Santos Garcés, Eva (Date of defense: 2012-06-29)
Computed Tomography and Microcomputed Tomography are X-ray based technologies. They were tested in this thesis as potential tools for the optimization of the processing of dry-cured meat products. On ...
Daranas Boadella, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-11-29)
The fruit production is threatened by several bacterial diseases, such as fire blight of apple and pear, bacterial canker of kiwifruit, bacterial spot of stone fruits, and angular leaf spot of strawberry. ...
Coma Bech, Marta (Date of defense: 2011-05-11)
Biological nutrient removal has been studied and applied for decades in order to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater. However, more anthropogenic uses and the continued demand for water have ...
Ruscalleda Beylier, Maël (Date of defense: 2012-02-17)
This thesis results from the collaborative projects between the LEQUIA-UdG group and Cespa (a company in charge of several landfill sites in Spain). The aim of the work was the development of a suitable ...
Bové Masmiquel, Josep (Date of defense: 2018-04-27)
To achieve a sand filter design that reduce its pressure loss, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tecnique was used combined with laboratory tests in a scaled filter using different filter media. The ...
Montesinos Barreda, Laura (Date of defense: 2014-05-16)
A series of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from the BP134 peptide (a member of the CECMEL11 library) exhibited potent bactericidal effect and low cytotoxicity, and were selected for expression ...
Pous Rodríguez, Narcís (Date of defense: 2015-05-28)
The presence of nitrates (NO3-) in groundwater is a worldwide concern. The high energy demand and environmental impact of available technologies requires investigating new technologies. This thesis was ...
Anfruns Bagaria, Alba (Date of defense: 2011-11-25)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are one of the main groups of odour causing compounds in Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP). Adsorption technology is already established, in recent years the interest ...
Emran Khaled Abd El Aziz, Mohamed (Date of defense: 2012-12-03)
The work presented in this Doctoral Thesis has studied the temporal and spatial patterns of the most relevant soil parameters with special attention posed to soil biological and biochemical dynamics ...
Morales Nicolàs, Gerard (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)
Bacterial spot disease of stone fruits, caused by Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni, is of high economic importance in the major stone-fruit-producing areas worldwide. Disease control is mainly based on ...