del Moral Méndez, Anna (Date of defense: 2020-07-20)
Natural disasters of hydro-meteorological origin are the biggest risk worldwide. In Catalonia (NE of the Iberian Peninsula), severe weather and flash floods occur each year, resulting in major damage ...
Czekaj, Maria A. (Date of defense: 2012-10-22)
The understanding of the origin and evolution of the Milky Way is one of the primary goals of the Gaia mission (ESA, launch autumn 2013). In order to study and analyse fully the Gaia data it will be ...
Garin Escrivà, Noé (Date of defense: 2015-04-17)
INTRODUCTION Although the need for comprehensive management of patients with multiple co-occurring conditions has been highlighted, policies and guidelines are still focused on the management ...
Sagarra Pascual, Oleguer Josep (Date of defense: 2016-07-22)
Complex networks grow subject to structural constraints which affect their measurable properties. Assessing the effect that such constraints impose on their observables is thus a crucial aspect to be ...
Sánchez-López, E. (Elena) (Date of defense: 2017-09-21)
The incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, increases every year due to population aging. Therefore, the development of new therapeutic strategies, such as biodegradable ...
Capdevila i Cortada, Marçal (Date of defense: 2014-07-11)
It is well established that organic radical-anions, such as reduced tetracyanoethylene (i.e., [TCNE]•(-)), may form dianionic dimers exhibiting long, multicenter bonding. This bond arises from the overlap ...
de la Puente Robles, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
The present Doctoral Thesis focuses on the study of the sigma-1 receptor (σ1R) in the field of pain. This research has been a part of the preclinical σ1R project focusing on drug discovery of σ1R ligands ...
Reichenbach Marinkovic, Vedrana (Date of defense: 2012-12-11)
Hepatic fibrosis is characterized by intense tissue remodeling. In this study, we assessed whether CO3-610, a new identified neoepitope, could be used as a surrogate biomarker of liver fibrosis and ...
Pedrazzi, Dario (Date of defense: 2014-03-07)
Monogenetic volcanism is characterized by a large diversity of eruptive styles, morphologies and deposits. Monogenetic landforms are the result of a complex merging of internal (magma composition, ...
Álvarez García, Daniel (Date of defense: 2014-12-18)
Computer-aided drug design is a key player in current drug discovery projects. Structure-based computational approaches use the target structural information to suggest potentially active and safe drugs. ...