Duarte-López, Ariel (Date of defense: 2021-02-05)
The Zipf distribution, also known as discrete Pareto distribution, attracts considerable attention because it helps describe skewed data from many natural as well as man-made systems. Under the Zipf ...
Alarcón Soto, Yovaninna (Date of defense: 2021-06-30)
The present dissertation contributes to Data Science in the Human lmmunodeficiency Virus (HIV) field, addressing specific issues related to the modelling of data coming from three different clinical ...
Blanco de Tena Davila, David (Date of defense: 2020-06-22)
The lack of transparency and accuracy of research reports has been pointed out as one of the main factors causing research waste. Reporting guidelines (RGs) are sets of recommendations for authors on ...
Vilaró Pacheco, Marta (Date of defense: 2021-07-15)
This PhD thesis is concerned with evaluating the long-term effects of interventions in the editorial peer review process of a biomedical journal. The growing need to increase the value of research and ...
Abella Garcia, Ainoa (Date of defense: 2021-01-19)
The objective of the current doctoral thesis is the theoretical and experimental application of Kansei engineering in the field of design. Kansei engineering is a method that aims to develop or improve ...
Sánchez Espigares, Josep Anton (Date of defense: 2021-04-09)
This thesis includes contributions to statistical methodologies and practical applications in situations where data has been obtained as a result of repeated measures. The first block includes a first ...
Molins Lleonart, Eduard (Date of defense: 2021-05-28)
In applications for generic medicinal products the concept of bioequivalence is fundamental. Two medicinal products, i.e. a test and a reference drugs containing the same active substance are considered ...
Bofill Roig, Marta (Date of defense: 2020-12-22)
Defining the scientific question is the starting point for any clinical study. However, even though the main objective is generally clear, how this is addressed is not usually straightforward. Clinical ...
Serra Burriel, Feliu (Date of defense: 2022-04-19)
The work presented in this dissertation is a compendium of articles based on three main applications of advanced statistical methodologies on real-world complex datasets. The first application concerns ...
Barbero, Mattia (Date of defense: 2023-07-17)
(English) Europe is at the beginning of an energy revolution. The old energy paradigm where centralized power plants provide energy to passive consumers is ending. Distributed renewable energy resources ...