Kacani, Jolta (Date of defense: 2017-09-19)
This research investigates the qualitative effects of foreign direct investments of the clothing industry in a developing country like Albania. The clothing industry is often regarded as the first step ...
Carles Brangarí, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
Most of the microorganisms on Earth are found in sophisticated colonies called biofilms. Such microbial communities may proliferate everywhere life can exist as long as nutrients are available and surface ...
Mosaffa, Payman (Date of defense: 2017-11-11)
This thesis presents a hybrid vertex/cell-centred approach to mechanically simulate planar cellular monolayers undergoing cell reorganisation. Cell centres are represented by a triangular nodal network, ...
Gonzalez‐Blanco, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-05-31)
Deep geological disposal remains the preferred option at present for the management of long-living and heat-emitting radioactive waste, which consists of confining the waste during a very long period ...
Rivetti, Claudia (Date of defense: 2017-05-19)
Anthropogenic pollution represents a major concern for aquatic ecosystem, which has been affected by a complex cocktail of heterogeneous compounds that may provoke significant toxic effects to the living ...
Rodríguez Giner, Caterina (Date of defense: 2017-09-27)
The oceans are microbial-dominated ecosystems, where protists (single-celled eukaryotes) play fundamental roles performing multiple functions as primary producers, consumers, decomposers as well as ...
Remón Rodríguez, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-12-19)
The irruption of renewable energy sources with power electronics interfaces is transforming power systems. To minimize the possible adverse effects that these generating systems may have on the power ...
Guaya Caraguay, Diana Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2017-03-22)
Phosphate and ammonium removal from waste water by adsorption using inorganic natural sorbents has been identified as a promising technology. The advantages of this methodology are associated with its ...
Martirosyan, Razmik (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
Nowadays, concrete pavements are one of the main traditional options of building roads and highways. Moreover, concrete pavements are used for various ground transport infrastructures such as sidewalks, ...
Calvo González, Mireia (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)
Brugada syndrome (BS) is a genetic arrhythmogenic disease characterized by a distinctive electrocardiographic pattern, associated with a high risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular ...