González Gómez, Belén (Date of defense: 2023-10-25)
[eng] Math anxiety is an emotional response that arises in math-related contexts. It is described as a general dread of contact with math and a feeling of tension while dealing with it. In addition to ...
Macho García, Sergio (Date of defense: 2023-10-26)
[eng] Weight discrimination (WD) has existed for decades, and it is well spread in our societies. However, it has received less attention from authorities and society than other forms of discrimination. ...
Hashemi, Amin (Date of defense: 2023-09-14)
[eng] Analogical reasoning is fundamental to human thinking; it plays an important role in a variety of problem-solving contexts. Analogical problem-solving involves recognizing relational similarities ...
Iglesia Rodríguez, Alberto de la (Date of defense: 2022-10-28)
[eng] Contrasting the traditional idea of the male gamete being a simple carrier of the paternal DNA, evidence in the last decades revealed that the sperm cell provides the embryo with different layers ...
Gallo, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-11-08)
[eng] Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) offer a significant advantage in recapitulating key features related to tissue differentiation, morphogenesis and, conversely, human diseases. Taking advantage ...
Trujillano Fernández, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-02-08)
[eng] DYRK1A is a kinase that is expressed in virtually all tissues and cell types and is implicated in human diseases. Several studies indicate that DYRK1A is a dose-dependent gene with a prevalent ...
Bartomeu i Galan, Anna (Date of defense: 2024-01-29)
[eng] Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation Element Binding proteins (CPEBs) are a family of RNA-binding proteins that regulate cytoplasmic changes in poly(A) tail lengh and therefore mRNA-specific stability and ...
Pérez Jaume, Sara (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)
[eng] INTRODUCTION: A diagnostic test is a measurement taken from a subject with the aim of diagnosing a certain condition of interest, such as diseased patient or healthy individual. Typically, ...
Camps i Fajol, Cristina (Date of defense: 2022-12-19)
[eng] Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally. The gold standard for cancer has historically been surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Although the efficacy of chemotherapy has been ...
Alcaide i Jiménez, Adrià (Date of defense: 2023-12-01)
[eng] Cholera is an acute life-threatening infection caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, a devastating pathogen in least developed countries, which caused six world pandemics, apart from the ongoing ...