Astefanei, Alina (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
Fullerenes or Buckyballs are a group of carbon nanoparticles, classified as engineered nanoparticles. The advent of fullerene nanoparticles in commercial, industrial and biomedical applications raises ...
Fernández Gómez, Cristal (Date of defense: 2014-04-25)
Mercury (Hg) is naturally present in the Earth’s crust, however the historical use of this metal by the human being has spread and increased its presence in the environment. Both inorganic and organic ...
Llorente Mirandes, Antoni (Date of defense: 2016-01-14)
Food and drinking water are the principal routes of exposure to arsenic (As) for humans. More than 50 different naturally occurring As-containing compounds have been identified. Regarding the toxicological ...
Ribalta Carrasco, Carla (Date of defense: 2019-06-26)
Exposure to particulate matter in work environments has been linked to ischemic heart, cardiovascular and respiratory-related disease risk increase due to inhalation. Increased adverse health effects ...
Osorio Torrens, Victoria (Date of defense: 2015-11-12)
In view of the concerns about the presence of pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment, two main lines of research regarding these substances were followed within this thesis: Their fate was assessed ...
Jelić, Aleksandra (Date of defense: 2012-12-21)
Pharmaceuticals have been detected in natural waters for more than forty years, but with improvements in sample preparation procedures and analytical instrumentation, the number of scientific publications ...
Nichkova, Mikaela Ivanova (Date of defense: 2003-05-30)
The thesis presents the development of immunochemical methods for detection of trichlorophenols (TCP) in environmental and biological samples. An indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for ...
Sessa, Clarimma (Date of defense: 2014-11-24)
The main scope of this doctoral thesis was the evaluation of micro- and non-destructive techniques applied to artwork characterization. The need to study capabilities and limitations of these techniques ...
Ferreira Martins, Vânia (Date of defense: 2016-04-27)
Air quality sampling campaigns both on platforms and inside trains of three European subway systems (Barcelona, Athens and Oporto) were conducted in order to characterise PM, investigating its variability, ...
Milinovic, Jelena (Date of defense: 2014-06-06)
In this doctoral thesis the interaction of emergent organic pollutants, such as alkylphenolic and perfluorinated compounds (APCs and PFCs, respectively) with sewage sludge and soil samples was studied. ...