Probabilistic assessment of earthquake losses at diferent scales considering lost economic production due to premature loss of lives 

Salgado-Gálvez, M. A. (Date of defense: 2016-07-04)

Probabilistic characterization of single and concurrent metocean variables of Mexican coasts with seasonal variability using extreme value theory, with application to reliability of coastal structures 

Calderón Vega, Felícitas (Date of defense: 2021-04-20)

This thesis encompasses a set of different subjects related to metocean variables but studied from different perspectives. The metocean variables are mainly significant wave heights and wind velocities and, to a lesser ...

Production of carbohydrates and polyhydrohybutyrate by cyanobacteria grown in wastewater 

Arias, Dulce María (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)

Cyanobacteria are prokaryotic aerobic photosynthetic microorganisms with the capacity to remove nutrients from wastewater and synthesize a large variety of bioactive compounds and valuable byproducts. Among those valuable ...

Productos de cuidado personal en el medio ambiente : presencia, destino y efectos 

Molins Delgado, Daniel (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)

In this PhD. Thesis the results of eleven studies about the presence, distribution, and effects of personal care products (PCPs) in the environment are presented with the intention of giving a consolidated vision and to ...

Proper generalized decomposition solutions for composite laminates parameterized with fibre orientations for fast computations 

El-Ghamrawy, Karim (Date of defense: 2021-04-23)

Composite materials are gaining popularity as an alternative to classical materials in many different applications. Moreover, their design is even more flexible due to the potential of additive ...

Propuesta metodológica para estimar N2O en inventarios de emisión y evaluaciones de eco-eficiencia en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales 

Ramírez Melgarejo, Monserrat G. (Date of defense: 2021-02-26)

A wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is a system that aims to reduce the negative impact to bodies of water where the effluent is discharged. reducing the pollutants discharged. Treatment plants have an impact on the ...

Randomized linear algebra for model order reduction 

Balabanov, Oleg (Date of defense: 2019-10-11)

Solutions to high-dimensional parameter-dependent problems are in great demand in the contemporary applied science and engineering. The standard approximation methods for parametric equations can require computational ...

Reacciones expansivas internas : estudio de los áridos y hormigón de presas 

Gobbi, Andressa (Date of defense: 2019-01-25)

A significant part of the pathologies found in concrete dams is related with the presence of unsound aggregates that react with the cement paste. Such reactions may lead to expansions, causing damage and compromising the ...

A reactive barrier to enhance the removal of emerging organic compounds during artificial recharge of aquifers through infiltration basins 

Valhondo, Cristina (Date of defense: 2017-02-03)

Artificial recharge of aquifers through infiltration basins (AR) improves water quality and in- creases groundwater resources, which make of it an appropriate technique for the renaturalization of waters affected directly ...

Real-time solutions of parametric thermo-hydro-mechanical problems with proper generalized decomposition 

Moaven, Arash (Date of defense: 2023-07-04)

(English) The Proper Generalized Decomposition (PGD) is a mathematical framework belonging to the Model Order Reduction (MOR) class of techniques. To the best of the author's knowledge, this methodology has not been applied ...

Recomendaciones para el proyecto de puentes de ferrocarril con aparatos de apoyo de núcleo de plomo (LRB) en zonas sísmicas 

Bellido Recoder, Lucía (Date of defense: 2021-10-25)

Railway bridges located at seismic zones are particularly complex structures that present exceptional difficulties due to the existence of the track and the phenomena associated to it called track-bridge interaction. The ...

Recovery of phycobiliproteins and biogas from microalgae treating wastewater 

Arashiro, Larissa Terumi (Date of defense: 2020-07-02)

Water is undoubtedly the most essential resource of humanity. However. supplying the human population with clean water has been a major challenge for decades. Contaminants in wastewaters endanger water bodies and the ...

Redistribución del uso del espacio viario como gestor eficiente de movilidad 

González Guzmán, Carlos Alberto (Date of defense: 2021-03-18)

The efficient and equitable use of urban road space considered as a public good and a scarce resource, leads to giving priority to sustainable transport modes (walking, cycling and public transport). Private vehicle sees ...

Reduced order modeling for smart grids' simulation and optimization 

Malik, Muhammad Haris (Date of defense: 2017-02-28)

This thesis presents the study of the model order reduction for power grids and transmission networks. The specific focus has been the transient dynamics. A mathematical viewpoint has been adopted for model reduction. Power ...

Refuerzo a cortante de estructuras de hormigón armado con laminados de polímeros reforzados con fibras (FRP) : verificación experimental. 

Pujol Sánchez, Mireia (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)

The use of externally bonded fibre reinforced polymers, FRP, for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams or columns is an alternative to other traditional strengthening techniques due to its high strength-to-weight ...

Refuerzo de estructuras de hormigón armado y pretensado por conversión a sección mixta mediante hidrodemolición 

Cots Corominas, Carles (Date of defense: 2022-05-06)

This thesis develops a new structural strengthening technique: converting existing reinforced concrete structures to composite sections by inserting connectors after controlled demolition with high-pressure water. The key ...

Remobilització dels contaminants orgànics persistents en els ecosistemes polars costaners 

Casal Rodríguez, Paulo (Date of defense: 2018-11-12)

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) constitute an heterogeneous group of chemical substances of great environmental relevance. Its persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport potential and negative effects on health ...

Retinoic acid signaling pathway : gene regulation during the onset of puberty in the European sea bass. 

Medina Henríquez, Paula Javiera (Date of defense: 2019-07-08)

European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) aquaculture is a thriving industry in Spain where it reached about 23,500 t and a market value of approximately 133 million euros. However, most of the sea bass farms produce a high ...

Retroflections in the tropical Atlantic Ocean 

Vallès Casanova, Ignasi (Date of defense: 2021-10-19)

The upper ocean circulation is the area of confluence of two major vertical cells: the large-scale overturning Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and the regional relatively shallow Subtropical Cells (STCs). ...

Return of the marine heterotrophic flagellates: diversity, distribution and gene expression patterns 

Obiol Plana, Aleix (Date of defense: 2023-01-27)

(English) Marine heterotrophic flagellates (HF) are very small (2-5 µm) unpigmented protists that are dominant bacterial grazers in the ocean, where they link the transfer of carbon from bacterial cells to higher trophic ...