Prats, Elena (Date of defense: 2023-12-01)
The primary objective of this doctoral dissertation is to examine the phenomenon of citizenship by investment programs (CIPs) thoroughly by analyzing the existing programs within the European Union ...
Rasouligandomani, Morteza (Date of defense: 2023-10-02)
Adult Spine Deformity (ASD) leads to abnormal spine curvature causing imbalance, pain, and fall risk. Spinal surgery is common but carries the risk of Mechanical Complications (MC), notably Proximal ...
Zhang, Yuan (Date of defense: 2023-03-27)
In the last decades, a growing number of studies have investigated the relationship between two unique abilities of humankind, music and language. Music and language share important structural similarities ...
Ortiz Teba, Pilar (Date of defense: 2023-07-05)
Depression is a major public health problem, affecting 322 million people worldwide. Antidepressants are the basis for the treatment of major depression. Although increasingly safer, individual patient ...
Espinoso Palacín, Anaïs (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
This thesis presents new phase-based signal analysis techniques to study brain dynamics from patients with pharmacoresistant focalonset epilepsy. We analyze electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings from ...
Zhou, Feng (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
This dissertation consists of three papers examining the implications of non-market strategies in corporations and mutual funds. The first chapter quantifies the importance of political connections ...
Martinez Mendiola, Anna (Date of defense: 2023-12-18)
Major socio-economic and demographic changes have occurred in Europe during the last decades which have challenged the gender specialization of tasks and time. Nonetheless, inequalities in the distribution ...
Castro Arnau, Júlia (Date of defense: 2023-10-23)
The molecular mechanisms regulating sperm differentiation (spermiogenesis) and maturation in fishes are largely unknown. In these oviparous species, the initiation of sperm motility is triggered by the ...
Schmid, Dominique (Date of defense: 2023-12-13)
Worldwide, the number of forest carbon offsetting projects has been increasing rapidly over the past decade. Advocates of these projects frame them as a triple-win by allowing continued economic growth ...
Jiang, Meijie (Date of defense: 2023-01-09)
Since China’s presence in Latin America, there have been ongoing debates on what drives Chinese commercial activities in the region. Yet, there is little consensus on the institutional impact on Chinese ...