Universitat de Girona: Recent submissions
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Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety
Macroalgae have been recognized as an interesting source of compounds with multiple applications in different fields due to their various bioactivities since current trends are moving towards the use of alternative compounds ...
Revisiting STEAM in the interplay between extrinsic and intrinsic goals of education: Implications for teaching and teacher training
Considering non-consensual understandings, we aim to revisit STEAM exploring its distinctiveness as an educational approach embedded within the broader discourses of education and tensions between the extrinsic and intrinsic ...
Seguridad alimentaria y bienestar subjetivo de niños y niñas participantes del programa familias en Chile
The research aims to examine the relationship between food security and subjective well-being of girls and boys participating in the Families Program of the Metropolitan Region in Chile. A cross-sectional explanatory ...
Caracterización del conocimiento matemático para la enseñanza del álgebra en edades tempranas en los futuros profesores de educación infantil y primaria
The purpose of this research is to characterise the mathematical knowledge mobilised by future early childhood and primary pre-service teachers for algebra instruction at an early age. To achieve this purpose, we use the ...
Relevance of sperm chromatin protamination, condensation and DNA integrity for sperm function and fertility: the role of toroid linker regions
Male fertilising capacity has traditionally been predicted by the assessment of sperm concentration, motility and morphology. During the last few decades, however, research has been particularly focused on the analysis of ...
Implementing amino acids in manganese-catalyzed biologically inspired oxidations: g-lactonization and ligand design
Most of the organic molecules used in chemical industry (and their synthetic precursors) contain oxygen atoms in their structure. One of the most convenient methods for the preparation of oxygenated compounds is the ...
La Transliteracy degli studenti del Liceo classico Italiano
The integration of new media literacies and, consequently, of strategies such as transmedia learning in teaching-learning processes has been a topic of interest among various types of national and international institutions ...
Inicios del pensamiento algebraico en educación infantil a través de los patrones de repetición
The purpose of the doctoral thesis presented in this report is to provide knowledge that allows us to situate the way in which 3-, 4- and 5-year-old children are initiated in the understanding of repetition patterns in ...
Desarrollo de algoritmos de control para terapia MDI en pacientes con diabetes tipo 1
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is considered one of the fastest-growing global health emergencies in the XXI century. According to the World Health Organization, it was estimated in 2021 that 537 million people were suffering from ...
L’impacte de l’aproximació dels fons de coneixement en les relacions família-escola. Un estudi qualitatiu
The present doctoral thesis is part of a large number of research studies that have highlighted the benefits of good family-school relationships in the development and learning processes of children (Blasco, 2018; ...
'Flexing muscles'. L’ambigüitat de gènere en el bodybuilding, entre la pràctica esportiva i l’exploració artística
This research studies how the body resulting from the practice of bodybuilding can become an element of transgression of traditional gender roles. To do so, we focus especially on the potential we find in the case of female ...
Conservation biology of the Spanish toothcarp (Aphanius iberus): mechanisms of coexistence with eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki)
Inland waters are amongst the most diverse and impacted ecosystems globally, and they host many endangered taxa. Cyprinodontiforms are at the forefront of endangered freshwater fishes in Europe, with more than 80% of the ...
Computational exploration and design of HHDH variants with novel synthetically useful functionalities
Enzymes are the best catalysts. They are the main catalysts in cells and have been exposed to millions of years of natural evolution by including random mutations in their sequence and posterior selection. Some enzymes ...
Combined application of experimental and predictive modelling approaches towards the microbial safety of ready-to-eat meat products
The food safety challenges derived from the market demands towards convenient food, such as ready-to-eat meat products with extended durability, motivate food business operators to explore and adopt new intervention ...
"Mi siglo XIX": L'obra historiogràfica del canonge Gaietà Barraquer i Roviralta (1880-1918)
Les obres del canonge Gaietà Barraquer i Roviralta són, avui dia, una referència bibliogràfica de gran significat i valor en el camp de la història, història eclesiàstica i de l’art. Destaca el contingut informatiu i ...
Les desigualtats socials a la Catalunya preindustrial. L’estudi de cas de la Selva Interior, c.1750-1825
This thesis explores social inequalities during the late preindustrial era, based on a case study from la Selva Interior. The work is organized into three distinct parts. In the first one, inequalities are examined through ...
La fiscalidad del teletrabajo. Análisis jurídico de las relaciones dependientes: marco internacional e interno
The objective of this thesis is to examine the challenges and issues arising from teleworking in the tax system. The initial focus is on the analysis of teleworking from a legal-labour perspective, in order to determine ...
Predicción del riesgo cardiovascular en población de 75 o más años del Mediterráneo
The increase of elderly population in Spain is one of the most important challenges for their caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the society in general. The elderly population has the highest incidence rate of ...
Relació de la proteïna C-reactiva, el quocient neutròfils/limfòcits i l’adiponectina d’alt pes molecular amb paràmetres d’obesitat i de risc cardiometabòlic en nens prepuberals sans. Efecte modulador dels estils de vida
Childhood obesity is one of the most important public health problems and is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors (CMR). Low-grade inflammation plays a prominent role in the development of cardiometabolic alterations ...
Espacios y materiales para el desarrollo de las matemáticas informales de 0 a 3 años
Literature on early childhood mathematics education shows the importance of favoring the development of informal mathematical knowledge from the first cycle (0-3 years) as the first intuitive and informal mathematics is ...
