Ylla Bou, Guillem (Date of defense: 2018-01-24)
The evolutionary success of insects was particularly shaped by the innovation of the metamorphosis, especially by the transition from hemimetaboly to holometaboly. The mechanisms underlying this ...
Saenger Amoore, Victor Manuel (Date of defense: 2018-02-26)
The activity of the brain at rest reveals an intricate functional architecture and yet, the underlying mechanisms generating it are still not well understood. Whole-brain computational models have turned ...
Elbaba, Alejandra (Date of defense: 2018-02-01)
En esta investigación exploramos el origen, significado y funciones del simbolismo del mándala en la obra de Carl Gustav Jung. Partimos de lo que consideramos su experiencia personal en El libro rojo, ...
Ikoff, Ventsislav (Date of defense: 2018-02-07)
Esta tesis doctoral estudia la circulación de las traducciones literarias en formato libro entre Bulgaria y el mundo hispánico (España e Hispanoamérica) durante el periodo situado entre 1882 y 2012. La ...
Carreté Muñoz, Laia (Date of defense: 2018-01-23)
Infections caused by pathogenic fungi are becoming an increasingly serious threat for human health. Pathogenic fungi such as Candida glabrata or Candida albicans, belong to phylogenetically distinct ...
Ziegenbein, Alexander (Date of defense: 2018-07-04)
The thesis is a collection of three self-contained essays. In the first chapter, I present evidence that the effects of US tax changes on output depend on the level of economic slack. Tax cuts have large ...
Ruiz Contreras, Marisol E. (Date of defense: 2018-05-22)
Esta tesis tiene como objetivo principal comprender la relación entre el empleo informal y las desigualdades en salud en Chile desde una perspectiva integral. Considerando un abordaje abductivo que ...
Quintana Rubio, Oriol (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
Coming Up For Air (1939) fou escrita en una dècada més convulsa que la nostra, que culminaria amb l’inici de la Segona Guerra Mundial. Però les condicions vitals que retrata són estranyament similars ...
Canal de Torres, Berta (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
In response to multiple internal and external stresses, yeast cells activate a common transcriptional response known as the Environmental Stress Response (ESR), which can be problematic in S phase, when ...
Valls Comamala, Victòria (Date of defense: 2018-09-07)
Aging is the main challenge that humanity will face on the near future. Brain aging is associated with cognitive deficiencies and is the main risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). AD is the most ...