Brotons, Lluís (Date of defense: 2000-02-03)
The main objective of this thesis is to analyse the variation in non-breeding social systems within the group of parids and to identify the main factors involved. More specifically, I studied the role ...
García García, Manuel Antonio (Date of defense: 2009-12-21)
Our genetic background plays a role in the way we face environmental changes and adapt our behavior adequately to the requirements of everyday life. The present research focuses on the role of three ...
López Pelegrín, Maria del Mar (Date of defense: 2015-11-13)
Metallopeptidases are major players in the physiology and pathology of all living organisms. Their exquisite regulation is therefore essential for proper function and to prevent misdirected temporal ...
Zodda, Erika (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
The endothelium plays a pivotal role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and emerging evidence indicates that pathological blood vessel responses and endothelial dysfunction are associated ...
Borràs Tudurí, Roser (Date of defense: 2018-07-06)
The Immune System (IS) is a complex collection of tissues, organs, cells and molecules to defense the body against threatens. IS is organized into two lines of defense: innate immunity which acts in a ...
Wilson Daily, Ann E. (Date of defense: 2021-04-16)
This thesis brings together five accepted, and one submitted, articles, along with a seventh in process of completion, all written and revised during a second doctoral candidacy. Quantitative, qualitative ...
Cárdenas, Andrés (Date of defense: 2015-05-06)
Patients with cirrhosis may develop significant complications of renal function manifested initially by increased sodium retention followed by impaired solute-free water excretion, and finally with renal ...
Campàs i Rigau, Otger (Date of defense: 2006-01-01)
[eng] The propulsion mechanisms that drive the movements of living cells constitute perhaps the most impressive engineering works of nature. Still, it is simply the interaction between molecules which ...
Pelegrín Senent, Iván (Date of defense: 2017-06-30)
INTRODUCTION: Community-acquired bacterial meningitis is a relevant entity related to a high morbidity and mortality, despite of the adjuvant and antibiotic treatments available. Morbidity and mortality ...
Aide, Pedro Carlos Paulino (Date of defense: 2011-09-30)
Malaria, caused by Plasmodium falciparum parasites remains a huge public health problem and a major cause of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among children and infants. The ...