Roura Fornells, Esther (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
The objective of this thesis is to estimate prospectively the association between environmental cofactors and the risk of developing cervical cancer and pre-cancer, including tobacco smoking, hormonal ...
Canal de la Iglesia, Mercè (Date of defense: 2016-06-01)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and the presence of cytoplasmic protein inclusions named Lewy Bodies. Current ...
Pagès Casas, Josep M. (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)
Particles dispersed in nematic liquid crystals (NLCs), also called nematic colloids, are nowadays typical experimental systems studied in the field of Soft Matter. In this scenario, the interactions and ...
Artieda Gutiérrez, Gemma (Date of defense: 2014-01-17)
In today’s globalised world it is becoming increasingly common that adults need to learn new languages at any age. And while the number of foreign language adult learners keeps growing, there is still ...
Morató Arús, Xavier (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
GPR37 is an orphan GPCR that belongs to the Rodhopsin family. GPR37 is highly expressed in the Central Nervous System (CNS), while little peripheral expression has been found in humans and rodents. GPR37 ...
Khojasteh, Abbas (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
Rosmarinic acid (RA), an ester of caffeic acid and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl lactic acid, is widely distributed in the plant kingdom, including Satureja khuzistanica, a threatened Iranian plant species. ...
Solé Acha, Xavier (Date of defense: 2012-03-07)
Al llarg de les dues darreres dècades hem tingut el privilegi d’assistir a un dels esdeveniments més importants en la història de la biomedicina: el desenvolupament del Projecte Genoma Humà. Conjuntament ...
Arizmendi Mejía, Rosana (Date of defense: 2015-11-25)
Climate change, along with other anthropogenic pressures (e.g. water pollution, overfishing and habitat degradation), is severely impacting oceans around the world, producing important changes in its ...
Atcher Ubiergo, Joan (Date of defense: 2015-07-28)
Dynamic combinatorial chemistry proposes the creation of a library of compounds (dynamic combinatorial library, DCL) inter-connected through reversible chemical processes. The concentrations in a DCL ...
Balaceanu, Alexandra (Date of defense: 2018-12-12)
1. The Force Field Accuracy Problem. The utility and applicability of MD simulations to model biomolecular systems goes only as far as its ability to sufficiently sample the conformational space and ...