Sacco, Federica (Date of defense: 2019-10-07)
In the last decade, computational modelling has been playing an important role as a non-invasive technology that may significantly impact the diagnosis as well as the treatment of cardiac diseases. As ...
Batlle Garcia, Jordi de (Date of defense: 2011-05-09)
Background and objectives: Recent research has shown an association between a healthy diet and reduced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) incidence. However, the potential role of diet in ...
Rapino, Francesca (Date of defense: 2013-12-02)
B-cell malignancies encompass a wide variety of distinct diseases including Non Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and leukemia. Currently, chemotherapy, radiation and anti-CD20 antibody treatment are the mainstays ...
Ondategui Parra, Silvia (Date of defense: 2008-04-21)
PURPOSE: To determine the management performance indicators most frequently utilized in academic radiology departments in the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This investigation met the criteria ...
Astier Murillo, Cristina (Date of defense: 2022-03-16)
International trade generates inequalities pervasively impacting citizens and the ability of domestic and international institutions to provide the conditions to promote equal treatment among their ...
Dallari, Pietro (Date of defense: 2014-06-16)
This thesis adopts DSGE and PVAR models to examine three questions in macroeconomics. The first chapter singles out some pitfalls that DSGE models face when a fraction of rule-of-thumb consumers is ...
Colì, Caterina (Date of defense: 2019-11-25)
Alternative splicing (AS) is an important step in the pathway of gene expression and regulation. The splicing process is catalyzed by the Spliceosome, a complex molecular machinery that is dynamically ...
Berniell Lee, Gemma (Date of defense: 2010-07-19)
La presente tesis, titulada “Genes, peoples and languages in Central Africa”, examina los patrones de diversidad genética en poblaciones del oeste de Africa central, más específicamente, poblaciones ...
Puig Vilanova, Ester (Date of defense: 2014-07-16)
Skeletal muscle dysfunction and wasting are major comorbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer (LC). Despite that the lower limb muscles are usually more severely affected, ...
Mugianesi, Francesca (Date of defense: 2022-06-02)
Gene expression, epigenetic states and topological conformation are three fundamental aspects of genome organization that are tightly regulated in space and time. Epigenetic states, protein occupancy ...