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    Integrated management of bacterial spot disease of stone fruits caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni: development of a disease forecasting system 

    Morales Nicolàs, Gerard (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)

    Bacterial spot disease of stone fruits, caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni, is of high economic importance in the major stone-fruit-producing areas worldwide. Disease control is mainly based on preventive measures, ...

    Bond behavior of NSM FRP strips in concrete under sustained loading 

    Emara, Mohamed Reda Ali Elewa (Date of defense: 2018-04-17)

    The main objective of work has been to study the bond strength and bond-slip response of NSM CFRP strips in concrete when subjected to sustained loading under different environmental conditions. To this end, two experimental ...

    Evaluación de materiales compuestos por inyección a partir de fibras procedentes de la biomasa de maíz (Zea mays L.) y polipropileno 

    Rodríguez Monteagudo, Manuel (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)

    The present PhD work has been done within the research topics of the Laboratory of Paper Engineering and Polymer Materials (LEPAMAP) at the University of Girona. Composite materials from high yield corn biomass fibers ...

    Consumer's behavioural patterns: the Romanian tourists 

    Rosca, Ingrid Magda (Date of defense: 2017-07-10)

    A doctoral thesis proposes a new model of consumer behaviour in the area of tourism. This research was developed in partnership with Romanian Academy, The World Economy Institute, with the National Foundation of Young ...

    Modelo de formación dirigido a profesores de secundaria del área de ciencias experimentales basado en la sostenibilidad 

    Collazo Expósito, Leslie Mahe (Date of defense: 2018-02-09)

    In order to contribute to the advancement of curricular Sustainability, we developed a Training Model that promotes action for transformation. Under the paradigm of socio-critical research we apply mixed research models: ...

    Data-driven models for building energy efficiency monitoring 

    Massana i Raurich, Joaquim (Date of defense: 2018-02-02)

    Nowadays, energy is absolutely necessary all over the world. Taking into account the advantages that it presents in transport and the needs of homes and industry, energy is transformed into electricity. Bearing in mind ...

    Cobalt-catalyzed C-H functionalization: from mechanistic studies to synthetic methodologies 

    Planas Fàbrega, Oriol (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)

    This Ph.D. dissertation describes the synthesis and characterization of bench-top stable aryl-Co(III) organometallic species using commercially available cobalt(II) salts and a macrocyclic model substrate. Special attention ...

    La construcción de la identidad profesional docente: estudio cualitativo sobre la construcción de la identidad profesional de los estudiantes de pedagogía en programas de formación inicial de profesores de carácter público y privado 

    Guzmán Palacios, Luis Alberto (Date of defense: 2018-02-28)

    The aim of the study was to know the identity contents developed by student teachers during their training experiences and to discover which models give shape to these contents inside the professional programs. The results ...

    Prova testemunhal. Do subjetivismo ao objectivismo, do isolamento científico ao diálogo com a psicologia e a epistemologia 

    Ramos, Vitor Lia de Paula (Date of defense: 2018-02-19)

    The present thesis, by adopting an objetive model of evidence law, intends to summarize the current knowledge about witness testimony in law and, in what follows, evaluate it using the science, mainly the epistemology ...

    Arteopatia perifèrica i factors de risc cardiovascular. Millora de la prevenció secundària dels pacients amb arteriopatia perifèrica en l'atenció primària 

    Llobera Serentill, Àlex (Date of defense: 2018-03-09)

    Cardiovascular risk factors control is low in peripheral artery disease patients. Leukocyte count over7.8 K/mcL or neutrophil count over 4.6 K/mcL are predictors of increased risk for heart coronary disease, cerebral ...

    L'edificació en el dret andorrà 

    Figuereda, Pere (Date of defense: 2017-05-16)

    The thesis of the construction in the Andorran Law has been focused on the study of the building law in the Principality of Andorra. Throughout seven chapters, introductory aspects on urban planning and building are ...

    Josep Pla i la defensa de la literatura catalana en la postguerra (1946-1956) 

    Quera Carré, Alfons (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)

    At the end of the World War II, following the Allies victory and the beginning of the Cold War, the Franco regime allowed to publish, with restrictions, books in Catalan. At this point, Josep Pla taking advantage of this ...

    «Ninguna fou tan amada»: edició crítica i estudi de les giletes de Francesc Fontanella 

    Castaño Trias, Marta (Date of defense: 2018-01-10)

    Francesc Fontanella wrote seventy-seven love poems dedicated to Gileta, the pseudonym used for Maria Teresa Ham, and these are generally grouped together under the title giletes. They make up the part of the ...

    Las competencias emocionales en el currículum de las carreras de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Playa Ancha 

    Gallardo Jaque, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2018-02-01)

    This work aims to develop, implement and evaluate a proposal to incorporate emotional competencies in the curriculum of pedagogical careers at the University of Playa Ancha, with a mixed approach, based on four studies in ...

    Development and study of nanocrystalline and amorphous soft-ferromagnetic alloys 

    Bonastre i Muñoz, Jordi (Date of defense: 2018-01-15)

    This thesis deals with the production, characterization and analysis of Fe and Co based nanocrystalline and amorphous soft-ferromagnetic alloys, alloys showing ferromagnetic hysteresis cycles with low energy losses, produced ...

    Decision-support for adaptive and sustainable urban wastewater system management in the face of uncertainty 

    Hadjimichael, Antonia (Date of defense: 2016-12-14)

    With sustainable development as the new overarching goal, urban wastewater system (UWS) managers are now being asked to take all social, economic, technical and environmental facets related to their decisions into account. ...

    Detecció de Copy Number Variants mitjançant seqüenciació d'alt rendiment en la Mort Sobtada Cardíaca hereditària 

    Matés Ramírez, Jesús (Date of defense: 2018-01-19)

    Arrhythmogenic cardiac diseases are the main cause of SCD among the population under 35 years of age. Despite the improvements in genetic diagnosis, the percentage of cases that remain unexplained after genetic analysis ...

    La transformación del Taller de Arquitectura en nuevos espacios de aprendizaje. Un estudio sobre el proceso de integración entre la enseñanza y la práctica profesional. 

    Masdéu Bernat, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-12-12)

    Nowadays, the professional practice is undergoing changes that are affecting the architects’ work. However, the training of architects in schools continues to focus on educational models that have grown more distant from ...

    Un aporte jurídico a los debates sobre instituciones y desarrollo. Aproximación desde problemáticas compartidas por los países de América Latina 

    Fernández Blanco, Carolina (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)

    The starting point of this research is the observation that current theories that link economic and human development with the presence of certain type of institutions (understood as "rules of the game present in a society") ...

    Destination image and risk perception: an integrative perspective 

    Perpiña Blanch, Laura (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)

    This doctoral thesis explores the perception of tourism destinations though two major lines of research, destination image and risk perception, by a compendium of publications. The first article compares the cognitive ...