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    Crutch gait patterns characterization through spatial and temporal parameters 

    Narváez Dorado, Marien Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)

    (English) Crutches are widely used as assistive walking devices for a diverse population. They are often prescribed by clinicians/therapists to help offload the lower extremities for individuals with impairments. They can ...

    Cryogenic Silicon Microstrip detector modules for LHC 

    Perea Solano, Blanca (Date of defense: 2004-07-05)

    CERN is presently constructing the LHC, which will produce collisions of 7 TeV protons in 4 interaction points at a design luminosity of 1034 cm-2 s-1. The radiation dose resulting from the operation at high luminosity ...

    Crystallization, processing and applications of new polyesters 

    Díaz, Angélica (Date of defense: 2015-05-06)

    Poly(alkylene dicarboxylate)s constitute a family of biodegradable polymers with increasing interest for both commodity and speciality applications. The most of these polymers can be prepared from biobased diols and ...

    Crystallographic study on oligonucleotide coiled-coils 

    Luchi, Daniela de (Date of defense: 2008-07-25)

    En la presente tesis doctoral se han realizado estudios estructurales de DNA. Estudios previos han demostrado que los coiled-coils de d(ATATATATATAT) y d(ATATATATAT) tienen unos parámetros geométricos muy diferentes. El ...

    Cuando la vivienda colectiva era moderna : desde Portugal a otros paises de expresión portuguesa : 1948-1974 

    Rodrigues, Inês Lima (Date of defense: 2014-09-30)

    This doctoral research explores the forms of modern collective housing accomplished in Portugal and in other territories of Portuguese language under Oliveira Salazar's dictatorship. lt seeks to highlight the indisputable ...

    Cuantificación de la mejora de las condiciones ambientales producida por el arbolado urbano : caso de estudio Barcelona, España y Santo Domingo, República Dominicana 

    Rojas Cortorreal, Gilkauris María (Date of defense: 2016-12-05)

    Urban space is an element not only traffic, habitat and work, but also recreation relationship and especially in the Mediterranean and warmer climates. A man tool to interact with their environment. But due to the increase ...

    Cuantificación del riesgo global del asegurado para mejorar la tarificación 

    Padilla Barreto, Alemar Elaine (Date of defense: 2019-05-16)

    The first contribution of this Thesis is the creation of a new risk measure that allows to classify the clients according to the risk that they bring to the company. This measure defined from the aggregate information at ...

    Cuernavaca : ciudad de fraccionamientos residenciales de baja densidad (1900-1997). Los ejemplos de: llanos de Ahuatepec y lomas de Ahuatlán 

    Pacheco Diaz, José Ignacio (Date of defense: 2020-12-09)

    With this research I wanted to find out what the urban growth of Cuernavaca was like from 1900 to 1997, and understand the dynamics of that process in the context of a strong capitalism, in order to explain how the ...

    Cultura Corporativa: Misión, Visión y Valores en la Gestión Estratégica de las empresas del sector de la Automoción en España 

    Martos Calpena, Ramon (Date of defense: 2009-12-21)

    El título de la Tesis responde a lo que es el objetivo general de ésta:conocer y analizar la relación existente entre las prácticas empresariales enrelación a sus empleados y la Dirección Estratégica, con la cultura ...

    Cultura, arquitectura y espacio urbano: la comunidad mexicana y la producción del espacio urbano en Houston, Texas. 

    Espinosa-Oropeza, Barry A. (Date of defense: 2012-12-3)

    Esta disertación examina el papel de la cultura en la producción del espacio urbano de las ciudades multiculturales contemporáneas. El argumento principal de la tesis establece la existencia de una relación dialéctica ...

    Curat tèrmic i fotocurat de resines epoxi per al control químic de la contracció i millora de la degradabilitat 

    Fernández Francos, Xavier (Date of defense: 2009-07-10)

    S’ha estudiat la copolimerització de resines epoxi amb una spirobislactona com a comonòmer per tal de controlar la contracció química durant el curat i millorar la seva degradabilitat per tal d’afavorir la seva recuperació ...

    Custom power active transformer for flexible operation of power systems 

    Elsaharty, Mohamed Atef Abbas (Date of defense: 2018-07-06)

    This PhD dissertation proposes a new transformer, i.e., the Custom Power Active Transformer, characterized by a specific design of its magnetic circuit and auxiliary windings which allows shunt and series compensation to ...

    Cyclic derivatives of D-glucose and tartaric acid as building blocks for renewable polyesters 

    Japu, Cristina (Date of defense: 2014-11-21)

    Three series of aromatic copolyesters derived from poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT) and poly(hexamethylene terephthalate) (PHT) have been synthesized by melt polycondensation in which ...

    Cylindrical microplane model for fiber reinforced polymer composites 

    Sabounchi, Saeed (Date of defense: 2023-04-13)

    (English) Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) are the most used composite materials in many applications, from broom handle to the main structure of advanced aircraft. Despite the enormous research done on these materials, ...

    DA&AI supporting tools for gas turbine’s efficiency improvement: maintenance, operation modes and performance enhancement 

    Castro Cros, Martí de (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)

    (English) Digitalization has revolutionized many industries, including the power generation sector. The availability of a vast amount of data from various systems has transformed decision-making processes in Industry. ...

    Dal nerorealismo italiano al landscape planning americano : la fondazione del paesaggio turistico della Costa Smeralda 

    Cappai, Alessadra (Date of defense: 2014-04-07)

    Il tema centrale della presente tesi è lo studio della relazione tra la pianificazione di un territorio turistico e gli elementi del territorio e del paesaggio che lo compongono, attraverso un caso di studio paradigmatico ...

    Damage tolerance of cemented carbides under service-like conditions 

    Tarragó Cifre, Jose María (Date of defense: 2016-09-13)

    Hardmetal industry is continuously seeking for high-performance products at reduced costs. In addition, it is strongly struggled by the high and volatile prices of raw materials. At this juncture, producers and end-users ...

    Daño sísmico y propiedades modales en estructuras de edificación 

    Alva Bañuelos, Rodrigo Esteban (Date of defense: 2021-09-17)

    The time required to inspect damaged structures after an earthquake has a direct impact on the social and economic consequences of the event, which can be catastrophic. Developing tools to aid the inspection task is of ...

    Daphnia magna bioassays to detect novel eco-toxicological effects of prioritary and emergent contaminants 

    Campos, Bruno (Date of defense: 2014-01-10)

    There is increasing evidence that the presence of many emerging pollutants in aquatic ecosystems may have detrimental effects on aquatic biota. Of special concern are those emerging pollutants that may act as putative ...

    Data analysis through graph decomposition 

    Piceno, Marie Ely (Date of defense: 2020-07-27)

    This work is developed within the field of data mining and data visualization. Under the premise that many of the algorithms give as result huge amounts of data impossible to handle for the users, we work with the ...