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Torres Rivero Andrade, Karina Victoria Alejandra (Date of defense: 2023-07-12)
(English) Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a wastewater originated from complex oxidation processes that has become one of the most challenges facing the global mining industry due to its acidity, high content of SO42- and other ...
Martínez Martínez, Gabino Lester (Date of defense: 2019-07-11)
Hydrogen is one of the most promising solutions for the energy future, since its combustion only produces water vapour, so it does not pollute. In addition, it can be obtained from abundant and renewable substances. Fuel ...
Pagès i Hernando, Neus (Date of defense: 2016-09-15)
Reliable access to freshwater is one of the fundamental pillars for our society. Freshwater scarcity has become a major concern in many arid and sem i-arid countries worldwide to s uch an extent that water s upply for ...
Ivanova, Aleksandra Asenova (Date of defense: 2022-03-11)
lnfectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide while the constantly raising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major concern for the public health. During the infection establishment bacteria! pathogens ...
Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova (Date of defense: 2017-01-27)
The accelerated emergence of drug resistant bacteria is one of the most serious problems in healthcare and the difficulties in finding new antibiotics make it even more challenging. To overcome the action of antibiotics ...
Dunjó Denti, Jordi (Date of defense: 2010-02-18)
Identifying hazards is fundamental for ensuring the safe design and operation of a system in process plants and other facilities. Several techniques are available to identify hazardous situations, all of which require their ...
Sheikh, Mahdi (Date of defense: 2023-11-27)
(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, ...
You Chen, Xialei (Date of defense: 2018-11-29)
In the last years has been performed a huge number of research related to nutrients (mainly N and P) recovery from waste water in order to promote their reuse and also to avoid eutrophication. Recovering nutrient from waste ...
Sáez Comet, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
(English) Surfaces with special functionalities owed to their surface topographies or textures are present all around us in nature. Millions of living organisms around us profit from those special functionalities thanks ...
Yu, Xiangwei (Date of defense: 2021-07-07)
This Thesis work addresses the challenge of designing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) dosage Strategies for improving Fenton and photo-Fenton applications. The determination of the H2O2 dosage scheme that minimizes hydrogen ...
Fazlikeshteli, Shiva (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)
(English) Syngas (a mixture of H2 and CO) is a versatile feedstock that can be used to produce a wide range of chemicals and fuels. For that reason, there is a great interest to optimize and explore new routes for its ...
Martínez Cutillas, Alfredo (Date of defense: 2022-06-13)
(English) Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) is a biobased, biodegradable and biocompatible polymer. Because of that, it is a polymer that generates a great interest in the research and development of new advanced materials. Among ...
Morales Huerta, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2018-02-26)
In recent years, as a result of climate change, the interest in sustainable materials has increased dramatically. The replacement of compounds of petrochemical origin by bio-based has spread to all areas of chemistry. ...
Hodásová, L'udmila (Date of defense: 2022-11-09)
(English) Zirconia ceramic is widely used in numerous fields, such as electronics, machinery, and biomedical applications, due to its excellent properties as chemical resistance, thermal stability, electrical resistance, ...
Maione, Silvana (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the main aim of this ...
Romero Fernández, Wilber (Date of defense: 2011-05-20)
The human M3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M3R) regulates many important physiological roles in the central and peripheral nervous systems, and it is involved in the pathophysiology of several neurodegenerative and ...
Braga, Andrea (Date of defense: 2024-01-25)
(English) Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the most important chemical technologies available today to produce most chemicals at the basis of industrial production. The transition to a greener energy production demands ...
Bonfill Teixidor, Anna (Date of defense: 2006-12-18)
Dinamisme, capacitat de resposta i flexibilitat són característiques essencials en el desenvolupament de la societat actual. Les noves tendències de globalització i els avenços en tecnologies de la informació i comunicació ...
Gibert Agulló, Oriol (Date of defense: 2004-07-21)
CATALA <br/> <br/>La contaminació de les aigües superficials i subterrànies representa el problema mediambiental més greu a què s'ha d'enfrontar la indústria minera, a causa de les denominades aigües àcides de mina (AAM), ...
Meca Fàbrega, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2009-05-12)
L'urani es troba present en el medi a baixes concentracions en roques, sòls i aigua, però l'activitat industrial i el desenvolupament de la tecnologia nuclear ha suposat la generació de grans quantitats de residus i zones ...