Feng, Shi (Date of defense: 2022-11-04)
Esta tesis consiste en la edición anotada del Epítome historial del Reino de la China (1620) de Francisco de Herrera Maldonado y en la investigación sistemática sobre aspectos textuales y contextuales ...
Sánchez de la Sierra, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
The philosophical discussion on climate change and migration to date has focused mainly on the case ‘sinking islands’. Though critical, this case represents only a small fraction of the empirical and ...
Mantovani, Cristiano (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)
This dissertation contains three essays on macroeconomics and economic geography. In the first Chapter, I study the evolution of hours worked. I develop a model of the labor market and use the model ...
Altadill Balsells, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-06-30)
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes a prevalent lifelong infection in all human populations. Although the course is generally mild and the virus remains latent, HCMV can cause severe disorders in ...
Balbastre Català, Borja (Date of defense: 2022-10-27)
Dual-specificity tyrosine-regulated kinases (DYRKs) are a conserved family of protein kinases present in all eukaryotes. In mammals, the association of DYRKs with a wide variety of putative substrates ...
Grawenhoff, Julia (Date of defense: 2024-01-24)
The local translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) within different neuronal compartments is a prerequisite the formation of long-term memories. mRNAs are localized via active transport along microtubules, ...
Tudela Pi, Marc (Date of defense: 2022-10-27)
Although the use of volumetric conduction to power wireless implants has been experimentally validated in recent years, a theoretical framework to determine the power and efficiency obtained by minimally ...
Martínez Ara, Guillermo (Date of defense: 2022-09-19)
During embryonic development, cellular forces synchronize in space and time to generate functional tissue shapes. Apical constriction is a force-generating process necessary to provoke the folding of ...
Domènech Ganau, Jordi (Date of defense: 2022-06-13)
El intercambio de información entre los distintos cuerpos policiales favorece la cooperación entre Estados cuando se trata de luchar contra el crimen, pero a veces puede afectar al derecho a la ...
Chapin, Kayla (Date of defense: 2023-06-30)
Linguistic characteristics of spontaneous connected speech are showing increasing potential for detecting and tracking cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease, and could be particularly suitable to ...