Barbieri, Maria Vittoria (Date of defense: 2021-01-28)
The assessment of pesticide occurrence in different environmental compartments has become a matter of outstanding importance since its effects on exposed organisms may be considered a warning on the ...
Recalde-Percaz, Leire (Date of defense: 2021-06-30)
Metastases are considered the last stage of tumour progression and the main cause of death associated to solid tumours. There are no effective treatments for metastasis which remain non- curable with ...
Heredia Pimienta, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-03-31)
[eng] This thesis aims to study nonlocal Lagrangians with a finite and an infinite number of degrees of freedom. We obtain an extension of Noether's theorem and Noether's identities for such Lagrangians. ...
Vidal Antich, Carme (Date of defense: 2022-06-14)
Rapid population growth is leading to many environmental problems, among which a large waste generation should be highlighted. More than 40% of these wastes correspond to organic wastes that are mainly ...
Licht, David (Date of defense: 2021-04-14)
In this thesis we present a new aspect pertaining to the effective field theory of general relativity in the limit of a large number D of dimensions. We demonstrate that the theory initially developed ...
Chivite Araiz, Íñigo (Date of defense: 2020-01-24)
Blood vessels distribute nutrients and oxygen to every single cell in the body. Endothelial cells define the vessel wall, and thus they are ideally located to crucially modulate nutrient availability ...
Haiduc, Sonia Amalia (Date of defense: 2021-03-19)
This thesis examines the sub-genre of the literary biopic and its intersections with literary texts and other film genres through the lens of the melodramatic mode. It explores the dramatization of the ...
Pallares Pallares, Macià Esteve (Date of defense: 2022-03-08)
Cell migration is essential to many biological processes. In adult organisms, it is crucial for wound healing, homeostasis, and immune response, whereas aberrant cell migration potentially leads to ...
Rosell Oliveras, Mireia (Date of defense: 2020-12-21)
The study of the 3D structural details of protein interactions is essential to understand biomolecular functions at the molecular level. In this context, the limited availability of experimental structures ...
Gómez Junyent, Joan (Date of defense: 2020-11-24)
Osteoarticular infections are frequent in the clinical practice and have a high impact on patients and health systems. These infections may be associated with concomitant bacteremia and a characteristic ...