Browsing by Subject "Water"

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    • A physical-chemical study of water resources in 5 hydropower projects 

      Naranjo Silva, Héctor Sebastián; Punina Guerrero, Diego; Barros Enriquez, José David; Almeida Domínguez, Jorge Armando; Álvarez del Castillo, Javier (Brazilian Journals Publicações de Periódicos e Editora Ltda, 2022-11-14)
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      Over the last 60 years, renewable energies have substantially developed; in 2021, around 12.8% of global primary energy came from these technologies. Thus, even though renewable energies have good global acceptance present ...

    • A section of the landscapes of the Mediterranean along the route of a thread of water: from the Pre-Pyrenees, inland, to the edges and coasts of delta de l'Ebre, Ribera del Xúquer, the Islands, and offshore to Venice 

      Llop Torné, Carles Joan; Maldonado Moreno, Josep; Milà, Gemma; Sisó Almirall, Ramón; Tudela, Artur (LetteraVentidue, 2022-10-27)
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      This book is an open and potentially infinite interdisciplinary atlas of Mediterranean Routes: systems of material or immaterial relationships that somehow leave a trace in the landscape. The Open Atlas aims to put them ...

    • A stochastic linear model to evaluate the dielectric constant-electrical conductivity relation of a sandy soil using TDR records 

      Aljoumani, Basem; Sánchez Espigares, Josep Anton; Wessolek, G. (2018)
      Conference report
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      Despite the importance of evaluating soil pore water electrical conductivity from soil bulk electrical conductivity in ecological and hydrological applications, it still has not been worked out very well. This study was ...

    • Advanced contributions in quality control of water consumption 

      Jiménez Castillo, Núria (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-01)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Aigües de Barcelona
      The present project is composed of two differentiated parts. In the first part, a study is carried out on the validation of the methylene blue method for the detection and quantification of chlorine dioxide present in ...

    • Aigua 

      Arrojo Agudo, Pedro; Marcén Albero, Carmelo; Grau Saldes, Antoni; Moner, Josep-Lluís; Pujadas Garriga, Marta; Camps, Miquel; Magrinyà Torner, Francesc; Vila, Aida; Gornés Cardona, Quique; Pérez, Sonia; Paranjpye, Vijay; Rieradevall i Sant, Maria (RCE, 2008-06)
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      [p.4] Values at stake from the new water culture = Valors en joc des de la nova cultura de l'aigua

    • Amphipathic solvation of indole: implications for the role of tryptophan in membrane proteins 

      Johnston, Andrew J; Zhang, Yapei; Busch, Sebastian; Pardo Soto, Luis Carlos; Imberti, Silvia; McLain, Sylvia E. (2015-05-14)
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      The microscopic structure of the tryptophan side chain, indole, in an amphiphilic environment has been investigated using a combination of neutron diffraction measurements and simulations in solution. The results show that ...

    • An approach of the hydropower: advantages and impacts. A review 

      Naranjo Silva, Héctor Sebastián; Álvarez del Castillo, Javier (Sciencedomain International, 2021-06)
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      The present review shows a perspective of hydropower development, a renewable source that has a global installed capacity of 1308 GW with 9000 stations around the world. The document showed the advantages and the impacts ...

    • Anàlisis d’incerteses en un escenari de pèrdua total d’aigua d’alimentació a la central nuclear d’Ascó 

      Subirana Iborra, Moisès (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-04-01)
      Master thesis
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    • Anisotropic pressure effects on nanoconfined water within narrow graphene slit pores 

      Ruiz Barragán, Sergio; Marx, Dominik; Forbert, Harald (Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2023-11-07)
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      There is an increasing interest toward disclosing and explaining confinement effects on liquids, such as water or aqueous solutions, in slit pore setups. Particularly puzzling are the changes of physical and chemical ...

    • Aportaciones avanzadas al control de parámetros de calidad del agua: análisis sensorial de diversos iones y análisis químico del principio activo desinfectante 

      López González, Paula (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014-06-11)
      Bachelor thesis
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      Al present escrit es pretén desenvolupar tècniques de detecció de compostos químics presents habitualment a l’aigua de xarxa partint de l’àmbit sensorial i analític. Per una part es desenvolupen una sèrie d’experiències ...

    • Aqueous halide potentials from force matching of Car-Parrinello data 

      Spangberg, Daniel; Guàrdia Manuel, Elvira; Masia, Marco (Elsevier, 2012-02-15)
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      Recently many various research groups have devoted a huge effort to develop a realistic classical force field for ions in water. The parametrization techniques used could be gathered into two classes: (i) fit of the ...

    • Arranjament de la font de Llops 

      Farrerons Vidal, Óscar (Associació Amics Aplec de Matagalls, 2018-06-10)
      Part of book or chapter of book
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      Narra les característiques físiques i naturals, a la vegada que les circumstàncies històriques, de la font de Llops de Viladrau (Parc Natural del Montseny), així com també l’arranjament portat a terme a l’estiu de l’any 2017.

    • Asteroidal volatiles for the development of planetary outposts: the case of the Moon 

      Ibáñez Cuadal, Carlos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-06-21)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      The discovery of lunar ice in 1998 opened a whole variety of new perspectives for in-situ resource utilization of water on the Moon. However, more recent studies suggest that the amount of lunar ice is scarce. On the other ...

    • Autoencoders for semi-supervised water level modeling in sewer pipes with sparse labeled data 

      Plana Rius, Ferran; Philipsen, Mark P.; Mirats Tur, Josep Maria; Moeslund, Thomas; Angulo Bahón, Cecilio; Casas, Marc (2022-01-24)
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      More frequent and thorough inspection of sewer pipes has the potential to save billions in utilities. However, the amount and quality of inspection are impeded by an imprecise and highly subjective manual process. It ...

    • Bayesian network modelling of hierarchical composite indicators 

      Requejo Castro, David; Giné Garriga, Ricard; Pérez Foguet, Agustí (Elsevier, 2019-02-19)
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      The water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) sector has witnessed the development of multiple tools for multidimensional monitoring. Hierarchical and composite indicators (CI)-based conceptual frameworks provide one illustrative ...

    • Bio-nanohybrid catalysts based on L-leucine immobilized in hydrotalcite and their activity in aldol reaction 

      Crivoi, Dana-Georgiana; Miranda, Ronald Alexander; Finocchio, Elisabetta; Llorca Piqué, Jordi; Ramis, Gianguido; Sueiras, Jesus Eduardo; Segarra González, Anna Maria; Medina Mena, Francisco (2016-06-05)
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      Nanohybrid materials based on L-leucine (L-Leu) and hydrotalcites (HT) were prepared by the ion exchange and reconstruction method, under mild synthesis conditions. The location, amount and the form of the immobilized L-Leu ...

    • Blind prediction of interfacial water positions in CAPRI 

      Lensink, Marc F.; Moal, Iain H.; Bates, Paul A.; Kastritis, Panagiotis L.; Melquiond, Adrien S.J.; Karaca, Ezgi; Schmitz, Christophe; van Dijk, Marc; Bonvin, Alexandre M.J.J.; Eisenstein, Miriam; Jiménez-Garcia, Brian; Grosdidier, Solène; Solernou, Albert; Pérez-Cano, Laura; Pallara, Chiara; Fernández-Recio, Juan; Xu, Jianqing; Muthu, Pravin; Kilambi, Krishna P.; Gray, Jeffrey J.; Grudinin, Sergei; Derevyanko, Georgy; Mitchell, Julie C.; Wieting, John; Kanamori, Eiji; Tsuchiya, Yuko; Murakami, Yoichi; Sarmiento, Joy; Standley, Daron M.; Shirota, Matsuyuki; Kinoshita, Kengo; Nakamura, Haruki; Chavent, Matthieu; Ritchie, David W.; Park, Hahnbeom; Ko, Junsu; Lee, Hasup; Seok, Chaok; Shen, Yang; Kozakov, Dima; Vajda, Sandor; Kundrotas, Petras J.; Vakser, Ilya A.; Pierce, Brian G.; Hwang, Howook; Vreven, Thom; Weng, Zhiping; Buch, Idit; Farkash, Efrat; Wolfson, Haim J.; Zacharias, Martin; Qin, Sanbo; Zhou, Huan-Xiang; Huang, Shen-You; Zou, Xiaoqin; Wojdyla, Justyna A.; Kleanthous, Colin; Wodak, Shoshana J. (Wiley, 2014-04)
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      We report the first assessment of blind predictions of water positions at protein–protein interfaces, performed as part of the critical assessment of predicted interactions (CAPRI) community-wide experiment. Groups submitting ...

    • Calidad mineral de las fuentes del sureste de la Reserva de la Biosfera del Montseny 

      Prat Bofill, Fortià; Farrerons Vidal, Óscar (2022-08-30)
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      It is necessary to develop the perception among our modern society, and among the ruling political class, that natural water sources are a cultural asset that must be protected, in a general way throughout the country, and ...

    • Can microalgae grown in wastewater reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers? 

      Álvarez González, Ana; Uggetti, Enrica; Serrano Porta, Lydia; Gorchs Altarriba, Gil; Ferrer Martí, Ivet; Díez Montero, Rubén (2022-12)
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      Alternatives to conventional inorganic fertilizers are needed to cope with the growing global population and contamination due to the production and use of those inorganic compounds. The recovery of nutrients from wastewater ...

    • Caracterització hidrogeoquímica, més enllà de les qualitats organolèptiques de les fonts del Montseny 

      Farrerons Vidal, Óscar (2019-12-09)
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      There is a sampling of water from springs in Montseny, grouped into three geographical areas. The aim is to describe the chemical properties of water from these springs using the main laboratory techniques. The comparative ...