Pérez Sanagustín, Maria del Mar (Date of defense: 2011-07-01)
Portable and interactive technologies are changing the nature of collaborative learning practices. Learning can now occur both in and beyond the classroom and furthermore combine formal and informal ...
Hovhannisyan, Hrant (Date of defense: 2020-12-15)
Candida pathogenic yeasts represent a global healthcare problem. They comprise phylogenetically diverse species, including newly emerged pathogens. How human-Candida interactions vary across species, ...
Sampera Borràs, Aïda (Date of defense: 2018-11-20)
The HER2 receptor is overexpressed in 7-34% of gastric cancer (GC) tumors, being a potential therapeutic target. Trastuzumab, an anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody, in combination with platinum therapy was ...
Voltes Cobo, Adrià (Date of defense: 2018-12-18)
The hindbrain boundary cell population (BCP) is specified at the interface between adjacent compartments during embryonic development of the posterior brain. Hindbrain BCP is a non-neurogenic population ...
Tesei, Andrea (Date of defense: 2012-07-12)
This thesis investigates different social and political aspects of modern economies. The first chapter contributes to the natural resource curse debate, by showing that the impact of resource windfalls ...
Blanco Ares, Gonzalo (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)
The analysis of the microenvironment in CLL-like monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis (MBL) and early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is relevant for understanding the natural history of CLL. To ...
Negrete Buela, Roger (Date of defense: 2016-12-16)
Chronic pain is currently a major clinical issue that represents huge economic and social burdens. Chronic pain treatment currently available presents limited efficacy and significant side effects. One ...
García López, Roberto (Date of defense: 2018-04-06)
Genome-wide association studies have been very useful tools in the last years to relate genes and diseases. Thereby, single nucleotide polymorphisms have been linked to increased ORMDL3 expression and ...
Barra Quaglia, Carolina M. (Date of defense: 2014-10-06)
Los sinusoides del bazo humano promueven la lenta percolación de la sangre, favoreciendo la captura de antígeno por los fagocitos y linfocitos del sistema inmune local. Estratégicamente posicionadas ...
Maenza, Carla Vanina (Date of defense: 2018-12-03)
This dissertation provides an account of how feminist tensions are presented in policy by studying the case of Gender Mainstreaming in the European Union. First, we present Gender Mainstreaming and other ...