Sengupta, Pallabi (Date of defense: 2018-02-23)
Communication amongst various regions of our brain makes it possible for us to perform a wide array of cognitive tasks. To capture these communications at a local level has remained challenging in the ...
Gomà Llairo, Eduard (Date of defense: 2014-03-07)
Residential access networks provide always-on connectivity at a constant maximum speed and constant energy consumption. However, their usage is not constant. Users combine disconnection periods with ...
Palacios Fenech, Javier (Date of defense: 2011-10-07)
Diffusion of 31 durable goods in 70 countries over a period of 32 years is analyzed using principal component analysis biplots. While marketers have focused on adoption of innovations, studying ...
Garcia-Elias Heras, Anna (Date of defense: 2011-06-30)
TRPV4 is a non-selective cation channel with a wide expression and multiple cellular and systemic functions. Described initially as an osmosensor, it can also be activated by temperature and cell swelling. ...
Carnero-Montoro, Elena (Date of defense: 2013-10-25)
The genetic basis of phenotypes that have contributed to the adaptation of species and organisms to new environments is a central question in evolutionary genetics. The recent accumulation of genetic ...
Moret Miranda, Karina (Date of defense: 2019-12-20)
During the nineteenth century, the secret societies Ekpe (Egbo) of the Cross River and Cuban Abakuá, were called "a kind of black masonry." Ekpe (Egbo) had a social, political and economic function ...
Salaverria Izaguirre, Pablo G. (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)
This PhD thesis aimed to understand the impact of temperature at different levels (biology to physics) while performing live-cell imaging. A study and characterization of the role of the temperature ...
Bosch Morató, Mònica (Date of defense: 2015-07-17)
The Amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) is accumulated in several diseases including GNE myopathy and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). GNE myopathy is a skeletal muscle disorder caused by biallelic mutations in the ...
Vázquez-Calvo, Boris (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Este informe doctoral, de marcado cariz cualitativo, pretende cubrir un nicho vacío sobre los usos de los recursos lingüísticos en línea que los aprendices de lengua exploran. Por tanto, se trata de un ...
Fukukawa, Misa (Date of defense: 2019-06-18)
Recently, multiliteracy has received lots of attention. Due to increased migration, globalisation and intermarriage, as of 2017, there are 203 Hoshukos (Japanese school located outside of Japan) spread ...