Lladó Valero, Jordi (Date of defense: 2016-02-02)
In the last two decades an increasing presence of organic substances such drugs, pesticides, etc. has been detected in water which may affect the health of the organisms and the environment. Some of ...
Gómez Kabelka, Pau (Date of defense: 2021-09-28)
In this work we demonstrate the first realization of a comagnetormeter in the ultracold regime. In comparison to regular magnetometers, which are designed to maximize their magnetic field sensitivity, ...
Rasol, Kurdman Abdulrahman (Date of defense: 2022-01-28)
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) separates the control plane from the data plane. The initial SDN approach involves a single centralized controller, which may not scale properly as a network grows in ...
Christodoulou, Marilena (Date of defense: 2021-12-17)
A Pointe Shoe is worn by ballet dancers while performing “en pointe”. This fundamental ballet technique, which is performed by rising to the tips of the toes, enables dancers to create the illusion of ...
Margarit Taulé, Josep Maria (Date of defense: 2015-11-03)
This PhD dissertation describes the research and development of a new low-cost medium wavelength infrared MWIR monolithic imager technology for high-speed uncooled industrial applications. It takes the ...
Badrinas Ardèvol, Joan (Date of defense: 2016-02-22)
In business terms, the ultimate purpose of innovation is to generate profitable growth, however for mature industrial technology firms (LMTs), operating in mature markets, endeavours of innovation often ...
Koldan, Jelena (Date of defense: 2013-10-30)
The growing significance, technical development and employment of electromagnetic (EM) methods in exploration geophysics have led to the increasing need for reliable and fast techniques of interpretation ...
Kostov, Belchin Adriyanov (Date of defense: 2015-07-10)
This thesis arises from the need to deal with open-ended questions answered in different languages in international surveys. For every language, the free answers are encoded in the form of a individuals ...
Álvarez Pinto, Zaida (Date of defense: 2014-07-25)
Stroke and traumatic brain injuries are common causes of disability, with loss of nerve tissue due to secondary degeneration, gliosis, and often the formation of cavities that inhibit neural cell growth. ...
Anzuola Valencia, Esdras (Date of defense: 2015-06-15)
In the last years free-space optical communications systems for wireless links have been proposed, studied, and implemented mainly due to the higher bandwidth that this technology is able to provide. ...