Bernal Berenguer, Susana (Date of defense: 2006-06-30)
The amount of dissolved inorganic nitrogen delivered to streams and groundwater has substantially increased in the last decades due to anthropogenic impacts. This fact has stimulated research on processes ...
Richter Boix, Alex (Date of defense: 2006-01-20)
The thesis research concerned evolutionary ecology and community ecology of amphibians in two different areas of a Mediterranean region. The goal of the research was to test how anuran species coexist ...
Pujals Naranjo, Georgina (Date of defense: 2007-12-14)
The aim of this work is to develop an effective new MGA delivery system by means of nanotechnology for the treatment of leishmaniosis which could be administered by parenteral or oral route in a future. ...
Soler Vilamitjana, David (Date of defense: 2004-11-10)
The photovoltaic conversion of sun light energy into electricity constitutes a viable, clean and renewable alternative for electric energy production. A wide variety of different materials have been ...
Arcos Pros, José Manuel (Date of defense: 2001-12-20)
Seabirds feeding ecology was studied at sea to assess the significance of two commercial fisheries, trawlers (demersal fishery with diurnal activity) and purse seiners (pelagic fishery with nocturnal ...
Tolós Rigueiro, Laura (Date of defense: 2003-05-09)
Understanding the behavior of matter under extreme conditions of density and temperature, such as those found in neutron stars or in heavy-ion collisions, requires a good knowledge on the modification ...
Quer i Sardanyons, Lluís (Date of defense: 2005-02-23)
This dissertation is devoted to the study of some aspects of the theory of stochastic partial differential equations. More precisely, we mainly focus on the study of a stochastic wave equation perturbed ...
Puig i Cotado, Ferranda (Date of defense: 2007-02-27)
Les cèl·lules estan exposades a diferents estímuls mecànics al llarg de la seva vida. Actualment s'accepta que les forces mecàniques juguen un paper important en funcions crítiques cel·lulars com ara ...
Sales Pardo, Marta (Date of defense: 2002-11-22)
Disorder is present in many systems in nature and in many different versions. For instance, the dislocations of a crystal lattice, or the randomness of the interaction between magnetic moments. One of ...
Obiol Pardo, Cristian (Date of defense: 2008-10-13)
Cancer is the second disease leading cause of death in industrialized countries. Although early detection and more efficient drugs are responsible of the reduction of mortality, several cancers still ...