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    Fracaso académico en la universidad. Un estudio piloto a través de la complementación metodológica para el análisis de sus posibles causas 

    Rodríguez Morales, José Antonio (Date of defense: 2011-05-03)

    El propósito general de este trabajo es estudiar las posibles causas del fracaso académico en estudiantes de enseñanza universitaria desde la visión del propio alumno y a la misma vez pretende aportar una visión aplicada ...

    Framework for Autonomous Underwater Grasping of Unknown Objects 

    Peñalver Monfort, Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)

    This thesis studies the problem of autonomously grasping an unknown object in an underwater scenario using an I-AUV. Firstly, a new approach to autonomously obtain an accurate and complete 3D reconstruction of an object ...

    Framework for the Implementation of a Big Data Ecosystem in Organizations 

    Orenga Roglá, Sergio (Date of defense: 2017-06-30)

    The core of this Ph.D. thesis is the development of a framework that serves as a guide for implementing ecosystems based on Big Data and Web 2.0 technologies in organizations. Unlike existing frameworks, this framework not ...

    Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC): A framework for corporate engagement with indigenous peoples and the sustainable development of natural resources 

    Klein, Laurence (Date of defense: 2024-02-26)

    While in the traditional human rights discourse, states are seen as the sole guarantors of human rights, companies are increasingly tasked with human rights duties by states. Based on the normative and moral narrative ...

    From agent-based models to artificial economies 

    Teglio, Andrea (Date of defense: 2011-10-03)

    The aim of this thesis is to propose and illustrate an alternative approach to economic modeling and policy design that is grounded in the innovative field of agent-based computational economics (ACE). The recent crisis ...

    From burnout to engagement at work: Multi-sample empirical results in healthcare professionals 

    Hernández Vargas, Clara Ivette (Date of defense: 2017-06-21)

    El burnout es un tema de interés desde hace 35 años (desde 1974), desde entonces se han desarrollado medidas, modelos teóricos, e investigaciones de muchos países han contribuido a una mejor comprensión de las causas y ...

    From Compression of Wearable-based Data to Effortless Indoor Positoning 

    Klus, Lucie (Date of defense: 2023-04-27)

    The dissertation focuses on boosting the energy efficiency of IoT and wearable devices by implementing lossy compression techniques onto sensor-based time-series data and into indoor localization paradigms. The thesis deals ...

    Fronteras, muros y violencia, militarización y securitización del espacio fronterizo 

    Ruiz Benedicto, Ainhoa (Date of defense: 2021-12-17)

    Las personas desplazadas por la fuerza de sus hogares aumentan año tras año, para dar respuesta a esta cuestión Estados del todo el mundo están securitizando y militarizando sus fronteras fruto de entender a las personas ...

    Fuentes para el estudio de la oligarquía y los cargos municipales de Castellón en el s. XVII 

    Lorenz Andrés, José Luis (Date of defense: 2015-11-17)

    El análisis de las relaciones de poder que configuraron el sistema político de las monarquías de agregación de la Europa Moderna, y entre ellas, la monarquía hispánica de los Austrias ha sido uno de los temas más relevantes ...

    Funcionalización Química de Calcogenuros Clúster de Molibdeno con Simetría C3 dirigida hacia sus aplicaciones en catálisis y el diseño de materiales 

    Sorribes Terrés, Iván (Date of defense: 2012-09-17)

    This thesis describes the synthesis, characterization and properties of a novel family of cuboidal homo- and heterobimetallic molybdenum chalcogenide clusters. The synthetic strategy employed to prepare these novel cluster ...

    Función, conectividad cerebral y diferencias individuales en el procesamiento de recompensas 

    Costumero Ramos, Víctor (Date of defense: 2013-09-17)

    Introducción: La Teoría de la Sensibilidad al Reforzamiento (RST, del inglés: Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory) de Jeffrey A. Gray (Gray, 1970, 1982; Gray y McNaughton, 2000) supuso una revolución en el estudio biológico ...

    Functional adequacy: The effect of Englsih Medium Instruction, English Proficiency and previous language learning experiences 

    Herraiz Martínez, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-12-17)

    This thesis analyses undergraduate learners' pragmatic development. The participants of the study were enrolled in English-medium instruction atlhree different Spanish universities. Pragmatic development is operationalised ...

    Functional diversity in higher education: curriculum accommodation for people with vision disability or hearing impairment in the English as a Foreign Language classroom 

    Martínez Hernández, Ana Isabel (Date of defense: 2022-07-14)

    This doctoral dissertation sets out to find useful and applicable inclusive practices that aim at UDL that could be implemented in the EFL context to make it accessible to learners with visual or aural diversity, with three ...

    Functional gels as microreactors 

    Singh, Nishant (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)

    Functionalized Hydrogels upon self-assembly demonslrate enzyme like catalysis owing to the formatin of hydrophobic pockets, increased local concentration of the catalytic sites, pKa change, pH shift etc. Here we present ...

    Functional interactions of Infralimbic-Cerebellum pathways in cocaine-induced preference memory 

    Guarque-Chabrera, Julian (Date of defense: 2023-07-20)

    The present thesis investigates the cerebellum-IL interactions in drug-induced memories and their anatomical pathways. To do so, we 1) assessed activity and perineuronal nets (PNNs) expression in the posterior cerebellum ...

    Fundamental Studies and Applications of Molecular Gels Formed by Peptide Derivatives 

    Berdugo Gumbau, Cristina (Date of defense: 2015-05-28)

    El objetivo de esta tesis es el diseño de nuevos gelantes de bajo peso molecular derivados de péptidos que incorporen fragmentos funcionales para la obtención de materiales funcionalizados con aplicaciones en campos como ...

    Galerías, series icónicas y colecciones de retratos en Valencia. Teoría y representación del poder en época moderna 

    Igual Castelló, Cristina (Date of defense: 2020-07-13)

    El retrato pictórico y la configuración de series icónicas, galerías y colecciones durante la Edad Moderna es la línea de investigación trabajada en esta tesis doctoral. En concreto, se han seleccionado y analizado nueve ...

    Game Development Based on Multi-agent Systems 

    Marín Lora, Carlos (Date of defense: 2022-10-06)

    Video game development is a multidisciplinary process that requires both technical and artistic knowledge. Even though there are tools to ease the creation of video games, they are still complex applications that require ...

    Geles supramoleculares: estudios fundamentales y aplicación en organocatálisis 

    Rodríguez Llansola, Francisco (Date of defense: 2011-01-31)

    En la presente tesis se describen los resultados del estudio estructural de gelantes supramoleculares basados en moléculas de bajo peso molecular. Además, se describen sus propiedades catalí­ticas en diferentes reacciones.

    Gender differences in social preferences: experimental evidence 

    Doñate-Buendía, Anabel (Date of defense: 2023-06-05)

    This thesis sheds light on the relevance of gender differences that are consistently found on economic experiments under diverse contexts. Gender (here understood as biological sex) is a crucial element determining ...