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    Bridging Constructivism and Social Constructionism: A Dialogical and Relational Approach to Narrative and Meaning Making 

    Vall Castelló, Berta (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)

    L'objectiu d'aquesta tesi és contribuir a la comprensió dels processos de construcció de significat humans i la seva relació amb el benestar psicològic. Aquesta contribució s’emmarca en els enfocaments constructivistes i ...

    Bridging the gap between reconstruction and synthesis 

    Pumarola Peris, Albert (Date of defense: 2021-10-13)

    3D reconstruction and image synthesis are two of the main pillars in computer vision. Early works focused on simple tasks such as multi-view reconstruction and texture synthesis. With the spur of Deep Learning, the field ...

    Bridging the gap between textual and formal business process representations 

    Sànchez-Ferreres, Josep (Date of defense: 2021-09-29)

    In the era of digital transformation, an increasing number of organizations are start ing to think in terms of business processes. Processes are at the very heart of each business, and must be understood and carried out ...

    Bridging the gaps between cell stress, mitochondrial dysfunction and lipid metabolism in ALS cellular pathophysiology 

    Rossi, Chiara (Date of defense: 2022-11-23)

    L'esclerosi lateral amiotròfica (ELA) és un trastorn neurodegeneratiu caracteritzat per la pèrdua de neurones motores superiors i inferiors de l'escorça motora i desgast muscular progressiu. Les neurones motores afectades ...

    Bridging the science of learning and technology enhanced learning: transformative opportunities and ethical challenges 

    Beardsley, Marc Yoshimi (Date of defense: 2021-02-04)

    Reports from the OECD and the World Economic Forum highlight that rapid technological and social change are demanding much more of students. Yet, research indicates that many students are not developing into effective ...

    Brillouin scattering in bosonic systems 

    Florez Peñaloza, Omar Enrique (Date of defense: 2022-11-24)

    El precís guiament i control de les vibracions mecàniques en freqüències de MHz i GHz té aplicacions potencials al camp del processament de senyals, així com en la investigació fonamental a nivell quàntic. A nivell de ...

    Bringing cognition to multilayer transport networks 

    Pérez Vela, Alba (Date of defense: 2018-11-09)

    Operator’s transport networks are becoming increasingly more complex due to the large number of network layers needed to support the ever increasing number of new services (e.g., video-on-demand, social media, on-line ...

    Bringing Public Perceptions in the Integrated Assessment of Coastal Systems. Case studies on beach tourism and coastal erosion in the Western Mediterranean 

    Roca Bosch, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2008-04-04)

    La tesis aplica el pensamiento sistémico y la Evaluación Integrada (IA) al campo de la gestión costera. En particular, se analiza la contribución que el estudio de las percepciones aporta a los procesos de evaluación ...

    Bringing social reality to multiagent and service architectures : practical reductions for monitoring of deontic-logic and constitutive norms 

    Álvarez Napagao, Sergio (Date of defense: 2016-02-08)

    As distributed systems grow in complexity, the interactions among individuals (agents, services) of such systems become increasingly more complex and therefore more difficult to constrain and monitor. We propose to view ...

    Bringing Transition Metal Dichalcogenides to the Forefront: Advancements in Gas Sensing Beyond Metal Oxides 

    Malik, Shuja Bashir (Date of defense: 2024-04-22)

    Aquesta tesi demostra la transició dels materials de detecció de gasos des dels òxids metàl·lics semiconductors d'alt consum d'energia cap als dicalcogeniurs de metalls de transició enriquits en vores. La tesi es va ...

    Broad-spectrum host-acting antivirals: identification and characterization of anti-HIV drugs 

    Fleta Soriano, Eric (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)

    Hundreds of host factors related to viral infections like HIV, hepatitis C virus, dengue virus or West Nile virus have been identified. As many of these host factors are shared by different viruses, chemical blockade of ...

    Broadband electrical impedance spectroscopy for dynamic electrical bio-impedance characterization 

    Sánchez Terrones, Benjamín (Date of defense: 2012-01-13)

    The electrical impedance of biological samples is known in the literature as Electrical Bioimpedance (EBI). The Electrical Bioimpedance enables to characterize physiological conditions and events that are interesting for ...

    Broadband emission from high energy processes in microquasars 

    Bosch i Ramon, Valentí (Date of defense: 2006-04-27)

    Microquasars are X-ray binary systems that present relativistic radio jets.<br/>These systems consist on a normal star and a compact object, where the latter accretes matter from the former powering the mentioned relativistic ...

    Broadcast-oriented wireless network-on-chip : fundamentals and feasibility 

    Abadal Cavallé, Sergi (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)

    Recent years have seen the emergence and ubiquitous adoption of Chip Multiprocessors (CMPs), which rely on the coordinated operation of multiple execution units or cores. Successive CMP generations integrate a larger number ...

    Broadening Adenoviral Oncolysis in PDAC: Interrogation of Patient-Derived Organoids for personalized virotherapy and modulation of miRNA content to boost adenoviral potency 

    Raimondi, Giulia (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)

    The general goal of this thesis has been to progress oncolytic adenovirus therapy for PDAC, by the incorporation of novel preclinical models to test for patient-specific responses and the generation of oncolytic adenoviruses ...

    Broncoscopia flexible diagnóstica con sedación por neumólogo: situación actual, aspectos microbiológicos y relevancia clínica 

    Rubinstein Aguñín, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-07-28)

    La broncoscopia es una prueba difícil de tolerar por parte de los pacientes, y su utilización va en aumento. La sedación favorece la repetibilidad de la broncoscopia. En esta tesis se analiza la situación de la sedación ...

    Bronquiolitis aguda: validació d’una escala de gravetat i ús de biomarcadors per a la optimització del tractament 

    Alejandre Galobardes, Carme (Date of defense: 2020-06-19)

    INTRODUCCIÓ: La bronquiolitis és la infecció més comú del tracte respiratori inferior en lactants i principal causa d'ingrés hospitalari en els menors d'1 any. El diagnòstic és fonamentalment clínic. Actualment no hi ha ...

    Brown macroalgae (Phaeophyceae) as an alternative and sustainable source of novel antimicrobial compounds to improve food safety 

    Rubiño Campoy, Susana (Date of defense: 2023-07-28)

    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 ...

    Browsing through products and people: online review, ratings, and swiping 

    Hosseini, Rahil (Date of defense: 2020-09-09)

    In this thesis, I explored three topics, each addressing a different aspect online search for products and people. In chapter one, we investigated whether consumers’ response to online product reviews depends, not only on ...

    Brujería, dominación y libertad en el Caribe neogranadino y la Cuba de entre siglos a partir de Los cortejos del Diablo, de Germán Espinosa, y Biografía de un cimarrón, de Miguel Barnet 

    Salazar Carreño, Ronald (Date of defense: 2023-01-18)

    [spa] La magia, como un elemento disruptivo, que ensancha el marco perceptivo, epistémico o cognoscitivo del hombre, ha estado presente también en sus manifestaciones artísticas. Por ejemplo, durante siglos, la literatura ...