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Korotkov, Konstantin (Date of defense: 2014-07-08)
Malignant melanoma is the rarest and deadliest of skin cancers causing three times more deaths than all other skin-related malignancies combined. Fortunately, in its early stages, it is completely curable, making a total ...
Barrera Núñez, Víctor Augusto (Date of defense: 2012-04-10)
This thesis proposes a framework for identifying the root-cause of a voltage disturbance, as well as, its source location (upstream/downstream) from the monitoring place. The framework works with three-phase voltage and ...
Oliver i Malagelada, Arnau (Date of defense: 2007-07-11)
Aquesta tesi està emmarcada dins la detecció precoç de masses, un dels símptomes més clars del càncer de mama, en imatges mamogràfiques. Primerament, s'ha fet un anàlisi extensiu dels diferents mètodes de la literatura, ...
Kushibar, Kaisar (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
This PhD thesis focuses on the development of deep learning based methods for accurate segmentation of the sub-cortical brain structures from MRI. First, we have proposed a 2.5D CNN architecture that combines convolutional ...
Masias Moyset, Marc (Date of defense: 2014-07-28)
The use of automatic algorithms to detect astronomical sources (stars, galaxies, gas, dust or cosmic rays) becomes of great importance because of the increasing amount of astronomical images and the inefficiency and ...
Ylla i Monfort, Irene (Date of defense: 2011-01-21)
La comunitat bentònica dels ecosistemes fluvials processa una gran quantitat de la matèria orgànica que arriba als rius. L'origen de les entrades de material (autòctones o al·lòctones), la seva composició química i la seva ...
Vilanova Vilà, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-04-17)
Introducció La promoció de la salut cardiovascular comporta capacitar les persones per adquirir hàbits saludables. Objectiu Avaluar millora dels hàbits de salut cardiovascular amb intervenció comunitària de persones de ...
Ribas Agustí, Albert (Date of defense: 2013-05-31)
The doctoral thesis has developed new methods for the analysis of phenolic compounds in tomato, lettuce and dry-cured sausages with vegetable extracts. The new-developed chromatographic methods are simplified and validated, ...
Gonzalez-Hoelling, Samira (Date of defense: 2024-03-18)
Stroke is the leading cause of functional motor disorders in adults and, in most cases, alters gait patterns and balance when standing and walking. Rhythmic techniques are recommended to improve gait and balance, since ...
Olivet Pujol, Josep (Date of defense: 2015-10-28)
A Catalunya, cada any perden la vida més de 3.000 persones degut a la mort sobtada cardíaca. Per aconseguir una major supervivència són fonamentals una sèrie d'accions que constitueixen la «cadena de supervivència» i la ...
Parramon Font, Dídac (Date of defense: 2019-07-26)
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide as well as in our population. One of the main cardiovascular prevention strategies is to identify healthy patients who are at risk of ...
Gelabert Vilella, Sandra (Date of defense: 2018-04-09)
The aim of this study is to evaluate the implementation of the health promotion in mental health services of the Healthcare Region of Girona. An observational, descriptive and transverse study is presented. We studied ...
Fulladosa i Tomàs, Elena (Date of defense: 2004-07-19)
En aquest estudi, la toxicitat de diversos metalls pesants i l'arsènic va ser analitzada utilitzant diferents models biològics.<br/>En la primera part d'aquest treball, el bioassaig de toxicitat Microtox, el qual està basat ...
Vila Currius, Mireia (Date of defense: 2020-03-09)
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) acts as a potent inducer of inflammation in autoimmune diseases like Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis. Current available treatments are based on TNF inhibition such as infliximab and ...
Verdaguer Planas, Marta (Date of defense: 2012-12-21)
The thesis presents and evaluates the application of the paradigm of agents to the management of the urban wastewater system. The system is conceptualised as a multi-agent system from the development of the models of ...
Puig Serramitja, Josep (Date of defense: 2004-11-19)
La desintegració és una etapa important en la recuperació de paper vell, ja que té importants conseqüències en consum d'energia i en el comportament de les etapes posteriors.<br/>Per això els objectius es centren en analitzar ...
Gol i Gómez, Roser (Date of defense: 2018-07-17)
This work evaluates the effectiveness of the midwifery telephone support in relation to the abandonment of breastfeeding of primiparous women from a randomized parallel controlled clinical trial. 220 primiparous women who ...
Serdà Ferrer, Bernat-Carles (Date of defense: 2009-05-29)
El cáncer de próstata es el cáncer más frecuente en los hombres en muchos países industrializados. Considerando el porcentaje de supervivencia relativa a los 5 años (76,5%) y el estado de morbilidad que generan los ...
García Lozano, Leonardo (Date of defense: 2013-06-03)
In this research the process through which a group of teachers deal with problems that arise from their shared context of their daily teaching practice is discussed. The approach to the problem is understood as a process ...
Penalba Suárez, Neus (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
This study is a monographic analysis of Mercè Rodoreda’s posthumous novel, La mort i la primavera, the work that has received the least critical attention. It is a fascinating and very complex novel, both because of the ...