Maynou Pujolràs, Laia (Date of defense: 2013-11-21)
The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate the reduction of economic and health disparities in the European Union from 1990-2010. Through different dynamic panel models, we show that in simple economics ...
Quiroga Quiroga, Oscar Arnulfo (Date of defense: 2012-12-18)
This thesis proposes a formalism to analyse and automatically exploit sequences of events, which are related with faults occurred in power distribution networks and are recorded by power quality monitors ...
Mas de Xaxars Rivero, Teresa (Date of defense: 2012-10-02)
Colorectal Cancer is the main type of cancer in Spain. Up to 90% of the cases are sporadic in nature and its aetiology is still unclear. It is supposed to be a multi-factorial disease, where factors ...
Fillol Homs, Mireia (Date of defense: 2017-03-23)
The Phylum Bathyarchaeota is currently one of the most studied uncultured archaeal phyla. Bathyarchaeota are phylogenetically diverse, globally ubiquitous and especially abundant in marine subsurface ...
Blancafort Jorquera, Adriana (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
In this thesis,the association of FASN (fatty acid synthase) expression with clinicopathological and anthropometric characteristics in breast cancer patients is studied to find out FASN role as a ...
Feixas Geronès, Ferran (Date of defense: 2011-02-04)
Interactions between electrons determine the structure and properties of matter from molecules to solids. Therefore, the understanding of the electronic structure of molecules will enable us to extract ...
Mora Gómez, Juanita (Date of defense: 2014-12-19)
This thesis studied the principal environmental controlling factors and microbial mechanisms involved in leaf litter decomposition in Mediterranean intermittent streams. Additionally, drought disturbance ...
Llach Pagès, Josep (Date of defense: 2010-02-02)
La present tesi doctoral és un recull de cinc articles científics que analitzen l'ús d'innovacions dins l'àmbit manufacturer. Entenent el concepte innovació en un sentit ampli, no només tecnològic. La ...
Arroyo Borrell, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
The main aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of economic conditions on health using advanced micro-econometric techniques applied to survey data. The dissertation examines the consequences ...
Corona Prieto, Teresa (Date of defense: 2017-02-17)
The transformation of C-H bonds into C-O/N bonds is a process of interest in organic synthesis, but controlling the reactivity and selectivity among the multiple C-H bonds existing in most molecules is ...