Multilevel adaptive cross approximation and direct evaluation method for fast and accurate discretization of electromagnetic integral equations 

Tamayo Palau, José María (Date of defense: 2011-02-17)

El Método de los Momentos (MoM) ha sido ampliamente utilizado en las últimas décadas para la discretización y la solución de las formulaciones de ecuación integral que aparecen en muchos problemas electromagnéticos de ...

Multilevel tiling for non-rectangular interation spaces 

Jiménez Castells, Marta (Date of defense: 1999-05-28)

La motivación principal de esta tesis es el desarrollo de nuevas técnicas de compilación dirigidas a conseguir mayor rendimiento encódigos numéricos complejos que definen es pacios de iteraciones no rectangulares. En ...

Multimodal eye's optical quality (MEOQ) 

García Guerra, Carlos Enrique (Date of defense: 2016-07-29)

Within the visual system, the optics of the eye is responsible for forming images of external objects on the ocular fundus for its photo-reception and neural interpretation. However, the eye is not perfect and its capabilities ...

Multimodal microwave filters 

Contreras Lizarraga, Adrián Arturo (Date of defense: 2013-11-29)

This thesis presents the conception, design and implementation of new topologies of multimodal microwave resonators and filters, using a combination of uniplanar technologies such as coplanar waveguide (CPW), coplanar ...

Multimodal ventricular tachycardia analysis : towards the accurate parametrization of predictive HPC electrophysiological computational models 

López-Yunta, Mariña (Date of defense: 2018-07-30)

After a myocardial infarction, the affected areas of the cardiac tissue suffer changes in their electrical and mechanical properties. This post-infarction scar tissue has been related with a particular type of arrhythmia: ...

A multimode solid-state quantum memory for single photons 

Seri, Alessando (Date of defense: 2019-07-03)

Quantum memories (QMs) for light represent a fundamental ingredient for the development of a quantum internet. Among other applications, they are a building block for the distribution of entanglement on large scale, i.e. ...

Multipartite secret sharing schemes 

Farràs Ventura, Oriol (Date of defense: 2010-07-27)

This thesis is dedicated to the study of secret sharing schemes, which are cryptographic methods to share information in a secure way. The topics that are considered in the thesis are two of the main open problems in secret ...

Multipath: un sistema para la programación lógica 

Tubella, Jordi (Date of defense: 1996-11-13)

Multiphase gas transport in a shear zone 

Jódar Bermúdez, Jorge (Date of defense: 2007-07-09)

In the post-operational phase of a Low/Intermediate-Low radioactive waste repository, gas will be generated in the caverns due to anaerobic corrosion of metals, and also chemical and microbial degradation of organic ...

Multiphysics simulation in buildings 

Souaihi, Oussama (Date of defense: 2017-12-22)

Numerical simulation play an important role in the design, engineering, operation and management of buildings. It can help reducing energy consumption, improving indoor air quality and thermal comfort and provide quantitative ...

Multiple cue integration for robust tracking in dynamic environments: application to video relighting 

Moreno Noguer, Francesc (Date of defense: 2005-09-01)

L'anàlisi de moviment i seguiment d'objectes ha estat un dels pricipals focus d'atenció en la comunitat de visió per computador durant les dues darreres dècades. L'interès per aquesta àrea de recerca resideix en el seu ...

Multiple light scattering in atomic media : from metasurfaces to the ultimate refractive index 

Andreoli, Francesco (Date of defense: 2023-03-23)

(English) Our ability to confine, guide, and bend light has led to astonishing technological achievements, playing a fundamental role in diverse fields like microscopy, photochemistry, telecommunications or material design. ...

Multiple simulation experimental studies of gas emission, distribution and migration rules in mine ventilation system and goaf area 

Zhang, Haoran (Date of defense: 2015-12-21)

Gas problems have created severe difficulties for the mining industry around the world, leading to high expenditures and intensity research efforts, and determined attempts to enhance the various ventilation optimization ...

Multiplier ideals in two-dimensional local rings with rational singularities 

Dachs Cadefau, Ferran (Date of defense: 2016-06-13)

The aim of this memoir is to study multiplier ideals in two-dimensional local rings having at worst rational singularities. We also want to extend this study to the case of mixed multiplier ideals. The main achievements ...

Multirate mass transfer and biofilm growth modeling in porous media 

Wang, Jingjing (Date of defense: 2021-07-23)

Reactive transport modeling is a methodological tool to study the coupled physical, chemical and biological processes in Earth system. It is complex not only because of the nature of the equations, but also because of the ...

Multiresolution image segmentation based on camporend random fields: Application to image coding 

Marqués Acosta, Fernando (Date of defense: 1992-11-22)

La segmentación de imágenes es una técnica que tiene como finalidad dividir una imagen en un conjunto de regiones, asignando a cada objeto en la escena una o varias regiones. Para obtener una segmentación correcta, cada ...

Multiscale clutch models for cell mechanics 

Venturini, Chiara (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)

Integrin-based cell adhesion is a key mechanism in fundamental biological processes such as cell migration and wound healing, and in diseases like osteoporosis and cancer. For example, during migration, cells form adhesion ...

Multiscale image analysis of calcium dynamics in cardiac myocytes 

Vallmitjana Lees, Alexander (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)

Cardiac myocytes constitute a unique physiological system. They are the muscle cells that build up heart tissue and provide the force to pump blood by synchronously contracting at every beat. This contraction is regulated ...

Multiscale information management for historic districts' energy retrofitting : a framework, a methodology, a model 

Egusquiza Ortega, Aitziber (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)

European Historic Urban Districts are highly appreciated by their inhabitants and visitors and they can be considered as one of the most valuable collective achievements of the European culture. The preservation of our ...

Multiscale materials design of hard coatings for improved fracture resistance and thermal stability 

Yalamanchili, Phani Kumar (Date of defense: 2016-11-09)

Physical vapor deposited hard coatings comprised of cubic (c) transition metal (TM)-Al-N, and (TM)-Si-N are the current work horse materials for a large number of metal cutting and wear resistant applicatíons to light ...