Herrera Hernández, María Guadalupe (Date of defense: 2017-03-24)
Dietary polyphenols represent a group of secondary metabolites which widely occur in fruits, vegetables, wine, tea, extra virgin olive oil, chocolate and other cocoa products. Previous studies have shown ...
Bonilla Martínez, Juan Manuel (Date of defense: 2017-11-27)
Fire is the most common phenomenon that characterizes major accidents that take place in both industrial establishments and in the transport of dangerous goods by road and rail. The formation of a ...
Maione, Silvana (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
In the last decade, conductive polymers have received great interest in both scientific and technological levels due to the electroactive properties exhibited by these materials. For this reason, the ...
Guaya Caraguay, Diana Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2017-03-22)
Phosphate and ammonium removal from waste water by adsorption using inorganic natural sorbents has been identified as a promising technology. The advantages of this methodology are associated with its ...
Mekala, Samuel J. (Date of defense: 2017-03-20)
Packed bed reactors are widely used in various chemical processes. Fundamental understanding of the heat and mass transfer phenomena in the packed beds is essential for better modelling of these processes. ...
Zakharova, Elena (Date of defense: 2017-12-11)
In this century, the major use of synthetic polymers have been as replacements for more traditional materials, particulary in packaging. Today the packaging industry is by far the major user of plastics. ...
Ramírez Camacho, Jaime Giovanni (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)
The highly complex and interconnected today's societies require a continuous flow of materials and energy from one geographical area to another. In particular, huge amounts of often-hazardous materials, ...
Ivanova, Kristina Dimitrova (Date of defense: 2017-01-27)
The accelerated emergence of drug resistant bacteria is one of the most serious problems in healthcare and the difficulties in finding new antibiotics make it even more challenging. To overcome the ...
Millán Elías, Cinthia Raquel (Date of defense: 2017-10-27)
AT-rich sequences confer unique properties to DNA, such as high polymorphism and flexibility. The abundance of AT-rich DNA in several pathogens' genomes and the ability of specific molecules to selectively ...
Sánchez Jiménez, Margarita (Date of defense: 2017-10-25)
Since their discovery, the spectacular properties of polymers called "conducting" have given rise to an important field of study in order to obtain knowledge about them and their commercial application ...