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 ...
Xampeny Solaní, Rafael (Date of defense: 2018-06-20)
The thesis is structured in five articles. In the first article, two methods are compared to analyze the significance of the effects: the Lenth method and the one based on the estimation of the variance ...
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 ...
Luna Mota, Carlos (Date of defense: 2016-02-01)
For a given cost matrix and a given communication requirement matrix, the OCSTP is defined as finding a spanning tree that minimizes the operational cost of the network. OCST can be used to design of ...
Hernández Ramírez, Daría Micaela (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
Due to the huge amount of textual data that is persintently generated, researchers are obliged to classify and analize them, even though there are different ways as well as computing tools to facilitate ...
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 ...
Barroso del Toro, Alberto (Date of defense: 2023-07-06)
(English) This thesis provides empirical evidence, with an unprecedented sample size, that sustainability news moves the stock market, particularly positive news related to fossil fuels. The findings ...