Rajović, Nikola (Date of defense: 2017-06-30)
In the late 1990s, powerful economic forces led to the adoption of commodity desktop processors in High-Performance Computing(HPC). This transformation has been so effective that the November 2016 TOP500 ...
Derqui Zaragoza, Belén (Date of defense: 2017-12-04)
Context: Globalization, increased competition for natural resources, the rise of non-financial performance indicators in decision making, among other new trends have made sustainability more and more ...
Maione, Silvana (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the ...
Cavalheiro, David (Date of defense: 2017-05-19)
There has been a tremendous evolution in integrated circuit technology in the past decades. With the scaling of complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) transistors, faster, less power consuming ...
Guerrero, Elena (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)
Planktonic cnidarians are those species or their stages in the phylum Cnidaria that spent their life in the water column and therefore, are tightly linked to oceanographic dynamics and water mass ...
Principi, Sara (Date of defense: 2017-09-18)
Recent epidemiological evidences on very late opacities or cataract manifestation, has led to a review of the actual limit for the eye lens (150 mSv/year) for workers exposed to ionizing radiation. ICRP ...
Baena Mirabete, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)
One of the main purposes of National Statistical Agencies (NSAs) is to provide citizens or researchers with a large amount of trustful and high quality statistical information. NSAs must guarantee that ...
Luna Pacho, Julio Alberto (Date of defense: 2017-02-27)
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which use hydrogen as fuel, provide high power densities while operating at lower temperatures, reducing the cost of materials and maintenance. PEM fuel cells ...
Solh Joukhah, Zahra (Date of defense: 2017-10-27)
The present PhD thesis deals with transformer inrush current in offshore grids including offshore wind farms and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission systems. The inrush phenomenon during ...
Escobar González, Cristina (Date of defense: 2017-07-10)
The overall objective of this thesis is to explore the attitudes towards Catalan wines in Catalonia from a value chain approach. The first part of the thesis focuses on consumers' wine preferences in ...