Serra-Burriel, Miquel (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)
This document is a summary of the first steps of my journey into academic research. The dissertation provides in-depth analysis of the theoretical basis of the British National Institute for Clinical ...
Serrat Gurrera, Xavier (Date of defense: 2016-09-30)
The current world population is over 7.4 billion and expected to exceed 9 billion in 2040, causing a 70% increase in food demand. Global environmental degradation, in the form of salinization, pollution ...
Castro Barquero, Sara (Date of defense: 2022-05-30)
[eng] INTRODUCTION: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of different cardiovascular and cardiometabolic risk factors. In developed countries, MetS prevalence has risen to 20- 25% in the adult ...
Pérez Janer, Ferran (Date of defense: 2018-06-01)
Among transition metals used in organic chemistry, palladium has greatly contributed to the development of modern organic synthesis. This thesis is focused on the development of novel and efficient ...
Domínguez Pérez, Magdalena (Date of defense: 2021-07-08)
La delincuencia y el temor que genera son determinantes importantes del bienestar individual y de los retornos esperados de muchas actividades económicas. Intuitivamente, y confirmado por la literatura ...
Svobodova, Adela (Date of defense: 2022-07-19)
For the development of more compact and efficient thermal systems, nanofluids are presented as a promising option to replace conventional heat transfer fluids. Nanofluids are a suspension of low ...
Suárez, Carlos (Date of defense: 2020-07-15)
The general motivation of this research is to explore the effects of the coexistence of public and private companies on the allocative efficiency of the supply of electricity. In particular, this thesis ...
Vélez, Emilio J. (Date of defense: 2018-04-10)
In the Mediterranean region the increasing of competitiveness of the aquaculture industry is of great interest, especially in the case of gilthead sea bream. With the ultimate purpose of optimizing the ...
Rodríguez Banqueri, Arturo (Date of defense: 2013-03-14)
X-ray crystallography is, now at days, one of the most powerful techniques to study proteins at the atomic level. Unfortunately, obtaining high quality crystals of membrane proteins for x-ray diffraction ...
Rull, Jordi (Date of defense: 1999-01-01)
Aquest treball no pretén ser un estudi exhaustiu sobre la flora bentònica marina de Namíbia, sinó simplement una base per portar-lo a terme en un futur. El que sí pretén, en canvi, és oferir una ...