Pont i Pla, Oriol (Date of defense: 2009-04-24)
Complex systems are abundant in our natural environment. In linear systems, the equations of their dynamics can be very difficult to solve, but if they cannot be described with a single characteristic ...
Cabré Albós, Anna (Date of defense: 2008-06-30)
The cosmic expansion history tests the dynamics of the global evolution of the universe<br/>and its energy density contents, while the cosmic growth history tests the evolution of the<br/>inhomogeneous ...
Malet Giralt, Francesc (Date of defense: 2008-05-13)
We have investigated several properties of semiconductor electronic nanostructures. In the first part of the thesis, within the density functional theory we have addressed the ground state and the dipolar ...
Gómez Puerta, José Alfredo (Date of defense: 2007-10-03)
The antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an acquired prothrombotic syndrome characterized by venous or arterial thromboses and pregnancy morbidity. It can present as primary APS without any discernable ...
Mestres Missé, Anna (Date of defense: 2007-11-15)
The series of studies that comprise this dissertation are aimed at simulating vocabulary learning and meaning acquisition of different types of words, namely words which differ in imageability. For this ...
Gordo Villoslada, Óscar (Date of defense: 2006-12-01)
The spatial and temporal variability of migratory phenology of <i>Ciconia ciconia, Cuculus canorus, Apus apus, Hirundo rustica</i> and <i>Luscinia megarhynchos</i> were studied by means of 44000 records ...
Perelló, Josep, 1974- (Date of defense: 2001-12-20)
Thesis investigates the dynamics of financial markets. Nowadays, this is one of the emergent fields in physics and requires a multidisciplinary approach. The thesis studies the first work made by the ...
Ruiz Rueda, Cristian (Date of defense: 2005-06-22)
Lipases are carboxylic ester hydrolases which act on acylglycerols to liberate fatty acids and glycerol. These enzymes are currently attracting an enormous attention because they are among the most ...
Cardó i Vila, Marina (Date of defense: 2003-07-25)
Macrophages require presence of M-CSF to survive and proliferate. Incubation of bone marrow macrophages with soluble factors (LPS or IFN-gamma) or insoluble factors such as extracellular matrix proteins ...
Kurtz, Katryn Lucille (Date of defense: 2008-12-12)
The study of chromatin structure in several simple sperm models of increasing complexity was performed. Species demonstrating different types of sperm nuclear protein transitions and structural changes ...