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Arbeláez Toro, Juan José (Date of defense: 2023-04-26)
In recent years, additive manufacturing technologies (3D printing) have been introduced in different fields, such as locomotion and bioengineering, among others. Extrusion by Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) or Fused ...
Vila Vadrí, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-04-21)
The development of novel catalytic methodologies involving the formation of carbon – carbon/heteroatom bonds to produce cyclic systems constitutes a field of great interest in the modern synthetic organic chemistry. Over ...
Montroig Cruset, Sara (Date of defense: 2023-04-14)
The present work, based on unpublished documentation such as the Llibre del Collegi de Argenters de Gerona sots invocasio del Glorios St. Aloy, y St. Anastasi of the Biblioteca de Catalunya, focuses on the study of the art ...
Barón Dorado, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2023-04-11)
This thesis analyses the contribution of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)'s in adopting Circular Economy (CE) principles in manufacturing companies. It explores different aspects such as the reporting and communication ...
Pérez Agustín, Adrián (Date of defense: 2023-03-28)
Brugada syndrome (SBr) is a cardiac electrical disease associated with a high susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. Genetic variants in the coding regions of the SCN5A gene, which encodes for ...
Carbó Bagué, Anna (Date of defense: 2023-03-27)
In this doctoral thesis, the epidemiology of cutaneous and mucosal melanoma is analyzed, as well as its molecular profile to provide new knowledge on a population basis in the province of Girona. The cancer registry of ...
Builes Cárdenas, Cristian (Date of defense: 2023-03-20)
Transport industry, especially automotive, is one of the most pollutant in the world. Current environmental concerns demand original equipment manufacturers (OEM’s) to reduce the amount of emissions released by their ...
Riaza de los Mozos, Mónica (Date of defense: 2023-03-17)
This research on cultural policy examines two organizations, Mångkulturellt Centrum in Stockholm, Sweden, and Interkulturelt Museum in Oslo, Norway. It bases its analysis on a context focused on cultural diversity and ...
Farías Muñoz, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-03-16)
During the early modern age, the patron saint was a key element in the configuration and definition of urban identities, impregnated with an important sacred component. In this context, strongly influenced by the post-Tridentine ...
Jurado Bruggeman, Diego (Date of defense: 2023-03-16)
Introduction Different types of dose calculation algorithms for external beam radiation therapy with MV photons coexist nowadays. The oldest ones are convolution/superposition (C/S), which consider all media as water of ...
Curado Carballada, Christian (Date of defense: 2023-03-13)
Enzymes have evolved through years until becoming great catalysts that present high selectivity, specificity, and activity. Initially, enzymes were understood as static (bio)molecular structures capable of accelerating ...
Farrés Coll, Ramon (Date of defense: 2023-03-10)
Introduction: Anastomotic leak (AL) is the most feared complication in the postoperative period for patients with rectal cancer. Objectives: To determine the real rate of AL in patients operated on for rectal cancer. ...
Alarcón Espinosa, Francisco Xavier (Date of defense: 2023-03-09)
The Public Administration exercises powers and abilities that are bestowed upon it by the Constitution, by international human rights instruments, and by the Law itself. The fundamental purpose of the constitutional State ...
Osset Álvarez, Miguel (Date of defense: 2023-03-08)
Summary Nowadays, ammonium (NH4+) is a pollutant present in all kinds of water bodies, leading to multiple environmental and health issues. The current NH4+-removing technologies are very expensive, as they require a lot ...
Gimferrer Andrés, Martí (Date of defense: 2023-03-27)
In the last decades, electronic structure methods have been crucial for chemists to achieve deeper insight into chemistry itself and to make predictions before performing the actual experiments. The development of computational ...
Guixeras López, Xavier (Date of defense: 2023-03-03)
In recent decades, studies on the management and financing of public services have gained special relevance in the context of the local economy. In this context, the debate has revolved around which determinants directly ...
Pigem Rodeja, Anna (Date of defense: 2023-03-03)
INTRODUCTION: Anastomotic leak (AL) is the most dreadful and life-threatening complication in colon cancer (CC) surgery. It is associated to an increase of morbimortality, longer hospital stay, increased healthcare costs ...
Clèrigues Garcia, Albert (Date of defense: 2023-02-13)
This PhD thesis focuses on improving the extraction of neuroimage markers for the prognosis and outcome prediction of neurological pathologies such as ischemic stroke, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS). ...
Castillón Sánchez, Miguel (Date of defense: 2023-02-10)
Accurate underwater 3D perception is essential to advance towards the automation of expensive, dangerous and/or time-consuming tasks, such as the inspection, maintenance and repair of off-shore industrial sites. Accurate ...
Plà Castellana, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-02-24)
Water quality monitoring during the purification and sanitation processes in Drinking Water Treatment Plants (DWTP), Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) and Water Reclamation Plants (ERA) is a necessary step to obtain a ...