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Dubost, Brice (Date of defense: 2012-11-26)
(English) The study of quantum light-matter interaction with atomic ensembles is an active research area. This kind of system allows fundamental studies on measurement in the context of continuous variables, in collective ...
Torres Chamorro, Lisbeth Alejandra (Date of defense: 2023-07-03)
(English This dissertation is an experimental assessment of the tool-part tribological interaction of continuous deformation processes: ball burnishing as a superfinishing process and wire drawing as a bulk deformation ...
González de León, Isabel (Date of defense: 2023-05-19)
(English) Stainless steel is one of the most promising construction materials due to its long service life, low maintenance requirements, excellent mechanical properties and high residual value. Nevertheless, for an efficient ...
Ferrer Cid, Pau (Date of defense: 2023-05-08)
(English) Nowadays, authorities monitor the concentrations of regulated air pollutants in order to assist in decision-making processes, e.g., for the implementation of traffic restrictions, and mitigate the effects of air ...
Duarte Gómez, Noemí (Date of defense: 2023-05-12)
(English) Performance-based design (PBD) is a philosophy for structural design that puts emphasis on the realistic estimation of the structural behaviour and its relationship with the objectives of the final user, or ...
Díaz Delgado, Nelson Gustavo (Date of defense: 2023-09-28)
(English) This thesis is focused on analysing the impact produced by washwater discharges from exhaust gas cleaning systems fitted on ships on the pH level of Barcelona port waters. These systems are being used on board ...
Duan, Xun (Date of defense: 2023-05-10)
(English) A solar sail is a method of spacecraft propulsion that uses only the solar radiation pressure (SRP). The main research object of this thesis is a solar sail spacecraft in the artificially created libration point ...
Saldaña Puerto, César (Date of defense: 2023-09-15)
(English) Mannerism is one of the most contentious concepts in the history of Western art, and it is significant that an author as controversial as Arnold Hauser (1892-1978) devoted a good part of his efforts to it. The ...
Figueira, Joana (Date of defense: 2023-05-31)
(English) Classical and Recurrent novae are thermonuclear explosions hosted by accreting white dwarfs in stellar binary systems. Material piles up on top of the white dwarf star under mildly degenerate conditions, driving ...
Xu, Ti (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)
(English) The community is the main urban space for expressing public space, and it is quite related to the daily life of everyone. In China, the community associated with housing became much more complex than before in ...
Villegas Juárez, Arturo (Date of defense: 2023-04-26)
(English) Resolution enhancement in modern optical metrology techniques has been possible due to significant technological improvements. The accurate and precise control of wavelength, bandwidth, and power of light sources; ...
Soriano González, Jesús (Date of defense: 2023-04-28)
(English) Coastal areas support important ecosystems with great ecological value, giving rise to countless resources increasingly exploited by humans. Understanding the processes occurring in both inland and aquatic ...
Sabounchi, Saeed (Date of defense: 2023-04-13)
(English) Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are the most used composite materials in many applications, from broom handle to the main structure of advanced aircraft. Despite the enormous research done on these materials, ...
Ortiz de Orruño Cuesta, Unai (Date of defense: 2023-04-21)
(English) Nowadays, being able to precisely characterize nanoparticles is of key relevance in a wide range of scenarios. For instance, chemical and pharmaceutical industries often rely in particle-sizing for quality control. ...
Mateos Estévez, Nicolás (Date of defense: 2023-04-28)
(English) The spatiotemporal organisation and compartmentalisation of molecules in living cells is crucial to regulate cell function. Dysregulation in how molecules dynamically explore their environment and interact with ...
Expósito Ventura, Marta (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)
(English) Online advertising makes possible most of the freely available online content and services. However, it is far from being mature and there are still controversial topics that need to be addressed. One of these ...
Giulio, Valerio di (Date of defense: 2023-04-12)
(English) Among the fundamental constituents of matter, charged particles such electrons and positrons are leading protagonists in physical phenomena associated with small (~ meV) and high (~ MeV) energy scales. For example, ...
Clavé Cerezo, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)
(English) Diffractive multifocal intraocular lens typically uses a hybrid refractive-diffractive design that consist of a high-power refractive base lens and a low-power diffractive profile engraved on one of its surfaces. ...
Cardona Nadal, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-04-03)
(English) In the last decade performance needs in Critical Real-Time Embedded Systems (CRTES) domains like automotive, avionics, railway or space have been steadily on the rise due to the unprecedented computational power ...
Vilardell Moreno, Sergi (Date of defense: 2023-03-13)
(English) Critical Real-Time Embedded Systems (CRTES) are used in domains like transportation (e.g. avionics, automotive, space, and railway), healthcare, and industrial machinery. This subset of embedded systems requires ...