Uscategui, Yomaira L.; Diaz, Luis E.; Gómez-Tejedor, José-Antonio; Vallés Lluch, Ana; Vilariño, Guillermo; Serrano, María-Antonia; Valero, Manuel F.(MDPI AG, 2019-01-10)
[EN] Polyurethanes are widely used in the development of medical devices due to their biocompatibility, degradability, non-toxicity and chemical versatility. Polyurethanes were obtained from polyols derived from castor ...
Vaca-González, J. J.; Escobar, J.F.; Guevara, J.M.; Hata, Y. A.; Gallego Ferrer, Gloria; Garzón-Alvarado, D. A.(Elsevier, 2019-04)
[EN] The growth plate is a cartilaginous layer present from the gestation period until the end of puberty where it ossifies joining diaphysis and epiphysis. During this period several endocrine, autocrine, and paracrine ...
[EN] Vehicular-to-vehicular (V2V) communications are
receiving considerable attention due to the introduction of the
intelligent transportation system (ITS) concept. To design, evaluate
and optimize ITS applications ...
Vehicular-to-vehicular (V2V) communications are
receiving considerable attention due to the introduction of the
intelligent transportation system (ITS) concept, enabling smart
and intelligent driving technologies and ...
Aldehydes possess relatively high chemical energy, which is the driving force for disproportionation reactions such as Cannizzaro and Tishchenko reactions. Generally, this energy is wasted if aldehydes are transformed into ...
[EN] The substitution of raw materials for processing high energy consumption materials by agricultural and agro-industrial
wastes causes a positive impacts on the environment preservation. One of these residues is rice ...
Orozco-Arboleda, Lina Marcela; Renz, Michael; Corma Canós, Avelino(The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017)
[EN] The ketonization of aldehydes joins two molecules, with n carbon atoms each, to a ketone with 2n 1 carbon atoms. When
employing cerium oxide as catalyst with nano-sized crystals (<15 nm) the ketone can be obtained ...
[EN] Three numerical methods, finite differences, finite volume and finite element, were compared to know their convenience in the simulation of convective drying of fruit slices. The mathematical treatment, the stability, ...
[ES] El concreto autocompactante (CAC) es un tipo de hormigón o concreto especial, que por
sus características reológicas es considerado uno de los grandes desarrollos tecnológicos en
la industria del concreto, con un ...
Giraldo-Velásquez, Faber Danilo; España Cubillo, Sergio; Pastor López, Oscar; Giraldo, William J.(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2016-12-19)
The virtue of quality is not itself a subject; it depends on a subject. In the software engineering field, quality means good software products that meet customer expectations, constraints, and requirements. Despite the ...
Arévalo-Castiblanco, Miguel F.; Rodriguez-Garavito, C. H.; Patiño-Forero, Álvaro A.; Salazar-Cáceres, José F.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-09-24)
[EN] A pendular platform is a robotic structure commonly used in the design of controllers given its nonlinear dynamics; This work presents the modeling, design and implementation of an optimal LQR controller and a Sliding ...
[EN] BackgroundThe quality of raw and drinking water is a matter of considerable concern due to the possibility of fecal contamination. To assess the quality and public health risk of different types of water, the fecal ...
Martínez-Solano, F. Javier; Iglesias Rey, Pedro Luis; Saldarriaga, Juan G.; Vallejo, David(MDPI, 2016-06)
The Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) is a dynamic simulation engine of flow in
sewer systems developed by the USEPA. It has been successfully used for analyzing and designing
both storm water and waste water systems. ...
[EN] Ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is a unique class of fiber-reinforced concrete featuring ultra-high compressive strength and ductil e tensile strain hardening behavior, accompanied by multiple ...
[EN] Passage retrieval is an important stage of question answering systems. Closed domain passage retrieval, e.g. biomedical passage retrieval presents additional challenges such as specialized terminology, more complex ...
[EN] Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common causes of chronic bacterial infection in humans, and a predisposing factor for peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. The infection has been consistently associated with lack ...
[EN] Ti alloys are widely used in the biomedical field because they have an adequate balance between mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. However, when this material is incorporated in the human ...
[EN] Floods negatively affect roads, vehicles and transport systems in general. The impact on these systems leads to a cascasing effect with significant repercussions. Due to this, the evaluation of the instability risk ...
Sinisterra Solis, Nelson Kevin(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-03-07)
[ES] Considerando la importancia que tiene en el proceso de toma de decisiones el disponer de datos, en esta tesis doctoral se desarrollan indicadores cuantitativos para monitorizar la sostenibilidad integral y ambiental ...