Wen, Zhihui (Date of defense: 2023-06-06)
Thin plate structures are widely used in dynamic platforms. The artificial modulation of elastic waves in thin plates has always been one of the most important factors affecting the dynamic performance ...
Feijoo Domínguez, Patricia (Date of defense: 2024-06-18)
This thesis focuses on addressing the environmental impact of conventional plastics, by the development of biodegradable plastic materials with enhanced performance. From a biocircular economy perspective, ...
Calleja-Anta, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-06-25)
This doctoral thesis explores alternative refrigerant mixtures to isobutane (R-600a) for vapor compression refrigeration systems, aiming to improve energy efficiency and reduce flammability. Isobutane, ...
Monzonís-Carda, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-07-03)
The balance between optimal mental health and adequate academic performance during secondary school period is considered an important challenge from a psychological and educational point of view, due ...
Babirat, Christian (Date of defense: 2024-02-20)
Three research projects are at the core of this thesis. Their common point of departure is the seminalpaper by Alfarano et al. (2012), in which the authors analyze the statistical and distributional ...
Martín-Cruz, Helena (Date of defense: 2024-07-24)
This PhD thesis addresses two current problems belonging to the fields of classical and quantum information theory. The first is the repair problem in distributed and cloud storage systems in the setting ...
González Pérez, Alberto (Date of defense: 2023-09-07)
Today a large percentage of the population suffers from anxiety-related problems. This anxiety can appear in day-to-day situations. An effective therapy for these problems is exposure. In it, the person ...
Miravet Martí, Rafael (Date of defense: 2024-02-15)
In this work, N-carboxyanydride ring opening polymerization (NCA-ROP) has been widely explored and used as synthetic strategy for the synthesis of polypeptides and polypeptoids affording well-defined ...
Branchadell, Victoria (Date of defense: 2023-10-19)
The triarchic model conceptualizes psychopathy in terms of three trait constructs formulated in biobehavioral terms: boldness (threat sensitivity), meanness (affiliative capacity), and disinhibition ...
Ibáñez Fernández, Damián (Date of defense: 2024-09-19)
Remote sensing (RS) images have become fundamental in many important application fields, including land-cover and mapping, urban planning, forest monitoring, agricultural land management, or weather ...