Segarra-Queralt, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-11-22)
This doctoral thesis presents two different computational approaches to explore mechanistically chondrocyte dysregulation and identify biomarkers, to better understand patient stratification systems ...
Gutiérrez Páez, Nicolás Felipe (Date of defense: 2022-06-22)
The success of an online community depends on the contributions and actions performed by the community members. This dissertation aims to understand the dynamics of participation in regulated, not-for-profit, ...
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 ...
Ozbagci, Duygu (Date of defense: 2022-09-12)
Decision making requires coordinating motor actions that are necessary to report the choices and sample relevant information from the environment. For instance, when riding a bike on a busy road, rider ...
Theophilou, Emily (Date of defense: 2024-01-18)
In recent years, there's been increasing concern over potential negative experiences for adolescents on social media. Despite efforts in social media literacy education, traditional approaches often ...
Porcaro, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2022-12-16)
This thesis focuses on assessing the impact that music recommendation diversity may have on listeners. In the music domain, diversity is one of the values that recommender systems should preserve, ...
Martí Castellote, Pablo-Miki (Date of defense: 2023-09-27)
This PhD thesis explores how data science can be leveraged to learn from diverse cohorts and fuse information from heterogeneous data, aiming to advance understanding and improve prediction in healthcare ...
Mana, Ludovica (Date of defense: 2023-10-27)
Psychotic disorders are highly heterogeneous, complicating diagnosis and treatment. The mechanisms underlying these disorders are still unclear, and bridging the gap between neural properties and ...
Ulysse, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-11-04)
The spatiotemporal properties of the cerebral and behavioral networks are key elements to understand normal brain functioning and their breakdowns. This dissertation focuses on the cerebral networks of ...
Pileckyte, Indre (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
Oscillations at theta frequency (4-7 Hz) have been hypothesized to play an important functional role in brain processes associated to working memory. In this thesis, I investigate how the systematic ...