Suquet Masó, Jordi (Date of defense: 2022-07-29)
Currently, the access to safe drinking water remains to be crucial for mankind development. Due to the geographical context, changes in demography and climate change perspectives, there are regions where ...
Sabater Liesa, Laia (Date of defense: 2021-01-29)
Humanity has always been closely linked to rivers, benefiting from their resources while producing impacts associated with their activity.Thus, river systems have been exposed to multiple stressors, ...
Ximinis Tarrés, Joan (Date of defense: 2022-09-07)
First part of this research is focused in validating the Exhaust Gas Heater (EGH) viability in reducing NOx emissions without negative effects in a standard exhaust gas circuit. Experimentation was held ...
Fajnzylber Reyes, Victor (Date of defense: 2021-09-19)
It is stated that non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) triggers specific ocular behaviors that can have a real effect on the way of perceiving a cinematic narrative. The transdisciplinary interest of ...
Colls Lozano, Miriam (Date of defense: 2020-07-31)
Currently, global change is promoting the spatiotemporal occurrence of temporary streams, altering fluvial ecosystem function and structure, and the ecosystem services they provide. To effectively protect ...
Fuertes Espinosa, Carles (Date of defense: 2020-07-23)
The use of self-assembly to bring simple building blocks together into complex product, has led to the preparation of an increasing number of sophisticated and functional 3D supramolecular nanocapsules. ...
Istenič, Klemen (Date of defense: 2021-03-25)
This thesis addresses the development of resources for accurate scaling and uncertainty estimation of image-based 3D models for scientific purposes based on data acquired with monocular or unsynchronized ...
Comas Vila, Ferran (Date of defense: 2021-05-14)
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), regarded as the third gasotransmitter, plays diverse physiological and pathological roles in the body along with another two gasotransmitters, including nitric oxide (NO) and ...
Carrasco Barea, Lorena (Date of defense: 2020-10-09)
Salt marshes are considered key ecosystems for climate regulation because they have a high carbon sequestration capacity. However, most studies of carbon sequestration capacity of these ecosystems have ...
Boada Cahueñas, Ellana (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
Biogas is a highly recognized alternative to fossil fuels towards a sustainable energy production. Massive use of biogas depends on the removal of contaminants that may affect performance of processing ...