Alvarez Estapé, Marina (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)
The field of genomics can be used to help in threatened species conservation by guiding conservation efforts. In this thesis we have studied Cuvier’s gazelles to compare the genetic diversity and ...
Torres Toda, Maria (Date of defense: 2022-09-30)
La urbanització mundial de la població està incrementat ràpidament. Aquesta actual vida en àrees urbanes pot fomentar una major exposició a certs contaminats, als estils de vida sedentaris, a nivells ...
Traveset Martínez, Laia (Date of defense: 2020-10-30)
Maintenance of steady-state and stress-adapted hematopoiesis depends on the fitness of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in the bone marrow. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can adapt to ...
Chan, Jenny (Date of defense: 2019-12-03)
This dissertation consists of three chapters related to questions in macroeconomics and information frictions. In the first chapter, I relax the complete information assumption in the standard New ...
Delli Ponti, Riccardo (Date of defense: 2019-01-16)
The secondary structure of an RNA molecule is fundamental for its function. However, structural conservation and the structure of RNA in vivo are still poorly understood. Data from recent high-throughput ...
Sarasúa Berodia, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2017-05-29)
Interface metaphors are often used in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) to exploit knowledge that users already have from other domains. A commonly used one in Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) is the ...
Silva, Pedro Luis Barbosa da (Date of defense: 2021-04-13)
This dissertation addresses several normative questions about tax competition between the European Union Member States. My answers to these questions are part of a wider way of thinking about justice ...
Lombardi, María (Date of defense: 2017-09-12)
This thesis is composed of three independent articles. The first chapter studies a nationwide teacher pay-for-performance program in Peru, and shows that it had a precisely estimated null impact on ...
Williams, Tomás (Date of defense: 2017-05-26)
This thesis provides an empirical investigation of international capital flows and how they affect financial markets and economic activity, with a focus on capital flows from benchmarked investors. ...
Isús Díaz, Laura (Date of defense: 2017-02-13)
Since the advent of the genomic era, vast amounts of data from heterogeneous biomedical sources have been generated, revealing an overwhelming complexity and creating a need for new computational tools. ...