de los problemas más complejos e importantes para una amplia variedad de procesos industriales. A pesar de esta importancia la planificación de la ...

Integrated sustainability analysis of innovative uses of forest biomass. Bio-oil as an energy vector 

Puy Marimon, Neus (Date of defense: 2010-09-20)

Aquesta investigació ofereix un enfocament multidisciplinari, des d’un punt de vista ambiental, social, econòmic i tecnològic, per a estudiar nous usos de la biomassa forestal utilitzant diferents metodologies, com són ...

Integrated Transformers and its Application to the RFIC Design. 

Cabanillas Costa, Josep (Date of defense: 2002-12-13)

The context of this thesis is the design of CMOS low power RFIC's suitable for direct conversion architectures. Our starting point is the analysis of the characteristics of the integrated passive components (inductors and ...

Integrating agriculture and conservation: The value of fallow land and its management for farmland and steppe bird conservation 

Sanz Pérez, Ana (Date of defense: 2021-07-02)

Extensive farmland ecosystems are widespread and biodiversity-rich, yet they face important human pressures since the beginning of agriculture intensification, which is leading them into a severe biodiversity crisis. As a ...

Integrating computational fluid dynamics and biological model to assess wastewater reactor design 

Vilà-Rovira, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-10-20)

This doctoral thesis has integrated biological models (activated sludge models “ASM”) with simulation tools of computational fluid dynamics “CFD”, and has applied them to the design of two advanced technologies for wastewater ...

Integrating enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) in a resource recovery scenario 

Chan Pacheco, Carlos Roberto (Date of defense: 2018-10-26)

La presente tesis doctoral se enfoca en evaluar un sistema de eliminación biológica de fósforo (enhanced biological phosphorus removal, EBPR) orientado a un escenario de recuperación de recursos. Los resultados obtenidos ...

Integrating environmental education in national parks of Colombia 

Zorrilla Pujana, Juanita (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)

La Educación Ambiental (EA) es considerada por muchos especialistas como parte fundamental en la gestión de las áreas protegidas, constituyendo una pieza clave en la vinculación de las dimensiones biológica y social para ...

Integrating Equity and Efficiency Considerations in the Evaluation of public decision 

Najera Ruiz, Tonatiuh (Date of defense: 2003-09-15)

Integrating geospatial methods into evolutionary biology and conservation: case studies on selected Western Palearctic herpetofauna 

Pous, Philip de (Date of defense: 2015-07-13)

Many evolutionary processes are influenced by spatio-temporal environmental variation, including speciation, genetic divergence among populations, and evolutionary change in physiology, morphology and behaviour. However, ...

Integrating Information Technology in theTeaching/Learning of English Pronunciation in the Classroom: Designing and Implementing an Online Course to Teach Word and Sentence Stress to Tertiary Level Students. 

Kebboua Chaker, Nadia (Date of defense: 2019-09-09)

Este estudio investiga el potencial del uso de la tecnologia en la ensenanza y el aprendizaje de la pronunciacion. El estudio explora el progreso de los estudiantes en la pronunciacion en ingles con respecto a la acentuacion ...

Integrating Knowledge in Organizations: A Lessons Learned Case Study 

Loyola Salcedo, William Vladimir (Date of defense: 2013-07-10)

El paper del coneixement comú a les organitzacions (CKO, en la sigla en anglès) és creixent en la literatura com un tema important; tanmateix, la seva formalització és lenta. Aquesta tesi presenta un model de CKO que descriu ...

Integrating Love in Peace and International Studies 

de Bustamante Azevedo, Egidio Alcides (Date of defense: 2021-05-07)

This thesis deepens the idea of love and its relevance in and for international studies in peace, the consequences of its integration in the teaching and research of Peace and Conflict Studies, International Relations, ...

Integrating nanoionics concepts in micro solid oxide fuel cells 

Aruppukottai Muruga Bhupathi, Saranya (Date of defense: 2015-12-04)

Fuel cells are one of the promising technology at present to meet the growing demand of clean energy and technology. Among the different varieties of fuel cells, Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) research is advancing towards ...

Integrating new immunoassays, biosensors and cytotoxicity assays in the detection and quantification of the emerging marine toxins tetrodotoxins and ciguatoxins 

Reverté Calvet, Laia (Date of defense: 2017-09-28)

Degut al risc que suposa la presència de les toxines marines emergents tetrodotoxines (TTXs) i ciguatoxines (CTXs) en peix i marisc per a la seguretat alimentària i als consumidors, és realment necessari desenvolupar mètodes ...

Integrating plant hydraulics into functional traits framework to understand plant adjustments along a water availability gradient 

Rosas Torrent, Teresa (Date of defense: 2019-04-24)

Una de les principals contribucions com ecòlegs forestals al segle XXI és proporcionar la teoria i aproximacions ecològiques per descriure i predir canvis dels ecosistemes forestals causats pel canvi global. En l'última ...

Integrating plant oils in benzoxazine chemistry. 

Tuzun, Alev (Date of defense: 2015-03-13)

Les polibenzoxazines son una classe relativament nova de resines fenòliques termoestables que posseeixen interessants propietats per a la indústria electrònica, automobilística, aerospacial i d’adhesius. Les seves possibilitats ...

Integrating plural values in ecosystem services valuation: An ecological economics approach 

Arias Arévalo, Paola (Date of defense: 2017-09-12)

Para promover la conservación de los ecosistemas, el campo de los servicios ecosistémicos ha promovido el reconocimiento de la importancia de los servicios ecosistémicos a través de su valoración. Gran parte de la literatura ...