• Brackish water desalination with a novel polymer nanocomposite membrane 

  Villanueva López, Liliana R (2019-04-05)

  The rapid growth of the global population, the industrialization and environmental problems caused by global warming have made it necessary to implement advanced water purification techniques capable of fulfilling the ...

• Geotechnical resiliency in the tectonically active tropics: Liquefaction and earthdam vulnerability case studies in Puerto Rico 

  Villarreal Arango, Andrés Felipe (2019-05-14)

  This dissertation is comprised of four manuscripts developed from different topics of geotechnical and earthquake engineering. Puerto Rico is selected as the study area because is an island located in a high tectonic active ...

• Incidence of exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage in racing horses in Puerto Rico 

  Padilla, Angela B. (2019-05-08)

  Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage in equines (EIPH) is a condition that is defined as the presence of blood in the tracheobronchial tree from the alveolar capillaries. Currently, there is no specific reason to which ...

• Evaluación de métodos de propagación de Dioscorea spp. para aumentar la disponibilidad de semilla libre de enfermedades 

  Miranda Cortés, Yanira (2019-05-15)

  Yam (Dioscorea spp.) is the most economically important crop within the root and tuber in Puerto Rico. However, only 18 % of the local demand is currently produced on the island. The lack of high-quality disease-free ...

• New constraints on crustal deformation within the Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands microplate using two decades of GPS data 

  Solares-Colón, Margarita M. (2019-05-14)

  Observations from Global Positioning System (GPS) along the northeastern region of the Caribbean Plate Boundary Zone have been used to evaluate crustal deformation in the Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (PRVI) microplate ...

• Effect of Beta-lactoglobulin in oxidatively stressed yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells 

  Rivera-Baigés, José C. (2019-04-12)

  Beta-lactoglobulin (β-Lg) is the most abundant protein in the serum of bovine milk. However, it should be mentioned that this protein is absent in human milk. According to previous studies, the peptides contained in β-Lg ...

• Development of UPRM hybrid simulation facilities for dynamic analysis 

  González Hernández, Lemuel (2019-05-15)

  Puerto Rico is located in a high seismicity zone, hence it is essential the development and implementation of state-of-the-art dynamic analysis in order to predict and prevent possible damages on structures. At present, ...

• Análisis de datos de conducción aplicando modelos de regresión funcional 

  Rocha Clavijo, Daniel Mauricio (2015-05-15)

  Studies in transportation engineering carried out in simulators seek to analyze the behavior of drivers given the characteristics of the driver and different scenarios resulting from the consideration of design elements ...

• Marketing strategies for avocado fruit in Puerto Rico: Consumer preferences and characteristics 

  Lugo Ruiz, Andrea (2019-05-13)

  In this research we study avocado consumer preferences in Mayagüez, Aguadilla and Ponce, Puerto Rico. The objectives of this study were: identify factors to determine consumer preferences and identify consumer preferences ...

• Supplementation with fermentation products of Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus niger with digestive enzymes in dairy calves. 

  Vaz Ramirez, Melissa Alexandra (2019-05-15)

  Suplementación con productos de fermentación de Aspergillus oryzae y Aspergillus niger con enzimas digestivas en becerras lecheras. Resumen El efecto de suplementar a becerras Holstein y Jerseys con productos de ...

• Efecto del sistema de alimentación sobre parámetros productivos y fisiológicos de corderos criados en estrés por calor 

  Suárez Rodríguez, José (2019-05-15)

  In tropical regions such as Puerto Rico, sheep are exposed to high temperatures and high relative humidity levels (THI > 72). In addition, the producers feed their sheep mostly by grazing systems using crossbred animals ...

• Métodos multiniveles para discretizaciones generadas por el método "Local Discontinuous Galerkin" 

  Alvarado, Arlin (2019-05-15)

  Un desafío computacional de interés es cómo acelerar un método iterativo para resolver un sistema lineal proveniente de ecuaciones diferenciales parciales discretizados por métodos discontinuos. Los métodos “Discontinuous ...

• Metodología para la medición del trabajo priorizada por demanda y varianza considerando una empresa de manufactura 

  González González, Zulahilynn M. (2019-05-14)

  Este proyecto propone definir, desarrollar e implementar una metodología para la medición del tiempo en los procesos de manufactura en las áreas de electrónica y mecánica en la empresa Mechatronics Industries. La realización ...

• Imagen de los τ-Productos 

  Calderón Gómez, José Emilio (2019-05-15)

  The theory of $\tau$-factorizations, also known as theory of generalized factorizations, was developed by Anderson and Frazier in 2006. It was the result of a generalization of the comaximal factorizations by McAdams and ...

• An experimental study of bubble parameters in subcooled flow boiling in vertical channel to validate different heat flux partitioning models 

  Padilla-Viruet, Angel L. (2019-05-10)

  Pressurized water reactors (PWR) are safely operating below maximum heat flux conditions because actual heat flux partitioning models fail to predict it accurately. Improving the heat flux models will lead to more efficient ...

• Surface characterization of chemically modified electrodes with gold nanoparticles and (His)6-rHbI from Luciana pectinata for H2S Detection 

  Torres González, Lisa A. (2019-05-15)

  The recombinant polyhistidine-tagged hemoglobin I ((His)6-rHbI) from bivalve Lucina pectinata is an ideal biocomponent for a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) biosensor due to its high affinity for H2S. Nowadays it is clear that H2S ...

• Propiedades de algunos T-conjuntos 

  León Prato, Rodrigo Antonio (2018-05)

  The theory of τ -factorizations on integral domains was developed in 2006, by Anderson and Frazier. This is a type of generalize factorization where τ is a symmetric relation on the nonzero nonunit elements and factors of ...

• Development of a standardized holobiont virus extraction protocol and its first application to coral reef environments 

  Veglia, Alex (2019-05-14)

  Coral reef invertebrates are not, nor have ever been, completely autonomous entities; rather they exist as a network of inter-dependent species, living and evolving as a “holobiont”. A major, yet relatively understudied, ...

• A new tandem strategy for the synthesis of α,β-epoxyketones from terminal alkynes 

  Correa, Fernando (2019-05-15)

  Because of its unique reactivity profile and synthetic utility, epoxides have captivated and attracted the organic chemistry community since their discovery. They are valuable precursors of many bioactive natural and ...

• Cambios en la comunidad de hongos endófitos cultivables de la cactácea Pilosocereus royenii infestados por Hypogeococcus pungens 

  Rivera-Jiménez, Héctor (2019-05-10)

  In Puerto Rico, the communities of columnar cacti such as Pilosocereus royenii are being devastated by the infestation of Hypogeococcus pungens. Chemical control with insecticides is not a viable alternative because the ...

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