Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Recent submissions
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A liquid-to-solid transition governs neuronal mechanotransduction during touch in Caenorhabditis elegans
(English) In recent years, our understanding of the ion channels and receptors that orchestrate the conversion of physical stimuli into physiological signals has deepened significantly. Nevertheless, there remains some ...
Hybrid networks: sacred itineraries towards Santiago and Finisterre
(English) Hybrid Networks explores in detail the slow geography of the French Camino network in northwest Spain, giving an account of the network at the scale of the lberian Peninsula and Europe. This old itinerary is a ...
Self-mixing interferometry techniques for biophotonic applications in flow sensing
(English) In this doctoral thesis, significant strides have been made in the realm of biofluid flow sensing through the innovative integration of Self-Mixing Interferometry (SMI) with confocal microscopy principles, resulting ...
Improving non-invasive diagnosis of skin cancer and blood diseases using photonic techniques
(English) This thesis makes a significant contribution to the realm of medical diagnostics through the utilization of photonic technologies and emerging imaging modalities, leading to the creation of innovative approaches ...
Development, optimization and experimental validation of smart devices for substations and power transmission lines
(English) In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the growth of electricity demand. This electricity demand requires retrofitting of lines or exploiting the maximum capacity of existing power lines. In ...
Novel nanoelectronic circuits and systems
(English) Lately, in the rise of the era of 2D materials, Graphene is one of the materials that has been extensively investigated for its possible integration in computing devices and thus computing circuits. This is mainly ...
The surface defect identification problem in the industry: a novel approach with semantic segmentation and generative adversarial networks
(English) Surface inspection of coated surfaces in the automotive industry, traditionally has been a manual process in charge of keen eye operators in charge of inspecting the whole car body. However, as might be deducted, ...
Optimizing serverless architectures for data-intensive analytics workloads
(English) Recently, serverless computing has garnered attention from academia and industry due to its on-demand resource provisioning, allowing users to focus solely on their core business logic by breaking down tasks into ...
Advancing the state of the art of directive-based programming for GPUs: runtime and compilation
(English) The rapid development in computing technology has paved the way for directive-based programming models towards a principal role in maintaining software portability of performance-critical applications. Efforts ...
Sustainable evaluation of Boron recovery for seawater desalination brines valorisation: integration of membrane processes and ion exchange resins
(English) According to the European Green Deal, the European Union (EU) must become climate-neutral by 2050. However, many raw materials needed for this green transition are supplied by non-EU countries. To ensure the ...
A damage-based fatigue life prediction method for metallic alloys and composites
(English) Fatigue failures in materials have been studied for centuries, with early pioneers like August Wöhler noting that repeated loading, even below the static strength of the material, could lead to structural ...
Challenges for shellfish aquaculture in Mediterranean coastal areas
(English) The increase in the production of marine bivalves targets the sustainable development of aquaculture to improve global food and nutrition security. Bivalve aquaculture is currently facing challenges and threats ...
Nitrogen recovery from wastewater treatment effluents by liquid-liquid membrane contactor for fertilizers production
(English) Changing wastewater treatment plants into wastewater and resource recovery facilities represents a paradigm shift in wastewater management. Resources such as water, energy, and nutrients are becoming scarcer, ...
Aportaciones de técnicas geomáticas al análisis de los desprendimientos rocosos
(English) The term rockfall applies to blocks or masses of rock that, after separating from a steep wall, experience free fall and then impact against the ground, with the consequent rebound and possible rolling and sliding ...
Secondary air pollutants in urban and rural Catalonia, Spain: characterizing the precursors, source-contributions, and toxicity
(English) Air pollutants can be classed as either primary or secondary pollutants. Primary air pollutants are those that are directly emitted into the atmosphere, whereas secondary air pollutants are generated in the ...
Development of multiscale reduced-order models for the analysis of medical devices
(English) The advancements in material science and innovative manufacturing techniques have created substantial possibilities for improving the functionality of medical devices, tailoring them to specific needs. However, ...
Influence of electrostatic charge on lightning interactions with aircraft and wind turbines: an experimental approach to an active charge control application
(English) Lightning strikes to aircraft and wind turbines can lead to substantial repair expenses. These structures often trigger lightning strikes, in the form of bidirectional leaders in the case of aircraft and upward ...
Technologically-sustained ecological monitoring of a coastal fish community with a highly integrated biological and environmental data
(English) The Monitoring of coastal marine ecosystems has been traditionally carried out with man and vessel-assisted methodologies. In the last decades, new technologies have been progressively integrated by platforms ...
Formació de despreniments rocosos a la muntanya de Montserrat
(English) In the Montserrat Mountain, high hazard of rockfall and high human exposure by visitors to both Monastery and Natural Park converge. It is a relevant geological risk difficult to mitigate since it is necessary ...
Design and characterization of wearable antenna sensors for healthcare applications
(English) Wearable antenna sensors are a promising technology for developing new applications in the healthcare field since textiles are widely used by everyone due to the maturity of textile manufacturing. According to ...
