Browsing by Subject "Toxicologia ambiental"
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Acid mine drainage in the Iberian Pyrite Belt: 2. Lessons learned from recent passive remediation experiences
(2013-11)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), SW Spain and Portugal, contains about 100 abandoned mine wastes and galleries that release acid mine drainages (AMD) to the Tinto and Odiel rivers. In situ passive remediation technologies ... -
Analysis of the ocean dynamics in a wind-jet region using high-resolution models
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-13)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe water currents and the wave field at the Catalan coast (in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea) are investigated. However, the main research is focused at the northern margin of the Ebro Shelf, where there is a relatively ... -
Bioassays with terrestrial and aquatic species as monitoring tools of hydrocarbon degradation
(2016-06-16)
Article
Open AccessIn this study chemical analyses and ecotoxicity tests were applied for the assessment of a heavily hydrocarbon-contaminated soil prior and after the application of a remediation procedure that consisted in the stimulation ... -
Contribution to the assessment of shelter-in-place effectiveness as a community protection measure in the event of a toxic gas release
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2010-11-26)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessEn les darreres dècades el nombre d'accidents ocurreguts en la industria química i durant el transport de mercaderies perilloses ha augmentat substancialment, registrant-se en la seva majoria en zones densament poblades. ... -
Ecosystem modelling in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea : the cumulative impact of alien species, fishing and climate change on the Israeli marine ecosystem
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-03-21)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessFirstly, I reviewed modelling approaches that were used to assess the impact of invasive alien species (IAS) in aquatic ecosystems. According to the review, multispecies/ecosystem mechanistic models dominated the applications, ... -
Estimación de riesgo sobre la salud de población/trabajadores de región industrial por contaminación de partículas suspendidas totales y óxido de azufre
(2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyEn regiones donde coexisten industrias pesadas con centros poblados, los trabajadores de esas industrias no sólo están expuestos a riesgos por contaminación dentro del ámbito de trabajo, sino además, están expuestos ... -
Estudio de la dispersión e incendio de nubes inflamables de gas (GNL y GLP)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-06-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThis thesis is focuses on the study of the dispersion and combustion of a vapor cloud resulting from the escape of LNG and LPG. The consumption of natural gas and LPG is clearly growing, and is based on multiple storage ... -
Evaluación de la exposición a contaminantes químicos en una empresa de fabricación de pinturas
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-10-24)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionEl presente trabajo de titulación se realizó dentro de una empresa química dedicada a la fabricación de pinturas tanto en base de disolvente como de agua, esta empresa se encuentra ubicada en zona franca en la ciudad de ... -
Exposición laboral a material particulado, nanopartículas y su incidencia en la salud del trabajador
(2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyEl material partículado (MP) tiene una incidencia negativa en la salud humana, que se manifiesta especialmente por problemas cardiovasculares y respiratorios. Entre las enfermedades que se conocen ligadas a la presencia ... -
Implementation, development and evaluation of the gas-phase chemistry within the Global/Regional NMMB/BSC Chemical Transport Model (NMMB/BSC-CTM)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-12-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessAir pollution is a serious issue that affects human health, the environment and the climate at levels from local to global scales. The main processes that affect air pollution levels are: emissions, chemistry, transport ... -
Natural and anthropogenic control of water quality of an Amazon estuary : the Caeté estuary (Brazil)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-04-04)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn the Amazon region, few data are available on the impacts caused by the urban settlements found in the proximity of estuaries. In the estuary of the Caeté River, the focus of the present study, the nutrient input is ... -
Nuevas aproximaciones toxicológicas para la detección de disruptores endocrinos y lipídicos en ecosistemas mediterráneos y sistemas celulares
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-03-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessChemical compounds derived from human activities continuously reach aquatic systems, where they are available to the organisms that inhabit them. Traditionally, environmental risk assessment has been based on the chemical ... -
Opening the black box of coastal inshore waters in the NW Mediterranean Sea : environmental quality tools and assessment
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-11-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessCoastal inshore waters (CIW) are defined as the area of coastal waters between 0 and 200 m from the shoreline. They only represent < 1% of coastal waters, even though they are of main ecological, social, and economic ... -
Remobilització dels contaminants orgànics persistents en els ecosistemes polars costaners
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-11-12)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) constitute an heterogeneous group of chemical substances of great environmental relevance. Its persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport potential and negative effects on health ... -
Tackling arsenic and mercury contamination: implications for sustainable mining and occupational health risks
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-05-11)
Article
Open AccessThis study investigates the environmental and occupational health risks associated with arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg) contamination in a specific industrial site: a mercury mine site that contains a metallurgical plant ... -
The use of integrative approaches to characterize new mechanisms of toxicity of pollutants in the aquatic environment
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-05-19)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessAnthropogenic pollution represents a major concern for aquatic ecosystem, which has been affected by a complex cocktail of heterogeneous compounds that may provoke significant toxic effects to the living organisms. Among ... -
Utilització de biomarcadors en peix zebra com a eina per avaluar l'impacte de la contaminació per disruptors endocrins en ecosistemes aquàtics
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-10-24)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessLa regeneració d’aigües residuals ha estat reconeguda com una estratègia efectiva per combatre l’escassetat d’aigua. Per garantir-ne la qualitat, l’aigua ha de ser tractada per reduir els compostos químics presents. ... -
Variability of the planktonic cnidarian community at different spatio-temporal scales along the Catalan coast (Northwestern Mediterranean)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-07-14)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessPlanktonic cnidarians are those species or their stages in the phylum Cnidaria that spent their life in the water column and therefore, are tightly linked to oceanographic dynamics and water mass structures, such as fronts ...
