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 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
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      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 ...

    • 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)
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      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, ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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
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      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, ...

    • Statistical factorial analysis on the poroelastic material properties sensitivity of the lumbar intervertebral disc under compression, flexion and axial rotation 

      Malandrino, Andrea; Planell Estany, Josep Anton; Lacroix, Damien Jerome (2009-12)
      Article
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      A statistical factorial analysis approach was conducted on a poroelastic finite element model of a lumbar intervertebral disc to analyse the influence of six material parameters (permeabilities of annulus, nucleus, trabecular ...

    • Statistical methods for parameter fine-tuning of metaheuristics 

      Calvet Liñán, Laura (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universitat de Barcelona, 2014-06)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Metaheuristics are an approximate method widely used to solve many hard optimization problems in a multitude of fields. They depend on a variable number of parameters. Despite the fact that they are usually capable of ...

    • Toward a generalized, simplified, first principles model for photo-Fenton process based degradation of harmful contaminants (CECs) 

      Audino, Francesca; Varga, Monica; Csukas, Bela; Pérez Moya, Montserrat; Graells Sobré, Moisès; Espuña Camarasa, Antonio (2018)
      Conference lecture
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      This work aims at proposing a novel modeling approach that can be able to identify an approximately unified, causally established coupling between the general photo-Fenton system and the degradation ...

    • Understanding the experience of attending a modern music concert 

      Fernandez Aisa, Eloi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2012)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      This research aims to uncover valuable insights that can be used in the development of innovative products, services or systems, after deeply understanding the experience of the modern music concert attendees, concretely ...