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Parera Briansó, Magda (Date of defense: 2014-05-20)
The transition-metal catalysed [2+2+2] cycloaddition reaction is a highly efficient synthetic tool that allows six-membered polysubstituted carbo- and heterocyclic derivatives to be obtained in an atom economy process. ...
Montesinos Barreda, Laura (Date of defense: 2014-05-16)
A series of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from the BP134 peptide (a member of the CECMEL11 library) exhibited potent bactericidal effect and low cytotoxicity, and were selected for expression in transgenic rice. ...
Gómez Martín, Francesc Josep (Date of defense: 2014-04-11)
El Tractat de les penes particulars d’infern de Joan Pasqual, mestre en teologia i franciscà de Castelló d’Empúries, forma part d’una obra de divulgació teològica dividida en dos volums: el Llibre de beatitud, dedicat el ...
Rodríguez Mier, Fernando Avelino (Date of defense: 2014-03-14)
The "Macular Projector" MAP, designed by us, is so effective, reliable and predictive as the Guyton-Minkowski PAMÒ and Retinometer Heine Lambda 100 in the assessment of potential visual acuity. The PAM has the advantage, ...
Pla Planas, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-04-25)
Resource and task allocation for workflows poses an allocation problem in which several attributes may be involved (economic cost, delivery time, CO2 emissions...), therefore, it must be treated from a multi-criteria ...
Mallios, Angelos (Date of defense: 2014-05-15)
This thesis presents the development of a localization and mapping algorithm for an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). It is based on probabilistic scan matching of raw sonar scans within a pose-based simultaneous ...
Estany-Tigerström, David (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)
We investigated whether the Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) invasion modifies the trophic web of the sclerophyllous Mediterranean forests to the point that impacts co-occurring bird communities. We studied if the invaded ...
Kanzaki Cabrera, Takeichi (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)
Granular materials are multi-particle systems involved in many industrial process and everyday life. The mechanical behavior of granular media such as sand, coffee beans, planetary rings and powders are current challenging ...
Ballester González, Ramon (Date of defense: 2014-03-14)
The current economic crisis has increased severe poverty as well as severe deprivation levels in our society, putting under stress the existing social protection system. In the Spanish system of social protection, the very ...
Galceran Yebenes, Enric (Date of defense: 2014-04-25)
This thesis proposes new methods to find collision-free paths allowing an AUV to cover an area of the ocean floor with its sensors, which is known as coverage path planning. First, we propose a coverage path planning method ...
Ramos Cordoba, Eloy (Date of defense: 2014-04-11)
This thesis focuses in the development and application of new tools for the analysis of the electron distribution in molecules, focusing on the concepts of local spins, and oxidation state. The thesis can be divided into ...
Pellicer Johera, Neus (Date of defense: 2014-03-31)
WWTP present two issues: 1) Get adequate depuration performance; 2) Do it with minimal costs. There are many strategies that can be applied to achieve these requirements, but they cannot be applied indiscriminately. In ...
Godayol Boix, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-03-27)
Different analytical methodologies have been developed for the determination of odorous compounds and synthetic fragrances in water and air WWTP samples from Girona and Tarragona provinces. With regards to the odorous ...
Shihavuddin, A.S.M. (Date of defense: 2014-03-28)
This thesis addresses the problem of automated underwater optical image characterization. Remote underwater optical sensing allows the collection and storage of vast amounts of data for which manual classification may take ...
Lladó Martínez, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-03-18)
La tesi doctoral "L’estructura de govern de les universitats públiques del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya", proposa una configuració del govern intern de les universitats públiques que aglutina els elements requerits ...
Figueroa Pinedo, Jessica Ruth (Date of defense: 2014-03-13)
The present research aims to analyze the relationship between tourism and, the social and economic conditions of the population considered socially and culturally poor. The thesis focuses on the ability to develop tourism ...
Acebo Peña, Esteve del (Date of defense: 2011-05-27)
Trust modeling is widely recognized as an aspect of essential importance in the construction of agents and multi agent systems (MAS). As a consequence, several trust formalisms have been proposed over the last years. All ...
Trias Mansilla, Albert (Date of defense: 2013-07-19)
The village paradigm presents some benefits compared with the library paradigm; people can adapt the answer content as a function of who is requesting the information, or furthermore, people can perform clarifications of ...
Presas i Maynegre, Pilar (Date of defense: 2014-01-31)
The family firm have the ability to generate a competitive advantage which lies on the nature of its resources and capabilities arising from the interaction between family and business, known as familiness. This thesis ...
Fernández Caballero, Zuley (Date of defense: 2013-11-11)
La Hacienda Pública tiene un derecho de crédito frente al obligado tributario. Con la función recaudatoria se realiza aquel derecho, pero cuando se producen actuaciones evasivas del deudor, la Administración puede recurrir ...