Universitat de Girona: Recent submissions
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Model de predicció de la cotització del preu del porcí, basat en la teoria dels expertons i en xarxes neuronals
The meat industry is the most important economic activity in the agrofood sector, which (in Spain) is 20.6%. The meat industry contributes to the 1.7% Spanish GDP, billing 16 billion Euros (2006), employing more than 85,000 ...
Luisa Sigea de Velasco: reflexions filosòfiques d'una docta puella espanyola del segle XVI
The PhD entitled "Luisa Sigea de Velasco: philosophical reflections of a sixteenth-century Spanish docta puella" focuses on verifying and justifying if Luisa Sigea (1522-1560) was a genuine philosopher. To carry out this ...
La responsabilidad patrimonial de la Administración pública urbanística
The PhD thesis analyzes the town planning liability of Public Authority, based on section 35 of the Royal Decree – Act 2/2008, of 20th June, regulating the Land Act. The research focuses on the key new aspects introduced ...
Los derechos de información y de participación ciudadanas en materia urbanística
This thesis has the aim of establish a compilation of the citizen’s rights in urbanism. By one hand, the right of having access to the urbanistic information, means to study exhaustively the right of having access to the ...
Downward flame front spread in thin solid fuels: theory and experiments
Flame spread over solid samples has been studied from many points of view, as it is key for fire safety, yet it is a complex phenomenon that involves processes occurring in both the solid and the gas phases. This Ph.D. ...
In vitro production of porcine embryos. New insights into optimization of culture media with relevance to sex ratio purposes
This thesis is about challenges that currently concern in vitro production (IVP), sex determination procedures and sex-related survival of in vitro-produced porcine embryos. Specifically, the current thesis develops a new ...
Vitrification of in vitro produced porcine blastocysts: the effects of culture medium and antioxidants
In the present Thesis, we observed that vitrifying-warming porcine embryos had detrimental effects. Indeed, vitrification and warming were seen to reduce developmental ability and quality of in vitro produced porcine ...
Contribució dels equipaments d'educació ambiental a les sortides escolars de l'educació primària
Aquest treball explora i aprofundeix en com s’integren les activitats que ofereixen els equipaments d’educació ambiental –entitats de l’àmbit educatiu no formal que es troben en espais naturals protegits–, en les escoles ...
Iron and iridium molecular complex for water oxidation catalysis
Harness light from the sun is one of the 21st century’s major goals towards the substitution of fossil fuels for a renewable source of energy. Sustainable production of highly energetic molecules using sunlight as energy ...
Automatic source detection in astronomical images
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 ...
Development of highly structured non-heme iron catalysts for selective C-H group oxidations
Catalytic oxidation reactions of hydrocarbons that occur in the active site of metalloenzymes exhibit high efficiency and exquisite regio- and stereoselectivity under mild experimental conditions. We describe the efficient ...
Disseny i síntesi de lipopèptids cíclics i de pèptids conjugats derivats de BPC194 amb activitat antimicrobiana
Les malalties causades per bacteris i fongs són responsables d’importants pèrdues econòmiques en cultius. Es considera que els pèptids antimicrobians, naturals i sintètics, són uns bons candidats per a ser utilitzats com ...
Prescripción enfermera en España: práctica profesional y limbo jurídico
Nurse prescribing has experienced much legislative confusion over the past 40 years in Spain. Nonetheless, primary care nurses prescribe medications, most frequently standard childhood vaccinations, antiseptics and ...
La responsabilidad civil del principal por hecho de sus auxiliares. En especial, la relación de dependencia
If the person who actually caused the damage is not a sufficiently solvent debtor, if he is impossible to identify or does not have sufficient liability insurance coverage, liability of the actual wrongdoer will not help ...
Habilitats sociocognitives i de funcionament executiu en nenes i nens amb síndrome de Down d'entre 4 i 12 anys
The study of socio-cognitive skills, and their relationship with executive functions, has generated a large number of studies. In order to assess these skills in children with Down syndrome, we administered a battery of ...
Expectativas y preferencias en la utilización de servicios en atención primaria
The main aim of this thesis is to study the expectations and preferences of the Catalan population regarding the public health system, and an appraisal of the influence played by factors such as age, gender, geographical ...
Cuantificación de la demanda y sentencia con reserva de liquidación
The present study deals with the quantification of the demand in relation to the sentence subject to settlement. This last institute is of great practical importance for having been the instrument chosen, in the Spanish ...
La tradición judía y la narración en la pintura de Marc Chagall
Among the many readings of this painter, I try to draw up a narrative reading of his work, taking into account the Jewish tradition in which both his biography and his artistic work were deeply involved. Once I have discussed ...
Tourism destination zoning and governance in border regions
Debates on the creation and management of tourism destinations have increased during the last decades. This dissertation endeavours to contribute to the literature on tourism destinations planning and governance, with ...
Tourism demand in Spain: trip duration and budget structure, a comparison of low cost and legacy airline users
This thesis compares the behaviour of tourists arriving to Spain by low cost airlines or by legacy airlines, in terms of length of stay and travel budget allocation. It also segments low cost users according to travel ...
