Flor Fabregat, Nuria (Date of defense: 2022-04-04)
Even though some prepositions may appear similar in meaning to others, slight and subtle nuances exist. Thus, exploring the contrasts in their senses is fundamental to developing a description of these ...
Roda Sales, Alba (Date of defense: 2021-07-19)
This thesis presents contributions to the characterisation of hand kinematics during product manipulation in activities of daily living (ADLs). The main contributions have been: (í) providing quantifiable ...
López Fernández, Francisco J. (Date of defense: 2020-10-08)
Video games are popular patimes in the developed world. Despite not having negative efects for the vast majority of people, a minority of players can display a disordered use with an addictive symptomatology. ...
Gasch García, Cristina (Date of defense: 2021-03-12)
The video games, simulators and virtual reality industry increasingly demands more complex and realistic natural environments, which makes manual generation difficult. To solve it, procedural techniques ...
Gil Beltrán, Ester (Date of defense: 2022-11-11)
The objective of this thesis is to deepen the knowledge about physical exercise and psychological well-being at work, and what factors can help make physical exercise a habit in people's lives. It is ...
Durán Bosch, Angel Juan (Date of defense: 2022-10-24)
This thesis takes inspiration from biology to replicate in robots the oculomotor strategies humans and other species use to acquire visual information. Firstly, it establishes the foundations of the ...
Wu, Minzhi (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
Over the past decade, the emergence of FinTech has reshaped the landscape of the financial sector worldwide. Although there are several alternative approaches to defining FinTech, a worldwide and generally ...
Martí-Sabaté, Marc (Date of defense: 2023-09-28)
This document proposes the design of geometrical structures of resonators on top of a thin elastic plate in order to trap waves that propagate through the plate in a reduced area. Multiple scattering ...
Fernández Felipe, Isabel (Date of defense: 2022-10-18)
Family Connections (FC) is the most empirically supported skills training program for family members of people with borderline personality disorder. This is the first time that a randomized clinical ...
Szczurek, Krzysztof Adam (Date of defense: 2023-10-23)
This thesis addresses the need for reliable and immersive human-robot interfaces in hazardous environments. Three key goals were achieved. Firstly, techniques were developed to provide immersive ...