Deutschmann, Ina Maria (Date of defense: 2021-11-29)
There is a myriad of microorganisms on Earth contributing to global biogeochemical cycles, and their interactions are considered pivotal for ecosystem function. Previous studies have already determined ...
Núñez del Toro, Alma Cristina (Date of defense: 2016-02-02)
In many situations, the resources in organizations are employed to satisfy some demand (or services) requirements, which are repeated with some periodicity. These recurrent services appear in a large ...
Paita, Fabrizio (Date of defense: 2017-09-04)
In this thesis we consider the problem of developing distributed control strategies for spacecraft formation flying. In light of possible interferometric applications, the study is conducted in two ...
Montserrat Adell, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)
Decision-making is an active field of research. Specifically, in recent times, a lot of contributions have been presented on decision-making under linguistic assessments. To tackle this kind of processes, ...
Xampeny Solaní, Rafael (Date of defense: 2018-06-20)
The thesis is structured in five articles. In the first article, two methods are compared to analyze the significance of the effects: the Lenth method and the one based on the estimation of the variance ...
Mirza, Waleed Ahmad (Date of defense: 2023-02-16)
(English)The structure and dynamics of important biological systems, ranging from cytoskeletal gels to tissues, are controlled by an interplay between activity, dissipation, nematic order, density, and ...
Renedo Mirambell, Martí (Date of defense: 2023-03-28)
(English) This thesis presents a systematic approach to validate the results of clustering methods on weighted networks, particularly for the cases where the existence of a community structure is unknown. ...
Chahare, Nimesh Ramesh (Date of defense: 2023-06-20)
(English) Epithelial sheets form specialized 3D structures suited to their physiological roles, such as branched alveoli in the lungs, tubes in the kidney, and villi in the intestine. To generate and ...
Font i Reverter, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-06-08)
(English) During development, cellular tissues undergo dramatic reconfigurations as a result of organized flows driven by active forces. Depending on the system, cellular flows and active forces can ...
Ouzeri, Adam Amine (Date of defense: 2023-06-14)
(English) Epithelial monolayers perform a variety of mechanical functions, which include maintaining a cohesive barrier or developing 3D shapes, while undergoing stretches over a wide range of magnitudes ...