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    • Effect of allogeneic cell-based tissue-engineered treatments in a sheep osteonecrosis model 

      López Fernández, Alba; Barro Ojed, Víctor; Ortiz Hernández, Mónica; Manzanares, Maria Cristina; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau; Vives Armengol, Joaquim; Velez Villa, Roberto; Aguirre Canyadell, Màrius (2020-03-27)
      Article
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca / Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron / Universitat de Barcelona
      Osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) is defined as a tissue disorder and successive subchondral bone collapse resulting from an ischemic process, which may progress to hip osteoarthritis. Cell therapy with multipotent ...
    • Effect of functionalization of texturized polypropylene surface by silanization and HBII-RGD attachment on response of primary abdominal and vaginal fibroblasts 

      Quiles Pérez, María Teresa; Rodríguez Contreras, Alejandra María; Guillem Martí, Jordi; Punset Fuste, Miquel; Sánchez Soto, Miguel; López Cano, Manuel; Sabadell García, Jordi; Velasco, Janice; Armengol Carrasco, Manuel; Manero Planella, José María; Arbós Via, Maria Antònia (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-03-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca / Universitat Internacional de Catalunya / Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red. Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Hospital Sant Rafael - Germanes Hospitalàries / Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
      Soft tissue defects, such as incisional hernia or pelvic organ prolapse, are prevalent pathologies characterized by a tissue microenvironment rich in fragile and dysfunctional fibroblasts. Precision medicine could improve ...
    • Estudi dels canvis en la cromatina en resposta a proximitat vegetal en diferents estadis del desenvolupament d'Arabidopsis 

      Reig Vilella, Eva (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-18)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      Plants have mechanisms to cope with changes in the surrounding environment. One of them is the shade avoidance syndrome (SAS), thanks to which, through changes in gene expression, they adapt their development to the quality ...
    • Estudi multimetodològic per a la caracterització de la descàrrega d'aigua subterrània al mar a diferents escales 

      Nogués Freixas, Martí (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-06-21)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      L’objectiu d’aquest treball ha estat estudiar i caracteritzar la descàrrega d’aigua subterrània a lo costa catalana utilitzant diferents traçadors a diferents escales. En el present estudi, s’ha utilitzat la concentració ...
    • Evaluation of the quality of Lidar measurements for foggy scenes 

      Rajendran, Neetu (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-10)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO)
      Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a remote sensing technology. The ability to perform 3D mapping of its surroundings with good resolution using Time of Flight (TOF) information made LiDAR a promising candidate for use ...
    • Extraction of cardiac pulsatility features from diffuse correlation spectroscopy data 

      Fajardo Vega, Carolina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-09-09)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      Cerebral blood flow monitoring is critical and is carried out routinely in clinical settings. There are noninvasive techniques based on near-infrared diffuse optics that have been developed in the past decades and are being ...
    • Fast measurement of diffusing patterns and its parameterization 

      Turull Mallofré, Aina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-09-08)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO)
      When light strikes on a diffuser surface a new energy redistribution is created. The diffusion patterns depends on the material of the diffuser and how light reach the diffuser. The aim of this project is to characterize ...
    • Fundamental limits of phase estimation with nonlinear interferometers 

      Pérez Castro, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-09-09)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      Interferometers have established themselves as good phase sensitivity estimators, although passive interferometers (those characterized by the SU(2) group) are bounded by the shot noise limit. If we want to overcome this ...
    • Generative Video Face Reenactment by AUs and Gaze Regularization 

      Famadas, Josep (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-10-15)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona. Facultat de Matemàtiques i Informàtica / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      In this work, we propose an encoder-decoder-like architecture to perform face reenact- ment in image sequences. Our goal is to transfer the training subject identity to a given test subject, regularazing the generation ...
    • Graphene plasmonic enhanced detectors for mid-infrared and terahertz range 

      Grabulosa i Vallmajó, Adrià (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-16)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Universitat de Barcelona
    • Hydrothermal processing of 3D-printed calcium phosphate scaffolds enhances bone formation in vivo: a comparison with biomimetic treatment 

      Raymond Llorens, Santiago; Bonany Mariñosa, Mar; Lehmann, Cyril; Thorel, Emilie; Benítez Iglesias, Raúl; Franch Serracanta, Jordi; Canal Barnils, Cristina; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (Elsevier, 2021-11-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Mimetis Biomaterials / Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
      Hydrothermal (H) processes accelerate the hydrolysis reaction of a-tricalcium phosphate (a-TCP) compared to the long-established biomimetic (B) treatments. They are of special interest for patient-specific 3D-printed bone ...
    • Imaging polarimetry for bio applications 

      Aguado Guaita, Sara (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-08)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      Polarimetric imaging is especially interesting for the fields of biology and medicine due to the capability of this technique to emphasize certain abnormalities in tissue such as cancerous growths that can interact differently ...
    • Impact of biomimicry in the design of osteoinductive bone substitutes: nanoscale matters 

      Barba Serrahima, Albert; Díez Escudero, Anna; Español Pons, Montserrat; Bonany Mariñosa, Mar; Sadowska, Joanna Maria; Guillem Martí, Jordi; Ohman, Caroline; Persson, Cecilia; Manzanares, Maria Cristina; Franch, Jordi; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (2019-01-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Uppsala universitet / Universitat de Barcelona. Departament de Patologia i Terapèutica Experimental / Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya
      Bone apatite consists of carbonated calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite (CDHA) nanocrystals. Biomimetic routes allow fabricating synthetic bone grafts that mimic biological apatite. In this work, we explored the role of two ...
    • Inducing nuclear deformation to study the effect of Lamin A-deficiency on DNA damage in the nucleus of living cells 

      Hernandez Cedillo, Lucero Mescli (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-25)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      Microstructured devices have been recently recognized as a powerful tool in cell biology. In this work, we have exploited this technology to create different microstructures to mechanically confine cells with the overarching ...
    • Influència i característiques dels aerosols sobre l’atmosfera a Catalunya 

      Monteagudo Solà, Sandra (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-10-27)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      Atmospheric aerosols are made up of a set of volatile compounds that have a direct impact on human health and the environment. They move from their original place through the atmosphere following various paths to reach a ...
    • Initial design of a faint pulse photon source for quantum key distribution 

      Jofre Cruanyes, Marc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-07-09)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Universitat de Barcelona
      The project aims at developing new photonic transmitters for quantum cryptography applications which could be used to increase the security of communication networks. The transmitter will be designed to generate security ...
    • Machine Learning Strategies for Localised Surface Plasmon Detection 

      Costa Ledesma, Vanessa (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-24)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   Universitat de Barcelona / Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO)
      In this study, a novel combination of machine learning strategies is proposed for an easier and faster interpretation of the low-loss region of the electron energy loss spectra, with open-source resources. Before applying ...
    • Multiple beam interferometry on a CMOS for optical sensing 

      Statsenko, Tatiana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-09-10)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Universitat de Barcelona
      [ANGLÈS] The project is dedicated to the development of a compact shearing interferometric optical sensor for biological applications. The main goal is the implementation of a patented optical device based on polarization ...
    • Non commutative dimension in C*-algebras 

      Baños Boschmonart, Xavier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-07)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
    • Nonlinear growth models 

      Prior Rovira, Adrià (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-01-24)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
      This document explains the construction of a nonlinear mixed-effects model (NLME) to describe the growth of pigs during the fattening period, in terms of sex and four different genotypes, with the objective of evaluating ...