Haro Ortega, Gloria (Date of defense: 2005-07-11)
There are two main subjects in this thesis: the first one deals with the numerical simulation of shallow water equations, the other one is the resolution of some problems in image processing<br/><br/>The ...
Lluc Álvarez, Èric (Date of defense: 2019-10-21)
The functioning of the heart, which main role is pumping blood to the rest of the body, is the result of a complex combination of multi-scale physical processes from the molecular to the tissue level. The ...
Chacón Cabrera, Alba (Date of defense: 2016-09-20)
Cachexia and muscle deconditioning, which are the major comorbidities in patients with chronic diseases including lung cancer (LC), impair disease prognosis. Several biological mechanisms are involved ...
Frías Hernández, Àlex (Date of defense: 2015-12-10)
Notch activation in aortic endothelial cells (ECs) takes place at embryonic stages during cardiac valve formation and induces an endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT). Using aortic ECs, we show ...
Vilahur Chiaraviglio, Nadia (Date of defense: 2014-09-25)
The prenatal period is a stage of special sensitivity to the adverse effects of environmental agents for the developing fetus. The human placenta is an organ that, in the interface between mother and ...
Lesnicar-Pucko, Gaja (Date of defense: 2014-12-12)
In this work we use a novel in vivo imaging technique and cell behaviour analysis to investigate the cellular basis of limb bud elongation. Recently, it has become clear that oriented cell activities ...
Picón Pagès, Pol (Date of defense: 2022-09-09)
Society increase in live expectancy will cause a rise in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) diagnosis, thus, there is a need to further understand how it works. One of the main culprits of this disease amyloid-β ...
Bassaganyas-Bars, Toni (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
Aquesta tesi investiga la interpretació de les frases amb el verb have en anglès. Aquest verb ha generat una gran quantitat de literatura en tots els àmbits de la lingüística, sense que s'hagi arribat ...
Bellés Obrero, Cristina Adelaida (Date of defense: 2017-09-15)
This dissertation consists of three chapters that investigate students’ and teachers’ incentive programs, and the intergenerational infant health consequences of a labor market policy. In the first ...
Boni, Jacopo (Date of defense: 2019-06-20)
DYRK (dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinases) is an evolutionary conserved family of protein kinases involved in the regulation of cellular processes, such as proliferation and survival, which play ...