Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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(English) This thesis proposes a novel approach for assessing road traffic noise in the United Kingdom, aiming to partially revise the existing methodology outlined in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB). This ...
In the last two decades an increasing presence of organic substances such drugs, pesticides, etc. has been detected in water which may affect the health of the organisms and the environment. Some of these contaminants ...
(English) This PhD thesis focuses on identifying the factors that control the concentrations of inhalable particles, pollutant gases, and bioaerosols inside public buses in Barcelona. The study was conducted in the ...
The granitic basement below the Triassic unconformity in the Guilleries and Roc de Frausa massifs (NE Iberia), presents widespread red stained facies characterized by plagioclase albitization, biotite chlhoritization, ...
(English) The importance of potash is inevitable to life on the planet earth as it is required by living mechanisms including plants, animals and human beings. In Europe, this vital ore is produced mainly by Germany and ...
L'important increment de la capacitat de càlcul computacional que s'ha donat en els últims anys ha fet que els models numèrics meteorològics hagin pogut assolir resolucions de treball molt fines. Ara bé, aquest increment ...
Els éssers vius es divideixen filogenèticament en eucarionts, amb un nucli ben definit, i bacteris. Hi ha dos tipus de bacteris, els eubacteris i els arqueobacteris. Els arqueobacteris tenen, entre altres diferències, una ...
Biofiltration has become an effective and economical alternative to traditional gas treatment systems. High costs of operation and energy consumption associated to conventional treatments have lead to increase the attention ...
Stroke is one of the most serious and common public health problems. Impairment of the upper extremity (UE) following stroke affects 50 - 80 % of patients. Full UE function is achieved in 79 % of patients with initial mild ...
La contaminación atmosférica por material particulado (PM) tiene efectos adversos sobre la salud, el clima y los ecosistemas. La concentración en masa y número, el tamaño y la composición química son aspectos clave, pese ...
0.4.1. ORGANIZATION<br/><br/>In the context of the global human/earth issues (population, poverty, imbalances, environment problematic, global warming, water scarcity, economical globalization, etc.) with the others the ...
Aquest treball tracta dels diferents comportaments que ha tingut l'aigua subterrània a la vall Salada de Cardona i en el seu aiguabarreig amb el riu Cardener. Aquest riu, ha arribat a ser problemàtic per les seves conseqüències ...
Organoleptic properties of water are the only means whereby a consumer can assess water quality and safety. Among these properties, taste and odour are the most important. The first part of this study displays the water ...
This thesis is focused on the development of one-phase and multiphase models using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques to analyze biosystems behavior at mesoscale. In the first part, the operation of a fixed-bed ...
El ser humano con su inteligencia y conocimiento debería ser un elemento clave en el logro de un mejor desarrollo sostenible. Son evidentes los casos en que por desconocimiento o por omisión, se han desaprovechado o ...
Des de la seva creació, el microscopi de força atòmica (AFM) ha estat àmpliament utilitzat sobretot per la caracterització de superfícies, obtenint imatges topogràfiques amb una resolució espacial de l’ordre o fins i tot ...
This thesis has aimed to improve the hydrogeological knowledge of the Port del Comte Massif (PCM), a karstic aquifer system located in the south-eastern sector of the Pyrenees that plays a strategic role in the provision ...
El presente trabajo de investigación titulado "Desarrollo de un Sistema Integrado para Monitorización "in situ" de metales pesados", trata de la puesta en marcha de un nuevo sistema de medida potenciométrico portátil para ...
(English) The municipality of El Tambo is in the department of Nariño, Colombia, it is an integral part of the Andes Mountain Range, it belongs to the two most important geographical features of this in Colombia, “El Nudo ...
This thesis is focused on the development of microsensors specially designed for biofilms monitoring and on the application of these devices to study and characterize different biofilms. Using micro-electromechanical ...
