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    Estratègies prèvies al sacrifici que poden afectar el benestar animal i la qualitat de la carn de porcs de diferent genotip RYRI 

    Panella-Riera, Núria (Date of defense: 2011-07-27)

    The main objective of this thesis was to study (i) the effect of the fasting and lairage on carcass and technological meat quality and (ii) the inclusion of magnesium (MgCO3 and MgSO4) and/or tryptophan during 5 days before ...

    Development of a decision support system for the integrated control of membrane bioreactors 

    Monclús Sales, Hèctor (Date of defense: 2011-11-08)

    The work presented in this PhD thesis includes various partial studies aimed at developing a decision support system for membrane bioreactor integrated control. The decision support systems (DSS) have as a main goal to ...

    Procesos secuenciales de adsorción/oxidación con H2O2 para la eliminación de compuestos orgánicos volátiles 

    Anfruns Bagaria, Alba (Date of defense: 2011-11-25)

    Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the main groups of odour causing compounds in Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP). Adsorption technology is already established, in recent years the interest for the optimization ...

    Treatment of mature urban landfill leachates by anammox process 

    Ruscalleda Beylier, Maël (Date of defense: 2012-02-17)

    This thesis results from the collaborative projects between the LEQUIA-UdG group and Cespa (a company in charge of several landfill sites in Spain). The aim of the work was the development of a suitable alternative treatment ...

    Integrated management of urban wastewater systems: a model-based approach 

    Prat Busquets, Pau (Date of defense: 2012-02-26)

    The main objective pursued in this thesis targets the development and systematization of a methodology that allows addressing management problems in the dynamic operation of Urban Wastewater Systems. The proposed methodology ...

    Evaluación de los efectos no intencionados de los transgenes en plantas modificadas genéticamente (MG) resistentes a plagas y diseñadas como biofactorías de péptidos antimicrobianos 

    Montero Mirabet, Maria (Date of defense: 2012-06-22)

    Genetically modified crops are submitted to strict regulation to ensure the safety of consumers and the environment. To complement the comparison between GM plants and their counterparts, in the present Thesis, we evaluated ...

    Applications of computed tomography in dry-cured meat products 

    Santos Garcés, Eva (Date of defense: 2012-06-29)

    Computed Tomography and Microcomputed Tomography are X-ray based technologies. They were tested in this thesis as potential tools for the optimization of the processing of dry-cured meat products. On one hand, several ...

    Preparación y evaluación de formulaciones acrílicas autocurables de baja toxicidad modificadas con polímeros biodegradables para cirugía ortopédica y mínimamente invasiva 

    Franco Marquès, Elena (Date of defense: 2012-07-20)

    In the present work, a study of the preparation of new formulations of acrylic bone cements (ABC) has been carried, to obtain materials with capacity for controlled drug delivery of medicaments useful in the therapeutic ...

    Effects of breed and PRKAG3 and CAST genetic polymorphisms on the quality of serrano dry-cured ham 

    Zhen, Zongyuan (Date of defense: 2012-07-30)

    Two pieces of complementary research dealing with the study of the importance of genetic factors on the quality of the Spanish dry-cured ham Jamón Serrano were carried out for this thesis. The first one compared Serrano ...

    A multiapproach study of soil attributes under land use and cover change at the Cap de Creus Península, NE Spain 

    Emran Khaled Abd El Aziz, Mohamed (Date of defense: 2012-12-03)

    The work presented in this Doctoral Thesis has studied the temporal and spatial patterns of the most relevant soil parameters with special attention posed to soil biological and biochemical dynamics occurring at the studied ...

    Avaluació del paradigma d'agents en la gestió d'un sistema complex d'aigües residuals 

    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 ...

    Valoración de materiales compuestos de HDPE reforzados con fibras de Agave sisalana. Aproximación a un paradigma de geometría fractal para las fibras 

    Bayer Resplandis, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-10-18)

    Natural fibers have been used recently as reinforcement of polymer-matrix based composites. The present thesis examines the mechanical properties of high density polyethylene (HDPE) composite reinforced with sisal fiber, ...

    Antimicrobial activity in Bacillus spp. from plant environments against plant pathogens. Relationship with cyclic lipopeptide genes and products 

    Mora Pons, Isabel (Date of defense: 2013-12-12)

    Bacillus subtilis and related species have strong interest in agriculture because several strains are biocontrol agents of plant diseases, which have been recognized as biosafe. In this work, a selective enrichment procedure ...

    Implementació d'eines avançades de control per a l'eliminació de nitrogen i optimització dels costos energètics a l'EDAR de la Vall del Ges 

    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 ...

    Rice seeds as biofactories of the production of antimicrobial peptides 

    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. ...

    Effects of operational conditions on the performance of a partial nitritation SBR treating high nitrogen loads 

    Gabarró i Bartual, Jordi (Date of defense: 2014-07-18)

    The biological treatment of industrial wastewater containing high nitrogen concentrations (>1000 mg N L-1) and low biodegradable organic matter (bCOD) such as landfill leachate is nowadays challenging. Conventional ...

    Fat and salt reduction and substitution in small-caliber non-acid fermented sausages 

    Mora Gallego, Héctor (Date of defense: 2014-09-08)

    The objective of this thesis is to develop fermented sausages with lower fat and sodium content by means of innovative processing and the use of fat and NaCl substitutes. The effect of sunflower oil and pork lard-based ...

    Les altes pressions i la bioconservació com a estratègies de control de Listeria monocytogenes en productes carnis llestos per al consum. Assajos d’inoculació i modelització matemàtica 

    Hereu Soms, Anna (Date of defense: 2014-09-19)

    The present doctoral dissertation deals with the study of the effect of food preservation technologies, such as high pressure (HP) treatments and biopreservation with nisin, on the behaviour of Listeria monocytogenes during ...

    Productos cárnicos fermentado-curados funcionales y seguros. Nueva vía de ingestión de probióticos 

    Rubio Moreno, Raquel (Date of defense: 2014-10-14)

    Fermented meats play an important part in many diets and are very appreciate by the consumer. However, these products are an important source of fat and salt, associated to chronic cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, it ...

    Metal ions removal from polluted waters by sorption onto exhausted coffee waste. Application to metal finishing industries wastewater treatment 

    Liu, Chang (Date of defense: 2014-10-15)

    A new technology for Cr(VI) and divalent metal ions removal based on metal sorption onto exhausted coffee waste has been developed. Physical and chemical characterization of exhausted coffee waste was explored as well as ...