Black, Jes (Date of defense: 2021-12-20)
This thesis studies the main contributions to monetary theory by Chester A. Phillips in the 1920s and 1930s which deal with the expansion of the money supply when commercial banks use the creation of ...
Elgueta Montó, Raimon (Date of defense: 1994-05-25)
In our opinion, it is fair to distinguish two separate branches in the origins of model theory. The first one, the model theory of first-order logic, can be traced back to the pioneering work of L. ...
Luna Escalante, Juan Camilo (Date of defense: 2016-10-14)
Intercellular signalling is a mechanism by which cells communicate and mediate coordinated responses. In this Thesis we perform theoretical and computational analyses to evaluate spatio-temporal ...
Cruz Alcalde, Alberto (Date of defense: 2019-05-17)
Ozonation is nowadays a competent technology for micropollutant oxidation in wastewater effluents. The combination of ozone with hydroxyl radical formed through ozone decomposition is effective in the ...
Gratacòs Batlle, Esther (Date of defense: 2010-12-16)
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 (CPT1) catalyzes the conversion of long chain fatty acyl-CoAs into acylcarnitines, the first step in the transport of long chain fatty acids from the cytoplasm to the ...
Camassa, Alessandra (Date of defense: 2021-07-23)
Understanding the dynamics of the brain that gives rise to conscious experience and that underscore the transition through different brain states is one of the central problems of today’s neuroscience. ...
Cadavid, Doris (Date of defense: 2014-03-12)
En esta tesis se usa la estrategia de “Bottom-up” para la producción de materiales termoeléctricos nano-estructurados con alta eficiencia termoeléctrica. Esta técnica proporciona un amplio rango de ...
Gomez Grau, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of more than 50 different genetic disorders due to the lack of degradation of substrates within lysosomes. Most of them are caused by mutations in genes ...
Nukala, Sarath Babu (Date of defense: 2019-05-23)
The vascular endothelium is one of the major targets of oxidative stress, playing an important role in the development of vascular-related disorders, such as atherosclerotic disease1. Oxidative stress ...
Solé Juvés, Meritxell (Date of defense: 2014-05-12)
This thesis is concerned with the relationship between disability and working conditions. In the first two chapters we investigate how past and current working conditions, in conjunction with other ...