Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Recent submissions
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Vulnerabilidad + regeneración = población en peligro de expulsión. Aprendizajes para una regeneración urbana inclusiva
(English) This proposal is within the framework of a research project ‘Socio-spatial indicators for the improvement of building stock in vulnerable areas. Action criteria for the cases of the Metropolitan Areas of Barcelona ...
Respiratory viruses in childhood: surveillance, analysis, and modelling of their epidemiological dynamics. The case of Catalonia.
(English) This PhD thesis focused on the characterisation and understanding of the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children in Catalonia over the last decade. Through a combination ...
Conceptualization, design and optimal operation of hybrid AC-DC power router grids
(English) Driven by increasingly strict climate goals, the need for modernization of the electric power system has intensified in recent years. The transition towards a distributed and decarbonized smart energy system ...
Talent management in Spanish SME hotel sector
(English) Hospitality has a great role in economy of Spain as the second most visited country in the world. Human resources (HRs) are the most important resources in this industry. Talented employees can be competitive ...
Exciton engineering for quantum confinement in an electrostatically defined PN-junction
(English) We investigate the physics of quantum-confined excitons in an electrostatically defined PN junction. Such a PN junction can be generated in an encapsulated monolayer MoSe2 along the patterned edge of a top-gate ...
Derivatives and risks
(English) This thesis aims to provide solutions to real world problems by the use and development of state-of-the-art quantitative finance techniques. The first part of this work tackles the challenge of digital options ...
Lessons learned from the survey of damage to school buildings by the Mw = 8.4 Illapel earthquake (Chile, September 2015)
(English) The high seismic hazard present in the Chilean territory demands that essential buildings, such as educational facilities, be designed under rigorous structural performance criteria. However, recent events such ...
Efectos barocalóricos en cristales plásticos orgánicos y ferroeléctricos
(English) Artificial refrigeration is one of the greatest technological achievements, essential in both industrial and domestic sectors for the preservation of food, medicines, and space cooling. It is expected that the ...
Development of hyperreduced order models for multiphysics numerical simulations: a noninvasive approach
(English) Reduced Order Models (ROMs) are powerful tools for accelerating numerical simulations by identifying and exploiting underlying structures in complex systems. By approximating high-dimensional problems using ...
Contextual speech recognition
(English) Although Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology has achieved remarkable improvements in transcription accuracy in recent years, it still struggles to correctly transcribe certain words. In particular, ...
Instance-level recognition for image understanding
(English) Image understanding is a fundamental task in computer vision as it aims to enable machines to visually comprehend the real world. In this thesis, the task of image understanding is addressed through the combination ...
Understanding human intention for human-robot interaction
(English) This doctoral thesis delves into the concept of intention in robotics, aiming to establish a comprehensive and practical definition while exploring its technical and social implications. The research begins by ...
Finite element computational modeling of flexoelectricity and flexo-photovoltaics
(English) This PhD focuses on the numerical modeling of flexoelectricity and flexo-photovoltaics, both at infinitesimal and finite deformations, using standard C0 Finite Element (FE) approximations. On one side, an ...
Oscillatory motions, parabolic orbits and collision orbits in the planar circular restricted three-body problem
(English) The planar circular restricted three body problem (PCRTBP) models the motion of a massless body under the attraction of other two bodies, the primaries, which describe circular orbits around their common center ...
Contributions to the assessment of indoor air quality, thermal comfort and ventilation in educational buildings
(English) Indoor air quality and thermal comfort in educational buildings have significant impacts on students’ health, well-being, productivity, and learning performance. Schools, where students spend most of their day, ...
Probing structural coherence across a light-induced double phase transition
(English) Strongly-correlated materials have emerged as one of the most active areas of research in Condensed Matter Physics. Interests in these materials arise mainly from the pliability of their properties, offering the ...
Los edificios residenciales urbanos de José Antonio Coderch, 1964-1969: las plantas bajas como construcción de espacio público
(English) This research analyzes urban residential buildings designed by J.A. Coderch between 1964 and 1969, specifically exploring his relationship with the city. The study uses ground floors as an analytical tool, ...
Bridging fast volumetric imaging and mechanical stimulation: a platform for studying mechanosensitive neurons functionality onset in C. elegans embryos
(English) In Caenorhabditis elegans, the embryo develops within the protective confines of an eggshell, shielded from direct interactions with the outside world. In this isolated environment, neuronal mechanosensory circuits, ...
Continuum and computational modelling of surface effects in flexoelectric materials
(English) In recent years, with the rise of nanoscale technologies and consequent miniaturization of devices, the bulk flexoelectric effect has gained much interest from researchers around the world. However, there is no ...
Alfred Grenander : transitional spaces and the mobility infrastructure of Berlin from 1914 to 1930
(English) The city of Berlin owes the design of most of its subway stations to the Swedish architect Alfred Grenander, who was the main responsible for this task in the beginning of the 20th century. These subway stations, ...
