Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Empirical evidence suggests that consumers rely on their shopping experiences to form beliefs about inflation. In other words, they learn by shopping. This dissertation studies the implications of this information friction ...
This research uses mainstream music scenarios in Spain to explore its representations and problematize them from a critical gender perspective. Structured by four items, this work 1) situates mainstream music within the ...
La regeneración del músculo esquelético depende de la expansión correcta de las células madre inactivas residentes (células satélite), un proceso que se vuelve menos eficiente con el envejecimiento, por razones en gran ...
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are a well-established technique to characterize the structural motions of biological systems at atomic resolution. However, accessing, viewing, and sharing MD trajectories is typically ...
The progressive appearance of affordable tabletop technology and devices urges humancomputer interaction researchers to provide the necessary methods to make this kind of devices the most useful to their users. Studies ...
La tesi es centra en l'actual interació de la lluita armada republicana a Irlanda del Nord, activa des de l'època del procés de pau a finals dels anys noranta. Tot i caracteritzar-se per una intensitat menor que la del ...
This thesis analyzes whether there is an interdependence, at the intra-couple level, between men’s housework and childcare participation and women’s employment and economic position. The first empirical paper examines ...
This thesis is structured in three chapters. In chapter 1, I address managerial opportunism towards workers. I present a theoretical model and test it. Results suggest that outside opportunities are key to hinder or ...
Due to the emergence of new technologies, algorithm-assisted drivers are close to becoming a reality. In this thesis, different aspects of managing such drivers in a blocked-lane scenario are discussed. The first chapter ...
This thesis tackles the issue of non-compliance in the European Union (EU). This is an important issue because without Member State (MS) compliance with EU policy outputs, collective policy goals may not be achieved. ...
This thesis discusses the role and weight of the European Union institutions and Member States in the responses to three crises whose epicenters are located beyond the EU borders. To do so, it examines the responses to the ...
Este trabajo de investigación se propone realizar un particular recorrido por la historia del cine a través del fuera de campo, es decir, una historia de las imágenes no vistas, aunque presenciadas, del cine; y para emprender ...
La tesi s’estructura en dues parts ben marcades, com la mateixa vida del pintor Manuel Humbert, per la tràgica ruptura que va representar l’esclat de la guerra civil espanyola i un epíleg. Així, la primera part comprèn ...
This thesis presents a new paradigm for RFID-based inventory robots. This map-less operation increases the operative autonomy of the robots as they no longer require a mapping step. This new paradigm is based on the ...
Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) mapping constitutes a challenging problem due to the high-dimensional multivariate nature of continuous gene expression traits and discrete genotypes from genetical genomics ...
Aware of the well-studied non-neutrality of media and the challenge that represents to have mechanisms to objectively identify the ideological bias, this thesis provides a methodological proposal to assess the political ...
Este estudo doutoral analisa aspectos da cultura nordestina brasileira, em particular, das narrativas da literatura popular de cordel, que em muitos casos estão enriquecidas de medievalidades e maravilhas, entendidas por ...
La presente tesis doctoral tiene como objeto de estudio el escudo heráldico español, que opera como marca en la Administración Pública Española, y la influencia de la marca comercial en su rediseño. Se desarrolla en el ...
Aquesta tesi és un estudi descriptiu que s'inscriu en un doble àmbit d'anàlisi, discursiu i traductològic. Es proposa un doble objectiu: per una banda, analitzar un conjunt de marques de cohesió franceses en dos tipos de ...
Esta tesis defiende un derecho universal de salida al mar. La falta de acceso marítimo priva a los Estados de la autonomía necesaria para perseguir sus fines y menoscaba sus posibilidades de desarrollo. Sostengo que a pesar ...
