Clinical epidemiology and molecular biology of cutaneous and mucosal melanoma in Girona 1994-2018 

    Carbó Bagué, Anna (Date of defense: 2023-03-27)

    In this doctoral thesis, the epidemiology of cutaneous and mucosal melanoma is analyzed, as well as its molecular profile to provide new knowledge on a population basis in the province of Girona. The cancer registry of ...

    Conformal prediction of air pollution concentrations for the Barcelona Metropolitan Region 

    Ivina, Olga (Date of defense: 2012-11-20)

    This thesis is aimed to introduce a newly developed machine learning method, conformal predictors, for air pollution assessment. For the given area of study, the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR), several conformal ...

    Control and modeling techniques in biomedical engineering: the artificial pancreas for patients with type 1 diabetes 

    Abu-Rmileh, Amjad Hisham Ahmad (Date of defense: 2013-12-09)

    This thesis presents different control strategies, for the closed-loop artificial pancreas, which are based on Model Predictive Control (MPC) and Sliding Mode Control (SMC). Multiple MPC with linear models and gain scheduling, ...

    Creative economy and sustainable human development: a theoretical approach for convergences and divergences 

    Fráguas Nobre, Guilherme (Date of defense: 2018-01-12)

    The thesis relates the ‘creative economy’ with the ‘sustainable human development’, tracing a parallel between economic growth (e.g. GDP) and human development (e.g. HDI). The aspect of sustainability is addressed through ...

    Definición de los conceptos "tradicional" e "innovación" en alimentos desde la perspectiva del consumidor europeo 

    Guerrero Asorey, Luis (Date of defense: 2012-05-17)

    Traditional food products (TFP) are an important part of European culture, identity, and heritage. The main objective of present research is to obtain a consumer-driven definition for the concept of ‘‘traditional food ...

    Dietary patterns in the etiology of lymphoid neoplasms 

    Solans Margalef, Marta (Date of defense: 2019-10-14)

    Diet is a key modifiable risk factor for several neoplasms, but evidence for lymphoid malignancies is still inconsistent. Previous epidemiological studies were mostly focused on single dietary components (i.e. nutrients ...

    Eficacia de los fármacos antihipertensivos en monoterapia y combinación 

    Paz Bermejo, Marco Antonio (Date of defense: 2022-05-30)

    Background. The relative efficacy of antihypertensive drugs/combinations is not well known; Identifying the most effective ones, and the patients’ characteristics associated to best performance of the drugs will improve ...

    L'eficiència del mercat immobiliari: estratègies i instruments 

    Panosa Gubau, Anna M. (Date of defense: 2012-12-18)

    Real estate represents a part of the portfolio of many investors and can be accessed from both the real and the financial market. The low efficiency of real market prevents from taking advantage of the value created through ...

    El análisis composicional (CoDa) como herramienta para el mapeo de la teoría de la agenda-setting. Estudio de caso de la opinión sobre política en el sistema mediático español, dentro del período de las Elecciones Generales de 2015 

    Blasco Duatis, Marc (Date of defense: 2018-07-20)

    Since researchers Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw published the seminal work of Chapel Hill on agenda-setting theory (AS) at the beginning of the 1970s, its academics have developed their investigations using two methodological ...

    El risc dinàmic: concepte, mesura i determinants econòmics 

    Marquès i Gou, Pilar (Date of defense: 2001-10-18)

    Aquesta tesi té la intenció de realitzar una contribució metodològica en el camp de la direcció estratègica, per mitjà de tres objectius: la revisió del concepte de risc ex post o realitzat per l'àmbit de la direcció ...

    El trabajo emocional en el sector turístico. Obstáculos y facilitadores empresariales y su consecuencia para los trabajadores 

    Molina Rodríguez, Jesús (Date of defense: 2017-07-11)

    The general objective of this thesis is to analyze if there is emotional labor in the tourism sector, as well as to study its possible causes and consequences. This general aim is concretized in three specific aims that ...

    Entrepreneurial skills, trust and jobs: three essays on entrepreneurial skills of self-employed and employees 

    Teodoro i Sadurní, Jaume (Date of defense: 2017-09-08)

    This thesis is an empirical study that sets out to explain entrepreneurial activity, based on a broad concept of entrepreneurship. The study is based on the development of logistic regression models for a dichotomous ...

    Essays on preferences for redistribution 

    Tosu, Dilara (Date of defense: 2020-03-06)

    The dissertation explores individuals' attitudes towards redistribution. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 present two dynamic theoretical models that are used to analyze the interrelation between education decisions and preferences ...

    Essays on social networks and cooperation: the case of natural resources 

    Marco Renau, Jorge (Date of defense: 2018-07-16)

    This thesis revisits the problem of the tragedy of the commons. We analyze the role of social networks and social pressure as driving forces for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable ...

    Estudi sobre l'habitatge a la demarcació de Girona: habitatges principals, segones residències i apartaments turístics 

    Saló Mayolas, Albert (Date of defense: 2005-12-12)

    Aquesta tesi doctoral estudia diferents aspectes sobre els habitatges a la província de Girona, combinant l'anàlisi sobre l'evolució històrica dels habitatges, el fenomen de les segones residències i el mercat d'apartaments ...

    Expectativas y preferencias en la utilización de servicios en atención primaria 

    Alfranca Pardillos, Rebeca (Date of defense: 2014-06-03)

    The main aim of this thesis is to study the expectations and preferences of the Catalan population regarding the public health system, and an appraisal of the influence played by factors such as age, gender, geographical ...

    Health and economic conditions: evidence from individual-level data 

    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 of the current ...

    Health and economic convergence in the European Union (1990-2010): an econometric approach 

    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 terms there has ...

    Hisendes locals i turisme: tres assaigs 

    Rigall i Torrent, Ricard (Date of defense: 2003-12-19)

    Aquesta tesi utilitza l'anàlisi econòmica per a estudiar les hisendes locals, especialment els aspectes relacionats amb la provisió i finançament dels béns i serveis públics locals. Les hisendes locals, tant a Catalunya ...

    El impacto sobre los trabajadores de una gestión de recursos humanos socialmente responsable. Un análisis para Catalunya 

    Celma Benaiges, M. Dolors (Date of defense: 2011-11-21)

    Socially responsible human resource management constitutes the conceptual-theory framework of the thesis. The results obtained from the empirical part show the existence of three clusters inasmuch as the application of ...