Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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The ever-changing conditions of the environment demand systems able to manage flexible and operative human resources, adapted to the requirements of the organizations, since the actual outlines of competitiveness demand ...
The general objective of this thesis is to improve the quality of a certain Sustainability Objectives (OS) and Material Flows Indicators (IFM) to propose a set of Sustainability Indicators for the Sustainable Planning of ...
The research has as main goal to develop a structured methodology to be able to predict the environmental impact of artificial night lighting. For this reason, I have divided the process into different stages: In the ...
Las lesiones de la médula espinal comportan parálisis, falta de sensibilidad y alteraciones en el funcionamiento de los esfínteres (urinario y rectal) y estos a su vez condicionan infecciones urinarias, formación de cálculos ...
The thesis is located in two (2) key areas of knowledge: The Software Process Improvement (SPI Software Process Improvement) and Process Change (PDC) at Process Software (PDS) r.Aethods of .Analysis and Cost-Efficiency ...
Access to drinking water is one of the challenges of the 21st century for an increasing number of countries in the world. In Spain, a desalination plant providing between 20% and 30% of Barcelona¿s drinking water has ...
The research area of this doctoral thesis is determined by the interaction between legal and technical disciplines such as the Industrial Property (IP) and the industrial or product design respectively. The area they have ...
La ocurrencia de un desastre puede entenderse como la materialización de un riesgo producido al relacionar el peligro o amenaza, la vulnerabilidad y el elemento expuesto. Si se tiene clara la relación anterior, ahora ya ...
El impacto de la contaminación del aire es un tema crítico para el medioambiente y el clima. Una mala calidad del aire es un tema de importancia para la salud pública, especialmente en ambientes urbanos. El material ...
Innovation is an essential activity for the competitiveness of firms. It has also contributed positively to increasing the living standards of millions of people. However, it is widely recognized that innovation co-produces ...
La intenció d'aquest projecte de recerca és anar més enllà de l' aconseguit pels sistemes existents de selecció i comparació de processos de Prototipat Ràpid, mitjançant la introducció d'una nova metodologia que tingui com ...
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are characterized by their high organic matter and nutrient removal efficiency, but also by their high energy consumption. In the current context where resources are increasingly scarce, ...
La qualitat de l'aire d'una zona està directament lligada amb la situació meteorológica present i les seves característiques dispersives. Per aquest motiu, l'estudi dels vents en uns regió suposa una aportació d'informació ...
Els processos de tall han estat sota un constant canvi degut a la creixent necessitat de la ind ustria de desenvolupar productes nals amb caracterstiques optimes que agil litzin la seva introducci o al mercat. Existeixen ...
The present dynamics in the environment,in which the organizations are inserted, in this globalization time, with a remarkable incidence in the form of negotiating their essential processes,make necessary to have systems ...
The adverse technological behavior of the small and medium-size enterprise (SME) when facing innovation is a true fact in Latin America. The Models and Methods for evaluating current innovation efforts, in particular studies ...
Controlled Exposure Experiments revealed lesions in the statocysts of four cephalopod species of the Mediterranean Sea (Sepia officinalis, Loligo vulgaris, Illex coindetii and Octopus vulgaris), when exposed to relatively ...
El camp d'Experiència d'Usuari consta d'una àmplia gamma d'aspectes diferents sobre la interacció amb productes o serveis. L'experiència d'usuari difereix del paradigma objectiu basat en el rendiment, centrant-se en un ...
This thesis considers the fruit of the tara tree (Caesalpinia spinosa) as a sustainable source for tanning agents and proposes alternatives to the commercial mineral salts and vegetable extracts to comply with an increasing ...
Several series of experiments in stratified and in rotating/stratified decaying flows after a grid is used to stir the two layer stable fluid brine and fresh water set up. We measure by comparing the gained potential ...
