Marín, Celia (Date of defense: 2018-01-29)
Press reports and stories about the idea of the asocial have taken place successively in Barcelona since the beginning of the twentieth century. They range from the Lliga Regionalista’s fear of the ...
Gomis Porquet, Roger Magí (Date of defense: 2018-02-16)
In this thesis I analyze 3 current empirical questions of interest in macroeconomics. The first concerns the effect of competition on cash holdings. The large increase in cash held by US firms has ...
Timón Pérez, Krystal (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)
During mitosis, the microtubules organize a bipolar spindle that segregates the chromosomes. In higher eukaryotes, these microtubules are nucleated through three different pathways involving the centrosomes ...
Juárez Gómez, Irving (Date of defense: 2018-05-28)
El presente trabajo de investigación se propone trazar las formas en que la cultura de masas se presenta en la poesía hispanoamericana contemporánea. Partiendo de la noción de la cultura de masas y sus ...
Seguí Beltrán, Andreu (Date of defense: 2018-09-14)
La Monarquía hispánica aprovechó la situación de Baleares en el Mediterráneo occidental para su política norteafricana, en la que las islas participaron a nivel militar, diplomático e informativo. El ...
Obis Monné, Aina (Date of defense: 2018-06-01)
En el marc de la teoria sociocultural, aquesta tesi investiga el procés d’ensenyament i aprenentatge dels marcadors discursius en llengua catalana com a primera llengua (L1) dins l’àmbit acadèmic ...
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 ...
Clemente Batalha Pardal, Diana (Date of defense: 2018-05-07)
Although universal and unavoidable, aging does not occur in a uniform way. In this dissertation, we assessed the effects of early life exposure to pro-inflammatory risk factors (air pollution and obesity) ...
Ullrich, Sebastian (Date of defense: 2018-12-19)
Gene regulation orchestrates the development of different cell types and organs from the same genetic blueprint. While the basic mode of gene regulation is driven by transcription factors, there are a ...
Soto, Paul Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-07-02)
This thesis contributes to the understanding of how banks shift their supply of credit when confronted with uncertainty, regulatory supervision and macroprudential policies. The first chapter proposes ...