Peso Fernández, Marcos (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
The Pyrenean frog (Rana pyrenaica) is a Pyrenees endemic species, mostly distributed between Navarra and Aragón, and recently was described in few streams of France. The typical habitat of the species ...
Roca Ayats, Neus (Date of defense: 2019-11-18)
Osteoporosis is a complex disease, determined by genetic and environmental factors, characterized by a low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, with a consequent decrease of ...
Figueroba Sánchez, Alberto (Date of defense: 2017-07-14)
The thesis entiteled “Density Functional Modelling of Materials for Fuel Cell Catalysts with Reduced Content of Critical Components” deals with the following studies: • Adsorption sites at the {100} ...
Castizo Olier, Jorge (Date of defense: 2018-12-04)
Bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) is a non-invasive technique widely used in body composition assessment. Nevertheless, its accuracy is compromised because of its reliance on regression equations ...
Herraiz Martínez, Adela (Date of defense: 2016-12-20)
Background Ageing is a risk factor that promotes common cardiovascular diseases such as atrial fibrillation (AF) or heart failure (HF), which in turn are associated with pathological changes in ...
Nhampossa, Tacilta Helena Francisco (Date of defense: 2013-12-20)
The objective of this thesis is to improve our understanding of the epidemiology of diarrhea, particularly to estimate the population-based burden, microbiologic etiology and adverse clinical consequences ...
Yoskovitz, Guy (Date of defense: 2012-12-05)
Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder and the most common metabolic bone disease. It is recognized as one of the most prevalent problems facing postmenopausal women in western society. The World ...
López Asamar, Abraham (Date of defense: 2015-07-17)
Prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) is an 81-KDa bidomain enzyme which hydrolyses short proline-containing peptides. This enzyme is involved in mnemonic and cognitive processes, and the dysregulation of POP ...
Moreno Mota, Ximena (Date of defense: 2011-07-28)
In the Southeastern Iberian Margin, the compression between the African and Eurasian Plates is characterized by a moderate seismicity and a slow NW-SE convergence (4.5-5.6 mm/yr). In southeastern Spain, ...
Jiménez Flores, Lizbeth Minerva (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common types of cancer in the Western World and accounts for over 700,000 deaths every year worldwide. The prognosis is dismal, with an average 5-year survival ...