Adapting forest management to climate change 

    Mur Torrentó, Rubén Javier (Date of defense: 2013-12-10)

    Climate change is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. The increase in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, in temperatures, and changes in the precipitation pattern are expected to alter the ...

    Aspectes metodològics i aplicacions de la modelització del temps de supervivència multivariant mitjançant models mixtes 

    Renart i Vicens, Gemma (Date of defense: 2009-06-15)

    Els estudis de supervivència s'interessen pel temps que passa des de l'inici de l'estudi (diagnòstic de la malaltia, inici del tractament,...) fins que es produeix l'esdeveniment d'interès (mort, curació, millora,...). No ...

    Aspectos económicos de las tecnologías de la información, comunicación y entretenimiento 

    Borés, Cristina (Date of defense: 2002-10-23)

    En esta tesis analizamos diversos aspectos relacionados con los sectores de Tecnologías de la Información, Comunicación y Entretenimiento (TICE). Nuestros análisis versan tanto sobre la oferta (motivaciones estratégicas, ...

    Conformal prediction of air pollution concentrations for the Barcelona Metropolitan Region 

    Ivina, Olga (Date of defense: 2012-11-20)

    This thesis is aimed to introduce a newly developed machine learning method, conformal predictors, for air pollution assessment. For the given area of study, the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR), several conformal ...

    Creative economy and sustainable human development: a theoretical approach for convergences and divergences 

    Fráguas Nobre, Guilherme (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)

    The thesis relates the ‘creative economy’ with the ‘sustainable human development’, tracing a parallel between economic growth (e.g. GDP) and human development (e.g. HDI). The aspect of sustainability is addressed through ...

    Definición de los conceptos "tradicional" e "innovación" en alimentos desde la perspectiva del consumidor europeo 

    Guerrero Asorey, Luis (Date of defense: 2012-05-17)

    Traditional food products (TFP) are an important part of European culture, identity, and heritage. The main objective of present research is to obtain a consumer-driven definition for the concept of ‘‘traditional food ...

    Essays on social networks and cooperation: the case of natural resources 

    Marco Renau, Jorge (Date of defense: 2018-07-16)

    This thesis revisits the problem of the tragedy of the commons. We analyze the role of social networks and social pressure as driving forces for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable ...

    Expectativas y preferencias en la utilización de servicios en atención primaria 

    Alfranca Pardillos, Rebeca (Date of defense: 2014-06-03)

    The main aim of this thesis is to study the expectations and preferences of the Catalan population regarding the public health system, and an appraisal of the influence played by factors such as age, gender, geographical ...

    Health and economic conditions: evidence from individual-level data 

    Arroyo Borrell, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)

    The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of economic conditions on health using advanced micro-econometric techniques applied to survey data. The dissertation examines the consequences of the current ...

    Health and economic convergence in the European Union (1990-2010): an econometric approach 

    Maynou Pujolràs, Laia (Date of defense: 2013-11-21)

    The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate the reduction of economic and health disparities in the European Union from 1990-2010. Through different dynamic panel models, we show that in simple economics terms there has ...

    Morbilidad, utilización de recursos y costes sanitarios en la comarca del Baix Empordà 

    Inoriza, José María (Date of defense: 2015-02-27)

    Los sistemas de atención sanitaria tienden en la actualidad a migrar de formas de organización fragmentadas por líneas o niveles, que al mismo tiempo compiten e intentan coordinarse entre sí, hacia formas que integran todos ...

    Optimal management of natural resources. Accounting for heterogeneity 

    Xabadia i Palmada, Àngels (Date of defense: 2003-06-06)

    Dynamic optimization methods have become increasingly important over the last years in economics. Within the dynamic optimization techniques employed, optimal control has emerged as the most powerful tool for the theoretical ...

    Social networks and performance in knowledge creation. An application and a methodological proposal 

    Coromina Soler, Lluís (Date of defense: 2006-04-24)

    El objetivo de esta tesis es predecir el rendimiento de los estudiantes de doctorado en la Universidad de Girona según características personales (background), actitudinales y de redes sociales de los estudiantes. La ...