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    Relevance of sperm chromatin protamination, condensation and DNA integrity for sperm function and fertility: the role of toroid linker regions 

    Viñolas Vergés, Estel (Date of defense: 2023-07-27)

    Male fertilising capacity has traditionally been predicted by the assessment of sperm concentration, motility and morphology. During the last few decades, however, research has been particularly focused on the analysis of ...

    Implementing amino acids in manganese-catalyzed biologically inspired oxidations: g-lactonization and ligand design 

    Vicens Serra, Laia (Date of defense: 2023-07-18)

    Most of the organic molecules used in chemical industry (and their synthetic precursors) contain oxygen atoms in their structure. One of the most convenient methods for the preparation of oxygenated compounds is the ...

    La Transliteracy degli studenti del Liceo classico Italiano 

    Runchina, Cinzia (Date of defense: 2023-07-26)

    The integration of new media literacies and, consequently, of strategies such as transmedia learning in teaching-learning processes has been a topic of interest among various types of national and international institutions ...

    Inicios del pensamiento algebraico en educación infantil a través de los patrones de repetición 

    Acosta Inchaustegui, Yeni (Date of defense: 2023-07-24)

    The purpose of the doctoral thesis presented in this report is to provide knowledge that allows us to situate the way in which 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children are initiated in the understanding of repetition patterns in ...

    Desarrollo de algoritmos de control para terapia MDI en pacientes con diabetes tipo 1 

    Estremera Toledo, Ernesto (Date of defense: 2023-07-18)

    Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered one of the fastest-growing global health emergencies in the XXI century. According to the World Health Organization, it was estimated in 2021 that 537 million people were suffering from ...

    L’impacte de l’aproximació dels fons de coneixement en les relacions família-escola. Un estudi qualitatiu 

    Machancoses Puchades, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-07-14)

    The present doctoral thesis is part of a large number of research studies that have highlighted the benefits of good family-school relationships in the development and learning processes of children (Blasco, 2018; ...

    'Flexing muscles'. L’ambigüitat de gènere en el bodybuilding, entre la pràctica esportiva i l’exploració artística 

    Fontbona Mola, Isa (Date of defense: 2023-07-12)

    This research studies how the body resulting from the practice of bodybuilding can become an element of transgression of traditional gender roles. To do so, we focus especially on the potential we find in the case of female ...

    Conservation biology of the Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus): mechanisms of coexistence with eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) 

    Fernández-Vilar, Andrés Lucas (Date of defense: 2023-07-10)

    Inland waters are amongst the most diverse and impacted ecosystems globally, and they host many endangered taxa. Cyprinodontiforms are at the forefront of endangered freshwater fishes in Europe, with more than 80% of the ...

    Computational exploration and design of HHDH variants with novel synthetically useful functionalities 

    Estévez-Gay, Miquel (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

    Enzymes are the best catalysts. They are the main catalysts in cells and have been exposed to millions of years of natural evolution by including random mutations in their sequence and posterior selection. Some enzymes ...

    Combined application of experimental and predictive modelling approaches towards the microbial safety of ready-to-eat meat products 

    Serra Castelló, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

    The food safety challenges derived from the market demands towards convenient food, such as ready-to-eat meat products with extended durability, motivate food business operators to explore and adopt new intervention ...

    "Mi siglo XIX": L'obra historiogràfica del canonge Gaietà Barraquer i Roviralta (1880-1918) 

    Montalbán Arenas, Albert (Date of defense: 2023-09-21)

    Les obres del canonge Gaietà Barraquer i Roviralta són, avui dia, una referència bibliogràfica de gran significat i valor en el camp de la història, història eclesiàstica i de l’art. Destaca el contingut informatiu i ...

    Les desigualtats socials a la Catalunya preindustrial. L’estudi de cas de la Selva Interior, c.1750-1825 

    Mas Ferrer, Josep (Date of defense: 2023-09-18)

    This thesis explores social inequalities during the late preindustrial era, based on a case study from la Selva Interior. The work is organized into three distinct parts. In the first one, inequalities are examined through ...

    La fiscalidad del teletrabajo. Análisis jurídico de las relaciones dependientes: marco internacional e interno 

    Santiago Marcos, Daniel (Date of defense: 2023-07-06)

    The objective of this thesis is to examine the challenges and issues arising from teleworking in the tax system. The initial focus is on the analysis of teleworking from a legal-labour perspective, in order to determine ...

    Predicción del riesgo cardiovascular en población de 75 o más años del Mediterráneo 

    Guzmán Heras, Lidia Elizabeth (Date of defense: 2023-07-05)

    The increase of elderly population in Spain is one of the most important challenges for their caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the society in general. The elderly population has the highest incidence rate of ...

    Relació de la proteïna C-reactiva, el quocient neutròfils/limfòcits i l’adiponectina d’alt pes molecular amb paràmetres d’obesitat i de risc cardiometabòlic en nens prepuberals sans. Efecte modulador dels estils de vida 

    Díaz Roldán, Ferran (Date of defense: 2023-07-03)

    Childhood obesity is one of the most important public health problems and is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR). Low-grade inflammation plays a prominent role in the development of cardiometabolic alterations ...

    Espacios y materiales para el desarrollo de las matemáticas informales de 0 a 3 años 

    Olmos Martínez, Glòria (Date of defense: 2023-03-31)

    Literature on early childhood mathematics education shows the importance of favoring the development of informal mathematical knowledge from the first cycle (0-3 years) as the first intuitive and informal mathematics is ...

    Posible rol de las neuregulinas en la fisiología del tejido adiposo en asociación con obesidad y diabetes mellitus tipo 2 

    Martínez Merchan, Cristina (Date of defense: 2023-06-28)

    Different studies link the metabolic alterations of obesity with imbalances in neuregulin 4 levels. In this study we hypothesize that signaling of neuregulin isoforms (NRG) produced through ERBB receptors in human adipose ...

    Methylome profiling of B and T cells along multiple sclerosis disease progression: a pilot study 

    Celarain Sanz, Naiara (Date of defense: 2023-06-26)

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disease characterized by the infiltration of autoreactive immune cells into the central nervous system that leads to axonal damage, ...

    Innovación social, pobreza y vulnerabilidad social. Los pequeños municipios de la provincia de Girona y la ciudad de Olot ante el reto de la cohesión social 

    Carrera, Eduard (Carrera Fossas) (Date of defense: 2023-06-26)

    The bursting of the real estate bubble in 2008 triggered a widespread socio-economic crisis that particularly affected Spanish cities and towns. It was a crisis that spread to countries all over the world, but especially ...

    Gestión del conocimiento en la co-creación de material educativo con y para estudiantes con altas capacidades 

    Meneses Ortegón, Juan Pablo (Date of defense: 2023-06-20)

    The development of any process handles data. These data are generated from information that in turn generates knowledge. The ideal is that this knowledge provides the process with added value that allows it to improve, ...