Synthetic biology guidelines for diffusion based molecular communication 

Assaf, Simon Sassine (Date of defense: 2019-06-18)

Nanotechnology is widely seen as having huge potential to bring benefits to many areas of research and application. Nowadays, research studies are focusing on realizing nano-machines on the order of nanometers in size. A ...

Synthetic biology in Mycoplasma pneumoniae 

Paetzold, Bernhard (Date of defense: 2013-12-02)

M. pneumoniae is one of the smallest self-replicating organisms. Many organism wide studies have been performed on M. pneumoniae and provide a wealth of information on the bacteria. However, the genetic tools to manipulate ...

Synthetic engineering of membrane transport to increase photosynthesis and water use efficiency = Enginyeria sintètica del transport de membrana per tal d’augmentar la fotosíntesi i l’eficiència en l’ús de l’aigua 

Minguet Parramona, Carla (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)

The rapid increase on world’s population is threatening food security, mainly in developing countries, where poverty and hunger are already a big concern. However, a growth in agriculture generates an overall economic ...

Synthetic glycolipids as modulators of carbohydrate-protein interactions 

Salvadó Molero, Míriam (Date of defense: 2016-04-28)

El Capítol 1 presenta una descripció general de la glicobiologia així com el rol dels sistemes multivalents en la interacció carbohidrat-proteïna. En el Capítol 2 s’estableixen els objectius generals. El Capítol 3, fa ...

Synthetic Polymyxin-based Peptides Against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria: A Therapeutic Option 

Rudilla Mateo, Héctor (Date of defense: 2019-01-18)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are nosocomial opportunistic pathogens causing a wide variety of both acute and chronic infections, such as pneumonia, bacteraemia, and urinary tract infections. Immunocompromised ...

Synthetic quantum matter using atoms and light 

Argüello-Luengo, Javier (Date of defense: 2022-10-21)

Atomic and optical physics are two fields closely connected by a shared range of energy scales, and the interactions between them. Atoms represent the most fundamental components of matter, and interactions with electromagnetic ...

Synthetic view of retail spaces using camera and RFID sensors on a robot 

Nur, Kamruddin Md. (Date of defense: 2016-01-11)

In this thesis, two approaches of information presentation on indoor view have been presented using Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and camera sensors on a robot. The goal is to capture images of the indoor environment ...

Synthèse, caractérisation et application des alliages à base de Mn-X-Y (X=Al; Y=Fe,Co) et Ca-Al dans la dégradation d'un colorant azoïque "Black 5" utilisé dans l'industrie de textile 

Ben Mbarek, Wael (Date of defense: 2018-11-20)

This work is framed in the general context of the synthesis and characterization of Mn or Ca based alloys, which are subsequently applied in degradation processes of azo dyes used in the textile industries. The alloys were ...

Synthèse, caractérisation et étude magnétique des alliages à mémoire de forme de type Heusler Ni-Mn-Sn-X (X= Pd, Cu) 

Wederni, Asma (Date of defense: 2021-11-26)

Shape memory alloys witch exhibit magnetically induced phase transformations at room temperatures are the most interesting for magnetic cooling applications. Heusler type alloys (both stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric) ...

Syntrophic acetate oxidation in the anaerobic digestion of nitrogen-rich wastes : from microbial interactions to process optimization 

Ruiz Sánchez, Josep (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)

The anaerobic digestion (AD) consists of a cascade of syntrophic interactions between several microbial groups that result in the breakdown of biodegradable organic matter in the absence of oxygen, resulting in the production ...

The synurbization of wild boar in the city of Barcelona, Spain 

González Crespo, Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)

Les espècies sinúrbiques responen a la urbanització global colonitzant gradualment les ciutats i utilitzant entorns urbans, on els factors socials i ecològics influeixen en les interaccions entre humans i vida salvatge. ...

System building : estudio etnográfico de los proyectos de investigación de la School of Computer Science de Carnegie Mellon University, un "computer-intensive campus" norteamericano 

Serra Hurtado, Arturo (Date of defense: 1992-01-01)

Esta tesis consiste en una etnografía de la cultura informática de investigación de la Carnegie Mellon University, desarrollada mediante un trabajo de campo de dos años en la School of Computer Science de dicha universidad ...

A system for crack pattern detection, characterization and diagnosis in concrete structures by means of image processing and machine learning techniques 

Sánchez Calderón, Luis Alberto (Date of defense: 2018-01-16)

A system that attempts to find cracks in a RGB picture of a concrete beam, measure the cracks angles and widths; and classify crack patterns in 3 pathologies has been designed and implemented in the MATLAB programming ...

System-level performance of interference-aware spatial frequency reuse 

Mungara, Ratheesh Kumar (Date of defense: 2016-12-01)

Spatial frequency reuse is a long-established approach for enhancing the capacity of wireless systems through increased spectral efficiency (bits per second per unit bandwidth). The future 5th generation of wireless systems ...

A systematic and comprehensive approach for large-scale genome-wide association studies. Unraveling non-additive inheritance models in age-related diseases 

Guindo Martínez, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-12-18)

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been proven useful for identifying thousands of associations between genetic variants and human complex diseases and traits. However, the identified loci account for a small ...

Systematic and local search algorithms for regular-SAT 

Béjar Torres, Ramón (Date of defense: 2000-12-21)

Systematic and quantitative analysis of the early embryonic development of Caenorhabditis elegans 

Krüger, Angela (Date of defense: 2012-12-14)

The embryo of Caenorhabditis elegans is a model system in which development can be studied at single cell resolution. In this thesis I describe the use of a semi-automatic nuclear tracking algorithm to analyze cellular ...

Systematic characterization of the genome-wide and nuclear distribution of six linker histone H1 variants in human cancer cells 

Salinas Pena, Mónica (Date of defense: 2023-09-20)

[eng] The histone H1 family comprises up to seven members in human somatic cells. However, H1 studies have been limited by the lack of specific ChIP-grade antibodies. Here, we have mapped six endogenous H1 variants in T47D ...

Systematic construction of goal-oriented COTS taxonomies 

Ayala, Claudia P. (Claudia Patricia) (Date of defense: 2008-03-31)

El proceso de construir software a partir del ensamblaje e integración de soluciones de software pre-fabricadas, conocidas como componentes COTS (Comercial-Off-The-Shelf) se ha convertido en una necesidad estratégica en ...

Systematic Design Methodology for Acoustic Wave Filters Integrated in Multiplexers and Codesigned Modules 

Silveira Taboadela, Patricia María (Date of defense: 2021-07-28)

El desplegament mundial de la tecnologia 5G i l’ús estès de xarxes sense fils han impulsat un creixement accelerat del nombre de bandes freqüencials requerides pels telèfons intel·ligents i altres dispositius mòbils. De ...