Zamani, Reza (Date of defense: 2013-11-04)
In this report novel materials for advanced applications are studied by means of the latest microscopy technologies and methodologies which have had a dramatic impact on progress of materials science. ...
Armas, Cynthia (Date of defense: 2022-06-15)
Besides introduction and conclusions, the thesis is composed by three theoretical and empirical chapters that investigate the allocation of skilled workers during structural transformation. Specifically, ...
Panizza, Chiara (Date of defense: 2017-01-12)
In this dissertation I present a critical study of fiction, focusing on the semantics of fictional names and fictional discourse. I am concerned with the issue of whether fictional names need to refer, ...
Matencio Lloberas, Sonia (Date of defense: 2015-10-29)
Organic/inorganic interfaces play a key role in organic electronic devices such as organic light emitting diodes (OLED), organic field effect transistors (OFET) and organic solar cells (OSC). In these ...
Roa Rovira, Joan Josep (Date of defense: 2010-04-16)
The nanoindentation or indenter testing technique (ITT) is a functional and fast technique that can give us a lot of information about the mechanical properties of different materials at nanometric ...
Parreño Garcia, Assumpta (Date of defense: 1997-05-22)
In single A hypernuclei, a A hyperon can occupy any orbital in the hypernucleus since it is free from the Pauli exclusion principle due to its additional quantum number strangeness. <br/><br/>Due to the ...
Álvarez Tomás, Irene (Date of defense: 2020-06-30)
The present thesis aims to extend our knowledge on the long-term clinical and functional course of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and explore potential predictors of several long-term outcomes. ...
Barbero Castillo, Almudena (Date of defense: 2020-07-17)
Throughout various brain states, billions of neurons interact resulting in a variety of cortical rhythms accompanied by switches between behavioral states (Gervasoni et al., 2004). As a result ...
Gallizioli, Mattia (Date of defense: 2021-02-15)
Cerebral ischaemia induces several inflammatory processes in the brain. Among them, the infiltration of immune cells is a hallmark of the pathology. Dendritic cells (DCs) are usually present in low ...
Castro i Català, Marta de (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)
Schizophrenia is a severe and complex mental disorder that results in an inability to cope with life’s ordinary demands and routines. Normally, it appears in late adolescence, more frequently and ...