Johansson, Sara (Date of defense: 2019-04-29)
Increasing awareness on the limited nature of the raw materials for the production of inorganic fertilizer is pushing for a shift from removal to recovery of nutrients from waste streams. In municipal ...
Akaboci, Tiago Rogeiro Vitor (Date of defense: 2019-07-15)
Anammox-based processes have been commonly applied for the treatment of reject water (high nitrogen content and low C:N ratio), in the sidestream line of urban wastewater tretament plants (WWTP). However, ...
Vidal Sánchez, Diego (Date of defense: 2019-07-24)
The oxidation of hydrocarbons under soft and selective conditions is a reaction almost exclusively produced under these conditions by enzymes. A lot of these enzymes, posses iron in their metal center, ...
Rodríguez Serrat, Mònica (Date of defense: 2019-09-27)
In the last decades, carbenes have shown a huge potential and versatility in organometallic and organic chemistry. In each of these fields, first row transition metal chemistry is less developed than ...
Santos Clotas, Eric (Date of defense: 2019-11-08)
The anaerobic digestion of organic matter causes the formation of biogas that can be used in energy conversion systems for the production of electricity and heat, injection into the gas grid or as a ...
Torrent Fàbrega, Laura (Date of defense: 2019-10-09)
The production of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) has grown in last years due to their special physicochemical properties in respect to their bulk counterparts, derived from their small size (1-100 nm). ...
Camó Marín, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-06-27)
Plant diseases produced by bacteria are responsible for considerable economic losses. These phytopathologies are highly contagious and difficult to control. With this aim, we selected peptides reported ...
Escobar Rivera, Dalilis (Date of defense: 2019-05-24)
The objective of the present dissertation is to empirically identify customer delight in customer’s most memorable experiences in the context of tourism services. Specifically, the aim of the present ...
Gimeno Melià, Vicent Pau (Date of defense: 2019-01-21)
Pharmaceuticals are ubiquitous water contaminants that have shown detrimental effects on aquatic organisms at low concentrations. National authorities are starting to plan and implement measures (Wastewater ...
Sasikumar, Aravind (Date of defense: 2019-07-18)
Despite the weight savings, composite materials are vulnerable to impact loads mainly due to the alarming reduction in the compression after impact strength (CAI). This thesis exploits the potential of ...
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68 - Industries, crafts and trades for finished or assembled articles (10)
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