Juan Rovira, Enric (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
In this Thesis, we show how the properties of dark matter halos can be directly derived from the proper filtering of the primordial density field through the use of the CUSP formalism (ConflUent System ...
Rosales de Cáceres, José J. (Date of defense: 2020-12-16)
In this thesis we explored some aspects of the dynamics around the Earth-Moon L1 and L2 points in the context of two Restricted Four Body Problems: the Bicircular Problem (BCP) and the Quasi-bicircular ...
Gómez Orlandi, Javier (Date of defense: 2015-09-09)
In this thesis we apply a multidisciplinary approach, based on statistical physics and complex systems, to the study of neuronal dynamics. We focus on understanding, using theoretical and computational ...
Milić, Ivan (Date of defense: 2016-01-28)
In this thesis, I propose and defend a theory according to which committing oneself to knowing the proposition expressed counts as an assertion of that proposition. A consequence of this view is the ...
Dyson Coral, Silvia (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
Topoisomerase II often produces DNA knots and catenates when its DNA strand passage activity equilibrates the topology of intracellular DNA. However, these DNA entanglements are detrimental for the ...
Wangensteen Fuentes, Owen S. (Date of defense: 2013-07-05)
The black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the most abundant sea urchins in the Mediterranean. Despite its increasingly recognized ecological significance, including the ability to ...
Jiménez García, Isadora Christel (Date of defense: 2012-12-11)
Amongst the available renewable energy sources, offshore wind energy is having a rapid expansion. Renewable energies are viewed as an environmental benign alternative to the energy production based on ...
Blanch Mercader, Carles (Date of defense: 2015-03-04)
The thesis belongs to the field of biophysicis, in particular we evaluate from a physicial perspective biological processes that occur at the celular and multicelular scales involving collective phenomena ...
González-Ortega, Emmanuel (Date of defense: 2012-07-23)
There are several reasons to celebrate the latest advances in the treatment of the infection with HIV. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the number of new infections dropped ...
Giménez Oya, Víctor (Date of defense: 2009-12-09)
Los isoprenoides son una de las mayores familias de compuestos descritos en la naturaleza. Estos compuestos están presentes en todos los organismos vivos y se sintetizan a partir de dos moléculas de 5 ...