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    • Analysis and enhancement of an individual based model strategy to study tuberculosis at a city level 

      Puig Camps, Bernat (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-06)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Tuberculosis is still a worldwide health problem. In this work, several databases have been analyzed in order to obtain more information on the social factors related to the transmission of tuberculosis. In addition, a ...
    • Analysis of brain changes before epileptic seizures 

      Escarre Pons, Bernat (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-12)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Politecnico di Torino
      [ANGLÈS] This study analyse EEG signals from different patients who suffer from epilepsy by means of mathematic algorithms in order to see what happens in the brain minutes before epileptic seizures.
    • Anàlisi de la mortalitat a Catalunya : 1986-2000 : evolució temporal i distribució espacial 

      Puig Oriol, Xavier (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2003-01)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Els objectius d’aquest treball són: - Analitzar la mortalitat de forma que permeti descriure per una banda l’evolució temporal i per un altre la distribució espacial, tot visualitzant les variacions entre diferents àrees ...
    • Aplicació de mètodes estadístics bayesians empírics a l'estudi geogràfic de la mortalitat en àrees petites a Catalunya i Espanya 

      Buxó Pujolràs, Maria; Vergara Duarte, Montse, 1979- (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2007-07)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      L'objectiu principal d'aquest projecte és mostrar l'aplicació estadística dels mètodes bayesians empírics per a realitzar estudis geogràfics de la salut en àrees petites. En concret, es mostrarà l'aplicació dels mètodes ...
    • Asthma monitoring 

      Bonson Lopez, Aventi (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07-19)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. S. Staszica w Krakowie
      English: This thesis is aimed on the development of eHealth application able to treat asthma and COPD patients remotely. The patients will avoid periodical visits to the hospital. The application is developed under Windows ...
    • Creació d'un sistema aeri per l'extracció de nius de processionària 

      Galcerán Nebot, Ricard (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-07-09)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Aquest treball de final de grau presenta el desenvolupament d'un sistema aeri remot per a la detecció, tall i extracció de nius de processionària del pi (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) a Espanya. L'objectiu principal és crear ...
    • Cumulated burden of Covid-19 in Spain from a Bayesian perspective 

      Moriña, David; Fernandez Fontelo, Amanda; Cabaña Nigro, Ana Alejandra; Arratia Quesada, Argimiro Alejandro; Ávalos Villaseñor, Gustavo Eduardo; Puig, Pedro (2021-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      Background The main goal of this work is to estimate the actual number of cases of Covid-19 in Spain in the period 01-31-2020/06-01-2020 by Autonomous Communities. Based on these estimates, this work allows us to accurately ...
    • Desenvolupament d'una eina TIC en Educació per a la salut individual i comunitària 

      López Acua, Manuel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-09-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Centre de Salut Internacional i Malalties Transmissibles Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron
      Lack of knowledge in the field of health is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Especially in populations where access to knowledge is limited by a socio-economic barrier. Introducing new communication ...
    • Developing a Personal Exposure Monitoring System 

      Jiménez González, Moisés Enrique (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-07-11)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Restricted access - author's decision
      [ANGLÈS] Exposome is the study of two main sources that affect the human being: exposure and omics. Exposure relates to external agents that can affect the human body while omics relates to internal agents such as proteome ...
    • Development of a simulator to evaluate public health control strategies of tuberculosis in big cities 

      Gilabert Navarro, Joan Francesc (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-06)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Tuberculosis is still one of the most important infectious diseases worldwide, killing over 1.5 million people each year. It is estimated that one third of world population has already been infected by Mycobacterium ...
    • Disseny d'una infraestructura per la recàrrega de vehicles elèctrics amb energia solar 

      Fernández Sánchez, Désirée; Horta Aixalà, Joan Carles (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-15)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      [CATALÀ] Amb l’objectiu principal de promoure la mobilitat ecològica sostenible, el present treball de final de grau, consisteix en el disseny, l’estudi i el desenvolupament d’una infraestructura per a recarregar dos ...
    • E-health experiences in Spain: mapping and analysis 

      Garcia Martinez, Roger (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Politecnico di Milano, 2011)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      E-health is form of health created to improve the health status of patients through Internet and other related technologies. It is an expanding concept being applied in lots of countries because of its benefits. With it, ...
    • Effect of circulating sclerostin levels on cardiovascular health: a Mendelian randomisation study 

      Alcalde Herraiz, Marta (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-13)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
      Covenantee:   University of Oxford
      Osteoporosis is one of the most common chronic conditions worldwide, characterised by weakening bones, making them fragile. This health condition increases risk of fractures, which can have a significant impact on ...
    • Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines on the prevention of post-COVID cardiac and thromboembolic complications 

      Mercade Besora, Núria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-02-01)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   University of Oxford
      Previous research suggests that although (some) COVID-19 vaccines could increase rare thrombosis risk, SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to a much higher risk. The effects of vaccination on risk for post-COVID thromboses and ...
    • Epidemiologic feature analysis of incidence patterns in a pandemic 

      Ascorbe Carmona, Marina (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-10-23)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      A través de l’anàlisi comparatiu de dos països membres de la Unió Europea, posseïdors de similars característiques sociodemogràfiques i econòmiques, són identificats els factors d’incidència directament influenciadors en ...
    • Estudi de la derivació electrònica de pacients en el sistema sanitari català 

      Forgas Ylla-català, Ariadna (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-11-01)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - confidentiality agreement
    • Estudo das redes Mesh e sua aplicação na telemedicina 

      García de Miguel, Álvaro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Universidade de Fortaleza, 2011-10-17)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Universidade da Fortaleza. Departamento da Engenharia de Telecomunicações e Informática
      English: at one point in history where the terms sustainable and development are on everyone's lips, basics like health care need to be analyzed carefully. In Brazil, a country that in recent years is experiencing rates ...
    • Evaluación de la intensidad de la actividad física basada en los sensores del smartphone 

      Arimany González, Joan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      There are several devices on the market that use the accelerometer to quantify physical activity as a health indicator. Since the introduction of smartphones, with its built-in sensors and its great computational power, ...
    • Five-year trajectories of multimorbidity patterns in an elderly Mediterranean population using Hidden Markov Models 

      Violán Fors, Concepción; Fernández Bertolín, Sergio; Guisado Clavero, Marina; Foguet Boreu, Quintí; Valderas, José Maria; Vidal Manzano, José; Roso Llorach, Albert; Cabrera-Bean, Margarita (Nature, 2020-12)
      Article
      Open Access
      This study aimed to analyse the trajectories and mortality of multimorbidity patterns in patients aged 65 to 99 years in Catalonia (Spain). Five year (2012–2016) data of 916,619 participants from a primary care, population-based ...
    • GlucoServer. Design, Development and Exploitation Plan of a Health Monitoring Network 

      Bernet Palacín, Víctor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07-05)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   ECE Paris. École d'ingénieurs
      English: In this context, our purpose is to introduce us in the eHealth market by creating a Health Monitoring Network conceived as a service addressed to hospitals. This system will help them to innovate in providing ...