Ximenes Carballo, Celia (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)
(English) One of the most exploited tissue-engineering-based strategies nowadays is to use scaffolds that allow local stimulation of the targeted tissues, increasing therapy effectiveness while reducing ...
Pore, Ameya Ravindra (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)
(English) Intraluminal procedures have opened up a new sub-field of minimally invasive surgery that use flexible instruments to navigate through complex luminal structures of the body, resulting in ...
Rodríguez Fernández, Antonio (Date of defense: 2023-07-21)
(English) People with spinal cord injury (SCI) may suffer lifelong sequels that influence every aspect of their lives, including motor and/or sensory impairment, difficulty breathing and/or swallowing, ...
Suárez Cambra, Daniel (Date of defense: 2023-07-06)
(English) This thesis focuses on modeling the circulation of liquid metal through the breeding blanket channels of a tokamak fusion reactor. Apart from extracting the heat produced by the nuclear reactions ...
Fernández Esteberena, Pablo Ricardo (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)
(English) Near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS) techniques are capable of non-invasive measurement of microvascular hemodynamic parameters of deep tissues (>1 cm penetration). One important ...
San Miguel Tello, Alberto (Date of defense: 2023-09-04)
(English) Although robotic platforms have been used for a wide range of purposes, recent advances in robot autonomy raise the opportunity of bringing them closer to humans. This implies that, under any ...
Narváez Dorado, Marien Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
(English) Crutches are widely used as assistive walking devices for a diverse population. They are often prescribed by clinicians/therapists to help offload the lower extremities for individuals with ...
Foroughi, Vahid (Date of defense: 2023-09-20)
(English) The historical analysis performed has shown that jet fires have been the origin of a high number of domino effect accidents, both in the process industry and in the transportation of flammable ...
González Bertran, Judit (Date of defense: 2023-10-25)
(English) In recent years, numerous studies have been carried out on functional textiles due to their ability to adapt and interact with the environment. In particular, special focus has been placed on ...
Velázquez Corral, Eric (Date of defense: 2023-09-05)
(English) This thesis is an experimental investigation into the beneficial effects of the ultrasonic vibration-assisted ball burnishing process on the wear resistance and fatigue life-cycle enhancement ...
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