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    New Applications of the Gauge/Gravity Duality 

    Fernández, Daniel (Fernández Moreno) (Date of defense: 2013-06-14)

    The purpose of this thesis is to put forth and present a series of new applications of the gauge/string duality to areas of high energy physics and condensed matter physics. The contributions showcased in this thesis amount ...

    New appoaches for the development of solid-contact ion-selective electrodes based on carbon nanotubes 

    Parra Arnó, Enrique José (Date of defense: 2012-03-16)

    Esta Tesis Doctoral aporta una visión del diseño, construcción y operación de electrodos de contacto sólido selectivos de iones (SC-ISEs) basados en nanotubos de carbono de pared múltiple (MWCNTs). Se logra incorporar con ...

    New approach for efficient design of stainless steel RHS and SHS elements 

    Arrayago Luquin, Itsaso (Date of defense: 2016-10-17)

    This thesis investigates the cross-section and member behaviour of cold-formed stainless steel RHS and SHS elements and proposes an alternative and more efficient design approach. Combined with aesthetic appeal, exceptional ...

    A new approach to El Niño Southern Oscillation origin and forecasting: implications for predictability = Un nuevo enfoque para el origen y la predicción de El Niño Oscilación Sur: implicaciones para la predictibilidad 

    Petrova, Desislava Bozhidarova (Date of defense: 2017-09-13)

    El Niño Southern Oscillation arises in the tropical Pacific due to coupled atmosphere-ocean interactions. The nature of the dynamical system of the atmosphere is chaotic and its predictability is sensitive to initial ...

    A new approach to obstructive sleep apnoea management 

    Turino, Cecilia (Date of defense: 2021-12-13)

    L'aplicació de la pressió positiva contínua en la via aèria superior (CPAP) representa el mètode terapèutic de referència de la Síndrome d'Apnea Obstructiva del Son (SAOS). No obstant això, la SAOS es considera una malaltia ...

    New approaches for electronic voting paradigms 

    Mateu Meseguer, Víctor (Date of defense: 2015-11-21)

    La democràcia es el sistema de govern més utilitzat al món. No obstant, en un món cada vegada més globalitzat, la idea de mobilitzar la gent per votar en un col·legi electoral gestionat per persones resulta antiquada tot ...

    New approaches for the desing of chiral catalysts. Application in carbonylation reactions. 

    Muñoz Moreno, Bianca Karelia (Date of defense: 2007-11-16)

    Actualmente, el interés industrial de los productos carbonilados ha atraído la atención de los científicos hacia el desarrollo de nuevos sistemas catalíticos eficientes. La reacción de alcoxicarbonilación de vinil arenos ...

    New approaches for the future of tuberculosis diagnosis. Interpreting conversations between the host and Mycobacterium tuberculosis 

    Comella del Barrio, Patricia (Date of defense: 2021-12-20)

    La tuberculosis (TB) es una enfermedad de transmisión aérea causada Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Aunque la TB es una enfermedad curable, es la segunda causa de muerte mundial por un agente infeccioso por detrás de la COVID-19. ...

    New Approaches for the Induction of Tolerance in Transplantation: Evaluation of Exosomes and Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells 

    Bastos Amador, Patricia (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)

    Tras el trasplante, el sistema inmunitario se activa para inducir una respuesta inmunitaria contra los antígenos de histocompatibilidad del donante expresados por el injerto (alo-antigenos), que conduce al rechazo del ...

    New approaches for the study and treatment of aggressive cancers 

    Polonio Alcalá, Emma (Date of defense: 2023-05-17)

    Although there are therapies for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and epidermal growth factor-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (EGFRm NSCLC), these two subtypes of cancer are very aggressive, and most patients develop ...

    New approaches in calcium phosphate cements and ceramics for bone regeneration. 

    Gallinetti, Sara (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)

    Bone is among the most frequently transplanted tissues in the body. In Europe, about one million patients encounter a surgical bone reconstruction annually. The worldwide market of bone replacement materials is currently ...

    New approaches in omics data modelling 

    Nonell Mazelon, Lara (Date of defense: 2019-11-19)

    The breakthrough in the technological field has allowed the extraction of large amounts of the so-called omics data. The analysis and Integration of this type of data by means of advanced statistical and bioinformatics ...

    New Approaches to Catalyst Design and Immobilization 

    Sagamanova, Irina (Date of defense: 2015-12-14)

    aplicació en transformacions enantioselectives amb l’objectiu de desenvolupar nous processos en flux i (b) catàlisi homogènia centrada a millorar reaccions promogudes per anions sulfenat (la formació d’aril sulfòxids ...

    New approaches to control Pseudomonas syringae disease in tomato plants 

    González Hernández, Ana Isabel (Date of defense: 2019-04-12)

    Las plagas y enfermedades son factores a tener en cuenta ya que producen elevadas pérdidas en la producción de los cultivos. Actualmente, la búsqueda de compuestos no perjudiciales para el medioambiente y que sean capaces ...

    New approaches to estimate microbial diversity of alcoholic fermentation 

    Wang, Chunxiao (Date of defense: 2016-06-28)

    La fermentació alcohòlica la realitza una comunitat microbiana complexa, on els llevats vínics juguen un paper important. En els darrers anys, hi ha hagut un creixent interès per millorar complexitat del vi mitjançant ...

    New approaches to perfluoroalkylation of aromatic compounds, and tailor-made catalysts for C-X bond forming and water oxidation reactions. Mechanistic insights. 

    Mazloomi, Zahra (Date of defense: 2017-07-07)

    Aquesta tesis esta dividida en dos parts: la primer part es va realizar a l’Institut Català d’Invstigació Química (ICIQ) desde 2012 fins a 2015, aquesta part tracta sobre la perfluoroalquilació de substrats aromatics i ...

    New Architectures for ubiquitous networks : use and adaptation of internet protocols over wireless sensor networks 

    Ludovici, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2014-07-07)

    This thesis focuses on the study of low-resource demanding protocols, communication techniques and software solutions to evaluate, optimise and implement Web service in WSNs. We start analysing the Web service architectures ...

    New autonomous sensor system for the continous monitoring of the composting process from the inside 

    Rillo Moral, Francesc (Date of defense: 2016-05-12)

    The composting process is Nature's way of recycling organic wastes with a good quality organic fertilizer as a result. This process, though, needs of a thoroughly monitoring of temperature and humidity for a good resulting ...

    New azobenzene-based photoswitches for two-photon optical control of neuronal receptors 

    Gascón Moya, Marta (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)

    Aquest projecte persegueix el desenvolupament d’una sèrie de nous interruptors moleculars per a controlar el funcionament d’un canal iònic present en les cèl·lules del sistema nerviós central. Fins a l’actualitat els ...

    New balance indices and metrics for phylogenetic trees 

    Rotger García, Lucía (Date of defense: 2019-07-31)

    [eng] The belief that the shape of a phylogenetic tree re ects the properties of the evolutionary processes underlying it has motivated the study of indices quantifying the graph-theoretical properties of phylogenetic ...