Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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Energy problems are serious problems caused by limited resources and by human activity such as deforestation, water pollution and various other long-term practices that have environmental impact which produces global warming ...
The transition towards an environmentally sustainable society involves a substantial transformation of the configuration of the energy system, and therefore, it entails a significant shift in planning process strategy. ...
This investigation presents a study of the rates that generate economic flows between developers and concessionaires in the port sector based on the hypothesis that a private developer purchases the land on the waterfront ...
Municipal services, particularly waste collection and street cleaning have unique characteristics that make particularly difficult their management and often make that the scientific community and municipal officials have ...
The research examines the criteria that should be considered to pose an interactive application in relation to the needs of the engineer-designer-user in the "small and medium enterprises" background. It also appears the ...
The spatial decision-making process for the purpose of planning, policies, plans, or territorial programs, is intimately tied to the concept of location in the respective geographical space, mainly because many aspects ...
Sota una constant generació de nous models de negoci, les empreses necessiten informació per a la presa de decisions que els permeti aconseguir una posició mes competitiva al mercat. La presa de decisions en grups de treball ...
Leather is a natural material that can be used in different environments and often under aggressive environmental conditions that may cause premature ageing. Since upholstery leather is considered a very high-tech product, ...
La movilidad del transporte en España, en el modo ferroviario de ancho ibérico convencional, ha registrado entre los años 1975 y 2009 un aumento de 130 millones de kms‐tren en el año 1975 a 180 millones de kms‐tren en el ...
The laboratories of the leather sector have the necessity to analyse anionic species in different samples. Although ionic chromatography is currently the best method for this analysis, until now, the processes based on it ...
This thesis is based on the development and validation of two analytical methods to determine fungicides commonly used in the tanning industry and other alternative. One of the methods determines fungicides in leather, ...
Today we are experiencing an "eco friendly boom"; which includes the developing of ecological processes that have a smaller impact in the environment. This is the reason that prompted me to carrying out this thesis; the ...
Rising public awareness about the care of our enviroment and therefore, corporate business awareness also, are notorious day by day. This real interest is reflected in environmental laws and other regulations, seeking at ...
The general objective of this thesis is to study the innovation strategies in Catalan biotechnology companies and the impact of these strategies on their innovation. ldentifying how, where and with whom these companies ...
In the leather industry, the finish process uses many types of resins including butadiene, acrylic and polyurethanes, aided by auxiliaries as pigments, waxes etc. that give touch to different articles that are currently ...
This thesis is focused on the search of alternatives to fungicides conventionally used in the tanning industry. These chemicals must be effective against a large number of fungi less toxic, more environmentally friendly ...
High school teachers face a constant obligation to keep up to date on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). However, no one gives them training or support on how to deal with the problems arising from the use ...
The objective of this thesis was to establish bases to characterize "learn to learn" competence and to promote it in an engineering educational context. It adopted the vision of educational psychology that establishes ...
The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation at EU level to be implemented in 2018 will represent a history achievement data time when the Europe is laying the foundations of a single digital market. In the context of ...
Electric vehicles are, slowly but steadily, entering into the automotive market. The slow entry is caused, basically, by the high cost of their batteries. Additionally, electric vehicle batteries are considered not useful ...
