Economic evaluation of treatments for patients with localized prostate cancer 

Becerra Bachino, Virginia (Date of defense: 2016-02-08)

L'objectiu global d'aquesta tesi va ser avaluar l'eficiència, des de la perspectiva dels sistemes de salut, dels tractaments més establerts per als pacients diagnosticats amb càncer de pròstata localitzat. ...

Understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in Notch1 induced T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia 

D'Altri, Teresa (Date of defense: 2013-07-26)

De novo heterochromatin establishment in 2C-like cells and early embryonic development 

Sebastián Perez, Rubén (Date of defense: 2021-09-10)

Chromocenters are established after the 2-cell (2C) stage during mouse embryonic development, but the factors that mediate chromocenter formation remain largely unknown. To identify regulators of 2C ...

Immunotherapy of chronic virus infections : Exhausted CD8+ T cell subsets are differentially regulated by XCR1 + DC 

Domenjó Vila, Eva (Date of defense: 2022-06-01)

The contribution of cross-presenting XCR1+ dendritic cells (DC) in maintaining T cell function during exhaustion and immuno-therapeutic interventions of chronic infections remains poorly characterized. ...

Learning of meaningful visual representations for continuous lip-reading 

Fernández López, Adriana (Date of defense: 2021-03-04)

In the last decades, there has been an increased interest in decoding speech exclusively using visual cues, i.e. mimicking the human capability to perform lip-reading, leading to Automatic Lip-Reading ...

Clinical efficacy and safety of a new hybrid radiofrequency electrode for treatment of liver malignancies : Phase I and phase II randomized clinical trial using radiofrequency versus microwave ablation 

Radosevic, Aleksandar (Date of defense: 2021-06-02)

La ablación con radiofrecuencia y microondas son opciones terapéuticas útiles para el tratamiento de tumores malignos hepáticos en pacientes seleccionados. Aunque comparables, sus resultados son todavía ...

Differential genetic events in the two main pathways of prostate carcinogenesis : Molecular, pathological and clinical analysis of crucial genetic alterations in ETS fusion-positive and negative prostate cancer 

Segalés Tañà, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-05-06)

S'han identificat dues vies carcinogèniques en el càncer de pròstata (CaPr): la positiva i la negativa per a fusions dels gens ETS. L’objectiu d’aquest estudi ha estat entendre el significat biològic i ...

Essays on monetary economics and financial stability 

Kanngiesser, Derrick (Date of defense: 2018-11-16)

This dissertation consists of three chapters related to questions in monetary economics and financial stability. In the first chapter I develop a simple model of financial crises in which the key ...

Origins of recursive phrase structure through cultural self-organisation and selection 

Garcia Casademont, Emília (Date of defense: 2018-09-17)

Many human languages in the world exhibit phrase structure. Phrase structure combines words, phrases, and both, into phrases, and it may empower language systems to exploit recursion. This thesis pushes ...

Language acquisition in bilingual infants : Early language discrimination in the auditory and visual domains 

Nácar García, Loreto (Date of defense: 2016-10-28)

Learning language is a cornerstone in the cognitive development during the first year of life. A fundamental difference between infants growing up in monolingual versus bilingual environments is the ...