Capó Artigues, Aina Maria (Date of defense: 2009-06-16)
Aquesta tesi forma part d'un projecte destinat a predir el rendiment acadèmic dels estudiants de doctorat portat a terme per l'INSOC (International Network on Social Capital and Performance). El grup ...
Abu-Rmileh, Amjad Hisham Ahmad (Date of defense: 2013-12-09)
This thesis presents different control strategies, for the closed-loop artificial pancreas, which are based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Sliding Mode Control (SMC). Multiple MPC with linear ...
Maynou Pujolràs, Laia (Date of defense: 2013-11-21)
The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate the reduction of economic and health disparities in the European Union from 1990-2010. Through different dynamic panel models, we show that in simple economics ...
Arroyo Borrell, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of economic conditions on health using advanced micro-econometric techniques applied to survey data. The dissertation examines the consequences ...
Puig Vives, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2015-02-24)
The aim of this thesis is to carry out an in-depth study of various aspects of breast cancer epidemiology. Firstly, we have confirmed that DCIS incidence in Girona has increased over recent decades. ...
Serra Saurina, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-11-22)
The main objective of this Thesis is to model the occurrence of wildfires and, in particular, knowing the factors with more influence, to evaluate how they are distributed in space and time. The Thesis ...
Osca-Gelis, Gemma (Date of defense: 2014-10-17)
Myeloid malignancies (MMs) are a heterogeneous group of haematological malignancies presenting different incidence, prognosis and survival. Changing classifications (French-American-British (FAB), World ...
Chaudhuri, Somnath (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)
Spatial statistics is traditionally based on stationary models like Matérn fields. However, applying stationary models to complex spatial regions having physical barriers like islands or coastal areas ...
Ivina, Olga (Date of defense: 2012-11-20)
This thesis is aimed to introduce a newly developed machine learning method, conformal predictors, for air pollution assessment. For the given area of study, the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR), ...
Solans Margalef, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-10-14)
Diet is a key modifiable risk factor for several neoplasms, but evidence for lymphoid malignancies is still inconsistent. Previous epidemiological studies were mostly focused on single dietary components ...