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Which factors drive illegal immigration? : an empirical analysis of the U.S. and the E.U.
This thesis aims to provide quantitative evidence on the flows of illegal immigrants in the U.S. and the E.U. After describing the flows in space and time (years 2000-2011), the actors involved, and the role of criminal ...
Which start-ups do accelerators prefer?. A comprehensive approach
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role played by both the human capital of founders and the financing sources in startups, whether they are impactful or just for-profit ventures, in the odds of being accepted ...
Whispering gallery microresonator for second harmonic light generation
In recent years, it has been proposed that circular microresonators may become an important element in the core of many photonic devices. The high Q-factors seen in fused silica micro-spheres and micro-toroids for light ...
White adipose tissue characterization and lipid profiling in obesity
[eng] Obesity has become exceedingly pervasive, a resultant of amplified food availability and reshaped human behavior stimulated by urbanization. It poses as a major challenge for human metabolic physiology testing ...
White dwarf dynamical interactions
Merging white dwarfs is a promising channel to trigger Type Ia supernovae, known as the double degenerate scenario. Supernovae are stellar explosions that radiate as much energy as any ordinary star is expected to emit ...
White wine continuous protein stabilisation: industrial viablity
Las proteínas térmicamente inestables que están presentes en uvas, jugos de uva y vinos podrían llegar a ser insolubles y precipitar causando la formación de turbidez o precipitados indeseables en vinos blancos después del ...
Who counts as public in public participation? Regimes of Legitimate Participation in Techno-Scientific Controversies
La presente tesis doctoral está motivada por el interés que los Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología han mostrado por la participación pública y su papel en la 'democratización de la democracia' a través de ...
Who has time to be green? The 'double dividend' under bounded rationality and time constraints
Aquesta tesi doctoral estudia el potencial d’una reforma fiscal ambiental, un desplaçament fiscal neutral en ingressos cap a les emissions de gasos d’efecte hivernacle, per aconseguir un doble dividend sota nous supòsits ...
Who manages the money at home?: household financial organization and gender inequalities
This PhD dissertation addresses how couples manage their money in intimate relationships. It is composed of 4 articles. The first one focuses on the individual and couple level dynamics behind money management systems in ...
Whole Life Sustainability Assessment at the Building Industry and Constructed Assets, through the Whole Life Costing Assessment and Life Cycle Costing Assessment evaluating the economic and financial aspects
Els edificis d’energia neta poden ser entesos com a edificis, que durant un temps determinat generen tanta energia com consumeixen. Ja sigui des del punt de vista de l’oferta o el consum, la disponibilitat d’energia està ...
Why do negotiation processes matter?: informal capabilities as determinants of EU member states bargaining success in the Council of the EU
How do differences in the informal capabilities of Member States impact their bargaining success at the EU level? Based on new datasets collected via 145 semi-structured interviews with national negotiators and EU officials ...
Why does Poland develop different politics in the field of the climate and energy framework of the EU? The Polish case in relation to Germany - focus on distributed generation
Polonia y Alemania se abastecen de fuentes de carbón similares, sin embargo, estos dos países desarrollan políticas completamente diferentes en el ámbito del marco energético y climático de la Unión Europea. Alemania, hasta ...
Why language(s) matter to people: a theoretical and comparative approach to linguistic justice in western democracies : the case of mixed societies
This dissertation examines two ideological clashes underlying contemporary political theories of linguistic justice (instrumentalism/constitutivism; monism/pluralism) with the aim to elucidate (a) why languages matter to ...
Wide bandgap chalcogenide thin films onto transparent substrates
This PhD thesis explores the use of wide band gap chalcopyrite (CIGS) material and its application in thin film solar cells onto transparent back contacts, as a way to promote the use of thin film technologies in novel and ...
Wide Bandgap Semiconductors for MEMS and Related Process Technologies
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Wideband cognitive radio: monitoring, detection and sparse noise subspace communication
We are surrounded by electronic devices that take advantage of wireless technologies, from our computer mice, which require little amounts of information, to our cellphones, which demand increasingly higher data rates. ...
Wideband pulse amplifiers for the integrated cameras of the Cherenkov Telescope Array
One type of photon detector is the photomultiplier tube (or PMT), most commonly used in Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs). A PMT has a photoelectric cathode that absorbs light and emits an electron. A PMT ...
Width-Based Planning and Learning
Optimal sequential decision making is a fundamental problem to many diverse fields. In recent years, Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods have experienced unprecedented success, largely enabled by the use of deep learning ...
Wildfire and forest management effects on soil properties
Forest fires are a common phenomenon in the Mediterranean ecosystem. These wildfires, post-fire weather conditions and forest management before and after the fire can cause irreversible damage to the soil. This thesis aims ...
Wildfire effects on macroinvertebrate communities in Mediterranean streams / Efectes dels incendis forestals sobre las comunitats de macroinvertebrats en rius Mediterranis
Wildfire effects on macroinvertebrate communities have not been intensively studied in other areas than the Western US, and the results in fire prone areas like NE Mediterranean and SE Australia are scarce. In this study, ...
