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    Motion annotation in complex video datasets 

    Mahmood, Muhammad Habib (Date of defense: 2018-11-16)

    Motion segmentation refers to the process of separating regions and trajectories from a video sequence into coherent subsets of space and time. In this thesis, we created a new multifaceted motion segmentation dataset ...

    El movimiento social cristiano en los siglos I al IV: un análisis sociológico de la historia 

    Pascual i Esteve, Josep M. (Josep Maria), 1953- (Date of defense: 2022-07-19)

    “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Mt.6, 7-15) This prayer attributed to Jesus by the Synoptic Gospels, read in its historical-sociological context, clearly indicates the call for a new ...

    MSSPACC: Sistema d'execució paral·lela d'aplicacions amb especulació sobre entorns distribuïts 

    Puiggalí, Joan (Date of defense: 2012-11-07)

    The research we have conducted has been aimed at developing a new mechanism of extraction and use of parallelism at a high level, based on speculation techniques, in cluster environments. This allows our mechanism to be ...

    Muerte súbita natural inexplicada: valor de la investigación genética post mortem 

    Sánchez-Molero Núñez, Olallo-Efrén (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)

    Natural death defines the death primarily attributed to an illness or an internal malfunction of the body, and not directly influenced by external forces. Most causes can be identified directly with macroscopic forensic ...

    Multi-attribute auctions: application to workflow management systems 

    Pla Planas, Albert (Date of defense: 2014-04-25)

    Resource and task allocation for workflows poses an allocation problem in which several attributes may be involved (economic cost, delivery time, CO2 emissions...), therefore, it must be treated from a multi-criteria ...

    Multi-layer survivability: routing schemes for GMPLS-based networks 

    Urra i Fàbregas, Anna (Date of defense: 2006-12-18)

    En les xarxes IP/MPLS sobre WDM on es transporta gran quantitat d'informacio, la capacitat de garantir que el trafic arriba al node de desti ha esdevingut un problema important, ja que la fallada d'un element de la xarxa ...

    Multi-objective optimization scheme for static and dynamic multicast flows 

    Donoso Meisel, Yezid (Date of defense: 2005-06-21)

    Muchas de las nuevas aplicaciones emergentes de Internet tales como TV sobre Internet, Radio sobre Internet,Video Streamming multi-punto, entre otras, necesitan los siguientes requerimientos de recursos: ancho de banda ...

    Multi-scale investigation of occurrence, fate, removal and biodegradation of pharmaceutical contamination in wastewater treatment and river systems 

    Collado Alsina, Neus (Date of defense: 2013-07-19)

    Human and veterinary pharmaceuticals have been recognized as ubiquitous water microcontaminants with potential subtle detrimental effects on aquatic organisms. The majority of pharmaceutical compounds, after being consumed ...

    Multifunctional and hybrid nanocomposites from micro/nano fibrillated cellulose 

    Sridhara, Pruthvi Kumar Bangalore (Date of defense: 2021-12-02)

    As a renewable alternative to petroleum-based materials, wood or plant-based materials offer a greater prospect in the transition towards sustainable replacements. Native to wood, cellulose nanofibers (CNF) form the major ...

    Multimodal visualization based on mutual information 

    Bramon Feixas, Roger (Date of defense: 2013-07-15)

    Medical imaging and 3D volumetric visualization are a standard routine for patient diagnosis and treatment. Multimodal visualization plays an important role in medical diagnosis and treatment, because it makes findings ...

    Multiple stressor effects on river biofilm communities: from community composition to ecosystem processes using experimental mesocosms 

    Romero Blanch, Ferran (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)

    Human exploitation of river ecosystems, together with the increasing pressure that represents climate change, is posing rivers worldwide at risk. In rivers, microorganisms are ecologically very important. Most of ...

    Multiscalar strategies for the characterization of engineered P450 enzymes 

    Soler i Parpal, Jordi (Date of defense: 2023-09-19)

    Enzymes are a type of proteins that help chemical reactions happen faster in living organisms. Scientists have been able to modify these enzymes using a technique called protein engineering, which allowed to increase the ...

    Multisectoral models for water management under droughts and climate change 

    Ortuzar Fernández, Iban (Date of defense: 2024-03-04)

    The escalating conflicts and competition for freshwater resources are widely acknowledged. The demand for water is on the rise due to rapid population growth and socioeconomic development, while climate change is disrupting ...

    Multivariate statistical modelling and monitoring of smart buildings 

    Burgas Nadal, Llorenç (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)

    In order to reduce mismatches between real and expected consumption, this thesis explores the use of PCA (Principal Component Analysis) as a modelling tool for buildings. PCA is a statistical technique that allows complex ...

    Multivariate Statistical Process Control and Case-Based Reasoning for situation assessment of Sequencing Batch Reactors 

    Ruiz Ordóñez, Magda Liliana (Date of defense: 2008-06-16)

    ABSRACT<br/><br/>This thesis focuses on the monitoring, fault detection and diagnosis of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP), which are important fields of research for a wide range of engineering disciplines. <br/><br/>The ...

    Municipi, finances i elits locals en una ciutat catalana baixmedieval: Girona (1345-1445) 

    Reixach, Albert (Date of defense: 2015-07-24)

    La present tesi doctoral es proposa analitzar els efectes que tingué la fiscalitat en la societat d’una ciutat de la Catalunya baixmedieval, en especial de cara a la formació d’unes autèntiques elits locals. El cas d’estudi ...

    Els museus catalans en els primers anys del franquisme. Anàlisi de la utilització dels centres museístics catalans en el període 1939-1947 

    Serra Armengol, Maria de Lluc (Date of defense: 2014-06-18)

    Aquesta tesi doctoral té com a objectiu principal analitzar la situació dels museus a Catalunya en els primers anys de la dictadura franquista. Per tal d’entendre millor aquest període és de gran interès conèixer les ...

    Música i cerimònia a Girona, 1500-1650 

    Miranda López, M. del Mar (Date of defense: 2020-02-04)

    This doctoral dissertation studies different festivities and ceremonies that took place in Girona between 1500 and 1650, as well as the music that could have accompanied them at that time. The dissertation consists of two ...

    Nanotecnología en el sector papelero: mejoras en calidad y permanencia de las fibras de alto rendimiento y secundarias en una economía circular mediante el uso de nanofibras y el refino enzimático 

    Delgado Aguilar, Marc (Date of defense: 2015-07-31)

    Bio and nano technologies are absent or incipient in papermaking industry and, concretely, in recycling and high-yield pulps sectors. In this sense, the present Thesis uses cellulose nanofibers (CNF), both in bulk and on ...

    Narratives materials de l'àlbum il·lustrat. Una aproximació intermedial a la didàctica de la literatura 

    Kunde, Karo (Date of defense: 2021-11-19)

    Intermediality is a cultural reality: in the multimodal and multimedia era, hybridization between media is a common practice, which we find in almost any communicative product and which requires specific knowledge to be ...