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    Qualitative modelling of complex systems by means of fuzzy inductive reasoning. Variable selection and search space reduction. 

    Mirats Tur, Josep M. (Josep Maria) (Date of defense: 2001-11-23)

    Fuzzy Inductive Reasoning (FIR) is a modelling and simulation methodology capable of generating a qualitative input-output model of a system from real-valued trajectories of its physical variables. The functioning basis ...

    Qualitative properties of solutions to integro-differential elliptic problems 

    Felipe Navarro, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2021-07-14)

    The thesis is devoted to the analysis of elliptic PDEs and related problems. It is mainly focused on the study of qualitative and regularity properties of solutions to integro-differential equations. The study of such ...

    Quality check of optical elements manufactured with in-mould hybrid integration technique 

    Castilla González, Pau (Date of defense: 2019-04-05)

    In the present industrial thesis has been developed and implemented with success a measurement strategy that consists of an optical test of validation of the optical functionality of photonic components in the same ...

    Quality evaluation of DInSAR results from the phase statistical analysis 

    Centolanza, Giuseppe (Date of defense: 2015-10-23)

    The Earth is continuously monitored by sensors capable of providing diversified information about several phenomena. In particular Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is able to observe the Earth in all-day and all-weather ...

    Quality of service on ad-hoc wireless networks 

    Paoliello Guimaraes, Rafael (Date of defense: 2008-07-14)

    Over the last years, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) have captured the attention of the research community. The flexibility and cost savings they provide, due to the fact that no infrastructure is needed to deploy a MANET, ...

    Quality of service, security and trustworthiness for network slices 

    Alemany Prats, Pol (Date of defense: 23-03-23)

    (English) The telecommunications' systems are becoming much more intelligent and dynamic due to the expansion of the multiple network types (i.e., wired, wireless, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud-based networks). Due ...

    Quantificació numérica de les emocions associades al color 

    Manau Trullàs, Rosa (Date of defense: 2011-03-18)

    Vivim en un món de color. Tot té un color. El fet que tinguem receptors tan específics per a l’estímul del color ens confirma la importància que té per als éssers humans. Responem al color, de manera activa o passiva, en ...

    Quantification of dopaminergic neurotransmission SPECT studies with 123 l-labelled radioligands 

    Gallego Blanco, Judith (Date of defense: 2016-02-02)

    Dopaminergic neurotransmission SPECT studies with 123I-labelled radioligands can help in the diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders such as Parkinson¿s disease and schizophrenia. Nowadays, interpretation of ...

    Quantifying external cost of air pollution and GHG emissions from private road transport in Catalonia using theory of planned behavior and contingent valuation 

    Zahedi, Siamak (Date of defense: 2019-07-05)

    Internalizing environmental externalities is a market-driven approach to correcting people's private costs and benefits. One way of quantifying these externalities is estimating people’s willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce ...

    Quantifying nanoscale carrier diffusion with ultrafast optical and photocurrent microscopy 

    Block, Alexander (Date of defense: 2019-09-06)

    Heat transport in solids is one of the oldest problems in physics, dating back to the earliest formulations of thermodynamics. The classical laws of heat conduction are valid as long as the observed time and length scales ...

    Quantifying randomness from Bell nonlocality 

    Bourdoncle, Boris (Date of defense: 2019-02-13)

    The twentieth century was marked by two scientific revolutions. On the one hand, quantum mechanics questioned our understanding of nature and physics. On the other hand, came the realisation that information could be treated ...

    Quantifying uncertainty in complex automotive crashworthiness computational models : development of methodologies and implementation in VPS/Pamcrash 

    Rocas Alonso, Marc (Date of defense: 2021-07-23)

    The automotive industry is constantly involved in the development of new methodologies and projects with the aim of reducing costs. During the vehicle design process, one of the most significant cost arises from building ...

    Quantitative dispersion analysis of leakages of flammable and/or toxic substances on environments with barriers or semi-confined 

    Miralles Schleder, Adriana (Date of defense: 2015-07-08)

    With the industrial and technological development of the present-day society, the presence of flammable and toxic substances has increased in a growing number of activities. Dispersion of hazardous gas releases occurring ...

    Quantitative nanoscale imaging of synaptic protein organization 

    Laparra Cuervo, Lara (Date of defense: 2018-03-28)

    The arrival of super-resolution techniques has driven researchers to explore biological areas that were unreachable before. Such techniques not only allowed the improvement of spatial resolution in images but also the ...

    Quantum Brownian motion in Bose-Einstein condensates 

    Charalambous, Christos (Date of defense: 2020-01-31)

    Quantum Brownian motion is one of the most prominent examples of an open quantum system, a system which cannot be treated in isolation from its environment. The simplest method to study the dynamics of a system undergoing ...

    Quantum Brownian motion revisited : extensions and applications 

    Lampo, Aniello (Date of defense: 2018-10-02)

    Quantum Brownian motion represents a paradigmatic model of open quantum system, namely a system which cannot be treated as an isolated one, because of the unavoidable interaction with the surrounding environment. In this ...

    Quantum chemistry and conformational sampling meet together : a powerful approach to study and design metalloprotein reactivity 

    Monza, Emanuele (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)

    Metalloprotein are proteins containing metal ion cofactors. Compared to chemical catalysts, metalloproteins have a well-defined configuration around the active site which ensures higher specificity, selectivity and reaction ...

    Quantum control of single spin excitations in cold atomic quantum memories 

    Albrecht, Boris (Date of defense: 2015-12-01)

    Optical quantum memories are important devices in quantum information science. In particular, they are building blocks of quantum repeater architectures that have been proposed to increase the range of quantum communication ...

    Quantum frecuency conversion for hybrid quantum networks 

    Maring, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2018-09-13)

    The ability to control the optical frequency of quantum state carriers (i.e. photons) is an important functionality for future quantum networks. It allows all matter quantum systems - nodes of the network - to be compatible ...

    Quantum gauge theory simulation with ultracold atoms 

    Zamora, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2014-12-15)

    The study of ultracold atoms constitutes one of the hottest areas of atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum optics. The experimental and theoretical achievements in the last three decades in the control and ...