Vinyals-Mirabent, Sara (Date of defense: 2018-02-08)
Destinations must project a strong and differentiated brand image to position themselves in a competitive market. To this end, official websites have become a key instrument in the portrayal of the ...
Lytras, Theodoros (Date of defense: 2018-05-22)
Introduction: Occupational exposures are considered to be one of the newer and important risk factors for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) besides tobacco smoking. However, the evidence ...
De Jesus, Miguel Karlo (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)
This dissertation consists of two chapters that explore some of the financial stability issues that concern mutual funds. The first chapter demonstrates that the massive sale by US funds of Mexican ...
Tekin, Müge (Date of defense: 2018-09-17)
This thesis incorporates three studies that revolve around competitive intelligence of a firm, available data sources and improvement of operations through data-informed decision-making. The studies ...
Rütter Castro, Aloys (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)
La Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos elevó a rango de derechos humanos a la presunción de inocencia, libertad de expresión y de información. El primero, sienta la piedra angular de ...
González Viana, Angelina (Date of defense: 2018-12-13)
En adultos, 10 minutos de actividad física (AF) tres veces al día, previene enfermedades no transmisibles y prolonga la esperanza de vida. El Plan de Actividad Física, Deporte y Salud (PAFES) busca ...
Mas Sandoval, Àlex (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)
Most of the Native American populations that lived in nowadays Eastern Brazil when the Europeans established in the area in the 16th century do not exist anymore. The colonization of Brazil implied huge ...
Queirós, Francisco (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)
This thesis is composed of three independent articles. The first two chapters are on the topic of asset bubbles. In the first chapter, I study the interactions between rational asset bubbles and product ...
Domènech Salgado, Laura (Date of defense: 2018-12-20)
To date, very little progress has been made towards elucidating the genetic causes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In this project we have performed rare variant association study (RVAS) ...
Manuel Montero, Marc de (Date of defense: 2018-12-11)
Els nostres parents més propers, els ximpanzés i els bonobos, tenen una història demogràfica complexa. En aquest estudi, hem analitzat els genomes sencers de 75 ximpanzés i bonobos nascuts en 10 països ...