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A High-performance computational framework for multiscale and multiphysics modelling of the intervertebral disc 

LIALIOS, DIMITRIOS (Date of defense: 2024-12-10)

This thesis develops a multiscale and multiphysics model of the intervertebral disc (IVD); it focuses on three main axes regarding: Mechanical response: It introduces a compatible porohyperelastic framework capable of ...

Design, development, and deployment of real-time drum accompaniment systems 

Haki, Behzad (Date of defense: 2024-12-04)

This dissertation examines the generation of real-time symbolic drum accompaniments, with a particular focus on live improvisation contexts. While the research does occasionally focus on the audio domain, the majority of ...

Essays in Macroeconomics 

Fan, Yameng (Date of defense: 2024-10-07)

This dissertation consists of three papers focusing on the effects of firm and worker strategies on economic aggregates. The first chapter estimates the effects of corporate political connections with Congressional ...

Essays in Banking and Corporate Finance 

Ruzzier, Gianmarco (Date of defense: 2024-09-10)

This thesis explores the interplay between financial intermediation and economic conditions. It examines how banks’ industry specialization interacts with monetary policies and how collateral value uncertainties shape ...

Essays on the Expected Credit Loss Model 

Dejuan Bitria, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-07-18)

The implementation of the Expected Credit Loss (ECL) model represents a significant change in financial reporting for banks by requiring the recognition of loan loss provisions based on expected credit losses at loan ...

Essays in Applied Economics 

Quentel, Milan (Date of defense: 2024-07-17)

In Chapter 1, I study the optimal distribution of renewable energy infrastructure. In line with the recent backlash in many countries, I show that residents face important disamenity costs from nearby wind turbines. Using ...

Essays in Macro-Finance 

Sy, Andrea Loren (Date of defense: 2024-07-08)

This thesis consists of three chapters on firm heterogeneity and the role of credit frictions and regulatory constraints. The first chapter highlights the role of a gender gap in credit access in distorting capital ...

Essays Behavioral Environmental Economics and Statistics 

Semken, Christoph (Date of defense: 2024-06-25)

The first two chapters of this thesis focus on behavioral environmental economics. In Chapter 1, I develop and estimate a new measure of the effect of marginal emission reductions on tangible climate change outcomes. I ...

Newborn's Well-Being within War Context in Colombia 

Mera León, Harold (Date of defense: 2024-07-01)

Prior to the 2016 Havana Peace Agreement, Colombia grappled with 70 years of violence stemming from an armed conflict involving military forces, guerrillas, and paramilitaries, profoundly impacting civilians, including ...

The Political Dynamics of Technological Change: Building States with Technology 

Amatller Dómine, Guillem (Date of defense: 2024-07-11)

In this thesis I analyze the political dynamics of technological change. Firstly, by studying the political causes of the advent of telecommunications, and secondly, by exploring the consequences of different technologies. ...

Global AI policy in the making: actors, framings, and approaches 

Schmitt, Lewin (Date of defense: 2024-07-12)

The rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have sparked regulatory and political activities in jurisdictions around the world. This dissertation outlines and investigates the nascent domain of global ...

Building Trust Among Actors Within Regulatory Regimes: The Role of Specialized Agencies 

Gómez Díaz, Jana (Date of defense: 2024-07-18)

Regulatory regimes have become increasingly complex due to a shift towards specialized agencies, particularly notable in multi-level contexts like the European Union where decision-making authority is dispersed across ...

Essays in Behavioral Science 

Banki, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-09-20)

In this thesis, I explore three topics in behavioral science. In the first chapter, we propose and test a new approach to making defaults more effective: asking people to justify their decision if they want to deviate ...

Inside the Black Box of Innovations: Understanding Impacts on Occupations and Task Content in Germany and Spain 

Melo Nogueira, Patricia (Date of defense: 2024-06-28)

This thesis investigates the determinants of innovation and its impact on occupational change and work tasks within the institutional contexts of Germany and Spain. The first chapter reveals that product and process ...

Inference of selection acting on coding sequences in the human lineage 

Ali, Hossameldin (Date of defense: 2024-12-10)

Selection forces have shaped the current human DNA sequence through evolution. These forces have been consistently changing, in magnitude and direction, across the different evolutionary episodes of the extant human ...

A New in vitro model to study the regulatory functions of β cells in early stages of type1 diabetes 

Pérez-González, Beatriz (Date of defense: 2024-12-10)

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease marked by the selective destruction of pancreatic β cells. Early insulitis involves interactions between immune cells and β cells, but the mechanisms leading to β cell death ...

Quantifying cellular behavior during early mammalian development 

Casaní Galdón, Pablo (Date of defense: 2024-12-05)

In this thesis we study cell behaviours such as cellular decision making and self-organization using the developing mouse embryo as the system of study. To be able to extract the most needed cellular dynamics from ...

Interrogating the importance of x-chromosome inactivation and reactivation for meiotic potential 

Mattimoe, Tom (Date of defense: 2024-12-04)

X-chromosome dosage compensation in female mammals is achieved through X-chromosome inactivation (XCI), where one X chromosome is epigenetically silenced to ensure dosage parity with male cells. During germline development, ...

Deciphering lymphoma-specific DNA methylation alterations in healthy B cells: a single-cell multiomics study 

Bianchi, Agostina (Date of defense: 2024-12-03)

Recent studies have shown that clones harboring cancer driver mutations colonize our tissues as we age. It remains to be determined whether the same is true for epigenetic alterations, specifically DNA methylation (DNAm) ...

Dissecting motor behaviour alterations in Parkinson's disease using genetically modified zebrafish models 

Tzotzolaki, Tanita Maria (Date of defense: 2024-12-02)

Los trastornos neurodegenerativos como la enfermedad de Parkinson (EP) implican la degeneración progresiva del sistema nervioso, lo que provoca alteraciones tanto motoras como cognitivas. La EP afecta a millones de personas ...

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