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Translating interculturality

The research presented in this doctoral thesis provides a new approach to the elements involved in translation. The thesis challenges the common practice of distinguishing between linguistic and cultural elements through the study of Weicheng, a novel by the Chinese author Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998), and...

Weicheng

New strategy for optimising control systems

This research presents an approach which provides solutions to improve the overall performance of a PID control with one degree of freedom. The results provide several PID tunings which balance performance with robustness.

Sistema de control

Syntax and nature of partitives

This dissertation is a study of the syntax of partitives (e.g. two of those books, many of my friends). The main goal is to characterise this type of nominals and provide an analysis that accounts for its particular properties but at the same time reflects the similarities with other indefinite...

Sintaxi del partitiu