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    Study and characterization of microstructural and physio-chemical properties of potato products for 3D food printing 

    Dankar, Iman Talal (Date of defense: 2019-01-09)

    3D food printing is a precise digitalized process that is based on monitoring the characteristics of the printed substrate in accordance with the process parameters. In this thesis mashed potatoes were first mixed with ...

    Study and optimisation of copper bioleaching process for electronic waste valorisation 

    Benzal Montes, Eva (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)

    In the current economical context, the use of waste material with economic potential should be a priority. In this sense, the increasing production of electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE) makes these materials ...

    Study and validation of data structures with missing values. Application to survival analysis 

    Serrat i Piè, Carles (Date of defense: 2001-05-21)

    En aquest treball tractem tres metodologies diferents -no paramètrica, paramètrica i semiparamètrica- per tal de considerar els patrons de dades amb valors no observats en un context d'anàlisi de la supervivència. Les dues ...

    Study for poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] production by bacterial strains and its modification for drug delivery systems 

    Rodríguez Contreras, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2013-06-06)

    Nowadays biopolymers are a good alternative to petrochemical polymers. One of these biopolymers is Poly[(R)-3- Hydroxybutyrate] (PHB) which is produced from renewable resources by various microorganisms and, after its use ...

    Study of a Compton camera based on CsI(Tl) scintillator bars for radiological environmental imaging 

    Rodríguez, María D. (Date of defense: 2020-10-26)

    Compton cameras are used for radiological imaging, which can be useful in environmental applications and especially in determining the position of hidden sources. Current Compton cameras are based on pixelated detectors ...

    Study of a hybrid system : Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor-Membrane Bioreactor (MBBR-MBR) in the treatment and reuse of textile industrial effluents 

    Yang, Xuefei (Date of defense: 2021-07-06)

    Textile wastewater often shows high color concentration, containing a large range of organic chemicals, with high chemical oxygen demand as well as hard-degradation materials. Therefore, understanding and developing effective ...

    Study of compatibilization methods for high density polyethylene and ground tyre rubber : exploring new route to recycle scrap tyres 

    Casas Carné, María del Pilar (Date of defense: 2010-03-25)

    Cotxes, camions, tractors, avions... tots necessiten els neumàtics com a component imprescindible per al seu funcionament. Malauradament, degut al desgast per ús, els neumàtics tenen una vida útil limitada que obliga a ...

    Study of conductive polymers, biomolecules and their hybrids through computational approaches 

    Triguero Enguídanos, Jordi (Date of defense: 2019-03-08)

    In this thesis, different theoretical approaches designed to study a wide interval of length- and/or time-scales have been used to examine the microscopic properties of chemical systems with varying degrees of complexity ...

    A study of cortical network models with realistic connectivity 

    Vegué, Marina (Date of defense: 2018-03-23)

    Structure is fundamental in shaping the types of computations that neuronal circuits can perform. Explaining the laws that determine the connectivity properties of brain networks and their implications in neuronal dynamics ...

    Study of Denitrification and Reductive Dechlorination Processes Applied to Groundwater Bioremediation 

    Calderer Perich, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2010-06-23)

    La present tesi es basa en l'estudi dels processos de bioremediació com a tecnologies de descontaminació d'aqüífers.<br/>Concretament, es pretén estudiar la desnitrificació i la decloració reductiva com a tecnologies de ...

    Study of early stages of Alzheimer's disease using magnetic resonance imaging 

    Casamitjana Díaz, Adrià (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that constitutes the most common dementia pathology. It represents a global epidemic that expands exponentially as the life expectancy increases with no yet useful ...

    Study of effects of cooking methods on physical properties and bioactive compounds in selected potato cultivars (Solanum tuberosum L) 

    Yang, Yali (Date of defense: 2015-09-29)

    La patata es una fuente de carbohidratos, de versátil preparación y presentación. Dependiendo del proceso de cocción y de las características morfológicas y nutricionales de la patata estos efectos pueden ser positivos o ...

    Study of electron heat transport in LHD and TJ-II 

    García Olaya, Jerónimo (Date of defense: 2006-04-20)

    The magnetically confined plasmas study is one of the most promising research fields in the present days due to the high perspectives of unlimited and clean energy that fusion has generated. In this framework, the stellarator ...

    Study of gene regulatory networks inference methods from gene expression data 

    Bellot Pujalte, Pau (Date of defense: 2017-05-08)

    A cell is a the basic structural and functional unit of every living thing, it is protein-based an that regulates itself. The cell eats to stay alive, it grows and develops; reacting to the environment, while subjected to ...

    Study of graphene hybrid heterostructures for linear and nonlinear optics 

    Alcaraz Iranzo, David (Date of defense: 2020-06-23)

    Graphene is the first of the 2D-material family. It is formed by carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb lattice, which confers it intriguing physical properties that are still being discovered nowadays. A fundamental advantage ...

    Study of hybrid FRP-FRCM superficial structural elements 

    Eskenati, Amir Reza (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)

    (English) The most common composite materials for strengthening building structures are divided into two dif ferent types based on the matrix’s composition, organics (polymers) or inorganics (cement, lime). The hybrid ...

    Study of ice content and hydro-mechanical behaviour of frozen soils 

    Mao, Yanxin (Date of defense: 2018-09-06)

    The hydro-mechanical behaviour of soils during freezing and thawing is a coupled multi-physics process that has important practical applications. To cite but a few examples, on artificial ground freezing –to provide ...

    Study of invariant manifolds in two different problems : the Hopf-zero singularity and neural synchrony 

    Castejón i Compnay, Oriol (Date of defense: 2015-07-16)

    The main object of study of this thesis are invariant manifolds in the field of dynamical systems. We deal with two different and independent topics, namely, the study of exponentially small splitting of invariant manifolds ...

    Study of Jet Fires Geometry and Radiative Features 

    Palacios Rosas, Adriana (Date of defense: 2011-01-11)

    Entre els accidents greus que poden ocórrer a les instal·lacions industrials o durant el transport de substàncies perilloses, els dolls de foc presenten un especial interès. Tot i que tenen una distància relativament més ...

    Study of longitudinal neurodegeneration biomarkers to support the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease 

    Gavidia Bovadilla, Giovana (Date of defense: 2018-10-21)

    Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive and neurodegenerative disorder characterized by pathological brain changes starting several years before clinical symptoms appear. Earlier and accurate identification of those brain ...