Ramon Duaso, Carla (Date of defense: 2019-12-16)
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a rare disease characterized by muscular defects, as well as, cognitive and mood alterations. Although these neurophysiological disturbances are very debilitating, ...
Bespalov, Andrei (Date of defense: 2019-04-11)
In this thesis I elaborate on three reasons why religious exemptions from generally applicable laws are not publicly justifiable in a liberal democratic society. First, mere claims of the form “God says ...
Carcolé Estrada, Mireia (Date of defense: 2019-12-05)
Osteoarthritis is the most common musculoskeletal disease worldwide, characterized by degradation of the articular cartilage, chronic joint pain and disability. Currently available treatments for ...
Aterido Ballonga, Adrià (Date of defense: 2019-02-26)
Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are six of the most prevalent immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) and ...
Trypanagnostopoulou, Sofia (Date of defense: 2019-06-14)
Phraseological units are an important part of every language and due to their distinctive characteristics, they require special attention in their lexicographic description. However, phraseology is often ...
Vinaixa Forner, Judit (Date of defense: 2019-03-25)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is one of the most aggressive tumors; mostly due to its lack of symptoms, resulting in late diagnosis, and also due to the presence of an aggressive tumor ...
Guardia Valenzuela, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-12-19)
El cáncer de mama HER2-positivo es un subtipo muy agresivo. El desarrollo de terapias anti-diana HER2, particularmente el anticuerpo monoclonal (Mab) trastuzumab, supuso una mejora significativa en el ...
Skalic, Miha (Date of defense: 2019-07-30)
Designing novel drugs is a complex process which requires finding molecules in a vast chemical space that bind to a specific biomolecular target and have favorable physio-chemical properties. Machine ...
Mariani, Giulia (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
This dissertation employs a multi-method research design to analyze the political and discursive opportunities for gradual institutional change in the case of marriage equality in the American states. ...
Nonell Mazelon, Lara (Date of defense: 2019-11-19)
The breakthrough in the technological field has allowed the extraction of large amounts of the so-called omics data. The analysis and Integration of this type of data by means of advanced statistical ...