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Joseph Tainter, anthropologist and historian

"We'll never be able to say 'Aha! We are sustainable!'"

Teamwork with robots

This thesis contributes a novel case-based approach for action selection and coordination in joint multi-robot tasks in real environments, based on a case to reuse. The ideas presented are applicable to domains such as disaster rescue operations, exploration of unknown environments and underwater surveillance,...

A deep look into drama series

This doctoral thesis analyses the mediological characteristics of five north American drama series, describes their structure and explains the impact of their content on spanish public.

Roe deer and toxoplasmosis in Spain

This work analyzes almost 300 roe deer from different regions in Spain, in order to get information about risk factors on the host-parasite relationship by T. gondii (responsible of toxoplasmosis). The study concludes that environmental factors are important, and indicates high exposure to T....

New computational system for measuring heart's blood flow after percutaneous coronary intervention

The authors of this work created a computational mechanism to calculate blood flow in a coronary artery, a very important step in the restoration of blood flow after a myocardial infarction.