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    Qualitative modelling of complex systems by means of fuzzy inductive reasoning. Variable selection and search space reduction. 

    Mirats Tur, Josep M. (Josep Maria) (Date of defense: 2001-11-23)

    Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning (FIR) is a modelling and simulation methodology capable of generating a qualitative input-output model of a system from real-valued trajectories of its physical variables. The functioning basis ...

    Reducción de artefactos en señales electroencefalográficas mediante nuevas técnicas de filtrado automático basadas en separación ciega de fuentes. 

    Romero Lafuente, Sergio (Date of defense: 2010-06-21)

    El análisis cuantitativo y la interpretación de las señales electroencefalográficas (EEG) permiten la comprensión de la función cerebral, ayudando al diagnóstico de estados disfuncionales. Sin embargo, es conocido que ...

    Robust leak localization in water distribution networks using machine learning techniques 

    Soldevila Coma, Adrià (Date of defense: 2018-03-23)

    This PhD thesis presents a methodology to detect, estimate and localize water leaks (with the main focus in the localization problem) in water distribution networks using hydraulic models and machine learning techniques. ...

    Sensorimotor exploration: constraint awareness and social reinforcement in early vocal development 

    Acevedo Valle, Juan Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-11-06)

    This research is motivated by the benefits that knowledge regarding early development in infants may provide to different fields of science. In particular, early sensorimotor exploration behaviors are studied in the framework ...

    Serum potassium concentration monitoring by ECG time warping analysis on the T wave 

    Palimeri, Flavio (Date of defense: 2022-05-31)

    End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients demonstrate an increased incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD) with declining kidney functioning as a consequence of blood potassium ([K+]) homeostasis impairment, which is restored ...

    Shedding light on sewer pipes : deep learning perception approaches for autonomous sewer robots 

    Plana Rius, Ferran (Date of defense: 2023-03-02)

    (English) Sewerage is a vital infrastructure for society’s day-to-day life. Its maintenance is a priority and current European legislation increases the demand of a proper inspection. Being a complex access and dangerous ...

    Simulation of mechanoregulation and tissue differentiation in calcium phosphate scaffolds for tissue engineering 

    Sandino Velásquez, Clara Inés (Date of defense: 2010-11-11)

    Los estímulos mecánicos son uno de los factores que afectan a la diferenciación celular en el proceso de regeneración del tejido óseo, por lo tanto, en el desarrollo de andamios para ingeniería de tejidos, se pueden aplicar ...

    Skeletal representations of orthogonal shapes 

    Martínez Bayona, Jonàs (Date of defense: 2013-12-12)

    Skeletal representations are important shape descriptors which encode topological and geometrical properties of shapes and reduce their dimension. Skeletons are used in several fields of science and attract the attention ...

    Smartphone-based human activity recognition 

    Reyes Ortiz, Jorge Luis (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)

    Human Activity Recognition (HAR) is a multidisciplinary research field that aims to gather data regarding people's behavior and their interaction with the environment in order to deliver valuable context-aware information. ...

    Snoring and arousals in full-night polysomnographic studies from sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome patients 

    Mesquita, Joana Margarida Gil de (Date of defense: 2013-02-22)

    SAHS (Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome) is recognized to be a serious disorder with high prevalence in the population. The main clinical triad for SAHS is made up of 3 symptoms: apneas and hypopneas, chronic snoring and ...

    Stimulation of wound healing and vascularization with calcium-releasing biomaterials 

    Navarro Requena, Claudia (Date of defense: 2017-11-20)

    Chronic skin wounds are a major socioeconomic burden in developed societies, affecting specially elder and diabetic people. It is estimated that 1 to 2% of the population will suffer a chronic wound in their lifetime and, ...

    Study of longitudinal neurodegeneration biomarkers to support the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease 

    Gavidia Bovadilla, Giovana (Date of defense: 2018-10-21)

    Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive and neurodegenerative disorder characterized by pathological brain changes starting several years before clinical symptoms appear. Earlier and accurate identification of those brain ...

    Supervisió Intel.ligent de processos dinàmics basada en esdeveniments 

    Sarrate Estruch, Ramon (Date of defense: 2002-04-15)

    En la darrera dècada, el disseny de sistemes de supervisió per a processos industrials ha rebut força atenció. Aquest fet s'explica per l'augment de la demanda en prestacions, flexibilitat i seguretat causada per la creixent ...

    Surgical subtask automation for intraluminal procedures using deep reinforcement learning 

    Pore, Ameya Ravindra (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)

    (English) Intraluminal procedures have opened up a new sub-field of minimally invasive surgery that use flexible instruments to navigate through complex luminal structures of the body, resulting in reduced invasiveness and ...

    UAV perception for safe flight under physical interaction 

    Cayero Becerra, Julián Francisco (Date of defense: 2019-06-07)

    The control of autonomous flying vehicles with navigation purposes is a challenging task. Complexity arises mainly due to the non-linearity and uncertainty inherently present in the flight mechanics and aircraft-air ...

    US signal and image monitoring and diagnosis using computer vision and deep learning 

    Farahi, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-11-03)

    (English) This thesis presents a comprehensive investigation of the reliability and efficacy of Ultra-Sound (US) signals and images for remote monitoring and early diagnosis in medical applications. The main objective of ...

    Valoración de la respuesta tisular tras a pancreatotomía media realizada con un dispositivo asistido por radiofrecuencia 

    Quesada Diez, Rita (Date of defense: 2014-12-10)

    The current approach to managing the distal pancreas after pancreaticoduodenectomy is to anastomose the stump to either the jejunum or the stomach. However, occlusion of the main pancreatic duct (usually sutured, ligated ...

    Visual Navigation in Unknown Environments 

    Vidal Calleja, Teresa Alejandra (Date of defense: 2007-07-13)

    Navigation in mobile robotics involves two tasks, keeping track of the robot's position and moving according to a control strategy. In addition, when no prior knowledge of the environment is available, the problem is even ...