Valcárcel Torres, Jairo Andrés (Date of defense: 2013-02-01)
Los daños por terremotos en edificios y sistemas esenciales han motivado la definición de estándares de comportamiento de estas instalaciones, buscando reducir las pérdidas económicas y la pérdida de ...
Martínez Martínez, Raúl (Date of defense: 2014-05-02)
This thesis belongs to the field of the history of architectural theory and criticism. lt focuses on an innovative architectural analysis and design method which was first introduced in the Anglo-American ...
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. ...
Varela Kilian, Ana Paula (Date of defense: 2016-01-19)
The ability to innovate in any organization is directly related to a continuous flow of new ideas capable of responding to opportunities for new products. However, the successful development of innovative ...
Lupercio Cruz, Carlos (Date of defense: 2013-07-03)
The thesis shows the first monographs of Aleix Clapés and Manuel Sayrach, two important individuals of Catalonian culture, whose works were developed between 1880 and 1937; a long period which saw many ...
Paez, Roger (Date of defense: 2015-11-26)
We live in a complex world. For some time, the great certainties and the narratives they support have been shown to be inadequate as an entryway into the richness of the contemporary world. lt is not ...
Elinbaum, Pablo (Date of defense: 2012-07-23)
In the late seventies, after the recovery of democratic institutions in Spain, the planning authority is transferred to the Autonomous Government of Catalonia (Generalitat). Soon after, the incorporation ...
Viscarri Colomer, Jesús (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
The motivation for this study is based on the inclusion of social marketing actions in the business model of small businesses. Whether these initiatives arise from social scrutiny or leaders¿ commitment, ...
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. ...
Sesa Nogueras, Enric (Date of defense: 2012-09-20)
The main motivation of this dissertation is the exploration of the field of online text-dependent writer recognition, in order to provide evidence of the usefulness of short sequences of text to perform ...