Browsing by Subject "Experimental design"

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    • A kinetic study for the Fenton and photo-Fenton paracetamol degradation in an annular photoreactor 

      Audino, Francesca; Conte, Leandro Oscar; Schenone, Agustina; Pérez Moya, Montserrat; Graells Sobré, Moisès; Alfano, Orlando Mario (2018-09-18)
      Article
      Open Access
      A kinetic model describing Fenton and photo-Fenton degradation of paracetamol (PCT) and consumption of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was proposed. A set of Fenton and photo-Fenton experiments (18 runs in total) was performed ...

    • Activity recognition using wearable sensors in people with neuromuscular impairments 

      Siliato Robles, Cecilia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2020-06)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      This TFM focus on the development of algorithms to analyze the arm activity measured with wearable sensors. The main objective is to provide a feedback to specialists about arm usage in people with neuromuscular impairments ...

    • An experimental approach for secondary consensus control tuning for inverter-based islanded microgrids 

      de Doile, Gabriel Nasser Doyle; Balestrassi, Pedro Paulo; Castilla Fernández, Miguel; Zambroni de Souza, Antonio Carlos; Miret Tomàs, Jaume (2023-01-03)
      Article
      Open Access
      A microgrid is a group of interconnected loads and distributed energy resources that can fill the gap between the dependence on a bulk power grid and the transition to renewable energies. The islanded mode presents itself ...

    • An experimental approach to the optimization of the dosage of hydrogen peroxide for Fenton and photo-Fenton processes 

      Yu, Xiangwei; Graells Sobré, Moisès; Pérez Moya, Montserrat (Elsevier, 2020-11-11)
      Article
      Open Access
      The determination of the hydrogen peroxide dosage scheme that minimizes hydrogen peroxide consumption while meeting the specified treatment outcome is crucial for Fenton and photo-Fenton processes. The challenge is building ...

    • Anàlisis de mesures repetides en assaigs clínics: estudi de l'efecte hipotèrmic de la citicolina 

      Blanch i Font, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-05)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Les malalties vasculars cerebrals són la tercera causa de mort en els països desenvolupats i una de les principals causes de discapacitat i de seqüeles neurològiques. Hi han molts assaigs clínics que han tractat de reduir ...

    • Análisis de los resultados de un diseño factorial con datos faltantes 

      Valenzuela Campos, Verónica Mariela (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-07)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      En algunos experimentos industriales no es posible obtener observaciones de todos los experimentos realizados- Sin embargo, es posible estimar los valores de la respuesta dentro de un intervalo. Este trabajo presenta una ...

    • Avaluació de la repetibilitat amb dades de recompte i inflació del zero 

      Corredoira González, Laura (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-10)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      La repetibilitat es mesura amb el Coeficient de Correlació Intraclasse (ICC). Aquest estimador es calcula habitualment en situacions estàndard com linealitat dels efectes i normalitat de les variables, però s'ha demostrat ...

    • Barcelona Virtual Mobility Lab: the multimodal transport simulation testbed for emerging mobility concepts evaluation 

      Montero Mercadé, Lídia; Linares Herreros, María Paz; Salmeron Moya, Juan; Recio, Gonzalo; Lorente, Ester; Vázquez, Juan José (International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA), 2018)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      New sustainable mobility concepts and smart resilient ideas are arising every day. However, there is not an easy way to bring these ideas into reality, or to test how good they are as mobility solutions. Virtual Mobility ...

    • Bioequivalencia escalada basada en límites suaves y remuestreo 

      Muñoz Gutierrez, Joel Alejandro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2014-10)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      La agencia europea del medicamento, EMA, y la estadounidense FDA, propusieron límites de bioequivalencia (BE) "escalada" para facilitar la declaración de BE de genéricos de drogas de alta variabilidad (HVD). La EMA, en el ...

    • Confronting experimental error in industrial DOE: A fresh look 

      Grima Cintas, Pedro; Marco Almagro, Lluís; Tort Martorell, Xavier (Taylor & Francis Group, 2022-01-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      In this quandary, we argue that three frequent situations in the design of experiments: blocking, robustness, and hard-to-change factors emerged in intervals over time and were integrated into the “science” of designing ...

    • Considering the risk of ignoring active factors in industrial experiments 

      Grima Cintas, Pedro; Rodero de Lamo, Lourdes; Tort-Martorell Llabrés, Xavier (2021-07-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      This article draws attention to the importance of considering type II error in Design of Experiments contexts and shows, through two examples, an easy way to do that.

    • Design of RNA-sequencing alternative splicing experiments 

      Peña Pizarro, Víctor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-07)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Alternative Splicing (AS) is a biological process that allows a single gene to code for different proteins. The aim of this thesis is to design RNA-sequencing AS experiments. Traditional experiment design approaches require ...

    • Estratègies per reduir la variabilitat en el pes de productes envasats fent servir tremuges intermèdies 

      Márquez Tella, Sergi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012-07)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - author's decision
      El treball exposa diferents estratègies per a utilitzar en els procesos d'envasatge que utilitzen tremuges intermèdies per tal de reduir la variabilitat del pes dels envasos. S'analitzen aleshores diferents casos de ...

    • Estudi dels cargols en estat d'hivernació 

      Redondo Esteller, Esther; Serra Pons, Ignasi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2001-09)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      En aquest projecte es comparen set tipus de cargols de la mateixa especie peró de procedencia diferent en termes de la seva supervivència, del seu pes i del preu. Dos dels tipus de cargols provenen de la granja CAL JEP, ...

    • Experimental design for the propagation of smoldering fires in corn powder and cornflour 

      Souza Rosa, Ana Carolina; Teixeira, Ivenio; Lacasta Palacio, Ana María; Haurie Ibarra, Laia; Pereira Soares, Carlos Alberto; Tam, Vivian; Haddad, Assed (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2023-03-01)
      Article
      Open Access
      Corn is an example of an agricultural grain with a specific combustibility level and can promote smoldering fires during storage. This paper conducts an experimental design to numerically evaluate how three parameters, ...

    • Impact on network performance of probe vehicle data usage: an experimental design for simulation assessment 

      Montero Mercadé, Lídia; Linares Herreros, María Paz; Casanovas Garcia, Josep; Codina Sancho, Esteve; Recio, Gonzalo; Lorente, Ester; Salmeron Moya, Juan (2018-06-25)
      Article
      Open Access
      Probe-based technologies are proliferating as a means for inferring traffic states. Technological companies are interested in traffic data for computing the best routes in a traffic-aware manner and they also provide ...

    • Implementation of project-based learning for design of experiments using 3D printing 

      Unzueta, Gorka; Eguren, José Alberto (OmniaScience, 2023-09)
      Article
      Open Access
      Purpose: This paper aims to present how the project-based learning (PBL) methodology was implemented in the Faculty of Engineering of Mondragon Unibertsitatea in the second year of the Engineering in Industrial Organisation ...

    • Importancia del diseño experimental 

      Langohr, Klaus (Elsevier, 2021-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      El diseño balanceado es una opción útil y eficiente para evitar la confusión de efectos en un estudio clínico. En nuestro ejemplo, si la intervención y el tamaño del cálculo renal son independientes, las estimaciones de ...

    • Light consulting after design of experiments training: Lessons from a case study 

      Marco Almagro, Lluís; Grima Cintas, Pedro; Tort-Martorell Llabrés, Xavier (2014-04)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      We present a case study to show some positive and some problematic points regarding light consulting—when none of the parts is fully committed—on Design of Experiments (DOE). The situation is not unusual and frequently ...

    • Readability of the effect measures on health interventions 

      Cortés Martínez, Jordi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-04)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      The measure most used to report treatment effects in survival studies is the Hazard RateRatio (HRR). Patients should be able to make decisions about interventions based on information provided by a health expert. However, ...