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Methodology for the evaluation and design of projects considering multiple criteria and uncertainty : application to the development of energy projects in rural areas
In 2015, the United Nations defined the Sustainable Development Goals in a transition towards a world without poverty and where human rights, equity and sustainability are prioritized. In particular, modern energy services ...
Methodology for the experimental characterisation of mode I delamination under different loading rates
The rate-dependent behaviour of the interlaminar fracture toughness of fibre reinforced composites has been a matter of research during the last decades. However, the results obtained so far are not conclusive and further ...
Methodology for the selection and implementation of environmental aspects and performance indicators in ports
It is broadly known that efficient ports are crucial for the economic development of their surrounding area. However, the loading and unloading of goods in the ports, the related ship traffic, and the hinterland distribution ...
Methodology for time response and quality assessment in natural hazards evolution prediction
En aquesta tesi doctoral es descriu una metodologia per a l’evaluació del temps de resposta i la qualitat en la predicció de l’evolució d’emergències mediambientals. El treball s’ha centrat en el cas específic dels ...
Methodology to obtain the user's Human Values Scale from Smart User Models
En años recientes,la Inteligencia Artificial ha contribuido a resolver problemas encontrados en el desempeño de las tareas de unidades informáticas, tanto si las computadoras están distribuidas para interactuar entre ellas ...
Methods and bioinformatic tools to study polymorphic inversions in complex diseases
Las inversiones cromosómicas son variantes estructurales donde un segmento de ADN cambia su orientación. Las inversiones cromosómicas reducen la recombinación homóloga y producen diferentes haplotipos en los cromosomas ...
Methods and Models for the Analysis of Biological Signifïcance Based on HighThroughput Data
The advent of high-throughput technologies has generated a huge quantity of omics data. The results of these experiments usually are long lists of genes that can be used as biomarkers. A major challenge for the researchers ...
Methods and models in signal processing for gait analysis using waist-worn accelerometer : a contribution to Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that predominantly alters patients' motor performance and compromises the speed, the automaticity and fluidity of natural movements. After some years, patients fluctuate ...
Methods and tools for the design of RFICs
Ambient intelligence is going to focus the next advances in wireless technologies. Hence, the increasing demand on radio frequency (RF) devices and applications represents, not only a challenge for technological industries ...
Methods for detection of germline and somatic copy-number variants in next generation sequencing data
Germline copy-number variants (CNVs), as well as somatic copy-number alterations (CNAs), play an important role in many phenotypic traits, including genetic diseases and cancer. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) allows ...
Methods for face detection and adaptive face recognition
The focus of this thesis is on facial biometrics; specifically in the problems of face detection and face recognition. Despite intensive research over the last 20 years, the technology is not foolproof, which is why we do ...
Methods for noninvasive localization of focal epileptic activity with magnetoencephalography
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a noninvasive brain signal acquisition technique that provides excellent temporal resolution and a whole-head coverage allowing the spatial mapping of sources. These characteristics make MEG ...
Methods for remote stock monitoring using depth sensors
RGB-D cameras return images like an ordinary camera but in addition to color, depthmaps where each pixel value represents the distance to a point of the scene are also obtained. Although originally conceived for gaming and ...
Methods for the design and evaluation of anthropomorphic artificial hands
The objective of this thesis is to contribute to the definition of applicable methods during the design process of artificial hands in order to obtain more anthropomorphic and functional designs, as well as to define metrics ...
Methods of covert communication of speech signals based on a bio-inspired principle
This work presents two speech hiding methods based on a bio-inspired concept known as the ability of adaptation of speech signals. A cryptographic model uses the adaptation to transform a secret message to a non-sensitive ...
Methods to model and assess protein-DNA and protein-protein interactions in the context of gene regulation
Las células de nuestro cuerpo son capaces de tener comportamientos y morfologías completamente diferentes, pese a contener el mismo material genético. Entre los mecanismos que permiten esta diversidad encontramos los ...
Methyl-CpG binding protein 2 deregulation: from Rett syndrome to MeCP2 duplication disorder
INTRODUCTION To answer many complex and fascinating biological phenomena, we must go over or above (epi-) genetics because the DNA blueprint is identical in each of the abovementioned somatic cells. The mechanisms by ...
Methylation of a lineage-instructive transcription factor acts as a cell fate switch
Lineage-instructive transcription factors orchestrate cell fate decisions by regulating gene expression programs. However, how their function is regulated throughout development is poorly understood. C/EBPα is a transcription ...
Methylome profiling of B and T cells along multiple sclerosis disease progression: a pilot study
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease characterized by the infiltration of autoreactive immune cells into the central nervous system that leads to axonal damage, ...
Methyltransferase inhibitors interfere with Snail1 action on myofibroblast activity to prevent fibrosis and metastasis
Snail1 is a transcription factor which activity is required for the fibroblasts-to-myofibroblast differentiation. In the first part of the thesis we characterize a protein complex involving Snail1, PRMT1 and PRMT4, two ...
