David Masson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on February 6th, 1937. His family lived there until he was 12 when, shortly after his father’s death, David and his mother moved to Winnipeg. David earned a B. Sc. from University of Manitoba in 1958, and an M. Sc. from McGill University the following year. His thesis was entitled Scattering of λ Particles by Nucleons and was completed under th...

Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Science, in the field of Computational Linguistics, written by Hector Llorens at the University of Alicante (UA), under the supervision of Dr. Estela Saquete (UA) and Dr. Borja Navarro-Colorado (UA). The author was examined on July 11 2011, by a panel formed by the doctors Patricio Mart́ınez-Barco (UA), Paloma Moreda (UA), Roser Sauŕı (Barcelona Media), Horacio Rodŕıguez...

Analysis of a new transgenic mouse model with β-cell-specific overexpression of human betacellulin Work performed under supervision of Dr. During the preparation of this thesis the following supplementary activities were pursued: 1. Participation in a research project leading to the publication: KLONISCH T., negative modulator of body and organ weights in transgenic mice. FEBS Abstract title: P...

Bayesian filtering is a general framework for recursively estimating the state of a dynamical system. Classical solutions such that Kalman filter and Particle filter are introduced in this report. Gaussian processes have been introduced as a non-parametric technique for system estimation from supervision learning. For the thesis project, we intend to propose a new, general methodology for infer...

PhD thesis in Computer Science written by Manuel Garćıa Vega under the supervision of Dr. L. Alfonso Ureña López (Univ. of Jaén). The author was examined in December 2006 in Jaén by the committee formed by Miguel Toro Bonilla (Univ. of Sevilla), Manuel Palomar Sanz (Univ. of Alicante), Lidia Moreno Boronat (Univ. Politécnica of Valencia), Andrés Montoyo Guijarro (Univ. of Alicante) y Maŕıa Tere...

Debugging is the process of locating and fixing errors in computer programs. Debugging is essential in software development and almost every programming language has its own specialized tools for the task, with high variability regarding their debugging power. This paper briefly describes ongoing research towards a Ph.D. thesis on universal debugging, a proposal to develop a program debugging f...

PhD Thesis in Computer Science written by Manuel Alberto Pérez Coutiño under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Montes-y-Gómez and Dr. Aurelio López López (both from INAOE). The author was examined in March 2006 in Sta. Ma. Tonantzintla, Pue, México by the committee integrated by Drs. Angélica Muñoz Meléndez, Saúl E. Pomares Hernández, Carlos A. Reyes García, Luis Villaseñor Pineda, (all them from I...

Ph.D Thesis in Computer Science, specifically in the field of Computational Linguistics, written by Rubén Izquierdo at the University of Alicante (UA), under the supervision of Dr. Armando Suárez Cueto (UA) and Dr. German Rigau Claramunt (EHU/UPV). The author was examined on September 17th 2010, by a panel formed by Dr. Manuel Palomar (UA), Dr. Paloma Moreda (UA), Dr. Maŕıa Teresa Mart́ın (UJA),...

Introduction This paper summarizes my collection of research findings on the role of shaft flexibility in the golf swing. The research was initiated during my PhD thesis under the supervision of Dr. Eric Sprigings. The goal was to gain a comprehensive understanding of the role that shaft stiffness plays in the golf swing. This paper will provide a rationale for the methodologies I’ve used, a su...

Ph.D Thesis in Computer Science, specifically in the field of Computational Linguistics, written by Oscar Ferrández under the supervision of Dr. Rafael Muñoz Guillena. The author was examined on July 27th, 2009 by a panel formed by Dr. Manuel Palomar (UA), Dr. Andrés Montoyo Guijarro (UA), Dr. Arantza Dı́az de Ilarraza (EHU/UPV), Dr. Luis Alfonso Ureña (UJA) and Dr. Raquel Mart́ınez Unanue (UNED)...