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    Design of multiplayer exergames with systems to control quantity and foster quality of physical activity: a multidisciplinary approach with physical activity experts 

    Landry, Pascal (Date of defense: 2016-01-25)

    This thesis focuses on defining a set of design strategies to develop and assess video games that foster physical activity, commonly referred to as exergames. Regular physical activity is essential for a good development ...

    Design of nanostructured delivery systems to enhance the functionality of food bioactive compounds 

    Artiga Artigas, María (Date of defense: 2018-12-17)

    Les nanoestructures basades en emulsions es consideren excel•lents sistemes d'alliberament de compostos bioactius de diferent naturalesa i funcionalitat. L'objectiu d'aquesta Tesi Doctoral va ser estudiar els factors que ...

    Design of network coding functionality for 5G networks 

    Do-Duy, Tan (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)

    La codificación de red (NC) ha surgido recientemente como una nueva solución para mejorar el rendimiento de la red en términos de rendimiento y fiabilidad. Sin embargo, la naturaleza multiusuario de NC y su aplicabilidad ...

    Design of New Gold(I) Catalysts: Dissecting Electronic and Steric Effects 

    Arroyo Bondia, Ana (Date of defense: 2023-05-19)

    Les transformacions catalitzades per or(I) s'han estudiat durant les dues últimes dècades per a la preparació de molècules complexes. Aquesta Tesi Doctoral s'ha centrat principalment en ampliar els coneixements en catàlisi ...

    Design of new ionic liquid-based electrolytes for lithium-oxygen battery 

    Knipping, Etienne (Date of defense: 2018-07-04)

    Las baterías de litio-oxigeno (Li-O2 o litio-aire) son un campo de gran interés y reciente actualidad ya que su densidad energética es teóricamente similar a la de la gasolina. Esta tecnología es potencialmente una de las ...

    Design of new nanomaterials for their use in catalysis and photochemistry 

    Gonell Gómez, Francisco (Date of defense: 2017-03-13)

    Durante el trabajo realizado en la presente tesis doctoral, se han diseñado y desarrollado nuevos nanomateriales para su uso en catálisis, fotocatálisis y fotoquímica. El capítulo 2, se ha centrado en la síntesis y ...

    Design of novel compositionally controlled hybrid and ternary nanostructures 

    Dalmases Solé, Mariona (Date of defense: 2019-02-08)

    The size/shape dependent and unique physical and chemical properties presented by nanostructured materials have attracted great attention in several fields such as energy harvesting, optoelectronics and biomedicine, among ...

    Design of off-grid renewable energy community electrification projects : analysis of micro-scale resource variations and development of optimization methods 

    Ranaboldo, Matteo (Date of defense: 2015-02-09)

    Projects relying on renewable energies are a suitable and sustainable option to electrify isolated communities autonomously. These systems produce electricity in a clean and environmentally respectful way and their cost ...

    Design of pedagogical scenarios: adapting the MISA method to the IMS LD specification 

    Maina, Marcelo Fabián (Date of defense: 2010-12-03)

    This research supports the choice of a Design and Development Research approach for the creation and validation of ID methods, thus providing a theoretically-grounded and pedagogically-inclusive method for designing reusable ...

    Design of peptides able to modulate Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) in mutated p53 

    Nicolini, Federica (Date of defense: 2022-12-02)

    [eng] Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) play a crucial role in the homeostasis of the cells; therefore, they are important therapeutic targets. Typically, the goal in targeting PPIs is to impede them. On the contrary, ...

    Design of polarimeters based on liquid crystals and biaxial crystals for polarization metrology 

    Peinado Capdevila, Alba (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)

    La polarimetria proporciona informació crucial en nombroses aplicacions en diferents camps, com en la medicina, la biologia, la teledetecció, la caracterització de materials, l’astronomia, etc. Els polarímetres són els ...

    Design of polytopic ligands for the preparation of multifunctional catalysts 

    Gonell Gómez, Sergio (Date of defense: 2015-03-06)

    <p>En esta Tesis Doctoral se han sintetizado tres nuevos ligandos politópicos basados en carbenos N-heterocíclicos (NHCs en sus siglas en inglés) con diferentes tipos de arquitecturas.</p> <p>En primer lugar se ha obtenido ...

    Design of protein nanoparticles for cell targeting and blood brain barrier crossing 

    Xu, Zhikun (Date of defense: 2015-07-27)

    En estos últimos años, muchos nuevos materiales han sido involucrados en los campos de las nanotecnologías, y especialmente en nanomedicina. Las nanoparticulas formadas por proteínas son un ejemplo de bio-material que está ...

    Design of reliable schedules and control strategies for improving bus system performance 

    Mension i Camps, Josep (Date of defense: 2019-09-10)

    High-level service bus systems, even though in many different forms and local particularities, have been spread out around the globe over the last decades, driven by the administration and the transport authority, and in ...

    Design of secure mobile payment protocols for restricted connectivity scenarios 

    Téllez Isaac, Jesús Augusto (Date of defense: 2012-09-12)

    The emergence of mobile and wireless networks made posible the extensión of electronic commerce to a new area of research: mobile commerce called m-commerce, which includes mobile payment), that refers to any e-commerce ...

    Design of static intercell interference coordination schemes for realistic lte-based cellular networks 

    González González, David (Date of defense: 2014-01-29)

    Today, 3.5 and 4G systems including Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) support packet-based services and provide mobile broadband access for bandwidth-hungry applications. In this context of fast evolution, ...

    Design of tailor-made chiral ligand libraries for C-X bond forming reactions. Study of the key intermediates by NMR and DFT 

    Magre Rosich, Marc (Date of defense: 2016-07-29)

    El desenvolupament de metodologies per a l’obtenció de compostos enantiomèricament purs ha incrementat en les últimes dècades, ja que aquests productes quirals tenen un gran impacte en la societat actual perquè són la base ...

    Design of the BELEN detector for wide energy range with flat and high detection efficiency 

    Riego Pérez, Albert (Date of defense: 2016-05-30)

    The main objective of this work is to design the BEta-deLayEd Neutron detector (BELEN) detector for FAIR (Facility for Antiproton Ion Research). The purpose of this detector is the measurement of neutron emission probabilities ...

    Design optimization and performance analysis methodology for PMSMs to improve efficiency in hydraulic applications 

    Candelo Zuluaga, Carlos Andres (Date of defense: 2022-01-11)

    In the recent years, water pumping and other hydraulic applications are increasingly demanding motors capable to operate under different working conditions, including variable pressure and volumetric flow demands. Moreover, ...

    Design optimization of dual active bridge converter 

    Capó Lliteras, Macià (Date of defense: 2024-01-23)

    (English) The proliferation of batteries for local storage and electric vehicles (EVs) is rising steadily. The EV market’s prospects point to exponential growth in the coming years. This trend has also contributed to the ...