Oncins Marco, Gerard (Date of defense: 2007-09-21)
The main objective of this work was to quantitatively measure the nanotribological properties or organic layers and rationalize them from a physicochemical point of view. To accomplish that, a wide array ...
Falgàs Parra, Ester (Date of defense: 2007-10-26)
The shallow subsurface of the earth is an extremely important geological zone that yields much of our water resources, supports our agriculture and ecosystems. Safe and effective management of our natural ...
Falcão Dantas, Renato (Date of defense: 2007-07-05)
ENGLISH SUMMARY:<br/><br/>In this work, the ozonation of emergent contaminants represented by pharmaceuticals (Sulfamethoxazole and Bezafibrate) and surfactants (Quaternary Ammonium Compounds) was ...
Castany Teixidor, Laia (Date of defense: 2007-06-18)
A) OBJECTIVES AND HYPOTHESES:<br/><br/>The main purpose of this PhD thesis is analysing the behaviour of different factors that contribute to increase total factor productivity (TFP) in the context of ...
Cebrian Pujol, Emma (Date of defense: 2007-04-20)
Many antrophic activities release pollutants to the marine environment. Among them heavy metals are of great importance, since they are conservative pollutants, which can be accumulated through trophy ...
Simon i Estrada, Sergi (Date of defense: 2007-07-09)
In this thesis, we present a proof of the meromorphic non-integrability for some problems arising from Celestial Mechanics, as well as a new necessary condition for partial integrability in a wider ...
Bacardit Peñarroya, Jordi (Date of defense: 2007-07-06)
Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) are suitable for achieving the complete mineralization of organic pollutants in wastewaters, since they are based on the generation of a powerful non-selective chemical ...
Roca-Cusachs Soulere, Pere (Date of defense: 2007-02-15)
EN CATALÀ DE LA TESI DOCTORAL<br/><br/>"Importància de l'adhesió al substrat en la mecànica cel·lular: Implicacions en neutròfils i cèl·lules endotelials microvasculars".<br/><br/>En organismes ...
Rios Huguet, Arnau (Date of defense: 2007-02-23)
The main contribution of this thesis concerns the application of the Luttinger-Ward formalism to the study of the thermodynamical properties of nuclear matter. This formalism is devoted to compute the ...
Prado Villegas, Patricia (Date of defense: 2007-02-23)
La revaluació a gran escala espacial (> de 300 Km) i mitjançant mètodes de quantificació directa, del impacte de l'herbivorisme en els ecosistemes de <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> va revelar pèrdues de ...