Mir Cantarellas, Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-04-05)
Nowadays, the electrical energy sector is currently found in a dramatic changing paradigm, which moves towards an increasing trend in generating power at distribution levels, where electricity is typically ...
Gürkan, Ceren (Date of defense: 2018-11-22)
This thesis proposes a new numerical technique: the eXtended Hybridizable Discontinuous Galerkin (X-HDG) Method, to efficiently solve problems including moving boundaries and interfaces. It aims to ...
Cunill Solà, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-01-30)
This Doctoral Thesis is framed within the generic issue of power quality and more specifically in the study and harmonic characterization of low power compact fluorescent lamps (CLFs) with integrated ...
Rodríguez i Villaescusa, Eduard (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
The central concept of the present thesis is that the sense of belonging underlying heritage should be rooted in a strong community-based feeling. Sure enough, historical assets are looked at with a ...
Triadú Galí, Arnau (Date of defense: 2018-11-15)
The mining area in the Bages district, in Catalonia (Spain), is located between the villages of Cardona, Súria, Sallent and Balsareny. It contains the most important salt deposit in Europe, which has ...
Estrada Añokazi, Lena Yanina (Date of defense: 2018-09-12)
The traditional knowledge of our indigenous peoples has allowed them to balance and preserve the environment; it is related to cultural, social, environmental, political, economic and historical aspects ...
Muela Castro, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-04-11)
The present thesis is devoted to the development and implementation of mathematical models and numerical methods in order to carry out computational simulations of complex heat and mass transfer phenomena. ...
Ortiz Elías, José Agustín (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
The study of the process of ethical decision making in business includes the different aspects that influences on the moral thinking and behavior of the individuals in corporations: personal factors as ...
Moll de Alba Cabot, Jaime (Date of defense: 2018-01-18)
The last decade has witnessed a renewed interest of the international community in industrial development as an engine of national economic growth. Industrialization offers responses to sluggish economic ...
Perugia, Giulia (Date of defense: 2018-12-21)
Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that affects cognition, producing a reduction in thinking, problem-solving, and mnemonic abilities, functioning, preventing affected people to care for themselves ...