María Solano, Miguel Ángel (Date of defense: 2021-02-12)
Enzymes are sophisticated biomacromolecules whose function is linked to its three-dimensional structure and conformational dynamics. Therefore, the understanding of enzyme conformational dynamics can ...
Tosu, Dilara (Date of defense: 2020-03-06)
The dissertation explores individuals' attitudes towards redistribution. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 present two dynamic theoretical models that are used to analyze the interrelation between education ...
Martinez Moreno, Rebecca (Date of defense: 2021-06-02)
Ion channel mutations can cause defects on the electrical cellular activity, leading to arrhythmogenic diseases also known as channelopathies. Genetic analysis has been a useful tool to identify these ...
Latorre Luque, Jèssica (Date of defense: 2020-03-04)
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become the leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, involving a spectrum of disturbances mainly characterized by fatty acid infiltration and fat ...
Capdevila Güell, Lorena (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)
The development of new methodologies for the construction of complex molecules is one of the principal objectives in synthetic organic chemistry. Although huge advances have been made on cross-coupling ...
Tro Morató, Teresa (Date of defense: 2021-07-06)
This doctoral thesis focuses on negotiation and co-construction of meaning within a pragmatic perspective. We analyse chat and videoconference exchanges within the project Telecollaboration for ...
Rovira Alsina, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-12-02)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is largely emitted in the ignition of fossil fuels for transport, electricity generation or other industrial processes. CO2 is an inorganic compound that exists naturally on Earth, ...
Llobet Vallejo, Jordi (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)
This thesis investigates the fatigue behaviour of fibre-reinforced composite laminates. Fatigue of composite materials is a complex subject both from an experimental and numerical modelling point of ...
Alarcón Galindo, Xavier (Date of defense: 2022-03-25)
Over the last decade the number of unaccompanied immigrant youths and asylum seekers has increased worldwide. The arrival of minors from Northwestern Africa and asylum seekers, mainly from Latin America ...
Yazdani, Shirin (Date of defense: 2021-07-07)
In the past few decades, ISO 9001 quality management and human resources are major issues in business and management research, due to their potential impact on a range of individual and organizational ...